The little fox does not want to hide the cub

The matter of returning to Beijing ended up being delayed for a few more days.

Li Ruan guessed that it was probably because Emperor Chongxuan still wanted to drag Jiang Shen back to work as a free coolie for him.Because these days, Eunuch Chang ran to Jiang Shen's residence almost every day, showing great concern.

But no matter how concerned the other party is, Jiang Shen has an attitude.

Physical discomfort, it is not suitable for travel fatigue.

In fact, Emperor Chongxuan may not really fail to see that Jiang Shen is pretending to be sick, and if he really wants to forcefully take him back to the capital, Jiang Shen has no room to refuse.

But he ended up not doing so.

It's just that he expressed his concern and persuaded him secretly, and after several times of persuasion to no avail, he was allowed to stay in the palace.

Three days later, Emperor Chongxuan drove back to the palace with his royal relatives, leaving Prince Jiang Shen alone in the palace to recuperate.

Li Ruan felt that although Jiang Shen, the emperor's father, was unpredictable and very scheming, as if he was always trying to plot people, but in fact, he still loved and pampered Jiang Shen.

"Maybe..." After listening to Li Ruan's thoughts, Jiang Shen smiled lightly.

When talking about this matter, Emperor Chongxuan had just left with his people for less than a day.In Nuo Da's palace, apart from the maids and eunuchs who served them, the imperial chef and the imperial physician, only Jiang Shen and Li Ruan remained.

Oh, and they were worried that they would be bored in the palace, so they specially gave them a theater troupe to relieve their boredom.

It is impossible to be bored, and it is the happiest thing for Jiang Shen to finally have a few days of leisure and be alone with the little fox.

Today the weather was warm and sunny, Jiang Shen and Li Ruan sat in the waterside pavilion, the surroundings were silent, only the chirping of insects and birds.The afternoon sun is just right, sprinkled on the body, making people warm.The gentle breeze blows across the lake, bringing coolness again.

Jiang Shen picked up a piece of sour jujube cake and fed it to Li Ruan, before saying, "I told you, my father was very ambitious when he was young. He either led troops and fought wars outside, or worked on government affairs all day long. The queen mother can't help but feel a little cold."

Emperor Chongxuan didn't care much about government affairs in the past two years, and he made great achievements when he was young.

Eliminating mountain bandits in the south of the Five Ridges and punishing Japanese pirates in the border areas, almost every battle was personally fought, and they won many battles.He also sent people to the south west several times to develop trade with many countries, and introduced many seeds of vegetables, fruits and grains that were unheard of in the past.Whether it is for the people or the country, Emperor Chongxuan can be regarded as a good emperor.

In his life, the only one who was really sorry was his first wife.

"The death of his mother changed his thinking. As he got older, he began to value the family relationship." Jiang Shen looked into the distance and sighed leisurely, "He probably put all his guilt towards his mother on I'm on it."

"The queen must be a very good person." Li Ruan said, "otherwise you wouldn't miss her so much, and..."

Being neglected for so many years, how lonely it is to be alone in the deep palace.

If it was Li Ruan, he would definitely not be able to do it. He couldn't stand Jiang Shen ignoring him for a day.

"She is a bit like you." Jiang Shen smiled, "My mother's empress was born in the common people. Before she met her father, she never knew what intrigue is. She has been in the harem for many years, and she is still very kind, very simple, and simple. It's even a little silly."

Li Ruan listened and felt something was wrong: "Are you saying I'm stupid again? I've become very smart now. When you dealt with Concubine Rong a few days ago, you still praised me for being smart!"

It was about that morning, he ran to find Emperor Chongxuan to act in a play.It has to be said that the little fox demon's acting level is getting higher and higher during this trip to the world, except that she is still a little silly in front of Jiang Shen.

Jiang Shen smiled, pulled the man over to kiss him, and said: "However, my father never lets things go out of his control. This time he let me stay in the palace to hide, probably because of his own considerations."

