Translator – Xiao He Lian
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The palace wall of Jin Palace is very high and covers a large area. Because the building pays more attention to the view, it looks a bit bleak, far less refined than the Liang Palace that pays attention to details.
It is said that when Zhan Zhen ascended the throne, Xian Sheng moved to the Imperial Palace and he sent someone to the south to bring some precious flowers, plants and trees from the south. Xian Sheng selected several plants and planted them in the small garden of Yonghe hall while adding some color to the imperial garden.
Since he gave birth to the child, his health has improved significantly and Zhan Zhen is relieved to let him take charge of the Phoenix seal and hand over all the affairs in the palace to him.
But there were special instructions, acting according to one’s ability.
But this kind of thing, for Xian Sheng it is just a matter of giving orders, which can’t waste much energy.
Qi Sile still comes to check the pulse from time to time but the dosage of his medicines has been reduced. He suggested taking tonics, so Xian Sheng still takes bird’s nests, ginseng and other supplements regularly.
The good news is that in addition to changing the phoenix robe personally, Zhan Zhen also made a lot of new clothes for him. The skirt system was changed and adopted to light robes. The materials are very exquisite. Xian Sheng doesn’t need to wear traditional women’s clothes. Zhan Zhen almost redesigned a new shape for him.
This move, casted a mysterious veil on Xian Sheng’s identity again. Some said that Xian Sheng was female, some said that he was male and some said whether Xian Sheng was the legendary intersex. But this kind of thing was only discussed in private, because there was no final conclusion, it was just talking and nobody gossiped.
This is also what Zhan Zhen meant.
Of course he doesn’t mind Xian Sheng recovering his identity as a man but if he takes it out to tell the world, it will push Xian Sheng to the forefront of the storm. Truth and falseness doesn’t matter, either way it will make Xian Sheng more and more like a witness of miracles.
For this reason, he also asked Xian Sheng’s opinion. Xian Sheng felt that it was very appropriate and agreed.
It’s strange to say that in the past, when he had to dress up as a woman in order to live, he always felt very wronged in women’s clothes. Now that he was well, he didn’t care whether he wore men’s clothes or women’s clothes.
After all, he now has Zhan Zhen and a child and his life is very satisfactory.
The secret investigation by Jiang Qin and Zhan Jin made progress under the impetus of Zhan Zhen. Just as he ascended the throne, he took a knife at the Rong family, which can be considered a vigorous rectification of the court and let all officials see some means.
It is worth mentioning that the affair between Concubine Mei and the guards in those days was purely non-existent. It was designed and framed by Concubine Rong Gui. Zhan Jin insisted on investigating it in recent years and finally asked Zhan Zhen to return Concubine Mei justice.
But the fact that Zhan Jin was not allowed to regain his male body was decided by former Emperor Jin now the current Grand Emperor1太上皇 [tài shàng huáng] a title assumed by an emperor’s father who abdicated in favour of his son and Zhan Zhen could not change it.
Xian Sheng did not participate in these matters but Zhan Zhen did not shy away from watching the memorial with him, nor did he shy away from talking about the courtroom affairs in front of him. Although Xian Sheng knew and was inherently emotional, he could not do anything about it.
Liu Liu is still very sticky to Xian Sheng. He is already one year old. In two days they were preparing to hold a Zhua Zhou Banquet2Zhuazhou is a Chinese ritual held at a child’s first birthday party, when the child is 1 year, i.e. typically twelve months since birth, old. The parents put various objects before the child. Parents will often put objects that symbolize career choices or personality traits for Liu Liu. The Grand Emperor is leading people to organize this event in person and wants Zhan Zhen to celebrate on a national level. He is eager to let everyone know that his grandson is one year old.
Don’t know what will catch Liu Liu’s eye.
*
“Call me Daddy3爹爹- die die.” Xian Sheng took a rattle and teased the little guy sitting on the blanket. Liu Liu Xiao grasped the nine interlinked chains in his hands. He bowed his head and there was a small circle of dough-like flesh between his neck. Xian Sheng poked him and said : “Call me Daddy.”
