Nathaniel and the Emperor's Secret Chapter 9

Emperor Alexander Qian threw the scripture casually, but it happened to hit the long-necked glass water bottle on the table. The water bottle overturned with a snap, and the water quickly soaked the pages of the book, blurring the handwriting.

When Ding Zhaoyi saw this, she was so panicked that she wanted to stand up again: "Empress! This..."

The queen reached out and took the scripture, then put it aside and said calmly, "It's ruined, so what? Sister, don't panic. It's not worth anything."

Ding Zhaorong was still too timid to speak, but Emperor Alexander Qian turned to her again, as if his mood was not affected at all, and asked with great interest: "What did my beloved Concub!ne eat today?"

Ding Zhaoyi looked at the queen cautiously, and then counted on her fingers, crystal buns, shrimp dumplings, glutinous rice balls, etc., and commented on the chef's skills, patterns, and tastes one by one. She kept talking for a long time, and the queen's face became more and more ugly. Emperor Alexander Qian, however, seemed to be unaware of it, hugging his Concub!ne and flirting in the queen's Buddhist temple, and he became happier and happier.

He just doesn't like this queen, they are just a pair of resentful couple.

Actually, the queen was nothing special. She was virtuous and tolerant, and she never criticized the Concub!nes in the harem or made irresponsible remarks. Even Nathaniel Shangguan was sent to Emperor Alexander Qian's bed by her.

But Emperor Alexander Qian just didn't like her. The more Nathaniel Shangguan tried to protect her, the more Emperor Alexander Qian hated her.

Ding Zhaorong was happy to say this, and she said coquettishly with a shy face: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, why don't we..."

Emperor Alexander Qian suddenly came back to his senses, stood up suddenly, and said coldly: "The Queen should go and rest."

The queen stood up and bowed without saying a word. Although her face was ugly, of course no one would pay attention to her. Emperor Alexander Qian was about to leave with Ding Zhaorong, when suddenly a hand stretched out from his side, holding a gold-painted disk with two cups of West Lake Longjing tea on it.

Emperor Alexander Qian glanced around and saw a guard with his head down, so he asked impatiently, "What are you doing?"

The guard raised his eyes and smiled, and replied politely and even gently: "---I am here on behalf of the Queen to serve tea and see you off!"

Emperor Alexander Qian suddenly stopped where he was.

The man dressed as a guard was none other than Nathaniel Shangguan, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a month.

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Ding Zhaoyi looked at Emperor Alexander Qian blankly, then turned to look at Nathaniel Shangguan. This guard was very handsome, that was her first impression; this man was only in his teens, and his eyebrows and eyes were beautiful, not to mention that there was a different meaning between his eyebrows and eyes, it was hard to describe what it felt like, as if he was a little cold, a little solemn, and there was also a kind of hostility revealed by his overly gorgeous facial features.

He was different from everyone she had ever met in the harem. She couldn't tell where the difference was, but it was different. Everyone in the palace was docile and respectful, but this man was violent, sharp, arrogant, and sharp as a needle.

Emperor Alexander Qian suddenly took a half step back and asked in a low voice: "Serve tea to see off the guests? ... Who are you serving? Who is the guest?"

If Nathaniel Shangguan dared to say "You are the guest I am sending away" at this time, Emperor Alexander Qian could not guarantee that he would not do anything excessive.

Nathaniel Shangguan laughed, and his eyes were bright and clear: "That's right. The whole world belongs to the emperor, and the emperor is of course the master. Well, since I can't see the emperor off, I'll drink the farewell tea myself."

He picked up the cup and took a sip when Emperor Alexander Qian snatched the cup away and drank the rest of the tea in one gulp from the place where he had just touched his lips.

With a bang, Emperor Alexander Qian threw the priceless jade cup to the ground, and then he grabbed Nathaniel Shangguan's arm and dragged him to the queen. He pointed at her nose and asked, "You are a queen, but you have to rely on him to vent your anger on trivial matters? If that's the case, you don't need to occupy this position! Let him be the queen!"

In fact, the queen did not expect Nathaniel Shangguan to disguise himself as a guard and guard outside the palace, but she still knelt down without saying a word.

