The Rites of the Bedchamber (Part 1)

  "Not a chance!" I turned my head, but he caught my chin, turning my face back to his, my heart was already overloading, I didn't know what he wanted to do, but there was a tiny bit of expectation in my heart, sigh, I'm such a pervert.

  "The king orders Wu Qing to be executed."

  "Ow... it hurts, it hurts..."

  "If you say those two words again..." The demonically handsome guy increased his force.

  "King, Prince, ah, okay, okay, stop pinching me, I know." How annoying, showing off his charm, she slapped his hand away.

  "Since you are my husband, I'll ask you, how many wives and concubines do you have?"

  The demon sat back against the bed railing opposite me and replied lazily, "One main wife, two secondary wives."

  "Who am I?"

  "Empress."

  "Empress! So I was the least favored one after all!"

  "Why does the lady think so?"

  "You see, since I can marry two more people under me, isn't it obvious?!"

  ……

  "Silent and unresponsive? It seems it's true."

  ……

  "Then I'd like to ask Your Highness for a favor."

  "What?"

  "Please let those two ladies never appear before me again."

  "Reason."

  "The sight of them can't even tolerate a grain of sand in my eyes, seeing them only makes me despise you, Prince Wang."

  ……

  "Actually, I'm a bit puzzled. You're so young, why did you marry someone as old as me? How old are you? Do you know how old I am? Twenty-eight already, almost old enough to be your..."

  That's right, I reached out and touched my neck, no, this, the pillow was turned over and searched all around, no, it can't be lost, that would be terrible.

  "No, Your Highness, you can see..."

  "Are you looking for this?"

  "Yes, yes, yes." I took over the thing thrown by the demon, which was exactly what I was looking for.

  "Madam, do you still remember it?"

  "How could I forget this? It's been passed down in our family, and fortunately, it hasn't been lost."

  "Is that all?"

  "That's all, is there any other meaning? Because this jade is naturally formed and very valuable! Thank you for helping me keep it." I put the white jade on, tucked it into my collar and close to my skin.

  "Does the lady still remember her own name?"

  "King said with a smile, of course I remember, my name is Shen Liu."

  "Shen Liu." The demon said word by word.

  "What about Shen Heishan?"

  "I don't know!"

  "Ten thousand days of sincerity?"

  "I've never heard of it."

  "Lingyue Palace?"

  "No impression."

  "Is there anyone else at the mansion?"

  "Your Majesty, you're investigating the household registration!"

  "Residence permit?"

  "Alas, it's about my household registration! Alright, I'll only say it once. My father is Shen Yan, my mother is Liu Jing, so I'm called Shen Liu, taking the surnames of both parents. We live in Autumn City. Honestly, you haven't lost your memory, don't you remember any of these things? Or are you saying that marrying me wasn't out of your own free will, and therefore you're not interested in my family matters? Come to think of it, who would be willing to marry an older woman... You say you..."

  "Madam, take a rest." Ugh, she's annoyed with me!

  The demon suddenly got up and left, finally leaving. When he was in the house, the air pressure inside was too low, it was unbearable. Yinghe came in to ask if I needed anything, I said I wanted to rest for a while, Yinghe helped me lie down, covered me with a quilt, left, closed the door, and then my hanging heart finally put down.

  For the next few days, I was doing some rehabilitation exercises. Yinghe told me that my injury was very severe and even the royal doctor in the palace couldn't do anything about it. In the end, they had to invite the owner of "Zhusheng Medical Hall" to come and treat me, which finally saved my life, but made me lie in bed for three months.

  So now I can only exercise a little every day, and eat too. I don't dare to eat much, maybe the time is short, my muscles haven't atrophied, this is one thing that makes me happy.

  It took about two weeks for me to recover, during which time the demon came every night and sat with me for a while without saying a word. He just lay on the couch quietly, looking at me, and I had to fight against his gaze each time, it was really dazzling.

  "Your Highness." The demon is back again.

  "Go first."

  "Yes."

  The sound of the door opening, the sound of the door closing, footsteps, rustling clothes. I looked up to see the demon leaning against the couch, quietly watching me. I couldn't sit still any longer, he's always like this, it's not a solution, my heart can't take it. I got up and walked over to him.

  "Go on, what's going on."

  "The lady thinks I have something to do with the king?"

  "How would I know? It's not like I have a worm in your belly."

  "I hope it's just a bug in your stomach, madam."

  "...Anyway, thank you for taking time every night to visit me. I'm already fully recovered, so you don't have to come and see me every day anymore, you know..."

  "Father, Qing'er is here."

  "Come in." The door was opened and closed.

  "Grandfather is well, sister is well."

  "Who is this?"

  "What's wrong, sister doesn't recognize her little sister?" The person calling me Qing'er stretched out their hand to grab mine, I dodged and took a step back.

  "Sister, what's wrong?"

  "Because I don't know you, so I'm not used to it."

  "Sister? Grandfather!" Qing'er said, her eyes welling up with tears, as she took out a silk handkerchief from her bosom to wipe them away.

  "Sister, how could you even forget Qing'er?" This is what they mean by acting skills.

  "Who are you?"

  "Sister, I'm the fourth younger sister."

  "Fourth sister? I don't have a sister, I'm the only one in my family."

  "Sister, Qing'er is Father's concubine."

  "Concubine, Fourth Brother? You didn't count me as one of your three wives? And now you've married another one in just a few days, impressive."

  "Ah, no. There's also Third Madam, unfortunately she passed away too early."

  "Dead? Ah, what a pity. However, this younger sister is really beautiful."

  "Sister!"

  "To be honest, young and beautiful, this is what matches a fox spirit... Ah, Your Highness!"

  "Eh? Sister?"

  "Qing'er is right, I don't know what brings you here?"

  "Ah, I've come to see if sister is doing a bit better."

  "Ah, thank you, I'm fine now. The king is here anyway, you all chat, don't mind me, I haven't finished reading this part yet, I'll go read first."

  Pick up the local chronicle on the table, this book is very interesting, it talks about the customs and human feelings of this place. Take off your shoes and get on the bed, lean against the bed rail, continue reading. The two of them, if they know what's good for them, should leave immediately.

  "Grandpa, what's this?"

  "Qing'er, go back."

  "But..."

  "Go back first."

  "Okay, will you come over tonight?"

  "Don't wait for me today."

  "En, then I'll go back, sister, Qing'er won't disturb your rest anymore, I'll leave first."

  "Oh, okay then, I won't see you off, Yinghe, Yinghe."

  "Yes, ma'am."

  "Send my regards to the fourth madam."

  "Yes." The door was closed tightly, and the room fell silent again. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the demon get up and walk towards me. Hmm, he didn't leave after all.

  "Hey, Prince Wang, what are you doing with my book?"

  "Madam is so gracious in her invitation, how could I, the king, not understand the propriety of it?" What?

  "What? What do you mean?"

  "Of course it is the etiquette of the boudoir!"

  "What! I didn't mean it like that!"

  "But I clearly saw that you had this intention, madam."

  "It seems that Your Highness has forgotten what I said a few days ago. Let me remind you, do you think I would be interested in someone I dislike?"

  "Well, in that case, I'll just have to test it out myself."

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