zChapter 1037 - Secrets in the Middle of the Night (1/2)
Hearing that Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu still wanted to bath at this hour, Yue Xiu could not help but advise: “It’s already more than halfway through the Chou hour, Your Highness should rest, there is still a need to supervise the banquet tomorrow!”
(Translator note: Chou hour is 1am to 3am for GMT/UTC+8)
“It’s not a problem.” Imperial Concubine waved her hand in dismissal, “The banquet is being organised by that old granny the Empress, she hosted the banquet for so many years, she has a lot of experience! There’s no need for this one to worry too much. The formal banquet is just for appearances, after tomorrow night, this one would be Imperial Concubine Gui and will only be one step away from that Empress. It’s good as long as the goal is achieved, whether there is a banquet, or how it is organised, This One is not concerned.” She said to Yue Xiu again: “Just leave, this one does not like others waiting on me when bathing.”
This was a bad habit Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu obtained not long ago. The bedroom in the main hall of Cun Shan Palace had a secret room originally. She had ordered someone to create it in the past when she lived here. There was nothing else in the secret room other than a huge bath. Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu would soak in there occasionally. But in the past, she still wanted servants to wait on her, but ever since the period before disaster befell the Eighth Prince, she added some rules, not wanting anyone to serve her when she was bathing, all the servants could not be around, and could not even stay in this house.
Yue Xiu also did not understand why her Master would suddenly have such rules, but she was just soaking in the bath. Since her Master liked to be alone, it was also inconvenient for them to disturb her. Therefore, every time Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu said that she wanted to bath, she would automatically leave on her own accord, chase out all the servants in the house, then stand guard outside the door, not allowing anyone to enter until Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu stepped out.
It was like this today as well, there was no one in the side hall. This was when Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu stepped on the floor while barefoot. The floor of this palace had heating, so it was not cold, and she quickly walked behind a screen in the corner of the room. Pushing on the wall lightly, a secret room appeared immediately. She entered quickly, but before she could close the door to the secret room, she fell into someone’s embrace. A pair of large hands started to roam over her body and every place they touched were her most sensitive areas, teasing them, causing Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu to quickly let out a moan.
“Wait a moment, the door isn’t closed.” Finally remembering that the door to the secret room was opened, Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu reached back to close the door, but was unable to reach it after a few tries.
That man hugging her said softly instead: “What are you afraid of? There is no one else in this hall. I was thinking that we should just go out and enjoy ourselves on your mattress, always doing it in a stuffy walled up place is really spoils the mood.” That person moved to open the door of the secret room as he spoke, pulling Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu outside as he did so.
But Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu was very afraid, and rejected it flatly: “No, definitely not! Did you forget about me telling you that something happened at Mo-er’s end? As well as what happened at Zhao He Hall before? If someone can sneak around to that point, how do you know my Hall really doesn’t have anyone else?”
Once she said this, the man did not insist any longer, but he was in a rather bad mood. Scoffing coldly, he reached out to close the door, then bit the area around Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu’s heart, this bite causing Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu to let out a whine.
The two people, just like dry wood meeting raging fire, quickly fell into the large bath. Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu did not know how her clothes were removed. She just felt that after a wave of dizziness, she was already naked and being hugged tightly by that man. That person kept teasing her and the two of them continued to stick to each other and finally became one.
In the end, Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu was much younger than the Emperor and gave birth to a son in her teens. Right now, at an age of less than 40 years old, regardless of how much the Emperor was brimming with energy, he would lose to the needs of a woman at that age. Moreover, the Emperor ignored her for so many years, and the new liberation could not make up for these 20 years of emptiness. However, the person in front of her was much younger than the Emperor was even 10 years younger than her. This was the prime years for a man, and what he could give her was a completely different feeling from what the Emperor could offer. Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu could willfully demand from his body, and no matter what it was, this man could satisfy her and never disappointed her before.
“How is it, much stronger than that old Emperor, right!” That man spoke, doing it softly next to Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu’s ear, exhaling a warm breath. The bath in the pool contained the fragrance of nice smelling herbs but can cause one to feel delirious. “A pity, he is the Emperor and is lucky to be surrounded by women. He can herd so many women in the palace and use them whenever he wants.”
“Hmph!” Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu scoffed, “What of it? He needs to make use of it first. In these more than 20 years, which woman in the imperial harem did not spend her nights alone? He would only think of the Imperial Concubine Yun and threw the other people to the back of his mind. If I could, why don’t you also put a Gu in that Imperial Concubine Yun. The best one would be a suicide Gu, she can go die on her own and stop being an eyesore.”