Tuoba Heyan looked coldly at the panic on her face, but then he suddenly thought of another small face. He paused for a moment, then instantly handed her the pear juice he was holding. "Drink this!" The coldness and anger in his eyes were enough to intimidate everyone!
Intimidated by Tuoba Heyan's imposing aura, Fan Lixue had no choice but to take the bowl from his hands. Looking at Tuoba Heyan, she saw his cold gaze unchanged, devoid of any of his former tenderness. Fan Lixue gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face, "Your Majesty..."
"Don't make me say it a second time!" Tuoba Heyan sneered. What he hated most in his life was being schemed against! Anyone could scheme against others, but not against him! To resort to such despicable means? They'd really had enough of living! What about the women he'd favored? If he wanted them dead, not a single one of them could live!
With tears in her eyes, Fan Lixue still trembled as she drank the pear juice.
Tuoba Heyan smiled sarcastically. Thinking about it, it was actually quite good. Maybe tonight he could shut that old eunuch up! Tonight, why not "favor" this Fan Lixue properly?
Tuoba Heyan casually tossed Fan Lixue aside, letting her roll to the ground, then got up, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your concubine, your concubine... wants, wants..."
Tuoba Heyan casually patted his hand, and instantly two masked men dressed in black night clothes appeared, both kneeling before Tuoba Heyan, "Your Majesty."
Tuoba Heyan took out a small bottle from his pocket, threw it in front of the two men, gave them a look, and snorted softly.
"Yes!" The two nodded and immediately stepped forward to approach Fan Lixue.
Tuoba Heyan lowered his head, sniffed his own body, and cursed, "Damn it!" He stood up without looking back and walked into the inner room.
Inside the outer room, two men in black were holding Fan Lixue down, one holding her down while the other poured medicine into her mouth.
Fan Lixue felt a burning desire rising within her, a desperate longing for someone to fill her void! The feeling was incredibly itchy, and she desperately wished for something to relieve the itch!
The men in black had already placed Fan Lixue on the ground, and the two of them undressed her right there on the ground, taking turns possessing the woman without any tenderness.
As if he couldn't hear the sounds of flesh slapping outside, Tuoba Heyan changed his clothes and came out of the inner room. As if he hadn't seen the fight on the ground, he continued to sit at his desk and continue to review the memorials!
That composure is probably unmatched!
After finishing dealing with the memorial, Tuoba Heyan stretched and yawned. He seemed not to notice the scene on the ground that had just ended, and went straight into the inner room.
The next morning, when Fan Lixue opened her eyes, she found herself lying in the familiar Pearl Palace!
"Akagi!" Fan Lixue shouted immediately. Last night's scene felt so real! It was as if she had been gang-raped by two men right in front of the king? And this was the king's idea?!
"Your Majesty!" The head palace maid, Akagi, rushed in from outside, kneeling on the ground.
"How did I get back?" Fan Lixue tried to sit up, but suddenly felt a sharp pain all over her body!
Akagi stepped forward, "Your Majesty, please don't move. It seems the King dotes on you very much!"
"What does this mean?" My body really felt like it had been run over! Needless to say, I knew my lower body must be terribly swollen!
"It was the King who ordered the Queen to be sent back. Moreover, the King instructed that she be taken good care of. The Queen has received the King's favor, and perhaps she is carrying a little life in her womb!" Akagi said ambiguously. "The King has not favored many concubines in recent months, so the Queen is the one who has been favored recently. Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Is that so?" Fan Lixue still had some doubts in her heart. She had never seen Tuoba Heyan with such a face before... His eyes... Was it really just her imagination? Had she really received the Emperor's grace?
Tuoba Heyan never allowed his concubines to stay overnight in his palace. After he had favored a concubine, he would have her sent back to her palace.
"Your Majesty, what are you worried about? Please rest well! The King said he's coming to see you today!" Chi Mu stepped forward and tucked Fan Lixue's brocade quilt in, then said.
Fan Lixue listened and looked at Chi Mu, "The King said he would come to see me?"
"Yes."
So, I really did have a nightmare while I was being pleasured by him? Then, was the king angry? It's really inexcusable that I could have a nightmare at that time!
"Your Majesty, the King dotes on you so much, you can rest assured that no one in the harem can threaten your position!"
"No, I used a little trick yesterday, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't have spared me! There will be plenty of fighting to come, and I will definitely find a chance to kill those women in the harem!" Fan Lixue sneered. She threw back the covers and looked at her body. Sure enough, this man still didn't know how to be gentle with women, and always liked to be so fierce!
No sooner had he finished speaking than he heard from outside that Tuoba Heyan had arrived!
Fan Lixue immediately tried to get up, but Tuoba Heyan had already lifted the beaded curtain and entered, saying, "My beloved concubine, do not move!"
Fan Lixue was startled and quickly bowed, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
After the palace maids bowed to Tuoba Heyan, they quickly left, not daring to disturb the two of them any further.
