Chapter 18: Intimate

Shen Chu smiled, picked up some food and continued eating.

Xiao Jinyan pointed to another dish and asked, "What is this?"

Shen Chuwei said: "Mung bean sprouts." It's also the first batch of bean sprouts! ~

“This soup…”

“Leek and egg soup.”

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the dishes in front of him, a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes: "Why have I never eaten these dishes?"

These didn’t exist in ancient times. Where can you eat them?

Shen Chuwei lied, "These vegetables grow in the mountains, so of course Your Highness has never eaten them."

Xiao Jinyan asked again: "You are in the deep palace, how did these dishes come from?"

Uh! Shen Chu whispered: "...I planted it myself."

A hint of surprise flashed across Xiao Jinyan's cold eyes: "You know how to grow vegetables?"

Shen Chuwei nodded. What would she eat if she didn’t grow vegetables?

As for the food in the kitchen, there is not a single drop of oil or water in it. Who can eat it?

We can only be self-sufficient.

Xiao Jinyan quickly discovered a problem, "You grow vegetables in the East Palace?"

"...I only planted a little bit in my own yard." Shen Chuwei gestured to indicate that she did not take up much space.

Xiao Jinyan stopped talking. He continued to eat the food in the bowl. After finishing one bowl, he asked Chunxi to get another bowl.

Eunuch Liu has served His Highness for many years and knows that His Highness suffers from a loss of appetite. This is the second time he has seen His Highness eat two bowls of rice, and he was somewhat surprised.

Shen Chuwei picked up some leeks and put them into Xiao Jinyan's bowl, "Your Highness, eat more leeks." Leeks are a friend of men and have the effect of strengthening sexual desire~

Look how kind and considerate I am to you!

Xiao Jinyan picked up the leeks from the bowl and put them into his mouth, chewing them slowly. He could not deny that they tasted good.

Xiao Jinyan put down his chopsticks, took the wet handkerchief handed to him by Eunuch Liu, and wiped the corners of his lips elegantly, "Take me to have a look."

Shen Chuwei was enjoying her meal, but when she heard Xiao Jinyan's order, she had to reluctantly put down her bowl and chopsticks, wiped her mouth casually, and took Xiao Jinyan to the backyard.

All the lights in the backyard were broken, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs used various excuses to not repair them.

Shen Chuwei took out glowing stones from the space and laid them on both sides of the cobblestone path. They absorb light during the day and emit light at night, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly.

Not only on the ground, but also on the trees and rockery there are luminous stones of various shapes.

In the dark night, the glowing stones look like stars in the night sky.

When Xiao Jinyan arrived at the backyard and saw the scene, he thought he had come to the wrong place. Could such an artistic courtyard be the remote and secluded Xiyun Pavilion?

Shen Chuwei reminded: "Your Highness, the vegetable garden is in the north corner, just a few steps away."

"Um."

Xiao Jinyan followed Shen Chuwei and soon arrived at the vegetable garden along the cobblestone path.

There was a wooden shelf against the wall with dozens of flower pots on it. There were various plants planted in the pots, but it was not clear at night.

There are several trees above the vegetable garden, all about two meters high.

Shen Chuwei came to the eggplants, picked out the largest purple eggplant, broke it off, and showed it to Xiao Jinyan with a smile.

"Your Highness, this is the raw material for braised eggplant."

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the thin, long purple vegetables in her hand, raised his eyes and looked at her and asked, "Did you grow all these?"

Shen Chu smiled and said, "Yes, Chunxi and I grew these together. They are natural and pollution-free organic vegetables."

Organic vegetables?

Xiao Jinyan took another look at the small vegetable garden. It was neat and tidy, and one could tell at a glance that it had been carefully tended.

He retracted his gaze and looked at Shen Chuwei with a probing look.

After visiting the vegetable garden, the group returned to the house.

Xiao Jinyan: "Prepare hot water, I want to take a bath."

