After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 200 After Serving Me, You'll Receive Benefits
Chu Yan did not force Daiyu to stay and let her leave.

However, after Xiangyun came in and said a few words to her, she pulled her in again in the blink of an eye, followed by a princess, and the three of them went into the room together.

Xiangyun, holding her sister Lin's hand, smiled at Chu Yan and asked, "Did you and your brother, the Emperor, quarrel again?"

Chu Yan asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Xiangyun pointed at Daiyu and said, "Look at Sister Lin, she looks so angry, and she wanted to leave as soon as we arrived. She's clearly sulking with the Emperor!"

Daiyu sneered, "How dare I call the Emperor my brother, let alone be angry with him? Only someone with a golden unicorn robe dares to call me that and dares to be angry with me."

Xiangyun, dressed with a golden unicorn, laughed and pushed Lin Jie, who was arguing with her, towards Chu Yan, so that she could sit on the soft couch. Xiangyun then pulled Qinghe down to sit herself and said with a smile, "You call him 'Emperor Brother,' does your brother not listen to you? Why are you so jealous of me?"

Qinghe also covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.

Daiyu was embarrassed and annoyed, but she couldn't talk back, because doing so would only confirm that she was jealous.

Chu Yan seemed to be deep in thought, and looked at Daiyu sitting beside him: "Speaking of which, I have called out to Lin sister many times, but sister has never called out to me once. It is truly heartbreaking."

Daiyu said, “I don’t know how to answer the Emperor’s question. People say that the Emperor is the Son of Heaven. Since he is the son of Heaven, if I call him brother, wouldn’t I also become the daughter of Heaven? Throughout history, I have never heard of anyone being the daughter of Heaven. There is one right in front of me, but her name contains the character ‘Yun’ (cloud), so she must be able to be a celestial maiden.”

Everyone in the room laughed at this. Xiangyun, feeling a bit hot from walking, fanned herself and said with a smile, "If I become a celestial maiden and Sister Lin also becomes a celestial maiden, wouldn't it be wonderful if we became sisters?"

Daiyu did not answer; her words were only a reply to the Emperor.

Seeing that they were all a bit hot, Chu Yan called Qingwen over and asked, "Go ask if anyone has any chilled fruits and vegetables, and fetch some."

The so-called "icing" simply involves putting fruits and vegetables in baskets and lowering them into a well to soak. In summer, if you want to eat something truly chilled, you have to open an ice cellar to get ice.

Qingwen went out, and a moment later she came back in with some cool tea, which she poured for Xiangyun, Daiyu and the princess.

After chatting for a while, seeing that Daiyu wasn't saying much, Chu Yan asked her, "Is Lin Daiyu still angry about last time?"

“I was not angry,” Daiyu said.

Xiangyun laughed and gave her brother the Emperor a look, clearly indicating that Sister Lin was angry, though she didn't know what she was angry about.

Chu Yan laughed and said, "I was just about to apologize to you, but you were in a hurry to leave." He paused and said, "Since I met you, I have never issued an edict to punish you or summon you to serve me in bed."

The three of them blushed.

Daiyu sneered, "Although there is no official decree, you are the supreme emperor, and every word you say is an imperial edict. How dare anyone disobey you?"

"I dare!" Chu Yan nodded. "Right now there is a girl who is prone to tantrums, who is not paired with a golden unicorn, but I've heard that she is the reincarnation of the Crimson Pearl Flower. She loves to throw tantrums at me."

Qinghe laughed and looked at Lin Daiyu, this frail Lin Daiyu, who was the most defiant person she had ever met.

Xiangyun grumbled, "Why are you two arguing and dragging me into this again? You always bring up the golden unicorn I wear. If you like it, I'll give it to you."

As he spoke, he took the golden unicorn off the palace sash and handed it to Sister Lin.

Daiyu glanced down at it, then tossed it back into his arms.

Chu Yan played with it for a moment, then looked at Xiangyun and said with a smile, "Sister Yun, come here."

The three women had already gained some understanding of his personality and knew that when the Emperor summoned them, he would definitely hug and kiss them affectionately before he would stop.

