The little fox does not want to hide the cub

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Jiang Shen stood up abruptly, his neck and ears were red all over, and his heart was beating rapidly.

It wasn't until he heard the boy's words that Jiang Shen realized that he was indeed very close to the boy.

It's so close that you can almost touch him if you just lower your head slightly.

But he just... just wanted to see more clearly, and he definitely had no other unreasonable thoughts.

He obviously only saw the boy last night for the first time, so how could he have such thoughts.

"I'm not talking nonsense." Li Ruan sat up and looked up at Jiang Shen, as if he didn't feel that he had said such a terrible thing, "You had this expression when you wanted to kiss me before."

Jiang Shen's ears were hot, and he was too embarrassed to look at him.But after hearing this, I couldn't help asking: "Have I... kissed you before?"

Li Ruan: "I've kissed you many times."

Jiang Shen's mind was disturbed for a moment, and someone gently tugged on his sleeve.

"You don't remember, right?" The young man asked in a low voice, but his tone was not aggrieved, but rather considerate, "Do you want me to help you remember?"

Jiang Shen's breath stagnates.

He looked over almost uncontrollably.The teenager's lips looked extremely soft, without any makeup, they were a very beautiful and natural pale pink.Different from Jiang Shen's naturally thin lips, the young man's lips are plump just right, they open and close slightly when speaking, soft and elastic, revealing the pinkish tip of his tongue.

I don't know what it's like to kiss you?

Jiang Shen lost his mind for a moment, and then caught the sight of the young man smiling cunningly, and immediately came back to his senses.

"You seduce me on purpose." Jiang Shen looked away like lightning, with a slightly annoyed tone, "You just want to kiss me."

"Yeah." Li Ruan was exposed by him, and he didn't look shy at all, but admitted frankly, "You haven't kissed me for a long time, why don't you kiss me."

Whether to kiss or not is the second, he wants to eat Jiang Shen's essence.

Jiang Shen doesn't recognize him now, and doesn't let him get too close, he has almost no chance to suck his essence.

He couldn't just say that he was a monster, and he came to Jiang Shen just to suck his essence.

Only in this way.

Because I'm really hungry.

Li Ruan didn't know if it had something to do with the little boy in his belly, after reuniting with Jiang Shen, he was even more greedy for him than before.I want to eat his essence, I want to stick to him all the time, I want to... double cultivation.

At this time, Li Ruan regretted that he erased Jiang Shen's memory, otherwise they would have practiced together many times.

You can have as many times as you want.

Thinking of this, Li Ruan felt a little melancholy.

Jiang Shen was totally ignorant of what he was thinking, but he watched the young man lower his head after he didn't respond, as if very depressed.

Just don't give him a kiss, why is he so sad?

A trace of guilt appeared in Jiang Shen's heart.

This boy... really likes him so much?

Thinking about it, this is indeed the case, this young man must have some ability, otherwise he would not be able to avoid the guards and rush to him again and again.Whether it was trespassing on the prince's courtyard or the current ancestral hall, being caught would be the crime of being an assassin and executed.

The boy came to his side at such a risk just to stay with him.

Isn't that enough likes?

The way Jiang Shen looked at the young man gradually changed.

"Give me a little more time, okay?" Jiang Shen softened his voice and comforted him, "I... I don't know why I lost my memory and forgot you, but this was definitely not my intention."

"What you want, I can't satisfy for the time being."

"Give me some time and let me slowly retrieve those memories. If what you said about the past is true, I will never let you down."

Jiang Shen didn't even know the boy for twelve hours, so he couldn't do that kind of... beyond the etiquette to the boy right now, rationally, he couldn't do it.

He's not really a beast.

"...Okay." Li Ruan was a little disappointed, "You don't remember me, I understand, it's okay."

He asked again: "Then how long do you need? Can it not be too long, I can't wait too long."

The situation is actually a bit urgent.

The little bastard in Li Ruan's stomach was absorbing his spiritual power all the time, it wasn't long before Li Ruan recovered his mana, so he couldn't supply the little bastard with spiritual power for a long time.Before coming here, Ashe gave him some pills to replenish spiritual power, but after coming to Jiang Shen's side, the speed of absorption seemed to slow down a bit.