“Ne. ne.” Liuliu responded to him, hanging his small head, playing with the rings clumsily in his hands. Xian Sheng could see that his expression was serious. His eyelashes were very long and left a shadow on his eyelids when he bowed his head. Because he was favored by his Royal grandfather, his small face was fat and his chin was gone. At a glance, he looked like a white ball
“Half-heartedly saying daddy, right?” Xian Sheng made an unhappy expression, then sat down on the side, ignoring him.
Liu Liu tilted his head to look at him for a while, hesitated for a moment and threw the ring with reluctance, then crawled towards him. He put his little hands on his knees, raised his face and shouted tenderly, “Nang Nang4Mother is A Niang 阿娘 in Chinese. So baby Liu Liu is trying to call him Niang Niang.”
“Call Daddy.” Xian Sheng tried to help him turn around and said, “Don’t say mother.”
Don’t know if he understood or not. He grabbed the corner of Xian Sheng’s clothes with his little hand and climbed into his arms to sit down. He opened his fat arms and his eyes were bright: “Pao Pao5Hug means Bao 抱 in Chinese. So baby liu liu is asking for a hug! !”
“No hug, no hug.” Xian Sheng held him aside again and said, “I’m angry.”
Liu Liu blinked his eyes, dazed for a while and crawled towards him again. Before he arrived, he was gently pushed away by Xian Sheng: “Go, play your game.”
Liu Liu flattened his mouth, his eyes instantly became misty and he shouted aggrievedly: “Nang Nang…”
Xian Sheng turned to look at him and couldn’t help laughing: “Are you pretending?”
Regardless of whether he was pretending or not, it’s true that there are tears in his eyes, looking pitiful. Xian Sheng has no choice but to reach out and hug him. The little guy immediately grabbed his clothes, pouted his mouth and stretched his neck to kiss him.
Xian Sheng took the opportunity to coax again: “If you call me Daddy, I’ll give it a kiss.”
“Da da6Father is die die in Chinese.”
Xian Sheng’s eyes softened and he lowered his head and brought his cheeks closer. Liu Liu immediately pouted and went over. He was too small and before he could touch him, a big hand suddenly pinched his face and turned his face. His tearful face met the unhappy gaze of the Emperor: “Why didn’t you go to your Royal grandfather today?”
He stretched out his hand, ignoring Liu Liu’s resistance, he directly picked up the child and said to Xian Sheng, “If you’re fine, don’t let him climb on top of you again. He is so heavy. He still thinks he is a child.”
Xian Sheng had to stand up: “I can’t stay with his fathers every day. When he grows up, he won’t even kiss us anymore.”
Liu Liu struggled in his father’s arms. His little waist was supple and he twisted half his body at once and stretched out his hand to hug Xian Sheng. Zhan Zhen pulled back his small hands and said: “Why are you so glued to your father?”
“Nang Nang!”
“Good, Niang Niang.” Zhan Zhen said, “You have to say it clearly, so he can hug you.”
“Nang Nang…..” Liu Liu’s jelly-like lips pursed, as if struggling with how to describe it. After a long time, he said in a clumsy voice: “Pi Pi!7Liu Liu is trying to say piào liang, which means Beautiful or pretty. ”
Zhan Zhen suddenly laughed and he said to Xian Sheng, “He said you are beautiful.”
Xian Sheng was stunned and then he laughed: “Do you understand what he said?”
“Little pervert.” Zhan Zhen pinched Liu Liu’s face and said, “I know what he wants to express as soon as he blinks his eyes.”
“This family of yours ……” Xian Sheng stretched out his hand to pat Liu Liu and said, “Is that all? Why are you as shallow as your Royal father?”
Don’t know whether he understood it or not but insisted on holding Xian Sheng. Xian Sheng deliberately said, “Say one more good point.”
