Chi Zhao looked into Shen Wumian's eyes and the two looked at each other in silence like this for a while. After a few breaths, Chi Zhao moved a little. He turned his legs away, adjusting himself into a more casual sitting posture on the bed before stretching up and lightly planting his soft lips against Shen Wumian's slightly pale lips.
Shen Wumian watched Chi Zhao slowly approach him, his brain no longer able to function.
...What did this mean?
From Shen Wumian's perspective, tonight was the moment he and the young Emperor parted ways. With all the hidden truths exposed, he and the young Emperor would gradually become strangers. Even if they happen to meet in the future, they would no longer have the chance to sit together quietly like now.
But, looking at the youthful face in front of him, Shen Wumian realised that he still didn't understand the young Emperor very well.
After lingering for a while, Chi Zhao's hands on the bed supporting himself suddenly weakened and he unexpectedly fell into Shen Wumian's arms, his nose knocking directly onto the other party's hard chest. The tip of Chi Zhao's nose was sore, and his two eyes very quickly teared up from the pain. He rubbed his nose aggrievedly. A pair of tense hands suddenly supported his shoulders and Shen Wumian looked down to examine his face while quietly muttering, "Why are you so careless....."
His words stopped abruptly. Shen Wumian swallowed back the rest of his words when he saw Chi Zhao raise his eyes and glare angrily at him.
Although he didn't speak, Shen Wumian understood what he meant. He was blaming himself; blaming him for not supporting him earlier and for having such a hard chest that was hard enough to almost make him break his nose.
The atmosphere turned silent and awkward. Suddenly, a low and pleasant laugh rose up from Shen Wumian's throat.
At this moment, Chi Zhao was held in Shen Wumian's arms with his forehead resting against his chest. When he laughed, Chi Zhao could feel the tremors through his chest. Chi Zhao's mind was blank. He foolishly leaned back and looked up at the man whose expression had suddenly softened with who knows what thoughts in his mind.
When Shen Wumian saw the young Emperor like this, he finally couldn't restrain himself. He lowered his head, gently closed his eyes and then lightly planted a soft kiss on his nose.
The tip of that small nose had become hot because of the impact earlier. When Shen Wumian kissed him, there was still a small smile on the corner of his mouth. The current Chi Zhao was more well-behaved than ever before, and he still maintained a haughty and proud attitude. Unable to restrain himself, Shen Wumian slowly moved downwards, his warm breath slowly shifting from Chi Zhao's eyes to his cheeks. When the warm touch reached his lips, Chi Zhao's eyelashes trembled slightly.
A second later, he slowly closed his eyes and then reached out the hands that were originally resting against Shen Wumian's chest to loop tightly around his neck. Together they relished the wonderful feeling of interlocked lips.
The prince regent's bloodthirsty nature made it such that even when he was with his lover, he wasn't very gentle. Although he tried his best to take the feelings of the young man into consideration, not wanting to make him afraid because his actions were too fierce and voracious, Chi Zhao still felt like he was about to die; he would either be strangled to death or be suffocated to death.
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The prince regent who thought he was being very gentle: "....."
Children growing up in the palace should have matured earlier. At the age of twelve, the elders should have already arranged a palace maid to service the young Emperor but because of various reasons, it had never been done so today was the first time the young Emperor came into contact with something like this.
The prince regents hands that could be used to take off the enemy marshal's head and could also be used to approve major country affairs was now used as a comforting tool for the young Emperor. The prince regent didn't know how the young Emperor was feeling because after he was done servicing him, the young Emperor fell asleep. Seeing how deeply asleep he was, he probably wouldn't wake up even if he was thrown out the window.
But his highness the prince regent felt very satisfied.
This was especially so when he remembered the young prince lying in his arms with his red-rimmed eyes who would from time to time bury his face into his chest. Seeing that sight, Shen Wumian almost lost control of himself.
