Chapter 40

It was past midnight. Yanlong was fast asleep. The room was dipped in a darkness. But the bright moon light escaped through the white lace curtains of the broad window, lighting the darkness into a strange gloom.

And next to Li Yan, another dark and a slender figure and a chubby little fluffy ball slowly opened their eyes. The slender person's eyes were narrowed darkly. It looked as though all these hours he hadn't had even a moment's sleep.

The bright little glassy eyes of the little guy looked excited, as if going to enjoy the fun of doing something illegal. He smiled at the other person mischievously. But Shen Nuo passed his slender finger across his lips, warning Minghe to be silent.

Yeah, all these hours, though Shen Nuo pretended to be sleeping deeply, he saw several nightmares with his mind wide awake. He was of course pretending. He even faked a few snores until the dog by the bedside also gradually felled asleep.

Shen Nuo couldn't believe that Li Yan could be this shameless. After narrowly escaping the death wish that morning, under the tight and firm embrace of the dog, he had no alternative but to helplessly nod when the dog told to him that the dog would be spending the night at Shen Nuo's Mingyue Palace everytime Shen Nuo was at fault.

This dog really knows how to get things done. No wonder he was imperial though dog he be. But Li Yan had forgotten something. Imperial or not, a dog was still a dog!

For the sake of Zhanhua hiding under his bed, Shen Nuo gritted his teeth and agreed.

Shen Nuo was speechless. He thought for hours long. Jinyu and Liyi only exchange faces with suppressed smiles. But they immediately stopped and got to their works silently after getting glared by Shen Nuo.

Finally by the evening, Shen Nuo decided to dare something dangerous. He prepared the needy things before hand and waited patiently for the time to arrive.

However, though he expected Li Yan to come to Mingyue Palace at evening six, Li Yan didn't. He had too much work and wasn't muddle headed so as to miss important matters for the sake of taming a trouble searching consort.

So Li Yan arrived at ten, directly entered Shen Nuo's bathroom, took a quick wash and a change. When he came out of the bathroom, what met his eyes was Shen Nuo and Minghe both on the enormous bed, waiting for him.

Li Yan's eyes paused at Minghe for a moment. Then they firmly locked with Shen Nuo. Shen Nuo smiled brightly. It had a touch of victory and was full of evil intentions.

Stop eye fucking me! Told you not to mess up with me!

Shen Nuo even pulled Minghe into his snuggle and gave him a kiss on the top of his fluffy head thankfully.

Life savior...

Li Yan pursed his lips, narrowing his slightly red eyes. Minghe did not understand. He didn't bother either.

"Imperial Father! It's a long time since I slept in father's snuggle. I like daddy- no, mommy Shen too. Please..." He pouted his mouth and curved his eyes. His look was pleading. He really wanted to sleep in the snuggle of both of them.

His face looked very cute. Who could refuse? Huh? Shen Nuo knew it! Other wise he wouldn't have spent the whole afternoon pestering Consort Khutulun to let Minghe stay at Mingyue Palace for one night.

Li Yan's eyes firmly locked with Shen Nuo again and they were not very happy. However, he didn't even bother to look at Shen Nuo after that. It looked as though he was really mad this time. He got onto the bed, directly pulled little Minghe to his snuggle and felled into sleep.

Shen Nuo smirked in his heart. He received an hour long gloomy gaze from Li Yan during the first half of the night. Shen Nuo also did not forget to present him a sweet smile, showing his middle finger in his heart. It was too provoking.

But Li Yan could do nothing about it. Minghe slept loftily between them, hugging both their arms. Could Li Yan do anything? Huh? No right? He felt angry. He obviously knew what Shen Nuo was doing. Never mind... he'll catch him back another day... Soon because of tiredness, Li Yan dozed off.

Three hours later, Minghe slowly opened his eyes and stole a mischievous smile at Shen Nuo. He and Shen Nuo had planned a whole plot for hours before hand. How can it not be fun to prank his Imperial Father?

Shen Nuo nodded brightly, picked up the pre-prepared brush stained with black ink from under the bed and gave it Minghe. "Careful!" He warned softly.

Minghe slowly took the brush with his little chubby fingers and thought for a while. "What should I draw?"

"A dog."

