The little fox does not want to hide the cub

Li Ruan was exhausted, she didn't even know when she passed out, let alone how long she had slept.

When he woke up again, he had already returned to the cave.

There was a soft bed under him, and a faint cry could be faintly heard beside him, but it seemed that he was trying to suppress it, and it was not very real.

Li Ruan moved his fingers, and just as he was about to lift it up, he was caught by a pair of hands.

"Are you awake?" Jiang Shen sat on the edge of the bed, his voice was extremely soft, "Is it better? Is there anything else that feels uncomfortable?"

Li Ruan saw the people around him clearly, and didn't rush to answer.

The whimpering sound grew louder, and Li Ruan followed the source of the sound, only to see a fluffy fox cub squatting in Jiang Shen's arms.The little boy twitched and shed tears. He was trying to hold back his tears, but when he found that his father was looking at him, he immediately burst into tears.

"Your son almost cried his eyes out." Jiang Shen put the little boy by Li Ruan's hand, and said helplessly.

The cub has already learned to crawl, just after being put down, he immediately crawled into Li Ruan's hands.The two front paws hugged his fingers, and big tears fell down.

Li Ruan felt distressed when he saw it, and touched him: "Daddy is fine."

His voice was still a little hoarse, Jiang Shen got up and poured him a glass of warm water, and helped him to sit up.

Li Ruan took Jiang Shen's hand and drank some water, and the latter said, "Since I carried you back to the cave, he started crying when he saw you, no matter how hard he can be coaxed."

He stroked Zai Zai's head and whispered: "He also hurts for you."

This little brat did cry for too long, but after Li Ruan woke up, he felt relieved, and fell asleep in his palm not long after.Li Ruan didn't let Jiang Shen carry him back to the nest, and continued to hold him like this, stroking him gently.

But his eyes still didn't move away from Jiang Shen.

Jiang Shen: "Look at what?"

Li Ruan motioned him to get closer, raised his hand, and covered Jiang Shen's neck with his palm.

Shen Wuwei pinched the mark there, and because he didn't deal with it in time, the wound was already a little bit bruised.

Even Jiang Shen himself didn't notice.

As if there was a warm current coming from Li Ruan's palm, the spiritual power quickly healed the wound, Jiang Shen grabbed him: "Your mana..."

"It's all right." Li Ruan said.

The injury caused by Tianlei may seem bluffing, but because the thunder disaster ended quickly this time, Li Ruan was actually not seriously injured.

After only sleeping for a few hours, no trauma can be seen on his body, and the meridians and lungs have been repaired automatically.

"That's good." Jiang Shen sighed, "Don't do this again in the future."

This was the first time Jiang Shen saw the little fox so badly hurt, not to mention their cubs were uncomfortable, he himself was so distressed that he wished he could replace it.

But he remembered that before meeting him, the little fox had experienced countless thunder disasters.

Jiang Shen bent down and hugged the young man into his arms, with a hoarse voice: "... Thank you for your hard work."

Li Ruan was stunned for a moment, before realizing what he said, her eyes turned red quietly.

In fact, Li Ruan had never felt how miserable his life was before, nor did he feel how terrible Lei Jie was.It hurts to be struck by lightning, but he knew that was the price Feisheng should pay, so even if it hurt, he could bear it.

However, after someone felt sorry for him, it seemed that he really began to feel wronged and uncomfortable.

It was as if before the thunder tribulation ended, he would lie silently in the cave by himself, licking his wounds.

No one has ever been watching him, pouring him water, asking him if it hurts.

Li Ruan buried his face on Jiang Shen's shoulder, and after a while, he said softly: "When I was crossing the tribulation, I saw a person."

Jiang Shen asked, "Who?"

Li Ruan: "It's the you I saw in my dream last time."

Jiang Shen frowned: "He ignored you again?"

"No, he didn't ignore me this time." Li Ruan broke free from Jiang Shen's arms and leaned against the bed, "He was very gentle to me this time, and even smiled at me."

"He asked me if I wanted to go to the fairyland with him."

Jiang Shen didn't speak, and silently held Li Ruan's hand.

Li Ruan whispered: "I refuse."

The little cub snored a little while sleeping in his palm, Li Ruan looked down, and pulled Jiang Shen's hand over it.

"I still can't remember why I wanted to ascend so much in the first place. I know I must have a very important reason, but..." Li Ruan pursed her lips, "But you are also very important now."

"There is also Zai Zai, Zai Zai is also very important."

"The most important thing right now is the most important thing, right?"

