The general walked towards the elderly man sat on the divan and got on his knees next to him, glancing up at the man who in response began patting their silky hair.

  Yong Si wanted to barf at the scene infront of him, this public display of affection was too uncomfortable for him and worst of all.. none of the concubines seemed to care!!! That was the oddest thing to the god.

  “So doctor, why I had summoned you, I have two things.” general Yu muttered “first of all I need you to be on the lookout for a certain god, I’m positive you have caught wind of the loong god Yong Si, haven’t you?” they paused before theycontinued “well I captured him but that wicked thing managed to flee and with the whole ordeal a hefty amount of my soldiers had gotten injured so I need you to be on the look-out for that thing and I need you to take care of my soldiers, but believe me you will get a once-in-a-lifetime reward.” the veiled person spoke, both men could practically see that wicked smile behind the veil.

  The general shifted into another sitting position. “I had done some digging on your past, your family disowned you didn’t they dr.Gao?” they asked staring threateningly at the man. Gao Yichen was stunned into silence and looked towards Yong Si who sat besides him before turning his gace back and nodding. “hmm.. tututu, if you manage to find any intel of that gods’ whereabouts I will fix the relationship with your family, you know I always keep my word.” Yu Jiang announced and chuckled slightly “oh and, before I forget, once you’re done here with my soldiers I will reward you with a hefty sum and a big supply on whatever you need.” the person spoke as they turned their attention back on the emperor on the divan.

  Yong Si glanced over at the doctor and saw the horrified expression drawn on his face, the god had gotten a bad feeling in their stomach, like he is expecting to be turned in soon.

  After a minuted of pleasant tunes of music and flirtatious chatter Gao Yichen nodded and agreed, he asked for the whereabouts of the soldiers and was brought to them alongside Yong Si.

  …

  “hmm.. my lorddd~ that hooded man besides the doctor seems weird..” the general muttered, Tianyi-Jun simply hummed, Yu Jiang got up and moved to sit on the emperors lap, they leaned against the elderly mans’ broad chest “mhhhhh….. that wicked dragon.. he caused so much damage!! I was so closeee!~” the general whined, they perked up as if they remembered something and began digging in their robes pulling out a small box.

  Yu Jiang opened the box showing the emperor the contents, there laid a shiny translucent scale in the box. The emperors’ eyes widened “tutu.. that is his strongest scale see!~ I’m not lying!!” the general cheered, Tianyi-Jun chuckled and pulled the other person closer by their waist.

  The concubines stared at the scene before them and all nodded in sycn, all the women getting up to leave.

  …

  The doctor and his ‘patient’ entered the palaces’ infirmary, Gao Yichen walked in eyeing all of the soldiers, many were covered in bandages, some were awake and some were unconscious.

  The brunett glanced at the man behind him and Yong Si in reply threw up his hand in a sort of ‘Don’t blame me! I was attacked first!’ gesture, the doctor sighed and walked closer to an injured soldier, who heaved greatly glancing at the doctor.

  Gao Yichen coughed in his fist and announced “I will be treating you all one for one, please be patient with me.” he looked back staring at the god behind him “You, help me by bringing all the equipment I’ll need.” He muttered sternly, Yong Si threw him an annoyed look and nodded.

  …

  Many hours and treated patients later the men finally were done with their duty, coincidentally right on time a person entered the infirmary, it was general Yu and they looked dishelved.. Their hair was a mess and they were only wearing light purple inner robes which weren’t even shut properly.

  “I see you finished your work rather quickly doctor, I came here to talk with you.” the veiled person muttered walking closer to the two men, Gao Yichen nodded and responded “Yes general, I have some questions aswell. But.. not with… my patient here.” The brunett glanced back at the hooded man and then returned his gaze to the general, who simply nodded “very well, soldiers please bring our guest back to their shared chambers.” they ordered and immediately some soldiers walked in and led Yong Si back to the room, they weren’t even gentle either! they full on dragged Yong Si around!!!

  …

  “So general Yu, what is it?” Gao Yichen asked now that they were partially alone, Yu Jiang put a hand on the doctors’ back gently pushing him forward “Let us not talk here.” the general mumbled, Gao Yichen nodded and followed the ravenett, both walked out and entered the beautiful yet chilly imperial courtyard, Yu Jiang retreated their hand and swiftly walked towards a beautiful bush with purple flowers, one of their hands gently grazed the flowers while the other held their robe closed.

  “So tell me, who is that guy you’re with doctor?” the ravenett got straight to the point, Gao Yichen inhaled sharply and stopped behind the general who seemed entraced by the flowers.

