Chapter 41: Comb Your Hair

No more, no less, just a bead of tears. Fan Xian watched this scene and couldn’t help but shake his head, but he couldn’t say anything. He fumbled around for a moment, retrieved a silk scarf from his clothes, brought it to the little emperor’s face, and gently dabbed it.

The little emperor was stunned, and immediately returned to calmness with a surprising speed, her naked arms slipping easily into the plain white clothing, her black hair falling over her shoulders, her face calm, no more wintry, and with that pair of indifferent eyes, she instead gave birth to a few bits of ancient meaning unique to the Upper Capital.

She quietly looked at Fan Xian until she looked at him until he was a little hairy before she slowly said, “Comb my hair for me.”

After saying these words, she turned around, turned her smooth neck, thin back, and long black hair to Fan Xian’s eyes, and touched a Cangshan wooden comb from somewhere, handing it to Fan Xian’s hand.

In this world, the next morning after a woman’s marriage, there is always a very complicated combing ceremony, the rich and noble families naturally have sisters or servants with status to take care of, if it is a poor and poor family, it is the mother-in-law who personally combed the daughter-in-law’s hair.

The little emperor of Northern Qi has no possibility to get married in his life, as a woman, it has to be said that it is a kind of sadness. In such a deep night, she wanted Fan Xian to comb her hair for her.

Fan Xian took the comb and slowly began to move his arm, letting the extremely well spaced wooden teeth slide between that dark hair. The little emperor’s black hair gradually fell flat and neat, and Fan Xian’s heart, as well as hers, was gradually combed clearer.

Fan Xian knew how to embroider and comb hair, and was a good man in the boudoir, and in no time at all, he combed the little emperor’s hair in a style that was clearly different from that of a yellow-flowered girl, and not that of a mature woman. By the light of the moonlight coming through the window, the little emperor looked into the mirror for a long time, and seemed to be very satisfied with Fan Xian’s handiwork.

During the process of combing their hair, the two of them did not say a word, each contemplating in their own minds, seemingly unclear for a moment as to how they should handle the situation between each other next. After a long time, Fan Xian broke the silence and opened his mouth to ask, “Why me?”

This line of questioning was not about today, not about the affairs of state, not about the last words uttered by the young emperor as if he were drunk, but simply pointed to that summer several years ago, that small temple in the summer. Beiqi royal family war family to this generation, in addition to several princesses, there is only a woman disguised as a man little emperor, the population of zero, if you want to continue for a long time Beiqi royal bloodline, of course, the little emperor needs a child of his own.

Even if she had to take a big risk, she would still want to have a child of her own. That’s why on that summer night a few years ago, Haitang Duo Duo, would stop at nothing to mesmerize Fan Xian inside that temple.

Fan Xian just wanted to confirm one thing, why War Doudou, the little emperor, had chosen himself to be the object of a borrowed seed. Becoming a stallion might seem rather humiliating to some, but Fan Xian had no such self-consciousness, as his mother in this life seemed to have done something similar many years ago, and to become a stallion naturally meant that the horse had an excellent pedigree and was extremely capable, which was also considered to be another form of being recognized?

The little emperor sat silently in front of him for a long time without replying, and suddenly spoke, “Your hair is also messed up. I will comb it for you.”

Fan Xian did not refuse and handed over the comb, sitting quietly on the edge of the bed. The little emperor half-kneeled on the bed, traveling behind Fan Xian with difficulty on his knees, and began to comb his hair for him.

At this time, the little emperor’s posture was very well-behaved, kneeling behind Fan Xian like this, slightly clinging to him, really very much like a little daughter-in-law.

It was just that her hands really weren’t very skillful. The person who had been the emperor since birth really deserved the comment that he had not done anything, let alone such skilled labor as combing his hair.

