For a long night, time seemed to stand still.

Meng Yong didn't answer her words, just silently looked at her back.

The distance between the two is clearly very close, but it seems to be separated by a long time that is difficult for manpower to cross.

He lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then stubbornly reached out and grabbed her waist to bring her closer, slowly closing his eyes.

"Let go of me!" The slight coolness from behind made Zhao Chen frown, and he grabbed his hand and scolded him without thinking.

"It's snowing outside, you're hot—" His thin chin rested on the side of her neck, his voice as soft as a dream.

"Aren't you covered with a quilt!" Zhao Chen angrily slapped him with his elbow, "I can tell you, it's too late for you to regret it now and want to be nice to me again, I still have to marry someone else!" ”

The reassurance brought by familiarity made him curl the corners of his lips, "It's still early, there are unforeseen circumstances, who knows what will happen." ”

There was a faint coolness on his body, like a piece of freshly polished jade, which made Zhao Chen even more uncomfortable.

"Hurry up, I, Zhao Chenke, swore that if Lin Seventeen doesn't marry in this life, you will die of this heart!"

"You also said that if you don't marry Cui'er." He was angry and funny, and his hands tightened, "How many swear have you made?" ”

He was too close, and his breath was in his ears, which made the cold hairs on Zhao Chen's body stand up wave after wave, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and a carp was about to turn over and sit up.

Before she could turn over, she was pushed back by Meng Yong, "Okay, sleep, Tianming'er still has something to do..."

He lay on her shoulder, his breathing calming down, as if he had really fallen asleep.

Two people in one bed, one sleeping more and more deeply; One stared in a daze.

——

It wasn't until the sunlight reflected in the room that Meng Yong slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the temperature in his arms and looking at the hour, he was confused for a moment before he reacted, and couldn't help frowning secretly.

He quickly withdrew his hand and sat up, his face cloudy for a moment.

He'd never slept in all these years, and he'd never slept so unconscious—

Zhao Chen's eyes were dark, his face was resentful, and he got up and scolded: "Don't get out of here when you wake up, I want to change the bedding!" ”

She didn't close her eyes that night, and at this time she was so sleepy that her eyelids were straight and heavy, and her mood was even worse.

Her voice was a little loud, and Yingchun, who was waiting outside the door, immediately knocked on the door.

"Your Highness? Are you awake? ”

The door suddenly opened from the inside, and Meng Yong, who was only wrapped in underwear, walked out of the room silently, and walked straight back to the east chamber on the thin snow in the courtyard.

Smelling the blood on his body, Yingchun rushed into the main room in a startled manner, and when he saw the scene in the house, he was stunned for a few moments before asking, "You, what's going on?" ”

"Tell someone to throw this futon at me in a moment!" Zhao Chen scolded angrily, "Sleep on my dirty bed, don't apologize, forget it, and put a stinky face on me, what a joke!" ”

Yingchun slowed down for a moment before digesting the contents, looked at the blood-stained bed, and then looked at her blue and black eyes, and stopped talking and swallowed the words of persuasion.

"Lord Xia and Lord Liang have come to repay the money, and they have been waiting for you in the front yard for more than an hour."

………

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time, this king has overslept, I'm really sorry." Zhao Chen smiled and bowed his hand, but the smile was very fake.

Xia and Liang, who were already dozing off, hurriedly got up to salute.

Zhao Chen took the hot tea and poured it down, spit it out again with a "grunt" sound, and then asked, "Have you two made up enough money?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Liang Xu said: "Prince Wangwu, forgive me, after Xiaguan and Lord Xia went back, they emptied their family funds, and they only got a total of four thousand taels of silver, see if you can raise your noble hand——"

"This is still a long way off, if Lord Liang is the king, can this hand be raised?" Zhao Chen lowered his face coldly, "This king only accepts 10,000 gold for the sake of his colleagues, do you want to appreciate it now?" ”

The two of them hurriedly bowed down in unison and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

"Look, all the savings of the two Xiaguan are here, you can't really teach me to wait to smash the pot and sell iron, right?" Liang Xu took out a stack of silver tickets and handed it forward, and sighed lowly: "You are about the same, so you can get it, everyone says it's good to see it-"

"Your Highness, someone has come to the palace." Bulletin from outside the guard's hall.

Zhao Chen only paused, then said with a smile: "Please." ”

Zhou He, the father-in-law in front of the emperor, walked in, saluted first, and didn't look at the other two, and said: "Your Majesty ordered the servant to pass a message to you, saying that the queen mother has always been worried about you in recent days, so that you are less bored in the house and go to see more..."

As soon as these words were heard, Xia and Liang couldn't help but glance at each other again, and their faces were not good.

The little scourge has been lifted, and this time it's even worse-

Zhao Chen's eyes rose with playfulness, and he personally got up and sent it to the door of the mansion, before he smiled and said: "There is Lao Zhou's father-in-law, this king has been inviting disasters recently, and I hope you can take care of it a little more in front of Your Majesty." ”

She said with a smile, took off the jade wrench she snatched from Xie Yizhang, and stuffed it naturally and familiarly.

Zhou He said "You're polite" again and again, but his hand rubbed it a few times quietly.

The jade material is of the highest quality, the workmanship is royal, if it is left in Songzhu Zhai, how can it be sold for thousands of taels of gold...

His face was more vivid, and he put it away, as if to say homely: "This looks like the sky is clear, but the rain and snow are not sure when it will fall again, you still have to prepare thick clothes to be safe." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and thanked him, and after silently watching him leave, he didn't move for a while, only squinting his eyes and looking at the thin snow on the eaves.

There was a sound of footsteps behind her, and she didn't turn her head, with a deep sleepiness in her voice, "This king wants to go back to sleep for a while, and the two of you will continue to raise money, and in three days, this king will see the remaining 76,000 taels." ”

"Prince Wu, Prince Wu, the two of you—" Liang Xu bowed down and chattered for a long time, but still didn't say anything.

Xia Mingji pulled him and said with a straight face: "Even if you are lifted, the lower officials really can't make up it, if you don't have any money, I want you to go directly to Your Majesty to participate in the lower officials, and cut off the lower officials' heads to pay off the debts!" ”

After he finished speaking angrily, he flicked his sleeves and left, ignoring the Liangxu who came with him.

The left Liang Xu looked left and right, but still couldn't say anything, and as soon as he arched his hand, he hurriedly wanted to follow.

"Lord Liang." Zhao Chen called lightly, "Old Xia is a big official and has a bad temper, and this king doesn't care about him, but this king still has to tell you about it, so as not to misunderstand that this king is slandering you." ”

Liang Xu retracted his feet and lowered his head without saying a word, unable to see what mood he was.

"That bottle was given by the ancestors, in the heart of this king, let alone ten thousand gold, even the stars in the sky can't measure the value." She leaned against the doorframe and closed her eyes, "Now that it is smashed, this king is sad—"

Liang Xu paused, and his voice was extremely low: "You mourn." ”

"There's no real way to mourn." Zhao Chen smiled, "The two of you now owe 38,000 taels to this king, listening to Lao Xia's words just now, he is ready to rely on his official position and is ready to repay the debt." ”

She straightened up and patted Liang Xu on the shoulder, "Although this king doesn't know what you're going to do, I still have a good word to persuade you, this king's account is not so good, you better hurry up and raise money-"

She smiled inexplicably, no longer paying attention to Liang Xu, who was still silent, forced her eyelids back to her room, and collapsed on the bed where she had just changed her bedding.

She's a mine, and she's a gold mine.

There was no need to offend two important ministers for this little money.

And the reason why she chased after her so desperately was because of an incident that happened before the six princes were killed-