"Kneel, kneel, kneel! All you do is kneel! What else can you do besides kneeling? You are a complete waste!"

Before Emperor Alexander Qian finished speaking, Nathaniel Shangguan suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Ding Zhaoyi hid behind the golden carved red lacquer pillar in panic and could not help but glance at Nathaniel Shangguan. Although the young man was kneeling and begging the emperor to calm down, she didn't know why she always felt that the young man was actually smiling, a mocking, contemptuous, and cruel smile.

Emperor Alexander Qian reached out and pressed his chin: "What are you asking me for?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down," Nathaniel Shangguan said. "You are a great emperor. Do you have to scold the queen to vent your anger over trivial matters? In this case, the queen doesn't need to waste your time. I am really sorry for delaying your Concub!ne Ding Zhaoyi's visit to the emperor."

These words were said in an extremely gentle manner, one could even describe her as a good woman.

Ding Zhaoyi's mind buzzed. No one dared to speak to the emperor like this, unless they wanted to go to the Meridian Gate and be implicated.

Emperor Alexander Qian's expression was indeed distorted. At that moment, everyone had an illusion that he was about to move the fingers that were on Nathaniel Shangguan's chin to his neck and strangle him fiercely.

"Nathaniel Shangguan," Alexander Qian Li Ji forced out a few words from his teeth, "---You thought the Spring Examination would begin tomorrow, and you have already stepped out of the gate of the capital, right?"

"I dare not."

"I can immediately disqualify you from taking the exam, do you believe it?"

Nathaniel Shangguan said, "How can I not believe it?"

Emperor Alexander Qian stared at him motionlessly for a long while, his eyes were gloomy, just like the gaze of a wild animal staring at its prey before hunting. Nathaniel Shangguan knelt obediently, letting his chin be pinched tightly, his long eyelashes drooping, as if he had no feeling of being torn to pieces.

Emperor Alexander Qian half-knelt down, lifted his chin, and pulled his entire upper body towards him with such force that he almost fell into his arms.

"Nathaniel Shangguan," he asked, "are you threatening me?"

Nathaniel Shangguan laughed and said, "How dare I?"

"So what are you doing?"

"I know I was wrong."

"You know what's wrong?"

"I've said it before," Nathaniel Shangguan said slowly with a gentle smile: "---I saw that the harem was in chaos, so I couldn't help but teach Ding Zhaoyi on behalf of the emperor and the empress who was the master of the harem and the mother of the world. Who knew that I delayed the emperor's favor to Ding Zhaoyi, which was really a sin."

To put it bluntly, this person is petty and vindictive. Once he is provoked by a trivial matter, he will never forget to get back at her. There may be many Concub!nes who have openly or secretly protested against the queen over the years, and there may be more people who are stupid and naive than Ding Zhaoyi. Unfortunately, Ding Zhaoyi's innocent and ignorant show-off happened to catch Nathaniel Shangguan's attention.

Emperor Alexander Qian was not angry but laughed: "Good, good! My dear minister, you have worked so hard, how can I not reward you?"

Emperor Alexander Qian suddenly pulled Nathaniel Shangguan up, grabbed his arm with a big hand like an iron clamp, and dragged Nathaniel Shangguan to the door of the hall without caring whether he followed or not. Ding Zhaoyi stood there at a loss, and suddenly heard a bang of a chair behind her. She turned around and saw that it was the queen who stood up and fell weakly into the huge, luxurious jade chair.

Ding Zhaoyi trembled and said, "Queen... His Majesty..."

The queen said sternly, "What are you standing there for?"

Her voice had completely lost its usual calmness and dignity, and even gave people the illusion of being hideous.

Ding Zhaoyi's legs went weak and she crawled out of the hall, desperately chasing after him.

Many beautiful women

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The bright yellow procession stopped in front of the Chunman Palace where Ding Zhaoyi lived. The chief eunuch was unsure where the emperor would move his carriage, but he had said before that Ding Zhaoyi would sleep with him tonight, and the emperor did not specifically correct it, so they drove the carriage to Ding Zhaoyi's place.