Liu Liu’s face was bitter for a while and then he said, “Jiang Jiang!”
Xian Sheng: “?”
He really couldn’t understand the child’s baby language. The one-year-old child still had a thick milky voice. Sometimes he didn’t know what he was expressing and often Xian Sheng directly ignored them.
He looked at Zhan Zhen. Zhan Zhen paused and said, “I didn’t understand either, looks like he is cursing you.”
Liu Liu’s eyes widened and his expression suddenly changed, he scratched his paw up. Zhan Zhen, who was already used to his little tricks, grabbed his paw directly, put the person on the blanket again. Liu Liu tilted his head and said to him, “Cou!”
Then he crawled over and hugged Xian Sheng’s leg: “Nang Nang, Jiang.”
Xian Sheng understood: “He is saying that I’m fragrant, and you’re smelly8xiāng meen fragrant in Chinese and Chou means smelly..”
Zhan Zhen lowered his eyes and looked unhappy: “I’ll send him to my father later.”
Liu Liu glared at him again.
Xian Sheng laughed, squatted down and removed Liu Liu’s hands. He put him on the blanket and said, “Come and play with this.”
Zhan Shen took off his dragon robe, sat over and wrapped his arms around Xian Shen’s waist, pressed his head into his shoulders and said, “If I had known I would have given birth to a clingy person, I would not have wanted him.”
Xian Sheng laughed: “How can you be jealous of your own son.”
Zhan Zhen put his chin on his shoulder and looked at the little dumpling who was looking up at them. Suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed him on purpose. The little dumpling who was pushed askew by him, suddenly roared fiercely: “Ah!”
But the milky voice was too heavy and it wasn’t scary at all. So Zhan Zhen pushed him again and the next second, his hand was beaten: “Don’t make trouble.”
Xian Sheng brought the toy over and said to Liu Liu, “Ignore him, just play.”
Liu Liu was very angry. He suddenly threw the ring and climbed over to scratch Zhan Zhen. In the end, Zhan Zhen gently poked him and overturned him. The little guy’s face was red with anger and Xian Sheng saw that the situation was not good and that he was about to cry. He quickly raised his hand to beat Zhan Zhen and said very fiercely : “You are bullying Liu Liu! I’ll beat you to death!”
Zhan Zhen shrank his head in cooperation. Xian Sheng hit him several times. He turned his face and saw that the tears in Liu Liu’s eyes were choked back and then he was finally relieved. But the little guy was still angry and said: “Hit, hit, happy.”
Xian Sheng coaxed him: “Daddy beat him, he’s a big bad guy. Today, daddy will sleep with Liu Liu and won’t go to bed with him.”
Don’t know what went through Liu Liu’s head, he suddenly burst into giggles, then pointed at Zhan Zhen and to Xian Sheng: “Cou Cou9Chou is smelly in Chinese..”
Zhan Zhen raised his eyebrows and Xian Sheng agreed: “Yes, he stinks.”
Liu Liu patted his little chest again and said proudly, “Jiang Jiang.”
Zhan Zhen snorted and laughed, Xian Sheng was also amused, “Yes, yes, you smell good.”
“Jiang Jiang.” Liu Liu pointed at him again, then touched his mouth and pouted his lips: “Mu….”
“Shameless.” Zhan Zhen had to get back to work again so he patted Xian Sheng, he bent down and gave Liu Liu a kiss and said, “Okay, play with the rings.”
The little guy is happy and plays the nine rings seriously. He is more spiritual and intelligent than ordinary children. Now the supreme emperor often talks about the son of God, hoping that he will grow up as soon as possible.
Xian Sheng also looked forward to him growing up.
Xian Sheng’s waist tightened and Zhan Zhen also kissed him on the cheek: “At most indulge him for two more years. After three years old, he is an adult, do not let him kiss you again.”
“Three years old is an adult?” Xian Sheng couldn’t help laughing: “You can make a decision with just a little bit of lip service?”
