The Way of the Empress

Moodys is not a saint, so how can he withstand Zhuo Yang’s provocation? He took advantage of the situation and grabbed Zhuo Yang’s wandering hand, pressed the man to the wall. Kissing him deeply, he hurriedly tried to undress.

“Don’t! I like to seeing you in uniform.” But before his hand touched the clothes, Zhuo Yang stopped him, and unzipped the zipper of Moodys’ uniform pants. “I like to see you looking at me in this military uniform.”

Blood rushed down Moodys, who had never been tempted like this before. Following his intentions, he did not touch his clothes and directly peeled off Zhuo Yang’s clothes. “You are really a tempting fox spirit.”

“Are there male fox spirits1In Chinese mythology, they’re all female?” Zhuo Yang looked at him but smiled.

Looking at the neatly dressed Moodys, the naked Zhuo Yang suddenly became more excited.

The two tossed back and forth for a long time, until they soiled Moodys’s new military uniform and had to prepare a new one.

Zhuo Yang stretched out his hand to let Moodys bring him to take a bath.

 

—–

 

The banquet was scheduled to start at around 7 in the evening, but people began arriving one after another at 5:30 in the afternoon.

Zhuo Yang stood on the second floor of the banquet hall and looked down. What entered his eye was all splendor and prosperity. Below were the most well-known figures in Emperor Star. They were either rich or had luxuries that ordinary people couldn’t even dream about.

Who could imagine?

More than half a year ago, he was just unfavored son in the Zhuo family and could easily be squeezed. Now, relying on Moodys to gain control over the Osphia regime, he is already the most noble guide in the entire empire.

Everyone is envious. Even those big names who never put him in their eyes before will compliment him because of his sentinel.

Nothing is immutable.

“Your Highness, your dress looks really good today. Where did you customize it? It looks really good when you wear it.” He just stood there, and the ladies who merely nodded their heads before kept coming to compliment him. “Since childhood, I have never seen a more exquisite and better-looking person than Your Highness. It’s like walking out of a painting. I can’t pick out a place that is not good.”

The well-dressed Zhuo Yang was unlike the sticky goblin in front of Moodys earlier. Not to mention the grandeur of the atmosphere, he also added an inexplicable sense of abstinence to it.

Even the little nine-tailed fox, who has always been lively and active, is exceptionally capable of supporting the scene. There was none of its usual stubbornness, as it stood by looking noble and glamorous.

“How so? I really don’t understand fashion. They’re all arranged by the housekeeper, and I’m just wearing it casually. You praise me overmuch.” He also echoed a few words of greeting, and happily mingle with a group of guides and ladies.

If he encounters ill-intentioned suspicion or those trying to get information from him, he will just say directly: “Looks are a god-given thing. I was naturally born like this, and am not ugly wearing anything.”

Retaliating against those people, and not letting them have further opportunity to praise him.

“Beauty, you are really busy tonight.” Zhuo Yang finally finished dealing with people he thought he should deal with. He was hiding in the corner to take a leisurely stroll when Allen walked towards him with a red wine glass.

Zhuo Yang was too lazy to pretend in front of him, and said: “You know, even if one wants to relax, there’s no way to in these occasions. Especially, this banquet is hosted by our family, and I am the host.”

“But isn’t all this what you wanted most before?” Allen asked him with a smile.

Zhuo Yang lowered his head and glanced straight ahead. A splendid arc flourished underneath, and he admitted: “Yes.”

He has always wanted to climb up, be a human being, and this has never changed…

“You, just take advantage of now and take a break. Do you see that the famous guide lady in Fang’s family? She’s a suitor of the crown prince who never changed her attitude even after the prince’s accident… She’s been staring at you, whispering to a friend.” Allen leaned in Zhuo Yang’s ear and whispered: “She was pursued your prince so fiercely at that time. Even after the accident, she was willing to marry him. There was a large wave of supporters and fans, and her popularity was extremely high. Back then, the crown prince rejected her on grounds that he did not want to drag people down and did not want to get married, and asked her father to send her to Gloria Star… she didn’t return until this military parade.”

Zhuo Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Allen continued to share facts with him: “However, just a few years after she was sent away, the prince who claimed to be unwilling to marry and was seriously ill, married you because of an  old marriage contract between the royal family and the Zhuo family. Now having recovered physically… Presumably, this eldest lady must be unwilling.”

“Also, the shameless guide from the Corey family is also staring at you, and has always wanted to come over. If I didn’t come over first, he would be standing in front of you.” Allen said: “They all want to meet you. I can only block for a while, but they will always find opportunities to come over. Just wait and be busy, my dear crown princess, your majesty, the future queen. ”

Allen is quite ready to watch him play.

