Fire looks threatening – so few get burned, water looks weak and soft, so many get drowned (Han Fei Tzu).
Twenty-nine looks like a harmless number. But HBAG – Chapter Twenty-Nine contains mature content.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Yan Shi Ning stirred in her sleep. She dreamt fingers were stroking inside her and moaned.
‘Little lion, you have a responsive body,’ Pei Jin teased and his fingers stroked faster inside Yan Shi Ning.
Yan Shi Ning’s hands clutched the blanket and she couldn’t stop moans from escaping her throat. Her body was close to the peak but suddenly the fingers stopped and her body was trapped between frustration and pleasure.
Yan Shi Ning opened her eyes and saw Pei Jin was smiling too brightly.
Pei Jin swept Yan Shi Ning’s sweaty hair away from her mouth. He kissed her lips and his fingers slowly stroke inside her. She bit her lips and anticipated the strange pleasurable sensation.
‘Do you want to?’ Pei Jin asked and withdrew his fingers.
‘Umm…’ Yan Shi Ning murmured.
Pei Jin parted Yan Shi Ning’s legs wider and his hardness swiftly entered her.
‘Ah, ah!’ Yan Shi Ning cried out and gripped the blanket tighter.
Pei Jin’s hardness grind deep inside Yan Shi Ning’s most sensitive spot and felt her body tremble. His hands lifted her bottom and his hardness moved swiftly in and out of her body.
The bed rocked, the beaded curtains shook and the spring scent filled the chamber.
The loud grunts and the joining of naked flesh would make even a moon deity blush.
Yan Shi Ning’s body peaked many times under Pei Jin’s body. The louder she moaned the swifter his hardness moved in and out of her body.
Yan Shi Ning cried tears of pleasure and hers hands gripped Pei Jin’s arms.
‘Be gentle… it hurts!’ Yan Shi Ning pleaded.
Pei Jin’s hardness stilled inside Yan Shi Ning’s body. ‘Shi Ning, say my name.’
‘Pei Jin, Pei Jin, Pei Jin!’ Yan Shi Ning said.
Yan Shi Ning spoke louder each time she said Pei Jin’s name, because his hardness would withdraw and thrust harder inside her body each time she said his name.
‘Pei Jin! Be gentle… ah!’ Yan Shi Ning pleaded.
Pei Jin felt Yan Shi Ning’s body peaked again yet he hadn’t peaked once that night. He kissed her lips and coaxed her. ‘Shi Ning, be good. Bear the pain a little longer. If you stop me now then I’ll eat you until the morning.’
Pei Jin lifted Yan Shi Ning’s bottom higher and his hardness moved faster and deeper inside her body.
‘Ah… ah… Pei Jin, how much longer?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
‘Soon, Shi Ning wrapped your legs around my waist,’ Pei Jin said.
‘Ah… ah…’ Yan Shi Ning cried out.
‘Don’t move… umm… stay in that spot,’ Pei Jin said.
‘Ah… ah… you’re bullying me again,’ Yan Shi Ning said.
‘Be good,’ Pei Jin said. ‘In the future I won’t bully you again.’
‘Liar!’ Yan Shi Ning said.
‘Shi Ning, this time we’ll feel pleasure together,’ Pei Jin said.
No gaps were visible between Pei Jin and Yan Shi Ning’s joined bodies. She felt his semen flooded inside the deepest part of her body. She arched her body, felt that strange pleasurable sensation again, cried out loudly and fainted.
After Pei Jin’s body peaked, his body relaxed and he felt refreshed. He picked up the fallen blanket, hugged Yan Shi Ning and covered their bodies with the blanket. That night they both slept peacefully.
The following morning Yan Shi Ning woke up in pain. She didn’t have energy to even move a finger. She wondered what happened last night.
Yan Shi Ning looked at Pei Jin’s naked body that was hugging her naked body and knew what happened last night. He ate her last night! She shook her head and frowned… how did he get to eat her?
Yan Shi Ning remembered clearly at Fu Qing the MF Pei Jin hit her bottom. Afterward he pulled off her clothes and kissed her. Then she felt her body was hot and she willingly kissed and licked Pei Jin… but when did they return to the manor?
