Chapter 21 After sleeping on the dragon couch, I silently repeat twenty times every day that I am a straight man...

After kneeling on the ground for a long time, his knees inevitably felt a dull pain. Su Mian secretly glanced in the direction of the bed and saw that the Dog Emperor was lying flat on his back without any movement. He thought that he must be asleep.

He looked out the window. The moonlight was bright, and the translucent windows illuminated every corner of the house. A ray of light shone on him, as if it had its own flash.

Su Mian sat down on the ground and rubbed his knees, his stomach growling like thunder.

Every time her stomach growled, Su Mian covered her mouth with her hands, fearing that she would wake up the dog emperor in the next second.

Su Mian was bored and not sleepy, so he started to memorize the names of dishes in his head.

If he had a mobile phone, he could at least watch some food shows to satisfy his cravings, but now he can only rely on memorizing the names of the dishes and imagining them.

[Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, braised pork, braised duck, braised chicken and bacon...]

Noisy, too noisy.

Cheng Changgeng, who was indeed about to fall asleep, was made particularly awake by Su Mian's chattering in his head.

He deliberately turned over and faced inward, which scared Su Mian so much that he immediately adjusted his posture and knelt on the ground.

It actually worked. I immediately stopped hearing Su Mian's long-winded words.

Seeing that the Dog Emperor had his back to him, Su Mian became even more unscrupulous. He lay down on the ground against the curtains and felt comfortable.

It was summer, and although there was ice in the hall, he had been kneeling for a long time and was inevitably sweating. Now that he lay flat on the ground, he stretched his limbs and felt much cooler.

He felt so comfortable that he forgot he was still in Mingzheng Hall. He felt sleepy and fell asleep wrapped in the curtains on the ground.

Hearing no movement behind him, Cheng Changgeng sat up and found Su Mian lying quietly in the corner and sleeping.

He shook his head helplessly. He had already guessed that Su Mian couldn't hold on, so he pretended to sleep on purpose to give him the opportunity to be lazy.

But you can't spoil him openly, otherwise he will go crazy.

He stood up and moved the ice away, extinguished the last candle, and returned to the bed in the moonlight. Looking at Su Mian shrouded in the moonlight, Cheng Changgeng was sure that he would not get sick after sleeping like this all night, and then he fell asleep peacefully.

But his peace did not last long. In the second half of the night, he felt inexplicably hot.

When Cheng Changgeng woke up, he found something wrapped around him like an octopus.

He tried to struggle, but the other party was holding him too tightly, so he had to give up.

But the other party was in such a dilemma, with one hand pressing on his chest and hugging his waist, and one leg pressed against his lower body at the knee. How could he dare to move?

As he had to go to court at dawn, Cheng Changgeng had no choice but to force himself to accept the current situation and fell into sleep again in a daze.

Finally, Su Mian suddenly woke up from his dream, kicked his legs and brushed past Xiao Changgeng.

Su Mian woke up in a daze and thought he was holding a doll. It was warm, soft and comfortable.

But within a few seconds, he was completely awake. After vaguely realizing what he was holding, his alarm bells rang and he felt all the hairs on his body stand up.

Trying to make his movements as light as possible, Su Mian first retracted his legs, then withdrew his hands, crawled up from the bed, and obediently returned to the ground to continue kneeling.

[Oh my God, Su Mian, are you trying to kill yourself? You even dare to sleep on the dragon couch! ]

[Fortunately, fortunately, I am lucky enough to wake up now, otherwise I would have ascended to heaven tomorrow. ]

Su Mian patted his chest and felt a little scared. Although he couldn't accept this man's country, he didn't want to die easily.

Who knows what the system will give him after he dies and is reincarnated.

It's also his fault that he didn't sleep well. He thought he was at home and climbed into bed to look for a pillow.

He thought he had escaped death, but Cheng Changgeng found out and did not blame him.

[I am a straight man, what’s the big deal about sleeping with a man in my arms? ]

After this incident, Su Mian's mind became much clearer and he no longer felt sleepy.

It happened that Cheng Changgeng turned over at this time, facing outwards.

Su Mian leaned closer to observe Cheng Changgeng's face through the moonlight.

He found that he was still attracted by Cheng Changgeng's looks.

The Dog Emperor is the type of person who looks thin when dressed, but has muscular body when undressed. Thinking back to the abdominal muscles he had just touched, Su Mian's lower body tightened and he quickly shook his head to get rid of the strange thoughts in his head.

[It's really a hell of a place that I've stayed in for so long that my thoughts have become corrupted. ]

Su Mian decided that he would repeat "I am a straight man" twenty times silently every day.

When it was time to go to court, Cheng Changgeng tried to use his hands to pry the person sleeping next to him, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

He opened his eyes and met Su Mian's kneeling gaze with a puzzled look.

Seeing him looking at her, Su Mian pretended to be very tired and yawned, expressing that she had been kneeling all night without sleep.

However, seeing Cheng Changgeng's hands fiddling around just now, Su Mian couldn't help but wonder, was he discovered sleeping on the dragon couch last night?

[No way, can the dog emperor be so kind? If you see me sleeping in the same bed with him in the middle of the night, why don’t you kick me out? ]

[Could it be that the Dog Emperor has a crush on me? ]

[Nonono Impossible. ]

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Su Mian refuted himself, concluding that the Dog Emperor must not know about this.

"You've been kneeling all night, I think you know you're wrong. Go back and have a rest. Let someone else serve you."

