Chapter 24 Do I have to take my pants off for my erotic dream? I'm a little shy...
Inside the palace maid's room, Su Panyue stretched and turned over in a good mood, preparing to go to sleep.
Although today was somewhat dangerous, it was much better than the situation in my dream. How can I not have contributed to this?
As for Xie Lanzhou, that capricious fellow, considering that he didn't leave her unconscious there unattended, Su Panyue decided to be magnanimous and not hold it against him.
Just as she lay down and began to feel a little sleepy, a palace servant came to report: "Miss Su, His Majesty summons you to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to serve him."
Unable to fall asleep, Su Panyue pounded the bed in frustration and reluctantly got up to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
There were still only two guards outside the door who seemed oblivious to her. Su Panyue greeted them casually and then went inside the hall.
The bedchamber was empty. Su Panyue looked around and noticed the oil paper package on the table. It was a candied fruit that her father-in-law, Eunuch Fu, had sent. There was only one fruit left in the package.
She smiled and followed the sound of water toward the bath in the back hall.
Passing through layers of gauze curtains, I indeed saw a man in a white nightgown standing by the pool.
"This servant greets Your Majesty." Su Panyue said respectfully, but inwardly she harbored some dissatisfaction.
[What a capricious person! When they're angry, they kick people out; when they're happy, they call them back. They don't even let people get a good night's sleep.]
Xie Lanzhou turned around and asked in a calm voice, "Didn't you say you would serve me?"
Su Panyue was speechless at his words and could only bite the bullet and say, "Of course, it is my honor to serve Your Majesty."
[Serving you a bath, huh? I'll take advantage of you today, or I'm not a Su!]
Xie Lanzhou faced her with his arms outstretched, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Su Panyue was stunned for a moment before she reacted and went forward to take off his nightgown.
She was extra careful when she touched the wound on his arm, and it was only then that she had a chance to examine the bandaged wound closely. It was a full half-arm long, so it must have been quite a serious injury.
Feeling a pang of sadness, Su Panyue softened her movements even more.
Xie Lanzhou looked down at her and happened to see the heartache in the woman's eyes, which was genuine.
So be it. As for her sickly husband, just kill him. What's past is past. In the end, she only cares about herself now.
Xie Lanzhou convinced himself, raised his hand to stroke her hair, and a touch of tenderness appeared in his eyes.
Unfortunately, this tenderness did not last long, for he heard someone's innermost thoughts:
Do I have to take my pants off too? I'm a little shy.
Xie Lanzhou grabbed her restless hand and took the initiative to step up the steps and enter the hot spring.
He draped his injured arm, which couldn't get wet, over the white jade pool wall and slowly sat down.
Su Panyue pouted: [That's it? So emperors always bathed with their pants on?]
Xie Lanzhou was already able to remain unfazed by the foul language in her mind. He turned to look at her and gestured with his eyes that she could begin.
Su Panyue resignedly rolled up her sleeves, squatted down by the pool, splashed water on his shoulder, and couldn't help but marvel at how excellent the man's physique was.
Broad shoulders and a narrow waist go without saying, not to mention the collarbone that forms a small pool of water, and below that, strong and well-defined muscles that extend all the way, every part of it is exquisite and perfect. When water droplets are on it, it looks like white porcelain ice, delicate and fragile.
Su Panyue splashed water while admiring the scene, her wicked little hands intentionally or unintentionally brushing against her skin, the sensation was exquisite.
She swallowed hard, secretly thinking to herself, "How can someone have such a perfect figure? It's such a waste that he's the emperor. If he were a male prostitute, he could bring happiness to many more girls."
Then you see the man who was lying there comfortably suddenly raise his hand, splash water on his face.
Caught off guard, Su Panyue was splashed all over her face. She quickly spat twice, wiped the water off her face, and asked angrily, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?!"
Xie Lanzhou tilted his head slightly and said in a low voice, "Focus." Then he leaned back again.