Yan Shi Ning blushed at the memories that flowed through her head. She couldn’t believe she kissed and licked the MF Pei Jin… she didn’t doubt he was going to mock her to death!
Yan Shi Ning felt she was an insane drunkard and lost her dignity.
Pei Jin woke up and saw Yan Shi Ning was pouting her lips. ‘Wife, what are you thinking about?’
‘It hurts!’ Yan Shi Ning said.
‘Where does it hurt?’ Pei Jin asked.
Pei Jin stood up naked in front of Yan Shi Ning and she pulled the blanket over her face.
‘It hurts everywhere!’ Yan Shi Ning said.
Pei Jin wore his clothes, walked outside and asked a maid to prepare a basin of water. Then he returned to the bed and massaged Yan Shi Ning’s body.
‘Who forced you to drink too much last night?’ Pei Jin asked.
‘Last night what did I do?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
‘Wife… last night you did too many things,’ Pei Jin teased.
‘Like what?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
‘You praised the crown prince’s looks,’ Pei Jin said.
Yan Shi Ning took deep breaths… she lost her gentle lady image.
‘Why didn’t you stop me?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
Pei Jin sighed helplessly. ‘Wife, don’t you remember? I did try to stop you but you were drunk.’
Yan Shi Ning listened to Pei Jin recounted what else happened and she wanted to mourn her lost gentle lady image.
‘I knew your real personality before you married me,’ Pei Jin said. ‘So if you lost your gentle lady image, it’s alright. You don’t need to act gentle anymore.’
Yan Shi Ning was too angry to speak. She knew if she lived together with Pei Jin there would be a day her real personality would be exposed.
Pei Jin saw Yan Shi Ning was angry from her head to her feet, it made him wanted to tease her more. ‘Also… it’s a pity you don’t remember. Last night, you were excessively aggressive and your gentle husband couldn’t cope.’
Pei Jin smiled at Yan Shi Ning and licked his lips.
Yan Shi Ning remembered how she kissed and licked Pei Jin. She rolled over and hid her embarrassed face on the pillow.
‘Wife, you don’t need to be embarrassed,’ Pei Jin said. ‘We’re married. But it appears your expectations are too high. In the future your husband will need to exert more energy. Why don’t we do it again now?’
Pei Jin’s hands stroked Yan Shi Ning’s back.
Yan Shi Ning raised her head, glared at Pei Jin and hid her embarrassed face on the pillow again.
A while later Yan Shi Ning got out of bed and bathed. Afterward her head still hurt and she wanted to go back to sleep. But she saw a maid carried out the stained blanket and she didn’t have anywhere to hide on the bed.
Pei Jin pulled Yan Shi Ning onto the bed and rubbed the herbal remedy between her thighs. Then they ate a morning meal together. After the meal, she slept while Pei Jin visited Bei Dou’s chamber.
Pei Jin recounted what happened at Fu Qing to Bei Dou.
‘Do you think it’s strange that even the crown prince was there?’ Pei Jin asked.
‘No, I think it’s strange your wife was there,’ Bei Dou said.
Pei Jin was speechless.
‘You dote on your wife too much,’ Bei Dou said.
‘Of course,’ Pei Jin said.
‘That’s not good,’ Bei Dou warned.
‘I think we should talk about something else that’s stranger,’ Pei Jin said.
Bei Dou was skeptically silent.
‘I know my boundaries,’ Pei Jin said.
‘Destruction under a beauty,’ Bei Dou said.
‘Elder Ma says that too,’ Pei Jin said.
‘Why did the crown prince go there?’ Bei Dou asked.
‘Perhaps he was too free and wanted new amusement,’ Pei Jin said. ‘When I saw him, he was calm like usual. I don’t think he’s involved.’
‘Then why did you go there?’ Bei Dou asked and gave Pei Jin a don’t-you-know-you’re-a-prince-too look.
‘That’s what’s strange,’ Pei Jin said. ‘You know I’m a cautious person. I wouldn’t go anywhere that’s dangerous.’
‘You suspect someone at Fu Qing?’ Bei Dou said.
‘In the past I ate in the middle terrace of Fu Qing and nothing strange happened,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I think it’s someone from the right terrace.’
‘Brothels usually use aphrodisiac fragrances,’ Bei Dou said.
