Even though he had mentally prepared himself in advance, but Shen Qingzhuo was still stumped by his little disciple’s unconventional behavior.
He raised his hand to support his forehead, pretending to think about the answer, but in his mind he urgently called the system: “007, 007, are you there?”
System: [What’s the matter?]
Ever since he found that the system could not help him with anything except the function of Baidu Encyclopedia, Shen Qingzhuo has been calling the system less and less frequently in recent years. However, he recently called the system for emergency help twice in a row, which is indeed a bit abnormal.
Shen Qingzhuo: “Let me confirm with you again, this is a CP-free power-scheming novel where everyone is working on their business, right?”
The system was silent for a moment: [What happened again?]
Shen Qingzhuo: “Xiao Qi just asked me why it has to be a man-woman relationship and not a man-man relationship?”
System: [His question makes sense. Why can’t it be a man-man relationship? Do you discriminate against gays?]
Shen Qingzhuo: “……”
System: [Don’t worry, this little problem is harmless and will not affect your completion of the task.]
Shen Qingzhuo was speechless.
He was not discriminating against homosexuality, it was just that this precisely touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.
System: [Shall I find you some gay-related information?]
Shen Qingzhuo: “There’s no need to be so enthusiastic.”
Seeing that his master fell into a long silence, Xiao Shen couldn’t help but look at his wrist, which attracted him.
Supporting himself with his elbows, the loose cuffs slid down, revealing his beautiful and slender wrist as white as porcelain jade.
He had held this thin wrist before. The skin felt extremely smooth. With just a little force, it would leave clear fingerprints…
“The problem is actually like this.” Shen Qingzhuo organized his thoughts, put down his arms, and looked at his little disciple, who was humbly seeking advice.
“Ah?” Xiao Shen blinked his eyelashes, instantly removing the obsession in his eyes, and replied with a pair of bright eyes, “I’d like to hear the details.”
Shen Qingzhuo: “Regarding the love between men you mentioned, there are actually records of it in ancient books and texts, such as Tao, Longyang, Duanxiu, Mojing, etc., all of which are used to describe same-s*x love. However, such people have always been a minority.”
“So that’s how it is.” Xiao Shen thought thoughtfully, “So, man-man relationship is an anomaly?”
Shen Qingzhuo seriously said, “Love is love. Love has nothing to do with gender, age, or even species. It cannot be described as alien.”
Xiao Shen smiled and said, “Since love has nothing to do with gender or age, it is too narrow-minded to simply summarize it as passionate love between men and women.”
Shen Qingzhuo showed a trace of shame on his face and replied, “You are right, it’s Master who thinks too narrowly.”
In fact, he respects all s*xual orientations, including interspecies love, but when he was preparing to teach his little disciple, he subconsciously followed the secular constraints.
Xiao Shen curled his lips in satisfaction: “I don’t have any other questions for now, Master can continue.”
“Reproduction is the greatest instinct of human beings and the foundation for the continuation of human civilization.” Shen Qingzhuo lowered his eyelashes slightly and taught his little disciple seriously, “Generally speaking, we have the urge to become one with our loved ones, so as to complete the process of spreading branches and leaves and reproducing offspring. However, if the same s*x loves each other, they have to give up the instinct of reproducing offspring.”
As we all know, men cannot get pregnant and give birth to children.
Xiao Shen nodded, not quite understanding, and asked, “Then how can we become one?”
“Cough, cough.” Shen Qingzhuo cleared his throat. “This is the focus of today’s teaching.”
He flipped out a beautiful booklet and handed it to his disciple. “Just now I said that people have instincts, so people have desires. This is very normal. Don’t fight against it. Remember.”
Xiao Shen took the booklet and opened the first page. He saw a man and a woman sitting among the flowers. He couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Master, what is this?”
Shen Qingzhuo picked up the teacup and said, “Keep turning the pages.”
Xiao Shen continued to turn the pages obediently and saw that the clothes of the man and woman in the book were getting fewer and fewer, until the woman was only wearing a thin red mandarin duck Dudou1“Dudou”, or bellyband, is a piece of cloth that covers one’s belly and chest., hugging the man with his clothes open…
The handsome face instantly turned red, and the youth looked away in panic, his flexible tongue tangled as he asked, “Master, what-what is this?”
Shen Qingzhuo pretended to be calm and replied calmly: “This is what you need to learn about what happened behind the bed curtains.”
This erotic picture book was carefully selected by him. The paintings are exquisite, vivid, and interesting. It is neither too explicit to scare his little disciple nor too subtle to make him confused. It is very suitable as an enlightenment reading material.
