Not many palace maids were easy to deal with. Years of experience in power and deceit have endowed them with a venomous gaze and a heart harder than stone. Their faces were furrowed and old and dry, a symbol of the years they had spent in the Palace.
“My surname is Ge, and I have been sent by Her Excellency to serve you. I am afraid that Young Marquis Chu and General are young and vigorous and do not know how to harmonize well, so I have come to instruct you.”
A lady with a short bun entered the room and made a slight bow to Chu Xinian and Xie Jingyuan. Her posture was impeccable, but her eyes came across as inexplicably overbearing. The word “Her Excellency” was her greatest support.
Chu Xinian did not react. He was lying on a sofa, holding a volume of Great Yan’s History in his hand and reading it intently, when he heard her words he looked at her and then replied indifferently, “Thank you Nanny Ge.”
He had no interest in that kind of “instruction”.
When Xie Jingyuan heard that Nanny Ge had been sent by Concubine Mei, his heart began to fill with murderous intent. He slowly curved his lips and said, following Chu Xinian’s words, “Thank you Nanny Ge.”
The same words were spoken in different tones. The first was careless, while the second was malicious.
This Nanny Ge was a formidable person, and under the pressure of Xie Jingyuan’s gaze, she said without changing her expression, “I am only following orders, so if I have offended you, please forgive me, I will have to report to Her Excellency.”
She raised her eyes to look at Chu Xinian and saw that he was only leaning on the sofa low in the outer room, while Xie Jingyuan was lying on the bed in the inner room, and there was a glint in her eyes, “Since you are married, you should share the same bed.”
Xie Jingyuan did not reply, slowly rubbing his fingertips, inwardly he was already thinking about how to deal with this slave dog. Would it be better to cut her into one piece or two? Her courage wouldn’t be greater than Chu Xinian’s, would it?
“Nanny Ge is right.” Chu Xinian turned a page of the book and nodded happily. He was worried that he hadn’t had a chance to check if there was something wrong with Xie Jingyuan’s bed, after all, there were so many different kinds of poisons in this world that it was really hard to tell.
Hearing this, Xie Jingyuan unconsciously looked at Chu Xinian, frowning deeply, thinking that he was sick for wanting to sleep with him. And said in a gloomy voice, “It is better not to do so, I have nightmares at night. Even I am not sure of what might happen.”
For example, smash the beautiful face like flowers.
Chu Xinian smiled without saying a word.
Of course, before he could say anything, Nanny Ge intervened with her nose up in the air, “This is an ancestral rule. Please obey it too, General.”
Concubine Mei had indeed sent big trouble.
If Xie Jingyuan was enraged and killed Chu Xinian or Nanny Ge, he would not be able to get away with it.
In the evening, right after bathing, Chu Xinian came out from behind the screen with his clothes on and saw Nanny Ge guarding the room with some court maids. They were all holding a large red lacquered tray with several boxes exquisitely painted with flowers.
And Xie Jingyuan was sitting on the bed cleaning a dagger expressionlessly.
Chu Xinian’s inky hair was slightly damp and spread over his shoulders. The white robe covering his body was loose, revealing a portion of his chest, which was quite coquettish. After seeing the box, he raised his eyebrows, “What are you doing, Nanny Ge?”
As if not seeing the knife in Xie Jingyuan’s hand, Nanny Ge bowed without changing her face, “By Her Excellency’s order, I will instruct the Duke Zhou Rite.”
No wonder their faces were so grim, they were determined to trample Xie Jingyuan to the soles of their feet.
Chu Xinian straightened his sleeves and the smile on his lips deepened, “Does this still need to be taught? This young master plucked flowers and asked for willows, and has seen hundreds of beauties in the Capital. The experience is much richer than Nanny Ge…”
Although he deliberately lowered his voice, everyone could hear him.
A smile appeared on Nanny Ge’s rigid face, “It’s none of the servant’s business how much experience Young Master has, I only teach what I am to teach at Her Excellency’s request.”
