After being thoroughly violated, he ran away with the enemy emperor's child.

"Give me a kiss, and I'll give you one."

"..."

Ha ha.

Chu Junci sneered inwardly. Fine, he wouldn't eat it.

"I'm not eating."

His expression changed too quickly. Mo Yan smiled and stuffed the candied fruit into his mouth: "Getting you to kiss me is harder than climbing to heaven."

The candied fruit was delicious. Chu Junci forgave Mo Yan for two seconds, then, remembering something, pursed her lips.

He wanted to ask who Chu Li was, but his subconscious told him he couldn't.

"What do you want to say?" Mo Yan noticed his hesitation.

"no."

"Um?"

"Really not." Chu Junci tried to remain calm.

"Aci has lied to me again."

Mo Yan sighed, and pressed his lips to his own: "Little liar, how should I punish you?"

"As punishment, you'll have to wear..."

He said two words, and Chu Junci was shocked: "I won't wear it."

Let him wear **? He'd rather die than do that!

"That's not up to Aci."

Mo Yan said in a low voice, "Aci, be good, I want to see."

Chu Junci has fair skin and a slender, long neck; adorned with red mandarin duck embroidery, she would surely look stunning.

Just thinking about it made Mo Yan excited, and he immediately ordered, "Someone, go and prepare several different embroidered patterns."

Before long, the guards brought over several red embroidered items, some in the shape of mandarin ducks and others in the shape of lotus flowers.

Looking at the lotus embroidery pattern, he grasped Chu Junci's hand and pressed it gently: "This is a lotus design, does Aci like it?"

I like... my foot!

There's no way Chu Junci would like it. He angrily flung his hand away, "I won't wear it."

"You can wear it yourself; I absolutely will not wear it."

Her cheeks flushed with anger, Chu Junci wished she could kick Mo Yan to death, or even die together with him!

Seeing that he had really angered him, Mo Yan raised an eyebrow: "You were the one who deceived me first, and now you're getting angry?"

Chu Junci ignored him, turned his back to him and lay back on the couch, leaving him only with his back view.

Are you really angry?

"..."

"Just don't wear it. You'll get sick from getting angry, and I'll be the one who feels sorry for you."

After stuffing the embroidery back into the wooden box, Mo Yan returned to the bedside, gently brushed Chu Junci's hair aside, and then sniffed it.

"Don't be angry, okay?"

Mo Yan tried to comfort him, but Chu Junci sighed, "...No."

Mo Yan was, after all, the emperor, and Chu Junci had to give him some face, even though he spoke to him in such a humble manner.

Otherwise, if Mo Yan grows tired of him in the future and remembers what happened today...

Thinking of this, he turned over and "looked" at Mo Yan through the white silk cloth: "His Majesty said he would wait until I recovered from my injuries."

"I know."

Mo Yan gently stroked the silk cloth in front of him, his voice soft: "I will not touch you until your injuries heal."

"Um."

The atmosphere between the two briefly became peaceful, and soon after, Chu Junci yawned, feeling sleepy.

"Sleep now, I'll be watching over you."

Chu Junci slowed his breathing and soon fell asleep.

In his dream, he came to a pavilion.

There were two children in front of him, but Chu Junci couldn't see their faces clearly.

All I know is that one of them was reading a book with a serious face, and was about 8 years old, while the other was stuffing pastries into his mouth, and was about 5 years old.

"elder brother."

The child stuffing pastries pouted, "Daddy's taken over Father Emperor again. I haven't seen Father Emperor for days."

Hearing this, the child reading the book glanced at him and asked, "Does A-Li miss his father?"

"yes."

Chu Li muttered, "Father is a big bad guy! I've seen him spank Father Emperor's bottom so many times!"

"Spanking hurts so much! Father almost cried!"

"..."

Chu Junci was silent for a moment, then picked up another piece of pastry and put it into Chu Li's mouth: "Eat."

"Thank you, brother. You're so good to me."