  “He is a patient of mine with albinism, I had recently found him passed out, he was in bad condition so I took him in. He doesn’t have a name and he doesn’t talk much.” The doctor recited, trying his best to seem as convincing as he could. “I see.” Yu Jiang mumbled and the doctor felt a stone lift from his chest- “when and where did you find him?” Yu Jiang immediately asked causing the dread in the doctors’ chest to build up. “uhm, I found him like a week ago near the forest I reside in.” a lie and a truth, it was 4 days ago.

  The general hummed and nodded “I see, he has beautiful long white hair, doesn’t he? just like Yong Si, doctor I am by no means trying to accuse you or your patient, but you have to look out, the loong are not our friends, that god is not our friend, he is a threat!” the ravenett announced sharply glancing back at the doctor behind them, Gao Yichen gulped and nodded “Don’t worry general I will forever stay loyal to you and the kingdom, I would not protect a threat.” Gao Yichen muttered and bowed, the general huffed amusedly.

  Gao Yichen straightened out his posture and nodded “General if this lowly one may ask, y..you had said you could fix the relationship between me and my family.. how?” he asked, his voice sounded small and pained, the general plucked a beautiful flower a twirled it around between their fingers.

  “Yes indeed I did, well I know roughly what had happened, if you manage to bring me valuable intel on the god I would quickly be able to grant you the position of imperial doctor, and with some nice rewards and nice words to your family get you all to talk again.” The general hummed, fully focused on the flower in their grasp. Gao Yichen felt shocked, his hands starting to tremble lightly, the general discarded the flower and walked closer snaking elegant hand around the mans’ neck and leaning close to the side of his face, the silky fabric of the veil brushing against his skin.

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  “Don’t disappoint me, doctor.” Yu Jiang whispered and began to make their way back inside, leaving a shaking Gao Yichen behind.

  …

  Yong Si laid sprawled out and bored on the floor of the chamber, a gentle night breeze would ocassionaly flow in and brush against the god, he yawned and turned to the side curling in on himself.

  He was ready to fall asleep at any moment until the door gently slid open, he glanced over his shoulder and was met with the sorry sight of the doctor. the white haired man propped himself up to properly look at him “what’s up with you?”, the doctor sighed and ignored the other man walking tiredly up to a mat laid on the floor and plopped down, the god shuffled forward to towar slightly over the laying doctor. “what’s gotten into you??” the god hissed at the man again, Gao Yichen sighed before mumbling “please leave me alone for a bit.” while burrying his face in his sleeve.

  Yong Si sighed and shuffled back to his original position to lay down and try to fall asleep aswell.

  ..

  Soft sun rays shone inside the small chambers, the white haired man stirred and shifted groaning loudly as he sat up and stretched his sore limbs. He glanced over at the man laying at the other side of the chambers, he was still seemingly asleep, his resting form softly shifting and stirring.

  Yong Si got up and walked over quietly to not disturb the doctors’ rest, he knelt down towering over his frame like last night staring fondly down at the resting man.

  The doctor grunted and scrunched his face up, slowly opening his eyes. His robes were dishelved and his normally neatly tied hair too. The older man glanced around the room, once his eyes met the sharp red-ish ones of the man towering above her, Gao Yichen jumped back his head bumping against the firm wall.

  The doctor groaned rubbing his head. “nghh.. You scared me….. what were you watching me sleep for..” he grunted looking pissed at the man kneeling infront of him, Yong Si looked confused at Gao Yichens’ reaction. “It was odd for you to sleep in so late.” the god mumbled fiddling with the hem of his robes, the white haired man wobbily got to his feet “Doctor, would you like some tea? this one can also try and fetch something to eat or drink for you.” Yong Si offered, it felt odd for him to do a ‘good deed’ for someone else but the doctor had done enough for him so it was just fair.

  Gao Yichen grumbled some more rubbing his eyes sore and shaking his head, suddenly a knock on the sliding door interrupted both men, their eyes shifting towards the door before the small voice of a woman calls out. “Doctor.. uhm I’m a lady-in-waiting for the yueliang pavilion, the consort has asked for the pressence of both of you my gentlemen….. May I come in..?” Gao Yichen sighed and called out a short yes, the white haired man took the hint and put on his hood just incase.

  The door slid open revealing a small chubbier woman dressed in gorgeous white robes with blue accents, her hair was neatly tied in a braided style. “Uhm.. please follow me gentlemen, the lady is waiting..” she mumbled looking like she had wanted to jump in a bush to hide from everyone, both men got up and followed the woman.

