Chapter 4

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Author: WingYing

Translator: Delia

Proofreader: Dalgona

When I woke up, my arms and legs were tied to the bedposts with thick rope.

I didn’t know where I was. I didn’t know if I was still in the Shen Mansion or if I was in hell. I only knew that my body felt hotter than a stove, a never-ending scorching fire with sweat dripping off me like rain.

“Wu… Wu…” I couldn’t ask for help. My mouth was stuffed with cloth, and the fire in my body continued blazing. Not only did it feel hot, the insides of the lower abdomen area felt like it was being twisted into a ball. It would alternate between extreme pain and an unbearable itching. When it itched, it felt like thousands of ants traipsing through the shameful opening behind me. “Wu—” I couldn’t stop twisting my body, flopping around like a dying fish on its last breathe. However, my limbs were bound and I could not touch that area. After much difficulty, I could only slightly move left and right. Even with that slight touch, it felt like a torrent of liquid gushed through me and although I was spent, my erection did not go away. It felt like I’d lost control of the back hole, an unpleasant smelling liquid coming out.

This kind of torture happened three or four times each day. I felt like I died every time the lewd liquid came out. I could not tell if it was day or night, but every couple of hours, an old woman would unlock the door and come in. She would bring food in, a thick porridge. Every time she did so, she would loosen the binds, and take out the bloody cloth in my mouth– I knew the cloth wasn’t to prevent my screams, but was to prevent me from biting through my tongue.

Although my arms and feet were free, I was too tired to even turn my body, let alone run away. I was parched, but could only weakly turn my head in the direction of the food. The old lady was kind enough to bring the porridge bowl to my mouth. Every time she came in, she removed my clothes and threw them into the fire along with the dirty bedding. After helping me replace everything anew, she would quickly get up and leave.

In this manner, not even two hours after I drank the porridge, my body would gradually heat up again. I originally thought I would get used to it, and although there was no pain, the extreme itch would linger afterwards. “Wu—–” I arched my neck, twisting and struggling, wishing desperately something would ruthlessly come in and break my five viscera and six bowels into pieces. Gradually the times in between became longer, sometimes lasting a day. My front organ continued to spurt out my essence until finally it could no longer shoot out a single drop.

I thought I would die just like this. After the longest night of torture ended, the door opened again and a couple momos came in.

“Tsk.” The woman standing at the head had a hairpin on her head, her status did not seem low. Although she seemed the youngest, the others called her aunt. She wrinkled her eyebrows and looked at me with disgust, “Look at the state he’s in, hurry and clean him up.”

The momos loosened the ropes. My ankles and wrists felt like they had lost layers of skin and were badly mangled. They first fed me a bowl of soup which I could not figure out the taste of, but it was greasy and dense. Even if I didn’t want to drink it, they pinched my face and forcefully made me drink it down. Next, a strong momo carried me and took me to the room next door. There was hot water prepared already and two momos helped strip me naked and washed my body. Their movements could not be considered gentle, and as buckets and buckets of water rushed over me, I gradually felt my head clear up.

After tidying me up appropriately, they took me to a hall.

The one they called aunt sat in a calm and unruffled manner onto a chair, saw me coming, and asked, “Ready?” With a pair of sharp phoenix eyes, she lazily commanded, “Come here.”

I looked at her, my mind empty and without a thought. It felt like it took a long while before I started lifting my foot. Every step felt like I was walking on cotton, soft and lacking strength.

She softly blew at the red varnish on her fingertips, and without even looking at me, said, “Take off your pants” in a tone light as a feather.

“……” I stared at her blankly and didn’t move.

This aunt was not in a hurry, gently placed her hand to the back of the chair, and turned her phoenix eyes onto me. She smiled at me insincerely and said, “Never mind, in the end this is the son of a lowly servant girl who doesn’t understand the rules. Someone come.”

The momo standing behind her came up as I grabbed my trousers with my finger. She was very strong, and after a few pulls I felt cold air flowing over my lower body.

Looking at my bare bottom half, you could see my soft male organ hanging. The momo pushed me forward, this aunt looked over and looked straight down at me. Although I had not read many sacred books, I was not a shameless person and could not help hanging my head with my hands clenched. She looked at me as if she was judging an object. Not only did she look, her hand also reached out.

