Chapter 61 Male

Chapter 61: The Male Lead

Injured

"That's good. Once he has memorized it, find an opportunity to display his vision and literary talent in the Ministry of Personnel. Then the Grand Tutor will surely remember Wang'er. At such a young age, he is already so outstanding and extraordinary. Once the Grand Tutor remembers him, the ministers will come to know of him as well."

"Your Majesty is far-sighted. The Tenth Prince is so young and promising. In the future, he will surely fulfill Your Majesty's imperial wish!"

Empress Shen finally became happy, a trace of a smile appearing on her face.

As Su Zheng stepped out of the palace hall, he told the system to watch the actions of the old nurse beside Empress Shen.

At this moment, the system reported, "Host, that old maid didn't say anything."

"Good, help me check her information, with all the details. It would be best if you can find her weaknesses or leverage."

"Okay, host."

The matters in the Southern City were going along quite well, and later Su Zheng didn't need to personally oversee them all the time.

So Su Zheng had the stewards in the Southern City get acquainted with Luo Yunchen.

He also instructed that in the future, Luo Yunchen would represent him in constantly monitoring the recent situation in the Southern City.

If anything happened, they should tell Luo Yunchen, and he would relay it to the Crown Prince.

In this way, Luo Yunchen could legitimately appear as the main person in charge of the Southern City.

That night, Su Zheng was awakened from his sleep by the system.

"Host! Host! Wake up quickly! The male lead is injured!"

Su Zheng jolted awake, his mind fuzzy for two seconds before fully coming to his senses.

He threw on a robe and got out of bed, asking the system, "System, what's going on? Where is the male lead? Is his injury serious?"

"Probably serious—he lost a lot of blood."

Su Zheng frowned. "Where is he? Is he still conscious?"

"Conscious! On his way back to the Eastern Palace!"

Su Zheng: "How is he returning? Is someone sending him back? Can he enter the palace gates openly?"

"The male lead used his lightness skill to come back on his own. He's very fast; the palace guards won't detect him."

Su Zheng: "..."

Hearing this, Su Zheng relaxed a bit. From the system's description, the male lead wouldn't die anytime soon.

Su Zheng: "System, tell me what happened. Shouldn't the male lead be acting covertly in the Southern City at this time?"

"It's the Fifth Prince. Previously, the Fifth Prince not only failed to eliminate the male lead's power outside the palace, but even some of his hidden forces were secretly destroyed by the male lead. Although the Fifth Prince has no evidence or clues, he feels that the male lead did it, because no one else has the ability. However, the Fifth Prince's allies and his advisors don't take the male lead seriously. No matter how the Fifth Prince hints or states it directly, they all think the male lead has no conditions to compete with the Fifth Prince for that position and is not worth fearing; dealing with the Shen Faction is most important. But the Fifth Prince still regards the male lead as the biggest obstacle on his path to success. Recently, he has been looking for opportunities to deal with the male lead. The male lead played along and turned the tables, exchanged a few moves with the Fifth Prince, and tonight took risks to lure the Fifth Prince into a trap, cutting off the Fifth Prince's minions and even injuring the Fifth Prince in return."

Su Zheng understood the general situation and didn't ask for details.

After dressing, he called out loudly, "Someone come."

Xu Mo pushed open the palace door and entered. "Your Highness."

"Do you know where your master went? When will he return?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, this subordinate does not know. The master only instructed me to guard Your Highness and protect Your Highness's safety."

"I see. I'm feeling a bit unwell. Go summon the imperial physician to examine me."

"Yes." Xu Mo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Should I send someone to tell my master to come back?"

How much the master adores His Highness, Xu Mo has seen clearly over this period.

Xu Mo intuitively felt that if he could contact the master, upon learning that His Highness was ill, the master would likely disregard whatever was at hand and return directly.

Su Zheng gave him a chilly look. "No need."

Xu Mo shivered, bowed respectfully, and withdrew to arrange for someone to find the imperial physician.

Just as Xu Mo had sent someone out, Luo Yunchen entered the Eastern Palace.

Upon entering the hall, he saw Su Zheng sitting and leaning on the bed.

After a slight pause, Luo Yunchen smiled and said, "A Zheng, why are you awake? Can't sleep without me by your side?"

"No." Su Zheng took two steps toward him. "You..."

Just as he was about to say something, his nose twitched, and he quickened his pace. "You're bleeding? What happened?"

As he spoke, he walked up to Luo Yunchen and reached out to undo Luo Yunchen's outer robe.

Luo Yunchen caught Su Zheng's hand, held it in his own, and smiled with deep affection. "A Zheng is so eager today. Do you miss me that much?"

Su Zheng pushed his hand away, his tone cold and serious. "I'm being serious with you. What exactly happened? Are you injured? Let me see."

Luo Yunchen sighed helplessly and let Su Zheng remove his outer robe and open his collar. "I didn't want you to know. I didn't expect you to wake up at this time, and you still caught the scent. If I had known..."

At this point, Luo Yunchen paused, then suddenly laughed. "No, even if I had known, I would still have come. I haven't seen A Zheng for a long time. I miss him so much."

Su Zheng couldn't help but retort, "Miss my foot! We went to bed together around 7 PM, and it's only been three or four hours since then."

Luo Yunchen tried to embrace him. "Three or four hours is already a long time for me."

Su Zheng had already pulled down Luo Yunchen's collar.

The wound had been bandaged urgently.

Although he couldn't see the size or depth of the wound, the blood had soaked almost the entire bandage, so it must not be a small cut.

Su Zheng stepped back to avoid Luo Yunchen's reaching hand.

Covering his mouth and nose, he quickly pushed Luo Yunchen onto the bed to lie down, speaking rapidly: "I was feeling unwell just now, so I had Guard Xu go call the imperial physician. The physician will be here soon. You lie still. I'll have Guard Xu come in to watch over you first. When the physician arrives, let Guard Xu take care of you."

Having said that, Su Zheng turned to leave.

But Luo Yunchen grabbed his wrist. "A Zheng, don't go. Don't leave me."

"I'm not leaving you. If I stay any longer, I won't be able to hold it together. I'll delay your treatment..."

Before Su Zheng could finish, Luo Yunchen interrupted quietly, "Then A Zheng, don't hold back."

"Rip."

Luo Yunchen ripped open the gauze wrapped around the wound and pressed down hard.

The tip of his tongue caught a trace of blood.

Luo Yunchen grabbed Su Zheng's wrist and pulled forcefully, making Su Zheng face him, almost nose to nose.

That streak of blood aimed at Su Zheng, and Luo Yunchen whispered seductively, "A Zheng, please, take it."

Su Zheng's head spun, and in the end, he let the wolf in, swirling and sweeping his tongue inside.

Once the blood in his mouth was consumed, Su Zheng was drawn by the scent of blood from elsewhere.

Unable to resist, he leaned down, pressing himself onto Luo Yunchen.

"Mmh!"

Stinging, burning, a tingling itch, and a soft, wet sensation.

Luo Yunchen bit his lip tightly, his fingers gripping the bedsheet, his whole body trembling with an uncontrollable thrill.

The night was deep and quiet.

Only faint, stifled, ambiguous murmurs, stretching the night endlessly.

After who knew how long, Su Zheng looked at Luo Yunchen with clear eyes.

Luo Yunchen's eyes were moist, the corners of his eyes were flushed, his voice hoarse, he smiled and said, "A Zheng, did it taste good?"