Shu Xingmi did not expect that the warmth and acceptance he could not find at home would be found in the arms of the prince.

The prince took out a warm silk handkerchief embroidered with wintersweet from his sleeve, wiped Shu Xingmi's tears, and asked: "Don't stand in the wind, go back to the central palace, and get some cakes, the queen mother said Today, the small kitchen made red date rice cakes again, if you don’t go, others will grab them all.”

His voice was gentle, with a youthful air, like the summer wind blowing through the sunny grassland, but he was a little more mature than Shu Xingmi.These words are very homely, not like what the prince said to the servants, but like what the elder brother said to the younger brother.

There was concern in the prince's eyes, maybe he was not good at hiding his emotions in the deserted garden.

Shu Xingmi's heart pool was rippling, as if a hot spring was bubbling from the bottom of the pool.

After being looked down upon by his family members, he suddenly received care from such a person who spoke in the tone of an older brother. Whether it was hypocrisy or sincerity, he was grateful.

The relatives who knew Shu Xingmi the most hurt him the most, but the prince who only knew him as Shunyi could open his heart to him.

There is true love in the world, and there is true love in the world.

"Yes, Your Highness." Shu Xingmi nodded, blushing, she was already blushing from crying, but she couldn't tell the blushing.

"By the way, you want to eat dinner with your master today, right?"

The prince asked this sentence, but in fact, he was looking for something to say, to exchange pleasantries, and try to divert Shu Xingmi's attention. He didn't know this little servant very well, so he could only start with the common daily life of eunuchs. At that time, the maids and eunuchs had to serve the superiors, and on the eve of New Year's Eve, the master reunited with all the apprentices. The master gave some lucky money, and the apprentices also gave three melons and two dates to honor the master and strengthen the relationship between master and apprentice.

"Yes, they dispersed around Mo Xu."

Shu Xingmi didn't say goodbye, but only said when the meal was over, the meaning was quite obvious: If His Highness wants to ask me out, he is free tonight.

"Well, go to bed early, tomorrow and the next two days will be a bit busy." The prince obviously didn't understand Shu Xingmi's carefulness, and said with a smile: "Let's go, it's really cold in this garden."

The two walked together for dozens of steps, Shu Xingmi was going to the Central Palace, and the prince was going to Juanfeng Tower. When the two parted at the intersection, Shu Xingmi looked at the prince with reluctant eyes, like a pot of dried fish. It is as reluctant to walk away from the cat.

"Go." The prince turned and left.

Shu Xingmi stood there looking at the Prince's back. Between the red walls and golden tiles, covered by snow, the Prince walked five steps, then stopped, turned around, and found that Shu Xingmi was still staring at him quietly.

It's an astonishing feeling, like something you've been thinking about in your mind, something you didn't expect to come true, and yet it's actually happening right in front of you, for both of you.

The prince did not expect that Shu Xingmi was still in place, and Shu Xingmi also did not expect that the prince would turn his head back. The surprise and joy of the two reached a subtle resonance, just like two sparks colliding suddenly when fireworks are blooming.

Shu Xingmi smiled.

The beautiful fantasy shines through the prince's heart like the ray of light from the sky, it is indescribable, invisible, intangible, illusory, like the shadow of a koi in a stream.

"How about coming to study in my palace room tonight?"

After all, the prince still couldn't hold back.

Shu Xingmi saluted: "Yes, Your Highness."

Made an appointment, comfortable.

Shu Xingmi returned to the central palace, went around to the side room where the maids and eunuchs lived, Fulai and another young maid were playing chess in the room, Fulai lost a lot of peanuts, puffed his face in distress, and saw Shu Xingmi After entering the door, his face immediately brightened: "Brother, are you back from visiting relatives? Uh... what's wrong?"

I just cried, my face is different from usual, my eyes, nose tip and lips are redder than usual, my eyelids are slightly swollen, and I look a bit embarrassed.

"No," Shu Xingmi smiled, and went to the tub to wash his face: "It was too cold along the way, I was frozen."

"Put on more. Your majesty has rewarded you with new cotton-padded clothes and trousers. I'll get them for you and put them on your bed." Fulai raised his chin and pointed to the bed: "Try to see if it fits you. Ma'am go change it."