Emperor Alexander Qian was so furious that he didn't pay any attention. He stepped out of the carriage, reached out and picked up Nathaniel Shangguan, and dragged him alive into the inner room of the palace.

Ding Zhaoyi hurried forward, but Emperor Alexander Qian dragged his people into the inner room and slammed the door in front of her. The loud bang almost hit her nose.

Ding Zhaoyi knelt weakly outside the door: "Your Majesty, open the door!"

Emperor Alexander Qian turned a deaf ear to him. He lifted Nathaniel Shangguan up and threw him onto the large square bed with azure curtains. With a clang, Nathaniel Shangguan fell to the ground without a sound.

"Aren't you going to teach Ding Zhaoyi who is the master of this harem?" Emperor Alexander Qian whispered in his ear: "---I will help you teach her."

Nathaniel Shangguan suddenly turned over and tried to get up, but Alexander Qian grabbed his neck with one hand and ripped open his clothes with the other. His old white underwear was crumpled into a mess, revealing a large area of   his chest skin, with the boy's thin and S3xy muscles, soft as jade, and touching his hands was intoxicating.

Nathaniel Shangguan slapped Alexander Qian's chest without a word. The martial arts boy had great strength, but Alexander Qian didn't even move, and slapped him back hard.

Nathaniel Shangguan fell headfirst into the soft goose down pillow without even a groan, Alexander Qian's hands kneading his lower back wantonly, moving all the way down with obvious intentions of violation.

"emperor!"

Emperor Alexander Qian twisted his lower back hard: "What?"

"let me go!"

Emperor Alexander Qian turned him over, grasped the boy's narrow waist with one hand, and rubbed his beautiful neck with the other hand, leaving blue and red marks. The violent pleasure in his memory emerged in his mind bit by bit, and the hunger he hadn't felt for a long time made this young and strong emperor as impatient as an impatient young man.

Emperor Alexander Qian bit Nathaniel Shangguan's ear and said hoarsely: "Dream on."

Nathaniel Shangguan tried his best to avoid the man biting his back: "...The Spring Examination will start tomorrow! Let me go! Let me go! Get out! Get out! Get out!..."

The voice was trembling and hoarse with fear. The boy's voice had not yet completely changed. It was sharp, fearful, and carried a bloody sound from his throat. To the ears of an already completely excited man, it made people want to... destroy him.

Emperor Alexander Qian roughly ripped Nathaniel Shangguan's belt with one hand, grabbed his wrists with the other hand, and tied them to the head of the bed. Nathaniel Shangguan struggled desperately, and even kicked Emperor Alexander Qian. His voice was hoarse and out of tune, and the original tone of irony could not be heard at all: "---Don't be lustful to me in a place like this, Li Ji, you idiot! You B@st@ard! I must kill you! Just wait for me!..."

"When you can kill me," Emperor Alexander Qian K!ssed his brow, "I will definitely let you kill me."

What is this place? It is the palace of the Concub!nes of Emperor Alexander Qian Li Ji, the bedroom, and the big bed where he used to favor other Concub!nes.

The deep sense of humiliation made Nathaniel Shangguan tremble all over, and he could hardly stop. He fell naked into the hands of the man and was violated at will. The B@st@ard was so strong and unstoppable that no one could save him from this bottomless darkness and oppression.

No one, because no one dared to resist the emperor of this world.

It was a strange thing. This man had the final say in the court. He could comfort the people while playing politics, and he knew how to rest and recuperate while conquering all over the country. Although he was cruel and ruthless, in the mouths of most ministers, their emperor was resolute, brave, and courageous.

Such a rare wise ruler, such a powerful and perfect emperor, was praised by everyone, and history books exaggerated his achievements and empire, and the whole world admired and worshiped him. However, behind the scenes, he could use such cold and despicable means to seize and torture a young child who had no ability to resist at all.

Nathaniel Shangguan even felt that Emperor Alexander Qian had vented all his gloom and cruelty on him. He felt very painful, but he couldn't scream. Boys in their puberty shouldn't speak loudly and tear their throats. He felt the bloody taste in his throat, dry and painful.

How nice it would be if there was cool water...

