Chapter 21: The Land of Gentleness is the Tomb of Heroes
After returning to the King of Wu's palace, Qingji ordered the palace maids to prepare bath water and clean himself thoroughly.
In ancient times, no matter which dynasty people were from, they rarely bathed in a short period of time.
Ancient people only bathed once every half a year or as short as one or two days!
Even unclean people who haven't taken a bath for a long time will be very dirty and naturally smell bad.
The people in the Wu and Yue areas were fine, because there were rivers, lakes and ponds everywhere, so they could often go there to cleanse their bodies!
If it were in the Central Plains regions such as Jin, Wei, Song, and Lu, it would probably not be uncommon to see people not taking a bath once a month.
Nobles who have the means and love cleanliness will naturally bathe, change clothes and groom themselves frequently.
Like Qingji, he had been on the battlefield for a long time and had no time to take a bath.
Qingji thought that he hadn't taken a bath for about three or four months!
There is a sour smell all over the body!
This is really hard for Qingji, who has the soul of a modern person, to accept.
So, whenever he had free time, Qingji would ask someone to prepare bath water so that he could take a bath.
As the King of Wu, Qingji naturally received the highest treatment in the palace.
Look, the place where he bathed was in a rather spacious palace room, with a special square bathing pool.
The bath was filled with warm water that was emitting hot steam, lingering in the palace and giving the place a hazy beauty.
"Your Majesty."
As soon as Qingji entered the palace, he saw six beautiful palace maids, each with their own unique charm, kneeling in front of him and bowing to him respectfully.
Qingji thought to himself that these palace maids should be there to help him bathe, so he opened his arms.
The palace maids hurried forward and took off Qingji's belt, clothes, boots, long crown and other clothes.
After a busy period, Qingji, who didn't even have his only pair of calf pants , was finally able to sit in the steaming hot bath, opened his arms, and let out a long breath.
"My lord, please let me rub your back?"
In front of Qingji, there was a palace maid kneeling, wearing a gauze, but in her teens, with a blushing face. She was breathing sweetly in front of Qingji and looked very attractive.
"good."
Qingji did not refuse.
He immediately hugged a smooth, round stone beside the bath and exposed his back to the palace maid.
The palace maid immediately stretched out her soft little hands and massaged Qingji's back.
Two palace maids beside him scooped a spoonful of bath water from the bath pool with a wooden spoon and poured it on Qingji's back.
"My king, please rest your head on my knees."
Another young palace maid mustered up the courage to come over.
“…”
Qingji was speechless for a while, but also did not refuse!
Now, how can this be called a bathhouse?
It's clearly a beauty cave!
Hero's Tomb!
At night, Qingji's evil fire, which had been aroused by Feiyan, could not help but rise again!
His eyes glowed green, like a hungry wolf, and his breathing suddenly became heavy.
"May I have your name?"
The little palace maid who was resting her head on Qingji's lap heard this and suppressed her shyness, saying with a whimper, "My lord, my name is Li Zi."
"Li Zi? Is your last name Li?"
"No. My lord, I don't have a surname..."
Hearing this, Qingji remembered that in this era, most civilians (commoners) did not have surnames.
In the past, only nobles were qualified to have surnames!
Nowadays, most people's surnames are taken from the places where they live, or are given by others.
If you live in the east of the city, your surname is "Dongguo"; if you live in the southern suburbs, your surname is "Nan" or "Jiao". It's very casual!
Just like a certain island country, common people were not entitled to have their own surnames. Only after it opened up did common people dare to choose surnames at will.
Such as Aoi, Ono, Yamashita, Niu Gan, Kamimeno, Mazi...all kinds of strange surnames emerge in endlessly!
It’s terrible to be uneducated!
Of course, in the late Spring and Autumn Period where Qingji was living , the common people could still have surnames, but they did not have clan names!
"How old are you?"
Qingji asked casually again.
Li Zi immediately lowered her head and replied shyly, "My lord, I am thirteen years old this year."
"Ten... thirteen?"
Qingji was a little confused.
What a sin! What a sin!
Li Zi is only thirteen years old!
Not even old enough to come of age!
In the dim and ambiguous candlelight, Qingji could vaguely see Li Zi's face.
I saw that Li Zi’s face was full of tenderness and her whole body was full of grace!
Her skin is as white as a freshly peeled water chestnut, and a tiny black mole at the corner of her mouth makes her even more charming.
She has a pure and lovely appearance, and her eyes are extremely lively.
He actually had that kind of impulse towards Li Zi just now!
What a sin!
Qingji was filled with emotion.
People of this era really mature early.
In ordinary people's families, there are definitely many girls who get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
After all, even in aristocratic families, girls can only get married when they reach the age of 15.
A girl like Li Zi, if she lived in modern times, would still be in junior high school!
Who dares to bully her?
The minimum sentence is three years, and the maximum sentence is death penalty!
"My lord, can you let Huan'er and the others serve you?"
At this time, the palace maid Huan'er, who was leaning on Qingji's back, saw that her king was in a daze, and could not help but lean over to his ear and asked softly.
"Serve? Aren't you serving me?"
"It's not this kind of service, it's..."
Huan'er was too shy to speak out, so she could only gently bite Qingji's earlobe, which was extremely charming.
What a annoying little goblin!
"Want to add more time?"
Qingji almost blurted it out!
"Extra time?"
Huan'er was very confused.
“Ahem.”
Qingji coughed quickly to hide his inner embarrassment.
"I don't need it yet."
In the end, Qingji rejected the tempting requests of palace maids such as Li Zi and Huan Er!
It’s not that Qingji doesn’t have that need, but he has to restrain himself.
The fact that the other party is too young is secondary. The most important thing is that Qingji thinks he can't just indulge in the land of gentleness!
The land of gentleness is actually the grave of heroes!
Sex is a knife that scrapes bones!
After Qingji finished bathing and changing his clothes, he left the palace, but Huan'er and Lizi met with a tragic fate.
A palace maid who was serving Qingji in bathing ran out to inform the emperor. Upon learning about this, the female official, the Palace Supervisor, immediately rushed over with a group of palace maids and arrested Li Zi and Huan'er.
The palace supervisor angrily glanced at the two palace maids who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said, "You two lowly servants, you actually dream of flying up to the tree and becoming a phoenix!"
"How can you seduce the king? Don't you have any idea of your own character and status?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zi and Huan'er were so frightened that their pretty faces turned pale, and their legs trembled like sieves.
Huan'er, who was older, could not help but kowtow to the floor and begged for mercy, "Palace Supervisor, please spare me this time because I am young and ignorant."
"I won't dare to do that next time!"
"Humph! Is there a next time?"
The palace eunuch sneered, pointed at Li Zi and Huan Er who were kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly, and shouted: "Come here, drag these two vixen out and give them thirty strokes of the cane!"
"From now on, let them work in the laundry hall!"
"promise!"
Then, two tall and thin monks dragged Li Zi and Huan Er out without giving them any explanation and gave them thirty lashes of the cane, regardless of how they begged!
