Heilan Chacha only felt quite embarrassing. She undressed him quickly and tried to please him, “Your Majesty, you’re ready to get boiled…oh no, to get showered.”
Ye Shengxuan nodded slightly and walked to the bathing pond to try the temperature of the water. And he was pretty satisfied with it as he finally stepped into the pond.
The bathing pond was already filled with water, so when he entered it, the water overflowed the pond. The pond was surrounded by steam, and the entire room was full of the tender fragrance of flowers as if it was a dreamy wonderland. Helian Chacha couldn’t help praising it in heart: the emperor was indeed the son of Heaven; even his shower was so extraordinary. No wonder so many people risked their lives to get this position.
While she was still in her wondering, Ye Shengxuan suddenly asked her, “Dagou, rub my back.”
Helian Chacha replied with a “Yes” and then walked to Ye Shengxuan’s back in a few tiny steps. She took the hand towel there and started to rub his back carefully.
Maybe it was because he had practiced Kung Fu for years, Helian Chacha could still feel his well-developed muscles behind the hand towel.
Wide shoulder, curvy shape, firm muscles, and the water drops falling from his skin… Helian Chacha was so enchanted that she couldn’t help drawing a circle on his back with her finger.
Ye Shengxuan had thought maybe she didn’t do it on purpose, but he never expected that she could be so reckless to touch him once and again.
Splash…
Ye Shengxuan suddenly grabbed her naughty hand and questioned her with veins throbbing on his forehead, “What are you doing?!”
“Ouch!”
Not sure if he really cared about her or just didn’t want to touch her at all, Ye Shengxuan dropped her hand and threw her a cold glimpse, saying coldly, “I’ll chop off your two hands if you do it again!”
“Yes.”
Helian Chacha massaged the hand that had been grabbed by Ye Shengxuan as it turned quite red on the back. If he had grabbed it harder then, her hand would be definitely broken. This man…
Since she had been quiet for a long while behind him, Ye Shengxuan started to urge her impatiently, “What are you waiting for? Come here quickly and rub my back.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Helian Chacha clenched her teeth and grabbed that hand towel on the floor. She started to rub the back of Ye Shengxuan so hard that almost his entire back soon turned red.
She thought Ye Shengxuan would shout “Ouch”, but she hadn’t expected that her strength was pretty much like tickles for Ye Shengxuan, so Ye Shengxuan didn’t even give out a single moan during the rubbing.
Was this man’s skin made of bricks? How come it was so thick?
“Lin Dagou.” Ye Shengxuan was taking a nap and he suddenly opened his eyes, sniffing with his head tilted, “Why do you… have the smell of women?”
Helian Chacha was so shocked that she thought maybe he had already found out that she was actually a girl. Was he testing herself with it? This was a major crime and she could be beheaded for it. People had said in the past that confession makes things easier while resistance goes the other way. If he had known the truth, she would rather have admitted it herself than having been found out by him. Both led to death, whatever!
She kneeled down all of sudden and explained, “Your Majesty, I didn’t mean to…”
“I heard that you are having affairs with those palace maids. Is it true?” Ye Shengxuan stared at her in shock as he had never expected him to be a person like that.
It was the first time that Helian Chacha saw a shocking face of Ye Shengxuan.
She was first shocked and then kowtowed very hard, crying out loud, “Please trust me, Your Majesty! I am just a eunuch and I could never do it anymore. How could I dream about any woman now? Those rumor spreaders shall all get cursed!”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at her with his inquiring eyes and stood up from the bathing pond slowly. He walked to the screen and took a long bathing towel to wipe off the water on his body.
“Since it’s not your fault, you don’t have to kneel down. Just get up.” Ye Shengxuan dropped the bathing towel to the ground and opened his arm leisurely, saying with his eyes closed, “Come here and help me get dressed.”
Without delay, Helian Chacha went there immediately and helped him wear the clothes that had been put there already. Right after he got dressed, Ye Shengxuan walked to the table and sat down. He poured a cup of tea for himself and took a small sip of it, then saying to Helian Chacha who was cleaning the bathing pond, “Lin Dagou, have you ever wanted to be successful?”
“I am too young to think about it. I am grateful enough to be here to serve you, Your Majesty.” No more success, I just wanted to kill you right now and then left this place forever!
Ye Shengxuan stared directly at her, but she couldn’t read his mind at all.
He said again after a long while, “What if I want you to take charge of the Eunuch Ministry? Do you want it?”
“The Eunuch Ministry?” Helian Chacha’s hand trembled and the clothes in her hand fell to the ground again. She picked them up immediately and said in a shaking voice, “I… I am still too young and I’m afraid I can’t bear such a big responsibility.”
The Eunuch Ministry was in charge of the entire eunuch system in the imperial palace. If she took the position of its minister, then she would be in the same position as Wei Zhongxian (TN: known as one of the most notorious eunuchs in Chinese history). She would never accept it no matter Ye Shengxuan was serious about it or not.
On one hand, if she accepted it directly, Ye Shengxuan would think she was too ambitious and would probably kill her right away. On the other hand, the minister of the Eunuch Ministry drew too much attention as it would be hard for her to leave the palace when she finished the task.