“Zhen10How emperor’s address themselves…” He pronounced it heavily and said solemnly: “I’ll set a law, three years old children are not allowed to cling to their mothers.”
“Nonsense.”
Zhan Zhen came over to bite him on the neck again, Xian Sheng hurriedly pushed him for fear of being seen by Liu Liu. Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside, saying that the young general requested to meet with His Majesty.
Zhan Zhen had to walk away, while Xian Sheng continued to tease the child. After a while, there was a sudden movement from outside. Xian Sheng heard something was wrong and as soon as he walked out, he saw Zhan Zhen coming back, with an angry expression on his face. Xian Sheng said hurriedly, “What’s wrong?”
“This Jiang Qin, he’s seeking death! He actually dared to ask me to marry him to A’Jin!!!”
Xian Sheng’s eyes flashed slightly: “What did you say?”
“Of course, I told him to go find A’Jin!” Zhan Zhen said angrily, “This kid, even if others don’t know, doesn’t he know? How can he marry A’Jin? What kind of position does he put A’Jin in?”
After he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of Xian Sheng. He frowned suddenly and said, “… It’s also because of you. I know you must be uncomfortable when I force you to marry me. Because of you, I think Jiang Qin is inflicting A’Jin… So don’t take it to heart.”
“I know.” Xian Sheng patted him soothingly and said, “Don’t be angry, just let him go to A’Jin… Now he is not the only one who is proposing to A’Jin and after all he can’t recover his identity as a man. I think Jiang Qin is also doing this for his sake.”
Zhan Zhen paused and said, “What if it was you?”
Xian Sheng was puzzled: “Me?”
“If it were you, would you agree?”
“A’Jin has your backing, he has the right to choose, you don’t have to worry that Jiang Qin will wrong him. If I were A’Jin, I would definitely follow my heart and I would agree if I liked him. Whether to marry or not, it’s nothing more than just a declaration and in the end it’s just… two people getting married.”
Zhan Zhen looked at him for a long time and said, “If I knew you were a man back then, I still would have fallen in love with you.”
Xian Sheng’s eyes curled up: “I am very happy to hear this.”
“I am serious.”
“I know.” Xian Sheng’s eyes were soft and he said, “But if you knew at that time, the relationship between you and I would not have been so smooth. Because if you insist on marrying, I will feel that you are humiliating me moreover your father would never have agreed to the peace marriage”
Zhan Zhen nodded and said, “It seems like it is really a heavenly will in disguise.”
*
Because it was agreed that he was going to sleep with Liu Liu in his arms that night, the little guy got into bed as soon as he finished bathing and lay down obediently under the covers and waited.
When Xian Sheng was ready to go to sleep, he immediately burrowed into his arms, while sniffing him and said happily, “Jiang!”
Xian Sheng touched his little head and suddenly a small paw was attached to his mouth. Xian Sheng sensed what he meant, so he smelled it and praised him: “Liu Liu is also fragrant, hmm, really fragrant.”
Liu Liu grinned happily, his teeth hadn’t even grown yet but the smile was so cute and lovely that Xian Sheng’s heart melted for him.
There was movement from the back and Zhan Zhen also came over and sat down. Before he could speak, Liu Liu suddenly crawled over and pushed him hard.
Zhan Zhen was baffled: “What are you doing?”
Xian Sheng also sat up, Liu Liu looked at Xian Sheng and then at Zhan Zhen again and suddenly couldn’t think of how to express it, so he pointed out: “Ah!”
Zhan Zhen understood. He pointed to himself and said: “You want your Father Emperor to leave?”
Liu Liu’s eyes lit up and finally he knew what he was going to say: “Zhou, Zhou11Zou means leave in Chinese. So Liu Liu is saying Zou Zou or leave. haha.”
Zhan Zhen smiled, a little contemptuous: “It’s my grace to let you sleep here but you still want to drive me away?”
Liu Liu immediately looked at Xian Sheng and Xian Sheng finally realized what he was trying to say: “At noon… I said I won’t go to bed with you, did he remember that?”
