He’s Super Sticky

After Bai Chen fell asleep, Xie Zhengyi gently let go of the hand holding Bai Chen, gently tucked the quilt for Bai Chen, got out of bed, get dressed and walked outside the tent.

Outside, the leader of Yulin Army and General Lin were kneeling in front of the tent.

“Go back to defend strictly, today’s dereliction of duty will be punished again after returning to the palace.” Xie Zhengyi said coldly to the two.

Today’s bandit attack, although the other party had premeditated, the two of them were responsible for the safety of the convoy, but they did not discover anything and defend. They really deserve to be punished.

“If there are anymore mistakes for the next few days, you two can wash your heads and prepare to move it.”

The two of them shuddered, and immediately bowed: “Yes, Lord Qiansui.”

After dealing with the two, Xie Zhengyi walked to a few more places and ordered some things before he returned to the emperor’s exclusive tent, holding his baby, lying down and closing his eyes to rest.

When Bai Chen woke up, it was half dark and the quilt beside him was still warm, but the person who was lying there had disappeared. The tent was quiet and empty, Bi Luo and the others were not there.

He did not see Xie Zhengyi when he first woke up, Bai Chen, who just woke up, mood was a little down. He just opened his eyes and lay on the bed blankly, listening to some small noises occasionally coming from outside the tent, and fell into a daze.

The sound of the curtain being gently lifted was caught by Bai Chen who was in a daze. Then, there was a faint sound of footsteps. Bai Chen’s ears moved. Among them was the sound of footsteps he was most familiar with, Bai Chen moved his eyes, his long, thick eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly turned his head to look.

The familiar footsteps were getting closer and closer, and when the person came around the screen, the tall and lean figure suddenly broke into Bai Chen’s view, and Bai Chen’s eyes lighted up imperceptibly.

Xie Zhengyi was stunned when he saw Bai Chen’s bright eyes, and then laughed, walked quickly to the bed, sat down, and reached out to bring Bai Chen into his arms with the quilt.

Bai Chen leaned against Xie Zhengyi’s chest lazily, rubbing his head habitually.

Xie Zhengyi rubbed Bai Chen’s head: “Get up? Dinner is ready, it’s all your favorite.”

Bai Chen nodded slightly, and then stretched out his hand.

Xie Zhengyi understood, and helped Bai Chen to get up without any complaints, dressing and washing. In the end, he even saved Bai Chen from the few steps, Bai Chen was directly carried by Xie Zhengyi to the table outside where the food was already set.

Seeing the two come out, the four of Bi Luo bowed to them respectfully, and then stood quietly with their heads down.

The food in the hunting ground is not as exquisite and complicated as in the palace, but as Xie Zhengyi said, these are all Bai Chen favorites.

And one of them was hand-caught lamb, which Bai Chen liked.

Xie Zhengyi touched Bai Chen’s bulging belly, stretched out his hand to grab the mutton and pushed it far away so that Bai Chen could not reach it. “Don’t eat too much at night. I’m worried that you will not be able to sleep at night. If you really like it, tomorrow I’ll let the imperial chef cook it for you.”

Bai Chen retracted his hand a little bit reluctantly, but his bright black eyes still looked at the dish from time to time.

Xie Zhengyi, who saw that cute little appearance, almost laughed.

“I just wanted to let you try it early, but I didn’t expect you to like it so much. In these few days, I will let the chefs study hard, so when we return to the palace, they’ll cook it for you.”

This hand-caught lamb was not made by the imperial chef in the palace, it was made by the chef brought by the Ke’er people who came to participate in the hunting this time. It was a special food of the ethnic group over there.

Bai Chen nodded happily.

After the meal, the two of them walked around for a while, then went back to the tent to change into formal clothes and came to the campfire square that had been prepared .

A bright flame burned high in the center of the empty square, illuminating the surroundings brightly. Around the bonfire are neatly arranged wine tables, on which drinks and food have been placed, and behind the wine tables are high burning torches, and the palace people who are waiting for orders.

At this time, the ministers had already seated with their wives and children, and they gathered together in joy, waiting for the arrival of Bai Chen and Xie Zhengyi.

Bai Chen and Xie Zhengyi walked to the top position and sat down as the crowd bowed down, then he stretched out his hand for them to stand up.

The ministers got up and took their seats. Bai Chen spoke a few words before Xie Zhengyi spoke. After the two of them finished speaking, the bonfire party officially began.

The bonfire party is to promote the relationship between the monarch and the minister. The hunting will be held once a year at the beginning of the year. The ministers or their families will perform talents, or recite poems and compose lyrics, or play, sing, and dance, or duel sword dance, etc., and after the performance is over, everyone will vote for the top three best and give rewards.

If they are lucky, being appreciated by the emperor, they will be promoted as an official, which can be reused. Unmarried women can also take this opportunity to find a good family to marry. Therefore, every time when hunting, the ministers will bring their children with them, hoping to get the emperor’s eyes.

Only, when they arrived in front of Xuanyuan Yan, they were all men and married women.