‘Aphrodisiac fragrances are used in the middle terrace too,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I’ve breathed it in before and it didn’t affect me. I suspected it’s the wine but Fu Qing is a reputable place for food and wine so they wouldn’t tamper with the wine.’
‘Then what do you want?’ Bei Dou asked suspiciously.
‘I need to inconvenient Gentleman Bei to personally go there and investigate,’ Pei Jin requested.
‘No!’ Bei Dou refused and blushed.
‘You’re a healthy twenty-two year old man but you’re no different from a monk,’ Pei Jin provoked.
Bei Dou straightened his sleeves and left his chamber.
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End of Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Three (Part 1)
Yan Shi Ning fled from Pei Jin the moment the crown prince left.
Pei Jin stared at the back of Yan Shi Ning’s figure for a while and reminisced about the past.
‘Little brother, what are you thinking about?’ Pei Zhang asked.
‘Seventh brother, I’m admiring the palace gardens,’ Pei Jin said. ‘It looks like a heavenly landscape.’
‘Looks like a mortal landscape,’ Pei Zhang said.
Pei Jin didn’t refute his seventh brother.
Pei Zhang glanced at Yan Shi Ning’s back. ‘Little brother, do you know about our little brother and the younger Lady Yan?’
‘I recently returned from Southern Jiang,’ Pei Jin said. ‘Seventh brother, what has been happening in the imperial city while I was away?’
‘Little brother, you’ll be drinking celebratory wine at their wedding early next year,’ Pei Zhang said.
‘Truly?’ Pei Jin asked. ‘What good news.’
Pei Jin’s smiling face made Pei Zhang’s eyes itched.
‘Good news indeed for the crown prince,’ Pei Zhang said. ‘With Yan Jing’s support, the crown prince can sleep higher and more carefree.’
‘Prime Minister Yan is reputed to be a resourceful and diligent court official, who he supports will certainly become more influential,’ Pei Jin said.
Pei Zhang’s eyes darkened from the sounds of Pei Jin’s words that didn’t reveal one drop of water. Pei Zhang’s desire to seize the crown prince position was well known. He had always wanted his ninth brother’s support. But two years ago when he subtlety asked ninth brother to help him, ninth brother volunteered to go to Southern Jiang to subdue rebels. The moment ninth brother left, he knew that ninth brother had no intentions to join in the battle to contest the throne.
Pei Zhang watched Yan Shi Ning play with young children nearby for a while. ‘If Yan Shi Ting wants to marry then Yan Shi Ning needs to find a husband. It’s been a contentious problem for the Yan household.’
Pei Jin’s intuition told him that seventh brother had bad intentions toward Yan Shi Ning.
‘Truly?’ Pei Jin asked. ‘I have met the older Lady Yan. I enjoy talking with her. Seventh brother, what do you think about me marrying her?’
If Pei Jin’s intuition was right then his cold hearted seventh brother wanted to marry Yan Shi Ning. Pei Jin wouldn’t allow that to happen, seventh brother married many wives to gain power in the imperial court.
Pei Zhang knew ninth brother understood him well. If the crown prince marries the younger Lady Yan then Yan Jing would be an obstacle for Pei Zhang to become crown prince. He had intended to marry the older Lady Yan, but he didn’t expect ninth brother would voice an intention to marry Yan Shi Ning first.
Pei Zhang frowned at the sight of Pei Jin’s shiny eyes and Pei Jin’s careful words. Pei Zhang didn’t know if Pei Jin truly wanted to marry Yan Shi Ning or if Pei Jin wanted to oppose him.
‘She is known for being gentle and docile, she’ll be compatible with ninth brother,’ Pei Zhang said.
Pei Zhang knew it wasn’t worth fighting with ninth brother for a woman, it was beneficial for him to concede Yan Shi Ning to ninth brother.
‘But ninth brother, you’ll owe me one favour,’ Pei Zhang said, brushed the sleeves of his outer robe and left.
Behind Pei Zhang’s back, Pei Jin was smiling. Pei Jin turned his head and stared at Yan Shi Ning who was playing with children.
‘Little lion, I’ve helped you avoid a catastrophe, how will you thank me?’ Pei Jin asked softly.
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End of Chapter Three (Part 1)