Jiang Shen still didn't speak, Li Ruan raised his head and was caught off guard by his kiss.

The kiss was a bit eager at first, but as if he was afraid of hurting him, he quickly relaxed the intensity.Jiang Shen was extremely restrained, and kissed him very gently, without any hint of lust.

After a long while, Jiang Shen let go of him, his breathing still a little rough.

"Thank you." He said hoarsely.

He knows better than anyone how much the little fox wants to ascend, and after today, he also understands how much the little fox paid for the ascension.

No matter who it is, he has no right or qualification to make him give up.

But for him, the little fox...

"Don't be like this." Li Ruan saw Jiang Shen's red eyes, and quickly coaxed, "It was just a dream, my mana has just recovered, and I haven't practiced hard recently, I am not ready, it is impossible to succeed in ascension."

"And if that's true, why did you show up, you're just a mortal."

"It's just a dream."

"Yes." Jiang Shen replied in a low voice, "I know."

Li Ruan leaned into Jiang Shen's arms again, and said: "And I'm not just for you, there is also Zai Zai. If I can't come back, what should I do with Zai Zai? I haven't seen him transform into a human form yet, and I haven't heard him yet. He called me Daddy."

The little boy seemed to hear his name in his sleep, and rubbed his head against Li Ruan's palm.

"Also, didn't we say it before, when you become the emperor, Zai Zai will definitely be crowned as the crown prince. I have to protect him, and I can't let Emperor Chongxuan bully him like he bullied you. Also, wait for Zai Zai When the cub grows up to be the emperor, you will abdicate and play with me everywhere. And..."

Jiang Shen laughed: "I haven't succeeded yet, I don't know how long you have to wait for what you said."

"Then just wait." Li Ruan said, "I have waited for hundreds of years to ascend, and it's only a few decades, so I can't afford to wait."

"Okay." Jiang Shen hugged him into his arms and said softly, "Let's wait together."

Prince Su died in Changming Mountain, and Shen Wuwei was also struck to death by Li Ruan with a thunderbolt, and the matter was considered to be over.

But Jiang Shen and Li Ruan still failed to return to the palace.

Because his little brat still refuses to take form.

On the other side of the capital, Emperor Chongxuan cared about the little emperor's grandson, not only had he drawn up the imperial decree early in the morning, he had even planned how to pretend to deliver Li Ruan's baby.

Just waiting for his little grandson to transform.

But after waiting for more than a month, the little ancestor still didn't move at all.

In the afternoon, two foxes, one big and one small, passed quickly through the bushes and stopped in a clearing.Li Ruan held a wild pheasant in his mouth, and his body was hanging down limply, already bitten to death by him.

He turned his head with the pheasant in his mouth, and behind him, Zai Zai was also fighting with his prey.

It was a small pheasant, but even if it was small, it was several times larger than the fox cub.

The pheasant seemed to be frightened to death by this little one, flapping its wings as if frightened.Zai Zai couldn't control it, the whole fox lay on the opponent's back, biting it desperately with its newly born deciduous teeth.

While biting, he yelled aggressively: "Aww! Aww!"

Li Ruan: "..."

It has been almost three months since Zai Zai was born, which is the age when ordinary foxes can go out to look for food alone.However, young foxes can at most pick some wild fruits, or hunt some small birds and other small prey.

Maybe it's because of the strong bloodline of the natural demon clan, or maybe it's because what Li Ruan said when he was joking back then was all heard by this brat.

After Zai Zai gave birth to his baby teeth, he pestered his father to go out hunting, and he was very strong, he would catch whatever his father was hunting.

A chicken and a fox were fighting fiercely in the open space, chicken feathers were flying all over the sky, Li Ruan didn't stop him, and squatted aside to pluck the feathers of the newly caught pheasants.

When Jiang Shen found them, this was what he saw.

The pheasant was probably tired from thrashing around, lying on the ground panting heavily.The little cub was tough, and he was still biting its wings, with its back arched high.

Even my own father didn't notice when he came.

Li Ruan was still cheering him up: "Bite your neck, what's the use of biting your wings, you can't kill someone by biting your wings."

Jiang Shen: "..."

He knew that because the little fox lived in the wild all year round, the way of educating children was very different from that of ordinary people.

But teaching a child less than three months old how to kill a chicken is...

Forget it, he'll be happy.

He walked to Li Ruan, who looked up at him and saw the letter in his hand: "Why, the Holy Majesty sent another letter?"

"Yes." Jiang Shen said, "Father said it would be inconvenient for us to live in the mountains with our children, and wanted us to live in the palace for a while."

