Upon hearing this, Qin Ge paused in pushing the man, his lips twitching slightly. He had always thought that the tyrant's actions were simple, brutal, and bloody, but he hadn't expected that he was just as cunning as anyone else when it came to playing mind games.
kill without spilling blood.
Tsk.
Qin Ge couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
The tyrant, who had been observing the expression of the person in his arms, casually played with Qin Ge's earlobe, rubbed it, and asked, "Happy now?"
Before the boy could answer, Jun Chenbi continued, "If you're happy, come back to the palace with me."
The tyrant tried every means to lure his runaway concubine back to the palace.
How could Qin Ge possibly do as he wished?
"I'm not going back," the young man said lazily. "The palace is so stifling; it's nothing like the freedom I feel outside the manor."
For a moment, a fierce glint flashed in Jun Chenbi's phoenix eyes, and the dark thought of binding the person back to the palace and locking them in the Dragon Extreme Hall arose again. However, the young man seemed to have a knack for manipulating people's hearts, and whenever he had such a thought, he was always able to easily dispel it.
"Your Majesty has lived in the palace since childhood and has never seen the world, has he?" The young man smiled slightly at the emperor, dispelling his gloomy thoughts. "How about I show Your Majesty what it's like today?"
How could Jun Chenbi say no?
…
The emperor and his minister left the residence discreetly.
Of course, this doesn't include the royal guards hidden in the shadows.
The two men traveling together were certainly not going to cosmetic shops. The Great Yong Dynasty was prosperous, and the Zhuque Road and Shenwu Road in the capital were bustling with activity, filled with all sorts of vendors selling silk flowers, snacks, fruits and vegetables...
These were all magnificent sights that Jun Chenbi had never seen before...
To be honest, the cold and ruthless tyrant was not particularly moved by the sight of fireworks. If it weren't for the young man beside him, Jun Chenbi probably wouldn't have given it a second glance.
However, Qin Ge would pull him to stop and buy a bowl of sweet soup from a roadside stall, which they would share, or sit in a teahouse and order a pot of not-so-expensive tea...
Neither the sweet soup nor the tea was of high quality; the sweet soup was even overly sweet, yet it was surprisingly touching.
This was also the first time that the Emperor of Dayong had ever tasted stinky tofu, candied hawthorn, and fried dough sticks—things that would never have appeared in the palace.
Passing by a sugar figurine stall, Qin Ge tugged at Jun Chenbi's sleeve: "Young Master Jun, would you like to try this?"
When they were out in public, Qin Ge couldn't address him as "Your Majesty."
The name of a tyrant is legendary among the people; don't frighten ordinary folks.
Therefore, he is addressed as "Your Excellency, Young Master".
Jun Chenbi glanced at it and asked, "What's that?"
"Sugar figurines." Qin Ge pulled him over and asked the stall owner, "Old man, can we make these sugar figurines ourselves?"
As he spoke, he handed over a small piece of silver.
Jun Chenbi lowered his phoenix eyes slightly, his gaze falling on the hands clasped with the boy's, and then he gripped the boy's hands tightly in return.
Among millions of people, they openly and silently show affection.
For Qin Ge, it was perfectly normal for the couple to hold hands. He didn't react excessively or panicked. After a moment of surprise, he slightly smiled and let him be.
The old man who ran the sugar figurine shop, having received the reward money, naturally had no objection. "If you, sir, wish to make sugar figurines yourself, that's perfectly fine. The money you've given is too much; you could even buy my stall."
Qin Ge smiled and turned to look at the Emperor: "Young Master Jun has never played this before, has he? Would you dare to give it a try?"
Jun Chenbi raised an eyebrow: "What's there to be afraid of?"
After saying that, the two sat down together on the long bench set up in front of the sugar figurine stall.
One was the Emperor of the Great Yong Dynasty, and the other was the newly appointed top scholar in the imperial examination. They were actually making sugar figurines on the street. If the civil and military officials saw this scene, they would definitely be shocked.
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