Nanss was chatting with the three other girls at a small round table in the small room where they lived, which was just in a small, inconspicuous corner of the huge palace, among thousands of rooms, yards, and halls, just like the four of them were just nobody among tens of thousands of people inside the palace.
Their dinner was generous: roast duck with chestnuts and sweet potatoes, steamed green beans in their own pods, salad greens picked that morning, and two kinds of tart pastry filled with cream and nuts. They had not expected to eat this well before they entered the palace; it certainly didn't look as though anyone else would be eating any worse than they were. But they had been told, when they arrived, that there was no point in taking up precious space for their meals by going down to the kitchens or dining hall below. It was better to save themselves from being seen and made conspicuous until they became accustomed to life here and knew what rules to follow. So the girls had accepted this condition and now found the food most satisfactory, even delicious.
Dinner was one of the few happy and relaxing times of the day for them, but nevertheless, they still had to lower their voices when they talked as if they were afraid of disturbing others. Because according to the rules of the palace, the servants were not allowed to speak too loudly, even in their own rooms.
"You girls know what's happening? Almost two months since we were here, we have been doing nothing except eat, sleep, get taught about the rules inside the palace, and have a health inspection every two days." It was Sonu, the gossipy one among them.
"We are wet nurses, you goose," the lively girl, Elma said.
"I know what we are, but we have been doing nothing for the two months," Sonu chewed a piece of roast duck in her mouth.
"We said we did nothing?" Elma was a little cranky. "We did a lot of things: memorizing hundreds of rules, practicing the way how should we walk, not too fast, not too slow, with grace and calm, bowing our heads all the day, humbling ourselves, measuring our daily milk production...."
"Well, you are right. But what I mean is why they paid us for these things?" Sonu still was confused. It's no wonder she didn't understand. After coming to the palace, they were taught not to ask questions, just to follow instructions and commands, and no one would speak to them on their own initiative. They couldn't know more than guess.
"You are right. They feed us and pay us, but we actually didn't need to work... What are your thoughts, Hong?" Elma turned to the girl on her left, a very timid girl, who seemed to be very uncomfortable with life in the palace, and also seemed to be frightened by something.
"No, I don't know, " Hong hurriedly replied, a little fidgety and uncomfortable with all the attention being focused on her.
Nanss knew what happened to Hong: one night late, she found that Hong came back from Aino's room, and cried in secret under her sheet. Nanss also knew what she had gone through because she herself was called to Aino's room several times late at night. The difference between them was that Nanss could adjust herself, while Hong couldn't, she was just a scared little girl.
One night when four of them were asleep, Nanss suddenly felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up to see who it was. At that moment she saw a young eunuch, who held his right index finger straight up in front of his pouting lips, signaling her to keep quiet, and then waved his hand toward the door, indicating that she should follow him to the outside of the room. Nanss was not sure what was going on, so she got dressed and followed the eunuch who was waiting outside the door. After walking for about half an hour, they stopped in front of the door of a room. The eunuch knocked on the door a few times and then left, while Nanss stood there, not knowing what was going on. After about a minute, the door slowly opened from the inside. Although the person who opened the door was backlit, Nanss still immediately recognized that he was Aino.
Nanss entered the room and stood in the middle of the room at a loss, while Aino slowly closed the door and locked it from the inside. Aino slowly sat down at the table, his eyes greedily pawing at Nanss' body.
"Do you remember me?" He asked.
"Yes." Nanss kept her head down, not daring to look up at him.
"What you call me then?" His eyes seemed to bore into Nanss' clothes, and then tear her clothes from the inside.
"Uncle... uncle Aino." Nanss didn't look at him, but she felt as if his two hands were ravaging her body.
"Good girl. Come here and sit." He gently patted his lap with his hand.
Nanss looked up slightly at his hand, then hurriedly lowered his head, frozen in place, not daring to move, not knowing whether he should go over.
"You didn't hear me? You don't want to be my good girl anymore?" For some reason, Nanss could feel a sudden change in his tone, inexplicable intimidation in his words. She could only reluctantly, and slowly, go over to him and sit on his lap.
"That's my girl." He gave a grim smile, and a hand gently stroked her back, sending goose bumps down her spine.
"You girls who have just entered the palace, are still too young, who only see the surface prosperity of this place, but do not know how dangerous it is. Only a wrong word or a small mistake will cost you your lives." Nanss listened to him quietly with her head down, her back straight, not daring to move a little bit.