  They walked out to a courtyard, the path was decorated with gorgeous plants and flowers, the colorful autumn leaves were neatly swept away, Yong Si glanced around, the woman took a turn at the path walking towards a garden pavilion, many beautiful women were walking around the courtyard all wearing the same kind of robes.

  A familiar face sat up and walked towards the group, the woman who led them bowed and hurridly stepped away, Yong Si looked at the womans’ face, it was the same concubine from last night who was causing a scene, to Yong Si her reaction was valid, Yu Jiang was a snake.

  The woman sighed and glanced at Yong Si, her expression darkening she pointed at the god and ordered “You! Who are you?!” Yong Si was taken aback but the doctor was quick to step infront of him and bowed balling his hands together “Please my lady, there is no need to shout. This is my patient, what is it that you need from him madam?” Gao Yichen spoke with a gentle tone, the concubine simply scoffed and motioned the men to follow her. The men followed the woman into her private pavillion, some servants were inside and she was quick to shoo them away.

  “I sense a weird energy from you, hooded man.” Concubine Yu Mei spoke sternly, her eyebrows furrowing, Yong Si scoffed and removed his hood stepping infront of the doctor “Pardon my rudeness but this one could be saying the same about you, you have a rather undead aura on you.” He muttered and crossed his arms infront of his chest, the woman shifted and sat down, she lighted an insence and let the bitterly sweet scent envelop the air around them. The woman glanced up at the white haired man “What are you.. I cannot tell if you are a god or something like that..” she looked out of the partly covered window opposite to her before she continued “Yong Si, is it you?” she glanced up her eyes had shown a twinkle of hopefulness, the white haired man jumped same with the doctor.

  “Now my lady, what do you wish to do with the information?” The god asked straightening out his form to seem confident and opposing, the woman sighed and shook her head, the ornaments in her hair giving a pleasant jingle. “Your greatness, I do not want to rat you out, I’m quite glad you are well, but you have to go, you are our savior we cannot lose you!” she wore an expression that looked almost pained. The doctor looked like he had just died, resurrected and was about to die once again, he wanted to speak up but shut his mouth again glancing over at the man standing slightly infront of him.

  “My lady you still haven’t answered the question this one has asked, so tell me, what are you?” The man muttered sternly walking closer to the woman, she quickly got to her feet and suddenly it looked like some bits of her face were melting off revealing bits of the skeleton peeking through, her left eye turned hollow and a white flame replaced the pupil.

  Gao Yichen jumped back “That… That’s a-a-a DEMON!!” He yelled, the god was kick to roughly elbow the mans’ ribs causing the other to double down and grunt. “Apologies for my company, this one means no disrespect towards the baigujing, my lady your secret will stay safe with us” The god bowed at the woman, a eerie chuckle sounded out “my my, lord Yong Si sure is as respectful as always.” the voice called out, the womans’ lips however did not move, she tilted her head and walked past the men.

  “Originally I had come here because I had found interest in the emperor, he seemed like he could satiate my hunger, but I was deceived by his kind looks and charms, he asked me to join his court as a high ranking consort, he pempered me with all sorts of affections and it was obvious I was favored by my lord.” She paused and sighed looked out the window tracing the window-frame with her finger. “I couldn’t help but fall inlove he gave me everything and his visits were.. pleasant. But soon that changed when that snake entered his life, it was like they vexxed him and I was quick to lose my status as the favored concubine.” She sighed and turned back around, facing the two men her face was back to the normal beauty she had disguised herself as. “I had overheard lots of chatters, that snake is planning on getting the emperor to marry them and then planned an assassination against him to take over the title, worst of all the other concubines are in on it. My darling has already planned proposing to that wicked general, I’m worried for him…. I could just finish my business and feast on my husband but.. my love is too deep, I would rather dissolve fully than have to devour him..” She balled her fists and sighed, her expression was pained, Yong Si looked down. ‘A Baigujing, who actually fell inlove, that is unheard of but certainly a possibility even demons deserve and can feel love.’ He sighed and walked forth towards the womans’ form

  “My lady, you have to feast, you mustn’t let your feelings cause your second demise, it doesn’t have to be him.” He consoled, gently grabbing the womans’ soft hands in his and glanced at her.

  Gao Yichen in the background looked rather uncomfortable, understandably so. “Yichen, This one is aware being around a demon is rather uncomfortable for a mortal, but she means no harm, demons and ghosts are simply beings that have suffered in their lifes greatly.” He muttered sternly side eyeing the doctor before returning his gaze to the woman before he continued, “My lady, you must gather evidence before it’s too late, we cannot let general Yu gather more power and strength than they already posses.”