Chapter 848
When Shen Rang finally returned, Huo Zhao had just come out of the shower.
She was wearing only a thin silk dress, and water droplets trickled down her hair, leaving marks on the dress, revealing glimpses of her fair skin.
Turning around and seeing that Shen Rang had finally returned, Huo Zhao said, "I thought you weren't coming back tonight."
Shen Rang stepped forward and took the handkerchief containing the twisted hair from Ji Xiang's hand.
As soon as he returned, Jixiang and Le'an could go back to rest, and the two walked away with light steps.
As soon as Shen Rang approached, Huo Zhao suddenly frowned: "Where did you go?"
The scent of his cosmetics was so strong that Huo Zhao could smell it clearly as soon as he approached.
"The Crown Prince and the Third Prince asked me to talk to them about the situation in Jiangnan. Guess where they arranged to meet?"
How could I possibly guess?
Shen Rang remained silent, but moved closer to Huo Zhao so that she could smell the fragrance.
Huo Zhao sniffed and said, "It can't be that you arranged to meet them at a brothel, can it?"
That's absurd! How could that be possible?
But when he met Shen Rang's gaze, Huo Zhao belatedly widened his eyes: "Really?"
"But I didn't do anything, you have to believe me."
Seeing Shen Rang unusually adopt a look of being on high alert, Huo Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I believe you, I believe you."
Shen Rang walked to Huo Zhao's side, skillfully picked up her hair, and slowly dried the remaining water droplets with a handkerchief.
Clearly, this wasn't the first time Shen Rang had done something like this.
His movements were so gentle that when his hair dried, Shen Rang shook his slightly sore wrists and looked closely to see that Huo Zhao had fallen asleep in his arms.
Shen Rang sighed.
He did indeed come home late today.
It's a real pity that I didn't even get to say more than a few words to Huo Zhao.
Shen Rang sighed, then steadily picked up Huo Zhao and placed him on the bed.
She took a thorough bath to wash away the smell before lying down next to Huo Zhao.
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The next morning, Huo Zhao woke up and was stunned to find Shen Rang still lying next to him: "Don't you have to go to court today?"
Shen Rang pressed his temples and gave a soft "hmm": "I stayed up too late last night, so I asked His Highness the Crown Prince to ask for leave for me."
With the crown prince already established, there were no more major events in the court, so it was fine for him to slack off occasionally.
Huo Zhao was immediately exasperated: "You really know how to get His Highness the Crown Prince to help you ask for leave... You're something else."
Shen Rang curled his lips: "I stayed up so late with those two princes last night, you can't not even let me catch my breath."
He is a living, breathing human being.
Huo Zhao chuckled twice and then prepared to get up.
As soon as she made a move, Shen Rang stopped her, saying, "It's still early."
He finally managed to stay in bed with Huo Zhao, and he really didn't want to get up.
Huo Zhao was forced to speak: "Today we're sending Nianchu to the Prince's mansion to learn martial arts."
With Huo Zhao as her mother, Shen Nianchu had Shen Rang watching over her academic studies and Huo Shu managing her martial arts. When she didn't know what she liked, she simply practiced both of them together, and she was sure she could find something she liked.
If you don't like either of them, then you can think of something else.
"With so many people in the manor, anyone could have escorted him. Why did you have to go yourself?" Shen Rang closed his eyes. "Lie with me a little longer."
Huo Zhao didn't want to go either, so he called out to Ji Xiang and then went to sleep peacefully.
He slept until the sun was high in the sky.
Upon asking, it was learned that Shen Nianchu had already been sent there. If nothing unexpected happened, the child should be throwing a tantrum under Huo Shu's control.
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