Translated by Eve
Edited by Wuxian
Seeing that matters were about to devolve into a fight between father and son, Sui Yuan immediately covered Situ Gui's hands with his own, "No. Emperor Father is not forcing me. I…am most willing."
"Then why have you been avoiding Emperor Father these days and…pulling me over to you to act as your s.h.i.+eld?" Situ Gui frowned slightly, evidently not believing him.
"Because…" Sui Yuan felt his head ache but still had no choice but to come up with a reasonable explanation, "You also know that the ones I've touched have always been beautiful women. To be touched by a man…cough…and to be the one on the bottom, there will inevitably a mental obstruction within me. I…need some time to adapt."
An enigmatic emotion pierced through Situ Gui's gloomy expression, "Emperor Father…he…has yet to lay his hands on you?"
Sui Yuan silently nodded—at least, he had not gotten to the last step.
"…When did this relations.h.i.+p between the two of you begin?" Situ Gui's expression became even more difficult to discern.
"…Since Emperor Father made that decree and reprimanded the wives," Sui Yuan responded honestly.
Situ Gui："……………………"
——Such a long period of time, no wonder Emperor Father has been very angry recently…suddenly, he felt a bit sympathetic and also felt like taking joy from his Emperor Father's misfortune. What was up with that?
#Worthy of being my good brother!#
#Hahaha, Emperor Father, even you will see such a day! You deserve it for always terrifying me!#
#For you to be only able to see but not eat your lover who is by your side for so long, I should truly light a candle for you!#
#To be able to endure for so long, what Emperor Father feels for my good brother must be true love!#
#Upon accepting this kind of setting, it seems to be pretty moving?#
#Integrity, are you still OK?!#
"…What are you thinking about? Your smile is rather…strange." Sui Yuan slightly narrowed his eyes. Looking at Situ Gui before him, he felt that the expression he was making really made him want to hit him.
Situ Gui coughed dryly before quickly raising his hand to wipe his face. After wiping off that expression that should not have been revealed, he said in a grave voice: "Stay in control. You must not let Emperor Father have his way! The people of the royal family are disloyal to their lovers and fickle of heart. I know better than you do. If you let him have his way, you'll be abandoned like a pair of worn out shoes and will not be cherished by him."
Sui Yuan: "……………………"
"Only, the next time Emperor Father announces that you need to enter the palace, you absolutely must not use me, your brother, as a s.h.i.+eld," Situ Gui, who had just been about to fall out with his Emperor Father for the sake of his brother, instantly changed his stance. He simply could not be anymore heartless, "I am genuinely afraid of Emperor Father directly sending me out to the frontier as a punishment in a fit of fiery jealousy!"
Sui Yuan: "……………………"
——What happened to being good brothers for the rest of our lives, ne?!
"Don't you think that…the relations.h.i.+p between Emperor Father and I is really inappropriate?" Sui Yuan also knew about ethics, and he couldn't really figure out why the people of this world would so unexpectedly accept this matter with no trouble. They had never criticized them.
It couldn't be that incest was really common within BL worlds? Or perhaps it was because the Emperor's power was paramount to all?
"At the very beginning, I felt that it was rather unacceptable," Situ Gui smiled gently, "Only, what was even more unacceptable was the thought of Father Emperor forcing you. Right now, since you are willing and have not been wronged, I can feel rea.s.sured. The rest is unimportant."
Sui Yuan stared at Situ Gui, feeling slightly moved. Although Situ Gui was a mere villainous cannon fodder in the plot, he held brotherly feelings towards Xu Tu, treating him with true sincerity.
"Of course, after thinking it over, I realized that if you and Emperor Father got together, it would simply be too great!" Situ Gui suddenly, smiling so hard that his teeth showed and his eyes disappeared, "There will no longer be any pillow talk from those terrible Imperial concubines from the harem. Nor would there be anymore annoying little brothers being born. If Emperor Father likes you, then, when the time comes to think about a successor, Emperor Father would at least be a little more partial towards me, ba?"
Sui Yuan："……………………"
——He looked handsome for all but three seconds.
Silently placing down the cup of wine in his hand, Sui Yuan pushed down Situ Gui, who had just been imagining his beautiful future, and beat him up with his fists. Situ Gui yelled 'ouch ouch' as he was trying to curry favour with Sui Yuan, while dodging left and right. In any case, they had gotten used to playing around like this since young. Right now, they were all alone in their own private room so they were not afraid of disgracing themselves.
Unfortunately, before Sui Yuan had the time to straighten out his state of mind, two knocks sounded against the door. Afterwards, without waiting for them to call out, it was rudely pushed open by the person outside.
Sui Yuan and Situ Gui, who were originally horsing around, immediately separated. Both of them looked towards the door. The scene of their slightly flushed faces, slightly panting breaths, and disarrayed clothes after their little 'exercise' made people link it to certain activities that were not suitable for children.
As such, it was only logical that when Situ Yu, who was at the door, saw this kind of scene, his complexion became uglier by the second. Although he could tell they were just joking around from the sound of their movements, however…it was still too intimate. Situ Gui was simply an irksome presence!
"So it turns out to be Fourth Brother," Situ Gui's tone was quite unhappy. The other had showed up uninvited wearing a harshly criticizing expression. It was truly more than he could bear. Moreover, for an outsider to see his undignified appearance just now—it was simply too disgraceful.