Before Shen Chuwei could react, Chunxi had already happily gone to prepare hot water, because His Highness would only bathe here if he stayed overnight.

The young lady is going to sleep with you again!

Strive to get a boy in one go!

Shen Chuwei didn't think so much. She simply thought that Xiao Jinyan was just a germaphobe and was afraid of being contaminated by bad smells after walking around the vegetable garden, so he wanted to take a shower.

After all, the vegetables in the garden need fertilizer...

While preparing the hot water, Shen Chuwei held Xuetuan and waited for the prince to finish his bath and go to sleep.

Snowball lay in her arms, squinting her eyes lazily.

Even if Xiao Jinyan was in front of it, it did not affect its closeness with Shen Chuwei at all.

Xiao Jinyan looked at the man and the cat in front of him, as if Shen Chuwei was its owner, and he frowned.

After the hot water was prepared, Xiao Jinyan went in to take a bath.

Xiao Jinyan doesn't like anyone to serve her closely when she takes a bath, not even Eunuch Liu.

After a rustling sound of people taking off clothes, there was the sound of water splashing.

Because of the wooden door between them, Shen Chuwei couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to.

After a long while, Xiao Jinyan, wearing a shirt, opened the door and walked out.

Shen Chuwei heard the commotion and stood up first to wait.

Xiao Jinyan glanced at Shen Chuwei and said, "Go take a shower."

"I'll go right away." Shen Chuwei put down the snowball, took the clothes and slipped in.

The bathtub has been filled with hot water.

Shen Chuwei was washing while thinking that by the time she finished, Xiao Jinyan should have gone home.

She had washed once before dinner, so she washed a little quickly this time.

She put on her bellyband, put on a thin shirt and came out, and saw Xiao Jinyan sitting on the bed, as if he was waiting for her to sleep with him.

Is he planning to stay overnight?

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes to look at Shen Chuwei, and saw that her clothes were open, revealing most of her red bellyband, and the thin outer shirt could not hide her beautiful figure.

Shen Chuwei lowered her head following Xiao Jinyan's line of sight and saw the bulging curve of her red bellyband. She pulled at her collar and found that the clothes were so thin that she was as if she was not wearing anything.

She took the coat off the hanger and was about to put it on, but Xiao Jinyan grabbed her wrist. She felt dizzy and fell on the bed.

Shen Chuwei looked at the person pressing on him, and consciously protected his chest with his arms, looking at Xiao Jinyan vigilantly, "Your Highness, what do you want to do?"

Xiao Jinyan's expression was cold, but what he said was not serious at all: "I have decided to teach you how to sleep with me myself."

Shen Chu blushed slightly, and her mind automatically recalled a pose from a certain picture in a certain spring... She couldn't think about it anymore, it was too dirty~

Could you please stop saying such rude things in such a serious manner?

"Your Highness, are you serious?"

Xiao Jinyan stared at Shen Chuwei for a long time, because mind reading was useless on her at the moment, and he didn't know whether she really didn't want to sleep with him or was just playing hard to get.

Either way, there is a problem.

"You are my woman. If you don't want to sleep with me, do you mean you have someone you love?"

If she refuses to sleep with him by saying that she has someone in her heart, then what's the difference between that and being a cuckold to Xiao Jinyan?

That would be a serious crime.

Shen Chuwei shook her head vigorously, "No, no, there is only Your Highness in my heart."

Xiao Jinyan pressed, "Then why don't you want to sleep with me?"

"I'm still young." Shen Chuwei really couldn't find a reason.

"Since Shen Fengyi doesn't want to sleep with me, and I don't have the habit of forcing him, let's move to Xiaoxiang Pavilion tomorrow."

Xiao Jinyan stared at her closely, not missing any details of her expression.

Shen Chuwei didn't care, "I will listen to your Highness, but I have a small request, I hope your Highness can agree."

Xiao Jinyan was stunned for a few seconds. He didn't expect her to agree so readily.

"What do you want?"