The little fox does not want to hide the cub

The little fox demon doesn't have any bad intentions, it's just that he didn't kiss enough outside the city just now, and he wants to ask Jiang Shen to get it back.

He likes Jiang Shen kissing him very much.

When Jiang Shen kissed him, he was more gentle than usual, at first it was very light and very light, and then gradually deepened, but without much force, as if he was touching something that was easily broken.But such a light movement brought a very special feeling, as if there was a warm current rising from the spinal cord to the back of the head, crisp and itchy, and even the whole body became hot.

Li Ruan was a little afraid of this feeling, but liked it very much.

The only problem is, he keeps getting distracted by this feeling.

"You're not absorbing my essence at all, are you?" Jiang Shen let go of him after a while, with a half-smile.

"I, I have it!"

Li Ruan's whole body was limp in his arms, her cheeks were burning hot, and she was still making unreasonable words.

It was strange that he could lie in front of other people.Facing Emperor Chongxuan and Concubine Shu today, he lied without hesitation. When talking about the life experience that Jiang Shen arranged for him, he spoke so vividly that he almost believed it.

But when Jiang Shen was in front of him, he couldn't tell any lies, as if it was wrong to deceive him.

He had too much psychological burden when facing Jiang Shen when he lied, so he couldn't deceive the other party.I saw Jiang Shen smiled slightly, the hand on his shoulder slid down, and through a thin layer of robe, he accurately touched the fox's tail.

Jiang Shen asked him: "After absorbing essence, why can't the tail be retracted?"

Li Ruan struggled uneasily and sensitively as he grabbed his tail, his cheeks seemed to get hotter: "One more time...you can take it back."

It's just that bad, if you get exposed and coax people to do it again, it's not a loss at all.

"It's so bad..."

Jiang Shen lowered his voice and sighed, lowered his head, and kissed him again.

From Qianqing Palace to the Crown Prince's East Palace, it was a long and not short journey, and the two of them were sticky, stopping and going, and it took twice as long.As soon as he walked into the bedroom, Jiang Shen felt a lightness in his arms, and the boy in his arms disappeared into place with a puff.

He squatted down, and fished out the chubby little fox from the layers of clothes that had fallen to the ground.

He has maintained his human form for too long today, and he is really a little tired.

Besides, it was dark now, and it was time for Ben to go to bed.

Jiang Shen carried the little fox back to the bed, patted his head: "Go to rest early."

But the little fox couldn't sleep.

The excitement just now hadn't passed, his mind was full of Jiang Shen's kisses, he tossed and turned on the bed several times, feeling that without the smell of Jiang Shen around him, he couldn't sleep well.

But Jiang Shen was already sitting at the table and started to deal with affairs.

He always has a lot of things to deal with, and Li Ruan doesn't even know what he is busy with.

But he knew a little bit today.

It was like preparing for Li Ruan's life experience. In the past few days, Jiang Shen stayed with him in the bedroom every day, but he arranged so many things without him knowing, and arranged them so properly.

He doesn't know how many things like this he does every day.

It seemed that Li Ruan only wanted to be with him every day, and only wanted him to play with her, which was a bit ignorant.

But he is a fox demon, so he doesn't need to be too sensible.

Li Ruan thought without burden, jumped off the bed, and walked to the table quietly.

He got in from under the table, squatted at Jiang Shen's feet, and stretched out his front paws to grab the hem of Jiang Shen's clothes.

Jiang Shen didn't answer, and fell back a little, leaving some space for the little fox.The little fox grabbed his trouser leg and climbed up until it reached his leg.

Jiang Shen touched him: "Don't you want to sleep yet?"

"I don't want to." The little fox raised his head and rubbed against his neck, "I'll accompany you."

Jiang Shen responded, gently stroking him with one hand, flipping the letter with only one hand.

In fact, the little fox is very obedient, except that he always likes to cling to Jiang Shen, and hardly bothers him when he is doing business.Most of the time, he just nestled quietly in Jiang Shen's arms, neither noisy nor fussy, reading letters with him.

"Are you looking for a doctor?" Li Ruan looked at the letter in Jiang Shen's hand, and couldn't help opening his mouth.

Li Ruan can read, but Jiang Shen never avoids him when doing things. Sometimes Li Ruan is curious about what he is doing, and he will patiently explain it to him.

