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The boy screamed and backed away, however, he underestimated his strength and fell onto the red fox skin.
Shi Qingβs round eyes were fixated on Yu Chennian. His expression was very timid. Maybe because he was too scared, but he maintained his awkward position on top of the red fox fur for quite some time.
He was always reckless and headstrong. Naturally, he was never taught how to protect himself from a man.
His innocent and dazed figure remained on the sea of red. He shrunk back under Yu Chennianβs gaze. The little master was rarely this subdued.
Not only did his appearance make people want to protect him, but he aroused their desire to possess him as well.
Yu Chennian felt like they were almost playing a game of cat and mouse.
His eyes darkened immediately.
He could finally hug the haughty kitten who was out of his reach until now.
If he had to endure a second more, he was going to explode.
He had been holding himself back ever since he saw Shi Qing again.
And now, his little master was spread out before him in this utterly vulnerable position, just like a carefully prepared gift that was just waiting for him to come and open.
The emperor swallowed.
Heβs endured for so long.
What was a while longer?
He leaned down slowly and gently collected Shi Qing in his arms.
Just like he did four years ago.
He was still the unfavoured prince at that time. No matter the season or time of day, all he felt was a bone-chilling cold.
Only during his afternoon naps could he hold this delicate and soft little master, enjoying a moment of warmth.
Yu Chennian’s heart was filled with tender emotions. He tried his hardest to suppress his desires in order to not frighten Shi Qing. His voice was hoarse as he softly coaxed the youth with the words he had rehearsed so many times before.
“Don’t be afraid. I wonβt do anything to you.”
The System had just arrived after being startled by the Host’s scream. After hearing his words, it sighed in relief and quietly comforted the Host.
[Don’t be afraid, Host. He said he won’t do anything to you.]
Shi Qing, [That canβt be right. I felt it, ah.]
System, [?]
Shi Qing, [Heβs the opposite of soft.]
System: [???]
System: [……]
Shi Qing continued to mutter to himself, [I waited four whole years for him. Heβs already like this, but he still refuses to do anything to me. Tong, donβt you think this is illogical?]
System: [……]
Shi Qing had a sudden realization, [I see! He must not be not soft enough!]
[Alright! Darling Tong, quickly go watch TV dramas. Baby systems like you shouldnβt see what comes next.]
Yu Chennian, who was focused on ignoring his bodyβs signals, contentedly held the soft youth in his arms. He heard Shi Qingβs quiet question.
“Are you really not going to do anything to me?”
Yu Chennian looked down and met the apprehensive eyes of the beautiful youth in his arms.
Those expressive eyes were filled with caution.
The emperorβs heart melted.
Even if he had witnessed with his own eyes how overbearing the little master was before. Even if he knew that Shi Qing was able to hold his own in a fight and quickly change his face to accommodate his situation.
When the little boy gazed at him pitifully with those watery eyes, he was unable to deny any request he asked of him.
“Yes.”
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Yu Chennianβs deep voice seemed to startle Shi Qing. He soothed the little master that he had kidnapped. “As long as you don’t want to, I won’t do anything to you.”
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“Everyoneβs saying that I bullied you. After you took the throne, that Fifth Young Master Zhao whoβs always had a bone to pick with me even laughed at me. He said that I was a grasshopper in late autumn that couldnβt even jump. He also said that when you carried out your revenge, your first target would be me.”
No wonder Shi Qingβs reaction to him was so extreme. He mustβve been very scared.
Yu Chennian secretly began holding a grudge in his heart against this Fifth Young Master Zhao.
He tried even harder to soften his voice and comfort the nervous little youth in front of him.
“How can I hate you? You were the only one in the palace who treated me well. You even stopped others from bullying me.”
As he spoke of the past, the emperor’s eyes were warm and tender. He lowered his head and kissed the youth’s lightly fragrant hair.
“Even if I retaliate against the entire world, I won’t retaliate against you.”
The promise made the youthβs body relax further.
He even obediently took the initiative to rub against the man’s chest, like a spoiled kitten. He nuzzled his face against Yu Chennian’s clothes repeatedly.
His voice was still soft, as if he had suffered great grievances. “I woke up to suddenly find myself locked up. I was really scared.”
He appeared utterly harmless and pitiful right now. It was like the person who went on a swearing tantrum before wasnβt him.
Yet his two-faced nature succeeded in making Yu Chennianβs heart ache.
He guiltily patted the youth on the back. “It was my fault. I shouldβve been by your side.”
The emperor’s extremely good attitude made Shi Qing behave more and more outrageously.
“Iβve been hungry ever since I woke up and I didn’t get to eat anything. I’m still hungry. Touch it, itβs completely flat now.”