Taking advantage of the fact that he couldn't see, Su Panyue rolled her eyes at the back of his head, wondering why she couldn't concentrate.
Then she perfunctorily massaged his shoulders. This bathing routine was something she had learned from Granny Wei, and she never expected it would actually come in handy.
After pressing for a while, her legs, which had been squatting, started to feel numb.
She shifted slightly, trying to change her position, but the ground was too wet, and she slipped, fell on her bottom, and tumbled into the pool along the side.
Although she was a pretty good swimmer, she still choked on some water and surfaced, coughing incessantly.
A large hand gently patted her back, helping her catch her breath.
"Cough cough cough, thank you, Your Majesty." After finally recovering, Su Panyue expressed her gratitude.
However, this meant she was completely soaked, from head to toe.
Most importantly, she was suddenly summoned just before going to bed, and in her haste, she was too lazy to put on her undergarments, so she just put on an apricot-colored palace maid's dress over them.
Now that it's wet, this apricot-colored palace maid's dress is barely anything special.
The soaked clothes clung to her body, outlining her clear silhouette, sticking up high like a plump peach, with water droplets seemingly dripping from the tip, creating ripples in the pool.
Su Panyue was still busy brushing the damp hair off her face when she noticed the man's burning gaze. Looking down, she realized something was terribly wrong.
He could only bend his legs and submerge the part of his body below his face in the water, and then he heard the man chuckle softly.
[Don't you know the saying "Don't look at what you shouldn't see"? You're still laughing? Believe me, I'll take advantage of your injury and do it to you!]
Xie Lanzhou still had a smile on his lips, staring straight at her, with some emotions in his eyes that she couldn't understand.
Su Panyue said angrily, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, my clothes are wet and I can no longer serve Your Majesty."
Xie Lanzhou raised an eyebrow: "Isn't it more convenient?"
His words were rather cryptic, and Su Panyue couldn't quite grasp what he meant. She swam over to him, then crossed her arms over her chest.
Petals floated on the water, and one of them had somehow gotten stuck to her face. Xie Lanzhou reached out and removed the petal from her cheek, gently putting it in his mouth as if he were savoring some delicacy.
Su Panyue stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her rosy cheeks flushing red. "You...you...you..."
Xie Lanzhou chuckled softly, causing ripples to spread across the water and blurring the petals surrounding her.
Then Su Panyue saw the pent-up energy gathering beneath the water's surface between the petals.
She gasped and quickly took two steps back, her ears turning red.
[Pervert! Thug! Lecher! Shameless!]
Hearing her curse herself in her heart, Xie Lanzhou laughed even harder, knowing full well what was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?"
How could Su Panyue possibly bring it up? Although she often had inappropriate thoughts in her mind, she definitely couldn't bring herself to say them.
After stammering for a while, she clutched her chest, got up, and fled from the pool as if escaping. Xie Lanzhou reached out to help her, saying, "Slow down."
Once ashore, Su Panyue blurted out, "This servant is suddenly feeling unwell and is afraid I cannot serve Your Majesty. I will go and call Eunuch Fu for you."
She spoke rapidly, finishing her sentence in one breath, afraid of being rejected if she spoke too slowly.
Xie Lanzhou didn't intend to make things difficult for her. He even thoughtfully pointed to the shelf next to him and said, "Go ahead and get a robe to put on."
Su Panyue casually grabbed a dark-colored outer robe and draped it over her shoulders, only to realize that the robe was a bit too long and seemed to belong to that man.
But in her shame and anger, she disregarded whether it was against the rules and hurriedly left the bathhouse by lifting the hem of her clothes.
The eunuch Fu, who was guarding outside the palace, said something and then ran back to his maid's quarters.
Thinking something had happened, Eunuch Fu hurriedly took small steps to the back hall. "Your Majesty, are you alright...?" He stopped mid-sentence.
Xie Lanzhou had stood up from the water, a series of water droplets sliding down his smooth muscle lines, but were forced apart between his legs, swaying and shaking.
