Chapter 41: Reviewing the Memorials He moved closer and kissed Su Mian’s lips. …
"How could that be! Why would I poison you? I don't want to be the emperor."
After saying this, Su Mian paused. He felt inexplicably guilty, remembering that when he complained about Cheng Changgeng in his heart, he did talk a lot about seeking power and usurping the throne.
[Oops, that was just a joke. ]
Su Mian thought that Cheng Changgeng must be joking. After all, he couldn't hear what he was thinking, so he definitely wouldn't know that he had mentioned poisoning.
Cheng Changgeng just listened silently without interrupting, and tried hard to suppress his laughter in case Su Mian noticed.
"So your original name was also Cheng Changgeng?"
"Um."
Cheng Changgeng nodded, and followed Su Mian's words and asked, "What about you?"
"Same here, call me Su Mian."
Su Mian seemed to be thinking about something, and asked seriously: "Tell me, why did we travel through time? The time we traveled through is different. Is there anyone else in this world who traveled through time like us?"
After he finished speaking, he turned his head, blinked his eyes, and waited expectantly for Cheng Changgeng's reply.
Cheng Changgeng saw him staring at him from the corner of his eye, and resisted the urge to raise his hand and touch his head. He shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know, maybe."
"That's right. You are usually trapped in the imperial capital. Even if there is, you don't know it."
"Is it fun to be an emperor?"
Su Mian had too many questions in his mind. In this originally unfamiliar world, he felt extra safe because there was someone he could turn to for warmth.
"It's OK."
Speaking of being an emperor, Cheng Changgeng felt physically and mentally exhausted. He rubbed his brows. He sat in the highest position, everyone's eyes were on him, he had to be on guard everywhere, and made decisions on everything. In fact, it was quite tiring.
Therefore, after Su Mian's arrival, he felt that the originally boring and tiring world became brighter.
Looking at Cheng Changgeng's expression and tone, Su Mian could probably sense that being the emperor was not an easy job for him.
"How about...a drink?"
Su Mian felt that at this critical moment, it was particularly appropriate to have a little wine. It was a rare atmosphere for two poor people to drink and chat happily.
"Can you...?"
Cheng Changgeng knew Su Mian's alcohol tolerance, but he didn't expect that he would dare to ask for wine at this time.
"Why not!"
Su Mian naturally knew what he meant, and her face was full of dissatisfaction. The most taboo thing for a man is to be told that he is not good enough.
Cheng Changgeng laughed and was about to call the eunuch guarding outside to prepare wine and food, but Su Mian raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't forget that you are the emperor. Let me handle this little thing."
Su Mian stood up by supporting himself on Cheng Changgeng's shoulder, opened the palace door, stuck his head out, and told Xiao Dezi to prepare some snacks.
Although Xiao Dezi was curious as to why the emperor suddenly wanted to drink when it was not even time for dinner, he did not dare to ask more questions and just went downstairs to prepare.
Su Mian shrank back, closed the palace door tightly, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that Xiao Dezi did not see Cheng Changgeng sitting on the ground behind him.
"How about you sit on it?"
Su Mian felt that it was inappropriate for him to sit like this. As the king of a country, he should not be led astray by him.
"It's nice to indulge once in a while."
Cheng Changgeng's smile was reserved, but it made Su Mian feel like he was basking in a spring breeze. He suddenly felt as if his heart was stabbed. He didn't understand what this feeling was.
Suddenly remembering what Cheng Changgeng had done with him before, Su Mian seemed to understand why Cheng Changgeng became the emperor.
He should have liked men.
However, this is no longer surprising to Su Mian. In this manly country, he almost likes men.
Little did he know that while he was thinking about this, Cheng Changgeng lowered his eyes to hide the joy in them.
The wine and food were served quickly, and Su Mian was the one who brought them in personally again. Otherwise, what else could they do? It was their own fault for letting the emperor sit on the ground without moving.
The two of them were not restrained. They just put the wine and food on the ground and started drinking.
This drinking lasted for a whole day. With Xiao Dezi guarding outside, no one came in to disturb them.
Su Mian seemed to have found support on an isolated island. She started talking from morning to night until she was drunk and passed out. She fell on Cheng Changgeng's legs with her cheeks flushed.
Although Cheng Changgeng had a good alcohol tolerance, he drank a lot today and felt a little dizzy. Looking at Su Mian, who was drunk in his arms, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
He held Su Mian in his arms, stood up crookedly and walked towards the soft couch in the inner room. He could have slept on the ground, but he couldn't let Su Mian suffer.
Cheng Changgeng gently placed Su Mian on the soft couch, carefully took off Su Mian's shoes, and lay down on the couch himself, holding him in his arms.
Su Mian turned over and hugged Cheng Changgeng's body. The bed was not big to begin with, and their faces were very close.