The youth took Yu Chennian’s sturdy hand and placed it on his abdomen.
He looked very aggrieved. “Iβm so hungry my stomach hurts.”
The emperor felt more and more ashamed of himself.
He wanted to gather all of the best treasures in the world and offer them to Shi Qing and beg for his forgiveness.
“I’ll have them deliver something to eat right away.”
He carefully kneaded Shi Qingβs stomach as he called for servants to bring food from the imperial kitchens.
Now the little master was certain that Yu Chennian was 110% devoted to him.
He was still a little uneasy, so he snuck a few glances at the emperor who was embracing him. His words were tentative.
“I don’t want to eat the food from the imperial kitchens. They suck at cooking. I want to eat pig trotters from West House.”
As expected, Yu Chennian agreed without hesitation and ordered the palace servants to send people out to buy it.
The little master was overjoyed.
Upon realizing that Yu Chennian was amenable to all of his demands, Shi Qing reinflated. He straightened his back and raised his little tail. Without the slightest hint of courtesy, he rattled off a list of dishes, “I also want the Lianshuang chicken, the red and green soup, and the braised pork meatballs!”
Yu Chennianβs hand never stopped rubbing his little belly. “Okay. Iβll send someone to buy it.”
The little master puffed up more and more.
“I also want to eat the sugar people the Liu family makes over on West street, the roasted chestnuts on South Street, and, um, the thing I always wanted to buy. I always wanted a big jade carved oyster from the Gold and Silver House, but my daddy wouldn’t buy it for me.”
After that, Shi Qing returned to leaning bonelessly against the emperor. He nuzzled Yu Chennian repeatedly with his face and said cutely, “Youβll buy it for me, right?”
Currently, Yu Chennian seemed to act like a foolish monarch entangled with beauties .
“Alright. I’ll buy it for you.”
The little master was ecstatic.
He even got up to plant a wet kiss on Yu Chennianβs cheek.
The emperor froze.
His heart was beating so fast that his blood didnβt have time to catch up. The place that Shi Qing just kissed seemed to be scorching hot.
“Shi Qing, Shi Qingβ¦…”
He held the little youth tightly as he became even more not soft.
Due to their previous movements, Shi Qing was sitting on top of him now.
The youth felt something and glanced down with a puzzled expression. “Whatβs that?”
And then, definitely not on purpose, Shi Qing shifted around and brushed against that place.
Yu Chennian, “……”
He was really about to explode.
But he held back through sheer force of will and squeezed out a smile. “Itβs nothing. Why donβt you take a nap first? Those things will be brought back soon.”
Now that he knew Yu Chennian meant no harm, the youth returned to his old rambunctious self. When he saw the emperor rise, he leaned on the red fox skin and raised his small face to ask quietly.
“Where are you going?”
“It’s a little hot.”
Yu Chennianβs face was impassive as he stood in the pleasantly cool chambers. “Iβm going to take a cold bath.”
“Oh! I’ll go with you then.”
The little master stood up excitedly. “I heard that there was a hot spring in the palace, but I couldnβt ask the previous emperor because I was just a subject. Iβve always wanted to visit there.”
He hopped happily barefoot and hugged Yu Chennian’s arm. He pleaded softly, “Take me with you. I heard that the faucets are carved into the shape of dragon heads with a night pearl in their mouths. I want to see.”
A scene immediately flashed by in Yu Chennianβs mind.
The youth stood in the water with his back to him. The misty white fog then parted to show his smooth and unblemished back⦅
Yu Chennian, “……”
The heat in his body was almost uncontrollable at this point.
In the end, the emperor forced himself to hold on and sat on the couch again in a pose that would not expose anything.
“Suddenly I donβt feel hot anymore. Letβs go another day.”
Shi Qingβs face quickly became unhappy.
Luckily, he remembered that Yu Chennian was now the emperor. He didnβt kick him with his feet like before to express his displeasure. Instead, he leaned bonelessly in Yu Chennianβs lap and purposely dragged out his words and acted cute.
“Take me there, please? You said before that you would give me anything I wanted. Yu Chennian, Yu Chennianβ¦…”
Yu Chennian almost couldnβt stand it.
The thought of βbearing down on Shi Qing like thisβ flashed through his mind countless times.
He was the emperor now.
Everything in this world belonged to him.
Naturally, Shi Qing was also his.
He could imprison Shi Qing within the palace and give him everything he wanted. He could make him wear clothes made of gauze and let him remain in his arms like this⦅
“Ah!”
The voice of the little boy interrupted Yu Chennian’s thoughts.
Shi Qing was shocked. “Your nose is bleeding!”
