Accept the hospitality offered

"Very well, I accept,"

"In that case, Your Majesty, would you prefer simply sate your lust using my body or would you prefer we balance our energy together?"

"There's a difference?"

"There is."

You have to control your facial expression from frowning. What's the difference between fucking and fucking? "Your servant didn't tell me about it."

"Of course, Siew Chew has no knowledge about it, since she's unmarried," Meiyue explains. "She has been designated to take care of me for a long time. If she's married, she have to leave the family."

That's pretty dark. Maybe leaving the employment is acceptable if Xiangqi's estate is in their country. But to be in another country without anyone else for support is something scary. That's probably the reason why Dobra never resist Vetrix's taking her or run away. Stranded in the middle of nowhere with a slim chance of survival, it's simply easier to submit. There's the possibility of the servant marrying another servant, but that simply mean both of them have to leave.

"Besides," Meiyue continues, "She's not trained in the art, just like how I was trained by my mother, and my mother by hers."

That sounds interesting. "Oh, and you use that to please your lord."

To your surprise, she shakes her head. "It is not something you imagine, your Majesty. Besides, my Lord is someone assertive."

Not something you imagine. You're imagining having sex with her, so that's mean the act is not sex. What a letdown. Also, that second sentence. That's a diplomatic sentence uttered but if you're not wrong, Meiyue implied that Xiangqi couldn't control himself and instead have his way instead of indulging in the so-called 'art'. "So, if I choose to balance our energy together, I'm to restrain myself?"

She bows a bit. "Please."

Figures. This balancing art is probably non sexual in nature. Here in lies the conundrum. You have the option fucking her or not. If you accept the offer and then reneged, it wouldn't look good on you. While it's just a promise between two people, breaking a promise unnecessarily is something a king will not do.