The wooden comb slid painstakingly through Fan Xian’s long black hair, occasionally tangling in one spot and pulling Fan Xian into a slight frown. But he didn’t raise his voice to remind him, just remained silent. He combed the little emperor’s hair for her to comb her slightly messy heart after the initial favor, to comfort her extravagant desire to marry as a woman, while the little emperor combed his hair for him to act more like a normal wife.

The little emperor knelt behind him, combing her hair earnestly and incompetently, but her eyes slightly lowered, falling on the edge of the bed beside Fan Xian’s hand, where there were several fine needles tightly arranged in sequence, shining with different lights, some poisonous, some not.

Earlier, when they were making out, she had already noticed that Fan Xian had carefully taken these things out of his hair.

At this time, not being able to see Fan Xian’s face and only looking at Fan Xian’s back, the little emperor’s expression loosened up a lot. Being able to not have her expression seen by Fan Xian was something that made her feel at ease. For just a moment, a faint touch of affection and infatuation welled up in the young emperor’s eyes, and although it immediately turned into a calm, it still revealed the true feelings she had for this young man deep down in her heart.

Fan Xian did not understand precisely this point, why did she choose herself, could it be that the little emperor would really like herself?

“Your bloodline is good.” The little emperor slightly lowered her head, her three bangs gently swinging in front of her forehead, “Since I always have to have a child, I certainly wish to find a good father for the child.”

“What’s so good about my bloodline?” Fan Xian felt the comb stop on his head and said slowly, “I have the blood of the Qing imperial family flowing in me, could it be that you are willing to let such a child become the future ruler of Northern Qi.”

The young emperor was slightly stunned, and with some rawness, he resumed moving his comb, and said softly, “At that time, Duo Duo, Li Li, as well as me, did not know that you were Emperor Qing’s illegitimate son.”

“Then what exactly did you see in me?” Fan Xian smiled faintly, slowly lowering his head, and through the bright and cunning moonlight, he looked at the smooth legs of the little emperor beside his waist, sticking out from under his white garment. His behind was warm, soft, and felt good.

The little emperor sighed, while combing his hair and said: ”This matter can never be hidden from you. If I say that I am looking at the bloodline of the Heavenly Veiners, it wouldn’t make sense.”

“Of course it doesn’t make sense.” Fan Xian calmly replied, “At that time, no one knew that my Lord Mother’s surname was Ye.”

The young emperor was silent for a long time before he suddenly spoke, “You haven’t written a stone journal for a few years now.”

“Uh-huh.” Fan Xian was in a trance for a moment, seemingly thinking of those two years when the two sides were on extremely cordial terms, when every chapter he wrote in Kyoto would be sent by the fast horses of the Supervision Academy to the upper capital of Northern Qi, to be delivered to the hands of this little emperor.

The first person in the world to realize that the Stone Record was written by himself was Hai Tang Duo Duo and the little emperor, and the voice of Cao Gong in the night palace scared Fan Xian a lot. Only at that time, he always thought that the little emperor is just some appalling aptitude, but really dare not imagine, under the dragon robe hair body is actually a charming woman.

“I once said to you, I like the Half Leisurely Zhai Poetry.” The little emperor curled his lips slightly and said calmly.

Fan Xian hmmmed again.

“And then you’re not bad looking.”

“The disposition is also considered dry, not the usual corrupt scholarly mold.”

The young emperor said a few words lightly, but it caused Fan Xian to fall into silence. He knew that the other party was using these three words to express some sort of meaning. After a long time, he spoke, “You like me.”

After pondering for a long time, the young emperor nodded his head, but ignored whether or not the back of Fan Xian’s head could see this action.

Fan Xian suddenly smiled bitterly and said, “Should I not feel honored?”

“I will allow you to be honored for a moment at this time.” The young emperor’s face sank, and by the looks of it, he seemed to be itching to go and bite him twice more.

