63 A Day With The Dragon (1/2)

BAI SHEN HONG

EMPEROR HUIZHONG

THE PALACE

The dreams concerning Elora stopped, they didn't haunt Shen Hong any more. However, in their stead a new problem arose. After that love bite he got from Little Fox, it was her he dreamt about, sometimes even resulting in him having nocturnal emissions(wet dreams). The more time he spent with her, the more he wanted her.

It agitated him. And he wanted her out of his system as soon as possible.

”Your majesty, the rooster crowed an hour ago,” the eunuch spoke from outside the bed chamber. Bai Shen Hong stirred and pulled the covers over his head. Too much work and lack of rest was beginning to catch up to him. His body ached, his eyes heavy and head pounding.

”Bring me something for the headache and my tonic herbs,” he instructed and there was some shuffling. He checked his bed and was glad that it was dry. Little Fox was a vixen even in her absence, now he was wetting his bed like a boy that just became of age.

He got up half an hour later and drank what he had asked for. They then put him in his dark robes for practise.

”Good morning to his majesty, the emperor of our Great Nevoria.” On the Dragon palace entrance stairs was a mass of green, yellow and brown uniforms in order of seniority. ”Did his Royal Highness sleep well? If not, what can we do to appease him?” They were the selected retinue that was to serve him for the day that welcomed him out on his way to the grounds. It was a total of fifty of them that trailed behind him wherever he went, an equal divide between palace maids and eunuchs.

On their way to the practising grounds he told Eunuch Nam that he was granting his entourage a break when he left for YiYuan. They had worked tirelessly for twelve moons and he thought it was right that they were excused from the palace to visit friends and family. YiYuan servants would serve him.

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Luo Meng awaited for him with the rest of the generals and palace guards at the Imperial training grounds. The palace guards were less vicious compared to the servicemen at the camps, because of their lack of experience with the battlefield.

”Luo Meng, where were you last night?” He already knew the answer but was curious to see if his loyalty still lay with him.

Shen Hong unsheathed his dragon sword and swung his free arm in circular motions, preparing himself to battle.

”I was with the Grand Dowager Empress to request release.”

That was good news. It was high time Luo Meng became a free man. Shen Hong remembered the first time he spotted Luo Meng in the Imperial gardens. He was a closed soul who practised fighting with great skill and zeal he had not seen in someone. Whenever he would approach him, Luo Meng would shut off, answer what he was asked dutifully then kindly ask for permission to leave. It took a while to build a friendship with him and though he desired to serve him, they couldn't really manage to attain a release from Grand Dowager Empress.

”What did she say?”

”Her Highness gave this slave manumission.”

Shen Hong smiled, glad about the news.