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When he woke up he could only blink in horror, where was his highness? He had to make sure that nothing had happened to him! He had already impaled himself with a sword so he should…
Next to him his highness beautiful body was calmly resting, no blood, no sword, even his face had a calm expression he hadn't seen in years.
He jumped out of the bed and his highness embrace as If he had been burnt.
What was he doing here and where were they?
Was this white no face’s doing? How could he fix this?
Tentatively as if testing the waters he called, down on one knee.
“Your highness”
But his highness didn't wake up, he just rolled on the bed and frowned.
While this was happening he scanned the room, the decoration reminded him of Xianle, even if it was more bold , it was the kind of room he would have built to give his highness if he had money, after all it was red and his highness said red was pretty, right?
He did remember hearing he looked good in red, looking back at his robes he realized he was in fact wearing red.
He didn't wear red, he wore black.
This felt wrong.
Where was he?
His body felt wrong, slowly he checked what was covering his eye, the lack of vision was bothering him.
Raising his hand slowly he touched his face just to find nothing, his eye, it just wasn't, a small scar could be found but it was almost ridiculous how little there was to tell him what happened.
He could also feel himself much stronger, it felt as if he had been filled to the point where it was too much.
Knowing his highness wouldn't enjoy seeing him he changed to his usual form, the mask still missing so slowly to not bother his highness he cut some of the only black fabric he could find to make himself a veil, it wasn't the best option but for now it would do.
He went back to kneeling again and waited.
His highness did in fact not wake up for half shichen, in the meantime he contented himself with trying to memorize his highness face, he already had done that several times but he never grew tired of it.
His highness was beautiful, stunning, to the point that if his eyes were plucked out, the remaining one at least, his only regret would be not being able to see his face again.
Finally his highness opened his eyes and blinked, still half asleep, then looked around to find him kneeling.
He was really glad he was strong as he didn't even feel his leg grow tired by being in the same position for what he guessed was around a half shichen, he couldn't be sure though.
His highness though, just looked shocked and sad ?
Did he make his highness sad?
"Wu Ming please sit here will me, you must be really confused"
Sit where? His highness was in bed… was his highness suggesting? He thanked the veil for hiding his face, he didn't know what had made his highness sleep in the same bed as him, or talk oh so sweetly.
He didn't want to admit it but he had missed this part of his highness so much , he would always miss any part of his highness, he also loved the cruel part of him oh how nice he had commanded him, how ruthless he was.
Still he had hated how hurt his highness looked, he wished his highness wasn't so good to everyone, they didn't deserve him, he didn't deserve it.
He then remembered, he had been asked to sit, with his highness, in a bed they both had slept in?
He wasn't in his under robes, but he wasn't wearing his clothes either, they looked funny in his smaller body, not that he cared as long as he could serve his highness correctly.
"Your highness I wouldn't dare…"
The patient smiled filled with something Wu Ming had only seen young lovers have was directed at him.
And Wu Ming trembled, he wanted.
He pulled himself together, his fantasies could wait until he was alone, which he wouldn't be because he wasn't leaving his highness, he wasn't a traitor.
"Wu Ming, please, we have to talk"
And he folded, he couldn't say no to his highness, even less when he was being pleaded, he wanted to kick himself in the chin for making his highness do that over his lowly-
He sat carefully, making sure he didn't get too close nor too far, making eye contact through his new-made veil he saw his highness eyes light up and choked.
"Wu Ming, you must be so confused right now I'm sorry, I'll explain so you can ask anything, okay?"
Nodding slowly he looked around, while the veil made this action difficult he still tried not showing it.
Seeing his highness face he was probably not successful.
"Your highness, where are we?"
His head was patted, patted!
"We are in my home, we'll me and my husbands home"
Husband!?
He heard a laugh, was that his highness attempt at a joke? He was mortified, he couldn't even laugh to please his god.
"My husband was hit by a curse that made him lose some memories after I accidentally fed him Meng Po broth. Will Wu Ming try to guess who my husband is?"
Guess? How would he-
Memory loss.
Oh
Oh-
Did his highness mean-
It couldn't be but it had to be, there was no other explanation, the bed, waking up together, the soft way his highness looked at him
He felt something cold run down his face, there were tears, he was crying in front of his highness, making a mess of himself.
But he couldn't stop, he had only dared hope in his dreams and not always, he didn't know how but it wasn't a dumb hopeful dream anymore.
His world was turned upside down, his highness who had hated him now loved him and they were married.
How could he stop crying after hearing that?
