He knew the meaning of her words, though he didn’t understand why such a strange name was used, but understood it was inseparable from another soul within him. Despite receiving little tenderness, he was still touched.
Qin Yuhang held his wife sitting on Chu Yu’s lap, allowing the two to embrace closely. He hugged her from the side, burying his head in her chest, suckling a soft, bouncing fullness, his right arm reaching around from behind to caress the other side, left arm encircling her slender waist, helping her sway.
“Ah ah…”
Moans of men and women echoed in the bedroom, drifting out of Taoguang Hall, causing even the palace guards to blush.
“Say you love me,” Ye Hui gazed at his face, her mind flashing with her elder brother’s gentle smile.
“I love you, Empress,” Chu Yu’s blue eyes turned crimson, hands cupping her snow-white buttocks, loudly roaring.
“I love you too,” Ye Hui suddenly kissed his lips.
A unavoidable peak swept through both of them at climax, their minds crackling like burning wood in a winter fire, bursting into vast expanses of white light.
“Wife, I’ll stay at Third Senior Brother’s Shaoyang Palace tonight. Taoguang Hall is yours.”
Qin Yuhang dressed and walked towards the main hall’s entrance. Turning back at the door, he felt the newlyweds were at odds, believing the only solution was to leave them alone to discuss their feelings – a method his wife once called “warming up.”
Ye Hui sat facing him, looking into those eyes full of deep emotion, her heart softening. Kneeling, she buried her head in the man’s chest, kissed his lips, and softly said: “I don’t hate you. At that time, I thought my brother had died, that I’d never see him again. I was lost, not knowing what to do.”
“Is he truly your past life’s elder brother?”
The Empress remembering her past life seemed incredible to him.
“Not a real brother. He was picked up by my parents from outside. We didn’t have an incestuous relationship.”
Through a soul-leaving experience years ago, she learned they shared no blood relation, but having been siblings for over twenty years, each encounter still gave her an incestuous illusion.
Chu Yu smiled: “Even if they were real siblings, Western couples with sibling marriages are common and legal. No one would consider it wrong.”
“I said we’re not biological siblings,” Ye Hui was slightly annoyed. Westerners were Westerners, she was Eastern – how could they be the same?
Chu Yu loved seeing her irritation, believing it showed she now considered him close.
“Shall we rest in bed, wife?”
Calling her “wife” brought a sweet honey-like feeling, knowing she was always the high-ranking Empress, but now she was just his wife.
“Mm, carry me up.”
Chu Yu wrapped his hands under her, gently lifting her to the purple sandalwood bed, lying together, embracing her, facing her sideways, his blue eyes overflowing with infinite tenderness, gazing as if he could never see enough.
Child! Ye Hui gently touched her lower abdomen, realizing she was pregnant. She had been so busy preparing for the New Year over the past month that she had even forgotten when her last menstrual period was.
“I didn’t think it would happen so quickly.”
She whispered, recalling that it had been a few months since her first intimate encounter with her older brother. She had always hoped to bear a child for him but hadn’t been able to conceive until now, and the child had come so suddenly. Her gaze met a pair of blue eyes brimming with tears, and she saw his pale face, his hands hanging by his sides, fingers trembling slightly.
She reached out and held his hand, speaking softly: “It’s not your fault. I’m fine now.”
Her men all had their own careers. Worried that the tenth and eleventh would constantly hover around her and wear down her resolve, they had informed the Emperor and transferred the management of the imperial guards and palace experts to them.
Her older brother not only inherited Chu Yu’s body but also took over his business. In recent days, he had been managing most of the city’s shops and restaurants. In his previous life, he was a business expert and successful entrepreneur, and the businesses were thriving within two months of his management.
A month ago, she had proposed establishing the Yingtang Business Association to Huangfu Ze, with Chu Yu serving as the chamber of commerce president, which kept him even busier.
“Little… Empress, how are you feeling? Are you alright?” Her older brother grasped her delicate hand, his azure eyes as clear and gentle as water.
“Big… I’m fine, Chu Yu. Don’t worry, the child and I are well.”
“It’s my fault. I should have taken better care of my lady,” Mochi said, crying.
“How could I blame you?”
He was now the chief of the imperial household and had countless tasks to handle before the New Year.
In any case, she had been negligent.
Qin Yuhang saw his wife continuously holding Chu Yu’s hand, shook his head, and sighed: “Third junior brother, I entrust my wife to your care. Everyone, let’s leave.”
He had long noticed his wife’s special feelings for her third junior brother. Despite the heartache, he silently blessed her.
After everyone dispersed, Qin Yuhang took a bowl of medicine from a eunuch.
“Wife, drink this tonic for stabilizing the pregnancy. It’s good for you and the child.”
Ye Hui saw the disappointment in his eyes. Previously, she had been so devoted to him, but since her older brother arrived, she had become attached to him and neglected her husband.
“Feed me like you used to,” Ye Hui smiled, still holding her older brother’s hand, turning slightly and pulling him closer.
“What am I going to do with you?”
Qin Yuhang laughed, took a large sip of the medicine, and fed it to her mouth, making sure she finished it. He told her third junior brother to take good care of his wife and then retreated, leaving space for the two of them.
“Little Nan, it’s my fault for making you suffer so much while pregnant.”
Her older brother painfully held her in his arms. After experiencing countless years and finally finding her, he would surely follow her if he were to lose her.
★ 123 Extras – 1 Older Brother · Black Wolf · Chu Yu
My name is Chu Yu. My father came to this land from Daqin when he was young. Daqin was a distant western country where people had high noses and deep-set eyes, with eyes of various colors. Like my father, my eyes are blue.
My father was a declining nobleman from Daqin who later came with Persian merchants to trade in China, meeting my mother in Pingzhou and falling in love, eventually marrying.
I am my father’s only child. He named me Chu Yu, with Chu being my mother’s surname. He also gave me a Western name – Ares.
According to my father, Ares was the god of war in ancient Rome.
He hoped I would be as accomplished as the war god.
My father deeply missed his homeland, separated by countless mountains and thousands of miles, never returning in his lifetime.
His greatest wish before dying was for me to represent him and return to his homeland, to see the soil of his hometown.
At ten, I was taken as a disciple by Tianqi Daoren, learning martial arts and gaining self-defense skills.
I was no longer afraid and could lead caravans to any country in the world.
At eighteen, I began my first long journey, encountering various people and strange stories, but never meeting a girl who captured my heart.
I knew I was different. Like my father, my handsome appearance made many women admire me, but those women were not what I wanted.
Until a girl appeared in my life, occupying all my thoughts.
Our first meeting was at the Laojun Temple of Tianying Gate. I was attracted by her strange words, and afterward, I found things I had never encountered or seen before could be found in her.