Daiyu immediately stood up and said, "I have some matters to attend to at home, Your Majesty. Please forgive me for taking my leave."

As she was about to leave, Chu Yan reached out and pulled her, taking her soft, smooth hand in his.

Xiangyun quickly said, "We've only been chatting for a short while, and His Majesty is already trying to touch me again. Look, even Sister Lin is embarrassed and wants to go back. I won't go to your place! Sister Lin, please sit down and don't pay any attention to what Brother Emperor is saying!"

Chu Yan said regretfully, "It seems that my usual carefree lifestyle has made you all wary."

Qinghe lowered his head and smiled shyly. Daiyu didn't leave after all. She broke free from his hand and sat down next to him again.

Xiangyun gave him a giggle, as if she were asking for credit. Chu Yan thought for a moment before he realized why his sister Yun was laughing.

Xiangyun refused him because she saw that he and Daiyu were having some disagreements, but she took the opportunity to persuade Daiyu to stay.

Chu Yan smiled and looked at Daiyu. With her intelligence, she must have seen through Xiangyun's intentions.

"Miss Bao is here." Xiangling's voice came from outside. Then, Baochai, with a face like a silver basin, eyes like water apricots, and a plump and fair complexion, walked in with a smile, holding a round fan in her hand.

Upon seeing the people inside, she smiled and said, "Is Sister Lin also here to express her gratitude to His Majesty?"

Because of the hot weather, she had a little bit of sweat on her forehead. After entering the room, she fanned herself, and a faint, cool fragrance spread throughout the room.

"Sister Bao, please have a seat!"

Xiangyun pulled her to sit down and asked what the reason was.

Baochai smiled and said, "When Ying'er Cai passed by Tu Bi Manor, she happened to see His Majesty returning from Lixiang Courtyard. It is rare to see Lin Daiyu take the initiative to come to His Majesty. It can be seen that she came to express her gratitude for our two families' service in the imperial estate."

As she spoke, she rose and bowed in gratitude.

Chu Yan leaned back on the pillow, with Daiyu sitting beside him, and said indifferently, "I hope you will not resent me for being heartless."

Xiangyun fell silent at this point.

She dared to refuse the Emperor earlier because they were joking around with him, but now he was speaking seriously and couldn't be joking around.

Baochai quickly said, "His Majesty has already shown great favor to my Xue family, allowing my brother to stay in the capital and permitting us to stay in the mansion to enjoy wealth and honor. How could we possibly have any reason to resent it?"

Chu Yan looked at Lin Daiyu.

Daiyu said, "I've heard this said several times, but I don't know who said it."

Chu Yan chuckled, “On the contrary, I’ve become that nagging old woman. Oh well, after a few months, once you’ve served me, I’ll be lenient and make their corvée labor easier.”

According to his custom, all women who had slept with him would receive some reward.

Baochai understood the meaning of the word "serve," and her fair face flushed with shyness, but she still got up to thank him again.

Daiyu did not get up.

Chu Yan ignored them and continued chatting with them. He then reached out and casually took Daiyu's smooth hand.

She instinctively tried to pull away, but Chu Yan held her hand tightly. She couldn't exert too much force, lest they notice, so she could only glance at him and give him a look of shame and indignation, telling him not to do anything reckless.

Chu Yan was about to speak with a smile when Fang Guan's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, we're back! The Third Miss has arrived too!"

Fangguan's voice was quite cheerful, obviously she had just returned from the East Mansion after performing in the opera, which meant she was off work and could play around in the evening.

Qingwen said, "His Majesty is chatting with the ladies, why are you making such a loud noise?"

Fangguan said, "His Majesty told us that we can chat and laugh as usual and we don't need to report when we go in."

Qingwen and the other two, along with Fangguan and the other three, were all maids serving Chu Yan. Unlike Daiyu and the others, they didn't need to report when they entered the room. Of course, Xiangyun never waited when she entered the room; she would just go in directly, at most waiting outside the door for a short while.

As they were talking, Tan Chun came in and said with a smile, "When I came to Yangxin Hall, I happened to run into the civil officials who were returning from the opera. They had only half their makeup on, so I almost didn't recognize them. If I looked at them for a moment, I would have thought they were someone else."