“Ah, I thought…” The tip of the youth’s white and tender ears was red and almost dripping blood. “It turns out that this is how it works. No wonder the two palace maids took off my undergarment as soon as they came up.” Shen Qingzhuo looked at the innocent youth, who was so shy that smoke was about to come out. The discomfort in his heart dissipated a little, and he smiled deliberately: “Good disciple, you missed a good opportunity to practice.”
Xiao Shen remained silent and continued to flip through the pages with a red face. He found that the man and woman in the pictures were hugging each other in different postures.
Shen Qingzhuo put down his teacup, supported his chin with one hand, and patiently waited for his little disciple to finish flipping through the book.
Little did he know that his blushing disciple had secretly read through all the erotic picture books that could be collected in the palace. Now he was calm when looking at anything, unless…
Unless he automatically replaced the two people in the picture book with…
“That’s what happened.” Shen Qingzhuo said calmly, “There’s nothing to be ashamed of. The passionate love between a man and a woman is human nature.”
“Master, I’ve finished looking.” Xiao Shen closed the book and asked in a low voice, “Then is it the same when man and man do it?”
“Cough, cough, cough.” Shen Qingzhuo was suddenly choked by saliva again.
Xiao Shen hurriedly stood up and gently patted his master’s thin back, speaking in an especially innocent tone: “What’s wrong, Master?”
“Just…” Shen Qingzhuo could not hide the embarrassment between his eyes and replied cautiously, “Master isn’t very clear about it either, but the principle should be roughly the same?”
Anyway, it’s not always that kind of action…
“Haven’t Master tried it?” The youth stood beside him, staring at his soft and moist red lips from top to bottom with his dark eyes. “Between man and woman, or man and man?”
Shen Qingzhuo said without hesitation, “Of course.”
As soon as he said that, he suddenly came to his senses, “This is not what you should ask!”
“What’s wrong?” The puppy squatted down and looked up at him aggrievedly, “Why can’t I ask?”
Shen Qingzhuo was too embarrassed to say that he had been a virgin for two lifetimes and that the only theoretical knowledge he had was taught to him today. Wouldn’t this just make his little disciple laugh?
“Because I’m the master.” Shen Qingzhuo replied unreasonably, “You are not allowed to ask about things that Master doesn’t allow you to ask about.”
Xiao Shen leaned against his lap and pressed his superior chin against his knee, responding obediently, “Alright, Master.”
“Good boy.” Shen Qingzhuo subconsciously reached out and stroked the youth’s head. “Today’s teaching is over. You can go back first.”
“Master actually chased me away!” The youth immediately felt aggrieved again, looking up and complaining, “I finally got to see Master, does Master no longer like me?”
Shen Qingji tapped his head and said, “But Master is a little tired and wants to rest as soon as possible.”
Xiao Shen immediately replied, “I will be good and will never disturb Master!”
Shen Qingzhuo always felt something was strange in his heart, but his nerves were tense in recent days, and he was extremely tired. He didn’t have the energy to think deeply, so he had to reluctantly agree and let his little disciple stay over to sleep.
Anyway, it’s not the first day they sleep together.
The eunuch on duty prepared the hot water, and Xiao Dezi adjusted the water temperature to a comfortable level for his young master and then prepared to help him take a bath.
“Let me do it!” Xiao Shen pushed open the palace door and volunteered to help his master bathe, standing behind a screen painted with landscapes, flowers, and birds.
“Your Highness, how can you be someone who serves people?” Xiao Dezi quickly replied, “Let the servant do it.”
Xiao Shen was not convinced and asked, “Why can’t I do it?”
Shen Qingzhuo stretched out his slender arms, and had taken off his Jinyiwei’s Feiyu uniform, leaving only undergarment on his body. Hearing this, he smiled and said, “Just take a good rest and stop bothering Master.”
Xiao Shen stood outside the screen and watched the snow-white undergarment hanging above the screen. He couldn’t help but gasp.
His master has taken off his undergarment…
A “ding, ding, dong, dong,” sound of water was heard, and the person behind the screen slowly stepped into the bathtub. The vague figure was revealed on the translucent screen, making people even more itchy.
“Master…” The youth’s feet seemed to be nailed firmly to the spot, his eyes fixed on the figure behind the screen, his thin lips moving in an almost silent murmur.
The hot steam was rising, and the rich, cool fragrance belonging to his master diffused in the air, and all of Xiao Shen’s senses were mobilized.
As long as he wanted, he could rush into the screen and take a glimpse of the scene he had been thinking about day and night, so that he would not be unable to see anything clearly in his dream.
But he didn’t dare. As long as he thought that his master would be angry and feel offended, he would not dare to act rashly.