After being serviced, the young Emperor smacked his lips and fell asleep with Shen Wumian stiffly holding him in his arms. Shen Wumian lowered his head to look down at that certain place of his and sighed. He could only do it himself.
.....
After cleaning his hands, Shen Wumian slowed down his pace and opened the door of the Emperor's sleeping quarters. As the door opened, the evening breeze instantly cleared out the musky smell in the room. Hong Lei couldn't help but lower her head, pretending to not notice anything.
Shen Wumian didn't pay her any attention either. He furrowed his brows and looked at a eunuch who was holding a tray. The eunuch had been standing there for a long time, but the people inside hadn't come out and he didn't dare go in, so he had been waiting outside the entire time.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the prince regent's question, the eunuch muttered inside. Nobles really have a tendency to forget things. Didn't they see each other earlier in the hall just now? And they weren't even that far apart.
In fact, Shen Wumian couldn't be blamed for this. He only had eyes for the young Emperor and he didn't care what the other people around him looked like.
"Responding to the lord, this slave is called Xiao Xiangzi. His Majesty instructed this slave to send the 'Pink Lady' over."
As soon as he finished saying this, Shen Wumian's originally calm and complacent expression instantly turned serious. With a thud, Hong Lei fell onto her knees and the guards also did the same. The eunuch didn't know what was going on and was so shocked, he even had the urge to escape but he also knew that if he ran off now, he would lose his life.
Therefore, he could only stand there with trembling legs, "M-my lord…..this is….."
"Where is that person?" Shen Wumian darkly interrupted him.
The eunuch's expression turned bitter. He held the tray whilst holding back his tears, "P-person….? What person?"
Shen Wumian resisted the urge to slash the eunuch and answered patiently, "The person you brought over. That lady."
When Shen Wumian said this, the gloomy aura behind him intensified. He was too happy just now and had forgotten that the young Emperor had called to have a dancer brought over before he left to accompany him.
Just from the name, Pink Lady, she was certainly one of those dancers, and extremely vulgar. Would a proper performer give themself a name like that? It was probably one of those brothel girls who snuck in!
But how could that be possible? What kind of place was the palace? If a brothel girl could get in, then she is definitely not a simple brothel girl.
Shen Wumian was intent on finding that person and taking a good took to see what kind of woman could draw Chen Yi's interest and then make that woman disappear completely from the face of the earth. The eunuch before him was dumbfounded for a moment before carefully raising the tray in his hands.
Shen Wumian: ....?
The eunuch's voice was very small, as if he was afraid that he would scare someone, "My lord, this is the Pink Lady. It is the name given to it by His Majesty. There is no such….person."
Shen Wumian silently stared at the cup in front of him. The unidentified liquid in there could no longer be called wine. He didn't speak for a long time.
This awkward silence passed very slowly. Shen Wumian finally spoke up, "…In that case, send this Pink Lady to the imperial kitchen and bring it back tomorrow morning when His Majesty asks for it."
The eunuch hurriedly lowered his head, "Yes."
...….
Sleeping through an entire night, when Chi Zhao woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky. The people in the palace had received the prince regents order so no one came to wake him and the court was also cancelled with the reason being that His Majesty wasn't feeling well and all important matters were redirected to the Qingzheng Hall for Shen Wumian to deal with.
Shen Wumian had everything handled just so that Chi Zhao could sleep well.
After Chi Zhao woke up, the first thing he did was to rub his nose. How strange, why did his nose hurt more than his pounding headache?
Supporting himself up, Chi Zhao narrowed his eyes in thought for a long time before realising in horror that his memories had once again cut off.
In an instant, Chi Zhao remembered the stupid things he had done when it happened before. He maintained a rigid position of grabbing his hair with one hand and then closed his eyes in despair. He desperately prayed for himself as he called out to the system.
"System! System! Hurry and come out! Something big has happened, hurry!"