"Okay, thank you." Shu Xingmi took off his shoes and socks and climbed onto the bed to try on the new clothes. He pinched them, and they were much thicker than the old ones. He compared them to himself: "It's okay, it fits well, I'll go later Ma'am, thank you."

"Forget it, my mother said I don't have to go through this." Fulai dropped a pawn, "Oh, my mother treated me better than my own mother. When I go back today, my mother didn't give me any new clothes. The cotton trousers are buttoned up, and I need to change them for my younger brother. Fortunately, my mother gave me winter clothes, otherwise how would I work..."

There was a slight melancholy in Fulai's eyes, and Shu Xingmi knew that it turned out that his trip home was not very pleasant.

"Your mother's heart is really cruel." Shu Xingmi's cotton pants were not taken away by his parents at least, but his younger brother pointed at his nose and scolded him a few times.

"Haha, just get used to it," Fu Lai scratched his head, "Hurry up and get rice cakes from the small kitchen. Each person can get five yuan at most, and I'll eat them all."

Shu Xingmi went to collect the rice cakes, took them back and ate three pieces, it was so sweet and soft, it was so delicious that he shed tears, he left two pieces, and planned to take them with him when he went to the East Palace at night, so that he could satisfy his hunger in case he was hungry at night.

In the evening, Shu Xingmi went to see his master to pay New Year's greetings, and the four senior brothers were also there. They were all eunuchs in the early years, and the lowest was the deputy leader. Shu Xingmi was teased by the four senior brothers, and they got to know each other for a while , It is easy to talk about things in the future.

None of the five apprentices gave the master a gift of silver, and the master, He Ying, gave each of them ten taels of silver as a New Year's money.

Twelve is an astronomical figure for Shu Xingmi, comparable to the feeling of winning 500 million yuan suddenly. He had thought that Master would give lucky money, but he didn't expect it to be so much.

With the heavy and cold silver in his bosom, Shu Xingmi immediately felt very secure. At least during this period of time, life in the palace is not worrying, but sometimes he needs to do things and clear the joints. If he spends ten taels of silver on In this case, that's not enough.

After giving gifts to each other, Master He Ying invited his disciples to have a New Year's Eve dinner in advance. He smiled and took out a jug of wine from the cabinet: "Today only the master can drink, you are not allowed to touch it."

"Eh? Master never drinks alcohol. What's the matter today?" The elder brother is the one who knows Master best. Master pays great attention to health preservation and prohibits alcohol. He never drank alcohol during Chinese New Year.

"Your Majesty rewarded it. It would be a pity if you don't drink it. It's just a taste." He Ying filled up the wine.

Shu Xingmi sat closest to the master. The master seemed to have a special smell, neither fragrant nor stinky, a bit similar to the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, but mixed with some strange smell. I can't smell it so close.

With this doubt in mind, Shu Xingmi finished the meal. After the meal, the apprentices helped the master clean up the leftovers. The four senior brothers left first, and Shu Xingmi stayed at the end. He asked Heying, "Master is still in good health." Okay? Disciple smells the fragrance of medicine on Master's body."

He Ying frowned, and he looked at the little apprentice with great interest: "You have a sharp nose, and you came out after changing clothes specially for the master, and you can still smell it?"

"It's just that I don't know what medicinal material can emit such a smell."

He Ying lowered her eyes and sighed, then shook her head with a helpless smile: "Where is the medicine..."

"What does Master mean?"

Heying looked directly at Shu Xingmi with slightly cloudy eyes, as if he was torn between whether to say or not to say.

"Master, don't worry, this disciple will keep his mouth shut and never spread it to the outside world."

"Have you ever heard of five stone powder?"

Shu Xingmi was stunned for a moment. After taking Wushi powder, it would cause dryness and heat in the whole body, hallucinations in the heart, and a great increase in libido. It was only used to treat typhoid fever before, but after many changes in the formula, it is no longer a medicine for curing diseases. , but a deadly thing.

Heying knew his apprentice's reaction. He pulled his apprentice closer and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is addicted to Wushisan, not only for your own use, but also for your teacher. How dare you resist your majesty's will as a teacher? Used some too."