"..."

"And don't forget to add horns. And don't draw a fluffy tail."

"Huh? Then it's a cow!"

"Cow or buffalo, it's up to you! I don't care!"

"But daddy Shen, I really don't know how to draw a cow or a buffalo."

"Then tortoise!"

"Got it!" Minghe's little lips stretched into a bright smile. He slowly raised himself and gently passed the brush skillfully over Li Yan's face.

Li Yan was too tired and deep in his sleep to feel his son's doings.

So just within a few minutes, an excited cabbage drew an ugly tortoise on a sleeping dog's face while a curious fox by the bedside, watched with great interest.

The fox couldn't stop it's laugh at all and frantically went out of breath. However, the fox seemed not satisfied just with this. It had balls of steel so it dared a bit.

So next, the fox slowly pulled the quilt away, revealing the dog's bare chest. Li Yan was sleeping only with his white trousers. Shen Nuo smiled wickedly and looked at the pair of purple beans upon the chest with great interest. He couldn't help but amuse himself in wonder.

Such a shocking sight to behold! Lined abbs... fair and smooth skin... I'm jealous!

He snatched the brush from Minghe with a vicious grin and slowly drew flowers around the two purple beans of the Emperor. Li Yan slightly groaned and stirred in his sleep when he felt the slight itch from his chest.

Shen Nuo immediately froze on the spot like a statue. He did not want to get caught this early. The fun hasn't yet begun. How can he spoil it? Huh?

After Li Yan calmed down, Shen Nuo drew the complete skeletal structure of a chest and the entire nerve system. Yeah, he was a doctor. He knew about the subject than he knew of dogs. What could go possibly wrong?

"That's rib cage!" Minghe whispered brightly.

Shen Nuo smiled proudly when he felt all his science lessons to Minghe during the past few days hadn't gone to waste. "You're learning quick!"

"But daddy Shen, once you taught me that veins and arteries not black!"

"..."

"Daddy Shen?"

Shen Nuo raised his brows. "Take it as the arteries and veins of a dog are black!"

Minghe looked however curious. "That means he's a dog!"

"..." Shen Nuo shook his head furiously and placed away the brush and got the rouge box (lipstick) from under his pillow. He dipped his fingertip into the bright red dust clicking his tongue.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."

He carefully passed his red stained fingertip across Li Yan's lips.

Those thin and cold seductive lips were painted slowly and skillfully by him.

Shen Nuo's lips stretched into a bright smile.

He did not see Li Yan's hand clenching beneath the heavy black quilt. But that tightened hand immediately loosened the moment Minghe chuckled in a whispery voice and poked at the red lips of him.

So the mighty Emperor who was venerated by millions of people, endured the humiliation for the sake of his son just like that...

When the morning arrived, the three of them woke up as usual. Shen Nuo was exceptionally silent.

On the other hand, Minghe who woke up drowsily had to spend a few minutes to recover the memories of the day before. The moment he saw his Imperial Father sit on the bedside and stretch his arms, Minghe's eyes widened into disks.

Under the bright morning light, he clearly got to see how capable he and his dad had been.

Following Minghe's alarmed gaze, Li Yan furrowed his brows and looked at his chest.

"!!!"

He was stunned. He obviously felt every movement from the night before. But he didn't expect to see something to this extent. He was shocked.

He just incredulously gaped at his purple beans full of flowers and leaves. His thin red lips subconsciously pursed. He narrowed his eyes at Shen Nuo who was suddenly looking very innocent.

Shen Nuo felt his heart skip a beat. That glare was very meaningful. Shen Nuo felt uneasy.

At this unexpected moment, Liyi entered inside with a basin of hot water for Shen Nuo.

The moment she saw the stunning figure of an unidentified creature with red lips and a veiny body, lying on Shen Nuo's bed, her first instinct was to fetch the kitchen broom.

Wait! Why does that creature look familiar? Then by the next moment she realized who that ancestor was. She was stunned. The water basin slipped off her hands and felled onto the wooden floor with a deafening din. Her eyes widened in shock.

She didn't even speak after that. She lowered her head down to her knees in apology and quickly got lost. She even forgot the basin that she dropped.