Cheng Changgeng couldn't help it.
He moved closer and pressed his lips against Su Mian's.
But she just pecked him lightly on the lips a few times, and he fell into a deep sleep peacefully.
A dreamless night.
Su Mian slept very soundly, and it was not until noon that Cheng Changgeng woke him up.
"Su Mian, wake up and get up to eat something."
He drank so much yesterday that his stomach must be empty now. Cheng Changgeng was afraid that he would hurt his stomach, so he called him to get up.
Rubbing his eyes dazedly, Su Mian sat up and was stunned for a while before he slowly came back to his senses and remembered what happened yesterday.
"Go to Shen Ceqing's place later."
"What's the point of going there? They don't even want to play with me now."
There were no outsiders around, so Su Mian and Cheng Changgeng sat at the table together, drinking the chicken soup that Cheng Changgeng personally served him.
Both of them were very natural and didn't think there was anything wrong.
“Just go, and come back when you see Shen Ceqing doesn’t want to stay.”
"Okay."
Su Mian had just sobered up and his mind was slow, so he just did whatever Cheng Changgeng said.
After eating and drinking, he carried Qiming to Tingzhuyuan to find Shen Ceqing.
It happened that Jiang Ceqing was not at home, and Shen Ceqing was sitting alone under the locust tree in the yard to enjoy the cool.
However, as soon as Shen Ceqing saw Su Mian coming from a distance, he immediately stood up and walked into the house.
"Hey, Shen Ceqing, don't go."
Su Mian quickened his pace, but he was holding Qiming in his arms and was afraid of scaring Qiming, so he didn't walk too fast, and in the end he was still turned away.
His mood suddenly became much lower. On the way back, he met Jiang Ceqing again. The other party also deliberately kept a distance from him and greeted him from a distance before leaving.
Back at Anyu Pavilion, Su Mian pouted her lips and started to complain to Cheng Changgeng as soon as she entered the door: "It's all your fault that you forced me to go. No one likes me now."
Then he recounted what had happened in detail.
"See you soon."
Cheng Changgeng's words were so confusing that Su Mian didn't understand.
But in the afternoon, he saw Cheng Changgeng summon Shen Ceqing to accompany him, and inexplicably gave Jiang Ceqing a lot of rewards.
The next day, many people began to create chance encounters with Su Mian.
After all, everyone knew that for three consecutive times, anyone who met Su Mian was summoned or rewarded by the emperor.
Su Mian is a great lucky star.
Su Mian was a little amused and helpless when he heard the news. It was true that success and failure were both due to Xiao He. All his success and failure were due to Cheng Changgeng.
However, he was not in a hurry to show off, but took the initiative to come to Cheng Changgeng's study to serve him.
Ever since they met, Cheng Changgeng had already said that as long as he didn't get into any serious trouble, he could go out and play as he pleased and there was no need for him to be served by his side.
So when Cheng Changgeng saw him coming to the study, he was a little surprised.
"What's up?"
"No, I'm worried that the people below won't serve me well enough."
"You sound like a general manager."
"You better not be laughing at me."
Both of them laughed. Su Mian walked forward and poured and ground tea for him skillfully, watching him deal with the memorials.
Seeing him reading those memorials, Su Mian couldn't help but ask, "What do the memorials usually say? Is it interesting?"
"You'll see for yourself."
Su Mian didn't expect that Cheng Changgeng was not avoiding him at all and directly handed a stack of memorials to him.
But Su Mian didn't hesitate. He casually opened the first book and saw that the handwriting was not very beautiful. It could be vaguely seen that it was written by an old man.
The general meaning of the above is:
"Your Majesty, it rained heavily yesterday. Is Your Majesty in good health?"
"No, this minister is concerned about your health?"
"Yes, one letter a day."
Cheng Changgeng has obviously gotten used to it.
Suddenly finding it interesting, Su Mian opened the next book.
"Your Majesty, someone yawned in the court earlier. I really despise him. He is not like me, who is concentrating."
“No, this is too abstract!”
Su Mian laughed out loud. He wouldn’t dare to write like this when handing in a test paper at school or a report at work. Aren’t these ministers really funny?
"These are more routine, and only a few books are occasionally useful."
Following Cheng Changgeng's words, Su Mian opened a few more books.
Either he wanted Cheng Changgeng to give him a full score on his memorial, or he asked Cheng Changgeng to name his newborn son, or he told Cheng Changgeng some gossip he saw about a minister in the imperial capital.
"This, this is so interesting, hahaha."
Su Mian felt like he had missed out on 100 million yuan before. It turned out that no matter where you are, there are always talented and abstract people.
"It's fun to watch it occasionally, but it's annoying to watch it every day."
"That's true."
Su Mian thought that if she had to sit there for several hours every day to read this kind of nonsense and also review it, it would be really annoying.
