CH 89

Chapter 89: Since In Spring The Night Is Short And The Day Is Long, From Now On, The Prince Will No Longer Be Able To Wake Up Early.

Their mouths and tongues interlaced in a deep kiss.

And their bodies lightly intertwined in a passionate embrace.

Bian Zhonghua chuckled. While he lightly nibbled Qi Ci’s ear, he said vaguely: “Don’t worry, little Gongzi, I won’t go ‘all the way’ today. After all, we still have to ride on horse tomorrow….”

When Qi Ci realized the correlation between both things, he was so ashamed he even wanted to dig a hole to bury himself. Little by little, he pulled over the quilt on the bed and covered his face.

Seeing this, Bian Zhonghua laughed out loud: “You’re still so innocent and thin-skinned.”

Qi Ci moaned but continued to pretend to be dead. Bian Zhonghua reached out to lift the quilt hiding Qi Ci’s face, but in the end, Qi Ci refused to budge. As a prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious man, he wasn’t going to give up even if he suffocated…..

When the ‘deal’ was done, Bian Zhonghua simply cleaned them both up and lay down on the bed. Feeling satisfied, Bian Zhonghua drowsily rubbed Qi Ci in his arms, who, by the way, couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore, and they both fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Qi Ci was the one to wake up first.

As dawn fell on the eaves tiles, the warm winter sun appeared gently and quietly on the horizon. At that moment, Qi Ci found himself being surrounded by Bian Zhonghua’s arms.

Seeing both their long and black hair entwined with each other, Qi Ci couldn’t stop himself from remembering their own ‘entanglement’ of last night. At that, Qi Ci couldn’t help but feel how countless emotions surfaced from deep within him.

When Qi Ci raised his head, he found that the bite marks on Bian Zhonghua’s shoulder still hadn’t disappeared… It seemed that when the two of them were ‘together’ last night, Qi Ci’s mouth had been extremely aggressive.

Feeling slightly embarrassed, Qi Ci reached out to caress the bite marks as gently as he could.

However, right the next second, Qi Ci’s wrist was firmly caught.

Without opening his eyes, Bian Zhonghua looked still quite sleepy as he brought Qi Ci’s hand to his lips to kiss it. After a long time passed, Bian Zhonghua finally opened a single eye to look at Qi Ci. Still sleepy, he said: “Why did you wake up so early….?”

Qi Ci replied: “I’m already used to getting up early in the morning.”

Bian Zhonghua opened his other eye, leaned over Qi Ci’s ear, and chuckled: “Then, from now on, you should cherish the days when you can get up early.”

Qi Ci didn’t understand: “Huh?”

However, Bian Zhonghua didn’t explain, and instead, closed his eyes again to rest a bit more.

Afraid of disturbing Bian Zhonghua’s sleep, Qi Ci whispered: “If you’re sleepy, then sleep. I’ll get up first.”

With that said, Qi Ci got ready to get out of bed.

However, before he could do so, Bian Zhonghua reached out and hugged Qi Ci, bringing him back under the quilt: “Sleep a bit more. We’ll get up at noon.”

At that moment, the only thing Qi Ci could think of was: ‘What?! Sleep until noon? It’s too indecent! Too lazy! Didn’t you say that we should hurry back to the Capital as soon as possible?!’

Despite that, Qi Ci closed his eyes again and hugged Bian Zhonghua back.

On the other hand, since both Qi Ci and Bian Zhonghua were used to getting up early in the morning, they couldn’t sleep until noon, so they got up after resting for half an hour. After packing their luggage, they went to the entrance of the east street to buy two horses so they could rush back to the Capital.

At the same time, before they could set out on their journey, they still had to fill their stomachs first.

Once they found a wonton stall, the stall owner waved an iron spoon and shouted: “I’m not bragging, my family’s wonton used to be a tribute1 back in the day!”

After saying those words, the stall owner greeted Bian Zhonghua and Qi Ci, who then sat down at a low table behind the stall. Meanwhile, the stall owner lifted the lid of the pot, letting out the white mist inside it, and served them two bowls full of wontons.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the bowls of wonton were placed on the table, the bowl trembled slightly.

“Hmm? What’s going on?” The stall owner looked flabbergasted.

After Bian Zhonghua and Qi Ci looked at each other, they looked ahead.

It turned out that it wasn’t the table that was moving, but rather the ground that was shaking slightly. At that instant, in front of them, a procession of Imperial guards, with orderly steps, were entering the small village.

At the front, a middle-aged man led the group on horseback, while a majestic carriage followed at the end of the procession.

The greatness and power of the procession was astonishing.

Bian Zhonghua stood up, and Qi Ci hurried to do the same.

The procession stopped right in front of the wonton stall, startling the stall owner to the point of making him drop the iron spoon he held in his hand. State Master Li got off his horse and bowed: “Your Highness, my humble self has failed to protect you. My humble self has made His Highness suffer because of this.”

