The Elegant Dancing Years By Huo Li (火狸) | BL

Chapter 37 | En Route

Warning: This chapter contains minor sexual content.

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The warm sun symbolizing summer set and autumn arrived. Early autumn had always been Cang He's field hunting season. In previous years, since Qi Mingyue was still young and didn't want to be held in his arms to participate in field hunting, Qi Xutian only took the civil and military officials with him.

This year, however, was unlike previous years. Qi Xutian ordered all the royal children and high-ranking concubines to accompany him. He also announced that he would interrogate both An Ruolan and Han Ji, who were imprisoned in the Underground Palace, during this field hunting period.

With this development, the officials were in an uproar and speculated that this hunting period might be the last for Consort An and Lord Han. Since His Majesty intended to punish them in front of the officials, it meant that the poisoning incident was indeed true, additionally, not only An Ruolan but even Han Ji was involved.

The people who were usually on good terms with Han Ji were all uneasy; they felt afraid about this matter implicating themselves. Each of them could only wait in apprehension and anxiety for the field hunting period. 

It took only a month to prepare for the official trip. The Emperor's imperial carriage was supported by ceremonial horses, flanked by palace guards, and accompanied by imperial cooks as well as palace attendants - all of them had been moving towards the palace for an entire day.  

Along the way, Qi Xutian did not show up and stayed inside the carriage. The officials accompanying him looked at His Majesty's carriage in front of them, then turned to look at the guarded prison wagon behind them, their expressions varied as thoughts spun in their minds. Qi Mingyue, who was sitting inside the imperial carriage, eyed them with great interest. 

"Father Emperor, I find your courtiers very interesting. Look at that one, his entire body is going soft sitting on that horse, he must be afraid for having a close connection with Han Ji and worried about his own safety now... Look at that one on the left, he--," Before he could finish speaking, the man sitting behind him stretched out his arms and suddenly pulled him into his embrace, "MingEr is beside me, then why do you keep looking at the men outside? Am I not as good-looking as them?"

Releasing the raised corner of the curtain,  Qi Mingyue leaned his back against the chest of the man behind him, turned his head sideways and spoke, "Father, you are being unreasonable again. This is the first time I have left the Imperial Palace, so I'm naturally more interested. You clearly know and you're still asking this, is it because you weren't satisfied enough yesterday?"

The ambiguous words and gradually lowering tone of his voice were very fanciful, but Qi Xutian encircled his waist, lowered his head, licked and kissed his ear, and voiced a complaint, "Even a single day without getting to eating you makes me dissatisfied. Although it was good last night, it was still a far cry from that place of yours..."

While talking, he also sucked the white and tender earlobe from time to time. When he spoke the last few words, he especially accentuated his tone and made it sound so aggravated that it carried an undeniable sense of great ambiguousness. 

Qi Mingyue naturally knew where "that place" was referring to. Last time, he almost fulfilled his Father's wish, however, they unexpectedly ended up encountering An Ruolan. Because of the matter of Lianxin gu, Father Emperor hadn't done any of those intimate actions with him these past several days. At most, they just shared kisses. Seeing him work so hard to endure, he helped relieve him once last night, however, it seemed that Father Emperor still remembered the place from last time. He had used Bai Fu back then and was so close to entering, and now, he still appeared to be annoyed by this matter.