Li Ruan asked: "What consideration?"

It should still be related to that country.

Xiangguo has taken root in the court for a long time, and the power in the open and in the dark is no weaker than that of the prince's faction.In order to bring down the lineage of the third prince, Jiang Shen had already cleaned the court once.Now it's a second time so soon, although it is not impossible, but a cold-blooded and ruthless name cannot escape.

When he brought down the third prince last time, many people said that he didn't care about brotherhood and used cruel methods.

Conversely, if Emperor Chongxuan were to do this, it would be to clean up the rebellious officials and thieves in the court and support the imperial power.

The starting point is the same, the result is the same, but the name is different.

Moreover, if Emperor Chongxuan really wanted to hand over the throne to Jiang Shen and abdicate himself to recuperate from his illness, he would have to make some more contributions before he abdicated.

We can't let history books write him as a sick emperor.

Li Ruan came to a sudden: "So there is such a meaning."

"It's just my guess." Jiang Shen said again, "Maybe, my father wants me to have time to take good care of you and give him a big fat grandson?"

"Grandchildren and grandchildren... People in your royal family like boys." After experiencing this incident, Li Ruan thoroughly realized the importance that the royal family attaches to children, which the Yaozu never had.

Li Ruan shrank back into his seat that Jiang Shen had padded with several layers of cushions, lowered his head and touched his stomach, and said intentionally, "My fox cub might be a girl."

"Aren't girls nice too?"

Jiang Shen also touched him.Li Ruan's abdomen is still very flat, she doesn't look pregnant at all, only by touching it can she feel that it has become softer recently.

Jiang Shendao: "I wish I could be a girl, as pretty as you are."

Li Ruan: "But your father doesn't like girls, does he?"

"Whatever he does." Jiang Shen didn't care, "If it's really a girl, she will probably belong to this dynasty, no, the first female emperor in all dynasties. Isn't that good?"

Li Ruan blinked.

It sounds like a good idea.

"Little fox cub, did you hear that?" Li Ruan said seriously to his belly, "You must be a girl to scare them."

Can this be discussed now?

Sure enough, it's still stupid.

Jiang Shen felt itchy, turned his head, and quickly kissed Li Ruan on the lips.

Li Ruan shrunk, frowned and said, "I told you not to kiss me."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Taking advantage of Jiang Shen's illness during this time, the little fox demon seriously reflected on himself.The conclusion drawn is that it must be because Jiang Shen has been responsive to his requests recently, which has given him a taste of the taste, and it has become more and more serious.

The Yaozu's nature is lustful, and they are not bound by ethics and morality, so they will pursue pleasure by nature.

He had come here for so many years of being pure-hearted and ascetic. If Jiang Shen hadn't indulged him, how could he be like this.

Therefore, in order to prevent Jiang Shen from getting sick again because of him, Li Ruan made up his mind that if Jiang Shen's essence was not particularly needed in the future, they would try to reduce the previous intimate behaviors.

Fortunately, he had already absorbed enough essence during the previous period, the fox cub in his stomach was well fed, and the growth rate gradually returned to what a normal mortal fetus should be, and Jiang Shen was no longer needed. up.

"But..." Jiang Shen wanted to struggle again, "But we haven't seen each other for several days...don't you want to?"

"I can't even think about it. Imperial Physician Feng said that sexual abstinence is required in the early stages of pregnancy." Li Ruan said seriously, "Be more obedient and stop seducing me."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Li Ruan's attitude was very firm, Jiang Shen held his breath in his heart, and began to regret his previous actions.

What can I do if I give it a few more times, how can the fetus of the Yaozu be so fragile, he should be more careful?

Now it's a good time to take the little fox to another extreme.

Jiang Shen wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly he heard a slight meow coming from behind him.

Looking back, a little white cat squatted at the door of the room, stretched out its paw and gently scratched the door.

