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

"There is a misunderstanding about this matter. I can explain it to you." Xie Chengze hurriedly grabbed Shen Yuan's arm and wanted to explain.

However, Shen Yuan didn't want to listen.

In his previous life, Xie Chengze had also deceived him in this way.

When he first met Xie Chengze, he didn't know that the other party hated people talking about his appearance. Therefore, for a while, after learning about this, he felt guilty towards Xie Chengze and wanted to apologize to him.

However, Yizhou was hit by a flood at that time, so he and the prince went south to Yizhou. The apology was delayed again and again until the issue of Yizhou was resolved. When he wanted to express his apology to Xie Chengze again, the situation in the court had quietly changed.

Xie Chengze appears to be on good terms with him, but secretly begins to collude with Zhang Zhixing and others. In order to seize the position of crown prince, he uses himself as bait to move Xie Chengze away from the crown prince during the autumn hunt, and designs to injure the crown prince so that he can no longer keep the position of crown prince with a healthy body.

If the prince had not been so talented in both civil and military affairs, and if the new martial arts champion of that year had not happened to pass by, and the two of them had not worked together to kill the mad bear, it would be hard to say whether the position of prince would have become Xie Chengze's.

At that time, he noticed something was wrong and found evidence that Xie Chengze had done it. He went to question Xie Chengze, and Xie Chengze said, "This is a misunderstanding, and it can be explained."

Now, Xie Chengze used the same old trick again, using himself as bait to transfer him away from the Yizhou Pass.

What will be the purpose this time?

With anger burning in his chest, Shen Yuan became more and more irritable. His fingers were tightly clenched on the hilt of the sword, and his knuckles turned blue.

He was so stupid that he believed Xie Chengze again.

"No need to explain. I don't want to hear it." Shen Yuan shook off Xie Chengze's hand exhaustedly and turned to walk towards the city wall. He didn't know whether it was because the weather was too hot or he was too angry, but he felt dizzy and his steps were a little unsteady.

"Shen Yuan!"

Xie Chengze's screaming and worried voice rang in his ears. Before Shen Yuan had time to think about why the other party's voice was like that, the next moment his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

……

"It must be because he has been working too hard recently and has eaten very little, and the heatstroke has caused his body to reach its limit, so Lord Shen fainted."

After taking the pulse, the accompanying doctor said to Xie Chengze, "I will go and boil some medicine. Lord Shen has a good physical foundation. He should be fine after drinking it."

"Go ahead." Xie Chengze waved his hand.

After the doctor left, Xie Chengze looked at Shen Yuan, who was still unconscious and frowning, and sighed, "He's still so stubborn."

Picking up the towel from the copper basin beside him and wringing out the water, Xie Chengze leaned over and wiped Shen Yuan's face.

His face is covered with dirt, which shows that he has been traveling all night. Are you so worried that something might happen to him?

Yes, if something happened to him, Shen Yuan would probably not be able to escape the blame. If Emperor Jian was in a bad mood, he might just kill all several hundred members of Shen Yuan's family.

Then Shen Yuan’s rebirth would be in vain.

Xie Chengze wiped his neck again, and as he wiped, his eyes couldn't help but drift to the inner collar of Shen Yuan's clothes.

Ahem, I heard that Shen Yuan has a great body? The book used a lot of words to describe his strong waist and abdominal muscles when he was bathing and showering, as well as the ones that made countless men envious...

Ahem. As a man himself, it's normal for him to be curious about how old the other person is because of his competitive spirit, right?

Pretty normal...right?

Well, even if we take a step back and say that he is not curious about that, it’s ok for him to just be curious about how great Shen Yuan’s upper body is, right?

Xie Chengze has always felt sorry for his skinny body that looks like a boiled chicken, but he is too lazy to exercise, so he can only look at other people's muscles to satisfy his envy.

"Ahem, Lord Shen, you must be feeling very hot now that you have heatstroke. Let me undress you to let the heat go." Xie Chengze quickly reached out and without further ado, he ripped open Shen Yuan's robe from the upper body.

"Hiss——" Xie Chengze's pupils trembled slightly.

I have to say, the book is really well written.