"I've been in the palace since I was 12 years old, and I see people being killed every day. I've been so scared, but I make it through until now. I'm not as lucky as you are, as soon as you enter the palace, someone takes care of you and keeps you safe. That person is me." He slowly slid his right hand down her back to her buttocks, then gently kneaded them.
"You came to the palace to make money, right? But many people die here before they can make any money. If you listen to me well, I will find a way to keep you safe. You understand what I'm saying?"
Nanss nodded gently. Although she didn't know whether he was telling the truth or not, she was still a bit scared inside, hearing these contents, feeling like she would be killed at any moment.
"And remember, nothing we say or do between us can be said to anyone, not even to your sisters who live with you, or your family. Otherwise, I will be executed immediately. Do you want me to die?"
Nanss shook her head in a panic.
"Good. Very good. Because if I die because of you, you won't get out of this palace alive, I can assure you of that." Although he said these words gently, Nanss could still feel the oppression and threat in his words.
"Will you behave yourself and listen to me?"
"Yes," Nanss, frightened by his words, replied obediently, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered on his lap.
"So, why don't you stand up and let me teach you something." Aino slapped her ass, and Nanss sprang up quickly.
He stood in front of her and violently ripped her blouse to the sides, exposing her two huge breasts. Her breasts were big and firm, covered with the light brown areola, and when he squeezed them tightly, they jiggled pleasantly. He pinched the nipples lightly, and her small hard nipples stiffened. Nanss bit her lips, holding back a sound.
"These are very nice. Beautiful." His hands groped her breasts roughly, squeezing and pulling them. He took a nipple with his mouth wide open and started sucking it up, like a hungry child, then the other. He greedily shifted between the two breasts, wanting to take both nipples into his mouth at the same time.
Nanss was already unsteady because of the tremendous impact and kept falling backward until her buttocks hit the table and she braced her hands backward on the table to stabilize her body, while Aino never let go of her breasts for a second.
After a few minutes, as if he had had enough milk, he lifted his head, leaned back slightly, closed his eyes tightly, opened his mouth wide, and stuck his tongue out completely, while the milk, from Nanss's breasts squeezed by his hands, shot out onto his tongue, eyes, face, and everywhere. Aino was like a happy child playing in rain. Nanss, squirming with embarrassment and fear, tried to escape from his grasp, but dared not to.
Aino fell backward to the floor, laughing hysterically. Then he crawled up to her, picked her up by the waist, and threw her on the bed. She was still trembling and shaking from the humiliation.
"It's okay. It's alright," he laughed and continued to pull off her skirt, revealing her white underwear which was already soaked in her sweat. He pushed himself up a little, pulled down her underwear to her knees, and began fondling her smooth body with his fingers. He looked up at her, smiled, and said, "You are mine. You belong to me."
At some point, he was holding a lighted candle on the table. He slowly tilted the candle, and a large hot drop of wax fell on one of her pink and tender nipples. A wave of pain caused her to grip the sheets with her outstretched hands, her mouth clenched on the corner of the blanket, and she desperately tried to suppress a moan deep in her throat. The burning sensation increased as more drops of hot wax landed on her soft skin, the base of her thighs, her breasts, her hips, and finally her private parts. With each hot drop of wax on her skin, her body tensed up violently, and a dull moan escaped from deep in her throat.
Finally, he stopped pouring the hot wax on her body, but her body was now covered by a mass of red wax drops. She lay on the bed, shivering with pain, while Aino got undressed. He slowly climbed on top of her and put his mouth on hers, kissing her passionately.
A sudden question brought Nanss back to reality, "Nanss, what do you think?"
"I have no idea, " she hurriedly replied.
However, in fact, Aino had told her that they would be the wet nurses of the royal son or daughter because the queen would soon give birth. The queen had already given birth to three daughters, and it was not known whether she would give birth to a boy or a girl, but one thing was certain: she couldn't produce breast milk, since her first child. So the palace had to prepare wet nurses in advance for the unborn children. In order to ensure the high quality of milk, they must enter the palace early, eat well, rest well, and ensure good health here. Also, they had to learn the rules and etiquette in the palace like everyone else here in the palace. Most importantly, this would prevent them from having sex with their husbands at home, in order to prevent them from getting pregnant.
As they continued to chat, there was a sudden fake cough at the door and all the girls stood up reflexively, lowering their heads and not daring to make a sound. This was the result of their two months of being trained and instructed.
Aino stood at the door and scanned them for a few moments, then said, " Nanss, Hong, you two come with me. The prince is born, and the time has come to start your work."