After this, Minghe was the quickest to react. "Oh! Imperial Father! I forgot to do homework! I'll quickly go and complete them before going to the academy tomorrow." He quickly disappeared into thin air.

Shen Nuo was speechless.

Hey! Tomorrow is a Sunday!

Then suddenly he realized what Minghe was doing. "!!!" Shen Nuo's mouth felled open. He couldn't just believe Minghe could be this sly...

He gave a strained smile full of incredulous disbelief. Minghe you wait! Next time I'll catch you!

Li Yan was once again alone with Shen Nuo. Shen Nuo was flabbergasted. Will he or will he not? If he will, Shen Nuo should or should not? While Shen Nuo was going through all the possibilities, Li Yan looked as if he was refraining something hard. But for Shen Nuo's surprise, Li Yan didn't say or do anything. Instead, he walked towards the mirror and took a good look at himself. His eyes darkened into pools of black.

He silently wiped the red rouge on his thin lips with the back of his palm and spoke indifferently.

"Zhen will bath here today! Ask Zhangsun to bring Zhen's dragon robe here!"

Shen Nuo felt himself eased a little. Li Yan wasn't a demon at all.

Yeah, you don't fancy to walk around in this fashion, right? I mean, with your lipsticks and tortoise face... Hahaha!

Shen Nuo smiled sweetly, letting his imagination run high. "Yes, Your Majesty!"

At the bathroom, Shen Nuo rubbed off the 24 hours permanent ink lines that he had proudly drawn. He felt frustrated. Why was the ink so hard to wash?

The dog asked him to erase those marks himself if he did not want to get eaten by him. How can Shen Nuo pretend to be deaf? Huh? He had to save his innocent life...

So he rubbed the dog while the dog closed his eyes and leaned into the wall, enjoying the pleasure of the pleasant massage and a morning hot water bath.

One hour later, Shen Nuo threw away the piece of cloth, wiping away the sweat from his forehead.

Li Yan was still closing his eyes. His face and chest was clean. His lips curled into a domineering smile. "Zhen hopes Consort Shen had learned his lesson..."

Shen Nuo was furious. He almost ate his teeth. He had rubbed Li Yan for almost hours until his hands and wrists ache. How dare the dog make fun of him!!?

Shen Nuo narrowed his eyes darkly.

You just wait!

He smiled cutely. "What are you saying? Husband? This wife was honored to -"

SPLASH!!!!

Li Yan did not notice what happened at once. But Shen Nuo slipped the brim of the slippery wall without warning and felled into the water right beside him.

A large wave of water splashed and flew across Li Yan's eyes. It was pain.

The Emperor turned his face, hiding his tightly closed eyes in the crook of his arm. "The incense water went into my eyes. Give me the towel!"

Shen Nuo smiled sweetly. He climbed out of the pool and gracefully stretched out the already prepared towel to Li Yan. That rag was used to wipe and clean the fireplace, the evening before. And it was covered with terrible oily stains of charcoal that would never fade for a lifetime.

Li Yan obviously did not know that an ancestor wants him punished. He furiously rubbed his face with the towel until his face was completely black.

Shen Nuo couldn't stop his laugh at all.

And when Li Yan heard Shen Nuo's cackle, he knew something was wrong. Wait! Why was his hand greasy? He blinked his moist eyes and looked at his hands.

"!!!"

His fingertips subconsciously raised to his cheeks and rubbed on them slowly. Then he drew back the hand and looked at it.

"!!!!!!!!!"

He looked at the towel and then glared at Shen Nuo. "Shen Nuo You Fucking Dare!!!"

Liyi, who happened to enter into the bath room at this moment, with the dragon robe on a tray, suddenly met with the charcoal face that had big and white glaring eyes.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!" She screamed horror-stricken, with both her hands tightly pressed against her lips. The dragon robe dropped down the waters with a splash and she fled out of the room in terror, calling Jinyu for help.

The goldfish who flew into the room in a hurry with widened eyes was very speechless.

"This... That.... Um... Your Majesty..."

And Li Yan who stood with a gloomy black face with both his hands on his waist, glared at the goldfish threateningly. "What the @#$k are you waiting for? Get lost!"

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Hope the chapter wasn't boring. I'm very very busy.😭😭😭 Couldn't focus on the story at all.