Taichang Ming Dynasty

Chapter 27 Suffocation called "Love"
The bitter cold from Siberia swept across Liaodong on the autumn wind, bringing a faint smell of blood to Beijing. A chill far exceeding that of previous years spread through the city's streets and alleys, struggling to find the gaps between skin and clothing. Only when the sun rose in the distance, illuminating every corner of the imperial capital, did the early risers begin to feel the first warmth of the day.

On Fulong Street, a carriage decorated with extremely high-profile and gorgeous decorations stood out from the crowd. Inside the carriage, a woman with an extremely charming appearance was sitting opposite a sturdy man with a smiling face.

"It's so cold." A hint of resentment flashed in the woman's eyes, but this resentment quickly turned into a coquettish expression: "It took you so many days to remember me?"

"You hate me? Then I'll leave. Anyway, the banquet and performance are arranged for you, you can enjoy it alone." The man stretched out his hand and gently stroked the woman's delicate face while speaking.

Chin, lips, nose, ears, he used his most sensitive fingertips to feel the woman's creamy soft skin inch by inch. The woman did not say anything, but let him play with her.

She had been abstaining from sex for many days and couldn't wait to have a long-awaited lovemaking with this not-so-standard eunuch to release the depression rising in her abdomen.

Wang An suppressed the news that Wei Zhongxian had been castrated again. Apart from the Emperor Zhu Changluo, a very small number of senior eunuchs, and the professionals who provided this service, no one knew that the new eunuch who was in charge of writing was a bachelor.

Strictly speaking, the beautiful young woman in front of Wei Zhongxian, who looked to be in her early twenties but was actually in her thirties, also knew about this matter. And she had always believed that this secret belonged only to her and Wei Zhongxian.

Under Wei Zhongxian's provocation, Ke Yinyue's passion was ignited.

Unfortunately, they had already reached their destination. "I've asked for leave from our ancestors. We have a whole day. Don't worry, take your time." Wei Zhongxian grabbed Ke Yinyue's hand and kissed her fiery lips fiercely.

"As you wish." Ke Yinyue's eyes were charming.

The carriage stopped at a large restaurant called Anhualou, just north of Chaoyangmen Street. Wei Zhongxian had spent a thousand taels of silver to prepare a lavish "hundred-dish banquet" for Ke Yinyue. This was twice as expensive as the "sixty-dish banquet" he usually offered to curry favor with Ke Yinyue, costing five hundred taels.

Ke Yinyue was very satisfied.

This fake eunuch, half-man who was in charge of the warehouse, finally made his mark. He won the emperor's favor and became the third person in the inner court after Wang An and Cui Wensheng.

She could also abandon Wei Chao, the real loser, and get close to Wei Zhongxian without being sneaky. Maybe Wei Chao would even congratulate her for becoming the concubine of the eunuch in charge of writing in the Imperial Household Department.

I finally made it.

Ke Yinyue got married at the age of sixteen and gave birth to a son at the age of eighteen, and her fate changed from then on. Because this son brought her the thing that made her successful: breast milk.

The year she gave birth to her son, a woman named Wang in the Forbidden City was given the title of Talented Lady for giving birth to a son for the Crown Prince. Talented Lady Wang had many good qualities except for one flaw: she didn't have enough milk.

From then on, Ke Yinyue became the wet nurse of the eldest prince Zhu Youxiao. She stayed in the palace until Zhu Youxiao was weaned, until he grew up, and until he changed from the son of the crown prince to the son of the emperor.

She thought she would have to wait a few more years until the new emperor, whose body was hollowed out by alcohol and sex, arrived. Then the eldest son would become the emperor, and she would become his wet nurse.

Of course, she could be more than just a wet nurse. Wasn't Emperor Xianzong's Consort Wan Guifei seventeen years older than the emperor? Consort Wan Guifei was a nanny, so couldn't the wet nurse surnamed Ke also be the emperor's bedmate? If she could successfully seduce Zhu Youxiao, her life would be worry-free for the rest of her life.