As a professional spy, she knew exactly how important it was to be alone than being the shining star among the crowd. It was much more convenient to come and go without any trace.
He had never expected that Helian Chacha would reject it so quickly, so Ye Shengxuan looked really surprised yet he also admired her decision, “The minister of Eunuch Ministry is the dream job of thousands of eunuchs as they fight the whole life for it. Are you sure you really don’t want it?”
After the cleaning, Helian Chacha walked back to Ye Shengxuan and bowed to him, “Your Majesty, I am very sure how capable I am. So I think you should save the position for someone else with more capabilities.”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at her with meaningful eyes, and there came a voice from the outside when he was about to speak, “Your Majesty, the general of imperial guardians is requesting to meet you.”
“Let him in.” Then he waved at Helian Chacha, “We don’t need you here. You can leave now.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
When she left the hall, Shiao Qi was coming in from the outside, and he looked quite surprised when he saw her, but he soon hid his feelings, passed her and walked into the Yangxin Hall directly.
“What’s new?” Ye Shengxuan asked Shiao Qi the moment he approached him.
“Her Highness Concubine Yun is monitoring Lin Dagou.”
Ye Shengxuan stopped drinking his tea for a second and said, “Do you know the reason?”
“Well…” Shiao Qi looked up at Ye Shengxuan and then went blushed, replying with embarrassment, “It’s about the reputation of Your Majesty, so I…”
Ye Shengxuan looked serious and said, “Tell me!”
“It is said…” Shiao Qi was still quite reluctant to say it, but when he met the cold eyes of Ye Shengxuan, he decided to tell him everything, “It is said that Her Highness heard you asked Lin Dagou to serve you the night you kicked her away. So she suspects… suspects that you are gay, Your Majesty.”
Ye Shengxuan’s lips started twitching, “It seems that Xu Ruyun has been idling for too long. Now, go to Ruichen Palace and announce my order, Concubine Yun offended me and still doesn’t change her behavior, so she will be grounded for three more months!”
“Yes.”
Shiao Qi was about to leave, but Ye Shengxuan stopped him again, “Wait. Has the man in black contacted Lin Dagou lately?”
He shook his head and said, “No. Lin Dagou has been quiet lately and the man in black hasn’t shown up either. I think they’re planning something in a long run.”
Ye Shengxuan nodded and said, “Alright, I got it. Except for Lin Dagou, you should pay attention to Chu Jianmo as well. I heard that he had contacts with Lin Dagou a few days ago.”
Heilan Chacha only felt quite embarrassing. She undressed him quickly and tried to please him, “Your Majesty, you’re ready to get boiled…oh no, to get showered.”
Ye Shengxuan nodded slightly and walked to the bathing pond to try the temperature of the water. And he was pretty satisfied with it as he finally stepped into the pond.
The bathing pond was already filled with water, so when he entered it, the water overflowed the pond. The pond was surrounded by steam, and the entire room was full of the tender fragrance of flowers as if it was a dreamy wonderland. Helian Chacha couldn’t help praising it in heart: the emperor was indeed the son of Heaven; even his shower was so extraordinary. No wonder so many people risked their lives to get this position.
While she was still in her wondering, Ye Shengxuan suddenly asked her, “Dagou, rub my back.”
Helian Chacha replied with a “Yes” and then walked to Ye Shengxuan’s back in a few tiny steps. She took the hand towel there and started to rub his back carefully.
Maybe it was because he had practiced Kung Fu for years, Helian Chacha could still feel his well-developed muscles behind the hand towel.
Wide shoulder, curvy shape, firm muscles, and the water drops falling from his skin… Helian Chacha was so enchanted that she couldn’t help drawing a circle on his back with her finger.
Ye Shengxuan had thought maybe she didn’t do it on purpose, but he never expected that she could be so reckless to touch him once and again.
Splash…
Ye Shengxuan suddenly grabbed her naughty hand and questioned her with veins throbbing on his forehead, “What are you doing?!”
“Ouch!”
Not sure if he really cared about her or just didn’t want to touch her at all, Ye Shengxuan dropped her hand and threw her a cold glimpse, saying coldly, “I’ll chop off your two hands if you do it again!”
“Yes.”
Helian Chacha massaged the hand that had been grabbed by Ye Shengxuan as it turned quite red on the back. If he had grabbed it harder then, her hand would be definitely broken. This man…
Since she had been quiet for a long while behind him, Ye Shengxuan started to urge her impatiently, “What are you waiting for? Come here quickly and rub my back.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Helian Chacha clenched her teeth and grabbed that hand towel on the floor. She started to rub the back of Ye Shengxuan so hard that almost his entire back soon turned red.
She thought Ye Shengxuan would shout “Ouch”, but she hadn’t expected that her strength was pretty much like tickles for Ye Shengxuan, so Ye Shengxuan didn’t even give out a single moan during the rubbing.
Was this man’s skin made of bricks? How come it was so thick?
“Lin Dagou.” Ye Shengxuan was taking a nap and he suddenly opened his eyes, sniffing with his head tilted, “Why do you… have the smell of women?”
