Restoration 12

The weather gradually became warmer, and after Yuan Le felt better, he could no longer stay in the house.

Qi Xun saw through his thoughts, but did not stop him from wandering around, for fear that he would become ill.

As soon as Yuan Le got a clear understanding of the surrounding environment, he thought about going back to the cold palace to find Chu Weilan. Qi Xun let him do it, because Chu Weilan was no longer in the palace anyway.

What he thought was that when Yuan Le saw the deserted cold palace, he would realize that he had been abandoned. People always have to learn to grow up. Some appropriate lessons would help him understand Chu Weilan's attitude towards him, and he would be able to be more clear-headed when facing Chu Weilan in the future.

As a result, Yuan Le went there once and came up empty-handed. Not only did he not turn back, but he looked at him with increasingly strange eyes.

Qi Xun simply wanted to take his head apart to see if there was only a single nerve inside.

Sure enough, Yuan Le asked him if he had locked Chu Weilan up somewhere else?

"He is in poor health, don't be so mean to him!" Yuan Le was afraid that Chu Weilan would suffer, after all, he was such a noble person.

When Qi Xun heard this, he looked dazed for a moment.

He couldn't help but wonder what Chu Weilan would feel if she were here and heard Yuan Le's words.

But he put himself into it for a bit and felt that he might fall into it...

No matter whether it was the hostage himself back then, or the Prince Dongsheng who was hated by the emperor, in their past, no one had ever been kind to him from the bottom of their hearts and without any selfish interests.

No one cares whether they are in good health or not, and no one cares whether others are good or bad to them.

Qi Xun sighed deeply, feeling a little soft-hearted. "Yuan Le, you are more suitable to be with someone with a simple mind."

This palace is a huge quagmire, and everyone in it, whether it is him, Chu Weilan, or even little Chenzi, is all dirty.

Yuan Le, with his glowing soul, accidentally stumbled in and it was hard for him not to be noticed.

The more you don't have something, the more you desire it.

Qi Xun restrained his emotions and reached out to touch Yuan Le's head. "It doesn't matter whether it's suitable or not. What matters is that I'm the only one who can protect you."

Yuan Le argued with him, "Your Highness can do it too!"

Qi Xun instantly became angry, "He can't! He doesn't treat you as a human being and won't respect you!"

Yuan Le was moved to tears by his scolding. Qi Xun's tone was too harsh, so Chu Weilan would not yell at him like that.

He sobbed twice before speaking haltingly, "Your Highness is so kind to me, how could he disrespect me? But you, always scare and threaten me... You've said things like 'kill me' and 'slaughter me' so many times!"

“…” Qi Xun couldn’t reason with him.

When he really wants to kill someone, he won't waste any time talking to the other person. It's just that Yuan Le, this silly boy, doesn't understand the situation and believes whatever he hears.

But in Yuan Le's eyes, Qi Xun was really fierce.

He saw this with his own eyes. At least, Chu Weilan would not pinch someone's chin until it turned blue, nor would he chop off an innocent person's head with a sword... Yes, from Yuan Le's perspective, he always thought that little Chenzi was innocent.

As a result, Qi Xun inexplicably killed the man with a sword!

This is the hurdle that Yuan Le has never been able to get over.

But given Yuan Le's personality, he would not question Qi Xun.

He thought it through thoroughly. Qi Xun was the emperor of Tianji, and Xiao Chenzi was his subject. So if he wanted Xiao Chenzi dead, there was nothing wrong with it. Qi Xun had the highest status, and in a society where imperial power was supreme, there wasn't much room for reasoning.

If it was Chu Weilan who wanted to kill him, he wouldn't blame him...

Time flies and it is the end of March.

Yuan Le looked for Chu Weilan for more than half a month, and finally confirmed that Qi Xun did not lie to him and Chu Weilan was really gone.

"Are you sad?" Qi Xun saw that Yuan Le finally accepted what he said, and the gloomy mood that had been in his mind for days finally dissipated a little.

But before he could feel happy, Yuan Le said something he didn't want to hear.

Yuan Le said, "It's good that the master left. Life here is too hard."

Qi Xun observed his expression and saw that he didn't seem to have any resentment. He was speechless and said, "He didn't take you with him."

"It will be bad if you bring me along. I'm a drag." Yuan Le has a clear position on himself.

Qi Xun reached out and pinched Yuan Le's cheek. It was soft and felt very good.

He said, "Are you so open-minded? But from now on you can only stay in the Tianji Kingdom Palace and stay with me."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Le's face immediately fell, "Then Your Majesty, can you let me go?"

"Impossible, just give up on this idea."

He would never give Chu Weilan and Yuan Le a chance to be together.

Yuan Le muttered, "My parents are still waiting for me to come back..."

Upon hearing this, Qi Xun suddenly said, "Then I'll invite your parents as well."

Yuan Le was shocked. "Do you mean 'invite'? You want to kidnap them, right?"

"Have you grown up?" Qi Xun narrowed his eyes and pinched Yuan Le again, "Your father and mother must participate in the ceremony of crowning the queen. They must come sooner or later."

Yuan Le looked at him with a dazed expression, "Call me queen? Make me...?"

Seeing him like this, Qi Xun felt very happy. "You're not that stupid, are you? Did Chu ever promise you the position of first wife?"