But still did not stop.

If it continues to delay, he may really be beaten back to his original shape.

The boy's appearance made Jiang Shen's heart very soft. He bent down slightly and stroked the boy's hair: "It won't be too long, I promise."

When the steward came to deliver the dinner, Li Ruan obediently hid in the back of the hall.

Although it was a fast, the prince's meals would not be that bad, especially since he had specifically ordered more.

So, when Li Ruan came out, he saw seven or eight dishes of exquisite vegetarian food set up on the table.

It's just that there is only one pair of bowls and chopsticks.

"This place is full of human beings. It's suspicious to ask for another set of bowls and chopsticks. Let's make it first." Jiang Shen distributed the soup bowl and spoon for soup to Li Ruan, and said, "If you want to eat, I will help you." folder."

Of course Li Ruan didn't mind this.

When he and Jiang Shen were in Changming Mountain, they rarely even used chopsticks.

To be honest, he wasn't used to using that thing at all.

He looked around the table, but frowned: "Why is there no meat?"

"If you are fasting, of course you must eat vegetarian food." Jiang Shen thought his appearance was particularly cute, and deliberately teased him, "If you want to eat meat, go back to the yard last night, and I will send someone to deliver it to you."

Li Ruan shook his head: "Forget it, I want to be with you."

Even if he couldn't absorb essence temporarily, it would be more comfortable to stay by Jiang Shen's side.

Jiang Shen only thought that the young man liked him very much, and refused to leave him for a moment.He was very pleased with himself, and gave the boy a dish: "Try this, although it is made of vegetarian tofu, it tastes like meat."

The two used a pair of bowls and chopsticks in this way, and finished the dinner together.

When eating, Jiang Shen also deliberately observed, and wrote down all the things the boy liked to eat.

The boy doesn't like to eat vegetables very much, especially those stir-fried side dishes, he tasted them twice and didn't touch them again.But the boy likes to eat sweets very much, he drank three big bowls of sugar cakes and sugar cakes, even the last sweet soup.

...and then accidentally ate too much.

After eating and drinking enough, Li Ruan directly hid in the Nuan Pavilion beside him, and asked the steward to come and take away the dishes.As soon as the steward left, Jiang Shen walked into the Nuan Pavilion on the back, and saw the boy lying on the small couch rubbing his belly.

"Very supportive..."

Jiang Shen laughed: "You said you only want to eat meat and don't like anything else. I see that you are very happy eating."

Seven or eight side dishes, except for the vegetables he didn't like, were all eaten up.As a result, when the manager was tidying up, he kept looking at Jiang Shen with strange eyes, afraid that he might not be full.

"I've been hungry for a whole day." Li Ruan said, "And I still have a cub in my stomach, of course I need to eat more."

Another cub.

Jiang Shen frowned slightly.

After getting along for so long, he can easily tell when the boy is telling the truth and when he is lying.When the boy told a lie, his expression would be a little guilty and evasive, and his whole body would be tense, like a small animal with all its fluff erected, extremely vigilant.

But to be honest, it's a lot more relaxed.

And every time he mentioned that he was pregnant, his attitude was very serious, he didn't show any nervousness, and he didn't appear to be lying.

But... men really can't get pregnant, right?

Jiang Shen suddenly doubted himself a little.

It seemed that after they left here, he had to ask the imperial doctor to come over and take a look at this little guy.

Jiang Shen thought about it, and asked again: "Just now you promised to accompany me to copy the scriptures at night, don't you want to go?"

The boy was lying on his side again and curled himself up into a small ball. Hearing this, he shook his head, as if he was already drowsy: "Sleepy...I want to raise a baby, so I can't be tired."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Jiang Shen shook his head helplessly, turned his head and left the Nuan Pavilion.

Li Ruan soon fell into a drowsy sleep for an unknown amount of time, when suddenly she smelled a strange smell in her sleep.He opened his eyes, Jiang Shen hadn't returned yet, and the candles in the Nuan Pavilion had already been extinguished.

There was a faint but pungent smell in the air.

A mortal would probably not be able to smell this smell, but animals have a much more sensitive sense of smell, so this smell cannot be hidden from Li Ruan.

