Chapter 175: Catching Little Wan Back to the Palace
The Emperor of Great Wei had been by his side all along.
And the current Regent was treating him so politely.
Even for the “Mad Scholar” Hao Da, being in Chang’an and treated with courtesy by two such heavyweight figures allowed him to sort out the cause and effect of the event. In the end, he confessed, “His Majesty is in… the water vat in the backyard. His body is inconvenient; you must support him getting out of the vat…”
Tang Tuan: “Boss! I just looked, he’s not in the water vat!”
Hao Daâs brow jumped!
Su Jingzhi stepped to the water vat in the corner of the backyard, lifted the lid to look carefully, and saw a long, soft hair at the bottom of the vat and faint footprints on the rim leading to the back door.
“He is on the street in Chongren Ward.”
Tang Tuan and the other Jinwu Guards were about to chase from the courtyard.
Su Jingzhi ordered, “His Majesty hasn’t gone far. This Prince will find him myself. You wait here, do not follow.”
He was afraid Little Wan would run. He always loved to trip when he ran. Little Wan was pregnant; if he fell again this time, Little Wan definitely couldn’t take it.
The sky was a hazy gray; the fish-belly white was rising in the east.
Wei Wanlan walked aimlessly on the street. His hands were cold, so he breathed into them, rubbing his little dragon claws together. He didn’t walk fast; he was waiting for the curfew to lift so his solitary movement wouldn’t be conspicuous.
But somehow, as he walked, the Regent’s Manor appeared before his eyes. In front was an open space, dusted with thin snow, open and grand.
He stood in this open space. Under the dawning light, everywhere was just himself.
He wanted to leave, but it was too far; looking at the distance made him tired.
He wanted to stay and stand for a while, but felt it wasn’t appropriate, although he really wanted to go into the manor for a cup of hot water, to rest his feet and warm up.
Wei Wanlan gazed blankly at the Regent’s Manor. He blinked, and for some reason, his eyes felt very, very sour.
Woo… the one-year term ends today. Will Zhen see you again?
Regent, Zhen also wants to show you the little babies.
Plop. A tear smashed into the snowy surface, blooming into a round circle.
Wei Wanlan wiped his eyes. Suddenly, he felt warmth. Lowering his gaze, he saw a black and gold outer robe draped over his shoulders. His deer-like eyes blinked rapidly. He lifted his legs to run, but the person behind him hugged him looselyânot constricting, but impossible to escape from.
Everywhere was his woody scent.
“Found you. Wanwan.”
Wei Wanlanâs little nose tip instantly turned red.
He was gently turned around by Su Jingzhi. In the half-dim, half-bright light of dawn, his forehead touched Su Jingzhiâs chin.
“Regent.” His voice was as small as a mosquito’s. Aggrieved, and a little guilty. Would he blame him this time?
Su Jingzhi held the person a bit tighter, soothing Wei Wanlanâs emotions. He lowered his eyes to gaze at Wei Wanlan. The bangs on his forehead were combed up, revealing a smooth forehead, so Su Jingzhi kissed it gently. The touch was warm and clean.
“Don’t be afraid, Wanwan. Let’s go home.”
Wei Wanlan suddenly wanted to cry even more. Living outside for so long, the hardships he suffered, the unease he bore in his heart, the risk of carrying the cubs aloneâit all erupted at this moment. Tears smashed into the snow one by one.
“Regent, Zhen is scared.”
“Regent, Zhen was bound to a bad system. The bad system wanted Zhen to do bad things, and if I didn’t, it would give Zhen a punishment QAQ.”
“So Zhen couldn’t return to the palace to eat Imperial meals. Zhen was afraid you would know Zhen would die, because Zhen is going to choke to death today…”
Always crying while filing a complaint.
And whenever he filed a complaint, he made it seem like he was the most wronged person under the heavens.
Su Jingzhi loved Wei Wanlanâs naively charming appearance to the extreme, but also worried that crying too long would be bad for his health. He lowered his head to capture his lips, dropping comfort like a warm breeze, protecting a frightened small animal, swallowing all his words.
When their lips parted, Wei Wanlanâs mouth was a bit red, his breath unstable, breathing in hot mouthfuls of air.