"Oh Wu Ming, beloved I'm so sorry, cry as much as you want, let it all out"
He was pulled into his highness, his beloved's loving embrace, he could feel his highness everything he felt so warm, so well taken care of, it was supposed to be the other way around but it felt so good .
He was kissed on the top of his head, his veil still on made everything very awkward.
Yet his highness had known just by looking at him he was crying, he guessed the choked sobs he was making helped though.
"Beloved, do you want me to find you a mask or would you rather keep the veil on? I have seen your face, is beautiful but is okay if you don't want to show me right now, we have all the time in the world after all"
And he was hugging his highness again, even harder this time, it reminded him of back then, he had done the same, clinging to his highness with his dirty sinful hands yet he was never refused, he was instead rewarded with another kiss.
"Your highness… I- your highness is the beautiful one, not this one"
He said it because he felt it was a necessary clarification, he wasn't beautiful, he knew that, he had been told several times, he had seen true beauty, he was hugging the meaning of beauty right now.
"Oh- dearest you are the most beautiful for me, anyone who can't see that is blind, my husband is the most handsome in the three realms after all"
He hid his face in his highness chest, yet he couldn't help but want more.
He shouldn't but what if it was all a dream? What would he do when he inevitably woke up? Yet it felt so real.
"I don't deserve this, I- your highness could do better than this lowly one"
He didn't dare look up, then he felt himself being lifted and placed in the soft mattress, strong arms still hugging him, this was very much like cuddling.
No, it was definitely cuddling.
"I don't think there is better than my husband, and even if there was I wouldn't want anyone else"
Another kiss was placed on his head, then in his hands.
"Let's rest for now, later I'll take you see the city, you'll love it"
And he believed him, he would love it, even if he feared waking up the moment he closed his eyes he decided it was worth it, smiling softly he got closer to his beloved and slept.
He was still in the same room when he woke up.
His highness was waiting for him with several clothes in his hands.
"San Lang come here see which one you prefer!"
San Lang? Who? Was there someone else in the room? He didn't even realize. When had they come?
"Oh Wu Ming dear I forgot, San Lang is the name you go by now, well you also go by Hua Cheng but you prefer San Lang"
He would have chosen that name, he was the third of his family but it also was a way of calling a beloved.
Was he that shameless in the future? He felt a bit wronged.
Yet he ignored all this and went to his highness side, who was showing him several outfits that fitted him, most were red but some were also black or even white.
He ended up falling back on his usual black robes, just with a bit of some red patterns on it, it looked so expensive he questioned his future self choices.
Then he looked at his highness taking out some bags from a drawer, he definitely looked confused enough for his highness to take pity on him and explain.
Wait, where was his veil!?
"Dear, you left your veil in bed, is okay darling come here I'm applying some make up, you can try some yourself if you wish, not that you need any, San Lang looks good in any form"
He froze, he was indeed without his veil yet his highness had kissed him at least four times, as if used to it.
Which made sense because they were married but-
"His highness looks good with or without makeup too"
A small laugh was heard, it sounded so beautiful, so carefree.
He wanted to know how much did it take them to get to this, how much did he work for this, he hoped it was a lot.
"Oh dear I know, but I felt like using some today, while I don't usually do this I wanted to look extra good today for our date"
Date!?
When? What? And then he remembered, they were going to see the city, it was a date, with his highness.
He felt like he was ascending.
Not that he wanted, heaven was filled with assholes, everyone except his highness of course.
"Dear, you don't need to be so formal, you know? We've been married for a hundred years at least, maybe try calling me something else?"
He was definitely dead and this was the afterlife, then he remembered he was indeed dead and that the afterlife some believed in didn't exist and only the circle of reincarnation was real.
He frowned and tried to think what to call his highness.
Beloved whispered a traitorous voice in his head, gege said another one, less traitorous in some way.
"Gege"
This time his highness, gege, laughed out loud, and he would kill to keep hearing such angelic sound again.
"Let's go beloved, unless you want me to do your makeup?"
And how could he say no to having his beloved's hands on him? He blushed, he was definitely blushing because he saw a smug smile in his highness face.
His highness hands while holding his face in place were soft and the brushes tickled against his skin, yet he felt himself relax in this lovely moment, he couldn't even feel shame anymore he just felt complete.
It was such a sudden change yet he felt so happy knowing he ended up with his highness, he would have been happy as long as his highness was, this was more than he had dared ask for.
"Done! My beloved looks so pretty! Now our makeup matches!"
And he was right they matched and it made his insides squirm and he felt greedy.
His hand was taken by his highness's ones and directed outside, he couldn't even pay attention to their home.