So, the youth squatted outside the screen with his knees hugged, breathing in the aroma that fascinated him, closing his eyes, trying to outline his master’s grace in his mind…
When he was dizzy, a familiar voice sounded in his ears: “Xiao Qi, why is your nose bleeding?”
“Hmm?” Xiao Shen suddenly woke up from his fantasy, subconsciously raised his hand and touched under his nose, and sure enough, he felt sticky blood.
“Aiyo!” Xiao Dezi was startled and quickly helped his Highness up. “The weather is dry, Your Highness, you need to drink more water!”
Shen Qingzhuo turned back into the room, pulled out a handkerchief, and asked the youth to press on both sides of his nose to stop the bleeding. He then quickly instructed Xiao Dezi to wring out a cold towel and apply a cold compress to his forehead and neck.
Xiao Shen lay on the chair, feeling extremely ashamed, but looking at his master’s anxious face, he felt strangely satisfied.
After a while, the nosebleed stopped, and he loosened the handkerchief that was blocking his nose. When his master turned around, he calmly stuffed the blood-stained handkerchief into his arms.
After frequent use in the past few days, his master’s scent on the handkerchief in Changle Palace had faded a lot. He was worrying about how to find an opportunity to ask his master for a new handkerchief, but now he got it without any effort.
The nosebleed was worth it.
“Come, drink some water.” Shen Qingzhuo handed the teacup to his little disciple. “Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to be picky about food, and you are not allowed to eat only meat. Every meal must be accompanied by fruits and vegetables.”
Boys between the ages of fifteen and sixteen grow very fast and have a great demand for meat.
Normally when they ate together, he would always prepare the right combination of meat and vegetables for his little disciple, but he was busy with official duties recently, and his little disciple probably had forgotten his instructions.
“I’m not picky about food.” Xiao Shen pinched his nose and replied in a muffled voice.
Shen Qingzhuo flicked his forehead with his finger. “You said you’re not picky about food, so why did you get nosebleeds for no reason?”
“I…” Xiao Shen hesitated to speak.
Master definitely doesn’t want to know the real reason.
“Don’t move, let me take a look.” Shen Qingzhuo leaned forward slightly, pinched the youth’s jaw, raised his face, and looked at it carefully. “Alright, the nosebleed has stopped.”
Xiao Shen looked back at him in confusion.
The three thousand strands of black hair looked even darker after being wetted by water, and the slightly wet hair ends were scattered behind the shoulders, making the person in front of him look both beautiful as a peach and plum and pure as ice and jade, blending two extremely contradictory beauties into one.
How could someone be so beautiful?
“By the way, how is your Mother Concubine’s health recently?” Shen Qingzhuo asked as if he suddenly remembered something.
Xiao Shen came back to his senses and frowned unconsciously, “Same as before.”
In fact, he has never returned since he moved out of the cold palace, but he has always ordered people to monitor everything in the cold palace.
“In the past few days, you should pay attention to the movements in the cold palace.” Shen Qingzhuo turned his back and said, “His Highness the Crown Prince may cause trouble for your Mother Concubine.”
Xiao Shen’s expression changed slightly: “The Crown Prince? What does he want to do?”
Shen Qingzhuo refilled the cup of tea, “Do you know why he hates you?”
“I know.” Xiao Shen lowered his eyes. “There has always been a rumor in the palace that my Mother Concubine killed his biological mother.”
“Do you think this rumor is credible?” Shen Qingzhuo asked again.
Xiao Shen was silent for a while, then shook his head: “My Mother Concubine has been crazy since I was born, I don’t know.”
Shen Qingzhuo: “Then let me tell you, the person who killed the Crown Prince’s biological mother was not your Mother Concubine, but the Crown Prince’s current adoptive mother, Empress Sun.”
Hearing this, Xiao Shen suddenly raised his head.
Shen Qingzhuo sighed: “Li Pin was originally a good maid in your Mother Concubine’s palace, but what really brought her death was precisely because she gave birth to a prince.”
Emperor Guangxi made her his Empress because he saw her virtue and the fact that her mother’s family had no one to rely on.
But Empress Sun was not happy with her pregnancy. While other concubines gave birth to princes one after another, and their status as mothers increased with their sons, Empress Sun’s pregnancy remained motionless, and she became so anxious that she could not sleep or eat.
At this time, the senior palace maid who took care of Empress Sun came up with an idea to adopt the princes born by other concubines to be the Empress’s.
The rules of the Dayong Dynasty for appointing a Crown Prince are to appoint the legitimate son instead of an illegitimate son and to appoint the eldest son instead of the youngest one. The Eldest Prince has been a sickly child since birth, so the Second Prince becomes the best candidate. Once he is successfully adopted by the Empress, he can be legitimately appointed as the Crown Prince.