Xuanyuan Yan was too lusty. During the spring hunting activities in the first year of his succession, he once caused a sensation by forcing a lady in front of everyone. The lady had a marriage engagement and wanted to meet her fiance through the hunting, she never thought that she would be subjected to Xuanyuan Yan’s poisonous hand, after the cloud and rain1, the young lady could only follow Xuanyuan Yan to return to the palace to become a concubine, and the fiance could only swallow the shame into his stomach.

At first, the young lady and her family also accepted it, although she lost a good family to marry, she became a concubine. If she worked hard, she might usher in a new spring for the family through Xuanyuan Yan’s love, but the beautiful fantasies were quickly shattered. Xuanyuan Yan was refreshed with the young lady for a while, and then he threw himself into the arms of other women. After a while, Xuanyuan Yan power was gradually seized.

During the spring hunt in the second year, there were still women who had not yet come out of the pavilion2 to participate. Xuanyuan Yan, who was gradually being emptied, felt uneasy, and forcibly took several women again. One of them was the daughter of the minister of revenue. At that time, the angry minister of revenue almost vomited blood on the spot.

Xuanyuan Yan was the emperor, even if the ministers who had their daughters taken were angry, they couldn’t do anything to Xuanyuan Yan. They could only swallow it into their stomachs and send the girls to Xuanyuan Yan harem to be a concubine.

The emperor with no power, even if the concubine were favored, how can they seek benefits for the family from the empty emperor?

So in order to prevent accidents from happening again, these ministers never brought their daughters from home in the subsequent spring hunts, only their wives and sons.

Therefore, Bai Chen now looks at a bunch of men and married women performing.

Regarding this situation, Bai Chen was not as irritable as Xuanyuan Yan. He sat quietly in his position. Although his eyes were watching the various performances below, his mind had already run to Xie Zhengyi who was sitting at the table beside him.

In the large courtyard, as the emperor, Bai Chen could not get along with Xie Zhengyi as he did in the tent. He could only sit upright and drink and have fun with the ministers.

Bai Chen took a sip of his drink, frowned slightly, his face was expressionless, but Xie Zhengyi, who knew Bai Chen, knew at this time that he was upset.

Xie Zhengyi sighed softly, it was not even a quarter of an hour yet and his baby already couldn’t bear it anymore.

Xie Zhengyi was helpless and sweet in this situation.

Under the table, Bai Chen, who could no longer get along with Xie Zhengyi, quietly stretched out his hand and moved in Xie Zhengyi direction. When his hand was halfway out, Bai Chen suddenly encountered a source of heat.

Bai Chen’s eyes lit up suddenly, and without hesitation, he quickly grasped Xie Zhengyi’s outstretched hand, and clasped Xie Zhengyi’s fingers tightly.

It was just such a simple hand held, but the expression on Bai Chen’s eyes suddenly rose, the gloomy aura all over his body suddenly disappeared and was quietly invaded by sweetness.

Xie Zhengyi looked at Bai Chen whose aura had changed drastically, his gazes were full of gentleness and spoiling.

He suddenly let go of Bai Chen’s hand, stood up, and commanded the guards beside him to place his cushion next to Bai Chen in the surprised gazes of Bai Chen and his ministers, then he readily sat beside Bai Chen, intimately side by side with Bai Chen.

Bai Chen’s face suddenly raised with a sweet smile, looking at Xie Zhengyi with scorching eyes, while the minister sitting next to them, Jiu Yanhuan, watching the performance suddenly became silent because of the two.

When a minister moved his lips, about to stand up and say something, Xie Zhengyi’s sharp eyes swept over, the ministers immediately got a cold sweat from fright, and he closed his mouth quickly, not daring to make any more movements.

Xie Zhengyi looked at other people again, and the people he looked at all lowered their heads, watching their noses, pretending to be serious about drinking or watching performances.

No one dared to look at them anymore.

Bai Chen held Xie Zhengyi’s hand sweetly, and his body was filled with happiness, “Xie Zhengyi, I want to kiss you.”

Originally, Bai Chen agreed to sit separately from Xie Zhengyi for the sake of the overall situation. After all, an emperor and an eunuch were so close in formal occasions, there were too many things that could be affected by the spread of gossip. Therefore, under the overall situation, Bai Chen had to feel wronged. He did not expect that Xie Zhengyi would take the initiative to break it.

Bai Chen was so happy that he almost jumped directly into Xie Zhengyi’s arm, hugged and kissed Xie Zhengyi, but he’s afraid that would make Xie Zhengyi in a difficult position, so Bai Chen could only suppress his impulse.

“Little fool.” Xie Zhengyi squeezed Bai Chen’s palm. He didn’t have any worries. He directly lowered his head and gently touched Bai Chen’s pink and delicious cheeks.

His baby, how can he bear to watch him be wronged.

What is the overall situation, what influence, as long as his ability and strength are strong enough, then these will not affect him, even if someone rebelled because of this, or dare to chew their tongue privately, then he’ll just kill them all, anyway, he was Jiu Qiansui with a ruthless reputation, it doesn’t matter if he has a few more lives on his hands.

The atmosphere off the court was weird, but Bai Chen and Xie Zhengyi above were calm and sweet, so no one noticed a maid standing next to the torch under the steps raised her head slightly, looking at the two close people, there was a shock expression on her face.

1. intercourse
2. unmarried