Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:19:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: hankbrookscc@comcast.net
Subject: In Antiquity... short story

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			       In Antiquity


This tale goes back to antiquity, a time so long ago that it occurred
before recorded history.  Back then there were two adjoining empires
located on what we now call the continent of Asia, and in the land mass we
now call China.  It was also a time when a man's average lifespan was
thirty-two years, and it was the lucky woman who could expect to live until
forty.

Be that as it may, men usually had their lives cut short in battle rather
than old age, and women succumbed early, most often in childbirth.  That is
exactly what happened to the empresses of both these empires.

Yu-ching was the emperor of Del-sin, and Sun-sen was the emperor of
Mon-ching.  The two men were not adversaries.  In fact they were first
cousins, and very good friends.  They were allies in fighting off other
invading armies.

The late empress of Del-sin was the first to succumb to the rigors of
childbirth, but she left behind a legacy, a beautiful baby girl named
Lotus.  Two years later the empress of Mon-ching met a similar fate.  She
left behind a beautiful little boy named Moon.

Shortly after the birth of Moon, the two fathers announced the betrothal of
Moon and Lotus.  They hoped that this union would unite the two empires,
and they prayed that the two youngsters would rule together, over one
united country, for all their lives.  Hopefully, they would rule in peace.

The married babies were raised in their fathers' homes.  It was agreed that
they would begin to cohabitate on Lotus's fourteenth birthday, when Moon
would be twelve.  The affairs of state left Sun-sen little time to be with
his son, Moon.  The boy was well looked after by a bevy of servants, but
Sun-sen realized that his son had no friends to grow up with.  In his
exalted princely status, all other boys were beneath him.  Sun-sen was
sympathetic.  He had often yearned for a companion when he was a youngster.

He found among his slaves, a young lad named Xeng, who was about a year
older than Moon.  When Xeng was five and Moon was four, Xeng was taken to
live with Moon.  His bedchamber was a small room adjacent to Moon's huge
quarters.  Xeng was instructed to be Moon's servant, and to cater to his
every wish, but he was also to play with the prince and be a companion to
him.

Moon was thrilled to have a friend.  He demanded very little of Xeng.  He
didn't have to.  He had dozens of other servants, who catered to his every
wish and whim.  In fact, Xeng became almost as pampered as Moon.  In the
end, all the two boys ever did was play together.

Xeng's status did not permit him to be educated, but Moon insisted that his
friend be in attendance at all his tutoring sessions, and Xeng became as
learned as any boy in the upper echelons of their society.  In fact, he
absorbed more and learned much faster than Moon did.  Moon relied on Xeng
to help him with his lessons.

One of Xeng's regular duties was to bathe his master.  Once a week, other
servants filled an oversized tub with warm soapy water.  They and Xeng
helped Moon into the tub, and Xeng proceeded to wash the prince all over,
and that included his cock, balls and asshole.  Moon would not allow anyone
else to touch him.

When Xeng was done, the other servants helped Moon out of the tub.  They
dried him, and brought him to his room.  There, they put a night shirt on
him for his bedtime.  As soon as Xeng was alone in the bath chamber, he was
allowed to wash himself in his master's dirty water.  When he was done, a
crew of servants emptied the dirty water, and scrubbed the tub clean until
its next use a week hence.

One evening, when Moon had just reached his eighth birthday, as soon as he
was seated in his tub, he dismissed all his servants except Xeng.  When the
two boys were alone, Moon commanded Xeng to disrobe and join him in the
tub, which was large enough for four big boys.

"It'll be fun," Moon said, "just like when we go swimming at the lake."

Xeng thought that it was not the same thing.  At the lake they wore bathing
attire; here they were naked, but he said nothing and joined Moon in the
tub.  Immediately, the prince became playful.  He started to splash Xeng
with soapy water, and the two boys giggled like babies.

Unexpectedly, Moon said, "You always bathe me.  Now I am going to bathe
you."

