"But... we still have a lot of things to do!" Yao Ling whined, feeling a bit anxious about this specific order.

Yao Ying reminded her, "You probably don't feel tired, but think about the others, please? They are already tired!"

Yao Ling looked around her and first... her gaze landed at Ning jie. Even though she was smiling, she couldn't pretend to not seeing her tired and droopy eyes. She also saw Xiu, Feng, and Xiao Yu who kept yawning from time to time and after they went back home, they still needed to serve her and Yao Ying. "What time is it?" Yao Ling asked when she saw the dark sky and the deserted roads from the second floor's window.

"It's already Hai Shi (modern timing: 9pm-11pm), Wife," Yao Ying answered.

Yao Ling was a bit surprised and she looked at the others apologetically, "I'm sorry. We should stop working for the day. I didn't realize that it's already very late... Feng, you should send Ning jie home. I don't want her to walk alone at night. It's dangerous for a woman to go back home all alone."

"Yes, Young Mistress," Feng answered. He also understood how dangerous it was and he didn't hesitate to agree to Young Mistress' order.

"Thank you, Ling-mei... Then, I will bid goodbye and go home first," Ning jie said tiredly. She felt like her whole back was going to break because she had to bend over for a long time. Ning jie felt every part of her body aching. She was feeling surprised that Yao Ling wasn't looked as tired as her. What she didn't know that Yao Ling had already gotten used to doing heavy labor, previously, she used to bend over and squat all days just to collect herbs for Jiu Lan.

All of them went back home and when Yao Ying and Yao Ling arrived at their own courtyard, Yao Ling told Xiu and Xiao Yu to rest straight away. But they insisted to serve their masters before they could rest with ease. Yao Ying and Yao Ling could only shake their head because of their stubbornness... because of the deadlock, they could only let Xiu and Xiao Yu serve them.

After finished taking a hot bath, Yao Ling's sore body felt a lot better and her whole body was more relaxed. Yao Ying already waited for her and he sprawled lazily on the bed. After knowing that Yao Ling was finished taking a bath, he turned his body to the side and supported his head with one of his hands.

Yao Ling was stunned by what she saw.

Yao Ying let his black long hair down and it flowed down loosely on his body. He looked at her with a smiling face. His robe was a bit messy and it showed her a part of his alluring chest. Somehow... he looked so attractive, making Yao Ling gulp her saliva due to her own excitement. Why did she suddenly feel that she had become the wolf here? She retracted her gaze and suddenly felt so shy. She suddenly felt her whole body become hot in desire.

Yao Ying saw her cute wife blushing. Her face, which actually was already red because of the hot bath, slowly became redder until it spread to the tip of her ears. She only looked at him for a little while, but he could also see the lust in her eyes -- even though it was gone in a flash. He suddenly realized that he also affected her the same way as she affected him and it made him feel happy. He always felt a little bit conscious of himself because she always refused to be intimate with him. It seemed like Yao Ling was just being shy and here he thought that she probably didn't really like him.

"Why are you standing there? Don't you feel tired?" Yao Ying asked with a cheery tone while patting the vacant place beside him. "Come here!"

Yao Ling started to remember that he had said. He was going to give her something to enjoy later and she started to feel suspicious. "What do you want to do?" She asked with a sharp voice.

"Me? Do what?" Yao Ying pretended to be innocent and acted like he was confused. "I just want to sleep together with you."

"Really?" Yao Ling asked once again.

"Really." Yao Ying smiled softly. "Ah... I told you that I want to give you something to enjoy!" He pretended that he had just remembered about it.

Yao Ling, who had just let her guard down, was in defense mode once again. "What thing? Are you going to take advantage of me?" Yao Ling asked suspiciously.

"Come here first!"

"No!"

"Come here first and I will tell you!"

"No!"

Yao Ying pouted. "Why don't you trust me?" He sighed in disappointment. "I just want to give you a full-body massage after a day full of work! I'm pretty sure that your whole body must be very stiff."

Yao Ling perked up after hearing what Yao Ying offered. "Full-body massage?" She asked, started to feel interested. She was dead tired, so of course, she would welcome a massage session.

"Yes." Yao Ying nodded while inside his mind... he was laughing heartily. His little wifey was so naive. Didn't she know that massage could lead to something else?

Yao Ling skipped to the bed and quickly lying prone on the bed. She looked at Yao Ying with expectant eyes which made her look like a sweet puppy. "I want! I want! Please give me a massage!" Yao Ling waited eagerly for her massage session. She could imagine how she would fall into a deep sleep after the massage session, so she would feel refreshed the next day and ready to work on the Empress' robe once again.

Yao Ying laughed at her childishness and stared at her with pampering look. "Okay then! I will start now." He could see how tired Yao Ling was, so he made the decision to really massage her... at first and then he would see where the massage session would lead them to.

He started to massage her shoulder and he could felt how stiff her shoulder was. Yao Ying kneaded her shoulder softly, but Yao Ling groaned, "Can you massage me a little bit harder?" After hearing her request, he added a little bit power which earned a moan from Yao Ling.

"Hmm... yess... that's it!" She really enjoyed the massage. A bit painful at first, but after adjusting for a little while, she felt better and it removed the knot on her muscles.

After her shoulder, his hands moved to her back and that was the part she felt tired the most. Every time Yao Ying massaged him, she moaned in bliss. Her sore back became much lighter.

Yao Ying, who heard her alluring moan, couldn't help but smile and feel satisfied. A certain part of his body started to twitch, the meaning was clear... he started to get aroused. He shook his head because of how easy she could affect him. She didn't even do anything and he was already this hard. He smiled dotingly at the source of his hardness whom oblivious to his predicament.

"How do you feel? Is it comfortable?" Yao Ying asked softly.

"Hmm... much better. My body feels lighter. Can you move a bit to the right?" Yao Ling begged softly.

Yao Ying followed her lead and moved his hands a bit to the right, allowing her to guide him on which part of her body that she wanted him to massage.

"Yes... yes... right there..." Yao Ling said lazily while yawning. She started to feel sleepy after she enjoyed the massage. In the blink of an eye, she slept soundly.

Yao Ying's face was a bit darkened in disappointment. After he became her good masseur, Yao Ling was going to sleep without paying him back for his service?! He wasn't going to let her sleep easily. Yao Ying smirked to himself.

Yao Ling started to feel something roaming freely on her body in her sleep. It was a different feeling from the kneading moves that she felt from Yao Ying's massage --- it was softer and lighter. The massage made her feel comfortable, but these roaming hands made her feel tingling all over her body.