Chapter 380 Extra: The Regent and His Wife's Official Life (Part 1)
Xiao Huaijin took a fragrant petal bath.
That's right, it's a petal bath!
Why take a petal bath? Hehe, because his queen said that she loves to hold him and smell his fragrance, which makes her feel loved by everyone.
Xiao Huaijin also struggled with the idea, wondering if he could use incense as a substitute...
But after only one session, his queen frowned and voiced her dissatisfaction.
"This tastes wrong. It's like falling into a pile of face powder. It's cloyingly sweet and makes me want to vomit!"
Xiao Huaijin, who was still waiting to be praised...
How did it become so cloyingly sweet? How did it make me want to vomit?
He was about to pull Song Zhimin aside to ask her what was going on, but Song Zhimin frowned, wrapped herself in the blanket, turned over, and went to sleep with her back to Xiao Huaijin.
That look in his eyes was a clear message to Xiao Huaijin: I'm already being lenient by not taking the blanket to another room...
Xiao Huaijin was stunned for a while. After thinking about it, he decided that he should ask for clarification, otherwise he would have to sleep like this every day in the future!
"Zhimian, tell me why the incense doesn't smell good?" Xiao Huaijin put his hand on Song Zhimian's shoulder.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow, I want to sleep now!" Song Zhimian moved a little further away from Xiao Huaijin.
Xiao Huaijin was even more heartbroken, and he moved closer to Song Zhimin.
"Just tell me! Otherwise I'll keep asking, and you won't get a good night's sleep tonight." Xiao Huaijin said, moving his hand down from Song Zhimin's shoulder.
Song Zhimian...
This guy keeps his word. Just like on our wedding day, he said he wouldn't let me sleep, and it seems I really didn't manage to sleep at all...
Although she caught up on sleep for a day afterward, Song Zhimian still felt tired.
Taking a deep breath, Song Zhimian had no choice but to turn over and face Xiao Huaijin again.
Do you want to know why I don't like the smell of incense?
I don't know what others think, I just don't like it.
It felt like someone who hadn't showered in ages, but was piling boxes of face powder on themselves just to see a guest.
Although it smells nice from a distance, you can still smell the sourness on it when you get closer.
"Of course, I'm not saying you smell bad. You smell pretty good even without incense," Song Zhimian said earnestly.
Xiao Huaijin...
"Didn't you say you liked the smell of incense? I thought you did! Actually, I don't like incense at all! I really don't!" Xiao Huaijin quickly said.
After saying "oh," Song Zhimian continued to explain the science to Xiao Huaijin.
When I said I liked the scent, I meant I liked the natural fragrance.
Imagine this: you take a shower, washing away all the smells from your body, and then the fragrance of flower petals enters your body, making your body exude a fragrance from your very bones—a completely different scent.
"Forget it, I can't explain it to you. You don't take petal baths, so of course it won't smell that nice." After saying that, Song Zhimian turned over and went back to sleep without any hesitation.
Xiao Huaijin could only watch Song Zhimian's retreating figure and fall into deep thought.
Was Song Zhimian just complaining about him, or thinking he was disgusted...?
Xiao Huaijin lowered his head and smelled the scent of the undergarment he was wearing...
Ugh... It smells cloyingly fragrant. What kind of servants do they do? How could they leave my undergarments smelling like this?
On the evening of the second day, Xiao Huaijin took a bath. He remembered that Song Zhimian would put flower petals in her bath, so he also asked the servants to put flower petals in the bathtub.
That evening, when Song Zhimian came over to rest, she immediately hugged Xiao Huaijin's lean waist and started to act coquettishly.
"It smells so good! This smells wonderful!"
Xiao Huaijin immediately burst into laughter, his eyes practically glued to his face...
From then on, Xiao Huaijin would take a petal bath every few days, and Song Zhimian would always hug Xiao Huaijin's waist and happily close her eyes.
...
Xiao Huaijin, who had been prepared for a long time, waited in the dormitory for quite a while.
He'd already drunk a cup of fragrant tea, but his princess still hadn't come to favor him...
"Someone, go check on the Princess and ask when she'll be finished with her work?" Xiao Huaijin glanced outside and finally couldn't hold back any longer.
A short while later, a servant came to report back.
"The princess told the prince to rest first; she's writing a memorial! She said it will be sent to the palace tomorrow."
Xiao Huaijin...
That petal bath was a waste of time!
Frustrated, Xiao Huaijin could only go to sleep first, but without his wife beside him, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
He had already made up his mind that he would definitely go to the palace at dawn and talk to his elder sister to stop assigning so much work to Song Zhimin.
I've only been married for a short time, and I've spent five out of ten days alone in my room.
At this rate, when will I ever become a father?
With his mind preoccupied, Xiao Huaijin couldn't fall asleep at all. Even after all the noise outside had subsided, he still couldn't drift off.
Finally, Xiao Huaijin decided to go and see Song Zhimian.
After getting dressed, summoning his personal attendants, and instructing the kitchen to quickly prepare some snacks and the porridge that Song Zhimin liked, Xiao Huaijin headed towards the courtyard where Song Zhimin handled official business.
The servant boy led the way with a lantern, while Xiao Huaijin followed behind, with other attendants carrying food boxes.
When Xiao Huaijin arrived at the courtyard where Song Zhimin was handling official business, he immediately noticed that candles were still lit in the study area.
"Give me the food, you can all wait here!" Xiao Huaijin took the food box from his attendant.
...
Song Zhimian had just finished writing her memorial and was about to review the other official documents she had brought back that day.
Hearing the door open softly, Song Zhimian immediately looked up.
"Still not done? Have something to eat!" Xiao Huaijin smiled and placed the food box on the other side of the table.
Seeing the porridge in the food box, Song Zhimian finally realized that she was actually hungry...
After finishing a bowl of porridge and eating a pastry, Song Zhimian smiled and looked at Xiao Huaijin.
"Didn't I tell you to go to sleep first? Why are you here again?"
“Look how hard my princess is working! Come here, let me massage your shoulders?” Xiao Huaijin, sitting on the couch, patted the spot next to him.
Song Zhimian touched her slightly sore neck...
After Xiao Huaijin massaged Song Zhimian for a while, Song Zhimian quickly and comfortably fell asleep in Xiao Huaijin's arms.
Xiao Huaijin didn't move, letting Song Zhimin lean against him. He even gently massaged Song Zhimin's shoulders and arms...
The attendants who had been waiting outside the courtyard looked at each other in bewilderment.
They knew that once the prince entered the princess's courtyard, he wouldn't leave. How was this any different from the wives of wealthy families who would send soup and snacks to their husbands to vie for his favor?
Heh, the prince's role as regent... well, let's not talk about it!
“Tomorrow…” one of the attendants glanced at his boss.
"As usual, two carriages, one for the prince and one for the princess."
These two are really something. They're both going to court, but the princess refuses to ride in the same carriage as the prince, saying it wouldn't be good if others saw them!
"Who in the whole capital doesn't know that these two sleep in the same bed?" The head of the entourage was also a little annoyed.
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