Once outside he realized, almost everyone was a ghost here, he shifted uncomfortably and got closer to his highness, still unsure, which was silly after having cuddled with him moments ago.
Then people started sending them odd looks, his highness seemed unbothered but he couldn't help but he couldn't help but frown.
After some time he just got closer to his highness and rested his head on his highness back, he didn't like how they kept looking at his highness.
Then something happened
"CHÉNGZHǓ GRAND UNCLE! WAN' TRY 'OME GOOD THIGHS? GOT 'EM JUST NOW REAL FRESH!"
More ghost seemed to join the mess once they realized that it was indeed their Chéngzhǔ.
"SHUT UP IDIOT DON'T YA SEE CHÉNGZHÛ DON'T WANT YOUR OLD THIGHS? HE ALREADY HAS GRAND UNCLES!"
In no time a fight broke out on the street making his beloved sigh fondly, then he was kissed and he stopped caring.
But his highness's on the other hand.
"Everyone! Please don't fight! We are just taking a stroll, no need to fight!"
Everyone immediately shut their mouths and looked at their Chéngzhǔ who had been really quiet.
Feeling the power he had in these people he slowly glared at them and took his highness's hand.
"Gege, should I do something about them?"
He felt a small satisfaction seeing how everyone froze in fear, his beloved though seemed to find this amusing and simply shook his head.
"San Lang doesn't need to punish them for doing their job, after all they have always been nice to me"
He nodded and pretended to be mad but with his beloved in front of him how could he? So he smiled and followed his beloved somewhere, he didn't care where.
As long as they were together.
When they returned home he saw someone with a mask waiting for them.
"Yin Yu! You didn't wait for long did you?"
'Yin Yu' simply laughed softly.
"Nothing of the sort your highness, and I have to remind you that this is my job, in which I'm getting paid"
After some seconds of consideration he added.
"Mostly thanks to you"
Then he pulled out some papers he passed to his highness, then looked at him directly and bowed.
"One last thing before I go back to complete what's left, your highness two guests have arrived to visit, they're waiting for you with some tea"
They seemed like good friends, he could see how Yin Yu talked to his highness, there was fondness in his tone and there seemed to be some kind of understanding between them.
He felt a bit jealous.
"You're lovely Yin Yu, many thanks, I'll take care of these when everything goes back to normal, for now I'll go meet the guests!"
Nodding Yin Yu slipped into the shadows and disappeared, surprised he blinked, then stopped caring and centered all his attention on his highness again.
"Does gege know who these guest's are?"
That seemed like the wrong question, his highness was a bit uncomfortable but he still answered.
"Yes, they visit quite often, I visit them too, is just, please don't be too surprised about who they are"
Once the door was opened he understood what his highness meant.
This traitorous scum .
"Xie Lian! We heard there were some extra changes in your husband's curse"
"As If he didn't know that already"
"Well If you weren't afraid of admitting you were so worried this morning maybe we wouldn't be here now"
"I wasn't-"
"Oh shut up we all know how much you fussed -"
"I didn't!"
He felt like killing them right on the spot but then.
"Nice to see you both too, thank you for your concern but after asking Ling Wen in the morning we checked that is in fact a normal symptom so there is no need to worry"
When had his highness contacted this Ling Wen person? He felt a bit saddened of having had to share his beloved's attention yet happy his highness cared that much.
This really was gonna be the death of him.
"See, I told you there was no need to worry"
"Oh shut your mouth"
"Make me"
Then he saw the most unbelievable scene, the two idiots close to his highness that always fought kissed .
More than a kiss it was like smashing their faces but close enough.
He was so shocked he didn't even pay attention to what came next, which was Mu Qing throwing a punch after having been kissed and Fen Xing laughing.
He stayed silent most of the meeting, only answering his highness and refusing to look at the two ugly scum that somehow ended up together.
It was fitting but, he felt really uncomfortable, those two had more sexual tension than he had realized and he wanted to get away, it made him want to puke.
He was so glad when they left.
"Did my husband have fun?"
Oh there it was, what made him forget all this horrible situation where he couldn't even punch those who had hurt his highness.
"With gege I always have fun"
Then calmly his beloved said the cruelest thing he could say.
"So, should I invite them again later?"
He pouted, how could his beloved have such a cold heart!
"Gege…"
Laughing they went to their room, he had never slept so well, without worrying if it was all a dream.
Maybe it was but he found out he couldn't care less, if it turned out to be one he just had to give his all to make it reality.
For his highness he would do anything.
Happily he hugged his husband, he hoped to remember more tomorrow.
And as lucky as he was, his wish was fulfilled.