He left no part of Xeng unwashed.  He even bathed Xeng's crotch area, just
as Xeng always bathed him.  Moon had his palm around Xeng's cock and was
stroking it up and down with warm soapy water.  A strange thing happened.
He felt Xeng's penis hardening and growing in his fist.  Moon was
fascinated at what was happening.  He wanted to see how big it would grow,
and he kept on stroking.

Xeng began to moan and squirm.  "Please," he begged his master, "don't
stop."

Moon had no intention of stopping.  This was too exciting.  Suddenly,
Xeng's cock spasmed in his hand, and now Xeng begged him to stop.

"What happened?" Moon asked.

"I don't know.  Something wonderful, but it terrified me, because after the
joy, my cock got sore."

"I didn't mean to hurt you," Moon said.  "I'm so sorry," and he reached
down to soothe Xeng's sore cock.

Moon fondled it gently, and Xeng said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

To which Moon remarked, "It's growing again."

Now the boys were frightened.  They got out of the tub as fast as they
could, dried themselves, and left the bath chamber.  The servants put a
robe on the prince and totally ignored Xeng, who followed his master into
Moon's bedchamber.  He was completely naked.  Immediately, Moon dismissed
all the servants.  He threw off his robe, and climbed into bed.

"Join me," he ordered Xeng.  "I want you to describe what happened to you.
More important, are you all right now?  You really frightened me."

Xeng jumped into the prince's bed.  "I don't have the words to describe
what feelings welled up inside of me," he said to Moon.  "I can only hope
it will happen to me many times more.  Let me do to you what you were doing
to me, and we'll see if it will happen to you."

"I don't know," Moon hedged.

"We won't do it if you're frightened," Xeng said.  "I wonder if it will
happen to me again," Xeng sighed.  "It would be so wonderful if it did."

"Let's try and see," Moon said.  He took hold of Xeng's cock and started
stroking it as he had done in the bath.  Almost instantly, Xeng's cock grew
and hardened.

"It's happening again," Xeng said.

"Does it hurt?" Moon asked.

"No, it feels wonderful.  Please don't stop."

Suddenly, Moon felt Xeng's cock spasm as it had in the bath, and once again
Xeng asked him to stop.  No fluid came out of the little boy's body.  He
was just too young.  Moon looked at Xeng expectantly, hoping he could
describe what happened to him.  Xeng knew what Moon wanted, and he did his
best to explain.

"A feeling of pure wonder and joy crept into my body.  It started like a
slowly running stream until it reached a crest so wonderful that I can't
describe the beauty of it.  When the crest of the wave broke, the head of
my cock became sore, but it passed quickly.  Now that I know I can repeat
this amazing joy, I want to do it as often as possible."

"Do you think it is something that only happens to commoners?" Moon asked
in all innocence.  "Do you think a prince could experience the joy you
speak of, yet seem to have so much difficulty describing?"

"There's only one way to find out," Xeng said.  "That is if you will permit
me, Master."

"Not only do I give you my permission, I order you to do it," the prince
laughed.

Xeng hunkered up to Moon.  Gently he took Moon's cock into his hand, and
even more gently, he started to stroke it.  Moon was so young that nothing
happened for a long while.  Nevertheless, it felt so good that he
instructed Xeng not to stop.  Slowly, Xeng felt Moon's little penis growing
and hardening.  Moon began to mewl and squirm, and he begged Xeng for more.
In due time he too climaxed, spasming into Xeng's palm.  He didn't ask Xeng
to stop.  Apparently the crown of his cock was not as sensitive as Xeng's.

All this activity tired out the two young boys.  Then Moon did the
unthinkable.  He asked Xeng to sleep in his bed this night, and then he
kissed his slave on his lips before they fell asleep.