Chu Yan then ordered, "Let them in." Four young actresses who had just returned from performing obediently walked in. Sure enough, their faces were only half-painted with makeup, neither their stage makeup nor their usual makeup.

The civil official laughed and said, "I said that we don't need to wear makeup during rehearsals, but Fangguan said that it would look strange not to wear makeup when we are rehearsing on stage. So I just went along with her and haphazardly smeared some makeup on my face."

Chu Yan looked over and saw that they had applied a thick layer of makeup to their faces and drawn a red eye makeup around their eyes, but they were not wearing opera headdresses, which looked rather strange.

But it's also quite interesting.

Chu Yan instructed, "Come here."

Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Baochai all looked at him at once, and Daiyu's eyes showed even more disdain, as if she could see through his intentions.

As Fangguan and the other three approached, Chu Yan reached out and rubbed her cheeks twice. Sure enough, she was a young girl, with a fair and delicate face.

After they finished their opera rehearsal, their faces were covered in sweat. Chu Yan had some face powder on his fingers, so he flicked it on Fang Guan's cheek a couple of times. When he realized that he couldn't shake off the powder, he smeared it on the back of her hand and said with a smile, "Your face powder doesn't look very good. Since you've come to serve me, use better ones. Yu Chuan, go and give them the same face powder as you."

From the moment they arrived at the Emperor's residence to serve, the three of them had almost everything they needed, just like the girls.

Fangguan's face was touched twice by his fingers and then flicked twice. She was already blushing with embarrassment. A strange feeling spread across her cheeks where she was flicked. She thanked him hastily along with the three civil officials before retreating to the side room to remove her makeup and change her clothes.

The side room was connected to Chu Yan's bedroom. After Fang Guan finished removing her makeup, she ran out again to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Fangguan grew impatient listening to Tanchun reporting to the emperor about the garden, including the East Garden, and discussing other matters. Just then, Diguan heard that Miss Lin was going back and wanted to take her to Xiaoxiang Pavilion with her, so Fangguan went with her.

After leaving the house, the two followed Lin Daiyu at a distance. Fangguan quietly asked Diguan with a smile, "Are you going to find your lover to play together?"

Di Guan blushed and remained silent.

Fangguan laughed again, "You two just played husband and wife on the stage, so loving and affectionate. You haven't seen each other for a while, and you're already in a hurry to see her. You two are really crazy and silly."

Di Guan said, "Don't laugh at me."

Fangguan insisted on laughing at her: "You two play husband and wife on the stage, and you are often gentle and considerate with each other in daily life. In my opinion, why don't you ask His Majesty to allow Ouguan to come to the room to serve you as well? You can still eat and sleep together every day, and even hold hands while sleeping, and still act like husband and wife!"

Di Guan sighed, "I dare not ask His Majesty to grant me mercy."

"Shall I plead for you?" Fangguan wasn't afraid to beg the emperor for mercy; just now, the emperor had touched her face and acted like a considerate husband...

Di Guan hurriedly said, "Enough, enough, don't mention it anymore. Ou Guan and I are still practicing together and living together in this garden. We are better off than many separated couples in the world. What more could we ask for?"

Fangguan was speechless for a moment.

She skipped and hopped along the stone path in the garden with light steps, her mind filled with Di Guan's words. She also remembered that the emperor had touched her cheeks twice and flicked her face with his fingers. Her hopping steps slowed down, and she turned to look at Di Guan.

After watching for a while, he suddenly asked her, "You and Ouguan are a couple disguised as women. Although you are very loving and affectionate, I think it might be different from a real couple. I wanted to ask you, but you have never been married to a man before... In the future, you will sleep with the emperor and become his wife!"

Di Guan was stunned by her words, when suddenly he heard Miss Lin's voice from ahead: "You've been following me all this way, what are you doing here? Did the Emperor send you?"

Fangguan hurriedly stepped forward, pointed at Diguan and said with a smile, "She's going to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to play with Ouguan, so I'm going with her."

Daiyu glanced at her and nodded, saying, "Come with me, you don't need to follow from a distance."