The emperor lowered his head, and a drop of fresh blood fell onto his clothes. It soon absorbed into the material.
Seizing the opportunity, Shi Qing took out a handkerchief from within his shirt. He worked on wiping the blood stain with a serious expression.
“I’ll wipe it for you.”
He wiped and wiped. Sometimes, he βaccidentallyβ rubbed against a certain place.
He rubbed it again and again, seemingly not noticing anything out of the ordinary.
After two times, the cloth beside the stain had already begun to rise.
Yu Chennian, “…….”
The emperor sprang to his feet.
No!
He must not force Shi Qing. He must not make Shi Qing hate him.
Yu Chennian tried hard to calm his breathing. “I, I, Iβm going outside for some fresh air.”
Then, as if there were monsters chasing close behind him, he rushed out of the palace hall.
Shi Qing, who had worked hard for quite some time said, [……Pah. Men.]
As soon as Yu Chennian went out, an eunuch carefully came up. “Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shi has been kneeling in the front. He refuses to leaveβ¦β¦.unless he sees Little Master Shi. What should we doβ¦…”
Yu Chennian was much calmer after the cold wind cleared the haze in his mind.
He couldnβt be too forceful with the prime minister. This was Shi Qing’s father after all.
Kneeling for a long time wasnβt good either. Prime Minister Shi had Shi Qing at an old age. It wouldnβt be good if he caught a chill out there.
But it was impossible for him to let that person go.
“Bring the prime minister here. Let him meet with Shi Qing to assuage his worries.”
The eunuch quickly replied, “Understood. This one will go right away.”
There was quite some distance between the front palace and the emperorβs sleeping chambers. Prime Minister Shi felt uneasy the entire time he was escorted here.
He only inquired briefly about what had happened after Yu Chennian ascended the throne. He didnβt know the details of how Shi Qing bullied this sleeping dragon.
He only knew that Yu Chennian had been used as a servant.
The new emperor didnβt seem to be the merciful type. As soon as he ascended the throne, he revoked the titles of all his living brothers and banished them. He obviously cared more about results than his reputation outside.
If thatβs how he was to his own blood relations, then to a subjectβ¦…
The prime minister’s mind was filled with images of his only son being tortured, imprisoned, or wounded.
The new emperor had even fought on the battlefield. If he used the various torture methods learned there to deal with Shi Qing, how could that spoiled child survive!
It was all over⦅
Even if his kid was a rotten apple, he was the only apple the prime minister had ah.
The eunuch beside noticed his sweat-covered visage. He hurriedly asked him, “Minister, are you alright?”
Prime Minister Shi, “Iβm fine, Iβm fine.”
He was trying to comfort himself. He was an old minister and an aristocrat. Shi Qing was his only son. Even if the new emperor held a grudge against him, he would still have to show some modicum of leniency on the prime ministerβs behalf.
At this moment, his heart was already prepared for the worst. No matter how much his son suffered, it would all be worth it if he could keep his life.
The prime minister walked faster than other people could run the entire walk. But no matter how swift his stride, it still took some time to cover the considerable distance.
When the palace attendants saw that he was coming, they immediately raised their voices and shouted, “Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shi is arriving.”
Yu Chennian’s bland voice came from inside. “Let him in.”
Prime Minister Shi became even more nervous.
The eunuch beside him saw that he was trembling as he walked. β……Prime minister, are you all right?”
Prime Minister Shi, “Iβm fine, Iβm fine.”
He cautiously stepped into the hall with an uneasy expression.
What he saw inside stunned him. His son was sitting cross-legged at the table gnawing on pig trotters without any grace or manners.
And the new emperor, who has killed countless people since his accession to the throne, was peeling shrimps with the hands he used to hold petitions from his ministers.
After he was finished with a shrimp, he fed it to Shi Qing with an indulgent air.
The happy little boy didn’t even lift his eyes. He certainly didn’t notice that his own father was about to have a stroke. He opened his ruddy lips and ate the shrimps as if there was nothing wrong with him being fed. He was even grumpily complaining about this treatment.
“Dip the shrimp in vinegar first. Itβs no good without it.”
The eunuch on one side glanced at the prime minister who was on the verge of collapse. He quickly helped steady the man. “Prime minister, sir. Are…are you really alright?”
“……”
“I…shouldβ¦beβ¦fineβ¦…”
LOVE THIS CHAPTER. THE DOG FOOOOD NEED MORE PLZ
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Heh heh, I don’t need dog food for this Majesty is not single like you all!
