Xia Xi laid on the bed nervously. He couldn't hear Chu Lan walking on the rooftops, but he could clearly hear the groans of the people next door; the sounds were both happy and sad as if the person was experiencing comfortable and uncomfortable things at the same time. Among the moans of the woman, gasps and foul language uttered by the man were also clear, it became louder and louder as the 'pop' sounds from physical collisions became more and more intense.
As Xia Xi listened with shame and embarrassment, he uncontrollably remembered something from long ago.
Xia Xi had actually seen real sex before.
He was ten years old, still being kept secretly inside the palace, few people knew of his existence. His mother concubine was not favoured, if it weren't for her loved² daughter, it would probably be a long time before she could be visited by the Emperor. There were more than one hundred concubines in the Emperor's harem, even if one could get lucky enough to be picked, it would take more than three months before the Emperor could spend the night with them all. Therefore, his mother could only go to bed alone for at least half the year, it was because of this that Xia Xi always pestered his mother whenever he wanted to sleep together, that night, Concubine Yu quickly agreed.
The mother and son had a good relationship, Xia Xi couldn't see his mother often, so he wanted to be closer to her. They took a shower early that evening, changed their clothes, and went into the bedroom. Xia Xi laid down on the table and drew a picture, he was being instructed by his mother. When he was just about to fall asleep, a maid beside Concubine Yu hurriedly left and came back inside just as quickly saying: the Emperor is here.
Concubine Yu was taken aback, Xia Xi was also flustered, he was ten years old at the time and fully understood that his existence couldn't be revealed to others, especially to his father. Otherwise, not only could he lose his life; he could also implicate his mother and sister, he had to hide. The Emperor had already walked up to the door of his mother's bedroom, blocking Xia Xi's way outside, Concubine Yu had to stuff him inside the gap behind the bed curtains and tell him not to move, make noises, or come out.
After Xia Xi hid, the Emperor walked in.
His father was of medium height, in his early forties, with a white face, black beard, and a bit of belly³. After he came in, Concubine Yu served him respectfully, when she heard that he was going to stay the night she couldn't help but glance at where Xia Xi was hiding.
Then, Xia Xi saw the scene of his parents copulating.
With Xia Xi's early wisdom, he already understood things that shouldn't be understood at the age of ten. He watched with embarrassment as his mother was stripped of her clothes, revealing her naked body. He saw her kneeling between his father's crotch with her mouth open, playing with the man's genitals. Finally, her legs were separated and that man's penis was inserted; her whole body trembled with shame, her face flushed almost as if it was bleeding. The moans and groans and sounds of flesh made Xia Xi want to cover his ears but he didn't dare move, he was forced to watch the live erotica.
It wasn't a very good experience. After that incident, his mother probably felt ashamed and refused to meet him for a few days, both mother and son didn't mention the incident tacitly, as if it never happened.
Those things only made him ashamed and embarrassed when he was ten, but now, it caused Xia Xi's body to have an uncontrollable reaction. He clamped his legs together and his breathing became messy, especially when he heard footsteps approaching, Xia Xi became extremely nervous.
He didn't know exactly when the moaning next door stopped. Xia Xi sensed someone standing beside the bed motionlessly, he licked his dry lips and tentatively whispered: "Chu Lan..."
The figure moved, he pinned Xia Xi down a little impatiently. The familiar smell made Xia Xi both anxious and flustered, he subconsciously reached out to push the other person away, but that person grabbed his wrist and kissed him.
The kiss now was even more violent than before, Chu Lan licked and gnawed until Xia Xi went soft, copious body fluid was passed between them unmonitored. Suddenly, Chu Lan's other hand touched him, opening the band of his pants his hot and sweaty palm roamed inside.
"Um... Chu Lan..." Xia Xi panicked, trying to shrink back, but he couldn't match Chu Lan's strength at all. When the young man's palm touched his waist he softened, when he touched his chest, a shy nipple stood upright. Chu Lan squeezed it hard and Xia Xi couldn't help but moan.
Chu Lan whispered: "I saw it."
Xia Xi knew exactly what he saw, and his heart became even more confused. Chu Lan said with a little shame: "So what I did before was wrong, Xi'er, I was doing it wrong before," He seemed to think that the nipple on Xia Xi's chest was very soft, his fingers kept stroking it, not wanting to leave it alone at all. Xia Xi panicked even more and didn't know what to do, sweat coated his back, he gasped and said, "Chu Lan— my King, it's getting late, shall we go to bed? We still have to resume our journey tomorrow... ah..." Xia Xi yelped as Chu Lan lifted his shirt, taking Xia Xi's nipple into his mouth and sucking.
Pleasure spread from his chest, making Xia Xi feel a bit unbearable. He felt his eyes fill with tears, Xia Xi's heart trembled and he gave up resisting what would happen next. Chu Lan licked his nipple and bit it, suddenly, he asked with some doubt: "Why is yours.... so small? The woman's next door was so big."
Xia Xi shivered, he used the last bit of his strength to stop Chu Lan from sucking anymore. He said with exhaustion: "My lord, I... I have something to confess to you..."
The fear in his voice was too obvious, Chu Lan stopped moving and squinted at him, "What?"
