Chapter 21 The Prince's Bath

At night, quiet and serene, the hemispherical starry sky hangs over the entire earth, and the stars twinkle like a cradle inlaid with gems.

Blue Lion City was lying on the plain, most of the area was dark, like a sleeping child motionless. Occasionally, there will be a touch of light somewhere, it is not the eyes that wake up the child from sleep, but the palace of the Blue Lion City.

Royal palace, palace, bathroom.

A huge tub was placed in the center of the bathroom, and Richard was lying in it with his eyes closed.

The bath water fills most of the tub and maintains a temperature of about 45°C. Because this level is higher than the normal body temperature of the human body, the pores on Richard's skin slowly expand, allowing the whole body to relax a little bit, but it is not too hot in the hot summer.

A few meters away from the tub, several maids were standing, waiting to be ordered.

Further away, in the corner of the bathroom, a maid was roasting smooth pebbles over the fire. After the pebbles are roasted red, pick them up with iron tongs and put them into a bucket filled with water next to them.

With a "thorn" sound, accompanied by the hot pebbles, the water in the bucket tumbled violently, and a large stream of steam was sprayed out into the air.

The mist was thick, maintaining the temperature of the bath in the entire room, and the standing maid's face was dripping with sweat. Under the double influence of fog and sweat, the bangs were wet, the clothes were wet, and the whole body of the maid became wet. The thin coat clings to the body, outlining the bumpy figure. But they didn't dare to make a sound, and they didn't dare to move casually. They just stood there, lest they make noises to disturb His Royal Highness.

Suddenly, Li Cha in the tub opened his eyes.

A maid asked tentatively, "His Royal Highness?"

"Yeah." Li Cha replied.

"Yes." The maid nodded, a flash of light flashed in her big eyes, and she quickly approached Li Cha.

Going to the tub, I bent down and took out a china jar from a bamboo basket, poured out a bath balm made of herbs and rose petals and spread it over my hands.

He stood up, his hands gently fell on Li Cha's body, carefully applied the bath cream on Li Cha's bare skin, and carefully rubbed and massaged to help Li Cha to eliminate fatigue.

Richard closed his eyes again.

The maid's body moved closer to Richard, her thin clothes were completely soaked, the curves of her body were fully revealed, and two bumps appeared on her towering chest.

Suddenly, as if intentionally or unintentionally, the maid smeared the bath ointment on Richard's arm, massaged inch by inch, and wiped the towering chest on Richard's elbow.

With his eyes closed, Li Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, but the maid didn't notice it.

After massaging Richard's right arm, the maid turned to the left, her whole body clinging to the tub, her chest brushed against Richard's back, and the hot air she exhaled sprayed at the base of Richard's ears.

Li Cha raised his eyebrows slightly again, but the maid still didn't notice it, and her eyes became a little blurry.

The maid began to massage Richard's shoulder and left arm earnestly. When the towering chest brushed over Richard's body intentionally or unintentionally for the third time, Richard suddenly opened his eyes.

His expression was extremely calm, but he raised his hand and waved it gently.

The maid of the massage was stunned, not knowing what she did wrong, but she didn't dare to say more, and said in a low voice, "Yes." Then she retreated to the back.

"Crash!" Li Cha stood up, walked out of the tub, stepped on a non-slip wooden board on the side of the tub, and the silver droplets of water on his body quickly rolled down toward the ground, getting wet.

The three maids stepped forward quickly, one of them carried a bucket, walked behind Li Cha, and poured water onto Li Cha's body.

This time, it was cold water at 30°C lower than the human body. It didn't make Li Cha feel too cold, but the dilated pores on the body shrank slightly, and the relaxed muscles and skin instantly tightened, and the spirit was lifted.

The other maid quickly wiped every part of Richard's body with a wide dry cloth.

After wiping it clean, the last maid stepped forward and waited on Richard to put on new clothes and boots.

After all this was done, Richard stepped out of the bathroom.

The remaining maids cleaned up quickly and then left in sequence.

When the last maid left, he found that the rest of the maids were waiting for him at the door, with slightly bad eyes.

"What's the matter, sisters?" the maid who was stopped asked in a low voice.

An older maid made a sound, glanced at her, and said in a dangling voice: "Natalie, you are new here, you may not know the rules..."

"But I didn't make a mistake..." The maid named Natalie defended in a low voice.

"You haven't made a mistake yet? You acted on His Royal Highness just now, do you really think we didn't see it?" The older maid said angrily, "Natalie, but I'm sorry for not reminding you, the prince doesn't like this. Now, if there is another time, your end will be miserable, think about it for yourself, let's go!"

After speaking, the elderly maid left with the rest.

The maid named Natalie stood there, watched the group walk away, rolled her eyes and said, "The prince doesn't like it? Who are you lying? Don't think I don't know that you are afraid of me competing for favor, hum! Let's see. !"

After speaking, Natalie raised her head, raised her proud chest, and walked in the opposite direction.

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It was late at night, and the lights in the palace dimmed a little bit, leaving only the last few to persevere.

On the northwest corner of the palace, there is a row of low houses, which are incompatible with the architectural style of the entire palace, and are where craftsmen and servants live.

At this time, a bean-like oil lamp was lit in a house, and Mark, the craftsman who was instructed by Richard, was squinting at the design scroll on the table, his nose almost twitching.

After looking at it for a long time, Old Mark frowned, staring at a part of the design drawing and said, "What's going on in this place? Why can't I understand it! It's too bad, I didn't ask His Royal Highness Richard at first. If it can't be made, then..."

With a worried expression on his face, Old Mark turned around and walked out of the house to the shed built outside. Inside the shed, there was a wooden frame that was erected. It was very rough. It was a simple turret that he drove out during the day.

Reaching out and groping at a part, Old Mark said to himself, "I still can't figure it out, what is this part used for? How can it not affect the rotation if it is placed here..."

For a long time, Old Mark didn't understand, and walked back to the house in a depressed mood. With a bit of despair, he looked at the design drawing scroll again. Suddenly his eyes flickered, and he found that there was a line of incomprehensible markings where he didn't understand.

"...wing plate...rotating shaft...gear..." Old Mark said aloud, his eyes lit up a little, and he instantly understood his doubts.

But then Old Mark's brows wrinkled again, and he said to himself a little strangely: "I remember, this place was originally not marked, why did it suddenly appear? Or is it always there, but I didn't see it? Strange, strange , no one came in, and no one dared to touch His Royal Highness Li Cha's things, this..."

Old Mark looked around the room, which was silently empty, looked at the doors and windows, and the doors and windows didn't move at all.

this……

"Okay, no matter what, I figured it out anyway, so let's hurry up." Old Mark said, then walked out of the house and entered the work shed, rushing to work overnight. After all, the one week time set by Richard was still very tight for him. of.

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