"?"
Any normal person would be able to hear the sarcasm and ridicule in Tang Wan's words. She was immediately furious: "How dare you play tricks on me?"
Bitch, bitch! She cursed Tang Wan’s ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart.
"That's enough, Rongpin. Noble Concubine Nuan told you a joke out of kindness. If you don't appreciate it, then forget it. But who are you getting angry at?"
Shen Xiaohan frowned, feeling that the person in front of him was too unreasonable.
"Your Majesty~~" Rongpin was full of grievances, and her voice was so tortuous and charming.
Unfortunately, Shen Xiaohan didn't buy her tricks and just said coldly: "If you don't have anything serious to do, you can leave first."
Rongpin thought her hint was obvious enough. After all, she was a noble lady and still had to save face, so she could only say aggrievedly, "Yes."
But she still added, unwilling to give up: "Your Majesty...will you come to my palace tonight?"
Shen Xiaohan didn't even raise his eyelids: "Rongpin, you've crossed the line."
Rongpin's eyelids twitched and her throat felt inexplicably tight. Fortunately, Shen Xiaohan didn't say anything else, but just waved his hand. She breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.
"Come back to your senses, Wanwan." Shen Xiaohan smiled at her.
Tang Wan lowered her head and silently ate the dish he picked up in one bite.
One side of her cheek was slightly bulging, and from Shen Xiaohan's perspective, she looked delicate and cute.
After the meal, Shen Xiaohan went to deal with the memorials. Tang Wan touched her round belly, burped, and slowly walked back to the palace.
In fact, Shen Xiaohan thought about letting her take a sedan chair back to the palace, but she refused on the grounds that she needed to digest her food.
Shen Xiaohan had no choice but to let her go.
In fact, it had nothing to do with digestion. After all, she was full and didn't want to walk at all.
The most important reason, of course, is that not everyone can sit in a sedan chair, let alone an imperial chariot!
She had only been in the palace for a few days. If she really took office, she would be regarded as a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh. It would be too costly to take a break just for a while.
After she left, a young man's hearty laughter suddenly rang out from the imperial study: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Brick, hahahahaha..."
Shen Xiaohan held the pen in one hand, and the ink smudged a large area on the paper. He laughed so hard that his stomach ached and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.
He has a little secret that most people don't know, which is that his reflexes are extremely long. If someone tells a joke, it usually takes him a while before he can laugh.
Some people have misunderstood this and said that he is born not to like to laugh.
It’s not that I don’t like to laugh, it’s just that no one sees me when I laugh, so over time it became a rumor:
Your Majesty is cold as ice and never smiles.
But he unexpectedly discovered that this personality was quite useful. At least he didn't have a lot of things to deal with. When those people saw his face, their problems were solved.
So I just accepted it and indeed I rarely smiled in front of others.
As long as no one tells him a joke, eh.
………………
Half a month later, the harem was still calm.
Shen Xiaohan came to see Tang Wan from time to time, making her miserable every time.
In the harem, there were those who were extremely grateful to her, and there were also those who hated her to the core.
Rongpin was one of those people who hated it to the core.
"Pa." The woman slapped Zhao Hai in the face. Her nails, painted with red nail polish, were bright red and sharp. The slap was so heavy that her nails scratched his face, leaving several bloody marks.
Zhao Hai's expression remained unchanged, he just said softly: "Your Majesty, please calm down, this is only temporary."
Rongpin became even angrier. Her eyes and nose were red, and she looked like she had been crying.
"You're talking nonsense! It was you who gave me that awful idea last time, and it caused me to lose all my face!"
"What do you mean by temporary? Your Majesty's heart is completely devoted to that bitch. In the past half month, has he ever seen anyone else?!"
"Your Majesty, please don't get angry. In half a month, we will go to Hanshan Temple to pray for blessings. Then, I will find ways to make her suffer."
"Are you serious?"
Zhao Hai held her slender, white hand and reverently placed it against his forehead. "Of course it's true, Madam. I will help you eliminate everything you don't like."
Rongpin snorted coldly and pulled her hand away: "Stop talking big for now. If you can't do it, I won't be able to keep you here."
The expression on Zhao Hai's face was gloomy and unclear. After a while, he replied softly, "Yes."
………………
That day, Hongyue and Tang Wan made some pastries together.
The master and servant looked at each other's gray appearance and couldn't help but smile at each other.
"Wanwan, why are you smiling so happily?"
Tang Wan looked up and saw Shen Xiaohan in a black robe. His hair was half tied up, which added a bit of casualness to him.
He suits such a strong color, which makes him look more majestic, but his face is smiling, which gives people an extreme contrast.
Shen Xiaohan stretched out a hand and wiped the flour off her face.
Tang Wan has gradually become familiar with him these days and is no longer as reserved as before.
She found that apart from sometimes becoming very strange and like a different person, Shen Xiaohan didn't seem to have any other shortcomings.
Especially to her, it was really good to the extreme.
Rewards were poured into her palace like water, as if they were free of charge, making some people jealous.
Yes, they really don't care about Shen Xiaohan's favor, but who doesn't like money? No one can get away with money.
She rubbed her palm obediently.
Shen Xiaohan suddenly had the urge to ravage her.
So good.
Suddenly, a cold hand touched the tip of his nose, "Your Majesty has also turned into a cat."
Hearing this, Heng'an, who had been standing beside Shen Xiaohan without saying a word, suddenly twitched his eyelids.
Was she desperate? His Majesty was the stern and unsmiling monarch, and comparing him to a majestic tiger was fine, but comparing him to a cat was sheer audacity.
Just when he thought that his Majesty was going to be angry.
His Majesty lifted Concubine Nuan up like a child and tossed her in the air twice. "I am a calico cat, and what about you?"
"I am Xiaoyu."
Shen Xiaohan held her and placed her on the chair, asking with some confusion: "Why?"
"Because cats love fish the most."
"Smooth talk."
"That's called expressing your true feelings."
She smiled, and compared to him, she looked more like a kitten at this moment.
"Your Majesty, would you like to try some of the cakes I made?"
Looking at her sparkling eyes, he couldn't say no.
Hengan ate it without testing the poison.
He didn't like sweets, and might even be said to dislike them, but surprisingly, he didn't dislike the pastries she made.
Soft and sticky, just like her.
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