But that was impossible, just like Emperor Alexander Qian Li Ji would never lighten his heavy hand once he got excited, when he felt his blood boiling and couldn't wait, he would never let Nathaniel Shangguan go, even if it meant letting him drink a glass of water to relax a little.

Ding Zhaoyi knelt motionlessly outside the door. The palace maids around Emperor Alexander Qian were standing in the hall far away. Although they all knew what had happened, they all seemed to be used to it.

Ding Zhaoyi knelt closest to the door, and heard every word of the groans and screams from the door. At first, it was just Emperor Alexander Qian's heavy breathing and fierce voice, and then the screams and groans, which lasted for a long, long time, so long that she thought that the young man might have been tortured to death.

It was late at night and the dew was heavy. No one came forward to ask her to get up, so she could only kneel and support her throat with one breath.

The screams in the inner room gradually became intermittent, with some blushing moans in between, but later turned into hoarse pleas for mercy that sounded like they were rubbed on sandpaper. The pleas for mercy were already not very clear, and amidst all the obscene sounds, they were like the pleading of a young animal caught in a trap, and were almost negligible.

That night, the sounds of various tossing and turning never ceased. The boy's pleading voice was soft and delicate, reminiscent of a kitten being toyed with in someone's palm, full of terror and fear, making people want to rub it hard in their arms and twist it as they please, making it belong to them completely and let them do whatever they want.

Ding Zhaoyi had never seen Emperor Alexander Qian treat her like this, and there was no precedent for the harem being treated like this by the emperor. The Concub!nes all lived a plain life without any major waves, and it seemed that no one wanted to challenge the status of the queen.

It turns out that such torture and violation were not hatred and disgust, but were actually the emperor's ultimate love in his heart.

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Ding Zhaoyi could not remember how she passed that night. By the early morning even her intermittent moans and sobs had become completely hoarse and disappeared. She seemed to have slept on her knees on the ground for a while until she was awakened by Zhang Kuo's shrill voice.

It was already dawn, and Zhang Kuo knelt on the ground and knocked on the door: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The Queen kneeled outside the Zhengtai Palace door and requested Your Majesty to come to the court early, following the ancestral teachings!"

Queen?

The cowardly and incompetent queen who could only endure being bullied and had almost been banished to the cold palace?

Zhang Kuo knocked on the door but failed, so he kowtowed heavily on the ground: "Your Majesty! If the ministers in the morning court see the Queen's actions, the country will be ruined!"

Ding Zhaoyi froze in her place, looked at Zhang Kuo and said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid of the criticism left by others. At least leave a way out for the young noble lady!"

Emperor Alexander Qian was not afraid of what his ministers would say about him. When he came to power, the first thing he did was to purge the old scholars in the court. But even if he was not afraid, he had to consider Nathaniel Shangguan. If this matter got out, this young man would be a demon who brought disaster to the country and the people and seduced people.

This happened in the previous dynasty. The late emperor doted on Concub!ne Wang, the mother of Prince Dongyang, and even did not attend the morning court for half a month. That was really a beautiful woman smiling like a flower. From then on, the emperor stopped attending the morning court until the ministers in the court jointly submitted a memorial requesting "clearing the emperor's side". The late emperor was furious and immediately made Concub!ne Wang the queen as a deterrent. The storm was over, but Prince Dongyang was also greatly affected. The original matter of being canonized as the crown prince had to be postponed. This delay made him miss the throne.

There was silence for a long time, and no one knew what the emperor was thinking. When Ding Zhaoyi thought that the emperor had not woken up at all, the door was pushed open with a creak.

Zhang Kuo knocked his head down, and Ding Zhaoyi was already stunned, looking up stiffly.

In the dim light, Emperor Alexander Qian strode out wearing a black and gold robe, holding Nathaniel Shangguan, who was already completely unconscious, in his arms and wrapping him in a messy snow-white silk. Only the profile of the young man could be seen pressed in Emperor Alexander Qian's arms, as pale as snow.

Ding Zhaoyi stared blankly at Emperor Alexander Qian walking over. At a glance, she saw the half of Nathaniel Shangguan's arm that had fallen down. The thin fingertips were drooping weakly, without any blood color, so thin that it made people palpitate. It was as if it was held in the palm of the hand and would break with a slight squeeze.

