That’s what he said at least, but it was not so in his heart. After the two walked into the main house together, Song Song quickly ordered someone to bring over some food to eat.
He was really very hungry at the moment.
Lately, he’s been eating a lot of heavy meat, if it’s not pork then it’s chicken breast. Li Xiao felt concerned just watching him: “Didn’t Ji Ying tell you to eat less of these kinds of things?”
“It’s just for a little.” Lips covered in oil, Song Song said softly: “In a few days when a little ‘reaction’ starts, I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat anything.”
Li Xiao didn’t understand, but saw him stuffing himself happily, and couldn’t bear to stop him: “Eat slower.”
“Oh right, what did father call you over to talk about today?”
“The thing with the homeless refugees. A while ago I mentioned your idea to him. At that time father told me not to worry about this. He probably wanted to give this task to the crown prince. However now, he suddenly changed his mind and told me to use the gold we won to make arrangements.”
Song Song’s eyes flashed: “This means that the emperor… “
Regarding settling the homeless refugees, although only a sudden inspiration from Song Song, it was actually a very good method to win the people’s hearts. Originally, the emperor planned to delegate the task to the crown prince because he wanted the crown prince to obtain the citizen’s support. Now he suddenly changed his mind to give it to Li Xiao, perhaps he’s beginning to change his mind in supporting the crown prince to become the next ruler.
This was great news.
Song Song could almost imagine how desperate the empress will become after learning about this.
“I am also thinking the same.” Although Song Song didn’t say his thoughts out loud, Li Xiao understood him completely.
He acquired a handkerchief and helped Song Song wipe the corner of his mouth and said gently: “Don’t eat so much at night, you might get indigestion.”
Song Song nodded his head, gave up on the pork and started drinking some egg drop soup.
Stomach full, Song Song laid on the bed with his hand placed over his starting to protrude abdomen, a face of satisfaction. His black hair spread on the pillow behind him. See from above, his face seemed even whiter, like it shone with a faint glow. Li Xiao undressed and leaned against the bed, calling him: “Song-er.”
“En?” Song Song didn’t move from his lying position, his eye expression soft and bright as it swept over: “What’s the matter?”
Li Xiao seemed like he wanted to say something but then hesitated. Finally, he replied: “Nothing.”
Suspicious, Song Song thought for a while, then propped himself up to scoot beside Li Xiao. He looped both arms around the other’s waist and rested his head on Li Xiao’s thick broad shoulder and said: “Something on your mind?”
“…. in your dream, when you gave birth, did it go smoothly?”
Song Song smiled: “Very smoothly, your highness. You don’t need to worry. It’s still a long time away… Let me see, we’ll probably have to wait until autumn.”
“Autumn… “ Li Xiao reached out to embrace him, his gaze looking ahead. He said pensively: “It won’t take that long for Zhen to ascend the throne.”
“Your highness!” Song Song panicked, but was held still by Li Xiao’s hands. The man lowered his head and gave him a kiss: “Zhen will take the throne and give it to Song-er ahead of time as a gift for all the troubles, how does that sound?”
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Song Song’s heart leapt all over nonstop because of his ‘Zhen Zhen.’ He said with furrowed brows; “… careful the walls have ears.”
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Song Song stopped moving, and replied somewhat timidly: “No… “
Li Xiao looked at him for a while, then smiled faintly: “You’re this smart. You probably guessed it a long time ago. How come you didn’t dare to mention it, didn’t dare to ask?”
“I….”
“Are you afraid of me?
“No…” His refuting voice was very small. He was only sometimes lacking confidence. He knew Li Xiao treated him very well, so he also did his best to repay Li Xiao in return. However, he also knew that Li Xiao’s illness was hard to control. He just didn’t know how many times his luck would allow him to calm Li Xiao down. He actually felt the same as other people; that this was just a ‘miracle,’ not dependable.
It was impossible to say he wasn’t afraid when Li Xiao lost control. He knew this from when Li Xiao’s qi blast almost injured his heart and lungs without discrimination at the Tower of Heaven. However, he was even more afraid that Li Xiao would remain crazy forever.
