In the room full of blood, Qi Xutian and Chief Liu did not speak a word and watched the little child kill Jing Huang. At this time, Qi Mingyue stood in the pool of blood, with his lips hooked into a mocking smile towards Jing Huang. The moonlight outside the window cast an extraordinary shadow through him, making his small figure reveal the coldness of the moon. Chief Liu looked at him and suddenly understood why His Majesty would treat His Highness differently, and quietly exited through the door. He felt that His Majesty didn't need him to serve at the moment.
Qi Mingyue first found the antidote from his robe and took it. Slowly, he raised his head and looked at Qi Xutian who was approaching him with an excessively soft smile on his face. "Sure enough, the play arranged by Father was absolutely brilliant, but you forgot to tell me that your child was also a part of the play. Now that the play is over, I wonder if Father Emperor is satisfied?"
Qi Xutian found out that he claimed to be his "child", and his heart couldn't help but feel tight. Seeing that his hair and robe were covered in the blood of others, he frowned again, "MingEr's body is dirty, I will take you to bathe." For some reason, he couldn't stand the alienation and couldn't bear to see him stained in other people's blood.
He held him and walked all the way to the bath beside the bedroom chamber, the steam was hot and humid. Qi Mingyue couldn't help but exhale lightly. Why did he choose to return to the palace even after knowing that he was being used? Was it just so he could find asylum and learn the ability to protect himself before growing up?
Waving back the palace attendants, Qi Xutian first loosened his clothes for him, then untied his robe, unfurled his hair, and washed the blood on his face with water, Qi Xutian gazed at the silent child. Qi Mingyue said, "Father Emperor, I really don't know how to deal with you."
His silky, wet black hair was scattered, which made Qi Xutian's dazzling and beautiful face even more charming. He held Qi Mingyue in his arms. Qi Mingyue looked intently into his deep eyes and his eyes cleared slightly. "Let me speak for you. In order to get rid of Fenghua Palace and Consort Hua, Father Emperor had long wanted to choose a prince to make good use of. You found me and wanted Tan Wu to say something at the feast that would make your favour towards me more convincing, but ironically, I turned out to be just like you. I wonder if there was even a little hesitance in your heart at that time?"
Qi Xutian lightly pecked at the corner of his mouth, "What MingEr said is right, I didn't expect you to be so special. I really hesitated. I didn't know whether to choose you or another prince, so, until the last moment, I felt hesitant." He stretched his hands and applied some soap to his head.
"That prince was Lianshuo." How could he not know the one who was favoured before?
Qi Xutian carefully lathered his hair with soap for him, "Lianshuo is also a clever child, but still just a child. He can't compare to you. You make me want to always tie you around to pamper and love all the time."
"It turns out that Father's sweet words to his son are so nice." Was he like those harem concubines who were brainless? How could he trust him easily?
Qi Xutian listened to his words, his face changed, and a wave of deep anger appeared in his eyes. The anger made Qi Mingyue stiffen. Suddenly, the handsome face in front of him enlarged, his lips were covered with scorching heat. Kissing his lips, Qi Xutian licked and nibbled on them, and whispered against his lips, "Don't let me hear you claiming to be like this again. It's impossible for us to be pure father and son." Withdrawing his lips, the tip of his tongue gently licked his ears and left behind a sense of damp heat, he sighed, "It's all MingEr's fault. Who told you to look like that? Wielding a sharp weapon standing in a pool of blood, it was so cruel and exciting, and that expression on your small face was even more breathtaking. I almost couldn't stop myself from pushing you down on the bed. Do you know, my child?"
The hot breath fanning his ears as well as the whisper full of danger and lust made Qi Mingyue shiver a little. His chin was gently held by long fingers, only to feel his Father's tongue lightly lick his lips. With a little effort, Qi Xutian parted his lips and dove in. He clasped the back of his head and hooked his small tongue to suck and nibble, and Qi Mingyue couldn't resist at all.
The suffocating heat struck Qi Mingyue. The intense kiss made his body soft and his mind became dizzy. The hand behind his head slid down to his waist immediately and encircled his soft body in strong arms. He felt the anger and affection of his Father Emperor. The tip of his tongue gently teased his mouth. The ministrations and messaging in his mouth led to an uncontrollable tremor. Qi Xutian let him go, leaving a pair of soft lips swollen from the kiss and a silver thread fell on the corner of his mouth. His lips couldn't be ravaged any further. Watching him gasping in his arms, Qi Xutian laughed wickedly, "Can MingEr understand how much I want you?"
Qi Mingyue had never been so embarrassed, just a kiss made his hands and feet soft. Cursing this weak and useless body, he clung to his Father's arm powerlessly, and leaned on the edge of the pool, trying to calm his erratic breathing. He looked sideways at the man smiling too brilliantly, "Father Emperor seems to like my body. It's so small and yet you're so interested." His meaning was self-evident.