Even though he was unconscious, the man's muscles were still tight and strong, his sturdy arms had smooth curves, and his well-defined abdominal muscles were deep and tight, like pieces of beautifully carved jade. Against the backdrop of his broad waistline, they looked even harder and tighter.

Xie Chengze couldn't even imagine how good it would feel.

Damn it, why didn’t he travel through time and space and be reborn into Shen Yuan’s body!

Xie Chengze bit his handkerchief with jealousy. He stretched out his finger and poked the abdominal muscle fiercely, saying sourly, "What's wrong with giving me one? What's wrong with giving me two? What's wrong with giving me three?"

"What are you doing."

A hoarse and low voice suddenly sounded, and Xie Chengze was so scared that he retracted his hand and said subconsciously, "I didn't do anything!"

Shen Yuan woke up and sat up with difficulty. He frowned and rubbed his temples. He guessed that he had fainted because of the days of hard work and heatstroke. "Where is the medicine?"

"It's not ready yet." Xie Chengze secretly glanced at his expression, "Sir Shen, about that letter..."

Shen Yuan's face suddenly turned cold, "Your Highness, Second Prince, I don't want to know--hmm!"

Shen Yuan widened his eyes slightly.

He looked at Xie Chengze who covered his lips with his left hand, and opened his mouth in disbelief, but Xie Chengze mistakenly thought that he wanted to resist, so he stretched out his right hand and covered his mouth tightly with both hands.

Because he used too much force, Shen Yuan was pushed down by Xie Chengze, and the back of his head hit the wooden pillow hard. He gasped in pain, "Ugh!"

In order to cover his mouth tightly, Xie Chengze leaned his entire upper body over. However, because he was too anxious, his right foot was accidentally tangled with his left foot, and his body fell heavily on Shen Yuan's naked chest, and his plump, rosy lips kissed heavily on... the back of his hand.

Xie Chengze: ...

Shen Yuan: ...

——Luckily I covered my mouth!

They both screamed in their hearts at the same time.

In order to ease the embarrassment at the moment, Xie Chengze immediately said, "I mixed up the letters to you and to my father!"

Shen Yuan looked away: ...You believe it.

"I really didn't mean it! Wuhen must have misunderstood. I was originally planning to send you the letter using the envelope from my father that was personally addressed to me by my son!" Xie Chengze said in annoyance. He didn't expect Wuhen to misunderstand.

Shen Yuan: ...

This seems to be believable, and it is very similar to what Xie Chengze would do when he has a seizure.

Shen Yuan raised his hand and grasped Xie Chengze's wrist. After moving his hand away, he stared at him with deep eyes, "So what was it you were going to give me?"

Xie Chengze coughed lightly, then said confidently, "I just asked you to bring back the goodies from your kitchen! I haven't eaten meat for so long here, my abdominal muscles are gone!"

Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he understood.

This time when he went to the Yizhou Pass, in addition to delaying the merchants' grain carts, he also wanted to use his memories of his previous life to steal the account books privately hidden by the transport officer of the Transport Bureau.

That account book recorded the accounts of corruption committed by the transport envoy over the past decade, and the kitchen in his mansion was indeed well-stocked with all kinds of delicacies. In his previous life, the other party had held a grand banquet to welcome him and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Now that Xie Chengze has come to Yizhou, he can only eat porridge every day. He is spoiled and naturally can't stand it. So it is understandable that he wants him to bring some delicious food to satisfy his cravings.

He was not the kind of pedantic person who would say that Your Highness should share the suffering of the refugees.

Those who are corrupt and derelict in their duties are enjoying the best of life, so why can't those who work for the people eat something good?

There was a moment of silence, and Shen Yuan apologized, "It is my fault for not considering it carefully."

Seeing that Shen Yuan believed it, Xie Chengze couldn't help but show his narrow-mindedness again, "Then how is Lord Shen going to compensate me~?"

Seeing Xie Chengze was beginning to push his limits again, Shen Yuan snorted coldly, "Then should Your Highness explain to me the fact that you touched me just now?"

"Ahaha, Your Highness is just envious and curious... Aren't you curious if there's a man with a better figure than you?" Xie Chengze's face was thicker than a city wall, and he took the opportunity to rub it in. "Lord Shen has a good skin and a good meat. If I could take it off and give it to Your Highness..."

Shen Yuan: ...

This person started talking nonsense again.