"Go to the palace?" Li Ruan tilted his head, "But Zai Zai will be discovered?"

"He has taken care of everything for us." Jiang Shen said, "All the attendants in the palace have been replaced by trustworthy people. Yu Xiu and Xiao Bai will follow to serve, and Imperial Physician Feng will also accompany him."

Li Ruan let out a "huh" and lowered his head to think.

The transformation of the monster cubs can be slow or fast, depending on the talent and progress of practice, three months is definitely not too slow.

So Li Ruan is actually not in a hurry to transform Zai Zai into form.

It's just that if you want to go to the human world, it will be a little troublesome if you can't change form.

Zai Zai is still young, although he has monster power to protect his body, but he is not very good at using it, and his self-protection ability is limited.

If his secret is discovered by other mortals, it may be dangerous.

But Yu Xiu already knew this secret when he pretended to be them with Xiaobai, only the two of them followed, and Emperor Chongxuan was in charge, the palace should be safe now.

After all, Changming Mountain is inconvenient to enter and exit. They live here, they can only rely on daily hunting and Jiang Shen going down the mountain from time to time in exchange for food.Li Ruan himself is fine, Jiang Shen stays here with him as a mortal, it is definitely not as comfortable as living in the palace.

He thought about it quickly, nodded and said: "Okay, then let's go to the palace."

Jiang Shen also nodded: "Then I'll pack up my things, and we'll go down the mountain."

Li Ruan was taken aback: "In such a hurry?"

Jiang Shen sighed, a little helpless: "Actually, Yu Xiu and Xiao Bai are already waiting at the foot of the mountain in a carriage."

Li Ruan: "..."

As expected of Emperor Chongxuan, his acting style is as unreasonable as ever.

It's not an attitude to discuss with them at all.

"Why does he want us to live in the palace so much?" Li Ruan asked tentatively, "He shouldn't...he has already arrived in the palace."

"He probably thought about it." Jiang Shen smiled, "But I heard that something happened to the court recently, and he can't leave for the time being, so..."

Li Ruan asked: "What happened to the court?"

Jiang Shen: "Xiangguo."

Prince Su is dead, so there is no need for Emperor Chongxuan to continue pretending to be sick.In the past month, his health has been getting better and better day by day, even the imperial doctor can't explain why, he can only attribute it to the blessing of God.

But no matter what the reason was, it was by no means a good thing for some people in the court that Emperor Chongxuan got better.

The first to bear the brunt is Xiangguo.

During the period when Emperor Chongxuan was sick, Xiangguo almost controlled the power of the court.Although Emperor Chongxuan intends to take back his power recently, there is not much he can do as a sick emperor with one and a half feet in the coffin.

In the past few months, Emperor Chongxuan has actually focused on checks and balances of power.

But after recovering from the illness, this is no longer the case.

Jiang Shendao: "I heard that Xiangguo has been secretly recruiting troops, maybe he wants to take advantage of the edict before it is issued, and plot rebellion against the palace."

Ever since the Longevity Banquet was destroyed by Prince Su, the Holy Majesty never mentioned the edict again. They knew it was because Jiang Shen had not been in the palace for the past few months, but outsiders didn't know about it.

If the imperial edict does not come out for a day, those who have different intentions will naturally be lucky.Therefore, in the past few months, the capital's small actions have never stopped, but it was Yu Xiu who carried it over for Jiang Shen.

Li Ruan asked: "Then he has to be busy for a long time? Shouldn't he be bothered to urge the cub to transform?"

"That's not certain." Jiang Shen smiled, "Based on the way he cares about the little emperor's grandson recently, even if the cub is transformed into the sky, and the next day is about to come to the city, he will probably find time to come and play with his grandson."

While they were talking, Zai Zai finally tortured the pheasant exhausted and bit off the other's neck.

He didn't seem to notice Jiang Shen's arrival until then, and with a prey several times bigger than himself in his mouth, he stumbled to Jiang Shen's feet and wagged his tail proudly at him: "Wow! Whoop!"

"Zai Zai is so powerful." Jiang Shen squatted down, touched the cub's head, and sighed, "Father also said in the letter that we should go to the palace, just because we don't want Zai Zai to live in the mountains all the time. Zai Zai I'm still young, I hang out with those weird beasts every day, and my temper is more off-road, so it's not easy to transform. Go to the mortal world to attract more popularity, maybe you will transform."

"I thought his words were slightly biased, but now..."

Looking at the bloody pheasant that was sent to him, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"He seems to have something to say."

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