Now that Liu Liu had a witness, he came to push Zhan Zhen again. Zhan Zhen’s face changed and he directly climbed onto the bed and said, “If you don’t go, why should I go? Do you know what I mean?”
Xian Sheng touched his nose and said, “Didn’t you say that kids become an adult at the age of three? You are already twenty, why are you still like a child?”
“I am the emperor!” Zhan Zhen emphasized, pointing at Liu Liu: “He has to yield to me too!”
Liu Liu naturally refused to let it go, so he climbed over to push Zhan Zhen again but Zhan Zhen refused to leave, saying, “Daddy promised you, but your father Emperor didn’t promise you, so I won’t leave.”
Liu Liu was panting and was so tired from pushing him. Suddenly opened his mouth and started to cry.
Xian Sheng had to come and take the child in his arms to coax him. Liu Liu kicked his legs vigorously, crying and fussing. Xian Sheng got a headache and said: “You go out.”
“?” Zhan Zhen said, “Are you agreeing with him?”
“Go out.” Xian Sheng winked at him. Zhan Zhen understood. He glanced at the scoundrel with a complicated expression, rolled over and got out of bed.
“He’s gone, he’s gone. Don’t cry anymore.” Xian Sheng wiped Liu Liu’s tears. He is like a little human spirit, since he said not to cry, he didn’t cry anymore and he wiped his face obediently and lay down.
Zhan Zhen waited outside for a long time, then he crept in and asked angrily, “Is he asleep?”
Xian Sheng nodded, stretched out his hand to pull him to bed and said, “Be gentle, don’t disturb him.”
The little thing slept soundly with his mouth open and his limbs were wide open, occupying a large area. Zhan Zhen was such a big man and he was aggrieved and squeezed in the side of the bed. Xian Sheng gently took Liu Liu towards himself, leaving him enough space. Zhan Zhen laid down and exhaled: “You can’t coax him like this next time. He has been spoiled by his Royal grandfather. It’s not good for you to spoil him too, right?”
“…I didn’t expect him to have such a good memory.” Seeing that he still had complaints, Xian Sheng hurriedly said, “Okay, go to sleep and don’t talk anymore.”
Zhan Zhen lay down full of grievances and just after he calmed down, a small hand suddenly slammed on his mouth. The little guy turned over towards him and a small foot was placed on his chest.
Zhan Zhen: “…”
He pressed his lips against the creamy hand, but didn’t open it. Suddenly his evil side took over and he opened his mouth and took a bite.
With this bite, Liu Liu woke up.
He opened his eyes, Zhan Zhen turned his face, father and son looked at each
other——
“Whaaa!!”
Xian Sheng woke up, Zhan Zhen sat up immediately: “Why are you crying? Who comes first, the daddy or the baby? Me or you first?”
Liu Liu was stunned for a moment and looked at him with tears in his eyes. His brain just woke up, and it took him time to think.
Xian Sheng stretched out his hand and took his son into his arms and said, “It’s early morning and it’s already the next day, that’s why your royal father came up.”
Liu Liu: “?”
“Daddy, kiss kiss.” Xian Sheng put his face on his face, took a long mua, put him in his arms and said, “Okay, let’s continue to sleep, Liu Liu is the best.”
Liu Liu was in a trance. Xian Sheng gave Zhan Zhen a wink again, the latter nimbly turned to the other end. After the little brat stirred around for a while and turned his head to look behind he found no one. So he tugged the corner of Xian Sheng’s clothes, kept babbling and finally fell asleep.
In the quilt, Zhan Zhen secretly rubbed his leg against Xian Sheng. Xian Sheng kicked him immediately, heard his low laughter and said angrily, “Childish.”
Translator – Phew this a big chapter! But I HAD to keep Liu Liu’s baby words as it is. He is soo cuuute!! And one big baby and one small baby competing *Shakes head*
Look forward to the next Extra Chapter!!