… I’m not single either but still want dog food …
… sorry my grammar probably sucks
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Poor Prime Minister Shi
Thanks for the chapter
Hhahahahahaha I’m speechless Shi Qing is too powerful π
Ahahah omg Shi Qing is so shameless I love it!! Poor PM, he almost got a stroke!!! And Shi Qing’s little coquettish act was so cute and lovable, spoiled to the extreme!ππ₯° I wanna spoil him now!! (Eh, ML what are you doing!?!?) Cough, anyways I know this his act but this makes it all the more cuter and funnier XD
Thanks for the chapter~β‘β‘
Hehe, so Shi Qing, how does it feel to not get what you want for once (even tho you’ll get it soon prolly)?
And lol I feel sorry for Prime Minister Shi. He was worrying himself out while the reasons were comfortably eating food ^^;Thanks for the chapter! π
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π€£π€£π€£π€£Prime minister Shi you have worked hard
And Shi Qing trying his best to seduce Ml into doing him sendsππ
Thanks for the chapter la~
Poor Yu Chennian. Trying to be an upright gentleman (even though he did in fact kidnap him) throughout Shi Qingβs teasing. Lighting a candle for papa Shi π―
Thanks for the chapter!
Itβs alright, prime minister! Your βsonβ is completely fine! Actually he is more than fine…
Thank you for the chapter!
Haha loved this chapter, thanks!
Aaaaaa, I love my baby Shi Qing so much!! Even if he’s a little shit I would still love him!!ππ
A cute chapter
PM Shi: …Who am I? Where am I?
Thanks for the chapter! That poor man…
π€£π€£π€£ It’s good! Poor Minister Shi he was so terrified before coming across this scene. Ahhhh~~~ this chapter was great, thank you!
Prime Minister Shi who was forcibly fed dog food: ……
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A Gong who doesn’t take direct advantage! A rare gem indeed!
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+3 ! Maybe I should stop reading so many books with scum gongs. Then I would have a higher standard for gongs QAQ
I kept applauding him throughout the chapter (if you pretend not to pay attention to the kidnapping part)!! Consent is a sexy word.
+4 yeah our standards have definitely been lowered πππ all the scum gongs we’ve come across LMAO
mas comida de perro que lindo que llege la noche de bodad y shi quing se convierta en emperatris
Yu Chennian is so strong-willed!! How could he stand all those provocations and don’t do anything? Fufufu Shi Qing must be really frustrated.
The poor first minister Shi can be at ease now
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I really love Shi Qing in this arc!! Most definitely my fovorite arc from This novel so far ππ₯°π₯°
Poor prime minister.
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I… should be fine…
Should be, you he really Isnβt
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Poor prime minister. Heβs not had it easy haha.
Thanks for the great translation β₯οΈ
I need my daily dose of teeth-rotting diabeetus dog food.
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Hahahaha! Father Shi’s spirit is going to escape his body and his three views all collapsing because of YC and SQ’s display~β πππ
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Yu Chennian got a nosebleed LMAO XD So cute. Such a strong self-control ah. He’s one of my fave MLs now~
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Poor Prime Minister Shi, he’s gonna die of a heart attack sooner or later.
The Prime Minister dad is gonna have a heart attack after a heart attack with a son like that
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Poor Father Shi lololol
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(Γ βΈ Γ) spoiled babay x provoked emperor (οΌΎΰΌΰΌοΌΎ)
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Aww, Shi Qing π i’m surprised you haven’t just pushed him down π or maybe you’re about to? π€
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Many thanks for the update!
Shi Qing, that counts as bullying, please let the Emperor live XD XD XD
This is one of my favourite arc so far
The dog food is good, but I also want some meat, drools*.
The eunuch and the PM
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Hahahahaha prime minister shi youβre about to be the emperorβs father in law hahahaha
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SQ is shameless as ever, love it.
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Gimme the seme please I’m begging yall
πΆIβm dyingggggg π€£π€£π€£π€£πππγ_:(Β΄ΰ½`γ β ):
I canβt even imagine what our ML was going through considering how much I had to be rubbing my own head to calm down at one point (//β//)ahhhhh~ my head hurts
this sht’s funny af. kudos for the translator for doing a good job π
POOR PRIME MINISTER LMAO
I definitely love this arc. What a caring emperor. I never stumbled on one before. Such dreamy~
lmao poor prime minister XD
Poor Prime Minister, he just simply wants to collapse, all this simulation at his is really not healthy ah~~~
At his age**
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STAY STRONG FATHER IN LAW AHAHA
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Shi Qing is actually the reincarnation of Da Ji π
Lol! Poor father. He wasnβt prepared for this scene beforehand! π
this is my favourite arc man, I need a whole book like this ππ love this type of dynamic so so much