"So that's why Master broke the drinking habit... After using Wushisan, he must drink alcohol." Shu Xingmi felt sorry for Master immediately, and when he was old, he would have to accompany the emperor and his old man to die. His eyes showed worry: " However, Tuer is more worried that more civil servants and military generals will take this thing in order to cater to His Majesty."

Sharing common interests with the emperor helps to match what he likes. For those who are eager to be promoted and ennobled, this is a shortcut, sacrificing health, but in exchange for power, status, money, and beauties.

He Ying nodded: "It is true. His Royal Highness has repeatedly advised His Majesty to quit Wushi San. From the year before last to this year, His Majesty has never heard of it, and there is nothing he can do as a teacher."

"Master, do you still have Wu Shi San on your body? This apprentice knows a little bit about medicine, so maybe he can figure out how to get rid of it."

"Follow me as a teacher." He Ying went to the back room, and handed Shu Xingmi a small bag of five stone powder hidden in the secret compartment: "Apprentice, you must not smoke, if you deceive yourself into being a teacher, you will cut off the teacher and the student." relation."

Shu Xingmi agreed, took the five stone powder, and left. He wanted to put the five stone powder back in his room before going to the East Palace to coax the prince to sleep, but the master's residence was the closest to the emperor's bedroom, and the emperor's bedroom was also far from the east palace. Recently, the middle palace was far away, and it would take a lot of time to go back and forth. Shu Xingmi didn't want to be late, so he went directly to the east palace.

On the way, he wanted to find a place to hide the bag of five stones, but there were palace ladies and eunuchs on duty all night, all with eyes, and any suspicious behavior would be arrested.

When Shu Xingmi arrived at the East Palace, the eunuchs guarding the gate saw that he was coming, and hurriedly opened the door to let him in. The prince had told him to come at night, and with the previous rumors, Shu Xingmi seemed like a man in the eyes of these eunuchs. It exists like a pet, how dare to stop it.

After entering the bedroom, the crown prince was sitting on the couch reading a book. Seeing that it was Shu Xingmi who had arrived, he buckled down the book and stood up: "It's just in time. I just read an interesting article..."

"Your Highness Jin An," Shu Xingmi saluted, raised his head and said with a smile, "What article is it?"

The smile on the prince's face gradually receded, his eyes changed obviously, as if the warm spring breeze turned into a sharp sword made of ice, his voice became serious, and he asked, "What's the smell on you?"

Shu Xingmi was taken aback by the prince's sudden change of face, pretending to be calm, he raised his sleeve and sniffed: "I took a bath yesterday..."

"No." The crown prince shook his head, and said with a blank expression, "Have you inhaled five stones? Are you infected with this at a young age?"

He is extremely sensitive to this smell, and he can smell it as soon as he smells it, and the little waiter still has a faint smell of alcohol, which is definitely coming from drinking after smoking.

Moreover, sucking five stone powder will make people's skin pale, no wonder this kid is so pale.

The prince was extremely disappointed.

"The little ones don't."

Shu Xingmi blurted out that he felt something was wrong, should he just take out the bag of five stone powder and tell him that he is actually going to use it for research...?

"Still sophistrying?" The prince said with a cold face, "I will search you and you will understand everything."

He grabbed Shu Xingmi's collar, and the purple swallow embroidered on the collar was twisted. Shu Xingmi was small, but was thrown onto the bed like a chicken by the crown prince, and his whole body was searched.

Shu Xingmi could have resisted, he could have punched the prince so hard that he couldn't find Bei, but... why does it feel a little good to be searched?This kind of pleasure of being ravaged|ravaged made him doubt himself: Am I a jerk?If not, why is it that his method is obviously a bit rough, but I am so comfortable...?

The prince's hand reached into his skirt, and suddenly pulled out a small red paper bag from his arms, that's right, that's the smell.

"Both stolen goods." The prince threw the paper bag on the ground, he was so angry that his internal organs were burning. He hated this thing the most. Someone dared to get it right under his nose. It was really desperate.

"Your Highness, the young one is not a smoker," Shu Xingmi said seriously, "The young one wants to study Wushisan, and the purpose is to help people quit it..."

The prince's eyes became even more disgusted: "Father has already used this excuse, so don't you have any more novel tricks?"

Shu Xingmi's heart is like a dead dog, Your Majesty!How could you cheat your daughter-in-law like this!

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