Chapter 24 The Little Shadow Guard and the Dog Prince
As soon as Xiao Yuheng returned to the study, he saw the little shadow guard following him into the room.
He silently curled the corners of his lips, walked to the desk and sat down, then put on a cold face.
"How dare you enter the study without my permission? Have you learned all the Shadow Guard rules?"
The little shadow guard was almost mad. If you hadn't taken my money, would I have come with you? You are the dog, your whole family is dogs!
But after a moment's thought, she decided to endure the humiliation and be shameless to the extreme:
"Hey, my Lord, you are a noble, and you look down on my little money. Why don't you return it to me?"
"Don't change the subject."
The man frowned. "You've trespassed into the study. You'll be punished. Go get the Shadow Guard Rules from the shelf and copy them ten times."
He actually came up with the idea of copying the Shadow Guard Rules.
Shen Yue felt a ball of anger burning in her stomach, making her whole face red.
But for the sake of her four hundred and eighty taels of silver, she still took the thick copy of the Shadow Guard Code, sat opposite the man, and obediently picked up the brush.
But she had just written a few words when a certain man frowned and said, "Your handwriting is too ugly, rewrite it."
Damn...
She has only been in this world for three months, and it’s good enough that she can write traditional Chinese characters. Her readers haven’t said anything, so what quality can he demand?
What's more, the brush is really difficult to hold!
"Your Highness, I have never learned to write. This is the most beautiful handwriting I can write."
The man frowned even deeper when he heard this, and suddenly he remembered the sentence "My subordinates often don't have a meal for several days."
He couldn't even afford to eat, so he must have never really learned how to write, right? We shouldn't expect too much from him.
"That's it, no need to rewrite it."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yue glanced at him in surprise, replied "Oh", and the brush in her hand began to fly again.
Seeing that he was writing very seriously, Xiao Yuheng's lips curled up with satisfaction, and he picked up the official document beside him to review it.
Although Sifang City is not big and not prosperous enough, it is located on the border of Daqi, bordering Western Liao and Northern Chu. It has a complex network of forces, including troops stationed on the border, bandits who dominate the area, and merchants from foreign countries.
Therefore, there were constant disturbances of varying sizes here, and there were many official documents that needed to be handled by him.
Take today for example, the documents on his desk have already piled up into a small mountain. If he hadn't been worried that Shen Er would be sad after hearing the rumors, he probably wouldn't have left the study all day.
He cared so much about his subordinates, but what about Shen Er? Not only was he not sad, he even used rumors as bait to make money. He was really naughty!
However, compared to seeing Shen Er sad, he was more happy to see him being naughty, because... it was very interesting.
Xiao Yuheng was very focused when handling official business. Sometimes he frowned in thought, sometimes he picked up a pen to sketch. By the time he finished, the sun had already set.
He rubbed his eyebrows and raised his head slightly, only to find that Shen Er had fallen asleep at the table without him knowing when.
Shen Er rested his head on his arm, breathing softly and evenly. His usually lively peach blossom eyes were now tightly closed, and his long eyelashes were like two small fans, gently covering his eyelids and casting a faint shadow.
For some reason, Xiao Yuheng actually saw the word "well-behaved" in this naughty boy.
He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and raised his eyebrows when he saw the rice paper in front of the young man.
On the rice paper, there is a vivid picture:
A man in black clothes, with his black hair half tied up, sits upright at the desk, holding a jade brush in his hand, the tip of the brush lightly touching the documents, with a focused expression; opposite the desk, a young man in white clothes moves his brush lightly and freely on the rice paper; outside the window, peach blossoms are in full bloom, and a gust of wind blows, and the petals dance lightly and fall into the hair of the man in black clothes.
"His handwriting looks like a dog crawling, but his painting is quite good."
Xiao Yuheng curled the corners of his lips, his smile was like a gentle breeze, and the tenderness in his eyes seemed to turn into water and flow out.
However, when his eyes fell on the annotations next to the painting, his smile froze instantly.
The words were crooked and clearly read "Little Shadow Guard and Dog Prince".
"Shen! Two!"
His eyes darkened and he gritted his teeth in anger.
Shen Yue was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard a man shouting. She was suddenly awakened and her elbow trembled in shock.
This movement was not a big deal, the inkstone on the desk tilted instantly, fell to the ground with a "bang" and cracked.
The thick black ink poured out and splashed right onto Shen Yue's white sleeves.
The man was startled and subconsciously stepped forward to lift her arm to check.
"Anything?"
Shen Yue rubbed her sleepy eyes and said blankly: "It's just some ink, what can happen?"
The man then realized his mistake and quickly pulled his hand back.
"Well, what I'm talking about is...is there anything wrong with this Nine Dragon Pattern Inkstone?"
Shen Yue couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.
She said, how could a black-hearted boss like Xiao Yuheng care about the lives of his employees.
"The inkstone is broken, you must compensate me."
The man decided to change the subject to hide his guilty conscience.
Shen Yue looked up at him in disbelief.
"May I ask, Your Highness, your inkstone is not worth exactly four hundred and eighty taels, is it?"
Xiao Yuheng wanted to laugh, but he still said solemnly: "How did you know?"
…She knew he was after her money!
"Your Majesty, I refuse to obey."
"how?"
Shen Yue pursed her lips and said, "It was the Shadow Guards who started the rumor. I just went along with it. Winning these four hundred and eighty taels is just a small punishment for them."
"So you're right to gamble?"
"OK."
"...You're just making a big deal out of it. I don't care, you have to pay anyway."
"I don't!"
"Then I will not let Sijin give you the antidote."
“…I’ll pay for it, I’ll pay for it, okay?” Damn it!
Seeing that she couldn't get the money back, Shen Yue instantly became discouraged and turned to leave, but was stopped by the black-hearted boss.
"I haven't finished copying the Shadow Guard Code yet."
Shen Yue: I...I will kill you sooner or later.
The young shadow guard said "yes" with a gloomy face. Just as he was about to sit back in his seat, he heard Changfeng knocking on the door in a hurry.
As soon as Changfeng entered the room, he saw the inkstone broken into several pieces on the ground and said in shock:
"Your Highness, this Nine-Dragon Patterned Duan Inkstone is worth at least twenty thousand taels. How could you just throw it away like that?"
Shen Yue was also shocked, "Twenty... thousand?"
Xiao Yuheng felt a little uncomfortable, "Ahem, you remembered it wrongly, this is a fake."
"A fake?"
Chang Feng scratched his nose and said, "This inkstone was given by the Concubine Dowager. It can't be a fake."
"Changfeng." Xiao Yuheng raised his voice slightly. "First, tell me, what exactly is causing you such panic?"
Upon hearing this, Changfeng slapped his forehead in annoyance.
"Damn this subordinate! I forgot my business when I saw the inkstone. It's Prince Song who has arrived."
"Song Xianzhi? He should have met his death by now, why is he here?" The medicine that Shen Yue personally prescribed could not be wrong.
"Oh, I'm talking about Song Xianzhi's brother—Song Minzhi. He was personally appointed General Pingxi by His Majesty and was originally stationed at the border. Upon learning of his brother's death yesterday, he immediately came to Sifang City. Now, he's arrived with a group of Black Hawk soldiers and is waiting in the front hall, demanding an explanation from His Majesty!"
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