The night was silent.
The lights were dim.
The night wind rustled, and in the depths of the Weiyang Palace, only palace lanterns swayed in the wind, with no one in the corridors and pavilions.
The night wind silently passed through the corridors and reached the depths of the Weiyang Palace, where most of the hundreds of buildings housed palace maids who were already asleep. Some were on night duty or unable to sleep, whispering to each other, and some indulged in "lilies" or secretly hid in rooms "grinding mirrors."
Palace maids usually entered the palace at a very young age, living in the Imperial Palace without any titles or positions, constantly working day after day, seeing no glimmer of hope. As for the physiological instincts of love between men and women, they were even more out of reach.
Prolonged sexual repression naturally led palace maids and eunuchs to find various ways to relieve their loneliness.
The night wind dissipated in the Empress's bedroom.