Cheng Changgeng didn't want to have a lot of noise in his head so early in the morning, so he simply let Su Mian go back. He had important matters to discuss in court today, and his head was swollen, so he didn't have the energy to accompany Su Mian.

"I obey your order!"

Su Mian supported himself and stood up. In fact, he didn't kneel for long. He looked at the sky outside which was getting brighter and thought that Cheng Changgeng would soon wake up, so he knelt down again.

Now that the dog emperor allowed him to go back, he was hungry and did not return to his room immediately. Instead, he walked towards the Xiufu Palace with smoke rising from his feet.

Xiao Dezi followed behind and immediately became excited when he saw Su Mian enter Xiu Fu Palace.

He thought that Su Mian was really bold. He was punished by the emperor yesterday, and now he went to meet Qin Caizi as soon as he came out of Mingzheng Palace. He was really bold.

Xiao Dezi saw it all, but kept it to himself and had no plans to tell Eunuch Jiang for the time being.

After all, he told Eunuch Jiang yesterday about the secret meeting between Su Mian and Shen Ceqing, but Eunuch Jiang came back empty-handed and scolded him. He got bruises on his legs and it hurt a lot.

Let’s talk about the Xiufu Palace.

After all, Su Mian was a favorite of the emperor, and he rushed in so fast that no one dared to stop him. He rushed directly into the door of Qin Caizi's bedroom.

It was still early and Mr. Qin had not woken up yet. The young eunuch who was serving him didn't know whether he should inform him or not. He stood at the door in a dilemma, not knowing whether to go in or not.

Fortunately, Su Mian saw his dilemma and kindly told him to get a stool to the corridor, and just said that she would sit there and wait for Qin Caizi to wake up.

Fortunately, Qin Caizi was not a person who usually slept in. Su Mian didn't have to wait for long before she heard Eunuch Su waiting outside, and then Qin Caizi came out.

"Eunuch Su, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I wonder why you came here so early in the morning?"

Qin Caizi was a little nervous holding the handkerchief, and he really couldn't guess why Su Mian came over.

"Oh, nothing much. I just remembered that Qin Caizi had pleaded for Rong Ceqing, and I thought he must be concerned about the progress of the case, so I came to talk to him."

"May I?"

Caizi Qin was a little surprised. He really hoped that Rong Ceqing could be cleared of suspicion as soon as possible, but he was just an unpopular talent, so how could he dare to inquire rashly.

I didn’t expect Su Mian to come here on his own initiative.

"Please come in, sir. Can I have breakfast?"

[Why! On the road! I've been waiting for you to say this! ]

Su Mian was overjoyed, but he had to remain calm on the surface. He said awkwardly, "I have been serving the emperor and have not had time to eat yet. I am indeed a little hungry."

"Wait a moment, father-in-law. I'll go finish cooking the egg noodles for you."

“Do you have fried dumplings?”

"It just happened that I made dumplings yesterday. I'll fry some for my father-in-law."

"I'll eat ten of them, with some vinegar and chili peppers, and a runny egg. It'd be best if I also add some greens and side dishes."

Su Mian couldn't stop talking about food. He muttered a lot, which made Qin Caizi pause in his steps. But he didn't say anything and turned around to prepare.

The young eunuch next to him, on the other hand, had a puzzled look on his face. Why did he feel that Eunuch Su was here to eat for free, rather than to investigate a case?

If Su Mian could hear what was in his heart, he would definitely applaud and say to him, Bingo, congratulations, you guessed it right!

Not long after, Qin Caizi came in with a full bowl of egg noodles and a plate of fried dumplings, with chili and vinegar on the side, as well as peanuts and pickles.

"Please, father-in-law."

"Don't you want to eat, talented person?"

Su Mian picked up the noodles and took a big sip. He saw that Qin Caizi was just looking at him and didn't seem to have prepared anything for him.

"I'm not hungry, please eat as much as you want, if it's not enough, there's more noodles."

Seeing Su Mian eating with relish, Qin Caizi was inexplicably in a good mood. He had no habit of eating breakfast. In the past, Rong Ceqing would come to Xiu Fu Palace for breakfast from time to time.

Watching Su Mian eating hard reminded him of the happy days before Rong Ceqing got into trouble.

"If you like to eat, you can come often."

Qin Caizi's words were not just politeness. At most, he had a purpose, which was to hear Su Mian talk more about the case.

"Okay, thank you, talented man."

After saying that, Su Mian stuffed a fried dumpling into her mouth. She was so satisfied!

After eating and drinking, Su Mian rubbed his stomach. He felt that he must develop Qin Caizi into his revolutionary comrade.

In this way, he would no longer be afraid that the Dog Emperor would not give him food.

Cheng Changgeng, who was attending court, rubbed his nose and tried hard to suppress the urge to sneeze. It was hard not to suspect that Su Mian was teasing him behind his back again.

"I wonder if there has been any progress in the case?"

Qin Caizi couldn't help himself and took the initiative to ask.

"Don't worry, my lord. I have already found the source of the Dong Gu powder, and I am sure that Rong Ceqing was wrongly accused. I will clear Rong Ceqing's name as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Eunuch Su."

There were tears in Qin Caizi's eyes when he said this. Su Mian found it strange, but when he looked again, the tears were gone. He just thought he was seeing things and didn't think much about it.

Afterwards, he had lunch at Qin Caizi's place. Su Mian, entrusted by Qin Caizi, carried the food box and went to Rong Ceqing's Chenghua Palace. He did not feel guilty at all.

This is called being paid for one's labor, and he deserves it!