The sweet scent of rich lotus fragrance slowly seeped out in wake of those oozing fine sweat as the little girl perspired after creating so much mischief and seemingly drawn his palm once it was in contact with her jade-like smooth skin that in any case was unable to budge away.
Yu Pin Yan’s hand slowly fumbled its way up from her jade white wrist and stayed on her shoulder for a long time before eventually sweeping the already loosen blouse off bit by bit, his palm then covered her satiny back and rubbed it hard.
Indescribable numbly sensation caused Yu Xiang to narrow her eyes slightly and moaned like a kitten as the callous palm rubbed against the shoulder blades of her back.
There were no longer glints of light in the already pitch-dark eyes of Yu Pin Yan at this moment, abruptly, he pressed the little girl into his arms then held her delicate red lips in his mouth and sucked passionately. At the same time, his big palm wandered from the back to her chest and slowly fondled the two rounded plumb mounds.
For a moment, there were only sounds of heavy gasping as well as lips and tongues lapping remaining in the carriage. It was only after a long while before Yu Pin Yan reluctantly released that agile little sweet tongue and lowered his eyes to look at his younger sister’s expression.
Already fully drunk and confused as well as lacking oxygen in her head after the kiss, Yu Xiang smacked her red swollen lips and fell soundly asleep while both her small hands habitually grabbed the lapels of her elder brother’s robe.
There was no consternation, disgust nor distraught and the little girl actually fell asleep just like that. Yu Pin Yan looked at her intently for a long time before finally held his forehead and chuckled softly.
As the carriage slowly approached the gate of the Marquis manor, Tao Hong and Liu Lu rushed out to meet their master but saw her wrapped up in the outer robe of the Marquis. With her small face buried in the crook of the Marquis’ arms, only the tip of a red ear was visible while the rich sweet scent of lotus emitted through the fabric when the Marquis princess-carried her off the carriage.
Bypassing both Tao Hong and Liu Lu, Yu Pin Yan strode ahead and entered the west chamber then instructed in a deep voice, “Get a basin of water over here and the box of snow skin cream.”
Complying with the instruction, Tao Hong went to fetch the water while Liu Lu retrieved a box of snow skin cream from a trunk. Gently, Yu Pin Yan placed his younger sister on the divan then lifted the outer robe that wrapped around her and reached out to comb the slightly messy hair away from her forehead.
When Liu Lu leaned forward for a look, she could not not help drawn in a mouthful of cold air. She merely saw her master’s body covered with a thin layer of sweat due to high temperature from the consumption of wine while the hair on her forehead was damp as it clung to the side of her cheeks with a strand held between her delicate lips. Her cheeks were slightly flushed and her soft body seemingly boneless. Her delicately vulnerable sleeping appearance would not be an overstatement described with the phrase ‘vividly alluring and boundlessly beautiful’.
What was even more impossible to ignore was those indescribable tantalizing little red spots that were imprinted on her smooth white neck and shoulders that on the whole, she seemed to have been loved dearly by someone.
Even Liu Lu, a young unadulterated girl, felt her eyes hot and her heart palpitating at this moment, let alone a vigorous strapping young man. The Marquis will never allow anyone to treat her master like this, hence these marks were all made by the Marquis himself? But they are brother and sisters ah!
Alarmingly uneasy, Liu Lu glanced towards the Marquis and when she heard Tao Hong’s incoming footsteps outside the door, she put down the cream without much thought and went out to get the water basin then sent Tao Hong away. It was enough that only she alone saw such a petrifying scene, wouldn’t Tao Hong be harmed if she was to see it too?
Yu Pin Yan appeared as usual. He gently took off his younger sister’s shoes, socks and blouse then wrung a handkerchief to carefully wipe her exposed skin before smearing a little snow skin cream over the red spots which would fade away by the cream efficacy after just one night’s sleep.
After that, he squeezed his younger sister’s small soft hand and rubbed her full lips yet ultimately unable to suppress his desire, he leaned down to peck her small mouth to her forehead before sighing deeply and covered her up with a thin quilt.
Standing stiffly by the side of the divan, Liu Lu dared not even raised her hand to wipe the bean-sized sweat dripping from her forehead.
Yu Pin Yan fixed his glance at her and spoke in a deep voice, “Watch your mouth if you do not want to die.”
“Nubi understands. Nubi did not see anything.” Liu Lu replied with a trembling voice, her head buried lowly and dared not look at the peerlessly handsome face of the Marquis. Once the footsteps sound faltered, she sat limply on the pedestal. What is all this about, the brother and sister are committing incest! This can only be blamed on the extremely good look of Young Miss and her clinginess. Whenever she sees the Marquis, she will stick to him like the siamese twin without paying the slightest attention to the distinction of men and women. Which man will not be tempted to have such a delicately sweet and clingy beauty by his side all day long?
Wishing the iron could turn straight into steel at once[1], Liu Lu waved her fist at her master who was on the divan before resigning herself to fate and went out to pour the water away.
It was already dusk when Yu Xiang woke up. While the golden sun hung brightly in the west, the sky was covered with large expanses of red clouds that appeared utterly magnificent. Stretching herself, she stared dazedly at the mass of clouds in the sky.
Liu Lu came in to wait upon and dressed her up when she suddenly asked after hesitating for a long time, “Young Miss, do you still remember what happened after you got drunk?”
It was still fine if she did not ask, as lots of ambiguity impressions emerged as soon as the question was out. The most impressive part was the one she herself taking liberties of her elder brother while humming the tune ‘Flowers as a Matchmaker’ (花为媒) where she even nibbled on his mouth several times. Good gracious, Yu Xiang covered her face and groaned before falling back and rolling, wrapping herself up with the quilt.
Liu Lu hastily pulled her out and asked anxiously, “Young Miss, what have you remembered. Tell Nubi promptly. We will figure a solution together if there’s any problems.”
Unexpectedly, it was not a face full of tears when the quilt was lifted rather a smug smile. Yu Xiang squinted her feline-like eyes and laughed for a while before she spoke heedlessly, “Nothing major happened. I just sang a segment of ‘Flower as a Matchmaker’ and took liberties of Elder Brother as Li Yue’e.” Once those words faltered, she laughed mirthfully that Liu Lu truly wanted to kneel down for[2] her master. Her whole body had been gnawed and covered with red spots yet she still commented herself taking liberties of others, to what extent was her imprudence! However, she had no choice but to suppress her belly full of words when she recalled the Marquis’ warning right before he left.
Liu Lu continued to dress her master up after pulling herself together then heard someone reported from outside, “Young Miss, Madam Jingguo is here with Miss Chang and followed by maternal uncle’s wife.”
These two groups of people did not come together but merely met at the door. Madam Jingguo brought Chang Ya Fu to pay a visit to Lin Shi directly while maternal uncle’s wife, Sun Shi came straight to the west wing with a somewhat discontented expression.