Realizing he had witnessed something extraordinary, Eunuch Fu quickly lowered his head and respectfully asked, "Your Majesty, are you finished washing? This old servant will fetch you a towel."
Xie Lanzhou nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the direction outside the palace gate, and asked softly, "Did she go back?"
This time, Eunuch Fu quickly realized who he was talking about and hesitated before saying, "I suppose so."
Remembering the enormous object he had just seen, he kindly asked, "Should we bring the person back?"
Xie Lanzhou glanced at him, her tone somewhat somber: "No need."
*
The next morning, Su Panyue woke up early, sitting on the bed in a daze with heavy dark circles under her eyes.
She went to bed late last night and didn't want to wake up so early, but she had a dream all night.
The key issue is that this dream is truly embarrassing to talk about. The main characters in the dream are Xie Lanzhou and her. The two of them were busy all night, from the bath to the dragon bed, from the imperial garden to the imperial study, in all sorts of ways, to the point that she began to question her life.
How did these poses, which she had never seen or heard of before, appear in her dream?
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore in her dream and woke up with a deep sigh. Even though it was just a dream, she felt pain in her back and legs just from turning over, as if she had been completely drained.
So she lay in bed waiting for dawn, pondering what was going on with these incredibly vivid dreams she had.
As dawn broke, Su Panyue sat up and immediately spotted the men's outer garment she had worn the night before.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the garment was exquisitely crafted. Intricate patterns were embroidered with gold thread on the dark fabric, two coiled golden dragons were embroidered at the waist, and strings of small gold beads adorned the chest, gleaming with an expensive sheen in the sunlight.
Su Panyue sighed and thought to herself that she still had to find a chance to return the clothes properly. If others found out, she would have no way to explain herself.
She casually stuffed her clothes into the bottom of the trunk, sat in front of the mirror and looked at the dark circles under her eyes, still feeling resentful and indignant.
Although I had this dream myself, the other protagonist in the dream also bears half the responsibility. If he hadn't insisted on serving me during my bath last night, I wouldn't have had this dream!
Easily convincing herself, Su Panyue quickly got ready and arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation uninvited.
She didn't sleep well, so naturally she couldn't let the culprit sleep peacefully either!
But when she arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she found that there were twice as many guards outside the hall as yesterday, and it looked even more heavily guarded.
Su Panyue had already become familiar with these guards, and asked curiously, "Has His Majesty risen?"
The guard ignored her, didn't say anything, and just shook his head, telling her to go back.
Just as Su Panyue was at her wit's end, she saw Eunuch Shouxi coming out of the palace.
The two had known each other for about a month while they were at the Star-Picking Pavilion.
She quickly waved her hand: "Uncle Shouxi, do you know what's going on?"
After hesitating for a long time, Suki said, "What do you want with His Majesty? His Majesty went to the dungeon before dawn."
"The dungeon?" Su Panyue had been in the palace for so long that she had heard of dungeons before. She only knew that they were places specifically used to imprison death row inmates, bypassing the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Justice, and were dealt with directly by His Majesty.
Suki quickly made a shushing gesture: "Ancestor, this matter must not be made public."
Su Panyue nodded. She remembered the assassins from yesterday and quickly guessed what had happened.
He asked in a low voice, "Do you know what happened to those Yan envoys yesterday?"
Suki shook his head: "I don't know, but with His Majesty's methods, I'm afraid..." He made a throat-slitting gesture as he spoke.
Su Panyue, a spy from the State of Lu, panicked and instinctively shrank back. If even the envoys who came to negotiate were like this, wouldn't she, as a spy, be even more doomed?
No, she absolutely cannot be exposed!
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Author's Note: Moon: Is there anyone who can stop the emperor from acting like a scoundrel?
Zhou: You fell in here by yourself.
Moon: Believe it or not, I'll slap you.
Zhou: The scent of my wife arrives before the slap.
To catch up on updates, there will be no update tomorrow. I'll resume updating at 11 PM on the 28th. Thank you for your understanding! [shy][shy]
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