"My lord?" The Guard Xiang said as he entered the study "what are you doing here?, you called the 3rd consort to your chambers tonight, he is there waiting for you" he added
"Say what now?" Haoran said
"My lord...?" Xiang said
"Are you feeling alright?" The guard added cautiously
Haroan mentally cursed himself ofcourse the Emperor doesn't speak like that, the poor guard must be thinking that he had gone mad.
"The affairs of the empire have kept me busy, it must have slipped my mind" Haoran said. Xiang didn't react much, he just bowed politely and opened the door for Haoran to exit
"Zichen is waiting in my chambers you said?" Haoran asked
"Yes my lord" Xiang said
"Has he recovered from..the accident" Haoran said
"The doctor advised being gentle" the guard said after a little hesitation
"I see" was all Haoran said before he left the room.
While he seemed calm on the outside, inside the great and mighty Emperor was panicking, just when had he asked for Zichen in his chambers, was he actually losing his sanity in this place, did he have to sleep with a guy tonight???. No way in hell, you would have to fry him in oil and saw him in-
"Your majesty?" A soft voice said interrupting Haoran's trail of thought, he looked up, in front of him was another one of his consorts...what was this one's name? What a terrible husband he was, he couldn't even remember his spouse's name..Well technically he wasn't his person's husband, the original Haoran had been, so technically it wasn't Haoran's fault that he didn't-
"Why are you up so late?" This person sure had a habit of interrupting people's internal monologue
"I couldn't sleep" Haoran said but he immediately wanted to take his words back as the person in front of him looked as if he had just announced that he was going to kill her entire family
"Are you ill?" She asked "i will ask the healer to make some-" "theres no need for that" Haoran said "I am heading to my chambers now" he added, the woman still looked on edge but she sighed and let go of the topic "sleep well your majesty" she said before bowing and walking in the other direction, geez Haoran was her husband for godsake this woman was way too formal, aren't husband and wife supposed to be casual with each other? But then based of what Haoran had learnt about the Emperor Haoran, this sort of exchange seemed fitting, Mr Haoran the tyrant Emperor was just as much of a soldier at home as he was at the battle field, even his own spouces dare not speak casually to him, sure discipline was a good but this was way to extreme. Nonetheless, Haoran couldn't dwel on it too much for now, he had to go settle the situation with Zichen. So he shook his head and made his way towards the Emperor's chambers.
When Haroan walked in he noticed that Zichen was already asleep, he felt a pang of guilt, he must have made this guy wait for so long that he had fallen asleep. Haoran didn't really remember ever calling for Zichen but he must have had, he had been told Zichen was crazy for him but, even he wouldn't have the guts to go into the Emperor's chambers without his invite.
Hoaran gently put the blanket on Zichen and the layed down besides him, his first time sleeping next to a person and that person was a guy, ha what had the world come to, as Haoran looked at Zichen's sleeping face he couldn't help but admit that this guy sure was beautiful...wait just what the hell was he thinking? had this crazy omegaverse world finally turned him mad? Or worse gay. No. No way, Haoran didn't have anything against Gays, he just wasn't one of them, he was a straight man, he only loved women. Wait yeah that was it, he only through Zichen was beautiful because that man looked like a woman, ofcourse it was so plain, he wasn't gay, he was just admiring the beauty of a man who looked like a woman, nothing wrong with that.
Soon enough Haoran felt himself grow tired, and soon after the great Emperor was asleep.