SGT CH64: Sisi, Are You Willing to Be My Empress?

◎”But this way, you’ll be very dry and won’t be able to get in.”◎

Mousse noticed that the Tianjia Emperor had been acting particularly strange lately.

This was mainly demonstrated by him arranging attendants and painting teachers for him… the number of females visible in the palace was increasing.

He even indirectly asked if he wanted to invite his male friends to the palace to keep him company.

Besides that, he always looked at him with an expression that was hesitant, full of heartache, pity, and self-blame.

And he seemed to be busy with something important, leaving early and returning late every day.

When he came to his bedchamber late at night, it was just for pure sleep. He wouldn’t ask for him, and even physical contact had decreased.

Mousse calculated the time; the Tianjia Emperor hadn’t asked for him for a full six days.

Although he had initially told the Tianjia Emperor once a week, which was the standard frequency to meet the needs of a pregnant female, the Tianjia Emperor had never followed this standard. Whenever he stayed by his side for more than three minutes, he would start hugging and kissing him.

Now, he hadn’t asked for him for six days. This was too abnormal.

Thinking about the self-reproachful look in the Tianjia Emperor’s eyes these past few days, his exceptional busyness, and the changes in the palace attendants, Mousse had a guess.

The Tianjia Emperor was getting a new male.

Perhaps an empress consort, or perhaps an empress.

But that had nothing to do with him.

Once the Tianjia Emperor had a new male, he wouldn’t torment him so much anymore.

He wouldn’t always be insatiably demanding his pheromones.

Mousse sat by the newly built open-air bath, tossing plucked flower petals into the water.

The reflection of the splendid evening clouds and the petals floating on the water’s surface complemented each other, creating a vibrant painting.

Was it an empress consort or an empress?

One petal, empress consort; two petals, empress… the last petal, empress.

“…”

Mousse threw down the bare flower stem and picked up another flower.

Footsteps sounded from behind him.

“It’s getting dark, Sisi. Why are you still in the garden? Be careful not to catch a cold.”

The Tianjia Emperor’s deep voice sounded above his head.

Mousse didn’t look up. Watching the Tianjia Emperor’s reflection in the water, he tossed the last petal down, which landed right on the reflection’s face, the ripples blurring the Tianjia Emperor’s features.

“I haven’t bathed yet,” Mousse said lightly.

The Tianjia Emperor had once instructed that he could only use the bath when he was present.

And lately, the Tianjia Emperor was always leaving early and returning late, looking very busy.

Therefore, although the open-air bath had been completed for some time, Mousse had not used it yet.

The Tianjia Emperor’s gaze was drawn to the Empress Consort’s bare feet dangling in the water.

The pearly toes stepped on the flower petals on the water’s surface, a light touch, barely grazing the water, getting them slightly wet.

The Tianjia Emperor’s breathing grew heavy, and he quickly looked away as if burned.

The attendants had silently withdrawn when the Tianjia Emperor arrived, leaving only the two of them in the large garden.

The Tianjia Emperor calmed his breathing, staring at the ripples spreading on the water’s surface, and said:

“Sisi, you bathe first. I… I’ll go get your clothes.”

After speaking, the Tianjia Emperor turned and left, his retreating figure looking somewhat flustered.

Mousse turned back, looking at the Tianjia Emperor’s hastily departing back with confusion in his eyes.

Just now, he had sensed the pheromones released by the Tianjia Emperor.

The pheromones in his own body were also triggered, releasing automatically.

Usually, at this time, the Tianjia Emperor would have already pinned him down.

But now, the Tianjia Emperor actually left?

Truly… strange.

Mousse retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and slowly undressed, walking into the water.

Since the Tianjia Emperor had allowed him to use the bath, there was no reason for him not to.

Mousse walked to the deepest part of the bath, leaned his body forward, and let his entire body sink into the warm water. The outside sounds became muffled, leaving only the sound of surging water.

His long, light-gold hair floated behind him like seaweed, spreading a warm halo of light.

Mousse’s gaze was attracted by a gleam at the bottom of the bath. He slowly sank, his fingertips touching a golden gemstone embedded in the bottom of the pool.

The next moment, a force came from his waist, the water surged, and he was suddenly pulled out of the water, crashing into a firm, strong body.

“Sisi, what are you doing? This is dangerous.”

The Tianjia Emperor frowned, his eyes still holding a lingering panic, his expression worried.

Mousse was restrained by the Tianjia Emperor’s strong and powerful arms, unable to break free. His toes couldn’t touch the bottom of the pool either, so he could only hang on the Tianjia Emperor’s body, like a merman unfortunately captured by a sailor.

“I was just trying to pick up a stone!”

