The hand holding the hair had not yet loosened. Shen Qingzhuo raised his chin slightly, trying to take back his hair. “Xiao Qi, let go.”
“Master only like me, right?” Xiao Shen seemed to want a positive answer. He lowered his head and leaned close to his ear, asking in a sticky tone, “Is that right, Master?”
“Ai…” The hot breath sprayed on the sensitive ears, and a strange electric current ran through the spine. Shen Qingzhuo turned his head and warned in a serious tone, “If you don’t let go, Master will be angry ah!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the youth spread his fingers and asked innocently, “Did I hurt Master?”
Shen Qingzhuo was furious. He stretched out his hand and tugged at the ends of his disciple’s hair. “Does it hurt when I pull your hair?”
“It doesn’t hurt!” Xiao Shen answered loudly and then moved forward shamelessly, “I have thick skin, and it doesn’t hurt at all. If Master likes it, you can pull it a few more times!”
“You…” Shen Qingzhuo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He pushed the youth’s face away and asked, “Who did you learn this way of pulling people’s hair from?”
In his impression, only childish little boys would pull girls’ braids to attract attention.
Xiao Shen looked at him with a frown. “I’m sorry, Master. I didn’t mean it.”
In fact, not only did he do it on purpose, he even dared to do it again.
Who let his master’s hair to feel so good to the touch? It’s both smooth and slippery, he couldn’t help but imagine himself holding those long black hairs…
“Alright, Junior Preceptor Pei and I don’t have any personal relationship.” Playing aside, Shen Qingzhuo explained seriously, “Strictly speaking, I barely speak to him three sentences a year.”
“Then…” Xiao Shen pursed his lips. “What about in the Eastern Palace before?”
“It’s been a long time, I don’t remember much.” Shen Qingzhuo had no idea about the original owner’s daily life in the Eastern Palace, so he could only vaguely say, “It wasn’t a pleasant day after all.”
“Unhappy?” His dark eyes lit up, and Xiao Shen’s face was filled with uncontrollable excitement. “Then is Master happy when you are with me?”
“Ah?” Shen Qingzhuo was confused by his little disciple’s question.
“Is Master happy when you are with me?” Xiao Shen put his face in his master’s sweet and soft neck and asked again without giving up.
Shen Qingzhuo felt that this statement was a little strange, but he didn’t think much about it. “Happy ah, if Xiao Qi behaved better, Master would be even happier.”
This is actually true. After he came to this world, the three most leisurely years he spent were spent with his little disciple.
“I’m very obedient ah.” Xiao Shen rubbed his cheek coquettishly, “I listen to Master the most, so…”
So Master will always like him and stay with him, right?
Shen Qingzhuo pinched the youth’s cheeks with his hand and said with a low laugh, “I hope you are really obedient and not just pretending to be obedient in front of Master.”
The smile on his lips faltered slightly, and Xiao Shen was about to reply when he heard a voice from outside the palace gate: “Young Master, Eunuch Pan requests to see you.”
“Let Eunuch Pan sit in the outer hall.” Shen Qingzhuo responded loudly.
“Eunuch Pan?” Xiao Shen sat up straight and asked curiously, “Which Eunuch Pan ah?”
“Who else could it be other than Pan Dongsheng?” Shen Qingzhuo stood up and casually took a coat. “Now the position of Dongchang’s governor is vacant. If I am not mistaken, this person will be promoted sooner or later.”
Xiao Shen raised his eyes and asked calmly, “Why do you think so?”
“This person called Pan Chong godfather, and he spent several years in Pan Chong’s hands. What do you think?” Shen Qingzhuo curled his lips. “Pan Chong’s death was full of doubts, but he was able to clear himself cleanly to the outside world. Just based on this point, it is not something that ordinary people can do.”
Xiao Shen nodded and asked, “Then why did he come to see Master so late at night?”
“There must be new clues in the mysterious case.” Shen Qingzhuo fastened the jade belt, picked up a red rope, and tied his long hair loosely behind his head. “Master will go out and meet him. You stay quiet and don’t make any noise.”
“Oh…” Xiao Shen responded reluctantly, with a dark look in his eyes.
Shen Qingzhuo stepped out of the inner hall and slowly walked towards the outside.
