Chapter 308 Hypocrisy
"Your Majesty has appointed me as one of the nine concubines, but I feel uneasy. How dare I dream of becoming one of the four concubines?" Shulan kept shaking her head.
She was a person who was easily satisfied, and she had no complaints no matter what title Zhao Xing bestowed on her.
Now that Zhao Xing has appointed her as one of the nine concubines, she feels a little uneasy. After all, not only has she been married, but she is also much older than Zhao Xing.
In fact, Shulan didn't know that her marriage and her age were her advantages.
"Just because Sister Shulan thinks so doesn't mean others will think so." Minglan shook her head.
Shulan is a non-confrontational person, but in Li Shunyi's eyes, she might think she is pretending.
We are all concubines, who doesn’t want a higher status?
"That's not right." Rulan said, "Sister Shulan was given the title of Shuyi, which only slightly suppressed her. If she became one of the four concubines, it would be a huge suppression of her. Wouldn't she be even more unhappy?"
"Li Shunyi's grandfather is the husband. If the emperor appoints Sister Shulan as one of the Four Concubines, he will naturally have to take into account the opinions of the Li family and the civil officials. In this way, she will most likely become one of the Four Concubines." Minglan explained.
"Okay, I'll say she has bad intentions." Rulan gritted her teeth and said, "Sister Shulan, you can tell the emperor about this later."
"Fifth sister, don't give me any rash advice." Minglan said quickly, "This is just speculation, without any evidence. If you tell the emperor, he will think it is Sister Shulan who is slandering Li Shunyi."
"But we can't just let her scheme against Sister Shulan like this, right?" Rulan said without interruption.
"Don't worry, she can't plot against Sister Shulan. A person who has no desires is strong. Sister Shulan doesn't have that kind of idea at all. No matter what she says, it will be in vain." Minglan said with a smile.
Li Shunyi had a good plan. If it were someone else, as long as they had a little ambition, they would still do the same even if they guessed it.
After all, the four concubines are second only to the queen. Which concubine in the harem doesn’t have some ideas?
But Shulan is a non-competitive person and doesn't care about these things.
"Minglan is right. I won't be fooled anyway, so let her be." Shulan said.
"She got it so easy." Rulan still felt a little dissatisfied.
Seeing this, Minglan changed the subject and asked, "Sister Shulan, where is Sister Jing?"
"Asleep."
As soon as Shulan finished speaking, a palace maid came to report that Her Royal Highness the Princess had woken up.
Shulan then took Rulan and Minglan into the inner room to play with Jingjie.
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"Finally, I'm done." Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sanshui, what time is it?"
"Your Majesty, it's just past midnight," Sanshui replied.
"Go to Huining Palace." Zhao Xing ordered.
I have been busy with the enthronement affairs these days and have no time to visit my daughter. I miss her a little.
It was still early today, and Zhao Xing was going to go see his daughter. He also planned to rest there at night.
Shulan is now 28 years old. She just gave birth to a child and has a plump figure. Her charm as a young woman fascinates him.
When Zhao Xing arrived at Huining Palace, he found something even more surprising.
Rulan and Minglan were there too.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" The three of them bowed and saluted.
"No need to be polite." Zhao Xing waved his hand, looked at Rulan and Minglan, and smiled, "Why are you here too?"
"Your Majesty, I was thinking that Sister Shulan would have to take care of Sister Jing, so I came here to see if there is anything I can do to help." Rulan said.
"You two have a deep sisterly bond. I hope it will last forever."
Zhao Xing laughed and said, "Since you are all here, don't rush to leave. Come and have dinner with me later."
"Why do I feel that the emperor's smile is a little strange?" Rulan muttered.
Minglan didn't know what she was thinking about, and her face turned slightly red.
After dinner in the evening and sitting for a while, Rulan asked to leave.
"Let's stay here tonight." Zhao Xing said.
"what?"
Rulan finally reacted after hearing this. No wonder Zhao Xing laughed so strangely before.
Shulan and Minglan blushed and lowered their heads.
The three sisters had never served Zhao Xing together.
Even though Minglan often stayed with Rulan and had lived with Rulan, Yu Yanran and others, she felt embarrassed when she heard Zhao Xing's request and had the urge to escape.