Having discovered the joy of mutual masturbation, they did it as often as
possible.  Lacking any kind of formal instruction, the boys did not know
they could do it to themselves.  They both believed that they could only
reach the climax by doing it to each other, and they did it almost every
night.

On Moon's tenth birthday, his father, Sun-sen, made him a lavish party.  Of
course, Moon's wife Lotus was there.  It was obvious that she was going to
be a beautiful woman.  The two children were cordial to each other, but
definitely uncomfortable.  Only two years remained before Lotus would come
to live with Moon.  His tutors were about to add a form of sex education to
his studies, so he would be well prepared for her.

During the festivities, Sun-sen began to have trouble breathing.  His
servants took him to his chambers, and he fell onto his bed, feeling very
week.  Shortly after that, he began to cough uncontrollably.  The doctors
fed him all sorts of fluids designed to soothe his throat.  They had no
name for his strange illness, but in modern times, he would have been
diagnosed with influenza.  He was gone in a week at the age of twenty-six.
Before a month passed, Moon was named Emperor of Mon-ching.

The first decree he made was to free Xeng and make him his chief advisor.
Xeng was well educated and suited for the job.  For the past six years, he
had helped to tutor and advise the new emperor.  One of the courtiers did
not agree with the young emperor's choice.  His jealousy made him bold.  He
believed that he should have been given the position.  He voiced his
objection at the first meeting Moon held with his advisors.

Moon's eyes became slits.  Calmly, he stood up, and approached the man.  He
drew his sword, and pierced it through the man's throat.  That effectively
ended all opposition to the young emperor.  He may have been a mere child,
but everyone knew that he had the support of his father-in-law, Yu-ching.

The entire palace thought that it was strange that the emperor's chief
advisor continued to sleep in a small chamber outside of the emperor's bed
room.  Both boys had no intention of giving up their nocturnal activities.

When they began to be tutored in sex education, a whole new world was open
to them.  Their teachers were not shy.  They started with instructing them
in the very basic act of masturbation.  For the first time the young boys
realized that they could bring themselves to climax, and not depend on each
other.  They tried it that very evening, and decided that it was more fun
to do it to each other.

The next set of lessons concerned fornication with a woman, and techniques
to guarantee the most pleasure to the man.  In those days nobody was
concerned with pleasing a woman.  Also it was very common back then to keep
young boys as concubines, as well as young women.  The populace thought
nothing of it.  Sexual pleasures were sought wherever they could be found,
so their sex education also included techniques for two men to give each
other as much pleasure as possible.

Moon's bed, which he shared with Xeng, became a pleasure dome of happiness
for the two boys.  They had been instructed in oral and anal sex, and they
did nothing but perfect the techniques they were taught.

Insipidly, the time passed, and the palace began to make arrangements for
the arrival of Empress Lotus.  She had just turned fourteen, and was
anxious to lose her virginity.  Most lower class girls were married, and
had started to bear children by the time they were twelve or thirteen.

Lotus was given her own quarters in the palace.  After she settled in, she
sent word to the emperor that she was ready.  Moon, accompanied by his
guards, reluctantly went to her chamber.  He found Lotus lying naked on her
bed.  She was uncovered.  The sight of her naked body did not arouse her
husband at all.

"I'll be right back," he advised her, and he ran to Xeng's chamber.

"Suck my cock," he demanded, "and get me good and hard."  Even though it
was an order from the emperor, Xeng would have done it out of love.  He got
Moon good and hard and ready.  Moon ran back to Lotus's bed.  Quickly,
before he could lose his erection, he mounted her, and fucked her.  All the
time he told himself that he was fucking Xeng.

When he was through, he wished Lotus a good night, and returned to his own
chamber.  Xeng was already occupying some of the oversized bed, and he and
Moon made love throughout most of the night.

A week later, after his bath, he repeated this process.  He used Xeng to
arouse him, and after he fucked his wife, he left her.  Of course, he never
satisfied her.  He had never been taught the need to, much less how to.
Back in his room, he knew full well how to satisfy Xeng.

