HOLDING ONTO MY MAN - Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Translated by Elestrea

Edited by Evan

“Master, His Highness really loves you. You see, another person has just delivered something. I heard that this night-luminescent pearl, which is a tribute given by the Persian, is very precious.”

As soon as Gu Bai woke up, he heard the voice of a young man talking.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself reclining on a long couch, and several people who stood beside him looked just like eunuchs and palace maids.

This was a very luxurious building, and the surrounding furnishings were also very luxurious. It seemed that this mission world was set in ancient times.

“You all withdraw. I want to sleep for a while…”

Gu Bai remained calm and asked everyone to withdraw, and then closed his eyes to receive the plot.

This was a story about the rebirth of a male lead.

The protagonist of the story was called Xue Yunfeng, the Crown Prince of Qi Country.

Although he was the Crown Prince, his mother didn’t have any influence, and he was only appointed as the Crown Prince because he was spoiled by the emperor of Qi Country. And so his position as the Crown Prince was unstable, and there were many people eyeing on his position.

But since he was spoiled by the emperor from an early age and grew up treated as the proud son of heaven, Xue Yunfeng wasn’t subtle and was very playful. Had it not been for his mother’s strict regulations, he wouldn’t have wanted to be the Crown Prince at all. He just wanted to be flirtatious and happy for the rest of his life.

Therefore, he pretended to be a lovable and obedient child in front of the emperor and his mother, but acted improperly behind their backs. He loved beauties, and every single one he set his eyes upon, no matter man or woman, he had to get his hands on them.

Fortunately, Qi Country’s social customs weren’t strict. Homosexuality was allowed, so it was not too unusual for him to take a fancy to men. His imperial concubine mother taught him that as long as he accomplished all the tasks given by His Majesty well, he could do whatever he wanted.

And the original host, Rong Yi, was Xue Yunfeng’s favorite male pet.

The original host wasn’t a native of Qi Country; he was originally the little prince of Beizhao Country.

Beizhao Country was said to be a “country”, but in fact, it was similar to the Miaojiang tribe, which lived close to Qi Country and was located in the border area. The tribe’s environment was poor.

Because of this, at first, the people of Beizhao Country had no choice but to use their own people’s strong physiques to pressure people. They occasionally robbed the people of the Great Qi Dynasty by using their strange ability to use gu poison, stealing food.

But later, after tasting the sweet taste of success, some people in Beizhao Country began to want more and more. In the beginning, they were only grabbing some food, but soon it changed to the point where they were razing Qi Country’s border and killing for loot.

Such provocation naturally angered Great Qi’s emperor. In the end, no matter how fierce Beizhao people’s gu poison was, Beizhao was only a small tribal country, and so they were quickly defeated by Qi soldiers.

In order to protect the country from being destroyed, the king of Beizhao could only offer beauties and treasures in fear, seeking peace with Qi Country.

And as for the original host, he was as gorgeous as peaches and plums. Although he was a man, he had a more attractive appearance than a woman’s. Moreover, he was also the prince of Beizhao and had a noble status.

Therefore, when he heard that Qi Country accepted homosexuality, the king of Beizhao gave his son to Qi Country in order to show his sincerity.

With such a gorgeous appearance, on the first day of his arrival in Qi Country, the original host was desired by the beauty-loving Crown Prince Xue Yunfeng. He then begged the emperor of Qi to make the original host enter his eastern palace.

At first, Xue Yunfeng might just have been infatuated with the original host’s appearance, but before long, he really fell in love with the original host.

Not only did he wander around the beauty every day, but he also kept giving rare treasures to the original host in order to please him. He also did many preposterous things that were not in accordance with the rules just to get the beauty’s smile.

Furthermore, he didn’t hesitate to provoke the emperor and his imperial concubine mother by dismissing other concubines and beauties in his eastern palace, leaving and treasuring only the original host, a man who couldn’t have children.

This was truly the conduct of a person who was willing to sacrifice everything for his love.

However, these were all things of the past, as now Xue Yunfeng wanted to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the original host, and he hated him to the guts!

Since he was made Crown Prince from the moment of his birth and was spoiled by the emperor, Xue Yunfeng himself didn’t have the same sense of pressure and urgency as the other princes.

In addition, his mother’s family had no influence. When the emperor got old, his position as the Crown Prince was shaken. Xue Yunfeng, who wasn’t in his right mind, died tragically in the struggle for the throne after the emperor’s death.

However, although Xue Yunfeng died at that time, his soul didn’t go to the underworld to be reincarnated. Strangely, he turned into an invisible ghost.

So Xue Yunfeng naturally witnessed the bloody struggle for the throne that was still ongoing.

He also saw with his own eyes that his most beloved person, the original host, quickly threw himself into the arms of the final victor, enjoying the glory and wealth after his death, with almost no nostalgia for him. It fully explained to him what it meant to be cold and ruthless.