Tuoba Heyan helped her lie back down on the bed, and then said calmly, "Last night, I was too rough... I hurt you, which was really wrong of me."
"No, no, it is my honor to serve Your Majesty!" Fan Lixue smiled as she looked at Tuoba Heyan's face and his golden mask, feeling extremely happy!
Tuoba Heyan nodded, "My beloved consort, rest assured, I will be gentle from now on."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fan Lixue blushed as she listened. She knew that although he spoke of gentleness, he was never truly gentle! But thinking about it, as long as she could gain his favor, what did it matter if she was injured or swollen? Those were marks of his affection! No one else could hate her for that!
Tuoba Heyan patted her shoulder, "I have other matters to attend to, so I will go and take care of them first. You should rest well in the palace."
"Yes." Fan Lixue was delighted and watched Tuoba Heyan leave.
After watching him leave, Akagi immediately entered the inner room. "Look, how much the king dotes on the empress!"
“Yes, but I know this is only temporary! I need to win his heart!” Fan Lixue’s eyes flashed with a cold light.
Ji Wushang leaned against Huangfu Junan's bedside and slept there for the night.
When Huangfu Jun'an woke up and opened his eyes, he saw Ji Wushang leaning there, looking exhausted. He pouted. He had always known that his mother's life was not easy. She was tired, exhausted, and pretending to be someone she was not. She was barely able to keep going.
The little boy got out of bed, looked around, and found a robe, but he wasn't tall enough to reach it. Huangfu Jun'an felt resentful, wishing he could grow up so he could protect Ji Wushang. He went barefoot to fetch a stool, then struggled to climb onto it and used it as a stepping stone to reach the robe, before carefully climbing down.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, he lost his footing and was about to fall!
"Ah..." Just as she was about to cry out, she was pulled into a tight embrace by someone!
Tuoba Heyan covered Huangfu Jun'an's mouth with one hand, looking at the little boy with deep eyes. This child seemed to be quite young, yet he had the idea to move a stool to get his robe.
Huangfu Jun'an looked at the uncle in front of him who was hugging him and covering his mouth. He immediately bit down and said, "Let go of me!"
"Shh, do you want to wake your mother?" Tuoba Heyan said in a low voice, then pointed to Ji Wushang, who was still sleeping over there. Ji Wushang was extremely tired. He had been busy all night, thinking about Huangfu Jun'an's medicine. By the time the imperial physician finished decocting the medicine and brought it over, it was already past midnight. By the time he helped Huangfu Jun'an to bed, it was already past dawn.
Huangfu Jun'an is still young and has slept so much, so he is naturally able to wake up now. Ji Wushang, on the other hand, has been spinning like a top all day and is exhausted.
Huangfu Jun'an nodded understandingly. Tuoba Heyan nodded as well, then released his grip and pulled Huangfu Jun'an into his arms. "What are you doing with the robe?"
"Mother is sleeping there, Nianlang wants to cover herself with his robe," Huangfu Jun'an said softly. Perhaps because Tuoba Heyan had just saved him, he did not object to Tuoba Heyan holding him.
Tuoba Heyan glanced at Ji Wushang, who was not wearing a veil at the moment, and her face showed signs of fatigue.
"You wait here for me. I'll let your mother get some sleep." Tuoba Heyan gently put Huangfu Jun'an down, and then, under Huangfu Jun'an's gaze, pressed Ji Wushang's sleeping acupoint.
He swept Ji Wushang up in his arms, but then suddenly froze. Why had he inexplicably ended up in this Mi Luo Palace? Why was he near this woman? Why did he feel no resistance at all while holding her? Why, why was this happening?!
He stood there, completely stunned, his mind in turmoil. He looked at Ji Wushang, and her face... seemed so familiar!
"Uncle, don't hold my mother like that! Put her down!" Huangfu Jun'an, who had somehow appeared at his feet, grabbed his robe and shouted.
Tuoba Heyan narrowed his cold eyes slightly. He glared coldly at Huangfu Jun'an, who looked at him and remained relentless, "Let go of my mother! You bad man, let go of my mother!"
Tuoba Heyan's eyes flashed with anger. He turned around and looked at Ji Wushang, who was still in his arms. Only then did he suppress his anger. He turned his head and said, "I am not a bad person!" He immediately carried Ji Wushang to the bed, covered him with the quilt, turned around, and squatted down to face Huangfu Jun'an. His eyes were sinister. Huangfu Jun'an quickly backed away.
Tuoba Heyan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Huangfu Jun'an, "I have a few questions for you."
"Mmm." Huangfu Jun'an nodded timidly; he was afraid of him!
Tuoba Heyan led Huangfu Jun'an to the outer room, held him and sat him on another stool, then sat down next to him.
"I didn't mean to scare you. Don't worry," Tuoba Heyan explained when he saw the fear in Huangfu Jun'an's eyes.
"Why is that?" Huangfu Jun'an asked cautiously.
"That's because you're hindering me from taking care of your mother, understand?" Tuoba Heyan realized at this moment that sometimes it was difficult to communicate with a child!