Two and a half months later, the palace doctors informed Moon that his wife
was with child.  Moon was delighted, and he used her pregnancy as an excuse
not to visit her chamber until after she delivered her child.  Secretly he
prayed that the same fate would befall her as had befallen his mother and
his mother-in-law.  However, her delivery was without incident, and Lotus
gave birth to a healthy son.  Moon doted over the little baby, whom he
named, Miracle.

He refrained from visiting his wife after she delivered Miracle.  After
three months had passed, Lotus became concerned.  She sent word to Moon
that she was ready for him.  His response was to storm into her chamber and
scold her.  He told her that he would come to her when he was ready, not
when she was.

A full year passed, and Moon did not perform his spousal duties, at least
not with Lotus.  He and Xeng made love constantly.  They knew every inch of
their bodies, and how to give each other ultimate pleasure.

On the occasion of Miracle's second birthday, a palace doctor asked to
speak to the emperor.  Moon granted him audience.  The doctor was all
smiles.  "At long last," he said, "the empress is with child again."

"Thank you for the information.  You may leave now," Moon said sternly. The
doctor was surprised at how Moon had taken the news.

Moon rushed to Lotus's quarters.  She was surrounded by ladies in waiting,
and Moon dismissed them all.  Lotus was seated on an oversized chair.  She
was cowering in it, and the chair almost consumed her.  She knew this
moment was coming, and she was waiting for it.

She did not expect Moon to be so quiet and serene.  She had expected that
he would lash out at her, and beat her. He was very calm when he asked her
who the father was.  Lotus remained silent.

"If you tell me who he is, I will not harm either of you.  If you don't, I
will question your attendants and find out who has been visiting you.  You
will be shamed.  If you tell me willingly, I will spare you, the child and
the father."

Lotus sobbed.  "It is Tenio," she whispered.

"He's one of my personal guards," Moon said sadly.  He could not believe
that one of his bodyguards would do such a thing.  "Pack your bags, and be
ready to leave by daybreak.  I will have you escorted back to your father's
home."

"What of Miracle?" she cried out in anguish.

"You have disgraced both of us.  The child remains with me."

Lotus's escort was Tenio, the father of her unborn child.  Moon gave him a
sealed letter, and instructions.  "When you reach the home of Emperor
Wu-ching, deliver him his daughter, and this letter.  If the seal is
broken, I will have you executed.  Also, before you leave, ask the emperor
if he has a response for me."

Wu-ching was shocked to see that his daughter was arriving at his home with
a single escort.  An empress would have been expected to have a minimum of
six bodyguards.  He was so disturbed that when Tenio handed him the sealed
letter, he ripped it open with great ferocity.  The letter read:

Most revered emperor, and former father-in-law.  The man who delivers this
letter is the father of the child your daughter bears.  She has disgraced
my entire household, forcing me to annul our marriage.  You may deal with
the rapist and your daughter in any manner you see fit.  With great
respect, Moon, Emperor of Mon-ching.

Both Tenio and Lotus were beheaded the next morning.

As soon as the palace gates were closed behind Lotus, Moon summoned Xeng to
his chamber.  He closed the door, and left instructions that they were not
to be disturbed.

"Come to me naked," Moon commanded.  Xeng began to undress, and Moon
dropped his robe.  They were both naked.

"Lie with me," Moon whispered.  This time it was not a command.  It was a
request for love.  They fell onto Moon's bed.  Xeng took his emperor's cock
into his mouth, and began to make love to it.  He was so expert, that he
was able to delay Moon's climax for over an hour.  Then he took some body
oil, and bathed Moon's throbbing cock in it.  He lay down on his back,
raised his legs, and spread his ass cheeks.  Moon entered Xeng
effortlessly, and in a few strokes, both young men were transported to
paradise.

This is how they lived out their days until Moon died and Miracle became
the emperor.