To favor safety and avoid harm is human nature. He didn’t say anything and didn’t ask anything because he didn’t want to bring up anything that would make Li Xiao unhappy. He knew this matter pertained to the truth about Empress Zhao’s death. He didn’t dare investigate too deeply in fear of reminding Li Xiao of his not so good past.
Li Xiao was still looking at him. Song Song very clearly sensed a wild beast hidden within his body. Because of this feeling, he knew that even when Li Xiao acted warmly towards him, that wild beast was still present, just a little more well-behaved. However, a wild beast was a wild beast in the end, it could awaken anytime.
Li Xiao suddenly turned his head to kiss his lips. Song Song furrowed his brows slightly but allowed his lips to be plundered.
Like a small mountain, the man pressed down on him, the movement carrying a hint of lack of restraint. Song Song somewhat fearfully protected his abdomen: “Your highness… “
He was afraid of provoking Li Xiao so used a small voice to call him.
Li Xiao slightly caught his breath, his lips pressed against Song Song’s cheek. Song Song reached out his hands to hug him, stroking his back soothingly. Li Xiao said in a low hoarse voice: “Care about me a little more. I won’t hurt you and I won’t become unhappy… I only want you to understand me, Song-er… “
Song Song felt a lump in his throat and his nose turned sour. He hugged Li Xiao tightly and said nasally: “En.”
Maybe worried that he might injure him, Li Xiao gradually calmed down. Just as he reluctantly planned to move away, Song Song held on to him and refused to let go.
Li Xiao: “?”
Song Song sniffled. Li Xiao fell silent for a moment, then tried to sooth him: “Did I scare you?”
“No…” Song Song buried his face against the man’s chest and rubbed it, pulling him closer: “Did the emperor say something else to your highness?”
“No.”
“Then why did you suddenly….”
“He knows everything.”
Today, Song Song’s heart can practically be thrown away as waste. As soon as Li Xiao said this, he instantly knew what it meant. The emperor knew everything, knew who harmed Li Xiao, knew how the previous empress died… but because of the crown prince’s reputation, he chose to remain silent.
Song Song suddenly felt his teeth turn cold. With this, the reason why emperor Hong Ren treated Li Xiao with favoritism became far more understanding. Not only out of love, but out of guilt. That’s why when Li Xiao mentioned this matter in the front hall in front of everyone, he didn’t say anything.
Unless he decided to remove the crown prince’s title, he definitely wouldn’t touch even one finger of the empress.
“How did your highness find out? Could there be a mistake?”
“Do you remember that dream?” Li Xiao said quietly: “When he died, he made empress Qin be buried together with him.”
When he said this, Song Song immediately remembered that in the previous life, Li Xiao forcibly ascended the throne and then exiled the crown prince. So it was like this. Emperor Hong Ren knew everything, but he didn’t want Li Xiao to live in hatred and also didn’t want the crown prince to learn the truth about his malicious mother. Even more so, he didn’t want Li Xiao and the crown prince to generate hostility towards each other because of this. Therefore, he concealed it his whole life until right before he died. He bestowed a cup of poison to Empress Qin who thought she had won everything, and took the entire secret with him to the grave.
Because the crown prince was innocent.
Suddenly, Song Song felt even worse. Of course he knew that Li Xiao’s dream wasn’t just a dream. That’s what he experienced himself.
“In the dream, I long had plans to become the emperor. However, for father’s sake, I pretended to respect my brother. To make father feel relieved, I told him that I would assist the crown prince wholeheartedly.”
He hibernated. Because he was a ‘mad’ king, he knew the emperor was incapable of handing over the throne to a lunatic. Therefore, he could only suppress all his resentment for the sake of their father-son relationship.
After emperor Hong Ren passed away. he completed his filial mourning. Then how the crown prince ascended the throne was exactly how Li Xiao dragged him off it. He told this pitiful brother of his every malicious thing the empress Qin did, then expelled him, never to return to the capital again.
At first the crown prince didn’t believe it. However, the imperial edict that emperor Hong Ren wrote to have the empress buried with him still existed. Even though the words used on it were elegant, saying he couldn’t bear to leave the empress lonely. However, in conjunction with his usual benevolent and tolerant behavior, unless empress Qin really made a huge mistake, he wouldn’t make such a decision.
The truth was clear.
