The maid who was outside the master's bedroom for her daily duty was shocked to find her mistress in a disheveled state as she fled away from the corridor without an exchange of words.
"Mistress, your bathe is-"
The maid was stupefied, seeing that she was already gone and turned her head to face the masters bedroom door.
"Don't tell.. me."
Did master..?
Her face turned red and she quickly went after to look for her mistress.
...
"Mistress, where are you?"
"Mistress!"
"Mistress, where are you hiding?"
All the maids and the head maid were in a frenzy, searching everywhere for the lady of the house but no luck. They didn't know where she hid herself.
"Xiao Qiao, do you-.. do you think the master did something forcibly to our innocent mistress?" A maid asked, worried about her mistress.
"So what other reason could there be? If not for it, then why would she have to hide herself like that?" Other maid chipped in, angry at the thought of their master doing something wrong to her pure mistress.
"Do you think they..did that?" Another maid quipped with a mischievous smile on her face. "I wonder if the master was able to control himself in front of our mistress. He's so lucky! Oh I envy him so much." She made a crying face. "Oh how I wish to be a man."
"Don't be shameless and look for her!"
They all went quiet when the head maid came inside the hall and started searching behind the curtains.
And yes, there they found her huddled body. Scared, they all swarmed around her in concern.
"Mistress," The head maid patted her head like a mother and said in a gentle manner. "Lift up your head, dear."
Fei obediently looked up, her eyes were teary and lips were trembling. All three maids gasped, seeing her in that wanton state. Her muslin was almost ripped off from inside.
She looked just like a beautiful fairy, tempting one to ravish her on the spot. Now they seemed to understand their master.
No man could ever escape their mistress's charm.
"Get some water," Head maid ordered to the maid, who quickly came with a glass of water and handed it to her.
The head maid gently stroked Fei's head and made her drink it. "Are you alright, dear?"
The little nymph nodded, blushing in a response. "I'm sorry for troubling you all. I hid and made you worry. Please forgive me."
"It's no problem, mistress. We love to play hide and seek," The mischievous maid quickly comforted her, earning her sweet giggle in response.
Hearing that, all of them took a breath of relief. Phew! She seems to be fine now.
"Dear, you shouldn't sit on the floor for so long," The head maid said and helped her up.
Fei nodded and thanked her.
Gasp! All of them gasped and blushed at the sight of her fair neck which was marred with love bites. It was too hard to ignore it even if they wanted to.
The head maid was also shocked for a good moment.
"..." The Maids.
"..." Head maid.
Did their master do this?
Fei stared at their faces, clueless of what they were thinking about and innocently asked. "What happened?"
"Nothing," The head maid gave her a comforting smile and led her out the room calmly, ignoring all the silly maids.
Left in the room, all of the maids were stumped with no words coming out their mouths for a long time.
"See? I told you! Master wasn't able to control himself."
"Shut up!"
...
The head maid knew that Fei would be too shy to tell them anything if something were to happen in that aspect, so she told a maid who was in charge of her bath to make sure of things.
And to their surprise, the pure girl was yet to be touched.
So the master didn't do anything? They didn't know what to feel at the news but nonetheless, the head maid decided that now it's the time to explain the little girl about some other aspect of marriage - consummation.
The young mistress was bathed in rose petals and milk after her skin was massaged with a scented oil by the maids.
She couldn't stop blushing when the head maid instructed her about her duties as a wife.
The girl had no idea about such explicit things and for her, it was more than a taboo topic.
She thought it was a sin to feel aroused.
"Consummation is when the act of intimacy is commenced between a wife and a husband, so that their marriage could become fruitful and she comes off with an offspring to his noble lineage."
Fei could read between those lines and she came to a conclusion.
They had already kissed. What more do they have to do? Is he going to touch her like he did this morning?
She gasped and buried her face on the head maid's arms, feeling shy and afraid.
Is there more to that than sleeping together? She was getting so curious that she felt ashamed. Her eyes drooped, feeling her tears well up because she was afraid and couldn't imagine being naked to his eyes.
The maids around her looked at her with a pampering gaze. The mistress was too innocent, so they could only hope that their master treats her with patience and care tonight.
Hope, they could only hope.
...
In the study room.
Yang was being avoided from the certain nymph since the whole morning mess. He felt helpless for the very first time dealing with a woman.
The head maid even scolded him in her curt voice. "Are you trying to scare the girl away, master?"
Faced with that question, he didn't get awkward, instead he chuckled and responded with,"Did I scare her? Why? She said she wanted a baby."
"She was so scared that she'd to hide herself for hours."
Yang "..." He stared at the head maid, speechless.
Damn! Did he really went too far?
Not only that, he also received glares from the maids every now and then like he was some beast courting their mistress.
She was his wife, okay?
Why were they acting like the husband in the picture was them and not him?
She has really managed to wrap everyone around her pinky and he knew he'd be the next victim to her charm. Not that he was going to resist, for now.
She wasn't leaving his mind for even a second. What spell has she casted on him? He couldn't believe that he was entertaining such thoughts of a woman as though he'd never been with one.
A knock sounded, interrupting his thoughts and he looked up, pausing slightly when he saw her.
Dressed in a mint green dress with peony flower embroidery, she looked breathtaking.
He was charmed, yet again.
Her short hair was pushed back into an elegant hair style, making her appearance youthful with some strands of hair falling around her palm-sized face.
She had also applied a rogue on her lips.
He wanted to kiss her.
"Husband?" She called out in her soft voice and he realized that he has lost his mind.
Pulling himself back, he motioned her over after noticing her holding a tea tray in her hand. He stood up and walked toward the sofa before sitting himself down.
Despite him telling her only yesterday, she still sat herself down beside his leg but this time, he seemed to prefer this much better.
Like he was in control.
Her head shyly bowed as usual as she poured him a cup of tea before stretching it toward his direction.
Yang took the cup without a word but not before giving her palm an indecent touch as his middle finger grazed there in the middle in a really slow and ambiguous manner and then he pulled back as if nothing happened, leaving the little girl in daze as she didn't dare raise her head.
Her face heated up and the area felt hot where he'd touched; the touch wasn't soft but firm and slow.
Her lips trembled and she slowly looked up, meeting his knowing eyes and watched as his lips curved into a devious smirk.
He was teasing her.
Yang placed the tea cup back on the table and pulled on her wrist, making her kneel before him with her hands resting on his kneecaps for support.
He stroked her ear with his thumb and index finger, and asked in a hushed tone,"Were you avoiding me, darling?" He leaned against the sofa, taking in the view of her kneeling like that.
She was a beauty he wished to defile and he will soon.
His thumb slid down her face and played with her lips as he hummed.
"Hmm? Now then, I heard you even hid yourself for hours." His thumb slowly slid inside and grazed on her pearly white teeth.
His eyes darkened in lust but his facial remained extremely calm. "I'd like to know why?"
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