"I've been looking for it." Jiang Shen didn't hide it. "The imperial physician told me bluntly that the medicine I'm using now can only barely survive my father's life, but it can't cure his illness. If this continues, he may not be able to survive." one Year."

"I think so too." Li Ruan said.

When he saw Emperor Chongxuan today, he could see decay and exhaustion from his face at a glance.

That's what happens only when a person is about to die.

But it's weird...

The little fox rested its front paws on the table, as if lost in thought.

Jiang Shen noticed his strangeness and asked, "What do you want to say?"

The little fox asked, "Do you know what his disease is?"

"The imperial doctor can't find out." Jiang Shendao, "My father was in good health before the illness, but just two years ago, he caught a cold. Since then, his mental strength has rapidly failed, and his body has been in a state of exhaustion. It’s getting worse every day.”

This situation is very common in some elderly people.

It seems that the body is rapidly drying up, and the vitality is constantly draining away. No matter how good the medicine is, no matter how many supplements you take, it will not be able to make up for the deficiency.

When the deficiency reaches a certain level, problems will appear in all parts of the body, and it is meaningless to study the disease in detail.

"But..." Li Ruan was a little hesitant, but said it anyway, "But your father doesn't seem to be short-lived at all."

Jiang Shen frowned: "It's not a sign of short life, what do you mean?"

Li Ruan lowered his head.

He shouldn't have told Jiang Shen.

Knowing people's faces, ordinary people don't care, but facing the royal family, he should not say anything.

Because a little carelessness may cause major changes in the whole world.

For example, now that the royal family is fighting so fiercely for the position of crown prince, Li Ruan knows that Jiang Shen must be the emperor in the end, because among those few princes, only Jiang Shen has the face of a real dragon emperor.

But he couldn't say it so early.

This is heaven.

How long the emperor can live, how long the country can be stable, these are also secrets.

Jiang Shen noticed his hesitation and asked, "Are you...can't tell?"

He knew that in some metaphysics and alchemy, there was no way to reveal the secrets of heaven.

He once heard that not long after the founding of this dynasty, there was a warlock in the capital who scolded in the street, saying that the lifeline of the previous dynasty was not exhausted, and that the founding emperor's overthrow of the royal family of the previous dynasty was going against the sky and he would have to pay a price.

After that, the founding emperor really fell ill and died soon.

When he was seriously ill in bed, he sent troops to search everywhere, vowing to find the trace of the wandering warlock.But no one was found, only the body of the man was found.

Died in a ruined temple, his whole body was scorched black, revealing his white bones.

was struck by lightning.

Not long after the body was found, the founding emperor's illness miraculously recovered, and he died without illness or disaster.

At that time, it was rumored that it was because the wandering warlock leaked the heavenly secret, he was punished with his life in exchange for his life, and saved the emperor from disaster.

This story can be regarded as one of the secrets of the royal family, and there is no way to find out whether it is true or false, but Jiang Shen does not want Li Ruan to take the risk of revealing the secret.

"It's so serious." Li Ruan listened, but didn't take it seriously, "It doesn't matter even if it is true, I am not afraid of lightning."

"You..."

"But your father's illness is really a bit strange." Li Ruan said, "Ordinary people's bodies become so decayed, it should appear when the life span is near the end, but your father is in the prime of life, and he is not short-lived and sick. Xiang, why did you suddenly become like that?"

Jiang Shen was thoughtful: "You mean, the Holy Majesty's illness has other secrets behind it?"

Li Ruan didn't answer, but asked again, "When did he get sick?"

Jiang Shen thought for a while: "The first time he fell ill should have been during the parade two years ago."

It was not long after the queen died of illness.

The Holy Majesty was depressed during those days, so he wanted to go for a walk to relax.It took more than three months before and after the parade, visited several state capitals, and even visited Prince Su whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

But when he came back, he caught a cold for some reason.

Since then, it has been in a slump.

The Holy Majesty also suspected whether someone was poisoning and plotting.At that time, the sage used Lei Ting to search back and forth countless times, almost cleaning the capital and the state capitals he had visited, but still did not find any results.

Gradually, perhaps because he was out of energy, or because he knew that time was running out, he didn't continue the investigation.

In recent years, he even began to indulge his subordinates to act recklessly, watching from the sidelines, and became what he is today.

Jiang Shendao: "Over the years, the Imperial Hospital has been recruiting well-known doctors. I have also visited the people a few times. At least I can conclude that the Holy Majesty was not poisoned."