With these words, she ordered someone to open a box from the lacquered tray, which contained a creamy white balm. Nanny Ge approached Xie Jingyuan and said with a bow, “General has to suffer a little and pass this test as it has been done since ancient times, otherwise it would be improper.”
The meaning was clear: Later, when the curtains fall, they would stay outside and watch the two complete the act before returning to the Palace.
Chu Xinian frowned slightly and unconsciously glanced at Xie Jingyuan, but saw that the man lowered his head and stroked the dagger in his hand, unable to read his thoughts. The lines of his silver mask were hard and cold, and his eyes were dark…
He wants to kill.
Chu Xinian sensed Xie Jingyuan’s undisguised murderous intent. Instead of advancing, Nanny Ge stepped back, and as if she wanted to deliberately annoy Xie Jingyuan, she said sharply, “Please follow the ancestral rules, General.”
Ancestral rules? What ancestral rules?
Are they the ancestors of his Xie Family or the ancestors of the Royal Family?
Xie Jingyuan’s eyes were cold as he slowly tightened his grip on the dagger hilt without raising his head, the blade’s edge met in front of Nanny Ge’s open mouth. If he threw it hard enough, the woman’s throat would soon be pierced, and the gushing blood would be a sight to behold.
Xie Jingyuan gathered strength in his wrist, but before he could move, a warm hand stopped his movement, “Since it is Her Excellency’s wish, we will naturally obey.”
Xie Jingyuan raised his eyes fiercely when he heard the words, but he saw Chu Xinian winked at him nonchalantly and took the dagger out of his hand.
Chu Xinian’s idea was very simple. Through the curtain, you can only see shadows. It is easy to fish with deception in turbulent waters. After cheating, these people will return to the Palace directly to tell what happened.
It was not worth bloodshed.
Perhaps that was what Concubine Mei would think.
A soft “clang” was heard as Chu Xinian threw the dagger to the ground, landing right in front of the tip of Nanny Ge’s shoe. He looked askance at Nanny Ge and the others, and said in a deep voice, “This is the boundary, you must not cross it.”
When Nanny Ge met Chu Xinian’s oppressive gaze, she felt that the other party was like a piece of ice with melted edges, and although it was smooth and shiny, it was still cold and intimidating.
“Understood.”
She ordered someone to pull the curtains down and waited in the outer room as instructed, sending out a balm. But a pair of shrewd triangular eyes stared at the figures inside.
The candles were lit, casting a warm yellow halo.
Chu Xinian shook out his rolled-up sleeve and settled himself on the edge of the bed. With his inky hair and white clothes, still slightly soaked with moisture, he seemed interested in everything. His long, slender fingertips smeared a bit of balm and he sniffed it, then raised his eyebrows as if he had understood something.
It resembled the breeze and the moon, but its movements were inexplicably enchanting.
Chu Xinian looked at Xie Jingyuan again, slightly curved his lips, but said nothing. After a while, he waved his fingertips and whispered, “General…?”
The balm melted fast as snow from his body heat, and Chu Xinian’s fingertips became shiny as if soaked with water.
Contrasting sharply with Xie Jingyuan’s increasingly gloomy face. People like him should not be humiliated like this, but it was something he needed to do when he was in a desperate situation.
It's like Gou Jian lying in wait and Han Xin enduring humiliation. It cannot be said that they will bend their knee to their enemies, but their temporary patience will help them rise to power in the future.Chu Xinian was a little curious now. What will Xie Jingyuan do? He slowly rubbed his fingertips with soft eyebrows, but his words made people think he was a hooligan, “General, please undress, otherwise, how can you and I perform Duke Zhou’s rites?”
Xie Jingyuan clenched his fists expressionlessly as his knuckles cracked.
