The Emperor was about to step into the main bedroom to see if anyone was there when he heard a faint voice coming from the adjacent dressing room:
"...Xiao Qing, I've never bathed with petals before, they smell so nice, haha..." the voice of the Little Concubine, intermittent, as if coming from the bath.
"Then, master, add more," said the voice of the Little Palace Maid, sounding closer, probably inside the dressing room.
"Yes, indeed, when I come out, I'll smell all fragrant, His Majesty will surely like it..."
The dressing room was connected to the hallway and the dressing room to the bath chamber.
The Emperor listened intently and could faintly hear the sound of water.
He immediately realized that his Little Concubine was bathing in the bath!
Ripples arose in his heart, and the Emperor felt the room's heated floor grow hotter, making his whole body uncomfortably warm.
