Chapter 83 You sleep in the bed when we come in; we'll sleep somewhere else.
"But I want to sleep with Eunuch An."
Zhao Liangxu stared intently at An He, while the two servants guarding the courtyard stood ramrod straight, pretending not to hear anything.
But she was still secretly wondering whether Anhe would actually let Zhao Liangxu in.
"If we say no, then no."
An He felt his heart softening under Zhao Liangxu's gaze, but he still remembered Zhao Liangxu's unruly behavior last night. If he let her into the house, who knew what unpredictable things she might do?
Zhao Liangxu never expected An He to be so resolute today. She wasn't some monster, nor would she do anything strange; she just wanted to sleep together, but An He was determined not to agree.
Zhao Liangxu pondered for a moment, which An He found to be a lack of words.
He softened his tone and said to Zhao Liangxu, "You can go back now. Our house isn't very nice. It's not as comfortable as your own room. Before it gets completely dark, we'll have someone take you back. It will be even colder at night."
Anhe didn't speak in a particularly soft voice, but his words were not sarcastic or harsh at all; instead, they were full of concern and showed that he really cared about Zhao Liangxu. The two servants were dumbfounded.
They had never heard Anhe speak so considerately to anyone before.
Everyone in the manor was extremely careful in their actions, afraid of offending the unpredictable Anhe. Even when the An family hosted banquets for other officials, those high-ranking and powerful officials would fawn over Anhe. While other officials would be all gentle and ingratiating, Anhe would either sneer and find fault, or smile while hiding a knife.
This uniquely kind attitude was something they had only ever seen An He treat Zhao Liangxu like this.
The two were astonished. Zhao Liangxu had come to the An residence last autumn, and in just half a year, she had already earned the special treatment of the Ninth Prince.
However, given the special status of the Ninth Prince, it was already quite astonishing that he could be so amiable without going against his wishes.
But if one persists in this stubbornness, things might not turn out that way.
Therefore, both of them thought that Zhao Liangxu would obediently leave the courtyard, and Anhe would definitely assign one of them to send Zhao Liangxu back.
The two servants listened attentively to the next instructions, but Zhao Liangxu spoke up at this moment, not to agree to Anhe's request.
Zhao Liangxu said, "Eunuch An, I don't want to go back. I only want to stay here with you. Could it be that you treated me so cruelly because you saw that piece of paper during the day? But there wasn't anything particularly explicit on it, just jade... um!"
Anhe was initially displeased upon hearing the first half of Zhao Liangxu's sentence, but after pondering for a while, she still hadn't grasped the main point and was still thinking about going into her own room.
He frowned, about to speak, but as he listened intently to Zhao Liangxu recounting the events of the day, a sense of unease rose within him. Sure enough, he heard Zhao Liangxu about to utter those two words.
This is outside!
In a moment of panic, An He covered Zhao Liangxu's mouth and looked at her with a frown and suspicion.
Her ears were flushed.
An He whispered close to Zhao Liangxu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Zhao Liangxu could still speak, but her mouth was suddenly covered, which startled her and caused her to stop talking.
Zhao Liangxu's voice was muffled, and every word she uttered seemed to bounce into An He's palm, as if she were tickling him.
“I won’t say anything, but Eunuch An clearly wants to sleep with me too. We are of the same mind, so why does Eunuch An keep refusing me?”
Her voice came through Anhe's palm, and only Anhe could hear it.
The golden sky gradually turned inky, and the wind grew a little cooler.
Yesterday's weather was better than today's. Zhao Liangxu was still wearing the clothes she had worn into the palace yesterday, which were a bit thinner in today's wind.
Anhe's palms also smelled sweet, lingering in Zhao Liangxu's nostrils and making her nose a little itchy.
Zhao Liangxu had only been halfway through her sincere persuasion of An He when she hurriedly pulled his hand away and sneezed twice to the side.
After the two sneezes, her brain felt as if it had been cleansed, making Zhao Liangxu forget where she had been talking about.
She then used a sneeze as an excuse to say, "Eunuch An, look, you've left me out here for a while, and I'm starting to feel cold. Your room is so close to mine, can't I just go in and warm up?"
But while she said that, she secretly thought that Anhe was probably cursing her for being difficult.
She was only told to sneeze after she had been scolded and nagged.
Anhe truly resented Zhao Liangxu's stubbornness.
But when Anhe saw Zhao Liangxu cover her face with her sleeve to sneeze, revealing two blushing cheeks like red flower petals, she found it hard to refuse.
“Okay, come in.” Anhe changed his mind.
She was indeed dressed lightly; she should at least warm up in her bedroom first.
An He pondered this in his heart, but his true thoughts were quite simple and obvious: he also wanted to sleep with Zhao Liangxu again.
The feeling of two people embracing under the covers, feeling each other's warmth and softness; the sensation of just a gentle breath sending shivers down your spine; the moment when, even in a cold dream, you wake up to find warmth in someone's arms—it's truly...
Fascinating and unforgettable.
Zhao Liangxu was stunned. She hadn't expected An He to be so easy to talk to. She had thought she would need to put in more effort.
Anhe opened the door and said to Zhao Liangxu, "Still standing there? Don't tell me you don't want to come in now."
Zhao Liangxu snapped out of her daze, saying "How could that be?" as she slipped into Anhe's bedroom.