As the wine flowed, Ke Yinyue became drunk. As her eyes gradually lost focus, Wei Zhongxian, with a smile on his face, walked over to her and gave her another deep kiss.

The smell of alcohol replaced the heat, and lust rose. "Wei Jinzhong, come and hug me. Use your strong arms to hold me in your arms. Quick! Suffocate me with your love."

"Don't worry, I will. Just bear with me for one last time. I've already chosen a place for you to rest in peace." Wei Zhongxian lifted her up and walked towards the magnificent carriage. If Ke Yinyue was still awake at this moment, she would have noticed that the carriage had not turned around.

Wei Zhongxian took off Ke Yinyue's clothes one by one, and then caressed every corner of her body with his hands.

The carriage headed east along Chaoyangmen Street before being stopped at the city gate by soldiers from the East City Military Command. "Inspect! Lift the curtain."

"This is the carriage of the Imperial Household Department." The driver lifted the corner of his clothes to show the Imperial Household Department's badge.

The soldiers guarding the gates and the Jinyiwei patrolling the city during the day saw the Silijian badge and, forget about continuing their inspection, even stopped farting as soon as they reached the checkpoint. "Please!" By the time the carriage had left Chaoyang Gate, Ke Yinyue had been stripped naked by Wei Zhongxian. Her delicate body was exposed to the air, but Wei Zhongxian could no longer react.

"Uncle, we're here." Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing knocked on the car frame.

"Okay. You go first and see if everything is ready." Wei Zhongxian was still feeling Ke Yinyue's body temperature.

"What are you preparing for? Why haven't you taken off your clothes yet?" This was not the first time she had made love in a car.

Wei Zhongxian sighed deeply: "What a pity."

"What a pity? Come on, spend the night with me." Ke Yinyue was so drunk that he didn't know the difference between day and night.

Wei Zhongxian gave Ke Yinyue a final kiss on the lips, his gentle eyes instantly turning cold: "As you wish, I will suffocate you with my love."

"Hurry!" Ke Yinyue couldn't stand it anymore.

"This rope is called 'love'." As soon as he finished speaking, a hemp rope was put around Ke Yinyue's neck.

"Uh! Uh!" Wei Zhongxian attacked so cruelly that Ke Yinyue's voice could no longer be clearly pronounced in a moment.

One breath, two breaths. His force was so great that when he let go, the rope left a deep mark on his palms. Throughout this process, his expression remained indifferent, with only a hint of regret on his face.

Ke Yinyue died, but her death was not peaceful. Even though alcohol numbed her senses, she still died with her eyes open.

"Ah~~!" Wei Zhongxian picked up the naked body and got out of the car. He soon came to a well-shaped firewood pile over a meter high.

He put the body on it, and then asked his clansman Wei Pengcheng to get the clothes from the carriage.

"Uncle, shall we light the fire now?" Wei Liangqing stood beside Wei Zhongxian, holding a torch. Wei Liangqing coveted the body a little, but he didn't dare show it.

"Let me do it." Wei Zhongxian stuffed Ke Yinyue's clothes one by one under the firewood pile. "Take them out." He noticed that a few pieces of Ke Yinyue's jewelry were missing.

"These are all valuable goods." Wei Pengcheng was a little reluctant.

"If you don't want to die, take it out." Wei Zhongxian's expression and tone remained unchanged, but Wei Pengcheng felt great pressure.

"Oh! Okay." Wei Pengcheng took out all the things he had hidden, and Wei Zhongxian looked away.

He really couldn't understand Wei Zhongxian's idea. He spent a fortune on a woman who was doomed to die, and then burned all her jewelry. Isn't this a waste?

The fire burned fiercely, and the flames danced in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, but they could not heat the coldness in his pupils.

"Has Hou Guoxing been found?" Wei Zhongxian asked, looking at the body that was gradually turning into carbonized corpse.

"It has been dealt with. According to your instructions, they were stripped naked, their faces destroyed, their bodies separated and buried separately." Nephew Fu Yingxing replied respectfully.

"Very good, now forget about Keshi and her son."

Wei Zhongxian was very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)