Zhang Kuo hurriedly stood up and followed. Emperor Alexander Qian asked without turning his head as he walked, "What is the queen doing?"

"In reply to the emperor, the queen is kneeling outside the council hall with her head held high, saying that she will not get up until she sees the young noble."

"What ancestral teachings?"

"A ruler's duty is to breed heirs and not to be obsessed with beauty."

Emperor Alexander Qian sneered: "What a virtuous queen!"

Zhang Kuo hurriedly whispered, "Your Majesty, think about it. The ministers attending the morning court are already on their way. The Spring Examination... The Spring Examination will begin when the cock crows three times..."

Emperor Alexander Qian suddenly paused, turned around and asked: "Is he still going to the Spring Examination?"

Zhang Kuo knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, failing the exam is better than not passing it at all."

Emperor Alexander Qian lowered his head to look at Nathaniel Shangguan in his arms. The child's face was pale as porcelain with a hint of blue, and his eyelashes were trembling slightly, but he couldn't open them. He seemed to be still having a nightmare, and his expression showed extreme fear, as if he was being hunted and had nowhere to escape.

Alexander Qian's heart suddenly softened. He lowered his head and K!ssed Nathaniel Shangguan's forehead, which was sweaty and cold, and looked unpopular.

What am I afraid of, he thought. He always watched me carefully and vigilantly, just like a young animal watching the giant in front of it with fear, and from time to time he stretched out his claws to try to scratch and tease me, which was actually harmless, but it seemed that this made him vent his anger.

But every time I reacted a little, this person would immediately run around like crazy, and even hurt himself in a panic.

In fact, if anyone else was so favored, they would have been arrogant and domineering. But this little thing was huddled in a small corner, feeling uneasy and worried, wishing you would ignore him forever and not pay attention to him.

Emperor Alexander Qian held him a little harder, Nathaniel Shangguan frowned, struggled unconsciously, and then huddled up tightly as if he was frozen. Emperor Alexander Qian felt that he had a slight fever, and intuitively he should never go to the Spring Examination again.

But if we don't let him go, what will happen when he wakes up?

It doesn't matter if he cries and makes a scene. I'm just worried that he can't think straight. In the past, he would get so angry that he would hit his head against the wall and then fall down in a daze. This time, he would hit himself to death.

The early morning light trickled in from the tall window lattices, faintly spreading across the thick dark carpet of Chun Man Palace. The chilly air of early spring mixed with moisture diffused from the heavy shadows of the pale blue palace in the distance, as if to freeze the whole person.

Emperor Alexander Qian stood in the dim shadows of the corridor outside the palace gate. He slowly knelt down and placed the person in his arms on the thick silver mouse cushion of the sedan chair.

Zhang Kuo asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty...?"

"Send him to the Queen," Emperor Alexander Qian said. "The Queen knows how to take care of him. She will find a way to secretly send him to the examination room."

"But Your Majesty---"

"If the Queen asks, just say I don't know."

Emperor Alexander Qian kept watching the sedan chair slowly leaving. Someone in front had already hurried to report and asked the queen to get up.

With the ancestral teachings on my head, I kneel down for a long time and cannot get up...

Emperor Alexander Qian smiled coldly.

Since you're already a bad guy, why are you pretending to be innocent?

Spring Examination Questions

The prince was restless in the East Palace, sighing and groaning, and walking around in a hurry. Seeing him like that, the Grand Palace Lady couldn't help but advise him: "If the prince doesn't rest, I'm afraid the emperor will use it as a topic of conversation."

The prince said with a sad face: "How can I sleep? Father said during the day that I have no ability, so it's better not to be the prince. Ah Zui, why do you say I am the prince? If I were just a rich and idle person, it would be great to take my mother and brother to the countryside to buy a big house and a few acres of land to live on..."

Ah Zui covered his mouth and said, "Prince, stop talking!"

The prince sighed and sat down dejectedly. After a while, he suddenly stood up and said, "Azui, please go to my mother's palace to find out what's going on! My father went to my mother's Jing'an Hall yesterday. I wonder if he will tell her about me?"