The system didn't answer him. Instead, an unfamiliar but gentle voice sounded in his mind.
[Hello, what is the matter?]
Chi Zhao was stunned for a moment, "You are…..Are you the system the system arranged to take over temporarily?"
Hearing strange sounding question, the other party was silent for a few seconds before answering thoughtfully.
[Yes, I am the system the system arranged to take over temporarily. You can call me the main system. I will be serving you for the next half month. I hope we can get along well.]
The main system's voice belonged to that of a mature man. It was unknown if it was his own voice or a physical characteristic he had bought. In short, every time he spoke, he would give people the feeling of a spring breeze. That feeling we very comfortable and reassuring.
Chi Zhao was instantly captured by such a magnetic and pleasant voice. Just from that voice, Chi Zhao's good feelings for the substitute system grew several folds. A few seconds later, he remembered what his system had said to him before.
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If it was the main system....
Chi Zhao recalled carefully and then his eyes lit up, "Oh! Oh oh oh! I remember now! You are daddy!"
Main system: "...…"
[You are being too polite. Just call me main system.]
Chi Zhao laughed with some embarrassment. He had been with the system for too long and had basically learnt from the system a lot about the systems world. Of the things he had learnt from the system, the thing the system mentioned the most was it's direct superior, it's main system daddy.
Scratching his head, Chi Zhao calmed down from his earlier excitement and remembered his purpose of calling the system out, "Dad….no, Mr. main system, when did you come? Did you record last night? I want to see the video playback.
The main system quickly answered him.
[Sorry, I only took over starting this morning. I'm not sure what happened last night.]
Chi Zhao: "....."
What to do? His memories cut off last night and he has no idea what he did. What if something bad actually happened...
The system didn't seem like a chatty system so when Chi Zhao didn't ask him a question, he would be silent. Chi Zhao worried for a long time before he finally gave up and covered his face, "Why is it that despite going through so many worlds, I still can't hold my drink?! And my memory even cuts off when I'm drunk. Is this a setting set up for slag shou's?"
[It's not like that, it has nothing to do with us. That is your own characteristic.]
Chi Zhao was stunned, "What do you mean?"
[Well…..The way we put souls in is special. It could be regarded as a high-tech ability but although it gives us more ease in inserting and withdrawing souls, there are still some flaws to it. For example, some original characteristics may remain intact. These characteristics won't affect the task, so it is just left as is. Chi Zhao, your original characteristic is that you don't handle drinks well so in every world you will not be able to drink well.]
Chi Zhao: "..." Is that so?
Chi Zhao was a little embarrassed. What now? He couldn't put the blame on others and could only obediently carry the blame himself.
Without speaking any further, Chi Zhao silently sat up and moved to get out of bed. Hong Lei saw this and quickly motioned for the people waiting outside to come in and help the Emperor change and freshen up.
As his clothes were taken off, Chi Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no abnormalities to his body. At least he could be certain that he didn't engage in drunken sex. Thank goodness for that.
While his hair was arranged, Shen Wumian came over. Chi Zhao's memory stopped at the moment the right prime minister proposed that he get married so when he saw Shen Wumian now, he felt a little complicated inside. Right now, the two should be in a state of cold war. After all, although he had rejected the right prime minister's proposal, he had hesitated for a while.
And this had happened just after he accepted Shen Wumian's marriage token jade pendant.
Speaking of that jade pendant….Chi Zhao looked around but couldn't find it. At this moment, Shen Wumian approached him from behind and ordered the palace maids to leave, "I'll do it, you can go."
Chi Zhao's eyes were instantly fixed onto the figure reflected in the mirror.
Do what???
All the palace maids left, leaving only Hong Lei standing to the side. Chi Zhao watched Shen Wumian arrange his hair in front of everyone. Seeing that he was staring at him in daze, Shen Wumian's lowered eyes carried a hint of a smile. This look of his appeared very gentle.
Chi Zhao: "...…???"