Speaking of which, he paused slightly.

Previously, no cause could be found because they were always investigating drug poisons.But only now did he know that there are people outside the human world, and it is not only poison that can make people sick in this world.

Jiang Shen put down the letter in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Little fox, do you think it is possible that the Holy Spirit...was harmed by someone's spell?"

Li Ruan looked up at Jiang Shen, and shook his head truthfully: "I can't see it."

Even if it was really harmed by human spells in the first place, now that two years have passed, the traces of spell casting have long since dissipated.The current Emperor Chongxuan has no traces of spells on his body, nor any demonic aura, so he has no way of judging.

He only knew that according to common sense, the emperor would not be so sick at his age.

This illness has come in an unusual way.

"It's okay." Jiang Shen reassured, "You have already helped me a lot by telling me this."

"As long as it helps." The little fox withdrew his front paws, found a comfortable position on Jiang Shen's lap, and lay down comfortably, "It's a pity that I haven't recovered my spells yet, otherwise I might try to help your father cured."

Jiang Shen asked: "Can it be cured?"

"Of course I can." The little fox wagged his tail, "every mortal has a fixed lifespan at birth, but they still encounter various accidents that end their life early. But as long as there is life left, can be saved.”

He can't see how long he will live, but Emperor Chongxuan is not short-lived. If he finds a way to cure him, he can continue to live.

For example, Ashe's life-sustaining elixir.

but……

If his illness recovers, Jiang Shen will not be able to become emperor for the time being.

Even if he wants to be cured, let's wait until he abdicates.

With his own thoughts, Li Ruan turned over on Jiang Shen's lap, exposing his stomach: "I have a baby now, so I can't use such a costly spell, it will have to wait until later."

Jiang Shen touched his stomach, and said in cooperation: "Okay, then wait for later."

Now he is fully used to Li Ruan mentioning the child in his belly from time to time, and he will touch his belly very cooperatively. Li Ruan's explanation for this is that this will allow the cub to absorb more of his essence and grow up sooner.

But Jiang Shen didn't dare to ask Li Ruan when he thought the little boy would grow up.

Ever since he knew that Li Ruan was suffering from hysteria, he had been worrying about it.

A normal woman is pregnant for ten months. Jiang Shen doesn't know if the fox demon is like this, but the "child" will be born sooner or later.It doesn't even have to wait until the birth, after a few months, Li Ruan may realize that he is not pregnant when he finds that his belly will not grow up.

I don't know if he will be stimulated again at that time.

Jiang Shen was very worried about this.

But how to tell the little fox the truth without irritating him, Jiang Shen hasn't figured it out yet.

The little fox was quickly felt drowsy, and habitually curled up on Jiang Shen's lap.Jiang Shen continued to touch him with one hand, and opened other letters with the other to start reading.

At least for now, he won't be in a hurry to expose it.

He hoped his little fox would be happy for a while longer.

After another half a month, the Chunwei Examination ended, and Jiang Shen finally became busy.

In order to prevent people from colluding and cheating, the examination papers can only be graded in the Hanlin Academy, and each article needs to be carefully discussed by the Hanlin after reading it before deciding whether it can be selected.

For a few days before and after the examination, the Hanlin who participated in the examination could not even leave the Imperial Academy.

Jiang Shen would not be restricted in his freedom, but he also had to go to the Imperial Academy every day to supervise the discussions of the Imperial Academy, re-elect those selected articles, and finally rank them.

The courtyard attendants who were marking papers could not follow in, Jiang Shen stepped into the main house alone, and as soon as he entered, he was almost suffocated by the smell inside.

More than a dozen big men ate, drank, slept and slept in the same yard, and the Imperial Academy had no place to bathe them, so one can imagine what it will look like in a few days.

Jiang Shen sat in the main seat with his chin propped up, looking at the noisy crowd in the hall, and after staying for less than half a day, he began to miss the sweet and soft little fox left in the bedroom.

However, his little fox is very at ease now.

In the bedroom, a little fox was fast asleep on the bed in the inner hall with its tail in its arms.

Since Jiang Shen was willing to let him absorb the essence, Li Ruan's mana recovered well, and he was able to transform back into a human form freely.But in order to prevent the previous incident from happening again, when there are no outsiders, he mostly stays in his original form to preserve his strength.

Near noon, there were some footsteps outside the palace gate.The little fox moved its ears, and the moment someone pushed open the palace door, it quickly got into the quilt.

