Oh My, How Extra!

One Winter's Tale Bonus 1: Rose-Red And ... Snow-White?

Author's Note: I originally wrote three parts for the "One Winter's Tale" special for our three main couples. After that, my patrons had the chance to request additional parts for other couples. They asked me for two of them: Qiu Ling's two advisers Fu Min and Fu Heng and the Yun Zou Sect's Nian Hong Fang and Ma Zhi Wu/Mao Xun. Here is the first of the two bonus chapters! I hope you'll like it! 😊

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Fu Min looked around the corridor and then sneaked over to the door on the other side. He didn't knock and just rushed in, pulling it shut behind him.

In the small courtyard adjacent to the room, Fu Heng turned around and lowered his weapon, his brows furrowing together. "Why are you sneaking around like that?"

Fu Min harrumphed. "What sneaking?" He straightened up and leisurely walked over. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he glanced around though.

The courtyard wasn't just linked to Fu Heng's room but also to the ones of the other advisers living next to him. If one of them came out and caught them ...

Fu Min gave an embarrassed smile and hugged his husband's arm. "I've found something fun for us to do. How about going in and giving it a try?"

"Something fun nobody should know about?" Fu Heng looked around before he casually put his arm around his husband and pulled him back inside. He put his weapon away and then went to close the windows so nobody would be able to spy on them. Well ... just in case anybody actually wanted to.

Fu Min couldn't wait and pulled him over to the bed. They sat down and Fu Min took out a book from his robe with a mischievous grin. "I got this from His Majesty."

Fu Heng nodded, keeping his thoughts to himself. Whatever it was, he didn't believe that it had actually been given by His Majesty. Not with the way Fu Min acted.

"It's a book of stories. Back when His Majesty got his hands onto this, he chose one and applied it to his own life. Do you think we should do the same?"

Fu Heng raised his brows.

"What? They got together in the end!"

Fu Heng nodded. He probably couldn't fault His Majesty. He himself had known Fu Min much longer but he hadn't managed to marry him much earlier either and there hadn't been any trial in-between. "So which one?"

Fu Min scoffed. "I haven't even looked at them!"

"Oh." Fu Heng nodded and leaned closer, wanting to take a look together with Fu Min.

His husband smiled happily and then dragged Fu Heng's arm over his shoulder, nestling into his arms before he opened the book and started to read it to him. When he had read the first few sentences of the sixth story, he glanced up. "I think this one might fit us."

Fu Heng's brows rose again.

"Well ..." Fu Min reached up, tugging at one of Fu Heng's red strands of hair. "Rose-red?"

Fu Heng looked down and his brows furrowed. "That ... is there nothing more heroic?"

"No! I like this one."

"Oh." Fu Heng nodded. "It's very good then."

Fu Min laughed. "I knew you'd see it my way! Let's continue!" He snuggled back against his husband's chest and continued to read the story. When he reached the end ...

"So you're Snow-White?" Fu Heng brushed through Fu Min's blond hair with his fingers.

"I guess so. It means we're as close as brothers."