Prince Anjing's Mansion.
"Father, isn't His Majesty very handsome? I've heard from the common people that our young emperor is even more handsome than that bookworm from the Chen family!"
Wei Heyuan stood behind Wei Chengming, his lively almond-shaped eyes fixed on his father as he asked.
The handsome, composed man in front frowned slightly, glaring at the lively young man behind him. "How dare you! How dare you criticize His Majesty?"
Wei Heyuan was Wei Chengming's only son. He was an infant whom Wei Chengming brought back from outside when he was twenty years old, after winning a battle.
It was said that the baby was born to a concubine whom he had brought back from outside. With Wei Chengming, a prince of a different surname, paying attention to him, no one dared to question it, and everyone agreed that this one-month-old boy would be the next master of the prince's mansion.
Wei Heyuan was raised by Wei Chengming from a young age. He was lively and had a martial arts talent similar to others. He was born with superhuman strength, so the servants in the palace paid more attention to this young master.
Only Wei Chengming knew Wei Heyuan's true background.
Wei Heyuan looked somewhat dejected after his father objected.
But his face still showed some indifference, and the glint in his almond-shaped eyes revealed the boy's resentment.
Looking into those familiar almond-shaped eyes, Wei Chengming felt a pang of sorrow and pity welled up in his heart. In the end, he didn't scold the brat he had spoiled so much.
Instead, he went on and on, repeatedly reminding people not to be casual at the banquet, to be careful and cautious, and to always be mindful of their behavior.
Although Wei Heyuan didn't like nagging, he wasn't stupid. Besides, if he didn't listen, his "old man" would really beat him up.
Oh well, I'll just let it go and not make him angry.
The young man, his black hair styled into a hair crown and wearing it, secretly glanced at his father's unusually strong arm and then lowered his guilty eyes.
...
At the birthday party.
The father and son took off their usual training uniforms and changed into formal attire for the banquet before getting into the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Wei Heyuan looked at his father, who was sitting in the carriage and had secretly glanced at him before closing his eyes. Only then did he lower his head with relief and awkwardly twist his neck and thighs, which were constricted by the formal attire.
A deep, husky male voice suddenly came from the side.
"Why do you have lice on your body?"
Wei Heyuan, whose dress was constantly twisting and turning, was speechless.
That old man has a really sharp tongue.
His lips twitched slightly, his expression was trembling, and he answered softly, his voice contradicting his inner thoughts, "No."
With Wei Chengming's reminder, Wei Heyuan didn't dare to move much after that, and simply followed his father's example and closed his eyes in the car.
As a result, I actually fell asleep while keeping my eyes closed.
The boy's snoring could be heard as he slept.
Wei Chengming opened his eyes and looked helplessly at the boy sleeping sprawled out beside him.
He sighed softly.
Finally, he placed the boy's head, which was about to fall, on his shoulder and closed his eyes again.
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There were quite a few people who dressed up as meticulously as Wei Chengming and his son.
This is especially true for families that specifically bring their female relatives.
Although this was a birthday party for the eldest princess.
But as everyone knows, who doesn't know that their young emperor still doesn't have a concubine or a child? If... not to mention whether their daughter has the fortune to become empress, just imagine if their beautiful daughter were to be favored by the emperor and taken into the palace, and if she were lucky enough to give birth to a prince, that wouldn't be bad at all.
Many ministers held this view, and even some young ladies from wealthy families planned to use their talents to seduce His Majesty at banquets.
Inside the palace.
The wisps of smoke from the ambergris incense slowly drifted through the entire bedroom along with the incense burner.
In the luxurious yet comfortable palace, the maids and eunuchs bowed their heads and served the only master in the palace with utmost care.
Ji Yue carefully held up a black hair ornament engraved with dragon patterns and asked the black-haired boy sitting in the chair in front of her.
"Your Majesty, would you like to use this black jade dragon-patterned hair ornament?"
Qingyin raised her eyebrows, glanced casually at the hair ornament in Jiyue's hand, and nodded.
The young emperor remained silent, and Ji Yue dared not voice her opinion.
Seeing His Majesty nod, Ji Yue felt a little relieved and carefully began to comb His Majesty's hair, preparing to put on the hair crown.
His Majesty is not fond of crowds, so his hair has always been combed by Ji Yue, the head palace maid who is highly regarded by His Majesty.
Ji Yue lived up to the young emperor's favor, and the whole process, from combing her hair to putting on her hair crown, was light and quick.
If Qingyin hadn't opened her eyes and looked at her hairstyle in the mirror, she wouldn't have known that her hair had already been combed.
Seeing that her hair was combed, Qingyin began to change her outer clothes.
The fourteen-year-old girl's body had not yet developed, and she was only wearing her undergarments, so no one could tell. In addition, with the secret medicine given to her by the late emperor in the palace, her body looked almost identical to that of a man.
However, after she took the Body Strengthening Pill, the effects of that secret medicine will probably be worn off, and her body will likely recover and develop slowly soon.
As Qingyin was being helped to change clothes, she closed her eyes and pondered how to solve this problem.
The late emperor had just passed away, and the original owner of the throne was not yet firmly established. She couldn't very well reveal her true gender so soon that she would be overthrown.
Although with her methods, it's impossible for her to reveal her gender.
But we should try to minimize the trouble if possible.
Not wanting to be born with a "busybody" syndrome, Qingyin simply closed her eyes and started browsing the items in the system shop.
Searching for "female to male," the system's shop was indeed emptied of almost all its products.
Only three items remained in the transparent system shop.
A pseudo-male transformation pill; upon ingestion, it can transform a woman into a man, maintaining physical characteristics for one month. Side effect: Skin hunger worsens over time, but will return to normal once the sex is determined. (50 points)
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