Zhao Xing did not give them a chance to speak, and said, "I will go to the bathroom first, come and help me bathe."
After saying that, he walked straight towards the bathroom, leaving the three sisters there in a daze.
Shulan was older after all, so she suppressed her shyness and said, "Let's go, don't keep His Majesty waiting."
"Yes." Rulan and Minglan responded in a low voice and followed Shulan into the bathroom. The bathroom was filled with mist and the palace maid was adding hot water to the bathtub.
When Zhao Xing saw the three people come in, he waited for the palace maid to add hot water and then sent them all away, leaving even Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang behind.
"What are you still standing there for? Help me undress. The water will get cold soon." Zhao Xing urged the three women when he saw them standing there with their heads down.
Upon hearing this, the three girls ignored their shyness and stepped forward to help Zhao Xing undress.
After taking off his clothes, Zhao Xing entered the bathtub naked.
"so comfortable."
Zhao Xing leaned against the bathtub, looked at the three sisters and said, "You won't let me wash myself, will you?"
The three of them looked at each other after hearing this, and then hesitantly began to undress.
When only his underwear was left, the three men came forward to help Zhao Xing bathe.
During the entire bathing process, Zhao Xing just took advantage of some of the things on hand.
After the three women dried his body and put on his underwear, Zhao Xing smiled and said, "I'll go out and wait for you first."
Zhao Xing came out of the bathroom, got on the bed and waited for nearly half an hour before the three women came out.
The three women, who had just finished bathing, had rosy and radiant complexions.
"I almost fell asleep while waiting. I thought you were going to stay in the bathroom all night."
Zhao Xing and the others were almost falling asleep, but when they saw the three women come out, they instantly became alert from head to toe.
Looking at the three women standing by with red faces and lowered heads, Zhao Xing sent all the palace maids serving in the room away.
Normally, palace maids can be left in the house to serve, but now that there are three women together, they are feeling shy, and having someone around will only make them more shy.
"Shulan, you are the older sister, so set an example for your younger sisters first." Zhao Xing said.
"Proofing?" Shulan looked at Zhao Xing in confusion.
"Show your two sisters how you served me when you were pregnant." Zhao Xing said.
Shulan's face turned red as if blood was about to drip when she heard this. She couldn't let Zhao Xing be fully devoted to her because she was pregnant at the time. Under Zhao Xing's instruction, she learned a lot of tricks. It would be too embarrassing to demonstrate them in front of her two younger sisters, right?
But Shulan was a submissive person and could not refuse Zhao Xing at all.
She lowered her head and walked to the bed, climbed up, sat on Zhao Xing, closed her eyes and leaned over to kiss him.
Zhao Xing was busy with his words, and his hands, which were good at sewing people's clothes, were also not idle.
After a while, Shulan's underwear was taken off, and then she moved around and groped.
After a long time, Zhao Xing loosened his mouth and hands. Shu Lan looked at Zhao Xing in a daze. With Zhao Xing's encouraging eyes, she undressed Zhao Xing and moved all the way down.
"Sigh~"
Zhao Xing took a breath and glanced at Rulan and Minglan.
At this moment, the two of them were staring at this scene with wide eyes.
Before they entered the palace, they had also read those shameful picture albums, and Zhao Xing had used many of the tricks in the picture albums on them.
But they never thought that they could use their mouths...
"Come here too."
Zhao Xing's words brought the two back to their senses. Thinking of how they had been fascinated by what they saw just now, they quickly lowered their heads.
"Hurry up!" Zhao Xing urged.
Upon hearing this, Rulan and Minglan stepped forward hesitantly.
"Join Shulan and learn how she does it."
……
Zhao Xing lay on the bed, frowning slightly, then relaxing his brows, and taking a breath from time to time.
How can you describe this feeling?
The three little snakes were circling around somewhere, and one fell into the mouth of one little snake, and then into the mouth of another little snake.
The three little snakes seemed to be fighting, but also to be cooperating.
Zhao Xing suddenly felt that he had been too pretentious before.
What a palace, what a prison, what freedom.
Ordinary people are free, but can they enjoy these?
(End of this chapter)