Shen Qingzhuo concluded: “Therefore, Empress Sun sent someone to lead Concubine Li to the Imperial Garden and then pushed her into the lotus pond. She then spread rumors and put the blame on your Mother Concubine.”
Anyway, even if Concubine Zhao was banished to the cold palace by Emperor Guangxi, became crazy and was charged with an additional crime of murder. Who cares?
Xiao Shen sat on the chair, holding the armrest tightly with one hand. After digesting it for a moment, he asked, “How did Master know the truth about these old events?”
Shen Qingzhuo: “Hmm…”
He can’t say that it’s because he’s standing from God’s perspective, right?
After thinking for a while, he replied half-truthfully: “Although it is a thing of the past, if you don’t want others to know, then you better not do it. There is no wall that is impenetrable in this world.”
A trace of confusion appeared in Xiao Shen’s eyes.
“If you want to infer the cause from the result of an event, you have to see who is the biggest beneficiary.” Shen Qingzhuo raised his eyebrows slightly. “Isn’t the result obvious?”
“Is the jade pendant that Master gave to the Crown Prince really the physical evidence left at the scene?” Xiao Shen sensitively grasped the key question, “Master, if you take out the physical evidence from the Beizhen Fushi privately, will it be discovered?”
Shen Qingzhuo smiled helplessly: “You fool, since your Emperor Father hastily closed the case, how could he have left the key evidence in the Beizhen Fushi?”
Xiao Shen was slightly surprised: “Then was that forged by Master?”
“Yes and no.” Shen Qingzhuo shook his scallion-white fingers. “I secretly retrieved the list of maids in the palace at the time of the crime and found several maids in the Empress’s palace. Then I followed the clues and found the murderer herself.”
Xiao Shen: “Did you find her?”
“Yes, but my people did not alarm her. They just took a jade pendant from her body.” Shen Qingzhuo covered his lips and yawned. “It is not appropriate for me to get involved in this matter. I left a clue for the Crown Prince. How to investigate it is up to him.”
Although His Highness the Crown Prince is narrow-minded and eager for quick success, but he is not as stupid as a pig. With such obvious clues and evidence, it is not impossible that he cannot find a breakthrough.
Having said this, Xiao Shen was still puzzled: “Master went through so much trouble just to alienate the relationship between the Empress and the Crown Prince? But in order to keep his position as the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince will certainly not fall out with the Empress easily.”
“Think about it again. If you can’t think of anything, just wait and see.” Shen Qingzhuo slowly stood up and yawned again. “Master is very sleepy. After you wash up, go to bed and rest as soon as possible.”
Xiao Shen noticed that he looked extremely exhausted, and his heart felt like it was being pinched by a hand. He quickly stood up and supported him, “Master, take a rest.”
Shen Qingzhuo sat on the bed and was about to kick off his shoes when a hot hand grabbed his ankle the next moment.
“Hmm?” Shen Qingzhuo lowered his eyes. “What’s wrong?”
Xiao Shen did not raise his head but replied softly, “I will massage the soles of Master’s feet, it can relieve fatigue.”
Shen Qingzhuo propped up the bed with his elbows, leaned back slightly, and asked curiously, “You can do this too?”
“I just learned it.” Xiao Shen gently pulled the pair of delicate and exquisite jade-like feet out of the shoes. “Master, try it and see if it’s comfortable.”
“Alright.” Shen Qingzhuo responded. He didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with the Seventh Prince of Dayong, the future Emperor, kneeling in front of him and massaging the soles of his feet.
Xiao Shen stared at the jade-like feet in his hands, thinking that his master was truly beautiful from hair to toes.
The ankle joints were slightly raised, as slender and delicate as his wrists, which made him want to put a chain on them to lock them up so that they would make a beautiful “ding-ding-dong-dong” sound when they moved.
The instep of the foot is white with a slight red tint, with transparent blue veins slightly raised, and the small toes are round and cute. Holding them in the palm of his hand, they feel soft and smooth, making him love them.
“Why don’t you press it?” Shen Qingzhuo tilted his head and waited for a moment and couldn’t help but urge softly.
Xiao Shen woke up as if from a dream, and with his slender and beautiful fingers, he applied a little force and massaged the soft soles of his feet.
“Ahha.” Shen Qingzhuo laughed immediately after being pressed, raised his foot, and stepped on the youth’s thigh, smiling and saying, “Xiao Qi, stop pressing, it’s a bit itchy ah.”
In an instant, Xiao Shen straightened his back, and his strong thighs became as tight as the hardest stone.
The author has something to say:
The little wolf cub massage is fake, but secretly touching the soles of the master’s feet was real!
By conversion, Xiao Qi is now barely a high school student. How does the saying go? High school students are as… hard as diamonds?
