After bathing, Jiuli returned to her sleeping quarters to find Shi An already asleep on the dragon bed. She paused, slightly taken aback.
Yutang, her personal attendant, was also surprised, but she quickly lowered her head, careful not to glance toward the bed. Although Master Shi An had slept on the dragon bed once before, every night since then, he and the Sovereign had slept in separate chambers. Furthermore, the only people in the Qianqing Palace were a few eunuchs and maids assigned to cleaning; once their duties were finished, no one was permitted to enter without being summoned. Yutang truly had no idea why Master Shi An hadn’t gone to the side chamber to sleep tonight.
"You may withdraw," Jiuli said, moving toward the bed.
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