Capital city.

Jiang Shanhe tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Many days had passed since he sent a message to Xiaoguo. It took enough time for the message to go back and forth, so why was there still no news?

Could it be that the hint in my letter was not clear enough and Xiaoguo didn't get it?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was. Jiang Shanhe couldn't sleep at night. If he had known, he wouldn't have hinted at the beginning. He would have directly said that he actually hoped that she would reply to his letter and hoped that they could exchange letters frequently in the future...

Now it's great. From now until next spring, he has no hope at all.

After falling asleep in a daze, I woke up again not long after. The reason was that Li Shouji, who was looking for trouble, was doing something stupid outside, and the noise could be heard within a hundred miles.

Jiang Shanhe sat up suddenly and was about to go out, but then he listened carefully and heard nothing. For a moment he thought he was hallucinating and lay down again.

But then the sound came again, and this time Jiang Shanhe could hear it clearly, so he put on his clothes, opened the door and went out.

"Li Shouji!"

Jiang Shanhe came to the yard and found no one there, so he looked for him everywhere.

When Li Shouji in the backyard heard someone calling his name, he thought for a moment that he was hallucinating. How could Jiang Shanhe be at home? He should be in court at this time.

So, I frowned and continued to work on the things in my hands. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to use. How do I open this thing?

Jiang Shanhe was originally wondering where the person was, but by following the noise of the ding-dongs, he knew his approximate location. It turned out that he was hiding in the backyard.

When I arrived at the backyard, I was blocked by a pile of iron sheets. I looked at Li Shouji who was shaking something with his back to me, and there were unknown iron pieces and iron sheets scattered around him.

I suppressed my anger. It turned out that he had been hiding from the barracks for such a long time just to do this!

"Li Shouji." Jiang Shanhe was so angry that he almost lost his temper, but he tried to calm down and called him in a calmer voice.

"Huh?" Li Shouji paused and threw it aside again. Impossible, impossible.

“…”

Jiang Shanhe was helpless and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Stop making trouble!" Li Shouji was a little unhappy at being suddenly disturbed. He had finally had the time to hide all these things from Jiang Shanhe. It was not easy for him.

Jiang Shanhe knew that this thick-skinned guy would never look back, not to mention that all he was thinking about at the moment was this pile of precious copper and iron.

So I sighed helplessly and walked around to face him.

Li Shouji finally noticed the extra pair of legs in front of him.

Hmm? The boots are nice, the robe is OK, and looks familiar.

"You didn't go to court?!"

Li Shouji raised his head sharply and looked at Jiang Shanhe. At the same time, his heart sank. Goodbye, precious Tongtie...

Go to court?!

"What time is it?!"

When Jiang Shanhe heard this, he forgot to question Li Shouji and rarely showed a panicked look. Damn it, he was so sleepy that he forgot to go to court!

Li Shouji smiled secretly. It turned out that he had forgotten to attend court. He said without thinking it was too much trouble, "It's not your time to be at home anyway."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Shanhe flew into the house at the speed of light, changed into his official uniform and washed up in the fastest time.

Li Shouji looked at his afterimage, laughed happily a few times, and then stroked the copper and iron products in front of him like a baby. It seems that he can stay with them all day today. He is so happy~

The bored coachman who was waiting at the door had already sat in the carriage, wondering why the general was so late today.

Just when he was about to pack up and ride home, Jiang Shanhe suddenly appeared.

He quickly stood up and greeted him to get on the carriage.

"I don't need you today, go back."

He passed him without stopping and mounted a sturdy horse prepared by the soldiers nearby, and rushed towards the palace like a gust of wind.

People on the street moved out of the way, and the horse raised a cloud of dust and disappeared into the distance.

The grooms and the soldiers on guard looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. It was so rare for a general to be so anxious.

When they arrived at the Golden Palace, all the civil and military officials had already dispersed. They were surprised to see Jiang Shanhe, who was late.

Without waiting to greet anyone, Jiang Shanhe quietly moved away from the crowd and walked towards the court.

The high-ranking officials who had lost the bet looked at each other, looked at the vigorous figure from behind, and then burst into admiration and praise.

"It's rare for a general to have achieved such success at such a young age."

"Yes, he is young but has achieved great results. He is truly the pillar of the country and is very rare."

"You insisted on attending court despite being ill. In my opinion, loyalty is rare, and loving the king and the country is even rarer."

"That's right!" another military officer said loudly, "The general really makes us admire him!"

The frail old civil servant pinched his beard, not disguising the calculation in his eyes, "I wonder if the general can get married?"

As soon as these words came out, all the people who had daughters of the right age started to think, this is so outstanding and favored by the emperor, if their daughters can catch his eye, then wouldn’t it be…

Everyone was anticipating something in their hearts and looked at Jiang Shanhe's back with even more eagerness. If Jiang Shanhe turned around, he would see the faint green light in all the ministers' eyes.

Jiang Shanhe, avoiding the crowd all the way, walked to the door with difficulty. He turned around to look at the confused ministers behind him. He didn't know why, but when they saw him, they asked him if he was okay. Did he look very fragile?

Avoiding the strange ministers, Jiang Shanhe felt a little uneasy in his heart. This seemed to be the first time he was late since he went to court.

No, strictly speaking, it is called the Chaos.

He cautiously came to the lobby. Fortunately, the emperor had not left yet and was explaining something to Eunuch Su on the throne. Seeing that neither of them noticed him, he quietly moved to the center and stood there.

Eunuch Su nodded respectfully, and when he glanced, he saw Jiang Shanhe standing with his head down.

Shao Zhan was saying something, but after talking for a long time there was no response from Eunuch Su, so he looked up curiously, only to see him smiling towards the front.

As he looked towards the hall, he understood what was going on. With a gesture, Eunuch Su bowed and left, taking everyone away with him. Only the two of them were left staring at each other in the hall.

"…" It's so embarrassing. Please say something. How can I admit my mistake if you don't say anything?

"..."Okay, you won't say anything, right? You're absent from court without reason and you still don't admit your mistake? Fortunately, he reacted quickly. When he saw that he was not there this morning, he immediately found an excuse that he was ill and lied to the civil and military officials. Otherwise, who knows what would happen.

There was another silence, and the two of them just used their eyes to signal each other to speak.

After a while, Shao Zhan spoke first, but no one mentioned his absence.

"I punish you, do you admit it?"

Jiang Shanhe's eyelids twitched and he secretly glanced at the person in a higher position. As soon as the word "I" came out, that uncomfortable feeling of being dominated came back.

"Your Majesty, I acknowledge it." How can I not acknowledge it?

"That's good." Shao Zhan smiled. Jiang Shanhe, Jiang Shanhe, you are in my hands again today. Get ready to face the storm!

Jiang Shanhe bowed his head and saluted. This goosebump feeling came back again...

"Let's go have breakfast."

Shao Zhan took the lead and walked in front, and Jiang Shanhe followed behind. When they reached a place where there were not many people, the two walked side by side. During the walk, Shao Zhan occasionally secretly nudged him with his arm, and he was obviously very happy. Even if he didn't get a response from the other party, he was happy.

How could Shao Zhan not be happy? Jiang Shanhe was not afraid of anything, so he tried his best to find his weakness. Finally, one day, he found Jiang Shanhe's weakness, which was to stay with him in the palace for a day.