The young man in black came in with his lunch and called out, "Young Master Li, it's time for lunch."

"It's coming."

The young man's clear voice came from the inner hall, and Yu Xiu put the food on the table one by one without squinting.

Jiang Shen has to go to the Hanlin Academy these days, and he is worried that the palace servants will come in to serve him and accidentally break Li Ruan's secret, so he can only hand over the job of delivering meals to Yu Xiu.

Although Yu Xiu didn't know that the young man hidden in the palace by His Royal Highness was a monster, but he was loyal enough to Jiang Shen, even if he really found out one day, he would not tell the secret.

As soon as Yu Xiu served the dishes, the boy ran out from the inner hall.

He came out in a hurry, and he forgot to wear shoes, so he casually grabbed a piece of Jiang Shen's underwear and put it on his body.The young man was petite, and the clothes wore loosely on him, revealing a small section of smooth and white calf as he walked.

Yu Xiu accidentally caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and immediately straightened his back awkwardly, not daring to turn his head.

Yu Xiu stammered: "Your...Young Master, this subordinate will retire."

"Okay, thank you."

The boy thanked him politely, then stopped paying attention to him, and reached out to grab a chicken leg from the table.

He gnawed happily.

The commander of the guards next to His Royal Highness the crown prince almost forgot how to walk for the first time, and walked towards the door stiffly.But just after taking two steps, he remembered something and had to turn back.

Seeing that he wanted to go to the inner hall, Li Ruan asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes." Yu Xiu spoke to him in a very cautious tone, "It was His Highness who ordered his subordinates to look for scriptures earlier. He had read almost all the highnesses he had looked for before, so he asked his subordinates to find some more."

As he spoke, he took out a few notebooks from his pocket.

He planned to put these on Jiang Shen's desk.

Li Ruan tilted his head curiously, and reached out to him: "Can you show me?"

"This—" Yu Xiu hesitated for some reason, his face flushed red, "Do you want to see it, but these..."

"Show me." Li Ruan said, "Jiang Shen never hides anything from me."

The boy's eyes were bright and clean, and his voice was soft, with a hint of begging.

When he speaks to others with this look and tone, no matter what request he makes, it is difficult to refuse.

This is probably the innate talent of the fox demon.

Almost without hesitation, Yu Xiu walked quickly to the table, put the book in his hand in front of him, turned his head and ran out of the bedroom.

The door of the dormitory was closed, Li Ruan blinked suspiciously, not understanding why the other party seemed to be afraid of him.

Is it because his mana has recovered a little recently, and he has regained some deterrence from the big monster?

He didn't think about it any more, and opened the script with his free hand.

Yu Xiu originally didn't want to show him the script, and there was a reason for it.Yu Xiu had found most of the fairytale scripts available on the market for Jiang Shen at the beginning, but now that he is looking for them again, what he finds is not the scripts that he obtained through formal means.

That is, banned books.

A book will become a banned book, it may be because the writer has done something harmful to the world, or it may be that the government or the royal family are discussed indiscriminately.But as a fairy tale book, there is mostly only one reason why it can be banned, and that is... it is too explicit.

Li Ruan gnawed on the chicken leg while flipping through the storybook, looking at it, but was stunned.

Why is this a book about the dual cultivation of humans and demons...

What was written was indeed double cultivation.Although there is no mention of any double-cultivation skills, it's not that Li Ruan and Jiang Shen have never practiced double-cultivation. What the protagonists in this book do is what they did in the past.

There are even more tricks than they had before.

Li Ruan had read this kind of Fengyue storybook when he was in Changming Mountain, but at that time he had no distractions, and after reading it, he felt nothing at all.

But today, while reading it, Li Ruan remembered what he had done with Jiang Shen before, and after reading a few pages, he felt hot as if his whole body was on fire.The hot feeling became more and more obvious, and a pair of animal ears protruded from the top of his head.

Li Ruan quickly threw the book away, and reached out to pour himself a glass of water.

I gulped down the cold water, and managed to suppress the inexplicable feeling in my heart.

Li Ruan couldn't eat anymore, hugged his knees and sat on the stool, his tail dangling restlessly behind him, and couldn't help looking at the storybook on the table.

Why on earth did Jiang Shen let others find this kind of book for him? Could it be...Jiang Shen really wanted to double cultivate with him?

Then he just said no.