The Imperial College's

Eps. 17: Almost Only!

The sound of women's cries echoed in the morning blind. The shout came from Liuli Palace, the palace of the Princess Xiyue aka the palace of Huang Yunxi. Then, the scream stopped as the screamer shut his own mouth. The servants on duty had not yet awakened, until the scream had only passed like the wind.

Huang Yunxi shifted her body position to the side. His heart was beating like a drum being pitched at a hammer. He had just opened his eyes, but the sight in front of him was a hundred percent shocking to him. Beside him, lay a burly man with closed eyes and a quiet breath. The man's face looked so peaceful.

The shout was only a form of reflex reaction from his shock. The moment he wanted to shout again, he instantly silenced his own mouth with a palm. Huang Yunxi was aware that her second shout would attract the attention of the servants and cause great trouble. It was fortunate that the man lying next to him was not affected at all.

“Why is he here?”

0The man lying next to him was Yuwen Yue, the annoying Wood Face. Huang Yunxi did not know why he and Yuwen Yue could end up here. Yesterday, after the gift from the Emperor, the banquet was continued with a talk show together. Some Royal Academy students are allowed to return home.

Huang Yunxi could not go home because of Huang Yunji, her younger brother who kept her in the palace in a yearning excuse.

The girl massaged her forehead, trying to remember what happened after Huang Yunji held her back.

The memories of yesterday's activities began to flash one by one. He recalled, back then Huang Yunji brought him in front of the Emperor and gave him a gift of a wooden box that was inexplicably filled. Huang Yunji then took him to sit beside the crown prince's special seat and drank tea together.

Not long after that, his head began to hurt. Huang Yunxi had no idea what had happened to her body. He was getting hot, but the weather was getting cold. Guangli Palace became like a desert. But it was only felt by him. Huang Yunxi did not talk to her sister because she did not want to spoil the atmosphere and make her sister worried.

Huang Yunxi recalled, after the pain in her head and the heat in her body got worse, someone came to her. The man asked permission to take her away. After that, he did not remember anything else. He himself did not know that he had been brought here, to Liuli Palace, his own palace.

“Didn't you just drink tea? Why is my head hurting and my body getting hot like burning?”

Huang Yunxi was having a dialogue with herself. True, he only drank tea, did not drink wine because in the real world, his parents strictly forbid and he also limited himself. Why is the effect so severe? It was impossible for someone to put something on the tea consumed by the Crown Prince. If there was, then that person's guts were huge.

After guessing what had happened, Huang Yunxi watched his entire outfit. An unconscious state like last night could have been used by someone to trap him and bring down his dignity. Moreover, beside him was Yuwen Yue, who was sleeping so soundly like she had been doing exhausting activities. He didn't know if there was anything going on between the two of them last night.

“Am I still a virgin?”

Wait, why is he so narrow-minded? His clothes were still complete, still the same as the clothes he had used when departing from the Royal Academy. Yuwen Yue's clothes were also still complete. If anything were to happen, there was no way the two of them would still be wearing those clothes. The bed they occupied was also still neat, even the blanket was still folded. The sign is, nothing happened yesterday.

“Huh, just surprise me. Goddamn, it's like this she's still fast asleep?”

Huang Yunxi got off the bed slowly. He then walked back to the dressing room, picked up his palace clothes and walked into the bathroom. After changing clothes, he walked out through the side door, taking a short walk to calm down. Or rather, escape.

The sun just came up. Wind blows. The atmosphere was calm in the morning. The new waiters will be working when the clock is expected to be six in the morning. If it counts, it might be half six in the morning. There was still time before the servants woke up and muddled the atmosphere.

He was sitting in a garden filled with beautiful flowers. Plums, peonies, chrysanthemums and other flowers have just bloomed. Money's bubbling. At the end of the leaves are still clinging to dew. Huang Yunxi closed her eyes, enjoying the cool sensation of a peaceful morning. Only then did he realize, the atmosphere in his palace was so comfortable and serene.

I don't know how long he closed his eyes. Huang Yunxi only regained consciousness when the sun had started to rise and the light was starting to warm up. He woke up because the voice of a female servant woke him up. Sanqi, the personal servant he left here stood with a questioning look.

“Daughter, why are you sleeping here?”

“I'm relaxing.”

“Stay? In a blind morning like this? Princess, why don't you come in? If you catch a cold, His Majesty and the Crown Prince will definitely be worried,” he said in a sad tone.

“No will.”

“No, you have to come in. Come on, I'll deliver!”

Huang Yunxi was petrified in his place. He doesn't want to leave. If you leave, everything will be broken. This servant of hers was chatty, she would definitely be stifled with many questions if she knew that a man of the status of Vice Adviser of the Royal Academy named Yuwen Yue was sleeping on her bed.