Zhuo Yang looked at the crowd, and shrugged with a smile. “If they want to come, I will meet them. Fighting with others is endless. I have always believed that living a life too easy will make people lose their combat power.“

“It seems that my coming over to block is wrong, so I can go?” Allen looked at Zhuo Yang’s fighting spirit, full of interest.

Zhuo Yang didn’t speak, but his expression was indifferent.

He lowered his head and glanced downstairs. Suddenly seeing something, he immediately said to Allen: “You should indeed go. Your big brother who has been hiding from you is here.”

Allen smirked and looked down in the direction that Zhuo Yang was looking at.

Sure enough, he saw Chu Yu…

Allen lost all interest in wanting to watch the show, greeting Zhuo Yang, and ran away in a hurry.

 

—–

 

Zhuo Yang held up a red wine glass with high spirits and took a sip. Chatting with a lady who had a good relationship with him, he was waiting for those who wanted to find him to send themselves to the door.

“Your Royal Highness?” At this moment, two more people suddenly appeared, as if accidentally running into Zhuo Yang and the lady who was talking with him.

Stunned, immediately after calling Zhuo Yang, he greeted the lady next to Zhuo Yang: “Mrs. Anne.”

It was Rand…he was accompanied by a good friend.

At a glance, one knew that the guide beside him was not outstanding, and his mental power was not very high. This was a foil of Osphia’s first guide.

“Mr. Rand and Mr. Julian.” He very generously greeted back. Zhuo Yang didn’t put them in his eyes. In the current aristocratic circle, except for Allen and the third princess, the hasn’t seen anyone who is extraordinarily smart and doesn’t use themselves as an object, a sentinel accessory.

When Rand saw Zhuo Yang, his eyes were red. He looked about to cry, as if he had any story to tell. “Your Highness…”

“Excuse me, what’s the matter? Mr. Rand.” Zhuo Yang didn’t care about his tricks, but it was okay to humor him since he was a bit bored.

Rand asked softly: “May I borrow a step and talk to you?”

“Okay.” Zhuo Yang didn’t even think about it, and agreed.

Lady Anne next to Zhuo Yang knew that this Rand was not a good fellow, and worried for Zhuo Yang. “Your Highness, do you need me to accompany you?”

“No. Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Anne.” Zhuo Yang smiled and declined. “But since Mr. Rand wants to me to talk to me, he probably doesn’t want others to listen. I will go first.”

Zhuo Yang deliberately paid attention to the geographical location, bringing Rand to a quieter place. No one could hear them, but everyone could see what they were doing here. Rand couldn’t play any tricks here, so he said: “Mr. Rand, whatever you want to say, just say it.”

“…Your Highness, may I ask… Is His Royal Highness okay recently?” Rand seemed to pretend to have great courage, and hesitantly asked.

Zhuo Yang laughed at once, and bluntly replied: “Okay, of course it is good. With me taking care of him, what can be wrong with him?”

“Knowing that he is good, I can rest assured.” Rand said with a stiff face. He didn’t expect Zhuo Yang to answer this way, but he still made a longing face, saying: “My family forced me to clear up the relationship with His Highness when His Highness had an accident. Although I was sad in my heart, I still had to obey the family’s arrangement and cut off contact with His Highness. I know that His Highness must hate me and blame me for those things in the past… I am sorry for him, and I have no face to face him. Knowing that His Highness is well, I am relieved.“

His few words deepened his past affairs with Moodys countless times, as if he and Moodys had sworn by each other.

He turned his back on Moodys at a time of crisis, so Moodys must love and hate deeply at this moment.

It’s a devious shot.

If Zhuo Yang hadn’t grown up fighting with others, and if he was really a silly, weak white lotus, a pimple would form in his heart. Believing that Rand and Moodys once had a deep and righteous relationship, but because of all kind of reasons, faced pressure to be separated, but are still unable to let go or replace each other.

“Mr. Rand is worrying overly much. A while ago, I heard that you are going to be engaged to the second prince and become His Highness’s brother-in-law.” Zhuo Yang refused to follow his intentions. “How can His Royal Highness hate you? Blame you?”

Rand’s face stiffened. He didn’t expect he would bring up the matter between himself and Vincent. This stupid thing from the past, the tooth was broken, and he could only swallow it in his stomach.

Rand avoided talking about it, and instead asked Zhuo Yang: “I don’t know, what does the crown princess usually like to do?”

“I’ve been quite idle lately. Apart from eating and drinking, having fun, sleeping with the crown prince, I don’t seem to have done much.”  Zhuo Yang answered seriously.

 

Haha, we all know that Zhuo Yang’s favorite and most recent hobby is sleeping with his crown prince.

 

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1In Chinese mythology, they’re all female