Mousse raised his hand and pushed against the Tianjia Emperor’s chest, but couldn’t move him, feeling a bit angry.

The Tianjia Emperor half-squatted, protecting Mousse with one hand while reaching into the water with the other. His fingertips were covered with a layer of black armor, and he easily pried the gemstone from the bottom of the bath.

He stood up and opened his hand in front of Mousse, “Is it this one?”

It was.

Mousse looked away, “No.”

The Tianjia Emperor paused, then squatted down again, finding the largest gemstone.

“This one?”

Mousse glanced at it and continued, “No.”

The Tianjia Emperor continued to search patiently. This time he chose a specially shaped gemstone and slightly modified it in the water with his black-armored fingertips.

“Have you found it yet? You’re so slow.”

Mousse complained unreasonably, then went to pick at the Tianjia Emperor’s hand that was wrapped around his waist.

“If you can’t do it, let me find it myself.”

The Tianjia Emperor maintained his half-squatting position, raised his hand, and opened his palm. A heart-shaped pink gemstone appeared before Mousse’s eyes.

Mousse’s breath caught.

Of course, there was no such gemstone at the bottom of the pool; the Tianjia Emperor had cut it on the spot.

A perfectly good gemstone, once cut like this, immediately became tacky.

“Sisi, is it this one?” the Tianjia Emperor asked, looking up, his gaze focused and tolerant.

Mousse’s eyes flickered.

It looked a lot like a marriage proposal pose.

The Tianjia didn’t have a concept of proposing; Mousse had only seen similar rituals in movies made by other races.

“Well… maybe. It’s uniquely ugly.”

Mousse reached out and took the tacky, poorly cut, heart-shaped gemstone.

His fingers curled slightly, carefully protecting it in his hand.

A faint smile was in the Tianjia Emperor’s eyes. He stood up and escorted Mousse to the edge of the pool, letting him wash in the shallow water.

Mousse held the gemstone in one hand and scooped water over his shoulder with the other, turning his head to glance at the Tianjia Emperor beside him.

After taking him to the shallow area, the Tianjia Emperor had withdrawn the hand that was around his waist and looked away, no longer looking at him.

He was currently staring blankly at the pool water, where petals floated and gently swirled, as if it were something very interesting.

As if sensing his gaze, the Tianjia Emperor turned to look at him.

His gaze quickly moved away after touching his shoulder, darting around, not knowing where to look.

“Sisi, is… is something wrong?”

The Tianjia Emperor asked, still not daring to look at him.

Mousse was silent for a moment, then said, “Your Majesty changed your clothes.”

The Tianjia Emperor had originally been wearing his formal attire. After leaving and returning, he had changed into a more casual set of clothes.

Though called casual wear, it just lacked the epaulets and was still the usual stiff black clothing.

Every piece of the Tianjia Emperor’s clothing was of a similar style; you couldn’t tell he had changed clothes without looking closely.

But, the disappearance of the pheromones was very obvious.

“Yes… the previous set of clothes got dirty.”

The Tianjia Emperor was evasive, his gaze flickering.

His body had been empty for too long. Previously, whenever he had desires, the Empress Consort would fulfill them. Now that it had suddenly become quiet for a while, his body was not used to it.

After seeing the Empress Consort, the pheromones that leaked out had soiled his pants.

“Is that all?” Mousse asked softly.

Changing clothes was understandable, but the disappearance of the pheromones was strange.

Once the release of pheromones began, it couldn’t be stopped immediately and would usually last for some time.

Even after changing clothes, the pheromones wouldn’t completely disappear.

Stopping the release immediately only happened when there was drug intervention.

Mousse had been surrounded and served by a group of attendants these past few days and was already very familiar with this situation.

This was the effect after being injected with a pheromone inhibitor.

A female using a pheromone inhibitor in front of her own male.

Mousse suddenly felt the gemstone in his hand was a bit sharp.

He suddenly relaxed his fingers, letting the gemstone slip and sink to the bottom of the pool.

The Tianjia Emperor was about to answer when he heard the sound of the gemstone sinking. He reached out to pick it up and handed it to Mousse.

But Mousse wouldn’t take it.

Mousse moved away from the Tianjia Emperor, sinking his body into the water up to his chin, and said slowly:

“Your Majesty has been very busy recently.”

Seeing the Empress Consort move away, the Tianjia Emperor’s eyes dimmed a little. His fingertips twitched, wanting to reach out, but he restrained himself.

He had already hurt the Empress Consort many times; he couldn’t continue.

The Tianjia Emperor lowered his eyes and answered in a deep voice:

“I have indeed been very busy.”

The matter of the male nursery had far-reaching implications. The Tianjia Emperor had indeed been extremely busy lately.

He wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t investigated. Only after investigating did he discover that similar treatment methods were common practice at the male nursery.

And no Tianjia thought there was anything wrong with it.

Mousse was the only one who was insensitive to pheromones, but there were plenty of males with other symptoms.

For example, the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ male consort had a severe phobia of physical contact.

Because the administrators of the male nursery also couldn’t have too much physical contact with the males, this condition was only discovered after marriage.

When they received the inquiry from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the male nursery was very apologetic and even suggested that the Minister send the male back, and they would arrange a new male pairing for him.

At that time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs had already spent the physiological awakening with his male consort. Although the male consort completely rejected his touch after the awakening, it was impossible for him to send the male consort away.

So, the male nursery proposed a second plan: they would provide a customized treatment plan for the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ male for free, until he was cured.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs agreed, and he soon received the treatment plan from the male nursery.

The plan was long, but it could be summarized in one sentence:

Touch him, force yourself to touch him, touch him until he gets used to it.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs proceeded with the treatment according to the plan.

That night, the male went into shock from stress and was rushed to the hospital, barely being saved.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, who always had a strong psychological fortitude and a good balance between reason and emotion, rushed into the male nursery and beat the director who gave him the plan half to death.

Later, at the tribunal, the director claimed that there was nothing wrong with the treatment plan they provided, and that a strong reaction the first time was normal; it would be fine after a few more tries.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was unwilling to try again, so there was no strong evidence to refute this statement.

And considering that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had only beaten the director because his own male’s life was in danger, and that high-ranking Tianjia females have strong regenerative abilities and wouldn’t suffer permanent disability, the tribunal did not impose any punishment on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, only symbolically fining him for some medical fees.

The matter eventually came to nothing.

But the grudge between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the male nursery was set.

This time, when the Tianjia Emperor took action against the male nursery, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who worked closely with the media, contributed a lot in terms of public opinion and propaganda.

The Tianjia Emperor was recalling the events of the past few days when he suddenly heard the Empress Consort ask:

“In that case, when does Your Majesty plan to marry the Empress?”

“Wha-what?” The Tianjia Emperor couldn’t keep up with the jump in topic.

The only existence that could make the Tianjia Emperor inject himself with a pheromone inhibitor rather than touch any other male in the palace wouldn’t be just a male attendant, but a male consort.

The Tianjia Emperor’s empress.

“I don’t want to repeat myself,” Mousse said coldly. “Your Majesty’s hearing shouldn’t be that poor, right?”

The Tianjia Emperor had already reacted. He strode forward, leaned down, and took the Empress Consort’s hand, saying joyfully:

“Sisi, are you willing to be my empress?”

Mousse: “?”

This time it was Mousse’s turn to be confused.

Empress, male consort, these were the positions closest to a partner.

The day after he became empress consort, the Tianjia Emperor had mentioned holding a ceremony for him and crowning him as empress.

At that time, Mousse had just found out that the Tianjia Emperor was already more than a month pregnant and had refused.

Actually, when he saw the heart-shaped gemstone the Tianjia Emperor gave him, Mousse had wavered for a moment.

But now, he was clear-headed again.

“I am not willing.”

Mousse said, trying to pull his hand back.

Sensing the Empress Consort’s struggle, the Tianjia Emperor immediately let go as if pricked.

He said, somewhat at a loss, “Sisi, you just mentioned the empress, I thought you… were willing.”

Mousse was a little annoyed, “I was talking about the male you’re going to marry into the palace next!”

The Tianjia Emperor: “?”

“What male am I going to marry into the palace?” The Tianjia Emperor was bewildered.

Mousse knew there was no need for the Tianjia Emperor to lie to him.

So he wasn’t busy with that?

Mousse was confused, “Then why have you been leaving early and returning late, always looking at me with that kind of expression, and… not demanding pheromones from me? Today is already the seventh day.”

The Tianjia Emperor had been swamped with work these past few days and really hadn’t paid attention to the time.

“I was dealing with some matters at the male nursery. As for the pheromones… is Sisi willing to give them to me now?” the Tianjia Emperor asked carefully.

Mousse glanced at him in confusion, then nodded.

“As I said before, once a week.”

Although the Tianjia Emperor always broke the rules, he couldn’t.

“But… if you don’t release pheromones, I can’t actively release my own,” Mousse said.

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

The Tianjia Emperor hugged him, kissed his forehead, and said:

“My Sisi, just do whatever is comfortable for you. Don’t worry about those things.”

“But this way, you’ll be very dry,” Mousse said in a small voice.

The Tianjia Emperor: “Isn’t the pool full of water? It won’t make Sisi uncomfortable.”

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