A man sleeping in a woman's room, moreover his status was so high and known to many, was also high in government and royal lineage, wouldn't it only cause trouble? There is no CCTV to prove that nothing happened. What is seen, then that is what will come true.

“Sanqi, I want to take a walk. I heard, the flowers in Mingyan's garden are blooming.”

“Walk? Mingyan Park? Isn't that the palace garden of His Majesty the Emperor?”

“True. Greetings to dad.”

Huang Yunxi did not give Sanqi a chance to ask. He pulled his servant's hand away from Liuli Palace which he thought was creepy if he remembered there was Yuwen Yue inside. Every gate, every guard, every garden and every palace he passed by was still desolate. The owner may still be in the dream.

After quite some time, the master-servant couple arrived in front of the gate of Mingyan Palace. The guards there lowered their heads in salute as soon as Huang Yunxi passed by. The large and majestic Mingyan Palace was still desolate as well. This is good too. Huang Yunxi would not have attracted much attention if the people had not woken up.

“If it wasn't for Yuwen Yue sleeping in my palace, where maybe I was displaced like this,” muttered Huang Yunxi.

“Daughter, did you say something?”

“Ah no. I just remembered that my mom used to love flowers so much.”

Actually, Huang Yunxi had been allergic to flowers since childhood. She sneezes every time she comes close to a flower. Coupled with her male-like appearance and behavior, the girl further distanced herself from the flowers. Let alone nurture, just look at him he's not feeling well. However, the conditions are different from in this world. Although he did not like flowers, but the character and body he played were not the same as his real body. Allergies do not occur until Huang Yunxi will not sneeze.

“Kakak!”

Huang Yunxi. At the entrance gate of Mingyan Palace, the figure of Huang Yunji appeared. The little man ran towards Huang Yunxi. He was just about to go to Liuli Palace, but the guard said that Princess Xiyue was in Mingyan Palace. So, Huang Yunji deflected the direction to Mingyan Palace.

“Yunji? Why are you here?”

“I miss sister.”

“Ckck... Little boy, don't like to lie.”.

“Hehehe. Actually, I want to apologize to you.”

“For what?”

“Tea we drink is not real tea. It was a tea mixed with the fermented herbs of wine. The big sister drinking is it.”

“You mean, you gave me a glass of wine indirectly?”

Huang Yunxi's originally bright gaze turned dark. The woman looked at her sister sharply and her face was very unfriendly. It's only fitting that last night his head immediately hurt and his body became hot. Tea is not true tea, but concocted wine. Huang Yunxi's body was anti-alcohol, it was no wonder that her reaction was like last night.

“That's why I want to apologize to you.”

“Why didn't you say from the beginning?”

“I also just found out from the waiter who delivered it.”

“Yunji, do you know what a raging lion looks like because it feels cheated?”

“Ka..Kakak, I really did not mean to deceive you.”

Huang Yunji walked back, away from this extremely unfriendly brother of his. Gawat, it looks like he has already made this wild lioness angry. It was still early in the morning, but he had already dared to offend a woman that even his real father could not control. Instead of being pounced to the end, he better run away while he can.

What a pity, Huang Yunxi already knew from the start. Without waiting for more sun to rise, the two brothers had already chased each other in the garden of Mingyan Palace. One was like a puppy that lost its mother, the other was like a wild horse that went berserk when its land was seized by another. The maternal siblings continued to run around the garden of Mingyan Palace without regard for the servants and officers who saw and talked about their actions.

“Huang Yunji, come here! I broke your leg and I flicked your head!”

“No. Brother, you turned out to be more savage than a lion!”

“I am a wild horse! Huang Yunji, stop you!”

“Sister, if you keep chasing me, I can fall. If I fall, I'll get hurt. If I get hurt, I can't work. If I don't work, my father will be angry. If you're angry, I can't be crown prince anymore. If I don't become the crown prince, I'll be an ordinary prince. If I were an ordinary prince, I would trouble the country!”

“Cash! Huang Yunji, stop you! Because of you, I almost lost my dignity and my life!”

“No! Ayahanda, help! Brother wants to molest his own sister!”

Huang Yunji ran towards the main door of Mingyan Palace. He was about to ask for protection from Emperor Huang Yun Yi. Darling, his foot was knocked down by the stairs until he fell on his face, right in front of the gate. Huang Yunji was about to wake up, but suddenly his body was hit by another body. Apparently, Huang Yunxi was impatient and in such a hurry that she could not stop her running and ended up falling as well.

Right then and there, the door of Mingyan Palace opened wide. The figure of Emperor Huang Yun Yi stood in a distinctive court dress and his robe was long. The middle-aged man frowned while staring at the two human beings who were lying face down on the floor of his palace.

“Yunxi? Yunji?”

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