It was only a shame that Li Xiao couldn’t kill empress Qin with his own hands.
However, this life wasn’t the same. Now he had Song Song and was no longer that lunatic who could lose control at any time. He wanted to resolve all of his gratitudes and grudges clearly while the emperor was still alive. He didn’t need to falsely pretend to play nice until the emperor passed away. In this life, he can ascend the throne legitimately. He wanted to let his father understand that he was the best suited person for that position.
Song Song’s mood was extremely complicated: “In your dream, did you already know about the empress?”
“At first I wasn’t sure, but later when father dragged her to be buried with him, I understood.” Li Xiao caressed his long hair and said quietly: “Even if she didn’t do it. The crown prince doesn’t match up to me. Why should I let him have what should belong to me? I want that position. I have the power to sit on it. Naturally I’ll take it without hesitation.”
“I know.” Song Song said softly: “I feel like the emperor in the dream also had regrets. He definitely wanted you to sit in that position. The crown prince was only pushed to do something beyond his abilities. It was always meant to be yours.”
“That’s why I need you. With you here, I can always maintain clarity. Then father could feel comfortable giving it to me.”
Song Song nodded vigorously: “I will always accompany you.”
“Actually… even if there was no child, I wouldn’t mind.”
Song Song smiled. He cupped Li Xiao’s face, kissed him with strength, and said seriously: “I promise, nothing will happen to me. That person was lying to you. I didn’t die during childbirth. I safely gave birth to the little prince… “
But I was killed.
He didn’t continue, but buried his face in Li Xiao’s embrace and said in a small voice: “Actually just now when we came back, I was also thinking that I wanted to understand you better, understand you more. Then coincidentally you also wanted me to understand you better, understand you more… do you think we had a meeting of minds?”
“En.”
“I trust you… maybe, sometimes I get scared, but I will still stay with you. However, I’m pretty timid, so you better control yourself well. Don’t scare me away, or else I won’t care about you anymore.”
“Okay.”
“… …”
“… …”
After a moment of silence, Song Song said: “I like kids. I want to see him. I want to talk to him and play with him… I want to see him grow up safe and sound. Want him to be just like you. If he was just like you, then he could protect himself.”
A gloomy mood flashed across Li Xiao’s eyes: “Everything you wish for will become true.”
“I also think so.” Song Song nodded, sounding a little nasally: “As soon as I met your highness again, I knew that my good days had come.”
Li Xiao looked down and lightly squeezed his nose: “To you, is this all I’m good for?”
“En… and also the baby.”
“….. just this?”
Song Song looked up at him, wrinkled his reddened nose. His eyes were wet but also very bright, bright enough to light a fire in a person’s heart.
“At first it was just this.”
“How about now?”
“… Now… …husband?”
He revealed another smiling expression, looking a little bashful and shy, and some deliberate attempt to make Li Xiao happy…. And a little dumb.
Li Xiao’s heart suddenly uncontrollably started to beat wildly. He pressed his lips together, voice turning hoarse: “I didn’t hear clearly. Say it again.”
Suddenly flushing red, Song Song turned around and curled up in the blankets: “Tired, the little prince is tired! Time to sleep!”
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“little dumb” this is so cute part!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
This is super wordy but did they both just admit that their “dreams” were just their past lives?
Imo they just implicitly accept that they were both reincarnated ever since they first started to share their “dreams”. So it’s been a while since both have known!
love their relationship so much <33
Aww someone (besides me, I mean) got sniffly from the emotional discussions happening in this one 🤧
The weakness of every gong is to be called husband kekeke
You’re so right, hehehe….
They’re both so cute.
I felt sad that only empress (original one) loved Li xiao unconditionally. Emperor should’ve given his son justice and not be partial
Demm, it hurts being lied by someone you trust 😭
It’s a little sad. I know being an emperor certainly comes with great responsibilities and pressure from various sides, but it’s still a sad thing. Luckily now he has Song song who will always be with her and their little baby
T-Too much dog food ⊂(•̀﹏•́⊂ )∘˚˳°
they’re so cute (╥﹏╥)
man i absolutely love this couple Best relationship I’ve read so far this year and that says something we only have a month left😂😅
Hehehe 😂
Husband