“The words you said in the palace, I remember very clearly, worrying about the world first and enjoying the world afterward, I just have not been able to believe that the so-called world in your words, is it really the world, or is it just the world of your country of Qing.” The young emperor said softly after a moment of silence. It seemed to be an attempt to give Fan Xian an explanation as to why she would deal with him at such a great cost.

Fan Xian accepted this explanation, because he had thought for a long time that he could not possibly win the trust of the Northern Qi dynasty, and that no one would believe that the bastard son of Emperor Qing was truly an internationalist, especially one as intelligent and powerful as the Little Emperor.

He suddenly turned around and quietly looked at her who was close at hand, the two of them were so close that they could feel each other’s heartbeats and the burning breath they exhaled. He looked at the youthfulness between her brows and eyes, and suddenly his heart fluttered, thinking that she was actually still just a little girl.

“You’re an idiot.” Fan Xian was very direct in what he said, “Since you were prepared to invest in me many years ago, you must continue to do so. As I said this afternoon, if Bitter Lotus knew what you’re doing now, she would definitely be furious once more.”

The young emperor’s face changed and became solemn, slightly moved with anger.

Fan Xian, however, didn’t care about this at all and spoke indifferently, “You are my woman. From this moment onwards, give up those unrealistic fantasies of yours, don’t try to manipulate me, and even more so, don’t try to disrupt the layout of everything under the heavens by killing me, and in the future, all you need to do is to cooperate with me.”

The young emperor’s eyes lit up, not with joy but with anger, never since she was born had she met anyone who dared to speak to her in such a tone, and say it so naturally.

“You are a marvelous woman, but in the end, you are only a woman.” For some reason, Fan Xian suddenly thought of the Eldest Princess who ended up dying in the Taiping Farewell Courtyard, and his voice was slightly gentler, “You and the Empress Dowager acted for so many years, and managed to fool the Eldest Princess, me, and even His Majesty into thinking that there was something wrong within your Beiqi court, which made me really think that what I said by the Changting Ancient Path had some great significance.”

He said with a self-deprecating smile, “I have put too much effort into this to allow you to ruin it all.”

“I am not one to be threatened.” The young emperor’s face went cold, thinking that Fan Xian was going back to that initial topic.

“I would never threaten my own woman.” Fan Xian suddenly reached out and gently teased the three sets of bangs on her forehead, saying gently, “It’s just that my woman must listen to me.”

Earlier, the little emperor woke up from his intoxication, and his first words were a direct stab at Fan Xian’s heart – my kingdom is your kingdom – if it was a normal person in Fan Xian’s position at this time, I’m afraid he would have to die of a headache, however, he was different, and from a long time ago, he knew what he was doing was related to this. However, he was different, from a long time ago, he knew that what he did was far away from the concepts of the people in this world, and he was psychologically prepared for it.

However since it was his own kingdom, of course it had to be controlled by himself, even the Emperor of Northern Qi had to submit to his will. Conquering the king of a country, this seemed to be a thing that could never be done, but conquering a woman, or a woman who liked himself, even if her heart and mind were no matter how resolute and her strength was no matter how strong, one could still seek out the slightest chance.

Once a man is a man, this is a process of conquering and being conquered. Fan Xian only hoped that since he had this dewy marriage with her, she would be able to become more feminine.

It was only that the development of events seemed to be somewhat out of Fan Xian’s control, as the little emperor looked at him calmly, without the slightest hint of fatigue or cathartic dependence, but only eagerness and unwillingness to try. Fan Xian looked into her eyes with a slight sense of nervousness, wondering what she would do next.

“You are my man, why can’t you be the one to listen to me?” With a slight smile in her eyes, the young emperor looked at Fan Xian and said calmly.

Without waiting for Fan Xian to open his mouth, she gently bit her lower lip and came to his ear and said, “Or else I’ll have another fight with you, and whoever wins will listen to who?”

The breath was hot and tantalizing, and the two of them were hugging each other without a single gap between them. Suddenly heard this word, Fan Xian’s heart swirled, secretly thought that goblin fighting this kind of thing who is afraid of who?