“Oh.” Huangfu Jun’an nodded. “Taking care of someone, is it like how a mother takes care of Nianlang?” he asked again.
Tuoba Heyan felt a slight pain in his scalp, realizing he had changed the subject!
"Yes." He could only nod helplessly.
"So you're my father?" Huangfu Jun'an asked in surprise.
Tuoba Heyan's lips twitched. What he had said to Ji Wushang last night was that this child was his son, but he just wanted to bicker with her and see all her emotions!
"Let's leave that aside for now. I want to ask you, whose child are you, why are you here, and what is your mother's purpose? Tell me everything!" This is the most important thing! I believe children don't lie! Tuoba Heyan narrowed his dragon-tiger eyes and stared at Huangfu Jun'an.
“Nianlang is Nianlang.” Huangfu Jun’an scratched his head and then said, “Nianlang is Huangfu Jun’an, courtesy name Zijun, given name Nianlang. Huangfu Zong is my father, and my father is the Prince Zong!”
"Hmm." Tuoba Heyan already knew this! Alright, let's continue listening.
"Then Nianlang came here with his mother. His mother said she would take Nianlang to live somewhere else, and that so-called somewhere else must be this place!" Huangfu Jun'an looked at him. "And who are you? Tell Nianlang everything about yourself!"
Tuoba Heyan immediately spat out all the tea in his mouth with a "pfft"!
"Damn it!" Tuoba Heyan glared angrily at Huangfu Jun'an beside him. He shouldn't have drunk the tea! His eyes were blazing with anger, but he had to suppress it. He couldn't frighten the child!
But to his utter dismay, Huangfu Jun'an actually retorted by asking Tuoba Heyan a question!
"Uncle didn't answer Nianlang." Huangfu Jun'an completely ignored the tea on his clothes, covered his mouth and chuckled as he continued to ask.
"I am the King of Qingzhao! Tuoba Heyan, do you understand? Call me King!" Tuoba Heyan looked at him irritably, "Tell me everything about your father!"
“Nianlang doesn’t know anything about her father.” Huangfu Jun’an lowered his head, his mood somber. “Mother never mentions father. She only says that father went to a very, very far place, and that he will come back when Nianlang grows up and is able to protect her.”
Tuoba Heyan snorted coldly, "What nonsense! He's dead, he's dead! Don't try to fool a child like this!" But when he tried to say that his father, Huangfu Zong, was already dead, he just couldn't bring himself to say it. In the end, he could only sigh and give up. "Let him fool a child," he thought, "whatever!"
"And what about your mother? You must know something about her, right?" Tuoba Heyan looked at him, and then thought of the Prince of Zhenbei, Beigong Minhao, who was still in the palace and had not yet left, and said, "And that Prince of Zhenbei, Beigong... Minhao!"
“Uncle Beigong? Uncle Beigong is such a good person, such a kind person! He loves Nianlang so much, he likes Nianlang so much!” Huangfu Jun’an said immediately, his expression returning.
Tuoba Heyan frowned slightly. "What was his purpose in escorting your mother to Qingzhao?"
“It’s about protecting Mom!” Huangfu Jun’an said earnestly. “Uncle Beigong seems to like my mom a lot, but my mom doesn’t like him. My mom only likes my dad!” He smiled, revealing his newly grown little teeth.
Tuoba Heyan rubbed his temples, feeling a real headache coming on. He wasn't interested in their private affairs! He wouldn't touch that woman anyway, so why should he care about their messy relationships!
"What else do you know?" Tuoba Heyan looked outside. The sun was about to rise, and the palace maids would begin their work.
“Nianlang doesn’t know.” Huangfu Jun’an looked at him. “What else do you know? Tell Nianlang!”
Tuoba Heyan was very glad that he hadn't drunk tea this time, otherwise his body would have been even wetter!
"I don't know either." Tuoba Heyan looked at him. "Alright, I'm leaving now. When your mother wakes up, don't tell her that I was here. Remember, you absolutely cannot tell her, understand?"
"I heard you." Huangfu Jun'an nodded. Bullshit! Mother said I should tell her everything!
Tuoba Heyan gave Huangfu Jun'an a thorough once-over, "Don't try anything funny, or I won't let you off the hook!"
"Hmph, don't try anything funny! Otherwise, Nianlang won't let you off the hook!" Huangfu Jun'an said with a cold snort, mimicking Tuoba Heyan's tone.
Tuoba Heyan was surprised and stunned. This little kid was actually imitating his tone of voice.
But at this moment, Ji Wushang suddenly started talking nonsense!
"No, Cong, Cong! No, don't die, don't leave me! Waaah, Cong, why, why! Why did you leave me all alone! Why?!" Ji Wushang cried out, tears streaming down his face.
Tuoba Heyan was slightly surprised, then quickly went into the inner room. Huangfu Jun'an was very surprised, "Wait for Nianlang, take Nianlang with you!"