After that frenzied night, Zhou Ming spent his days in constant anxiety, like a thief stealing for the first time.
Yet after many days had passed, his encounters with Consort Diana grew more and more frequent. By the end, he had become outrageously bold, scaling the palace walls and spending every night in Diana's chambers. This transformation had taken no more than a week.
A hot-blooded young man and a predatory noblewoman alone in the deep palace were like two piles of dry kindling. Once touched by a spark, the raging blaze they ignited was enough to set off a fusion reaction.
However, since they had never taken any precautions, Zhou Ming felt somewhat worried after every passionate encounter. What if she accidentally became pregnant? What would they do then?
The Old King was already in his sixties, and his health was far worse than before. Over the past two years, he had rarely spent the night in Diana's chambers. If he suddenly discovered that his most favored consort was carrying another man's bastard despite not having shared his bed, then given the Old King's somewhat violent temperament, what would happen next was almost predictable.
"Coward, don't worry. A woman like me can never have children in her lifetime. You don't need to fret so much."
Her slender jade finger teasingly tapped Zhou Ming's chest, but Diana's tone suddenly became listless and desolate.
Only after Zhou Ming asked did he learn that Diana, who came from the Southern Open Country, had begun taking a medicine from childhood to obtain the peerless beauty that could make kings utterly fall for her. The medicine increased the elasticity and luster of one's skin. Every woman who took it became breathtakingly beautiful, capable of toppling kingdoms and cities. It had thrown many once-prosperous and