13.She is who's?

Somehow she enjoyed this. It was always her taking care of others. She was quite realistic as well. Normally, even if she wanted she probably wouldn't be able to pay this kind of room and service.

She began to smile as one of the girls added some oil to her back and slowly massaged it in. A small sound escaped her mouth as she literally felt like falling asleep. "May I ask you for a small favour?"

The girls stopped while listening to her lazy voice. "When I get out of the water, can you message me on the bed? It will help me fall asleep faster. Of course, if it's too much to ask, forget it. You two probably have too many things to do."

She felt sorry to give them more work. "Don't fall asleep now. You need to eat. Soon the dinner will be done."

She wanted to say she was not hungry when her stomach loudly grumbled making all three laugh. "Fine. Let me get dressed."

The girls helped her out of the tub, dried her up and gave her the fresh set of nightclothes. The moment she put them on, it was very comfortable so she slowly touched the material.

One of the girls dried her hair slowly and smiled at her touching. ''It's called mink silk."

She never heard of it. "It's actually made from a special kind of insect. At first, those that found insect thought its a new kind of silkworm. But it was something like a butterfly in the end."

Liu Mei just touched it and soon a knock could be heard on the door. One of the girls rushed to it, opened just as much that she could take the plates and quickly closed the door.

She felt touched about their care. The girl arranged the plates on the table and waited for her to finish. With a sigh, she went to eat the food.

And really, the food was light and tasty. She ate a bit from everything while the two girls started taking out the bathwater, bit by bit.

It seems someone waited by the door to take over the buckets of water, so the whole water was gone in no time. After that, they pushed the tub to the door and knocked.

Two burly women came in and dragged the tub out, not even giving a glance to her. Somehow it made her feel strange. They rushed out of the room swiftly and closed the door.

In the meantime, she already ate enough and stood up. But the little girl quickly brought her some water with a few mint leaves for the mouth.

She took the water and just washed her mouth. After carefully spilling the water in the other container, she got handkerchief to tab her mouth to get rid of a few drops that still glistened on her lips and went to bed.

She chose to enjoy every second of this treatment. The comfort of these two girls made her feel safer, so when she went to bed she was about to go to sleep when the girl arrived with the essential oil.

"I will rub your back a bit if it's still your wish."

Liu Mei took off the upper garment and the cloth for the chest and just laid down on the bed. With warm hands, the girl massaged her stiff muscles and not long after Liu Mei took off to the land of the dreams.

Outside stood the man with an aura and watched the two girls leaving the room. "Report!"

They kneeled and bowed deeply. "The Lady is sleeping now. It seems she was quite stressed about something and relaxed in the end. But over the night she might have nightmares, as her pulse seemed to be rushed even after everything we did to relax her."

"Hm. Then go back inside. One can sleep and the other will wake by her side. If she starts getting nightmares to wake her up, give her some water and put her back to sleep. By the way is there anything else?"

The two girls nodded. "Her chastity dot is missing but her body seems to be pure. Her skin is softer than silk and her smile is clear like fresh spring. Even as a widow it seems she didn't let anyone touch her. There was no sign that she had a man in the last few years."

"Understood. Now go back and take good care of her." He knew that these two girls were proficient in body reading as female medical experts in the palace. Their understanding of the female body was on another level.

He watched at the closed door and turned around. It seems that some things need to be investigated. Soon he saw the guard coming towards him with a grave expression.

He looked at the door and then bowed towards him. "Its the corpse flower. If she stayed there any longer... Doctor Zhao called the officers to take everything away and investigate. Even he was quite distressed as it seems. She ignored him after she waited for hours outside."

"She waited for hours?" His voice became dangerously deep. "What happened?"

"It seems the young wife from his grandson stopped all the contact from the outside so they had no idea about her waiting. When they found out she was put into her own yard as punishment and all servants that didn't report were flogged and kicked out the household." His voice was low as he feared she would wake up.

"Sir, I think she got two shocks. While they were flogged I could see her hands shaking. Such a sight must be quite stressful for someone who never experienced it in his life." The guard's face was good looking, but at this moment he was feeling bad about her.

Somehow he started feeling that he should protect her from all harm but held back as he knew that his master's feelings are going the same way. If she never caught entered the master's eyes, he might have a chance. But now...

Suddenly he could feel an icy stare at him. "I know your heart, Bai Lu. But as the last of your clan, if I let you marry widow as the main wife, the families might rebel. And to let her marry anyone as a concubine is too wasteful. Please get that idea out off your head. Neither you nor I can have her doe to our situations. Even if I'm unreasonable but the current political situation is holding both of my hands. All I can do is protect her from afar. I have to admit, if I get a chance I'll ask her to be mine. But looking at her current state, she might deny it or even worse."

She was sweet and kind to elders and children but held quite a distance to everyone else. The way she held, there is no chance she would accept his advances, especially now in her current state.

"Sir, if you give me permission, I still want to be given a chance..." But he stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"If you were a second or third son I would even support you. But your Bai family has only you. The main wife can be someone from noblesse only. I know your parents, they probably have made plans for you already. Give up. I will try it as well." But in his heart, a strange fire actually burned. She can be only his. But his friend can only give up or they both will have strange feelings in the future.

He needed at least one person to trust. But that woman... She was hiding, didn't even try to get in the middle of attention. She was not even devastatingly beautiful. But why does his heart burn so viciously just by thinking that any other man could have her? Is he becoming a lunatic and a pervert?

He walked away in deep thought while his guard glanced at him with a strange light in his eyes...