The three of them went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Di Guan went to find Ou Guan, and the two were still as affectionate as husband and wife, chatting and talking together in private. Fang Guan went to find Zi Juan and Xue Yan to play. She stayed there until dinner time. Xiang Ling arrived with several palace maids.

It was said that the emperor had bestowed two dishes upon her. Fangguan came to join in the fun and saw that the emperor had bestowed upon Miss Lin a pine nut jade dew cake and a quail crystal slice dish. The food in the palace looked so tempting.

Daiyu then let her and Diguan eat two pieces of jade dew cake, and sent some to Zijuan, Xueyan, and the wet nurse as well, before telling Xiangling to go back and thank the emperor for the reward on her behalf.

Fangguan tasted the Jade Dew Cake and thoroughly enjoyed it.

When Di Guan and Wen Guan returned to Yangxin Hall, Wen Guan pointed to a plate of pastries on the table and said, "His Majesty gave us these to eat. Ling Guan and I ate them, but you can have these."

Fangguan took a look and, sure enough, it was Jade Dew Cake again!
She picked up another piece to eat, and with a pastry in her mouth, she walked from the side room to the emperor's bedroom. She then lifted the curtain and entered the west side room, where she saw the emperor embracing Princess Qinghe and kissing her.

Fangguan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly left the main hall.

Just then, Qingwen heard the commotion and came out of the east side room. She was furious and grabbed her by the ear, pulling her into the east side room.

Fangguan said aggrievedly, "How was I supposed to know that His Majesty and the princess were doing that inside!"

Not to mention how Qingwen disciplined the young actress, in the west side room, Qinghe also blushed with embarrassment and complained softly.

Chu Yan nibbled on her glistening ear: "They are all maids in my room, why do you care? When we make love in the future, they will serve us."

Upon hearing the words "sexual intercourse," Qinghe's beautiful and gentle face flushed even more, and she buried her head in his arms without saying a word.

She and Xiangyun had just finished dinner with Chu Yan. Xiangyun went home, but she was left behind.

Chu Yan lowered his head and kissed the princess's cherry lips, saying softly, "I want to see Qinghe's body again!"

Princess Xiuwan trembled slightly, her breathing quickened, and she knew what was about to happen; this had happened three times before.

Once he started, Qinghe could no longer remain indifferent. She quickly grabbed his hand and said shyly, "I can do it myself... Your Majesty, wait for me!"

She hurried into the bedroom.

Chu Yan vaguely heard the princess go to the side room and tell the maids not to come in. He was wondering what she was going to do when he saw the princess, with her exquisite figure, walk in shyly, wrapped in a thin sheet.

"So that's it!"

Chu Yan understood, smiled and pulled Qinghe into his arms, pulling back the thin blanket covering her. Sure enough, underneath was a white, curvaceous body.

Qinghe, however, still covered herself with a thin blanket and buried her head in his arms like an ostrich.

It took Chu Yan almost half an hour to finally break her spirit and force her to lie obediently on the bed, letting him do as he pleased.

Fangguan, Qingwen, Xiangling, and the others listened for about an hour before the princess's voice inside finally stopped.

Afterwards, Chu Yan embraced Princess Qinghe, held her in his arms, and asked her in a low voice, "I will formally take Qinghe as my concubine another day."

The time is ripe. Qinghe, a former princess, has accepted him as her husband both in body and soul. It is time to formally take her as a concubine.

Making her a concubine would also help stabilize the hearts of the people.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qinghe said obediently, then after thinking for a moment, she whispered, "Before my father passes away... okay?"

Although Chu Yan had said that the emperor did not need to observe the mourning period for her, she still did not want to be made a concubine just a few days after her father's death.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "I will send someone back tomorrow to check on your father's condition."

Qinghe nodded, then whispered, "I'm going back... I still need to wash myself later, it's too late and I'll disturb Sister Yun."

The two lived in the right-hand hall.

"Alright, you can go back now. I'll have Xiangling take you there."

Chu Yan called in the maids outside and had Xiangling and Qingwen help Qinghe put on her clothes. Fangguan also came in. When she saw the naked princess of the previous dynasty, she was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her own body, as if comparing something.

(End of this chapter)