Chapter 9 Sleeping with the Emperor

Yun Fenghuang gave a reward to the little eunuch who passed on the message, and awarded some silver to the inferior maids who came to congratulate her and the eunuchs who ran errands. After that, she urged Nian Xuan to serve her to bathe, dress and make up.

Although she knew that Emperor Chunjia might be unwilling to name her to sleep with him...

However, every man loved beauties. Even if the Emperor might be unhappy to come over, he might relent after seeing her so beautiful.

She was very confident in her appearance!

In addition, the Imperial Harem had the hidden rules that the low-grade concubines would be advanced after they slept with the Emperor. However, Yun Fenghuang had only seen Emperor Chunjia once, and was not clear about his character. What should she do if he deliberately found her fault, blamed her in the name of misconduct and bad service, and then demoted her grade and expelled her out of Hu Zhu Palace?

Of course, this possibility was not high. After all, Queen Mother Ji had just finalized the “fact” that Consort Yue was narrow-minded and couldn’t accept new concubines. At this time, Emperor Chunjia had no standpoint to disagree with Queen Mother Ji.

However, Yun Fenghuang still made up with due diligence, in case of any shortfall of success or a rebirth of troubles.

Therefore, surrounded by eunuchs, Emperor Chunjia came to Xi Xing Building in the evening, and what he saw was a girl of beauty and charm. The scene of her bowing under the lamp was like a shallow of a beautiful flower reflecting in the water or a weak willow swaying in the wind... Born in a rich family, the young emperor was accustomed to all kinds of beauties since he was a child. Also, he had glanced at this Bao Lin in Ning Bi Hall before, but he still held his breath subconsciously for a while, and then he nodded slightly, “Rise!”

His tone was very kind as if he was talking to a naughty kid. He didn’t seem to have any dissatisfaction or anger.

As for why he treated her like this, Yun Fenghuang had her own explanation. It was because either he didn’t want to blame Yun Fenghuang, given her young age, or he didn’t want to offend Queen Mother Ji... Yun Fenghuang just didn’t care. Anyway, it was enough for her to confirm that he didn’t intend to embarrass her, at least not on the scene.

She immediately stood up and smiled at Emperor Chunjia, “Thanks, Your Majesty.”

“How old are you, Bao Lin?” Emperor Chunjia really didn’t mean to blame. He slowly stepped into the room, took a seat, and waved to Yun Fenghuang to sit down on the right-side seat below him. He chuckled, “You seem to be the same age with Minghui.”

“I am one year older than Her Princess.” Princess Minghui was the biological daughter of Queen Mother Ji, and the only legitimate offspring of the former Emperor. Her status was very high both in the Imperial Court and the Imperial Harem. Yun Fenghuang heard of the princess when she just came to Dijing City, so she immediately replied, “On the way from Yan Fu Palace to Mian Fu Palace, my sister Noble Consort Shu mentioned Her Princess, saying that Her Princess was clever, pretty, gentle and dignified. It was a pity that I merely paid respect to Queen Mother of Honor in Mian Fu Palace today, losing the opportunity to appreciate Her Princess’s beauty.”

Emperor Chunjia stunned for a moment, and then chuckled, “Kunze was greedy yesterday and was a little uncomfortable when she got up this morning. Minghui went to see her with Jinyun and Penglai, so she was not there today. She usually stayed in Mian Fu Palace. You will meet her when you bow to Queen Mother Ji in the future.”

The girl Kunze he mentioned was Infanta Kunze, the daughter of the former Lord Fuyang (he died before she was born), and the half-sister of Emperor Chunjia. Infanta Kunze’s biological mother died of postpartum blood loss. At that time, Queen Mother Yuan, the former Princess Fuyang, had already adopted Emperor Chunjia. She made Princess Kunze to be raised by Emperor Chunjia’s biological mother, Queen Mother Qu. The possible reason was either Queen Mother Yuan was unwilling to raise the girl, a daughter of a concubine, or she wanted to make up Queen Mother Qu because she took Emperor Chunjia away from her.

After Emperor Chunjia was enthroned, his legitimate mother and biological mother both came to Dijing City to be the Queen Mothers. He could not leave the younger sister who couldn’t speak at that time in Fuyang County, so he brought her to Dijing City together and advanced her as an Infanta.

The Infanta was eleven years old now and grew up with the three daughters of the former Emperor, Princess Minghui, Princess Jinyun, and Princess Penglai. Their relationship had always been good. It was no wonder that the three princesses would come together to visit her after hearing she got ill for eating too much.

Although Yun Fenghuang had little interest in this princess who was raised by Queen Mother Qu and had little sense of presence in the Imperial Harem, she still expressed her instant concern since Emperor Chunjia put up with the Infanta, “Is Infanta Kunze unwell? Is it serious?”

“The imperial doctor has diagnosed her. It doesn’t matter.” Emperor Chunjia smiled, “But she suffered the chatter of Mother Qu for a while, not being allowed to eat too much in the future...”

He miraculously imitated the scene how Infanta Kunze begged for mercy, not only making Yun Fenghuang laugh for a while as she covered her mouth, but making the eunuchs around them laugh without sound. After all, they dared not lose their tempers in the Emperor’s presence.

The atmosphere in Xi Xing Building became relaxed soon. Emperor Chunjia seemed to attach great importance to these sisters. During this period, he talked about some of his sisters’ funny past. When he naturally talked about the princesses’ schoolwork, he casually asked Yun Fenghuang if she could play chess.

Although Yun Fenghuang was not the biological daughter of Yun’s Family, she was a noble lady, having learned Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting for sure. Hearing this, Emperor Chunjia had the interest, rolling his sleeves and ordering people to put the chessboard, “Let me test you.”

