Emperor's Cunning Wife

East Wing, Hidden room

The flame of the candle crackled, Jinlong stopped reading the bamboo strip in his hand and placed it neatly back on the shelf before acknowledging the presence of the second person on the room.

He pulled the chair and sat on it, gazing in the corner where a stained glass decorated with dragons soaring above the clouds which was imported from Guangzhou was positioned. "Failed?"

Nothing could be seen before, but after Jinlong spoke, a human outline gradually emerged dressed in all black, his face was hidden and only the pair of eyes resembling an eagle could be seen and there was a trace of frustration and shame within them.

The figure bowed and reported the failure of his task, "There was an ambush and we lost the thing." It was brief and concise since the Emperor never wanted to beat around the bush.

Jinlong didn't speak for a while, and the tapping sound on the armrest resounded instead. The subordinate felt his heart beat along with each tap, it was nerve-racking.

"Which group?" Jinlong narrowed his eyes and stared at the flouncing flame. He was deep in thought.

"Still investigating." The subordinated replied s.u.c.k.i.n.g a mouthful of cold air.

Jinglong tapped again on the armrest, his eyes became serious and sharp, "How about her?"

The subordinate gulped and exhaled heavily, "No news." These days having a one and one exclusive talk with the Emperor was more pressuring.

The sound of tapping paused, the subordinate subconsciously lowered his eyes and also stared at the flouncing flame. His back covered in sweat.

"Leave it be for a while." Jinlong leaned back on his chair, eyes never leaving the candle.

The subordinate spun his sight on the regal figure clearly confused, "Your Majesty means to stop searching?"

"Zhen wants a detailed report of the ambush instead." Jinlong closed his eyes, the edge of his well-endowed lips slightly slanted down when terrible sounds of Gao Ling managed to be transmitted in his ears.

The subordinate also picked up the sounds coming from the bedchambers. There were traces of red on the edge of his ears. He never knew Physician Gao was an expert on the matters of the bed. Even though the gasps, groans, and m.o.a.ns were imitated for show, if he didn't knew beforehand, he would really thought the Emperor finally set aside his indifference and become intimate with women. Who knew Physician Gao would have hidden skills; one would really feel he was a man of experience.

The man of experience Gao Ling outside was suffering: "…"

"Emperor, Qie is so uncomfortable…" Concubine Ou muttered, her delicate face flushed with amorous color. She m.o.a.n.e.d after feeling the heat in her lower stomach rose painting her face another shade of crimson.

Gao Ling rubbed his eyes and stared above the majestic beams in the ceiling. Dear future Furen, your husband is still innocent. He only did these things for the sake of peace and stability of the country. As a loyal courtier these things are inevitable and happened beyond your husband's will.

As he chanted those words in his mind in a loop, he regained a bit of reason to continue suffering.

"Ah…Qie feels so hot, Emperor embrace Qie…Ah…" Concubine Ou bit her lips from the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e she felt, her body turned numb and series of m.o.a.ns and pants escaped from her lovely lips.

Drip-

Gao Ling's ears where flushed and he touched his nose after he felt some liquid dropped from it.

He looked at the red spot on the floor and also inspected his hand that was tainted by the same color. The sounds coming from his lips became fainter. He immediately wiped his nose using his sleeves. Blood had acc.u.mulated in great amount and was flowing nonstop from his nose along with Concubine Ou's endearing sounds. One would really think he was a pervert after seeing his current state, but Gao Ling was so dedicated in his job that he never stop making sounds to accompany Concubine Ou's sultry performance.

"Ah, Emperor let go of Qie…Ah, let go…so hot." Concubine Ou tried to free her body from the sheets restraining her movements, her misty eyes gazed at Gao Ling's form wishing to plead amnesty from p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.

Gao Ling felt his veins ruptured and the dam on his nose let loose, two long red streaks once again formed making him panic from anxiety.

"Ah…" Concubine Ou arched her body and after a while stopped moving.

Gao Ling also still as he felt his head becoming fainter. He grasped one of the bedposts as his vision became blurry, he couldn't even manage to wipe the rest of the blood stain on his nose, so some of it managed to slip on his lips.

He tried to stay awake for a while and stretched his finger under the concubine's nose. Once he felt her even breathing, he finally sighed and dropped on the floor beside the bed as he felt his consciousness leaving him. The last thought on his mind was that he needed to find a permanent solution for the night charades otherwise all of his blood will be shed.

Thud-

The subordinate immediately twisted his head to direction of bedchamber, confusion and wonder were pooling within.

Jinlong waved his hand to dismiss him and abruptly stood leaving the hidden room when he heard the sound of something fell on the ground.

The subordinate bowed and retreated in the darkness.

Jinlong handsome brows crumpled. His attractive lips were pursed, an obvious discomfort, faint fatigue can be perceived from his countenance. The sounds coming from the bedchambers had been going on for about three and a half hours and the night turned to dawn. Gao Ling did a fine job at keeping those people at bay.

He reached the locked lacquered door and twisted the head of the dragon on the wall.

The door opened and he saw Gao Ling's fainted form being transferred by the Chief eunuch and one of the attendants to the red sandalwood chaise longue.

Suddenly he widened his eyes noticing the red stain on Gao Ling's sleeves and in his face. The temperature dropped to zero degrees, both the chief eunuch and the attendant who was in charge of bringing the hot water shivered.

"Injured? Assassination?" Jinlong opened his rubicund lips, his chiselled jaw taut from apprehension at Gao Ling state. His eyes turned potent and started to drill holes at the figure wrapped in a dumpling.

The attendant tremblingly prostrated his body on the floor, while the chief eunuch bowed at Jinlong and hurriedly explained.

"No, Your Majesty, Physician only suffered from…excessive internal heat." The chief eunuch exhaled, spouting some excuses to settle the today's matter instead. In case Concubine Ou's head will roll on the ground.

Jinlong looked again in Gao Ling's direction. The blood on the physician's was not of small amount so how can it result from internal heat, he also didn't sense any presence of an intruder. Could it be that the person who injured Gao Ling had a higher martial arts than him that he was able to sneak inside. Could it be from the opposing faction? What motive did they have?

The chief eunuch watched the Emperor deep in thought and alarming gongs resonated inside his head. "Your Majesty, this old servant heard that there is a medical condition wherein a person will bleed from his nose whenever he had excessive indecent thoughts about a woman. Your Majesty should not worry, this servant believes that Physician Gao will wake up in the morning, he just needed a little rest to calm himself."

Upon hearing the information, he stared at Gao Ling's face with a look like he discovered something new. He silently recorded this finding in his mind. As a good emperor it's only right to bestow rewards to his loyal courtiers according to the person's preferences.

The chief eunuch observed the Emperor's meaningful gaze and silently light some candles for the Young Master Gao. Physician Gao, this old man tried his hardest to explain but it seemed that my words didn't penetrate His Majesty's defective EQ.