The last time, the assassins had thrown the place into chaos, and no one had been paying attention to them. Now, though, the crown prince and princess weren’t far away, and the same could be said for the rest of the people from the Eastern Palace. Eunuch Lu and the other eunuchs were guarding the entrance as well.

How dare he!

For some reason, though, this feeling of oppression was a completely new experience for her. Even though her mind told her to reject him, and that she should hate him for doing this, every cell in her body was crying out in pleasure. Her body and her heart had lain dormant for far too long. This fellow was kindling in her the same feelings that she experienced when she first met the emperor.

She took a deep breath and dispelled those thoughts from her mind. She did her best to keep her voice from shaking. “Do you know what you are doing right now?”

Zu An calmly said, “I only want...