Shang Junlin lowered his head and sucked on the lotus seed along with Shen Yu's finger.
After biting it gently, he released it.
"It's very sweet."
Shen Yu didn't know if he was referring to the lotus seed or something else.
Shen Yu withdrew his hand as if he was scalded. Under the man's increasingly aggressive gaze, his face gradually turned red.
"A Yu, try it."
After speaking, Shang Junlin leaned over, pulled the young man under his body, and kissed him.
Shen Yu had just eaten the lotus seed. The sweetness of the lotus seed was like sweet dew in his mouth, tempting him to suck on it.
The sweetness of the lotus seed lingered between their lips and teeth. Shang Junlin pressed Shen Yu down and deepened the kiss.
The lotus leaves had unknowingly leaned to one side and covered their faces.
After the kiss, Shang Junlin slightly distanced himself from Shen Yu.
One of his hands was still on Shen Yu's back, supporting him from falling down.
Shen Yu was panting slightly, and there was a touch of rouge at the corners of his eyes. Shang Junlin's eyes became darker and darker.
"A Yu …"
Shen Yu felt Shang Junlin's interest and turned his head, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Meng and the others are still on the shore."
"A Yu, if you lower your voice, they won't find out." Shang Junlin raised his hand and brushed away Shen Yu's messy hair. His fingers lingered.
"No." Shen Yu refused without thinking, "Your Majesty, how many days do you want me to lie down this time?"
"This time, I won't do it like last time, okay?" Shang Junlin knew that he had indeed gone too far that day. Except for not really going in, Shen Yu had been bullied by him from top to bottom.
Shen Yu looked around. The place where they were was surrounded by lotus leaves, far from the shore. No one on the shore could see what they were doing.
"Didn't the imperial physician say that Your Majesty should control yourself?" Recalling that night, Shen Yu didn't want to agree.
He was not averse to this kind of thing, but if it was like last time, then forget it. His body could not withstand Shang Junlin's torment.
"A Yu, how long has it been since I last messed with you?" Shang Junlin lowered his head and rubbed against the young man like a big clingy dog.
Shen Yu was annoyed by him.
The two of them were so close together that any of their reactions would be easily detected by the other party. Shang Junlin sensed something and leaned on Shen Yu's shoulder, laughing softly.
"A Yu wants it too, doesn't she?"
"I don't want to." Shen Yu glared at him. If he hadn't rubbed against him, would he have become like this?
"Okay, A Yu, I promise, just once, okay?" Shang Junlin did not give up, his warm breath sprayed on Shen Yu's neck.
Shen Yu had no choice but to relent. "Only once, with your hands."
Like a dog that had eaten meat, Shang Junlin's eyes suddenly lit up.
The unrowed boat swayed gently, ripples of water rippling under the boat.
Shen Yu bit her lips to prevent the sound from overflowing. The man's lips lingered on her neck, all the way up, swallowing all the sound into his stomach.
The sun gradually set in the west.
The palace servants waiting by the shore looked anxiously at the center of the lake from time to time. Mu Xi looked anxiously for a while and asked, "Eunuch Meng, do we need to find Her Majesty and Guijun?"
It had been so long, why was there no movement at all?
Eunuch Meng could not make up his mind. Without Her Majesty's orders, they could not act rashly.
"Wait a little longer. If Her Majesty and Guijun do not come out before dark, we will send people to find them."
Shen Yu's body moved up and down with the rocking of the boat. She struggled to avoid the man's kiss. "Her Majesty said that she would only …"
"I didn't lie. A Yu, be good, come closer." Shang Junlin nibbled the delicate skin on Shen Yu's neck and coaxed in a hoarse voice.
He didn't lie, but it took a little longer.
Shen Yu was so angry that she bit Shang Junlin.
The man paused for a moment, then became even more ruthless.
Just as Eunuch Meng was hesitating whether to send the guards to find them, a small boat slowly appeared in front of them.
Eunuch Meng took the lead to welcome it.
Shang Junlin carried the young man wrapped in a black robe and got off the boat. Eunuch Meng quickly ordered people to stop the boat and walked behind Shang Junlin. "Your Majesty …"
"Go back first." The man's voice was full of satisfaction.
Eunuch Meng tactfully stopped talking and followed behind Shang Junlin with his head lowered.
Inadvertently, he saw an arm hanging down from the black robe. The white skin was covered with red marks. Eunuch Meng hurriedly looked away and did not dare to look anymore.
Shen Yu was not asleep. His leg only hurt. What surprised him more was that Shang Junlin actually carried those small bottles with him.
"Why did Your Majesty bring these?"
Shen Yu half leaned on the bed and played with the jade bottle in his hand. He took it out from Shang Junlin's robe. One bottle was fine, but Shang Junlin actually brought several bottles!
The jade bottle was thin and long. As it was played with by the fair and slender fingers, it seemed to have some kind of arousal. Shang Junlin thought of the pair of hands that held him just now. The skin on the palms was tender and slightly cold to the touch …
He was addicted to the taste.
"Your Majesty?" Seeing that he was distracted, Shen Yu stopped what he was doing.
Shang Junlin coughed softly. "I just thought that it would be more convenient to carry it with me."
What was convenient? Shen Yu did not want to think about it.
Shang Junlin suddenly reached out and held Shen Yu's hand. Together with the bottle in his hand, he wrapped it in his palm. "A Yu, do you feel uncomfortable now?"
"I'm fine." Except for a few places.
This time, it was indeed fine. When he woke up the next day, Shen Yu was in good spirits. Except for some places that were still a little uncomfortable, compared to the last time, there were no sequelae.
"Young Master, Her Majesty sent people to deliver a lot of lotus seeds." Mu Xi led people to move the lotus seeds into the room.