The room was too dark, he could barely see the other party's outline, Xia Xi suddenly felt a little grateful for the darkness. He closed his eyes and whispered: "I- I have been hiding something from you... I'm not actually a woman..."
His voice was shaking so badly that Chu Lan could hardly hear him, when he understood what Xia Xi was saying he suddenly stiffened up. Xia Xi plucked his courage and continued: "I... I'm an intersex person... where I was born, the Xia Kingdom, the birth of an intersex person wasn't auspicious, newborns would be typically killed right after birth. However, my mother loved me⁴, I was raised secretly but was still discovered... my father didn't execute me, when you asked to be sent a Princess to be your wife, he sent me... I'm sorry... I hid it from you all this time..."
Xia Xi spoke slowly and his voice gradually calmed down, but it was still tinted with a little despair. Realizing that Chu Lan had yet to react and might be in a rage, Xia Xi raised his hands to cover his eyes and whispered: "You can kill me if you're angry, just— I beg you to please spare Cai Huan. When she came here, she was but a child and knew nothing; all of this has nothing to do with her...."
The room was extremely quiet, an unknown amount of time passed between them as the silence stretched on. A new round of "combat" gradually began next door, the chorus of groans sounded extraordinarily clear at that moment and made Xia Xi embarrassed. The man didn't have much dirty talk, but the woman kept calling out in bed; acting sassy, charming, and lewd. Xia Xi blushed, his heart pounding.
While he was dazed, Chu Lan said, "Let me see."
Xia Xi was stunned, he couldn't hear either joy or anger from the boy's tone, but it was exactly because of this that upset Xia Xi more. He whispered, "You... what do you want to see?"
Chu Lan said: "Look at your body, I haven't seen what an intersex person looks like."
Xia Xi's face flushed with shame, and he responded softly. After noticing that the boy was still lying on top of his body, he whispered: "You... you get up first, I- I'll go to light the candles," The room was bright again after the candles were lit, Xia Xi didn't dare to look at Chu Lan's face because of embarrassment. He turned his back to Chu Lan, hesitated for a moment, and gradually began to take off his clothes.
Xia Xi took off his clothes very slowly, in his life, apart from his nanny and mother, he had never stripped naked in front of others. Even his sister had never seen him fully naked. Xia Xi gradually peeled off the white cloth from his skin, revealing the pale and flawless carcass inside. Xia Xi was thin but didn't look malnourished, with a flat abdomen and a gracefully curved waist, he knew that Chu Lan was closely staring at him and felt nervous, but he had to continue and take off his pants.
After the band was untied, his trousers fell directly to his ankles, revealing underwear underneath. Without that final layer of protection, Xia Xi would be completely exposed to his little husband. He gritted his teeth and decisively took off his underwear.
The act of bending over made his buttocks more prominent. It was small and tight, connected to a pair of slender legs that were white and smooth, covered in a faint layer of hair.
Chu Lan said: "Turn around."
The corners of Xia Xi's eyes were red and full of shame, he didn't know whether to cover the top or the bottom, he decided to cover the bottom and turned around trembling. He lowered his head not daring to look at Chu Lan, a shaky voice came from his throat, "My lord, for the sake of these last few years of my service, please grant me a decent way of death..."
Xia Xi bit his lips hard, wishing to shrink into himself. Chu Lan suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Xia Xi's wrist, throwing him onto the bed. Xia Xi's head hurt because of the impact, the hand that was blocking his crotch was pushed away and his legs were forcibly separated. The next moment, the candlelight moved closer, Chu Lan held the candlestick close, carefully looking at his body.
"Don't...." Exposing his abnormal physique to others for such close viewing made Xia Xi even more ashamed, because of it, tears came out even though he rarely cried. His lips trembled and he subconsciously reached out to block that place. Chu Lan shouted: "Don't move!" Xia Xi didn't dare to move again, he could only turn his head and close his eyes, hoping that the embarrassing inspection would pass quickly.
His body was already open for viewing in front of his little husband.
His flat chest was dotted with two pink nipples, probably because of the cold air, the two tips were hard. One of them has just been sucked, some excessive redness and tooth marks were still visible. Xia Xi's lower abdomen was also very beautiful, even his belly button was alluring. Below it was a male sexual organ.
It was like high-class jade, lightly coloured pink, beautiful and flawless, without any rough hair surrounding it. Xia Xi didn't have testicles, in its place grew female genetalia. It was small, fat, and tender, the young King had only just glanced at it, but it already caused his breath to quicken.
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<b>Notes:</b>
1- The title literally is 'Frankly speaking about my intersex physique'. It may sound good and romantic in Chinese, but not when it's translated into English. Since it basically says that Xia Xi confessed, I just changed the title to 'Confess' even though it's a spoiler :P (Update: Hello, this is Past Timer from the future. After a few minutes of thinking about it I've decided that the new title is too much of a spoiler so I changed it to 'Bare' instead)\n2- Originally 'good behaved' changed it to 'loved' instead.\n3- It said 'blessed' originally\n4- It said 'my mother had a heart' I changed it to fit in more with the context.
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<b>Translator: Past Timer here, Merry Christmas y'all. A Christmas gift for you! 💖 </b>