In a warm steaming bath was an enchanting figure with long slender legs peeking out of the wooden tub. The rest of his body was submerged underwater with unusual purple flowers floating on the surface. The colour of the water itself was also weird.
It was a cloudy brick red with the steam rising from the surface shimmering under the moonlight seeping in from outside the window. Ji Yao had no idea what sort of concoction Qilin Hao mixed in it but it was very effective in relaxing his taut muscles and soothing his mind.
What he didn't realise was that his mother had pulled all stops to get this coupling ceremony going. Her thinking was simple. She just wanted to protect her son and if this was it then she would make it happen.