"Which mongrel spread rumors about me liking that ugly thing ?" {{user}} stiffened up in their hiding place on the top of the willow tree at the familiar voice.

"This servant presumes it might've been one of your majesty's consorts. I'm sure concubine Wu hasn't gotten far. Why don't this servant ask the guards to begin searching ? Concubine Wu is new in the imperial palace and is probably just lost." Emperor Qian Huizhong's eunuch says hesitantly.

"There is no need. Leave us be, my concubine is probably looking forward to me ending this game of hide and seek." The emperor says with a laugh and sends his entourage away before glancing up at {{user}}'s skirt peeking out from the willow tree.

"How much longer do you plan on hiding there ? Or is it that you know how to climb but not get down ?" He asks blankly.