There were indeed a lot. Shen Yu counted silently. It was enough for him to eat for a few days.
Shang Junlin was still worried about Shen Yu, so he called Imperial Physician Gu over the next day.
"Your Majesty's body is fine." Imperial Physician Gu said after taking his pulse.
Shen Yu also felt that he was fine. "I told you that there was no need to trouble Imperial Physician Gu to make a trip."
"Let Imperial Physician Gu take a look. I'm more at ease."
After that, Imperial Physician Gu was invited to the study to ask about Shen Yu's physical condition in detail.
In the middle of the night, Shen Yu was awakened by the noise. Shang Junlin patted his back. "I'll go take a look. You can continue sleeping."
After that, Shang Junlin put on his coat and went out.
Shen Yu lay down for a while but couldn't fall asleep. He simply sat up and asked Mu Xi to light the lamp. "What's the situation outside?"
"It seems that a minister's residence caught fire." Mu Xi had been waiting outside the room. She heard the news from a palace servant.
"How could it catch fire?" The Emperor and important ministers of the imperial court lived in the palace. Which one of them wasn't a noble? The servants were always very careful. It was almost impossible for such a big accident to happen.
Shen Yu put on a cloak and walked outside. At a glance, he saw the blazing fire.
"This direction … seems to be the residence of a certain aristocratic family." Shen Yu muttered.
"It's the residence of the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Why did you come out?" Shang Junlin walked in from outside and directly pulled Shen Yu into his arms.
At night, the temperature in the palace was low. Shen Yu nestled in the man's arms for a while and gradually felt warm. "I couldn't sleep, so I came out to take a look."
"I've already arranged for someone to put out the fire. Don't worry." Shang Junlin touched Shen Yu's hair.
The fire in the palace was not a trivial matter. Whether it was man-made or accidental, it needed to be thoroughly investigated. Shang Junlin sent Shen Yu back to his room to continue resting. He went to meet the ministers.
The Prime Minister and others had been waiting in the study for a while. After Shang Junlin came in, he sat in his seat and knocked on the table. "What do you think of tonight's incident?"
"The answer given by Lord Tan is that the servants accidentally knocked down the candle flame and the house burned. Fortunately, it was discovered early and didn't cause too much damage."
"Who was injured?"
"Except for Miss Tan's face, everyone else is fine."
"Do you think it was an accident?"
"In my opinion, it doesn't seem like it. Why was Miss Tan the one who was injured, and after such an incident?"
Because Shang Junlin wanted to punish the chicken to warn the monkey, he didn't hide what happened that day from the public. Now, only a few days after the incident, Miss Tan almost died in the fire. No one would think that it was a coincidence.
In the small courtyard of the Tan family.
Miss Tan had just been rescued from the fire. She was still in shock and leaned in the arms of a servant girl. She knew better than anyone that tonight's fire was not an accident.
If she hadn't been on guard, she wouldn't have been able to walk out alive.
She touched the untreated wound on her face, and her eyes were obscure.
"You're so embarrassing. You even embarrassed yourself in front of His Majesty. If you don't have the life, don't have such ambition. In the end, you'll only implicate us." The Tan family's legitimate daughter looked at Miss Tan condescendingly. Her tone was full of sarcasm. "You're really lucky to be able to escape from such a fire."
Miss Tan silently clenched her fists.
"Father, in my opinion, we should just send away those careless servants. No one was injured anyway."
The Tan family's legitimate daughter had always disliked her younger sister, who was born of a concubine. It wasn't because of the difference between legitimate and concubine, but because her good sister was like her yiniang. They liked to pretend to be weak. Every time she did something wrong or wanted something, as long as she put on a bullied face, she would get what she wanted.
This time, she was even more daring. She went directly to His Majesty and didn't even look at herself. She dared to covet that position. The result was that the Tan family became the laughing stock of everyone.
"Alright," the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue scolded. "Call a doctor for your sister to look at her face."
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue didn't want to look at this disgraceful daughter and left with a flick of his sleeve.
When he thought of explaining these things to His Majesty, he had a headache.
But, he couldn't not go.
When Shang Junlin returned, the sky was already bright. Shen Yu didn't sleep well in the latter half of the night and got up early. The servant made lotus seed porridge and presented it to her.
The snow-white lotus seeds floated in the bowl. Shen Yu used a spoon to poke at them.
"Why are you up so early?" Shang Junlin walked in.
"Mu Xi, go and bring a bowl of porridge for His Majesty."
After Shen Yu gave the order, she answered Shang Junlin's question, "I couldn't sleep. How is the matter being handled?"
"For the time being, we only found out that it was an accident. The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue also insisted that it was a servant's mistake and didn't intend to investigate further." Shang Junlin sat beside Shen Yu.
The palace servants quickly brought the lotus seed porridge over.
"His Majesty, have some too."
Shang Junlin picked up the porridge and finished it in a few bites. Shen Yu also put down the bowl and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
"The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue is standing at the cusp of the storm. He hopes more than anyone that this is just an accident."
After the palace servants finished cleaning up, Shang Junlin pulled Shen Yu's hand and walked to the bed. "A Yu, sleep with me for a while."
Shen Yu thought that he didn't sleep for most of the night and didn't refuse.
After changing clothes, Shang Junlin hugged Shen Yu and lay down on the bed. "It's still more comfortable to stay with A Yu."
She was soft and fragrant when he hugged her. Even if he didn't do anything, Shang Junlin could hug her for a whole day.
On the other side.
In the study room with the doors and windows tightly shut, the middle-aged man asked in a deep voice, "How is the matter?"
"Rest assured, my lord. I have already spread the news according to your request. When the sky is bright, everything will be as you wish!"
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