Xue Yunfeng thought it was unacceptable. He doted on the original host so much. He did so many ridiculous things just to please the original host and almost gave everything up.

But as soon as he died, what he got was the original host throwing himself into the arms of others and not even shedding a tear. Unexpectedly, he had no love for him and all his deep feelings were in vain!

The very strong resentment and unwillingness resulted in his rebirth.

After his rebirth, Xue Yunfeng began to turn over a new leaf. He no longer knew only to enjoy his life like in his previous life. He went against the canon fodders and killed all his enemies, enjoying himself all the way.

At the beginning, due to the bad timing of his rebirth, he had already done a lot of ridiculous things for the original host, which made the emperor angry and affected his status as the Crown Prince.

So Xue Yunfeng had to adopt the strategy of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. On the surface, he continued to dote on the original host to confuse other princes who wanted to seize his position, while he secretly arranged plans to ascend the throne and get revenge.

When everything went smoothly and the emperor of Qi died, he very quickly defeated a group of treacherous princes and ascended the throne.

After the successful counterattack, with the cannon fodders and enemies all gone, the original host, as the slag bottom and the cold and ruthless betrayer of the male lead, naturally ended no better.

How much Xue Yunfeng had loved him was how much he hated him at this moment. He personally cut one of his major arteries, releasing the unique poisonous blood of the Miaojiang royal family in order to save the one he loved after he was reborn.

In this rebirth story, the original host, as a cold and ruthless man, got his merciless retribution and died miserably.

When the original host died, Xue Yunfeng didn’t even feel a little bit of remorse, because such a ruthless person wasn’t worth his heart.

However, he would never know how much this cold and ruthless male pet had done for him after his death in the previous life.

At first, after his death, the original host did quickly fall into the arms of the final victor, but what Xue Yunfeng didn’t know was that the original host did it all to avenge him.

Although Beizhao Country was only a small tribe, as a prince of a country, the original host was once very respectable. He came to Qi Country as a tribute and was given as a “beauty”. In fact, the original host’s heart was extremely humiliated and frightened.

What he didn’t expect was that on the frightening journey of becoming the “tribute”, he unexpectedly met Xue Yunfeng. He was very touched by the care and love given by him for himself, a foreigner.

When Xue Yunfeng fell in love with the original host, the original host also fell in love with him. Even if they were both men, Xue Yunfeng’s affection made the original host’s heart soften. He admired Xue Yunfeng and was willing to fall in love with him.

Therefore, after the tragic death of Xue Yunfeng, there was only vengeance in the heart of the completely disheartened original host.

As a tribute from a foreign country, he didn’t have any capability for revenge, and the only weapon he could use was himself.

He used his appearance and his ability to control the Miaojiang gu poison to confuse the new emperor, making him ignore his ministers and even kill the good and loyal ones indiscriminately. In just three years, he destroyed the new emperor who had killed Xue Yunfeng and also destroyed Qi Country’s hundreds of years’ foundation.

Just like Daji in history, he was condemned by the whole population as the “yao man”, but he didn’t care at all.

He hated the new emperor who killed his beloved and the throne of Qi who made his beloved lose his life. He wanted to avenge his beloved prince!

When he was beheaded in front of the Meridian Gate by the rebels in the name of “killing the yao man”, he wasn’t sad at all. He was just happy to finally be able to meet his beloved in the Yellow Springs.

However, who knew what awaited him was not the encounter with his lover in the Yellow Springs, but an encounter with a reborn demon who was full of hatred.

Moreover, he didn’t expect that Xue Yunfeng was so cruel that he did the job of draining his blood bit by bit all by himself, making him die in agony and despair.

Before his death, Xue Yunfeng’s ruthless attitude towards him and his gentle indulgence to another “true love” deeply stung his heart.

All his love transformed into resentment. He didn’t get a chance to be reborn, but he found a mysterious master in exchange.

He wanted Xue Yunfeng to regret it. He was willing to never be able to reincarnate in exchange for Xue Yunfeng’s eternal regret!

After accepting the plot, Gu Bai rubbed his temples and had to sigh.

This kind of “love and kill each other” plot was full of dog blood and tear-jerking events, ah! This couple fully explained what it meant to “love someone enough to kill them”.

Compared with the last situation in which he was given no plot and had to depend on self-guessing and groping around, although there was a plot this time and the goal was also very clear, this mission wasn’t easy.

After his rebirth, Xue Yunfeng greatly changed his temperament and hated the original host very much. Now that Xue Yunfeng had a new love, how could he care about the love from this slag bottom and even regret his actions?

But since Gu Bai had taken over the task, he would certainly do his best!

After sorting out his thoughts, Gu Bai called people in to freshen up himself.

Xue Yunfeng would take the original host out of the palace to attend a banquet tonight. As Xue Yunfeng’s “favorite” male pet, he certainly had to dress up to attend.