When she touched that area, the two momos pressed down on my shoulders, preventing me from moving. Her cold palm squeezed, then slide her down to my two sacks. “Auntie looking at this, there is some weight to it… It seems like this is still usable.” She laughed out loud. My cheeks turned red as I grit my teeth, unable to say anything. She touched the groin, lingered there for a while, then said to me, “Turn around.”

I was turned around by the momo. One person brought over a stool and pressed me onto it. They forced my legs open, raised my hips, and used both hands to separate my butt cheeks. I didn’t know why but that area became extremely sensitive, trembling in the air. This aunt carefully touched the area with her slender finger, scraping open the area. My legs trembled, and a bit of viscous liquid slipped out.

“Your first chao period came ferociously. This is the first time I’ve seen it like this. However, just this is not enough,” saying this, that finger was inserted.

“……!” I abruptly bit my lower lip.

She inserted two fingers in, and it went in deeply. It happened in a flash, and was extremely painful, making me feel like I lived a year in the span of a day. Unexpectedly, she did this for a long time. Her shapely eyebrows kept scrunching and relaxing as she searched for something that was unknown to me. My face was red and my chest heaved as she withdrew her fingers a bit, then inserted it again. After going back and forth about a dozen times, I didn’t know what spot she hit but my body seized up and almost flipped over. The momo quickly pressed me down again, but I was like a cornered animal, struggling desperately. Every time the finger touched that spot, it brought me unbearable pain. However, when the finger move away, an unprecedented itching sensation struck me, making me feel as if I would go crazy from the torture.

After the aunt pulled out her hand, my entire body was covered in sweat. A servant came to wipe her hand for her as her expression changed, and she looked at me condescendingly. She coldly said, “Get up, we are going to see Elder Madam.”

I followed behind this aunt as if I was a walking corpse. I was pushed and taken to an area I was more familiar with.

The white silk draping the front gates of the Shen mansion were gone, leaving no trace behind. It was dimly lit and some incense was burning. Besides the clan head and some granduncles, there was a graceful lady with grey hair sitting in the highest seat.

This aunt led me here, walking elegantly without a sound. She knelt twenty steps away from them.

I followed suit without a sound, head dropping low with confusion in my heart. If this was a nightmare, please let me wake up soon! At this time, I heard the other side say, “These couple of years, the Imperial Consort monopolizes the Emperor’s favor. Ignoring the Li Family, the Xu family’s momentum slightly surpasses the Qin and Xie families. Especially since the Emperor has yet to decide on the Crown Prince, there are many people who want to cling to the Xu Family, and as such, are eying the two Xu ‘xies’.”

“Although they are sons of concubines, they are noble concubines. These two sons, one’s maternal family is the Xie Family, the other comes from State Duke Jing’s residence. The Family Head Xu is quite capable. In order to give birth to more ‘xie,’ he didn’t marry a ‘kao’, but instead grasped the daughters of noble families into his hand (1). His Yu Clan wife is the only daughter of General of the Calvary. All these years, the main courtyard doesn’t have a single ‘xie’ or ‘kao’, it seems like the future Xu Family Head will be one of these concubine borne ‘xie’. It’s such a pity, our Shen Clan was so close… Ay!” The granduncle speaking sighed and sighed, looking extremely regretful.

Another granduncle hit the table and angrily cried, “If it wasn’t for Fifth Young Mistress’s ungratefulness, this would have never happened!”

…. Fifth Sister?

I listened to his scolding. “In all these years, our Shen Clan rarely treated her unfairly. Now she has died in vain. How will we pay the Xu Family? I went to the Xu residence to apologize, but I didn’t even get to see the Xu Family Head’s face. Instead I had to look at the Xu Steward’s expressions. He was just a servant in the magnificent Xu residence but he didn’t even pay attention to this Shen Clan member!”

My heart beat quickly. Could it be that Fifth Sister didn’t die of illness?

Eldest Uncle stroke his beard, shook his head and then said, “Fifth Uncle, keep calm. In the end, our Shen Clan did not fulfill our side of the bargain. Fifth Young Mistress first communicated secretly with the residence guest, then later eloped together, causing the Shen Clan’s prestige to fall. Now that the person has escaped under our noses, how can the Shen Clan not get angry.”