Yuan Le thought about it and realized that Chu Weilan had never said that... He only said that he wanted to sleep with him.

He also told Qi Xun the truth, and then he saw the man in front of him slightly curl his lips.

Qi Xun was indeed secretly proud. At least, when it came to Yuan Le, he was more serious than Chu Weilan.

Thinking of this, Qi Xun's expression suddenly became serious, "Yuan Le, I'm serious. I am willing to grant you the position of Queen, and I promise that you will be the only one in my harem."

Such a promise is really too much for an emperor.

Even a fool with a blank mind for a long time could tell how serious this was.

Yuan Le began to stutter, "But, I, I, I am, a boy... You, you should know, right?"

I almost forgot that Qi Xun is also an emperor. Did he commit the crime of deceiving the emperor again?

Yuan Le secretly glanced at him again and muttered softly, "How can a boy become the queen?"

"But with the skirt you wear, others will just think you're a woman." Qi Xun didn't care.

Yuan Le then said, "I can't give birth... If I'm the emperor, there still needs to be a crown prince to inherit the throne, right?"

"Are you still concerned about my throne?" Qi Xun raised his eyebrows.

This should be considered as caring about his performance, right?

Yuan Le thought Qi Xun was warning him not to do anything so outrageous.

Qi Xun knew what this simple-minded person was thinking at a glance, "It's not what you think. If you like, you can sit in this seat."

Yuan Le quickly waved his hands. How dare he! They were a family of honest and upright people. Even the fact that someone lied about their gender had frightened them like the sky was falling, not to mention that this was a case of usurping the throne!

Seeing that Yuan Le didn't want it, Qi Xun didn't take it seriously. After all, it was none of his business who would rule the world a hundred years from now. Ever since he realized that he didn't like women, he knew that he probably didn't need to worry about having offspring, so he didn't even include it in his life plan.

However, if Yuan Le likes it, he will ask for the other party's opinion and go out to grab one later.

Grab a cute one, anyway, it depends on Yuanle’s preference…

Yuan Le didn't know about his wild intention, or rather, Yuan Le had never thought about it so far.

He was still hesitant about Qi Xun's current attitude.

To be honest, he didn't really trust Qi Xun. In comparison, Chu Weilan gave him a greater sense of security, and he trusted Chu Weilan more.

Although Qi Xun was dissatisfied with this, he was reluctant to force Yuan Le.

He hopes that Yuanle will always be happy and never change. He is also attracted by Yuanle's clean optimism.

As for feelings and trust, Qi Xun is also willing to be patient and cultivate them slowly... although he looks like a person with little patience.

Yuan Le is a person who goes with the flow and can eat and sleep well anywhere, but Qi Xun wants to develop feelings with him, and he always feels that the feng shui of the palace is too bad.

On the Qingming Festival, Qi Xun invited Yuan Le to go out for an outing. Yuan Le was very happy because staying in the palace was really boring.

The two of them left the palace secretly. Qi Xun really doesn't have the demeanor and airs of an emperor.

He wore his own casual clothes and prepared a men's suit of the same color for Yuan Le.

Yuan Le's hands were shaking as he took the clothes. "This is the first time I've worn men's clothes openly..."

He used to wear it secretly and then change it.

Qi Xun became interested, "Why not dress up as a woman?"

Yuan Le told Qi Xun what the fortune teller said.

"If you don't raise a child as a woman, you will die young?" Qi Xun frowned and immediately returned to take back the set of men's clothes that Yuan Le was holding.

Yuan Le dodged for a moment and quickly said, "No, I'll just wear this!"

"No, change into women's clothes."

Yuan Le squatted on the ground and said, "I should have known not to tell you! You gave it to me, so just let me wear it. I'm already grown up, I won't die young... You are the king of a country, how can you still believe this!"

If this happened to Qi Xun himself, he would probably just sneer and go against his fate to see who is tougher.

But this is Yuan Le's fate, he would rather believe it than take it lightly.

Qi Xun explained this to him, and Yuan Le muttered, "Why are you just like my parents? How pedantic!"

Then Yuan Le suddenly remembered that Qi Xun still owed him a birthday wish...

His eyes lit up and he wanted to make this set of men's clothing his birthday wish.

Qi Xun was helpless. "Forget it, just wear it if you want. There's no need to waste my promise."

It was just a change of clothes, not a big deal. He had observed Yuan Le's ears and saw that the right one was pierced. Wearing an earring would also be considered female attire, right? Wasn't there still a situation in the world where women disguised themselves as men?

Yuan Le got what he wanted and changed back into men's clothes.

He has actually grown up a bit and doesn't look like a little girl anymore, but his facial features are still delicate. In addition, he was raised as a girl since he was a child. His temperament is between that of a boy and a girl, which blurs his gender and makes him look so handsome that it is difficult to tell whether he is male or female. He can wear men's clothes or women's clothes without any sense of incongruity.

After Yuan Le came out, Qi Xun's eyes never left him...

He knew a long time ago that he liked men because the same young man always appeared in his dreams.

Now seeing Yuan Le changed back into men's clothes, Qi Xun actually felt like a long-cherished wish had come true.

It’s him…

During those years, the person he was obsessed with was Yuan Le, he was absolutely sure of it.