This pair of young men and women, the little emperor is the first taste of men and women, coupled with her strong heart, not at all for the fear of pain, just a curiosity and joy, while Fan Xian was her identity, as well as the stubbornness hidden in her bones attracted, and each feel that this challenge is very exciting, such as the dry wood and fire, each other’s hunger for each other’s bodies.

Hu Tian Hu Di, actually also want to find a state affairs of the reason, is really some shameless. The little emperor’s eyes in a rare charm, Fan Xian hands a tight, and then killed in a place.

Near the waterfront of the sword hut. Dawn extremely early, still only early night, there will be a light morning light into the hut. Big bed under the two people woke up leisurely, are so tired that some can not open their eyes. The little emperor is tired and happy to the extreme, shrinking in Fan Xian’s arms to make up for sleep, last night a crazy, perfect to make up for the war doudou students all these years of spiritual deficiencies, so that she finally found to be a woman seems to be a happy thing, but also drained all the energy in her body.

Obviously, Fan Xian, who had won the final victory, was even more tired. He opened his eyes and looked at the eaves above his head, and an extremely absurd feeling suddenly arose in his heart, that conquering this kind of thing had really come down to the matter of the bed in the end, and that year, Yan Bingyun’s words that had taunted him had, at the present moment, really become reality.

If Xiao Yan Gongzi saw this scene and knew the details of it, I’m afraid that he would jump down from the upper floor of the Supervisory Academy in shock.

Could this be the legendary baton wielding world? Fan Xian laughed to himself as he thought, looking down at the woman in his arms with slightly reddened cheeks. After last night’s madness, this female emperor finally had all her coverings cracked and became a real woman. As for Fan Xian’s hard work, it was not enough for outsiders to know.

His pupils suddenly flashed a flash of color, lifted the quilt and got up, put on a piece of clothing, and walked to the door.

The little emperor woke up, some confused, some stunned, do not know what happened.

Footsteps traveled to the doorway, and came the respectful voice of that little sword boy. Fan Xian responded and waited for him to leave before carefully opening the door, bringing back a large basin of hot water and various kinds of snacks, as well as some tools for rinsing.

Watching this scene, the little emperor half-sat on the bed, her face becoming grave. Madness was followed by sobriety, she finally understood what she had done last night, and what it represented, the most crucial issue was that this place was not the palace of Northern Qi, nor was it the legendary Taiping Buyeon where Fan Xian had heavily fortified, but a relatively unfamiliar place.

The Sword Lodge.

With Fan Xian’s realm, of course, there was no fear of anyone eavesdropping, so last night when the young emperor was indulging in his life, he did not consider this problem, however, the arrival of that sword boy and this large pot of hot water made the young emperor clearly remember that not someone else lived in this sword hut, but a great master.

Although the sword hut is big and the door courtyard is deep, but there is always a sound in last night’s madness, although the Four Gu Swords are seriously injured and will die, but since the other party can easily force back Wolf Peach and Yun Zhilan, it must be that the cultivation is still there, to hear clearly what happened in this room, it shouldn’t be a very difficult thing to do.

The Emperor of Northern Qi was a woman, and it would be fine if this secret was known by Fan Xian, after all, he was the little emperor’s first as well as the second and perhaps will be the only man in her life, but if it was known by other people, the little emperor did not know what even more horrific consequences would come after her own defeat.

Under such a strong impact, her face only became grave rather than pale, which was already very different and extremely strong.

Fan Xian did not look at her face, smiled and brought hot water to the bedside, began to scrub for her, because he knew that she had some difficulty moving at this time.

After this night, the distance between the two of them had long been close to a negative number, not only physically, but also psychologically. During those short intervals, the two guests of the Sword Lodge had nothing else to do, except for combing their hair, holding hands, and picking at their palms and hearts, they only chatted.