To be honest, the Emperor’s chess skill was very ordinary. Yun Fenghuang believed that she could beat him in minutes if she used her true skills... But she had self-knowledge somehow. Anyway, he was the supreme ruler, and was kind to her. There was no need to deliberately make him lose face in front of so many eunuchs, wasn’t it?

Besides, it was not good for her to do that.

She was not a talent who needed to show real knowledge to earn the Emperor’s trust in the Imperial Court. To be a concubine, she should focus on winning the Emperor’s heart and actively take part in the Imperial Harem fight.

Therefore, Yun Fenghuang hid her real knowledge, deliberately letting herself fall behind.

Emperor Chunjia slowly put down the chess pieces and asked her something casually, such as what she had learned at home, if she was accustomed after joining the Imperial Harem, what kind of personal hobbies she had, if she missed her parents... His attitude was very rambling and casual. Yun Fenghuang was not nervous at all before, and was even more comfortable now. She answered whatever she wanted, even inadvertently mentioning a few words, “In the north...”

When she heard Nian Xuan’s nervous light cough, she made up for it, “I heard these from my families who had been to the north.”

“Huh? So late already?” She didn’t know if Emperor Chunjia knew the flaw. He smiled, threw the pieces in his hands into the chess basket, and glanced at the copper hourglass in the corner of the room, “Time to sleep.”

These words came suddenly. Even though Yun Fenghuang was calm, she was stunned lightly for a moment. Her fingers tightly pinched the pawn subconsciously, so her fingertips became a bit pale. Besides, her eyes were a little erratic.

She was distracted for a moment, but Emperor Chunjia had stood up and walked towards the inner room first.

The eunuchs standing beside them immediately signaled Yun Fenghuang to keep up.

After the two entered the room together, the eunuchs were about to serve them, but were stopped by Emperor Chunjia. He was standing in front of a hanger, which was decorated with dalbergia odorifera woodcarving and floral patterns. The top of it was a phoenix head-shaped decoration. Seeing that, the eunuchs closed the door understandingly.

The two of them were left in the small inner room. Under the veil and lanterns, the young emperor with bright face, comely conduct and graceful bearing stood straightly.

Yun Fenghuang was young and didn’t have any experience on sexual life. Although she had been mentally prepared, she was unavoidably flustered at this moment.

When she calmed down, she saw Emperor Chunjia crossing his hands on his back and turning his head, looking at her with a smile.

She lowered her head instinctively, and then immediately raised her head, going forward with a smile, “Let me serve Your Majesty to change the clothes.”

Then... Then Bao Lin Yun, who thought herself wise and clever, didn’t even untie Emperor Chunjia’s belt after a long while.

That was easy to understand. As a lady, she had been spoiled and served by others, and had never served others to change the clothes.

In particular, Emperor Chunjia was so noble. Even if he wore regular clothes today, the clothes were very exquisite. Just the dazzling baldric of adornments was enough for her to untie. Moreover, it was very late, and the inner room was so quiet that a needle dropping on the floor could be heard. They stood so close that they could feel each other’s breath. The breath blew into Yun Fenghuang’s face made her distracted. Her head could only reach Emperor Chunjia’s shoulder, so the Emperor took advantage of this to look down at her leisurely.

The inquiry and thoughtfulness within that gaze caused Yun Fenghuang nervous, and the tip of her nose was filled with fine sweat beads. Her original slow action was even slower.

“Forget it, I’ll do it by myself.” Probably Emperor Chunjia couldn’t stand her clumsiness, so he finally spoke and untied his robes fast with a seizure expression, acting neatly and leisurely, but Yun Fenghuang turned her back quickly when glimpsing his naked chest. She wrung her hands, and tried to think calmly about what she should do next. At this moment, she heard the reluctant tone of Emperor Chunjia, “What? Can’t you untie your own dress?”

Yun Fenghuang was so embarrassed. When she was about to deny, out of her expectation, the Emperor had already come over and acted with ease once again to untie her dress...

The next day, when it was dawn, without eunuchs’ reminder, Emperor Chunjia awakened Bao Lin who was beside him and said lightly, “It’s time to get up.”

“... Hmm.” Yun Fenghuang didn’t sleep long after a long night of sexual life. When she was awakened, her first reaction was to blow her top. Fortunately, through the light of the thick veil lantern for bathroom use at night, she recognized the face close to her, so she finally found her sanity in time. She froze for a while, and got up with her physical discomfort, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

After expressing her thanks, she was too drowsy and forgot the rules of the Imperial Harem. She was supposed to go down from the end of the bed, but she was about to climb over Emperor Chunjia’s body to go down... Emperor Chunjia looked at her, laughing reluctantly. Maybe he had spent a good night with her, so he took her into his arms immediately and kissed, comforting her, “No need to hurry. The Empress is tolerant and merciful. It will be okay even if you are late.”

It was fine when he didn’t mention the Empress, but now Yun Fenghuang trembled and was sober. She pushed away his arms and jumped to the ground!

Emperor Chunjia was speechless.

“Did I hurt the self-esteem of Your Majesty by doing so?” She thought.

Seeing the speechless expression on the Emperor’s face, Yun Fenghuang painfully reflected herself. He was the ruler of this country after all. But she, a new concubine, feared the Empress more than him... Was this…?

Forgot it. This year was the seventh year of Chunjia Period. He must have been used to it!

She immediately found a reason to excuse herself. Look, not to mention being angry, he didn’t even frown!

Either the Emperor got used to it, or he didn’t care about it at all...Well, anyway, she thought the action she just did subconsciously was okay.

Persuading herself happily, Yun Fenghuang went outside and called Nian Xuan to come in to make up for herself. She whispered to Nian Xuan to use the jewelry awarded by the Empress yesterday.

The intention to please the Empress was very obvious.

Emperor Chunjia not far away was even more speechless.