Chapter 8: Chapter 8

The Royal Physician still came to Xue Lan’s residence after lunch. He prescribed some supplements to be taken daily and left.

Not long after, several servants came to deliver the ingredients needed for them.

“Your seduction seems to be truly effective, My Lord,” Mo Shen felt that the herbal smell was disgusting and stored them away with a snap of his finger.

“Someone with a fickle and frivolous heart like him longed for true love whether he was aware of it or not,” Xue Lan skimmed through the books on his shelf.

“A frail beauty with a strong heart yet becomes fragile in front of the man he loves,” Mo Shen made a beeline to Xue Lan to hug his waist. “That’s quite irresistible indeed.”

“Why do you like holding my waist so much? I can’t move,” Xue Lan hit Mo Shen’s arm with his fan, signalling him to let go.

“The size is just right for me to hold. I can’t help it,” Mo Shen shrugged.

Instead of letting Xue Lan go, Mo Shen bent down and lifted him by his knees with his other hand still on his waist. Like that, the two of them went to lay on the couch with Mo Shen leaning onto the pillow on the armrest.

“Am I a life-sized doll to you?” Xue Lan was too lazy to argue and decided to just position himself comfortably to read the book.

Their size was similar, but Mo Shen was slightly taller with wider shoulders than him. It wasn’t hard to find a good position.

“Although my previous masters are all beautiful, they’re not exactly huggable. Some were too thin, some were too wide,” Mo Shen complained. “It killed off my mood sometimes when we were in bed.”

“You sleep with your masters?”

“If they want to. Sometimes I seduced them to it if I was hungry,” Mo Shen turned Xue Lan’s face to him. “When are you going to feed me, My Lord?”

“When you successfully entice me to I suppose,” Xue Lan returned his face to the book. “If you’re so hungry, go feed on Yang Huo. I believe he will make a nice staple food for you.”

“His essence is indeed strong,” Mo Shen hummed, “but he’s not delicious.”

“Are you the receiver?” Xue Lan curiously asked.

“Not in a billion years,” Mo Shen laughed wickedly. “That human can’t satisfy himself anymore.”

Xue Lan silently lit a candle for Yang Huo’s asshole.

“Speaking of him, I believe he told me something about an annual summer hunt,” Mo Shen recalled.

“It’ll start at the beginning of next month with the summer festival following the day after,” Xue Lan nodded.

“Is it a big event?”

“Yes, it is. The summer hunt will be conducted for 2 days. For the people, it is a once-in-a-year chance. The person who offered the best prey will have one of their any wish granted,” Xue Lan explained. “For the harem, it is a chance to spend two private days with the Emperor. It’s plenty of time to win his favour.”

“The inner court is about to get hectic then,” Mo Shen played with Xue Lan’s hair in boredom. “Are you going to join the fray?”

“I rather stay out of the sun,” Xue Lan already felt tired thinking of camping for two days with someone he hated. “But hunting is a child’s game for you, no?”

“You want me to win something for you, My Lord?” Mo Shen raised an eyebrow. “Will I get a reward?”

“Why? You won’t do it without any return?” Xue Lan flipped to a new page.

“You know the answer to that question,” Mo Shen pressed his nose onto the crook of Xue Lan’s shoulder where his scent was the strongest. “Though my performance depends on my…let’s say, motivation.”

“I’ll think of something.”

“A preview would be nice,” Mo Shen leaned back and lazily closed his eyes.

Xue Lan thought for a moment.

A few minutes later, Mo Shen felt Xue Lan moving in his arms and opened his eyes. The other took his fan from the table and spread it open.

He was wondering what Xue Lan was about to do when he turned around to place the fan on his lips. Xue Lan slowly leaned down and pressed his own lips onto the other side.

Xue Lan backed away slightly with his fan, “Motivated?”

Mo Shen’s lips curved in anticipation, “Well, I must say I feel like a virgin.”

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Xue Lan picked up his book back.