Helian Chacha was so shocked that she thought maybe he had already found out that she was actually a girl. Was he testing herself with it? This was a major crime and she could be beheaded for it. People had said in the past that confession makes things easier while resistance goes the other way. If he had known the truth, she would rather have admitted it herself than having been found out by him. Both led to death, whatever!
She kneeled down all of sudden and explained, “Your Majesty, I didn’t mean to…”
“I heard that you are having affairs with those palace maids. Is it true?” Ye Shengxuan stared at her in shock as he had never expected him to be a person like that.
It was the first time that Helian Chacha saw a shocking face of Ye Shengxuan.
She was first shocked and then kowtowed very hard, crying out loud, “Please trust me, Your Majesty! I am just a eunuch and I could never do it anymore. How could I dream about any woman now? Those rumor spreaders shall all get cursed!”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at her with his inquiring eyes and stood up from the bathing pond slowly. He walked to the screen and took a long bathing towel to wipe off the water on his body.
“Since it’s not your fault, you don’t have to kneel down. Just get up.” Ye Shengxuan dropped the bathing towel to the ground and opened his arm leisurely, saying with his eyes closed, “Come here and help me get dressed.”
Without delay, Helian Chacha went there immediately and helped him wear the clothes that had been put there already. Right after he got dressed, Ye Shengxuan walked to the table and sat down. He poured a cup of tea for himself and took a small sip of it, then saying to Helian Chacha who was cleaning the bathing pond, “Lin Dagou, have you ever wanted to be successful?”
“I am too young to think about it. I am grateful enough to be here to serve you, Your Majesty.” No more success, I just wanted to kill you right now and then left this place forever!
Ye Shengxuan stared directly at her, but she couldn’t read his mind at all.
He said again after a long while, “What if I want you to take charge of the Eunuch Ministry? Do you want it?”
“The Eunuch Ministry?” Helian Chacha’s hand trembled and the clothes in her hand fell to the ground again. She picked them up immediately and said in a shaking voice, “I… I am still too young and I’m afraid I can’t bear such a big responsibility.”
The Eunuch Ministry was in charge of the entire eunuch system in the imperial palace. If she took the position of its minister, then she would be in the same position as Wei Zhongxian (TN: known as one of the most notorious eunuchs in Chinese history). She would never accept it no matter Ye Shengxuan was serious about it or not.
On one hand, if she accepted it directly, Ye Shengxuan would think she was too ambitious and would probably kill her right away. On the other hand, the minister of the Eunuch Ministry drew too much attention as it would be hard for her to leave the palace when she finished the task.
As a professional spy, she knew exactly how important it was to be alone than being the shining star among the crowd. It was much more convenient to come and go without any trace.
He had never expected that Helian Chacha would reject it so quickly, so Ye Shengxuan looked really surprised yet he also admired her decision, “The minister of Eunuch Ministry is the dream job of thousands of eunuchs as they fight the whole life for it. Are you sure you really don’t want it?”
After the cleaning, Helian Chacha walked back to Ye Shengxuan and bowed to him, “Your Majesty, I am very sure how capable I am. So I think you should save the position for someone else with more capabilities.”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at her with meaningful eyes, and there came a voice from the outside when he was about to speak, “Your Majesty, the general of imperial guardians is requesting to meet you.”
“Let him in.” Then he waved at Helian Chacha, “We don’t need you here. You can leave now.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
When she left the hall, Shiao Qi was coming in from the outside, and he looked quite surprised when he saw her, but he soon hid his feelings, passed her and walked into the Yangxin Hall directly.
“What’s new?” Ye Shengxuan asked Shiao Qi the moment he approached him.
“Her Highness Concubine Yun is monitoring Lin Dagou.”
Ye Shengxuan stopped drinking his tea for a second and said, “Do you know the reason?”
“Well…” Shiao Qi looked up at Ye Shengxuan and then went blushed, replying with embarrassment, “It’s about the reputation of Your Majesty, so I…”
Ye Shengxuan looked serious and said, “Tell me!”
“It is said…” Shiao Qi was still quite reluctant to say it, but when he met the cold eyes of Ye Shengxuan, he decided to tell him everything, “It is said that Her Highness heard you asked Lin Dagou to serve you the night you kicked her away. So she suspects… suspects that you are gay, Your Majesty.”
Ye Shengxuan’s lips started twitching, “It seems that Xu Ruyun has been idling for too long. Now, go to Ruichen Palace and announce my order, Concubine Yun offended me and still doesn’t change her behavior, so she will be grounded for three more months!”
“Yes.”
Shiao Qi was about to leave, but Ye Shengxuan stopped him again, “Wait. Has the man in black contacted Lin Dagou lately?”
He shook his head and said, “No. Lin Dagou has been quiet lately and the man in black hasn’t shown up either. I think they’re planning something in a long run.”
Ye Shengxuan nodded and said, “Alright, I got it. Except for Lin Dagou, you should pay attention to Chu Jianmo as well. I heard that he had contacts with Lin Dagou a few days ago.”