When Nanny Ge heard this, she couldn’t contain her curiosity and quietly walked over to see what was going on. But as if he had been watching her, Chu Xinian suddenly rebuked coldly through the semi-transparent curtains, “Get out of here…”
Nanny Ge was startled, she heard a cold male voice from behind the curtains, “If you cross the boundary again, I will inform Her Excellency.”
They wanted to show the art of the bedroom, and Chu Xinian had allowed them to do so. If they wanted to watch from outside the curtains, they would also be allowed to watch. If Nanny Ge broke the boundary again, she would die for nothing, even if she made a fuss in front of the Emperor, Chu Xinian was justified.
Nanny Ge had no choice but to return to her original position with a pale face.
Xie Jingyuan did not move. Although he wore a cold mask, his expression was unpredictable, but it was not difficult to feel the battle between heaven and man in his heart, which was difficult and humiliating.
Man has a thousand tricks up his sleeve, but Heaven needs only one to bring down defeat.
Of all the raptors in the world, only the eagle can be king, and only the tiger can be master of the fierce beasts on the ground. The crane cries in the swamp and its sound spreads around. But if you are in a desperate situation, the eagle will break his wings, the tiger will lie down on the ground, and the crane in the swamp will not be able to fly even with folded wings.
Xie Jingyuan was a poisonous snake, an abyssal dragon, but now he has to obey.
There was a sound of silk clothes falling to the ground as if it were evident in the air. Xie Jingyuan closed his eyes and took off his clothes just like an eagle viciously pecking its feathered wings. Since it was difficult to wound a thousand enemies, he first wounded himself eight hundred times.
His sturdy body was exposed to the air, and scars left by swords ran horizontally as well as vertically across his body. They were all telling the world how he got his title and how his high rank was built through flesh and blood.
He was truly ruthless.
Chu Xinian approached him slowly, his long black hair was spread over his shoulders, still slightly wet. His face was so beautiful that he looked more and more like a god, but Xie Jingyuan didn’t want to look any longer and lay down with his eyes closed.
He waited for the greatest humiliation of his life.
As his body was exposed to the air, it grew colder, but it became so icy that he could no longer feel it.
However, the expected pain did not come, a warm brocade blanket was placed over his body. Xie Jingyuan opened his eyes abruptly…
“Shhh…”
Chu Xinian put his index finger on his lips and made a silent gesture to Xie Jingyuan. The meaning was obvious, be quiet.
He covered Xie Jingyuan with the quilt and, using it as a barrier, took off the outer robe, leaving only the inner robe and pressed down. He did not move again, just stared at him.
There was a curtain and distance. Nanny Ge and the others craned their necks, but they couldn’t see clearly what was going on inside. All they could see were shadows and figures, it looked like they were having sex, but why was there no sound?
Nanny Ge frowned unconsciously.
Chu Xinian was also aware of this problem, he looked at Xie Jingyuan and said in a low voice, “Why doesn’t the General call me a couple of times?”
Xie Jingyuan thought, call him? He is not a courtesan in a brothel. With a simple and rude action like a kick, he knocked over the low table at the end of the bed where the balms were, rolling them on the floor.
The noise was so loud that Nanny Ge and the others were startled and unconsciously tried to get closer and check it out, “Young Marquis Chu!”
“It’s nothing…”
Chu Xinian pressed Xie Jingyuan’s leg and deliberately said hoarsely, “He accidentally kicked the table.”
He gasped heavily as if he was doing something indescribable. And Xie Jingyuan, unhappy to be held by him, bent Chu Xinian with one hand. Looking from outside the curtain, the figures were moving wildly, it seemed quite intense.
Nanny Ge secretly frowned. She did not expect Xie Jingyuan to have sex obediently.
The author has something to say:
Xie Jingyuan (sneeringly): Do you think I am obedient?
I don’t know why this seemed so funny to me 😭 But like, what the heck is that maid doing trying to watch them do the deed
The maid is so ew
haha they played them like shadow puppets