Tanhualang

The torrential rain lasted all night and did not stop until dawn.

Zhao Heng slept in Shen Jing's study that night.

After tossing and tossing for most of the night, everyone fell asleep when it was almost dawn.As the sky was getting brighter, Shen Jing got up early again, tidied up, and was going to the Imperial Academy for duty.

It was raining less than last night.Shen Jing asked Xiao Meng to dig out his coir raincoat and clogs, and just as he was ready to go out, Xiao You opened the courtyard door with an umbrella and a package in his arms.

He didn't know what happened last night. When he saw Shen Jing, he quickly stopped him and asked, "Didn't there be another quarrel last night?"

Shen Jing paused, shook his head and said, "...No."

"Is Your Highness's leg okay?" Xiao You asked again, "Did you not go back because of the rain and the severe pain?"

Hearing the words, Shen Jing avoided Xiao You's eyes and shook his head again: "Your Highness is fine...don't worry."

"It's fine. Last night, Wei Zheng asked the guard to send me a message, saying that His Highness's clothes are soaked through, and asked me to bring His Highness's clothes and outfit earlier." Xiaoyou looked into the yard, "Where is Your Highness resting?" , haven't gotten up yet?"

"It's in the study, I guess I haven't woken up yet. I heard from Captain Wei that the Holy Majesty has granted His Highness an exemption from court for the past two days?"

"The day before yesterday, the Holy Majesty heard that His Highness had suffered from an old illness again, so he told him to rest for two days. Anyway, His Highness is a military officer, so there is no delay. I don't know what happened last night?" Xiao You couldn't help showing a look of sadness as he spoke. , "What's so good about such a fuss? I sent you back, and saw His Highness come out of the room in a hurry, without an umbrella, and went to the stables in the rain. I couldn't stop it. I was scared I was stunned, fortunately the guards quickly followed up—”

"It's about time, I still have to be on duty." Shen Jing remembered what happened last night, her face flushed again, and she didn't know how to tell Xiao You, "Your Highness, please take care of me later. I have already After cooking the porridge, if there is anything lacking, just tell Xiaomeng."

Xiao Youmang turned around and let out: "Okay. Then you can walk."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the door of the study on the opposite side of the yard squeak open, and Zhao Heng came out wearing a thin shirt that was obviously too short, and glanced this way through the sparse rain curtain. Xiang Shen asked, "Are you going to be on duty?"

"Yes." Shen Jing nodded, "It's still early, Your Highness, please go to bed later."

Xiao You looked at both of them with good expressions, and reckoned that what happened a while ago should be over, stood behind Shen Jing with a smile, and said in a low voice: "The rain is finally over."

There was a thin blush on Shen Jing's face again, and before he could speak, Zhao Heng said: "Wait a minute. Go and change your clothes alone. It's still raining outside, let's go together."

Xiao You heard the words and hurriedly hugged the package and went over.

Shen Jing felt inappropriate.Taking advantage of Zhao Heng entering the room to change clothes, he went over to Wei Zheng and said, "I'm leaving first. Please trouble Wei Xiaowei to talk to His Highness."

After speaking, he opened the umbrella and walked out of the courtyard.

Just stepping on the water and walking out of the short street outside, the carriage blocked the way, Xiao You poked his head out from inside and said with a smile: "Come on. It's just on the way, and I will take you there."

Shen Jing was still waiting to resign, Zhao Heng raised the curtain of the carriage, cleared his throat, and said with a smile in his voice, "Why, do you still have to go down alone to invite you?"

Shen Jing couldn't help it, so she took off her coir raincoat and got on the carriage.

The carriage was very spacious, with a tea table in the middle, Xiao You and Wei Zheng on the other side, and Zhao Heng sitting on the other side.Shen Jing went in, looked at Xiao You and Wei Zheng, both of them deliberately looked away, and had no intention of giving up their seats at all.

Shen Jing's face flushed with embarrassment.Seeing this, Zhao Heng suppressed a smile and moved in, and patted the place next to him as if nothing had happened: "I'm wronged, let's squeeze together."

Shen Jing had no choice but to sit down, carefully leaving a gap of more than half a foot between Zhao Heng and the tea table.

As a result, as soon as the carriage got up, Zhao Heng stretched out his hand quietly, and under the cover of his wide sleeves, he held his wrist resting on his leg, and gently kneaded it like playing.

Shen Jing's face became hot, and she was afraid that Xiaoyou and Wei Zheng would see it, so she slightly turned her face to look at Zhao Heng.But Zhao Heng was reading the chess book with his left hand, but behind the scroll, those red and phoenix eyes were full of smiles, and the corners of his mouth were also curled into a smile.

Shen Jing's face became hotter and hotter, but he had no choice but to let him be "frivolous".

It wasn't until Shen Jing called out to stop at a street not far from the Imperial Academy that Zhao Heng let go of his hand.

Shen Jing got up and put on her coir raincoat, opened the umbrella, said "Thank you Your Highness for sending me off", without looking at the three of them, she hurriedly got out of the carriage and left.

The rain came and went, and it didn't stop until after noon.

The rain was heavy. As soon as it stopped, Shen Jing heard the news that the water level of the moat had risen sharply, and some nearby houses were flooded. Fortunately, no one was killed. It's disaster relief.

Shen Jing was detained in the room with Lu Meng, dealing with a pile of old papers.

As soon as the two of them came to the Hanlin Academy, they were arranged to sort out and file the old documents together.After the heavy rain, there was a damp smell in the room where the documents were stored. Lu Meng started to sneeze as soon as he came in in the morning, and he would sneeze twice, and his nose was red and swollen.

