Having gone several years without intimacy, Liu Changxu spent rather longer on dual cultivation with his wives this time. The bedroom door remained closed for days on end, leaving the six children feeling as though their parents had abandoned them. Still, they could already fend for themselves and no longer needed their mothers to look after them. With their eldest sister Jiao'er, now an adult, caring for them, they gradually grew accustomed to life without their mothers and aunties around.
The four youngest children were simply very curious about why their father and mothers were hiding in the bedroom and refusing to come out. Yun'er in particular knocked on her father's bedroom door several times, only to be led away by Jiao'er, who knew what was going on, after getting no response.
With an innocent expression, Yun'er kept complaining to her two martial aunties, Su Jinxiu and Qin Yulian, who had hurried over in excitement. She told them her parents were too lazy, staying in bed for so long without getting up or paying any attention to her.
Hearing Yun'er's account, the two women, who had rushed over excitedly upon learning that their junior martial brother had emerged from seclusion, inwardly cursed him for his utter lack of restraint. At the same time, they felt an overwhelming sense of loss.
It was not until the morning of the tenth day that Liu Changxu and his four wives and concubines finally emerged from the bedroom, looking radiant and refreshed. The four women's already beautiful faces were now even more alluring, brimming with happiness. Most astonishing of all, their auras had grown stronger.
Jiao'er, the first to see her parents, looked utterly bewildered! What exactly had her father, mother, and aunties been doing in the bedroom? After just ten days apart, her