Qi Xutian pulled him over and hugged him in his arms. "As long as it is MingEr's body, I can't taste enough," Qi Xutian saw that he was still unhappy, closed his eyes and sighed, "I really regret letting you fall into the hands of others. For the past seven days, I kept thinking of what kind of danger you would encounter, I couldn't help worrying. But I thought that Minger is so smart, it shouldn't be very difficult for you. But I still worried..."
"So you told people to hunt down their people? To let me die faster?" This father of his, how could he believe that his love for himself was real?
"Jing Huang wouldn't dare to hurt you, the people under him won't hurt you, so what could happen to you? You know that your Father isn't willing to let you get hurt. You must have thought of the whole thing long ago, only then would have decided to deceive Jing Huang into believing that you knew where Zuizhu was and chose to come back to the palace to make him think that both of us father and son were against each other and kill him with drugs. I knew MingEr would not let me down."
"Thank you, Father Emperor, for the compliment. I did guess Father Emperor's intentions before I made this plan, but I can't compare to your acting skills. All kinds of pampering just to let people know that I'm your weakness. Then, you conveniently used me as a chess piece. I said earlier that each of us would take what we need, now it seems that what I said wasn't wrong." Father Emperor really did not disappoint him, he could use any means to achieve his goals. They were father and son but he could still use him without mercy. This was the true nature of an Emperor.
Qi Xutian looked at his cold face with a complicated expression, "What if I told you that you really are different from others in my heart?"
"What do you mean? Father deceived me, used me, and now, you want to tell me that I really have a place in your heart?"
"I admit intended to use you at first, but then I discovered how different you were and my affection for you became true. However, since everything had already been arranged, I did not want to give up because I was curious about your ability. I was getting more and more curious about what exactly you could do." He never thought that one day he would be so concerned about a person. In the past few days, he thought he could wait for the development of the situation, but unexpectedly, after those people really took MingEr away, all he felt was worry and irritability. The game was no longer fun.
Qi Mingyue circled his neck and leaned his head on Qi Xutian's shoulder. "Father Emperor should know that the reason I'm angry isn't because you used me, but because of your distrust. Even if you had intended to deceive me and wanted to put me in front of the public as your soft underbelly, how do you know that I wouldn't cooperate with your use and help you arrange this play together?"
Qi Xutian raised his eyebrows in surprise, and saw the cold light flash in Qi Mingyue's eyes, "It's such an interesting game, I don't mind joining, but Father forced me to. I've never liked being schemed against by others, can Father Emperor understand?"
Qi Xutian heard his words and laughed, "I didn't think of the fact that MingEr didn't want to be in a weak position. I didn't fully trust you before and made you angry, hm?"
Qi Mingyue stretched out his tongue and licked his shoulder. "I don't mind being used by Father Emperor. I want to be a strong man like you and stand beside you, then I must have the ability to be strong. If I can't solve such a small matter, how can I prove to you that we are of the same kind and partners?"
"What kind of partner? I'm your father and you are my son in this life." Feeling his shoulder licked by the tip of his tongue, Qi Xutian frowned and stopped his provocative little action, "Don't try to test my self-control."
"I once had a partner, he was my kind and accompanied me whenever I needed him. Doesn't Father need such an existence? I can stand beside you, no matter what, you don't need to be cautious." He continued to explore around his neck, Father Emperor's skin was beautiful, full of strength and elasticity. He couldn't help licking and sucking, again and again, leaving small red marks, until finally, he couldn't help biting. Qi Xutian let out a low groan and grabbed this disobedient little guy, "MingEr is my kind. I want to know if that former partner of yours was your lover?"
Was J his lover? He knew that J loved him, otherwise, that silent and proud man would not be willing to lie under him. But just thinking about it, he only had a trace of concern towards J. "No. Although we were very close and I fully trusted him, we were purely partners, never lovers."
Qi Xutian heard him saying 'we' one after another and couldn't help but squeeze his small face, "Very close? How close was it? That woman[1] got in your bed, did you like her too?"
[1] In Chinese, the pronoun is gender-neutral. Hence, Qi Xutian misunderstood J's gender.
Qi Mingyue shook his head and smiled ambiguously, "Father Emperor also has male concubines, why do you think I only like women? J is a man, he was my bed companion[1] and my partner. I trust him."
[2] Fuck buddy.
Speaking of that "Jie", MingEr's eyes were full of nostalgia and trust, so Qi Xutian couldn't help but lift his chin, "Bed companion? Did he kiss you like me? How did you respond to him?" Suppressing the anger in his heart, he spoke coldly, "Don't mention this person again in the future. I will accompany you, the only person you can trust and rely on now is me. You must remember!"
"Relax. Father Emperor is more satisfying than him, but if you deceive and betray me any more, you'll regret it."
Qi Xutian let go of his hand and rubbed his reddish skin. MingEr's eyes in the steamy bath were like the cold moon in the sky, attracting his attention. Thinking of his previous words, he asked, "MingEr means you will accompany me, but there would be nothing else between us? When you grow up, when I want you, you are willing, however, at that time, what would the relationship between us be in your eyes?"
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