After Song Xuanren arrived at Zhou Mengxi's Imperial Villa, he found that the maidservants were nowhere to be seen, yet the attendants had not come beforehand to report that the Queen had gone out.
Thus, Song Xuanren walked into the Imperial Villa to look for Zhou Mengxi. She was not in the bedchamber, nor the study, nor the kitchen... As Song Xuanren walked toward the hot spring pool, he heard sounds coming from behind the folding screen.
Zhou Mengxi had specifically inquired beforehand and knew that the Monarch was busy with state affairs today and should have no time to visit her at night. In the hot spring pool, Zhou Mengxi was engaging in unspeakable acts with Xu Yanshan. Amidst the rhythmic splashing of the water, faint sounds of a woman's seductive moans could be heard—an enchanting allure Song Xuanren had never heard before.
Chapter 63