He got up and looked out through the door.This warm pavilion is on the right side of the main hall of the ancestral hall, connected by a corridor at the back, and the direction of the front hall can be seen from the door.

The candlelight in the hall was still on, but Jiang Shen was no longer by the window.

Before Li Ruan fell asleep, he had been copying scriptures there.

Where has he gone?

Just as Li Ruan was about to find him, the pinna moved slightly, and heard another sound.

He frowned, feeling something vaguely, and softly chanted a mantra, which turned into a cloud of green smoke and flew out of the window without a sound.

There was no moon or stars tonight, and the entire ancestral hall was plunged into darkness, making it difficult to see.Someone walked around to the back of the main hall through the night, still carrying a bucket of heavy things in his hand.

He was about to splash it on the wall, but he heard a clear young voice from the darkness: "What is that?"

The person who came was startled, and the bucket in his hand fell to the ground, and something sticky, dark, and liquid flowed all over the ground.

The smell became stronger for a while.

"You... who are you? How can there be others here?!"

This smell is a little pungent for animals with a keen sense of smell. Li Ruan felt like vomiting, and took two steps back holding his nose: "Who are you? You don't sleep in the middle of the night. What are you doing here with this smelly thing?" ?”

The person who came did not answer, only heard the sharp sound of a sharp knife being unsheathed.

There was a flash of light in the darkness.

The person who came was obviously a specially trained killer, and his movements were very agile.The long knife slammed towards Li Ruan, but the latter just jumped up and dodged the blow lightly.

No matter how powerful he is, he is just a mortal.

Li Ruan has never lost a fight in the monster clan, if he really wanted to fight, this person couldn't even touch Li Ruan's clothes.

He was woken up in the middle of the night, and was made uncomfortable by the smell. He was a little angry: "Why are you unreasonable, I just want to ask you what that is, why did you hit me?"

The visitor seemed to quickly realize that he was not an opponent, so he simply threw the long knife in his hand and took out another object from his arms.

That's a torch.

He sneered: "I'll tell you what it is now."

He blew on the torch and threw it lightly.Some sparks drew an arc in the air, fell to the ground, and quickly ignited the liquid dripping on the wall and the ground.

Tongues of flame suddenly covered a large wall.

Jiang Shen did not go far.

The layout of this ancestral temple is more like a royal garden, especially outside the ancestral hall where tablets are enshrined, there are dense trees under the high walls, making it easy to hide.

Jiang Shen stood under the high wall with his hands behind his hands. Behind him, someone approached quickly and knelt on one knee: "Your Highness."

"Have you caught it?" Jiang Shen asked softly.

"Yes, there are a total of 29 dead soldiers who sneaked into the ancestral temple. They are all under control."

It was Yu Xiu who came, he raised his hand to signal, and behind him two guards escorted a man in black to come forward: "There is this man..."

The black cloth covering the man's face was lifted, and it turned out to be the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites.

"It turned out to be Lord Li." Jiang Shen smiled lightly, "Your old man is a civil servant, and you don't know martial arts. How can you kill me and come here yourself?"

The old man who was over half a century old looked a little embarrassed, and he didn't have the same kindness as before when he spoke: "You guessed it a long time ago?"

"Guess what? You guessed that you would send someone to assassinate me while I was praying alone in the ancestral hall? It's not difficult to guess at all." Jiang Shen still had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Indeed You, why don't you think about it, why does His Highness suddenly propose to come to worship the ancestors at this time, just after escaping a catastrophe and returning to the capital?"

Master Li was stunned: "You...you planned it early in the morning?"

Jiang Shen: "You failed to intercept and kill me outside the capital. After I returned to Beijing, I pressed on every step of the way, leaving you no room to breathe. You need a chance to vent your anger on me, so I gave you this Chance."

Including the previous action in the capital, it is also for today's foreshadowing.

Jiang Shen deliberately targeted the faction of the Three Princes. In just one month, he was imprisoned and executed dozens of officials, but that was only to cleanse the ministers who ostensibly supported him.

Under the surging undercurrent of the court, there are still many people lurking.

The purpose of the Ancestral Temple business is to create an opportunity for them to surface.

Cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots has always been Jiang Shen's consistent approach.

"But I didn't expect it was really you." Jiang Shen walked in front of Master Li, bent slightly to look at him, "Even you support the third child?"

This time the prince worshiped the ancestors, there are actually quite a few officials accompanying him.Regarding who will surface this time, Jiang Shen had roughly guessed in his mind before.

But I never guessed the one in front of me.

Mr. Li is old, he has been working in the Ministry of Rites since the first emperor was alive, presided over various sacrificial ceremonies, he is already considered a veteran.For so many years, he has never participated in the open and secret fights between the princes.

Before that, Jiang Shen hardly doubted him.

Until, after today's ancestor worship ceremony, he asked Jiang Shen to enter the ancestral hall immediately.

"Lord Li is the most respectful of etiquette, but the youngest is loose by nature and doesn't abide by etiquette." Jiang Shen asked, "Why do you support him?"

Li Daren said: "The Third Highness has extraordinary talent and extraordinary literary talents."

"Well, the third child is indeed a bit talented." Jiang Shen nodded, and said again, "But he doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and he doesn't compromise on means to achieve his goals. Two years ago, he connived at a dandy who robbed women in the street. Afterwards, the woman was forced to He even used his status as a prince to hide the matter. It's just because that dude is the son of a wealthy businessman in the capital, and he can help him a lot."

"Such a person, do you really think he can be a good emperor?"

"Or..." Jiang Shen narrowed his eyes, and said softly, "The third child is just a cover, and there is someone else behind you."

Master Li lowered his eyes and did not answer.

Jiang Shen wanted to ask again, but suddenly he heard someone calling him, "Your Highness, over there at the ancestral hall—"

He raised his head suddenly, only to see a flame suddenly lit up in the dark night.

The fire burned extremely fast, the fire started from the back of the hall, and almost instantly, the flames rushed to the sky.

"Go fight the fire!"

Jiang Shen let out a low cry, then turned around and saw a smile on the face of the old man kneeling in front of him: "Your Highness made a mistake this time, I sent a total of 29 dead soldiers, the [-] in front , all to pave the way for the last one."

Jiang Shen ignored it, his face sank like water, and he hurried to the main hall.

The moment the fire was lit, he knew what the man's plan was.

From the beginning to the end, Mr. Li did not intend to kill him. He sent thirty dead soldiers, and even used himself as bait. What he wanted was to burn the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall enshrines the royal family's ancestral tablets. Jiang Shen fasted and prayed in the ancestral hall tonight, and the ancestral hall was caught in a fire.No matter what the cause of the fire was, Jiang Shen's crime of oversight is inevitable.If he is unlucky and the ancestral tablet is damaged, he will become a sinner of the royal family.

At that time, the holy majesty's anger was relatively light.From the royal family to the common people in the current dynasty, all believed in the mandate of heaven. Once this happened, the common people would inevitably rise up, thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not inherit the great order without the protection of his ancestors.

Those who practice ethics are best at the idea of ​​being fearful in words.

This is the trick that the chief priest of the shrine can come up with.

As for why Jiang Shen chose tonight at the risk of being suspected by Jiang Shen, it was mostly because tonight was the only night without stars and moon, and the mountain wind was the strongest.

Best for setting fire.

But in fact, this trick has limited effect on Jiang Shen.

He is not a person who attaches great importance to etiquette, and he will never be crushed to death by one or two rumors. Even if the chief priest of the ancestral temple really burns the ancestral hall to the ground, at most he will be punished for a crime of negligence, and he admits it.

As for those pedantic veterans, he didn't care what the royal relatives thought of him.

but……

Li Ruan is still in the ancestral hall.

He guessed early in the morning that the other party would attack tonight, originally he didn't want to disturb Li Ruan with what happened at night, so he left the ancestral hall early.Jiang Shen strutted out of the ancestral hall on purpose, just to let everyone see, thinking that there was no one in the ancestral hall, so Li Ruan would not be hurt in the chaos.

He didn't expect that someone would be so bold that he would set fire to the ancestral hall in order to make him unstable on the throne.

Jiang Shen hurried towards the ancestral hall, suddenly something cold fell on his face.

