Chapter 80: Secretly Climbing Into Bed

"Do I have to teach you how to kneel? It's just... ah—"

With a swift chop of his hand, Zhao Kai knocked out the delicate little girl, who promptly fainted. He lifted her and set her aside. Night had already fallen, and he hadn't gotten a proper look at her features; he simply assumed she was a maid from one of the palace quarters.

There were too many people in the palace, and too many prying eyes...