How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Seeing Xie Jinyu being so stubborn, Xie Chengze stopped talking, stood up, grabbed the cloth towel on the edge of the tub, wrapped it around his waist, and then stepped out of the tub.

As he moved, water droplets that had not been wiped off his body dripped onto the ground. The young man had a slender and straight figure. Although he did not like to exercise, there was not a trace of fat on his body, and every muscle was just right. His black hair was casually tied on his head with a red jade hairpin. A few strands of black hair were missed and crossed his white spine, revealing his white neck that was powdered after a bath, which was particularly eye-catching due to its wetness.

Without the hot water, the cold air inevitably hit him. Xie Chengze shivered slightly, picked up another piece of cloth on the screen, wiped the water droplets on his body, and then spread his hands, "Hurry up, it's freezing."

Xie Jinyu's eyes lit up with joy. She stepped forward and put the red inner garment in her hand on him. She put the smooth red belt around the young man's waist and tied a knot. Then she said softly, "Second brother, it's done."

Xie Chengze glanced down and confirmed that everything was alright, then he untied his hairpin and walked towards the bed.

As the jade hairpin was pulled out, the black hair slid down his back like a waterfall, covering the eye-catching flesh color on his neck, but not hiding the straight white legs and slender ankles under his inner clothes. Xie Jinyu followed behind Xie Chengze, his eyes getting darker and darker, until Xie Chengze suddenly turned around, he panickedly retracted the dark color in his eyes, revealing his usual docile appearance, "Second brother, what's wrong?"

Xie Chengze looked down at him, then looked up, "...Don't follow me, go wash quickly."

Xie Jinyu's face suddenly turned red, and she hummed softly, as if an ant was talking, then turned around and walked quickly behind the screen.

Xie Chengze shook his head helplessly, turned to Xie Shoujun who was standing at the wooden table and said, "Brother Emperor, let's go first-ah!"

The accident came unexpectedly, with a lot of water droplets dripping back and forth on the ground. Xie Chengze's feet slipped as his slippers stepped on the wet wooden floor, and he crashed into Xie Shoujun!

“Royal brother ahh ...

When his head hit the other person's chest hard, Xie Chengze groaned, covered his red forehead, looked up and asked in disbelief, "The way you greeted me - shouldn't you have grabbed my waist with your hands and supported me in a very handsome way!"

Which kind person would just use his chest to catch someone?

It hurts him so much!

"Well... it's easy to pull your waist that way." Xie Shoujun said seriously, "But I didn't expect that you have a weak body but a hard head."

Xie Chengze: ...

What's wrong with being hard? A man should be hard!

"You can still slip while walking. It seems that you really lack exercise." Xie Shoujun flicked his red forehead with his fingers. His brows softened slowly. Then he lowered his arm and picked up the young man with one hand and walked towards the bed. "In case you slip again, I will carry you over."

Her body is so light. I really don't know how the imperial palace keeps people so weak and frail.

But with such a weak body, he actually invented gunpowder...

Xie Shoujun smiled faintly, and said calmly, "Starting tomorrow, I will urge you to keep fit."

Xie Chengze protested, "Can we not exercise?"

"Unless you can beat me?" Xie Shoujun put him on the edge of the bed, bent down and untied the cloth wrapped around his waist. As the cloth was pulled out, the red inner garment was also pulled open, revealing the young man's slender and white legs.

Xie Shoujun pinched the leg meat inside, looked at the skin that instantly turned red, and commented, "It's so soft and sagging, without any muscle at all. I'm afraid the cooks in the barracks are tougher than you."

"Hiss." Xie Chengze felt itchy and painful from being pinched, and couldn't help but shrink his legs and kicked him, "It's enough to be able to run, why do you need muscles!"

"I'm afraid of you..." Xie Shoujun wanted to say something, but shook his head again. He wiped the water off the young man's legs with a cloth, then grabbed his ankle and injected his inner strength into him. "You've just been out of the water for a while, and your feet are so cold. It seems that you haven't cured your body coldness all these years."

His feet were warmed by the internal force, and his body also became warm. Xie Chengze wrapped the quilt around himself and said with a grin, "You know what, learning martial arts is good. When you're cold, you can use your internal force to keep warm."

Seeing him change the subject, Xie Shoujun shook his head helplessly and stuffed his feet into the quilt, "Are you thirsty? I'll go get you some water."

Xie Chengze nodded and watched Xie Shoujun go to pour water. He chatted, "Brother, speaking of birthday gifts, what birthday gifts have you given me before?"

Xie Shoujun paused while pouring water, raised his head and glanced at him, "Do you want to know?"

"Of course!" Xie Chengze crossed his legs and swayed his body from side to side very comfortably. "That's a birthday gift. I must have felt regretful for not receiving it before."

Of course, it's more of curiosity.

Xie Shoujun put down the kettle and glanced in the direction of the closet. Xie Chengze had sharp eyes and immediately turned his head to look, "In the closet?"

Xie Shoujun hesitated for a moment, and then he saw Xie Chengze jump off the bed like a rabbit, kicking off his slippers and trotting towards the closet. After opening the door, he saw several large wooden boxes.

"These shouldn't be all of them, right?" Xie Chengze guessed, "There must be some of your clothes too!"

Xie Shoujun coughed lightly, "The extra clothes are in the other room."

So the things in this cabinet are all the gifts he prepared for him over the past ten years, not just birthday gifts.

Xie Chengze blinked, feeling that the night was going to be longer tonight.

At this time, Xie Jinyu had also finished showering and walked out. Seeing the red forehead on Xie Chengze's forehead, she glanced at Xie Shoujun with slight dissatisfaction.

Xie Shoujun shrugged.

Xie Chengze tried the weight of the boxes and found that he could not move them, so he looked at Xie Shoujun and Xie Jinyu for help. They walked to the closet and took turns moving the boxes to the bedside.

Just as Xie Chengze was rubbing his hands together and preparing to open the box, Xie Shoujun showed a rare look of embarrassment on his face, "Ahem, that...the gift might be a little strange, be prepared."

strange?

Xie Chengze tilted his head.

Whose gift would be described as strange?

Could it be some weird little toys with local characteristics?

Xie Chengze didn't take it seriously. After all, he was a modern man. His ability to accept things was not very strong, but it was definitely much better than that of the ancients. He didn't believe that there was anything...

Xie Chengze opened a box and slammed it shut the next second.

Is he dazzled?

Are you dazzled?

"What's wrong?" Seeing Xie Chengze lying on the bed with a very stiff and confused expression, Xie Jinyu couldn't help but frown and opened the wooden box. The next moment, his expression also froze on his face.

After he recovered from his shock, he couldn't help but look at Xie Shoujun, his voice rising a few degrees, "Xie Shoujun, are you mentally ill?"

Who gives a skull as a birthday gift?