The Elder Madam closed her eyes to regain her composure, and slowly reopened them. “Xianrong.”

This aunt responded with a “yes”, and the two momos lifted me to the front.

The Elder Madam looked towards me. She was a “kao” that gave birth to nine uncles and was the most famous in our clan. Even when my father saw her, he had to kowtow to her. Fortunately, she only glanced at me, then asked the aunt, “This child, have you checked it carefully?”

“Yes,” this aunt said in a lofty manner that was still within respectful bounds, “There is no problem with the genitalia. He can release his essence like a normal male. I checked carefully. There is no yin entrance, though there is a “kao” knot three fingers deep that is still intact in the chaste state.”

Every word and sentence she said entered my ear but I was confused. What is this “kao” knot? What… did they mean?

The ominous feeling in my heart grew, but the Elder Madam nodded and said, “This old one has thought of something. Back then, Taijun(2) followed Taizu to fight against the world. Taijun was born as a male “kao” but he was naturally formidable, just like a normal man. Taijun was born of a noble house, and it was said that before meeting Taizu, he had wives and concubines. After marrying Taizu, he gave birth to six sons and two daughters.”

After these granduncles heard this, everyone looked astonished and clicked their tongues in wonder.

At this time, Eldest Uncle stood up. He cautiously said, “Elder Madam, although there are many strange things in this world, for a male “kao” to not have a yin entrance, it’s really… quite unheard of, I’m afraid I can’t rashly make a decision!”

“This is true.” Elder Madam stroked her ring, “Someone, go to my quarters and bring over the ‘gao’.”“

We waited a moment, then a servant brought over the “gao”.

Elder Madam said, “This item was given to me by my grandfather back then. It is a family heirloom, there is no way it is wrong.” She looked at me, her cloudy eyes flashing, “We will see whether or not we’ve hit gold after this inspection.”

Just then, I was pressed down by servants. I looked at them in fear with a blank expression, as a momo opened my arms and this aunt took the needle and pricked my finger. That small opening slowly dripped out a bloody bead. It ran along my finger, then dripped onto the eye of the sinister beast.

At this moment, no one made a sound. 。

Sweat dripped down my forehead as my eyes were locked onto the bronze beast, my chapped lips moved faintly. Even the Elder Madam leaned forward slightly, staring at the bronze plate.

Blood, one drop, two drops, slid down the beast’s eye.

The incense scent lingered, though it seemed to smell rotten.

——For a long time, the bronze beast made no move.

The Elder Madam sighed and leaned back. My Eldest Uncle and the other granduncles also let out soft sighing sounds.

The Eldest Madam said, “In any case, he is just our Shen Clan’s offspring, give him a coffin ba.” She said this then stood up.

“No…. No….!” I opened my eyes wide and shook my head as I struggled, “No, I don’t want—” I don’t want to die, don’t want to die!

However, they acted as if they could not hear me. In noble families, those who were different were considered ominous and could not be kept as the family would suffer misfortune.

“Help help me! I don’t want to die! Uncle! Father—-” I reached out to hold the aunt’s skirt as I cried and begged. She pulled back her skirt in disgust, and acted as if she saw something disgusting.

A few of the valiant servants dragged me away. My fingers clawed at the floor, leaving behind streaks of blood.

“Wait!” Someone unknown suddenly yelled out.

Everyone paused. I stopped screaming. I stared at the front and saw the bronze beast’s eyes were smoking with the clear sound of something falling.

Gradually, the sound of the bead grew louder. I saw it clearly.

It was red.

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1. What I think is happening is that if the Xu Family Head marries a kao, there is a chance for their children to be both xie or kao. Kao may be considered less politically advantageous, as you would marry them out and they would join someone else’s family. Because he wanted to continue having xie children, he decided to pick wives from good families and try his chances there.

2. I left these titles as they were- Taijun and Taizu. Taizu is the Founding Ancestor of a dynasty. Taijun is usually a title given to the mother of an official in Ancient China so it would be the Founding Ancestor and the Founding Mother of the nation that are referred to here.

T/N: our poor baby needs a lot of hugs ;_;

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