***

With the annual summer hunt nearing, the inner court was eventful as Mo Shen predicted. Consorts and concubines didn’t spare any effort to appeal themselves to the Emperor while plotting against one another at the same time.

The Empress had allergies to animal furs, so she never participated in the summer hunt. Every year, the Emperor picked a different escort. There was no fixed candidate and everyone had a chance to be picked.

All of them were wary of Xue Lan, anticipating his move. They didn’t believe the Qi Ming Prince wouldn’t take the chance to curry favour with the Emperor seeing that the Emperor paid particular attention to him.

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Not only them, Tian Chen was also waiting.

Lately, he couldn’t concentrate in court. He kept getting distracted when reading memorials with the image of the unsmiling prince and the words that came out of his mouth.

Remembering them gave his heart a pleasant feeling.

But they worried for nothing.

Much to Tian Chen’s disappointment, Xue Lan’s figure wasn’t seen outside of his residence ever since he watched his archery practice.

Was he avoiding him again? Locking himself up this time?

Did anyone tell him about the summer hunt?

Or was there something wrong with his legs because he strained them for too long that day?

Mo Shen was in the middle of posing as Xue Lan’s practice model in the courtyard when he sensed Tian Chen coming. It was easy to distinguish with the group of eunuchs tailing behind him.

“My Lord, Tian Chen is coming,” Mo Shen prompted without moving from his one-handstand position.

Xue Lan finished the last stroke. He crouched down and showed it to Mo Shen.

Mo Shen, “…”

What kind of monster was he drawing?

“Drawing anatomy is difficult,” Xue Lan stood back up.

Mo Shen lowered his legs and got back to his feet, “It’s beyond me why you think drawing it upside down would be easier.”

The eunuchs announced Tian Chen’s arrival and the entrance to his courtyard opened. Sometimes, Xue Lan wanted to lock that gate door to stop people from coming in as they please.

But it could make people suspect that he was hiding something, so it wasn’t a good idea.

Xue Lan and Mo Shen looked at each other and promptly greeted Tian Chen.

Tian Chen saw the desk and papers in the courtyard, “Honorable Consort Xue, what are you so occupied with that you have not left your courtyard for half a month?”

“This subject is learning on how to draw human anatomy, Your Majesty. This subject believes it is best to not only able to capture the beauty of sceneries, but the beauty of every other creations under the heaven as well,” Xue Lan replied.

When Tian Chen wanted to go to the table to see, Xue Lan shifted his body to hide the table from Tian Chen’s sight.

“Your Majesty, is there something you need this subject’s help with?” Xue Lan awkwardly said.

Mo Shen’s eyebrows slightly raised in interest. He was going to use his crappy drawings to his advantage as well?

As expected, Tian Chen became even more curious about Xue Lan’s drawings. He easily maneuvered around Xue Lan and picked one up.

Seeing the incomprehensible drawing, Tian Chen chuckled, “No man is a perfect man.”

He inexplicably thought this flaw was lovely.

When he looked back at Xue Lan, the other was already burying his face behind his fan.

Mo Shen very thoughtfully raised Xue Lan’s body temperature to make him ‘blush’.

Tian Chen lowered the fan down, wanting to see the full view.

He then finally spoke his intention, “Honorable Consort Xue, We assume that you are not aware of the upcoming annual summer hunt?”

“Forgive this subject for his ignorance, Your Majesty,” Xue Lan lowered his head. “This subject is not proficient in the art of hunting, but my attendant might be of use.”

Tian Chen lowly laughed, “We are not ordering you to hunt.”

The eunuchs a few meters away at the back almost couldn’t believe their ears. The last time they heard the Emperor laugh was when he slayed his own brother for betraying him.

And it wasn’t a good laugh.

Now, in less than 5 minutes, the Qi Ming prince managed to make him laugh twice without even deliberately doing it.

His fondness for the man was undeniable.

“Honorable Consort Xue, We wish to invite you to join Us for Our hunt.”

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