"Hey, little cat demon, you're back." Li Ruan said.

A slight displeasure flashed in Jiang Shen's heart when someone interrupted his good business, but he wasn't too fussy with a little cat demon.

Seeing the little white cat running up to them, Jiang Shen asked, "You came back so quickly, it seems that the Su family has settled down?"

The little white cat nodded.

The little cat demon helped Jiang Shen to testify at the beginning, just because she was angry that she was being tricked, and wanted to teach Concubine Rong a lesson.

But she didn't expect that Jiang Shen's goal had always been to bring down the Su family.

Although things will not change because of her help or not, and although the Su family did do something wrong, after all, it is the place that has fed her for a hundred years.

So after this incident ended, the little cat demon actually felt a little guilty.

She pleaded with Jiang Shen, hoping that Jiang Shen could let the Su family live.

Jiang Shen agreed to her.

This is also why although the Su family's home was ransacked, except for those key figures involved in corruption, bribery and tax disclosure who were sentenced to several years in prison, the rest of the Su family were just kicked out of the Su family and were not pursued.

After taking off the identity of the Su family, they can still live like normal people.

The little white cat said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

Her voice was different from when she was pretending to be Su Wan, it was softer, but it was still a girl's voice.

"You don't need to thank me." Jiang Shen said, "The Su family is not a traitor or a villain. The family's downfall this time is their punishment. His Highness is not someone who must be exterminated. As for the others... How much did you spend to resettle the Su family this time?"

The little white cat stretched out its paws, tapped in the void, and a few banknotes landed on the table in Jiang Shen's hand.

"The remaining relatives of the Su family who have been kind to me for a meal, there are 52 people in total." The little white cat said, "I gave them 20 taels each, and a total of 40 taels was spent."

What Jiang Shen helped her was not just to let the Su family survive.

The little white cat was worried that the Su family might not be able to survive if they suddenly encountered a downfall, so they asked Jiang Shen to borrow some money to settle them down.

"20 taels..." Jiang Shen said leisurely, "You are really generous, 20 taels of silver can cover the expenses of a poor scholar for a year among the people."

The little white cat shook its tail slightly.

Li Ruan asked suspiciously: "When did you borrow her money? How come I don't know?"

He only knew that when Jiang Shen was planning to attack the Su family, the little cat demon expressed that he wanted to go back to the Su family and settle some benefactors who had fed her.

I didn't know there was such a thing as borrowing money.

"She came to me secretly." Jiang Shen said, "Probably because she was afraid that you would disagree."

Concubine Rong almost hurt Jiang Shen this time, and Li Ruan didn't like her, even the Su family.The little cat demon is still a little nervous about Li Ruan, a big demon, and worried that he won't help.

"Is there any disagreement with this?" Li Ruan said, "It was a small part of their family who did something wrong, so what does it have to do with other people?"

He paused, then asked the little cat demon: "However, you spent more than 1000 taels? Jiang Shen is willing to lend you so much money. Did he ask you too much?"

"What did you say?" Jiang Shen frowned, "Am I so stingy?"

Li Ruan said: "You are not stingy, but you never do things that have nothing to do with you and don't have any rewards."

After getting along for so long, he knows Jiang Shen well.

Jiang Shen laughed and shook his head, "Tell him yourself, what did you promise me?"

The little white cat said in a low voice: "I promise His Royal Highness, after this matter is over, I will follow His Highness back to the palace and become a maid in His Highness's palace to take care of your lord's daily life."

Li Ruan blinked and looked at Jiang Shen: "I don't need others to serve me."

"You didn't need it before, but you should need it in the future." Jiang Shen said, "The people in the palace are mostly human spirits, and they are just ordinary mortals. I don't know your real identity, so I don't worry if they get too close to you. This little cat demon I know everything, I can rest assured that she stays with you."