Chu Li chuckled, taking small bites of the pastry. After finishing, she snuggled into Chu Junci's arms, saying, "Brother, hug me~"

Chu Junci was at her wits' end with him, so she put down her book and hugged him. "Is it okay now?"

"Not enough~"

Chu Li tugged at his clothes and snuggled against him, saying, "Brother smells so good."

Chu Junci was born with a natural fragrance. On the day he was born, the sun and moon shone brightly, all birds paid homage to the phoenix, and the Yong Kingdom, which had been suffering from drought for several months, was blessed with a great rain. He was then naturally made crown prince.

He was intelligent and studious, with a steady personality, and was well-loved by the court officials. Although he was still young, he was already proficient in both literature and martial arts.

Seeing that it was almost time for martial arts practice, he patted Chu Li on the back: "A Li, I'm going to practice martial arts now."

"oh."

Chu Li pouted unhappily, then let go of him: "Go ahead, brother."

As Xiao Chu Junci left, the dream before Chu Junci's eyes also vanished. He had several more dreams, the contents of which were wildly imaginative, but he forgot them all when he woke up.

The next day, he sat leaning against the headboard. Mo Yan had already left, and he was the only one in the hall.

Thinking of the two children I dreamed about yesterday, one of whom was named "A-Li," could it be "Chu-Li"?

But who is Chu Li?

Doubt lingered in his mind. After thinking it over, he summoned the young eunuch who was guarding the door.

"I've lost many memories. Can you tell me about His Majesty?"

"sure."

Knowing the high status of the person before him, the young eunuch became even more respectful: "What does Your Majesty wish to know? This servant will answer without reservation."

"Yesterday, someone barged into the palace. I heard Wu Xu call him Ninth Prince..."

"The Ninth Prince is His Majesty's younger brother, born to the Empress Dowager."

Having roughly guessed what Chu Junci wanted to ask, the little eunuch continued, "The late emperor had a total of eleven sons and five daughters, and Your Majesty is the sixth among them."

"Two years ago, the late emperor abdicated and His Majesty ascended the throne, honoring Consort Mei as Empress Dowager and the Ninth Prince as Prince Xian."

"As for the other princes and princesses, they were taken care of by His Majesty..."

Just as the word "kill" was about to be uttered, the little eunuch paused in surprise.

His Majesty has instructed that no one should speak carelessly. If the Prince develops fear of His Majesty because of this, then he…

His face turned deathly pale, and he stammered, "As for the other princes and princesses, His Majesty...sent them to their fiefdoms."

The eunuch's unusual behavior was too obvious; he was clearly lying. But Chu Junci didn't care, as his true intentions were elsewhere.

"So that's how it is."

"Yes."

Seeing that Chu Junci did not suspect anything, the little eunuch wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"What about the other countries? Can you tell me about them?"

"sure."

No longer mentioning Mo Yan, the young eunuch lowered his guard and began to speak eloquently: "The world is now divided into two, and the country corresponding to our Zhao Kingdom is the Yong Kingdom, whose surname is Chu."

When Chu Junci thought of Chu Li, he immediately thought of Chu Li.

"The ruler of Yong is named Chu Ling. He is 20 years old this year and ascended the throne two years ago."

"The royal family of Yong Kingdom is not large. The previous monarch had only two sons, Chu Ling and Chu Li. However, this involves a secret."

"Secrets?"

"yes."

The young eunuch spoke mysteriously, "Chu Ling and Chu Li's origins are unknown. Some say their mother was a man, while others say they were born to the Emperor and the Regent!"

"..."

After speaking, the little eunuch scratched his head: "But these are all rumors, there's no actual evidence. After all, how can a man give birth? Your Highness, don't you agree?"

"…Um."

Having obtained the information he wanted, Chu Junci feigned exhaustion: "You may leave now, I'll rest for a while."

"Yes."

After the eunuch left, Chu Junci leaned against the headboard, pondering the contents of his dream. At the same time, his conversation with the eunuch reached Mo Yan's ears.