“Lord Shen.” Pan Dongsheng bent his waist and saluted humbly.
“Eunuch Pan, there is no need to be so polite.” Shen Qingzhuo nodded and said, “Please take a seat, Gonggong1Eunuch.”
“Thanks, My Lord.” Pan Dongsheng sat down as he was told and said respectfully, “The humble came to see My Lord today because of the case file in the Eastern Palace.”
“Oh?” Shen Qingzhuo raised his eyebrows slightly. “Does Eunuch Pan have any idea?”
“The humble interrogated all the people involved in the case file in turn. After unremitting efforts, the humble finally pieced together a very important piece of information.” Pan Dongsheng’s face became serious. “The Eastern Palace has a major connection with the imperial examination fraud case.”
Shen Qingzhuo frowned slightly. “This is a serious matter. If there is no solid evidence, please be careful with your words, Eunuch Pan.”
“Lord Shen is right.” Pan Dongsheng shrank his neck and said carefully, “The humble know the pros and cons of this, but he has not yet dared to tell His Majesty.”
Shen Qingzhuo was silent for a while, then replied calmly, “I will pretend that I have not heard about what happened today. Eunuch Pan does not need to rush to report to His Majesty either, you may as well investigate further.”
Pan Dongsheng’s eyebrows twitched, and he asked hesitantly, “Please, please say clearly, My Lord?”
“If you are not completely sure, you will end up making trouble.” Shen Qingzhuo reminded in a low voice, “This is about the Eastern Palace, the emperor’s mind is hard to predict.”
Pan Dongsheng suddenly understood and bowed: “Thank you for your advice, My Lord. The humble understand now.”
“You are too polite, Eunuch Pan.” Shen Qingzhuo smiled. “I am honored that Gonggong would come to me for advice when you encounter problems.”
Pan Dongsheng quickly said, “It’s still Lord Shen who’s more thoughtful.”
The two exchanged pleasantries and agreed on the next direction of investigation. Shen Qingzhuo then personally escorted Eunuch Pan away from Jiuyue Pavilion.
Lord Shen stood in front of the palace gate, looked up at the crescent moon hanging in the dark blue sky, and thought that it was time for the world to change.
After a while, he turned back to the inner hall, ready to ask his disciple to go back to his palace, but found that his disciple was curled up on the bed and already fell asleep.
Several large buckets of ice were placed in the room for cooling. The night breeze brought a slight coolness through the bamboo curtains, but it was hard to dissipate the scorching heat. His little disciple, who was sleeping on a cool mat, still had sweat all over his forehead.
Only when he is by his side will the youth stretch out his body and fall asleep. When he was alone, he would curl up into a small ball, as if seeking some kind of shelter. His posture looks both cute and pitiful.
Shen Qingzhuo couldn’t help but soften his heart again. He took a folding fan, sat on the edge of the bed, and fanned his little disciple.
“Master…” The youth felt the refreshing coolness, muttered with his eyes closed, and fell into a more sound sleep.
“You really know how to enjoy yourself.” Shen Qingzhuo laughed, lowered his eyes, and looked at his little disciple’s sleeping face, but the scene of the hot palm pressing on him suddenly flashed in his mind.
“Ya!” Shen Qingzhuo cried out softly, his body shuddered, and his ears were unconsciously filled with a burning heat.
Yes, leaving aside the drug, his little disciple’s sixteenth birthday is approaching. According to the modern calculation of virtual age, he will soon be seventeen. It is indeed time…
It’s age to avoid suspicion.
With this in mind, Shen Qingzhuo put away the folding fan and lightly walked towards the rosewood consort’s couch beside him.
He lay down, with one arm bent and resting on the back of his head, while he fanned himself with the other hand intermittently and gradually closed his eyes sleepily.
***
Xiao Shen knew that he was dreaming again.
It was still the familiar palace, with gauze curtains fluttering, kissing the sleeping face on the bed with affection.
This time his master was not hung up high again, but his snow-white wrists were still tied with red ribbons and firmly fastened to the dragon pillar at the head of the bed.
Xiao Shen seemed to be possessed and involuntarily walked closer to the dragon bed, wanting to see it more clearly.
