Chapter 15 Jealous Tears
Food and sex were nature’s law. After days of rain and lingering affection, Herdanba had lost his soul to her.
That day I entered with fruit and heard Yin Xiu crying softly in his arms.
“Although my mother was a southern woman taken by the Wannu King, I am still a princess. I require the Great King to marry me properly with rites before I will go with him.
“My heart belongs only to the Great King. If you take other women, I would rather die.”
I clicked my tongue in secret wonder. She must have been possessed by a weasel to muddle him so easily with a few words.
I secretly tried flicking a handkerchief like her and broke a table leg.
Clearly being a vixen required talent.
I felt depressed for half a day. Then I reminded myself I was only a maid worth one hundred and fifty coins. I could already cook, read, write, kill, dismember, poison, and sow discord. I had long exceeded the limits of a small character.
Failing to seduce men was nothing to be ashamed of.
Heaven had given people different appearances for different uses.
Sure enough, the moment Herdanba left, Yin Xiu asked me how her acting had been.
My turn had arrived.