The little dummy, having been kissed enough, knew his escape had failed. He stopped struggling and decided to confess.
“Regent, Zhen wants to tell you something. Zhen is not the original Wei Wanlan.” Wei Wanlan said guiltily, “Zhen has the same name and surname, same appearance, and replaced his role.”
“This Prince knows,” Su Jingzhi said. “I guessed it long ago.”
Wei Wanlan said again, “Then I’ll tell you another piece of heavy news.” He pointed to his belly, afraid of being teased by the Regent, and said softly, “Zhen is pregnant with cubs. This time there really are cubs…”
Su Jingzhi leaned down and knelt on one knee in the snow, turning his ear to listen gently, pressing against Wei Wanlanâs belly, feeling the slight bulge of the lower abdomen through the clothes. “This matter, this Prince also knows.”
Wei Wanlan tilted his head and pouted. Woo, he knows everything.
At this moment, something inside his belly gently poked him.
Wei Wanlanâs eyes widened, and he reminded him with a bit of surprise:
“Regent, he moved!” Itâs his first time moving, eh.
That bit of movement through the clothes and belly had long been transmitted synchronously to Su Jingzhi. Su Jingzhiâs face revealed a very radiant expression. The cub actually enthusiastically responded to the Royal Father.
“Regent, then do you know that Zhen actually isn’t carrying five? Zhen is carrying two. Is that enough for us to raise?”
Joy heavily crashed into Su Jingzhiâs heartâdoubled joy. He seemed to be struck by lightning, abruptly lifting his head from Wei Wanlanâs belly.
“There are two inside!?”
Obviously, the Regent did not know this matter.
Because he didn’t know, the excitement upon learning he was about to become the father of two children almost made him lose his mind.
Wei Wanlan pointed to his belly. “Mn. But Zhen took a fall in Turkic territory, and the cubs aren’t doing very well. Zhen was always worried before if they would be okay, but you touched them and they moved, so they should still be alive and strong, right?”
“Wanwan.”
“Mn?”
“I love you.”
“Why say this all of a sudden?” Wei Wanlan blushed slightly. Shouldn’t you scold Zhen for running away again first?
As he thought this, his feet felt light. He was scooped up horizontally by Su Jingzhi. Not returning to the palace, but facing straight toward the Regent’s Manor.
“Let’s go. Go back and warm up first.”
The family retainers who got up early to sweep the entrance happened to see the Prince coming back holding someone in his arms. Looking at the appearance and attire, they all thought it was that ‘Miss Little Wan’ from before.
Su Jingzhi wanted to clarify to them. From beginning to end, there was no “Miss Little Wan.” The one his heart belonged to had always been His Majesty the Emperor.
“Everyone in the Prince’s Manor, welcome the Emperor.”
The soldiers were stunned, then reacted one by one. The sound of passing the order went from the main gate to the interior, the waves of sound spreading layer by layer. The entire Regent’s Manor soldiers came to welcome the Little Emperor.
Shouts of “Long live” roared like mountains and seas.
Su Jingzhi put Wei Wanlan down. He thought, If I make it public to everyone, Wanwan can never run away again.
Wanwan redeemed me, healed me, changed me, had children with me, and rebuilt a home I had once lost.
…
âWhy didn’t I think of it sooner?
Wei Wanlan was very depressed.
If he didn’t return to the Imperial Palace, it didn’t count as eating Imperial meals. In that case, it seemed he didn’t strictly have to run away from home; living in the Regent’s Manor was the same.
After being caught, he received several important people one after another.
Wei Wanlan kept Hao Da.
Wei Wanlan was still worried about the ending of choking to death. The Little Emperor said he wouldn’t return to the Imperial Palace recently; he would handle affairs and raise the babies right here in the Prince’s Manor.
Su Jingzhi naturally had no objections.
Since Wanwan was found, wherever Wanwan wanted to be, he would accompany him. The Prince’s Manor was actually more comfortable than the palace, with fewer idle people.
Wei Wanlan spent some time confessing completely to the Regent about the Wise Ruler Cultivation System. He also told the Regent that he had inexplicably drilled into a novel called The Regent of Great Wei. He came from the future and was still in school. He asked the Regent for his thoughts.
