"Jiang, darling~"
In the Eastern Domain of The Present World, in Linzi City, a beauty as radiant as a flower peeled a grape with her jade-like fingers and fed it into the mouth of the lightly clad man reclining on a long couch.
Beside them sat another pure and lovely maiden, holding wine in her hands with obedient grace.
Not far away stood a lampstand fashioned from jade coral, its light falling just right and spreading warm hues across the courtyard.
The man reclining on the couch was delicately handsome, almost feminine in his beauty. He lazily ate a grape, then took a sip of wine.
"Are the grapes good?" the flower-like beauty asked.
The Lord of Yangxin Palace, who took five days off every ten days and refused to handle official business during that time, was practically the complete opposite of his diligent, cautious elder brother, the Crown Prince.
He smiled, letting his gaze drift downward and sink into those depths. With lingering appreciation in his voice, he said, "Naturally, they are a delicacy of the mortal world."
"Disgusting! Where are you looking?"
Though her mouth said disgusted, her body leaned forward a little more.
A beauty beneath lamplight—everything was just right. It was precisely the time for something more to happen.
But Jiang Wuxie suddenly sat up.
The Jiang Wuxie who sat up seemed like an entirely different person from the Jiang Wuxie who had been lying down.
His thin robes still hung loosely from his body, revealing his clearly defined lines. A faint flush of intoxication still lingered on his face... yet he no longer appeared dissolute. Instead, he seemed utterly noble, imposing without anger.
Whether it was the ravishing beauty trying so carefully to please him, or the pure maiden with tenderness filling her eyes, both