“Hey, this one is a little different.”
Su Mian opened the last one and found that what was written on it was not some trivial matter, but a memorial about the drought in the south. Su Mian just glanced at it and handed it to Cheng Changgeng.
He didn't understand these things. Seeing Cheng Changgeng frowning and thinking as he looked at the memorial, Su Mian suddenly felt that there was a reason why he was dressed as a eunuch. Cheng Changgeng was much more useful than him.
"The drought in the south is severe, and the money I transferred to the south has disappeared. It seems that I will have to go there in person in the near future."
"A private visit?"
"almost."
"Take me?"
After Su Mian asked this question, he felt that he had been talking nonsense. He was the emperor's personal eunuch, so he would naturally be taken there.
But Cheng Changgeng's answer was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"I'm afraid there will be danger on the road, it's better for you to stay in the imperial capital."
"How can that be! We should share the good times and the bad times together. Since we are all here together, we should protect each other."
Su Mian didn't think much when he said this. He just felt that he and Cheng Changgeng were both pitiful people. Although he didn't ask Cheng Changgeng how he got here, he could probably guess that he must have died once like himself.
We have all died once, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
"good."
Cheng Changgeng felt warm in his heart, he knew that Su Mian would always give him surprises.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
After bringing another pot of hot tea and placing it next to Cheng Changgeng, Su Mian took the initiative to speak: "I just went out and saw Rong Ceqing coming to see me. I want to go out and play for a while."
"Go ahead."
Cheng Changgeng naturally didn't stop him.
"That's right."
When Su Mian was about to reach the door, she suddenly turned back and looked Cheng Changgeng up and down, then said confidently, "This outfit looks good today, throw that dark green one away."
After saying this, without waiting for Cheng Changgeng's response, he ran away at the speed of light.
Cheng Changgeng was left dazed, and after a while he came to his senses and smiled foolishly, not even noticing that the ink had dripped onto the memorial and left a stain.
Outside, Su Mian ran out and saw Shen Ceqing looking at the door of his room. When he saw him coming, he immediately went to greet him: "How is it, will the emperor let you go?"
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come out."
After getting to know each other, Su Mian no longer addressed them based on their positions, but just talked to them directly, and their relationship was extremely good.
If Rong Ceqing and Qin Caizi knew about this, they would definitely be jealous.
"Then let's go!"
Shen Ceqing couldn't wait to pull Su Mian out, and happened to pass by the door of Cheng Changgeng's study. Cheng Changgeng looked up and saw them clearly.
Hmm... I suddenly feel a little regretful about letting him go out to play.
But this was just a domineering thought. Cheng Changgeng still hoped to give Su Mian freedom.
As for Shen Ceqing, there was no other reason why he hurriedly pulled Su Mian away, it was just because Su Mian promised him yesterday that she would take him to make new game props today.
This game, of course, is mahjong.
Although he didn't understand the meaning of playing mahjong, Shen Ceqing knew that Su Mian had a lot of clever ideas, and the things he came up with were all unique and fun, so he was naturally looking forward to it.
When they arrived at Tingzhu Garden, Jiang Ceqing and Yun Zhengqing were both there.
"Hurry up and sit down and have a cup of tea. It's too hot."
Yun Zhengqing handed the cold tea that had been poured long ago to Su Mian and Shen Ceqing, and asked the eunuch serving beside him to fan them.
"It's okay, it's not hot."
While saying this, Su Mian still drank the herbal tea in one gulp.
Rong Ceqing was really anxious, and his mouth was dry after running all the way here.
"I have briefly explained the rules of mahjong to you before, but it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Practice makes perfect. You will understand it after playing a few more rounds."
The other three just nodded blankly, waiting for Su Mian's next instructions.
"Is what I want ready?"
“Everything is ready!”
There were limited things in the Han Palace, and Su Mian thought for a long time about the materials for making mahjong. Jade was too luxurious, so he simply made a simple version using the most common things.
Soon, Shen Ceqing ordered the eunuch to bring up the things he had prepared in the past two days. They were almost the same size and square pieces of wood.
That’s right, the material Su Mian used was wood.
"That's almost done. Now, follow me and carve the pattern."
There were exactly four cards on each card. Su Mian led the three of them and the young eunuchs, and they finally carved out all the patterns in an afternoon.
“It’s done!”
Looking at the wooden mahjong tiles finally placed on the table, Su Mian felt quite a sense of accomplishment.
"Can we start playing mahjong now?"
Shen Ceqing looked at Su Mian expectantly, already impatient and eager to try.
"Not yet."
Su Mian stretched himself and asked the eunuch to fetch the brush and ink. He explained, "In order to see it more clearly, add another layer of ink."
As a result, it took a whole night to dry the clothes, and the few of them still didn't get to play mahjong.
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