Would he feel he was a little monster? That the Imperial Court was stuck with such supernatural chaos?
But he didn’t expect the Regent to say something off-key:
“It is this Prince’s fault for letting Wanwan carry babies too early.”
Although in this world, it wasn’t that early. Su Jingzhi still felt very guilty. “If we could return to Wanwan’s world, this Prince would have to sincerely apologize to Wanwan’s parents.”
Papa Wei and Mama Wei were very open-minded. They didn’t oppose him falling in love in university, and even accepted his occasional cross-dressing makeup for the club.
But giving birth to cubs as a male in ancient times… would his parents need some time to accept that?
Wei Wanlan lowered his eyes. If he could travel back to the modern era, he must bring the Regent along to explain properly to his parents.
“Kill the power minister, pacify internal trouble, destroy the enemy nation. These are the three tasks Zhen received.”
“Zhen only finished two. If not finished, I will be cursed by the system to choke to death on Imperial meals. But I really didn’t want to kill the Regent, so I could only trick the bad system and hide outside the palace.”
Wei Wanlan sat there blankly and obediently, pushing the tea and pastries in front of him far away, determined not to eat or drink today.
“Your Highness, Zhen will be choked to death today. Zhen is so afraid of dying right before your eyes. Zhen will also take away our cubs. You won’t be able to accept it, and Zhen won’t be able to accept it either.”
“But what if you won’t die at all?”
The Regent analyzed, poured a cup of sweet and warm almond tea, and handed it to Wei Wanlan to pad his stomach. “Wanwan, look at our Imperial Court. Is there still a Great Power Minister now?”
Wei Wanlan craved the almond tea a bit; his mouth watered, but he dared not take it, shaking his head repeatedly.
“Great Power Minister… um, seems there isn’t one now.”
Before, the Regent was a Great Power Ministerâtyrannical and ruthless, could usurp the throne in minutes.
The current Regent… assisted the young master in calming internal and external troubles, and treated him incredibly well. He didn’t seem to count as a Great Power Minister, right?
You could say he was a root-red seedling-upright, sixth-generation great loyal minister of the Su family!
A string in Wei Wanlanâs head plucked slightly. He seemed to understand a littleâ
Kill the power minister. The premise is there must be a power minister to kill.
If he had already transformed the power minister into a loyal minister, and the court had no power minister, Task One was effectively already completed long ago!
All tasks are completed, so the Wise Ruler Cultivation System won’t choke Zhen to death!!!
He seemed to have received a “Universal Celebration” grand fireworks reward from the system. Was it from that moment on that he actually didn’t need to kill the Regent?
Having figured this out, Wei Wanlan let out a long sigh of relief happily. He cupped the almond tea and tentatively tested it, smelling the sweet and moist aroma.
“Want to drink. Haven’t eaten breakfast yet.”
Su Jingzhi picked up the spoon, scooped half a spoonful, blew it cool, and placed it at his lips at the right angle. “Come, try liquid food first.”
This was stirring up trouble wildly on the deadline date.
Wei Wanlan swallowed the spoon in one gulp, with the feeling of a warrior severing his wrist. The gentle texture of the almond tea slid softly from his mouth to his stomach, the flavor rich and satisfying.
“Is it tasty?”
Wei Wanlan smiled. “Tasty.”
Then his small face suddenly scrunched up. “Woo.”
“What’s wrong? Where is it uncomfortable? Did you really choke?”
Wei Wanlan: “Cub kicked Zhen QAQ.”
Su Jingzhi sighed lightly. “Then this Prince will educate them. Only a few months old, and they’ve learned to kick people.”
Then he really lowered his head to talk seriously to the little cubs. He discussed with them very solemnly, hoping they would be a bit better behaved inside the tummy. No kicking when eating, no kicking when sleeping, no kicking randomly when dealing with court affairs. They had to be sensible little friends.
Wei Wanlan felt ashamed as he sipped the almond tea.
Sorry, my complaint actually implicated the cubs.
He could only apologize in his heart and decided to eat more good food to make up for the father-son relationship that had been tested.
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