Chapter 24: Defying The Edict

The night was quiet and the breeze light, moonlight flowing, the gauze at the window barely stirred, the night birds quietly folding their wings.

This tranquil gentleness was so reluctant to be let go of. One wished it could last longer, a little longer… How could it be broken!

Eunuch Tian pinned the Imperial Eunuch Sun against the table, clamping his hand over the other’s mouth. “Don’t say a word!”

Eunuch Sun, suffocating, dug his fingers into the flesh of Eunuch Tian’s forearm, voice muffled and broken, “Are you crazy? This is literally our job! How could we not say...