The snow-white skin was flushed with an intoxicated blush, as if he had cried too hard. His thin eyelids were swollen, and there were traces of dried tears under his eyes. His soft lips were even more miserable, red and swollen from being bullied, and there was even a break at the corner of his lips.
Looking down, the slightly bulging curve rises and falls gently with the sound of breathing. Inside the messy open collar, the dazzling snow-white skin was covered with the delicate and gorgeous red plum blossoms, it seemed to be more…
The shattered plum blossom petals in front of him instantly dyed the youth’s eyes red, and an indescribable warmth swept through his body almost instantly.
Why is this so? He has never seen his master in such a state before, so why does he imagine such erotic scenes every time he dreams?
His master was just like a fairy who was born for joy being like this.
He panted silently. He knew that he had committed a heinous crime, but he still couldn’t control himself and slowly stretched out his bony hand…
At this moment, his master, who was on the dragon bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
He was shocked and opened his mouth in panic, trying to explain, “I am not… Master…”
But his master’s gaze did not stay on him but seemed to penetrate him and look at another person.
As expected, that man appeared again.
The young man in a dragon-embroidered robe walked to the dragon bed and said with a smile, “Did you sleep well, Master?”
Xiao Shen was stunned, Master?
Why does this man also call him master?
In an instant, a tremendous rage surged up in the youth, he was so furious that he wanted to rush over and stab the man to death with a knife.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move his feet. He could only stand there, staring at the man with tears in his eyes and screaming madly in his heart—
His master is his! He is his alone!
But the man leaned over, picked up a strand of black hair that was scattered on the pillow, and took a deep sniff with fascination. “Smells so good, Master smells so good…”
“Let go…” His master’s voice was soft and hoarse, like a kitten’s paw gently scratching his earlobe. “Have you… had enough fun?”
“Have I had enough fun?” The man repeated and suddenly burst into laughter. He knelt on the bed, grabbed the ankles with the gold chains, and dragged the person under him. “Of course not.”
His master cried out in surprise, his hoarse voice tinged with tears, “Stop torturing me… Let me go, please…”
“How can I bear to torture you?” The man turned his master over, bit the tip of the jade-white ear, and murmured with a sigh, “I care about you and love you ah, Master…”
“No…” His master tried to crawl forward tremblingly, and the next moment, the end of his hair was grabbed tightly by that big hand.
His pupils shrank suddenly, and Xiao Shen could only stare at the white and black intertwined on the dragon bed.
“I don’t want this to happen either, Master.” The man entangled the black hair scattered on his snowy back, pulling back and forth, sometimes tight and sometimes loose. “But who made you deceive me, who made you always want to abandon me…”
“No… I didn’t…” His hair was pulled, and his master was forced to look up, revealing a flushed neck. The pain made him cry unbearably, “I didn’t…”
“You did!” The man behind him suddenly became ferocious, pulling his hair harder and biting the slightly protruding part of his neck with his sharp teeth. After letting go, he asked viciously, “Do you still dare? Do you still dare to run? The whole world belongs to me, where can you run to, huh?”
“Won’t… I won’t run…” His master seemed to be afraid of the pain. He turned his face away with a sob and rubbed the man in a flattering way, with his red cheeks covered with tears and sweat.
“So obedient…” The man smiled with satisfaction, leaned over to kiss his red lips, and said in a deep and seductive voice, “Master is so obedient, can’t you just stay by my side obediently like this, hmm?”
Xiao Shen had three dreams, and never once did he hear the conversation between the two people so clearly. However, he was so frightened and angry that he was completely unable to think about the hidden information in it.
“Mas… Master!” After another strong struggle, he finally broke free from the shackles. He immediately rushed to the dragon bed like a beast out of a cage, vowing to overturn the man who was pressing down on his master with one lift.
At this moment, the man seemed to sense something, paused, and suddenly turned around.
In an instant, Xiao Shen felt like he was struck by lightning.
Why does this man have a face so similar to his?
The author has something to say:
The Wolf Cub: How dare this pervert look like me!
The Master: Perhaps, is there a possibility that…
No, I’m so vulgar, I just love some forced hehehehe…
Also, the hair pulling in the dream was not real hair pulling!