He faltered and raised his hand to touch it.

……rain?

He looked up to the sky, and in the heavy sky, more and more rain fell.The rain was pattering at first, and then quickly turned into a torrential rain, soaking Jiang Shen's clothes almost instantly.

The rain quickly covered the entire ancestral temple, and also extinguished the soaring fire little by little.

All the guards who originally wanted to go to the ancestral hall to put out the fire were all stunned. They didn't know who started it, and they knelt down on the ground, shouting in unison.

"Blessings descended from heaven, Your Highness is blessed by God!"

"Blessings descended from heaven, Your Highness is blessed by God!"

"Blessings descended from heaven, Your Highness is blessed by God!"

The shouts of the guards almost overwhelmed the sound of the rain, Jiang Shen didn't pay attention to it, didn't stop, and continued walking quickly towards the ancestral hall.

Instead of entering the main hall, he came to the Nuan Pavilion.

The fire at the back of the palace had been completely extinguished by the heavy rain, and Jiang Shen was completely soaked in the short distance of more than ten steps.He walked into the Nuan Pavilion and came to the small couch. The young man was lying on it, rubbing his eyes as if extremely tired.

"you're back……"

The voice is very soft, as if there is no strength.

"You..." Jiang Shen frowned slightly. After seeing the young man, instead of feeling at ease, he vaguely felt that something was wrong with him, "You just fell asleep all the time?"

The boy did not answer.

He looked sleepy, as if he was more tired than before going to bed.

Jiang Shen wanted to go forward, but remembered that he was drenched all over now, so he didn't dare to touch him.But the young man got up suddenly and threw himself into Jiang Shen's arms.

"I'm wet, don't—"

"Let me give you a hug." The boy gently interrupted him, "Just give me a hug, I'm so tired..."

This rain was created by Li Ruan.

Just now the dead man set fire in front of him, in order to extinguish the fire, he could only use the spell of reversing the weather again.

This spell consumes a lot of energy, Li Ruan used his last strength to return to the Nuan Pavilion, and now he was so tired that he could hardly keep his eyes open.

Regardless of Jiang Shen's body was still dripping, Li Ruan buried himself in the side of Jiang Shen's neck, controlled his instincts, and sucked two mouthfuls of essence with extreme restraint.

He originally didn't want to absorb Jiang Shen's essence without his knowledge.

Even if he was in Changming Mountain before, he would ask Jiang Shen for his permission before absorbing Jiang Shen's essence.

But not this time, he could feel that if he didn't suck more, his tail would be exposed soon.

"I helped you just now, please don't be angry with me?" Li Ruan relaxed, her consciousness became a little dazed, "Let me hug you for a while..."

"Help?" Jiang Shen asked, "What do you mean, what did you help, you—"

Before he finished speaking, the boy tilted his head and fell asleep in his arms.

"Your Highness, the imperial physician is here."

Outside the Nuan Pavilion, Yu Xiu announced softly.

Jiang Shen had already changed clothes, and even changed Li Ruan into clean clothes.He was still sitting on the small couch, and the thin boy was lying in his arms, with one hand still tightly clutching his sleeve.

When Imperial Physician Feng entered the room, he saw such a scene.

He was stunned for a moment, the medicine box in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and he fell to his knees: "Dian Dian Dian—His Royal Highness!"

Jiang Shen frowned.

This movement disturbed the boy in his arms, who moved uncomfortably and buried his head deeper in Jiang Shen's arms.

"Keep your voice down, you almost woke him up." Jiang Shen whispered.

Doctor Feng looked up at him, as if he had seen a ghost.

This doctor Feng's hair and beard are all white, but he has superb medical skills and has worked in the Imperial Hospital for decades.Since the queen was still alive, Imperial Physician Feng had been her person, and now she naturally served Jiang Shen.

This time the ancestor worship ceremony, Jiang Shen also ordered him to accompany him.

Is a trustworthy person.

"Your Highness, this is the ancestral temple, the ancestral hall." Imperial Physician Feng calmed down a little, approached a few steps with the medicine box in his arms, and lowered his voice, "How can you bring someone in, if someone sees..."

Jiang Shen: "So, I hope Imperial Physician Feng will keep it a secret for me."