Seeing that he was really uncomfortable, Shen Jing set up a chair at the door and asked him to sit at the door and copy the list of documents, serve tea and pour water, while he himself flipped through the documents and read to Lu Meng.

After lunch, the two took a nap at their respective desks.Because Shen Jing didn't sleep well, she fell asleep on the table like this, and Lu Meng didn't call him, and only came to shake him awake when he was on duty: "Get up, get up! Go home and go back to sleep! "

Shen Jing stood up and opened her eyes ignorantly, two deep marks were pressed on her cheeks.Lu Meng pulled him up, winked and smiled as he walked out, "Brother Shen didn't know what to do last night when he was so sleepy? Could it be that he held the warm jade in his arms and listened to the clouds come and go all night?"

Shen Jing hadn't fully woken up yet, her mind was in a daze, she didn't understand when she heard him teasing her like this for a while, and it took a while to realize: "I'm just messing around with my meal every day, and I'm still making up random assignments here."

"That's right." Lv Meng laughed, "You are the one who has been chosen by the sage. In the future, you will become the son-in-law of a certain family. Why don't you guard yourself like a jade?"

Talking and laughing at the door, Lu Meng looked outside: "Hey, this day, it's time to eat something spicy to get rid of the dampness--I invite you to go to a restaurant and have a drink together?"

Just as Shen Jing was about to reply, she glanced away and saw Wei Zheng standing at the opposite street corner, beckoning to Shen Jing from a distance.

He hurriedly bid farewell to Lu Meng, watched him go away, and then hurried to the opposite side.

Turning the corner of the street, he saw Zhao Heng's carriage parked there. Wei Zheng nodded to the carriage to signal him, then turned around and rode on the horse parked behind the carriage.

Shen Jing had no choice but to get into the carriage, raised the curtain and went in, and sure enough, she saw Zhao Hengzhen sitting inside, leaning on the cushion by the window, reading a book by the light outside, with the usual dignified and solemn expression.

Seeing Shen Jing coming in, Zhao Heng put down the book in his hand, hooked the corner of his mouth, and a gentle smile instantly appeared on his solemn face: "Why are you here so late?"

Shen Jing replied while hanging the curtain at the door: "Those seniors are all on duty at this hour, so it's not good for us to leave early."

Yuxi group turned around, and saw Zhao Heng sitting up, smiling and reaching out to him: "Come here."

Shen Jing hesitated for a while, and walked over slowly: "Why is Your Highness here?"

When he approached, Zhao Heng pulled him closer to his arms, wrapped his arms around Shen Jing's waist, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what's wrong... I haven't seen you for a day, but I miss you so much. "

Shen Jing blushed again in an instant, raised her hand to push Zhao Heng and said, "Your Highness... don't say anything rude."

Zhao Heng laughed out loud, and Shen Jing could feel his chest shaking on his shoulders: "Then tell me, according to the etiquette, what should I say to you?"

"..."

Shen Jing was speechless, her face was so red that it was bleeding.

He and Mu Junhuai first met each other at that time, because they are not very old, and they were taught strictly since childhood, and they have always been passionate and polite.Therefore, in the face of Zhao Heng's intimacy, he was at a loss for what to do.

Zhao Heng smiled and let go of his arm, changed his arm to hook Shen Jing's waist from behind, moved closer, rubbed Shen Jing's red ears with his lips, and said softly: "...Miao'an, you don't even know , How long have I been thinking about talking to you like this."

After speaking, he raised his head and looked at Shen Jing again. Seeing that he was nervous and at a loss, his neck and forehead were sweating, so he loosened his arms slightly: "Do you feel hot?"

Then he freed his hand and pulled out a folding fan from behind, and fanned it with a "wow". It was exactly the fan that Shen Jing had given him for his birthday.

The redness on Shen Jing's face lightened slightly, she moved her body, moved a little away from Zhao Heng, and took the folding fan casually: "I'll do it."

He fanned it a few more times before he felt that it wasn't so hot, and his mind was a little clearer, remembering Zhao Heng's words just now, he couldn't help asking: "Then Your Highness—when exactly, exactly—started to think about it? "

Zhao Heng's mansion is deep, and he has always been unsmiling; speaking of it, Shen Jing really can't figure it out, since when did Zhao Heng become so attached to himself?

Zhao Heng was suddenly asked by him: "What do you think?"

After a pause, he came to his senses, and said with a smile, "So it was when I asked Gu's thoughts about you? Since when, Gu didn't know. But the first time Gu felt his thoughts was when he was in Nanjing. You still Do you remember that time in Nanjing, when you brought me clothes, you clumsily dragged Gu and fell into the pond?"

Shen Jing nodded, awkwardly said: "...remember."

He remembered it very well.

Even after that time, Zhao Heng specially asked Xiao You not to let Shen Jing serve him close by.After Shen Jing found out about it later, she still cared about it for a while, thinking that Zhao Heng disliked her for being too incompetent.

So... isn't it actually because of what he thought it was?

Zhao Heng paused, looked at Shen Jing, and said with a smile: "At that time, Gu helped you up from the water. You were leaning against Gu's arms, dripping all over, with a white face, and your mouth was slightly open, looking up in panic. He looked at me, not as calm and stable as usual."

Zhao Heng raised his hand to caress the corners of Shen Jing's lips, leaned closer, covered those thin lips and kissed them lingeringly for a while, then panted slightly, and continued in a low voice: "That pitiful look... Gu spent a lot of effort to restrain himself. That's why I didn't kiss."