Chatting about each other’s strange and bizarre lives, childhoods that were different from everything else in the world, how to dress up as women, how to look like boys and girls, how to deceive the world, how to sit high in the dragon chair, how to take a bath, how to copy poems, and so on and so forth…….

Between the little emperor and Fan Xian is equal, they are very seriously discuss each other’s life, to see each other what things are not done very properly, from each other’s wisdom to find the opportunity to make up for it.

One night past, the two did not white head, but has been like the same, did not promise white head, but has been fixed, in addition to men and women’s body between the grinding, there is more a kind of spiritual interoperability and solace, and extraordinarily stimulating feeling of challenge, rippling in the heart of the two people.

The little emperor pulled up the thin quilt to cover his chest spring light, staring at Fan Xian, lowered his voice and said angrily: “What if the four gu sword knows about it? I …… have …… said many times that I …… let you …… let you… …lighter!”

Hearing this, Fan Xian, who had put down the water basin and was drinking tea to moisten his voice, nearly spat out a mouthful. He walked to the bedside, gently grasped her jaw and stroked it, and said in a harmonious voice: “The old man will die soon, even if he guesses something, we won’t admit it, so what’s there to be afraid of?”

This situation, how strange. The young emperor coldly slapped down his palm and said, “If my identity is exposed, you also know how much trouble will come out.”

Fan Xian fell silent, he knew that if the news that the Emperor of Northern Qi was a daughter got out, he was afraid that the world would be in chaos, and there was no way that Southern Qing would let go of this opportunity, they would definitely use it to send out their troops.

“I’ve said it many times, you have to trust me and cooperate with me, and leave all future matters to me.” He placed his hands on the little emperor’s naked shoulders and slightly pressed down, saying in a sincere and unquestionable tone.

The experts outside the Sword Lodge had been up all night, and the torches were gradually going out. Wolf Peach and the other cadre of Northern Qi experts stared coldly at the door of the Sword Lodge, wondering just how His Majesty was doing in there, and whether he would be harmed in any way. If it wasn’t for the fear of Fan Xian or the Four Gu Swords going crazy, Wolf Peach simply couldn’t wait patiently outside the hut, but would have led the crowd to rush in.

Four Gu sword has already expressed the attitude, the sword hut disciples of course do not dare to rush in, but their hearts are also shocked beyond measure, do not know this long night, hut in the end what happened.

Time passed by the minute, and the patience of the people outside was getting worse and worse. Yun Zhilan looked at Wolf Peach’s eyes in silence, knowing that if the Sword Lodge side didn’t give an explanation, the other side would immediately want to charge the Lodge again, and in a few days, I’m afraid that the Northern Qi side’s army would have to enter the Eastern Barbarians as well.

“Since the family master has shown his attitude, naturally he will not allow His Majesty to suffer the slightest damage …… even if he is one with Fan Xian, the family master will definitely not allow the South Qing people to have the slightest disrespect for His Majesty the Emperor under his eyes.”

Yun Zhilan said in a deep voice.

Wolf Peach’s mood relaxed slightly, with Four Gu Sword’s position as a patriarch, and with the situation in Dongyi City, the other party would certainly not be able to stand by and watch His Majesty the Emperor be humiliated, after all, this opening of the Lodge was an invitation that Four Gu Sword had taken the initiative to send out.

Wolf Peach is no longer worried about the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, but did not think at all that in one night s time, His Majesty the Emperor has been bullied into a …… woman! Four Gu Jian, this old monster, of course wouldn’t stand by and watch Fan Xian kill the young Emperor of Northern Qi, but if the young Emperor of Northern Qi and Fan Xian himself were willing to fight and mess up, there wasn’t much that this Great Master could do.

Not only was there nothing he could do, but when Fan Xian entered the room in the deepest part of the Sword Lodge in the morning light, and saw this Great Master for the first time, he clearly saw shock and an odd smile in this Great Master’s eyes.