He said, and then said to the little cat demon: "We will stay in the palace during this period of time, you can maintain this appearance for a while, but after returning to the palace, you have to change into a human form to take care of the young master. During the stay in the palace , you must not be found out about your true face, and you must not do anything that betrays me and the young master."

"The monthly salary of the Eastern Palace for the close maids is five taels per month. You can keep two taels for yourself every month, and the remaining three taels will be used to repay the debt. However, all meals and lodging are included in the palace, so you don't have to worry about food and clothing."

"As for the taels you owe me, I will erase a fraction for you and calculate it as 1000 taels. Calculated in this way, it will take at least twenty years for you to pay off all the debts."

"……Do you agree?"

"No problem." The little white cat nodded, looking even quite happy, "As long as I can eat enough, I don't need to leave any money on my body every month. Besides, I used to live without a fixed place, and I was a wild cat , Your Highness and Your Excellency... He Young Master is willing to take me back to the palace now, it is already a great kindness."

Jiang Shen replied "Yes".

After reaching an agreement, the little white cat seems to have finally let go of one of his worries.She stretched her waist, searched left and right, found a place on the window sill where the sun was the brightest, and got down on the ground.

It happened to be right beside Li Ruan.

The little white cat is really fat. It can be seen that it has lived a good life in the Su family these years. It is round and fleshy all over its body, and its fur is smooth and smooth. It is very cute.

Li Ruan was probably pregnant recently, and she also began to like this kind of fluffy and chubby little guy.He turned his head to look at the kitten for a while, then stretched out his hand, and gently touched the little white cat's head.

Although the little white cat has been a monster for a hundred years, except for pretending to be Miss Su recently, it has not changed into a human form very much before, and the cat's habit has not faded.The first time she was touched by Li Ruan, she couldn't help shrinking her neck. Later, she found that Li Ruan was not hostile to her, but instead leaned closer to rub his hand affectionately, making a "snoring, huhulu" sound from her throat.

Jiang Shen: "..."

"Xiaobai." Jiang Shen called her.

The little white cat has no name, that's what Miss Su used to call her.

"Meow?" The little white cat raised its head and looked at him innocently with emerald green eyes.

Jiang Shen said patiently, "Young master and I will stay in the palace for a few days, so we don't need anyone to wait on us."

The little white cat tilted its head and said, "Understood, Your Highness."

There is still no intention of moving.

Jiang Shen: "..."

"My Highness means..." He stood up, grabbed the little white cat by the back of its neck, walked to the door, and threw the cat out mercilessly, "The palace is so big, let's go to another place to bask in the sun."

The little white cat let out a stern "meow" and quickly disappeared.

Jiang Shen returned to the original place with a sullen face, Li Ruan sank into the soft chair, looking up at him: "Why don't you let the cat bask in the sun here, I haven't had enough fun yet."

Jiang Shen coughed lightly, and said seriously: "It's too fat, it will block our view of the lake."

"Obviously jealous." Li Ruan shook his head and sighed, "Even jealous of cats, Your Royal Highness, you are so childish."

"I'm naive, what's wrong?" Jiang Shen simply admitted, "I've been pretending to be sick for so many days, and I finally got alone, so I don't want to be disturbed by a cat."

Li Ruan stopped talking.

His eyes narrowed, and there was a smile in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

Seeing his appearance, Jiang Shen suddenly came to his senses and gritted his teeth lightly: "Did you do it on purpose?"

Li Ruan pretended to be stupid: "What is intentional, I don't understand."

"You don't understand?" Jiang Shen leaned down, put one hand on the back of Li Ruan's neck to prevent him from hiding, and approached maliciously, "You actually don't want it to be an eyesore here, so you touched it on purpose to attract me. Angry and want me to throw it out, huh?"

Li Ruan's gaze was dodged, and he didn't speak, the corners of his lips were pressed down, and he couldn't hold back his smile.

It is no different from the default.

Jiang Shen kneaded the back of his neck, imitating his tone, shook his head and sighed: "Little fox demon, you are so childish."