Before Qi Ci could open his mouth to reply, he saw a man rushing over.

It was the wonton stall owner, who had rushed to State Master Li: “Holy shit! I knew it! I knew I had Royal blood!!! Hahahahaha!”

State Master Li: “….”

An Imperial guard hurried over and took the daydreaming stall owner away.

Bian Zhonghua stepped forward to salute State Master Li: “State Master.”

State Master Li patted Bian Zhonghua on the shoulder and said: “You’ve worked hard. After knowing that you have met with a Fierce Beast, I have been frightened day and night. Fortunately, you and the Prince are safe. Take the Prince to the carriage, we’ll return to the Capital as soon as possible.”

After receiving the order, Bian Zhonghua turned around and smiled at Qi Ci: “Your Highness, please go into the carriage.”

Qi Ci nodded understandingly and followed Bian Zhonghua to where the carriage was.

When the coachman saw that the Prince was approaching the carriage, he hurriedly set up a stool and gestured for Qi Ci to enter the carriage.

Bian Zhonghua took Qi Ci’s hand and lifted the carriage curtain for him. When suddenly, he clicked his tongue and frowned.

After hearing this, Qi Ci lowered his voice and asked: “Huh? Is something wrong?”

Bian Zhonghua glanced at the coachman, and then said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: “You don’t need to ride a horse today.”

Qi Ci: “….”

Although Qi Ci was thin-skinned, he said: “In any case, from now on, I won’t need to travel on horseback anymore.” As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Ci got into the carriage to hide.

As a big smile adorned Bian Zhonghua’s eyes and mouth, he reached out a hand to cover the corners of his lips that couldn’t be suppressed. Although it wasn’t easy to calm his exuberant mood, Bian Zhonghua managed a bit as he walked towards State Master Li.

At that moment, an Imperial guard brought Bian Zhonghua a fine horse. After Bian Zhonghua thanked the guard, he turned around, mounted the horse, and led the procession out of the village with State Master Li.

State Master Li tightened the reins, looked at Bian Zhonghua, and asked: “Are you hurt anywhere?”

Bian Zhonghua replied: “My injuries are no longer serious. It’s just….in order to deal with the Taotie, I had to unseal the seal on my shoulder.”

State Master Li’s eyes were round in shock: “What?! How is your body?”

Bian Zhonghua looked at State Master Li and said: “I’m not severely injured or in pain. However, I can’t use my Mana2, my tendons and veins are in disarray, and my meridians are blocked. Right now, I’m no different from an ordinary man.”

State Master Li pondered over it for a while and finally said: “Later, I’ll check your meridians and transfer you some qi to help you unblock them.”

“Thank you, State Master.” At that moment, Bian Zhonghua suddenly remembered something and hurried to ask: “By the way, is Lin Baihu….?”

“Both his spirit and form have been damaged, but it’s not serious. He just needs to rest for a few days. Qin Yicang has taken him back to the Capital to rest in the Secret Servant Residence.”

…

Lin Baihu didn’t know when he was taken out of the cave, and the last thing he remembered was that he woke up several times along the way. However, since his consciousness was chaotic, he didn’t really know where he was or who was in front of him.

Even so, Lin Baihu could feel that during all this time, someone was holding his hand tightly.

It was as if….that person didn’t want to let him go for even a moment.

‘In that case, it can only be him….’

For some reason, Lin Baihu felt at peace. So much so that he even fell back into a deep sleep.

When Lin Baihu finally fully woke up and opened his eyes, he found that he was back at the Secret Servant Residence. Upon further inspection, Lin Baihu realized that he was lying on his own bed, with the all too familiar yellow wooden frame, in his own wing room.

As Lin Baihu slightly moved his body, he felt someone close to him. With great effort, he turned his head, only to see Qin Yicang kneeling on the ground, his head resting on his hands and half of his body resting on the bed. He was sleeping next to Lin Baihu.

Qin Yicang was sleeping in a very restless position, and there was even a certain blue tint under his eyes. He looked like he had been overly tired and worried for several days.

Slowly, Lin Baihu pulled his hand out from inside the quilt, endured the pain coming from his shoulder, and sat up on the bed. He then took a blanket from the bed and covered Qin Yicang with it.

After sensing a movement, Qin Yicang woke up.

Dazed, Qin Yicang raised his head, only to freeze the moment he met Lin Baihu’s eyes.

Lin Baihu lay back on the bed, and with a weak voice, he said: “Sorry, I have disturbed your sleep.”

Suddenly, Qin Yicang reached out to wrap his arms around Lin Baihu’s waist, burying his head in his arms. However, he didn’t dare to exert any kind of force, so he had to do his best to contain his fervent emotion: “You’re finally awake.”

Lin Baihu didn’t expect Qin Yicang to react like this. After a pause, Lin Baihu stretched out his hand to pat Qin Yicang on the back.