Chapter 222: I was shocked after seeing the evidence of the crime

Shen Chuwei was absorbed in painting when she suddenly heard a pleasant and familiar voice above her head. She was startled and looked up to see Xiao Jinyan standing behind her, looking at her sketch.

No one could be more embarrassed than being caught painting by the model herself.

"Your Highness, when did you come?" She stood up to greet him and silently put the drawing board on the desk.

"I just came and didn't realize that you like painting?" Xiao Jinyan glanced at the drawing board on the desk. If he remembered correctly, the painting style was exactly the same as the one last year, which he had never seen before.

"I just practice when I have nothing to do and kill time." Shen Chuwei smiled and put away all the paintings and pens.

Xiao Jinyan asked: "Why don't you paint anymore?"

Shen Chuwei said with a guilty conscience: "It's getting late today and I should rest. I will paint again tomorrow when I have time."

Xiao Jinyan still remembers the time he arrived. Usually Shen Chuwei would have fallen asleep by this time.

"Too."

Shen Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and decided to hide the painting tomorrow. "Your Highness has been so busy these days, have you had dinner?"

"I've used it." Xiao Jinyan rushed over as soon as he finished his work. Fortunately, the place was just next door, just a few steps away.

Shen Chuwei said, "May I help His Highness to untie his clothes?"

Xiao Jinyan: “Yeah.”

Shen Chuwei took two steps forward and helped Xiao Jinyan untie his clothes with ease.

She took off her coat and underwear, and when she opened the collar of her shirt, she saw the marks on her neck and stopped herself.

She always remembered that she beat Xiao Jinyan when she was drunk.

I offered to apply medicine to him several times, but Xiao Jinyan refused.

She thought Xiao Jinyan was thin-skinned and felt embarrassed after being beaten by a woman, so he refused to let her apply the ointment.

Now it seems that is not the case.

The marks didn't look like they were caused by a punch, but rather looked like they were caused by strawberries.

Not only strawberries, but also teeth marks.

This position is definitely not something that Xiao Jinyan has already taken, because it is out of reach.

Shen Chuwei thought about it for a while and realized that Xiao Jinyan did not seem to have stayed overnight in other palaces in the past two days, because Liu Xi came to report two days ago that Xiao Jinyan was busy dealing with the corruption case of Luo Zhixian and had no time to go to other women.

Xiao Jinyan noticed that Shen Chuwei was hesitant and said, "Xiaojiu, what's wrong?"

He lowered his head along Shen Chuwei's line of sight, saw that position, and guessed what she saw.

Shen Chu pointed at the strawberries with a trembling face and raised her eyes to look at Xiao Jinyan: "Your Highness, this is not what I did, right?"

Xiao Jinyan did not respond and asked back: "What do you think?"

Shen Chuwei wanted to deny it, but the look in Xiao Jinyan's eyes made her immediately say from the bottom of her heart: "It seems that there is no one else except me."

Xiao Jinyan snorted, "You are quite self-aware."

"Does it hurt?" Shen Chuwei regretted asking. It had been a few days, so it must not hurt anymore.

But then again, it's been a few days and the marks are still so obvious, which shows that it was very intense at the time.

Xiao Jinyan stared at Shen Chuwei steadily, his mind unconsciously recalling her bold actions and her kitten-like pleading for mercy.

"If I say it hurts, do you have a solution?"

Shen Chuwei nodded, "...Yes."

Xiao Jinyan suddenly looked at her expectantly, "Really?"

Shen Chuwei looked at the strawberries, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, stood on tiptoe, and gently kissed them.

When Shen Chuwei tiptoed closer, Xiao Jinyan kept looking at her with his eyes lowered until a gentle kiss fell upon her.

The warm breath stunned him for a while.

Shen Chu looked at Xiao Jinyan anxiously, "Is it okay?"

"Not enough." Xiao Jinyan's eyes darkened and he uttered two words softly. Then he leaned over to pick her up and strode towards the bed.

The next second, Shen Chuwei guessed that she was going to serve Xiao Jinyan in the emperor's bed again. She grabbed Xiao Jinyan's hand and looked at him with her beautiful starry eyes.

"Your Highness, I am..." The last two words were spoken close to Xiao Jinyan's ear.

Xiao Jinyan paused and calculated the time in her mind. It was about this time last month. She thought about the severe stomachache she had last month.

"Does your stomach hurt this time?"

Shen Chu nodded: "It hurts a little, but better than last time."

"I'll warm you up." Xiao Jinyan held her in his arms, put his big hands in, and pressed his hot palms against her belly. It felt cool there, which was indeed better than last time.

Shen Chuwei lay there obediently without moving, but she could not ignore the burning temperature in her stomach. At the same time, the pain seemed to disappear.

Covering your stomach is still effective.

She raised her head to look at Xiao Jinyan, her eyes fell on his neck again, she saw his Adam's apple, and curiously reached out to touch it, only to see it rolling up and down, which she found a little strange.

Xiao Jinyan's breathing became heavier. "Don't move."

"Oh." Shen Chuwei obediently withdrew her hand and saw that one of the hair hanging on her body belonged to Xiao Jinyan. She reached out and picked it up and played with it in her palm.

Xiao Jinyan said: "I just came back and heard about the matter of appointing Chang Liangdi as the Crown Princess. I have no such intention."

Shen Chuwei paused in her playful movements and said, "I understand."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes and looked at the person in his arms, sighing in his heart. He didn't even have the right to appoint anyone as the Crown Princess.

Chang Liangdi used her uncle to put pressure on her, and the Queen Mother sided with Chang Liangdi.

This is a bit difficult to handle.

Xiao Jinyan did not express his troubles. He knew she was asleep by listening to her even breathing.

He also closed his eyes, but did not fall asleep, because if he fell asleep, his hands would leave his stomach.

The next day, after Xiao Jinyan woke up, he gently put the person in his arms on the bed, then got up and put on his clothes.

After getting dressed, Xiao Jinyan was about to leave when he saw the drawing board on the desk. He paused, then turned around, walked to the desk, picked up the drawing board, turned it over, and saw the painting on it.

The eyebrows and eyes clearly look a bit like me.

Is Shen Chuwei drawing herself?

Xiao Jinyan raised the corners of his lips slightly, looking forward to the finished product. He put the drawing board back to its original place, turned around and left.

It was a sunny day today. Shen Chuwei asked someone to move a rattan chair to the yard. She lay on the chair and her stomach didn't hurt as much anymore. It must be because Xiao Jinyan covered it with his hand last night.

Xuetuan started chasing the little gray rabbit early in the morning, like a responsible trainer, trying hard to motivate his students.

Concubine Xu and Tao Chenghui hurried over early in the morning.

Shen Chuwei looked at the two people walking hurriedly, and asked lazily: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Concubine Xu brought a small stool and sat next to Shen Chuwei, saying happily, "I brought some good things."

If Shen Chuwei hadn't seen that Concubine Xu had nothing in her hands, she would have almost thought it was something delicious.

But she was still a little curious, "What good stuff?"

"Look." Concubine Xu took out a piece of paper from her sleeve pocket and opened it to show Shen Chuwei impatiently, "Look, this is the prescription I asked Doctor Yu for yesterday, a prescription for praying for a child. Doctor Yu said that many concubines are using it."

Tao Chenghui also said: "Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll ask my father to get a prescription outside and send it to the palace."

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