No matter in the past life or in this life, Xue Yunfeng would bring the original host with him every time he attended any banquet. The purpose of his previous life was to take the original host out to play, spoil him, love him, and hold him in the palms of his hands.

In this life, the original host was only used as a shield and pawn for Xue Yunfeng to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger and to confuse other princes.

And because after Xue Yunfeng was reborn he already resented Rong Yi, he had never touched the original host so far. It saved Gu Bai trouble dealing with him.

“Master, you’re so beautiful! You’re the most beautiful person Yanu has ever seen. No wonder His Highness dotes on Master so much…”

After Gu Bai changed clothes, Yanu, the little eunuch next to the original host, admired and praised him with all his might. Other eunuchs and maids in the room also stared at the beautiful man in front of them with amazement in their eyes.

Gu Bai also took a glance at the bronze mirror on the opposite side of the other person. He had to admit that this time, the original host was yet another beauty.

This body was pampered from an early age, so his skin was very good, as white as Yangzhi Jade and without any flaws. His facial features were also extremely beautiful, and coupled with a pair of peach blossom eyes, he truly deserved to be called the “yao man”.

It was just that since ancient times, it had been proven that beautiful women had bad fates, and beautiful men had even worse fates. The original host had taken over so many tasks, and in the end, his good looks didn’t help him receive a good end.

Gu Bai shook his head and didn’t speak, but the little eunuch next to him was a talkative man and continued to smile.

“Master, you say you’re so beautiful, and His Highness dotes on you. In the future, when His Highness ascends the throne, you’ll certainly be made a male empress, just like our founding emperor’s empress!”

Homosexuality prevailed in Qi Country precisely because the first emperor of Qi Country made a man his empress.

“Is that so? But didn’t His Highness bring back another beauty from outside the other day? I heard that he’s a good-looking young master with both talent and a nice appearance. I can’t even write a poem, and His Highness never touches me…”

Gu Bai seemed to have a sad face. He acted perfectly since he was doing the task for the original host. In front of outsiders, he had to be the original host and not Gu Bai.

Although the original host was the prince of a country, Beizhao Country was really unique. Since they lived in a very inhospitable environment, it allowed people of Beizhao Country to pick poisonous weeds and play with poisonous insects, but in terms of poems and songs, there were only a few talents.

The original host didn’t like reading from an early age, but liked to follow the elders of the tribe to learn about gu poison. His personality was open-minded, simple yet extreme. Therefore, he was willing to avenge Xue Yunfeng in his previous life and hate the whole world at the cost of his own life.

When the little eunuch saw his sad face, he hurriedly comforted him.

“Master, don’t think like that. His Highness loves you. His Highness took Young Master Qi back to the palace because his brother and His Highness are good friends. Young Master Qi came to stay only temporarily in the eastern palace. Master, you knew that His Highness dismissed all the concubines in the eastern palace just for you earlier! The people of the Imperial City are talking about and envying you…”

At the end of the sentence, the little eunuch had a very proud face. It was obvious to all how much His Highness liked their master. If His Highness had never dirtied his hands, he would’ve lost the position of the Crown Prince a long time ago. Thus, it could clearly be seen how deep His Highness’s feeling towards their master was.

Looking at the expression on the face of the little eunuch and the approving eyes of the eunuchs and maids around him, Gu Bai smiled and didn’t refute it. Deep love was deep love, but it was a pity that this deep love only belonged in a previous life.

Without further delay, Gu Bai changed his clothes and went to see Xue Yunfeng, ready to leave the palace together.

When Xue Yunfeng saw him, there was a trace of surprise in his eyes. Although today Gu Bai was clearly using the body of the original host, the soul inside was different, so of course, there would be some difference.

The original host was as dazzling as the scorching sun, but now that the soul had changed, there was a different feeling reflected in those peach blossom eyes. His brocade clothes were exquisite and dazzling, and his temperament was gorgeous.

But Xue Yunfeng’s surprise was only short-lived, and when you hated a person, you wouldn’t like anything they did, so the surprise in his eyes soon turned into contempt and disgust.

Having done many tasks in succession, Gu Bai’s intuition was so sensitive that he felt Xue Yunfeng’s disgust almost instantly.

But he didn’t care since, at this time, the reborn Xue Yunfeng was already extremely disgusted with the original host. He determined that the original host was ruthless and hateful, so no matter how much Gu Bai would try to garner good feelings, the effect would be minimal.

Instead of trying to please Xue Yunfeng, it was better to find another way out. Xue Yunfeng hated him first, and Gu Bai had plenty of ways to turn the tide.

If you wanted to promote something, then you had to suppress it first. If you wanted to let something perish, then you had to let it grow first. How much hate Xue Yunfeng had now would be how much regret he would have later!