Doctor Feng: "..."

Imperial Physician Feng sighed, and put down the medicine box: "I was woken up by Commander Yu in the middle of the night, and I heard that the ancestral hall was on fire, and what happened to the old minister as His Highness. So it was because of this young master... What happened to him?"

Jiang Shendao: "I don't know why, I have been falling asleep all the time."

Because the heavy rain fell in time, the fire in the ancestral hall came and went quickly. Only the walls and some tiles at the back of the hall were affected and did not spread into the hall.

It was not yet dawn, Jiang Shen was not in a hurry to let people spread the news, but asked Yu Xiu to invite the imperial physician first.

Because the boy's appearance is not quite right.

He had just returned to the Nuan Pavilion, and he hadn't had time to light the candles, so he didn't notice the young man's extremely pale face in time.When he found out later, the boy had already fallen asleep in his arms, and he couldn't wake him up no matter how he woke him up.

Physician Feng checked Li Ruan's pulse.

After a while, he let go of Li Ruan's wrist and said: "The pulse condition seems to be overworked, that's why he fell into such a deep sleep. Let him rest more, and eat something after waking up. No need to use medicine, it is better to take food supplements .”

Jiang Shen: "You mean, he just fell asleep?"

Imperial Physician Feng: "Yes, just fell asleep."

Jiang Shen frowned, and asked again: "Overworked, why is he tired?"

This little boy sleeps almost all day except for eating, how can he be overworked?

Doctor Feng gave him a hesitant look.

Jiang Shen stared blankly at him for a moment, then suddenly understood, his ears were hot: "I, I haven't touched him before!"

Doctor Feng gave him another "do you think I believe it" look.

"You—" Jiang Shen knew that he had brought someone into the ancestral hall, so he couldn't explain clearly, so he simply didn't bother to explain, and asked again, "Is there any other problems with his body?"

Imperial Physician Feng said: "My young master is in good health, I don't know what His Highness is referring to?"

Jiang Shen was a little hesitant, and his eyes fell on the boy's abdomen unconsciously: "He...he is not pregnant, right?"

Imperial Physician Feng: "?"

Jiang Shen: "?"

Imperial Physician Feng's gaze towards Jiang Shen suddenly became very concerned: "Does Your Highness need the old minister to check his pulse?"

Jiang Shen didn't understand: "I'm asking you something, why are you checking my pulse?"

Imperial Physician Feng: "Your Highness was attacked earlier, resulting in some memory loss. Apart from this, do you have any other discomfort recently?"

Jiang Shen understood now.

"My Highness is not out of my mind, I know that men can't conceive." Jiang Shen gritted his teeth, "It's because he always thinks that he is pregnant... with my child."

Physician Feng was stunned.

He checked Li Ruan's pulse again, and opened his eyelids to have a look.

After a careful inspection, he shook his head: "Young master has no trauma, nor any old illnesses, so the idea...maybe he was stimulated by some kind."

Jiang Shen: "Stimulated?"

"Yes." Imperial Physician Feng speculated, "Maybe it was some major blow that made him mentally disturbed, and that's why he came up with these thoughts."

Having been tossed about for so long, Li Ruan didn't sleep well, grabbed Jiang Shen's sleeve and muttered in a low voice: "Jiang Shen, hug me..."

Imperial Physician Feng: "Please look, Your Highness, this young man subconsciously thinks that His Highness will leave him, so he fantasizes about a child, thinking that as long as this happens, you will stay by his side and never leave again. Alas, poor..."

Jiang Shen looked down at the boy in his arms.

The young boy was very cute when he was asleep, he either kept pushing into Jiang Shen's arms, or muttered in his sleep, no matter how you looked at him, he looked heartless.

He couldn't see at all that Jiang Shen's departure was such a heavy blow to him.

Jiang Shen's eyes dimmed, and his heart felt like a pain.

It's all his fault.

The author has something to say:

Jiang Shen: Oh, I'm really a scumbag...

Little Fox:?

(As mentioned earlier, Zai Zai is just a mass of spiritual energy, so it cannot be diagnosed for the time being. It will be diagnosed when he absorbs more essence and takes shape. It will be a big surprise for his father.