Only two servants, who had been prepared to escort him, were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Liangxu actually entered the Ninth Prince's room!
As soon as Zhao Liangxu entered the room, she wanted to go straight to Anhe's bed, but Anhe quickly stretched out an arm to stop her.
Anhe's arm wrapped around Zhao Liangxu's body, but accidentally went too far up, and his arm touched something incredibly soft.
An He was startled, but Zhao Liangxu, caught off guard by the sudden stop, didn't pay attention to these details and just stared at An He with a face full of resentment.
"Just stay inside and warm up for a while, don't touch anything in our house," Anhe said awkwardly.
He quickly released his arm, trying to forget the evidence of his crime.
Zhao Liangxu knew from An He's ambiguous words that An He was also struggling internally.
She said to Anhe, "Does Eunuch An intend to kick me out? Now that I'm in, I naturally don't want to leave. As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Eunuch An invited me in himself, so it's not easy to send him away. No matter how much I'm told to be careful, in the end I'll still have to sleep with Eunuch An."
Zhao Liangxu looked around at her surroundings. She had been here once before, and now it felt somewhat familiar.
Anhe's bedroom was not small. Some of the rare items were placed in the study, and the rest were placed in the bedroom. There was no bed at the entrance of the bedroom, as that would not be private enough. Therefore, Anhe's bedroom was actually divided into several rooms by a half-open wall. The outer room was set up with a table for eating or other things, and Anhe's actual sleeping place was further inside.
A spacious and luxurious canopy bed is the most eye-catching item in the bedroom. There are even plain-colored patterned curtains hanging on the bed. When the curtains are pulled, you can only see the scenery on the bed in a glimpse.
Before Zhao Liangxu could examine the room more closely, Anhe pressed her down into a chair and asked, "Have you looked enough? You always speak without thinking. Why do you always say such shocking things?"
Saying things like "sleeping together" without thinking is just something you say without thinking.
It always makes people think all sorts of things.
"I haven't seen enough yet. I want to know everything about Eunuch An's bedroom," Zhao Liangxu said with a smile.
“Besides,” Zhao Liangxu tilted her head, “I didn’t say anything shocking. Was Eunuch An referring to the jade dildo? I didn’t say it out loud. The term exists because people use it. Why should I hide it from Eunuch An?”
Anhe was startled again and said, "What are you saying now? How can a girl like you say such things so casually? Don't you know any shame?"
"Why should I be ashamed? Eunuch An knows perfectly well that there are some things I only say to him."
Anhe couldn't argue with Zhao Liangxu, so she could only say, "If you insist on sleeping here, go wash up first before you come back."
She had been backing down step by step, and in just a short while, the argument about going inside had turned into her going to wash up.
Anhe felt remorse.
Zhao Liangxu was naturally delighted. Anhe's room was fully equipped. After washing up with clean toothpaste and soap, Zhao Liangxu asked Anhe, "Eunuch An, shall we not sleep in our clothes tonight? It's hot in your room, and it's uncomfortable to sleep in too many clothes. It's more comfortable to sleep in your nightgown."
Anhe crossed her arms and looked at Zhao Liangxu, saying, "We don't have your nightgown here."
"But there are Eunuch An's nightgowns here."
An He was startled by Zhao Liangxu's words many times, and now he even had the illusion that "it was just as he thought." He had become somewhat used to Zhao Liangxu's surprising remarks.
“Do you think our family would let you wear that? That’s something our family has worn!” Anhe’s voice was a little loud.
Zhao Liangxu rubbed her freshly washed face: "But I don't mind. Since Eunuch An is so clean, his nightgown must be clean and smell nice too."
Zhao Liangxu's unintentional remark about "being clean" inadvertently touched a sensitive chord in Anhe's heart.
His face stiffened.
He was so engrossed in indulging the brief, beautiful moments Zhao Liangxu brought him that he almost forgot who he was.
"Wear your own clothes."
Anhe's words were firm, leaving Zhao Liangxu no room to maneuver.
“You…you sleep in the bed. Those are all newly changed blankets and pillows, so it won’t be a burden. We won’t let you sleep in the same room.” Anhe’s sense of inferiority resurfaced.
I was really confused. How could I follow Zhao Liangxu's nonsense?
Zhao Liangxu's words reminded him that his so-called love of cleanliness was nothing more than a fear of his disabled body.
For someone like him, sleeping with Zhao Liangxu once is enough to make one feel gratified.
If they get too close together, and it happens too often, Zhao Liangxu might unintentionally encounter her embarrassing situation again.
It's better to keep your distance.
"Where will Eunuch An sleep?" Zhao Liangxu tugged at An He's sleeve.
“There’s a large daybed in the outer room; we’ll sleep there,” Anhe replied.
Zhao Liangxu sometimes felt that An He could make her laugh: "Eunuch An has a bed in his own bedroom but doesn't sleep there, but now you want to curl up on the daybed for one night. Didn't you sleep well yesterday? Why are you being distant from me today?"
An He naturally wanted to be with Zhao Liangxu, but one cannot always follow one's heart.
He could only say in a cold voice, "I already told you that." He paused.
"Only that one time yesterday."
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The author's note: Did they actually sleep together? (The author always writes beautifully about their interactions.)
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