Apotheosis

Returning to Koshi Castle, Da Ji marched triumphantly. Despite her defeat, the capture of Wei's empress was certain to shake the morale of Cao Pi's men. Those who were not on watch gathered round the returning armies.

"Lady Da Ji, you have returned!" Dong Zhou was the first to state the obvious, "...Where are the spoils of war?"

"Only one spoil today, and I'm keeping it for myself," Da Ji replied plainly. "You will receive your gold once you do your part in battle. Diao Chan!"

"Yes, Lady Da Ji?" Diao Chan acknowledged.

"Take my prize to my quarters, and make sure it is properly cleaned for my arrival," Da Ji commanded. "If I find so much as a grain of sand upon it when I come in, you will be severly punished."

"As you wish, Lady Da Ji," Diao Chan decided it best to go ahead and give in to Da Ji's dominance for the time being.

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Upon entering the dojo within Da Ji's personal house, Diao Chan saw Zhen Ji bound at both wrist and ankle, but otherwise entirely nude.

Despite her situation, Zhen Ji wasn't the least afraid to voice her opinion, "Diao Chan... How fitting that the lover of a wild dog would now be servant to a bitch like Da Ji."

"Make no mistake, oh deposed empress..." Diao Chan smiled as she walked toward the bound woman, "I am not Lu Bu's lover. Although, if you behave, I may be yours."

"What?!" Zhen Ji was in shock, "You... You're in Orochi's harem?!"

"Not Orochi's no," Diao Chan laughed, "It's Da Ji's for now... But soon, it will be mine. And you're going to help me get it."

"Da Ji? Yours? What is going on?!"

"Tell me, do you love Cao Pi?"

"Answer my questions and I'll think about answering yours!" Zhen Ji.

"I've tried to be nice about this," Diao Chan said, reaching for her weights. "Da Ji doesn't want you harmed, but if you keep forgetting that you're the prisoner here, I can't promise anything."

This woman... She's nothing like what I've heard. Impossible... This can't be the frail woman I've heard so much about... Zhen Ji thought to herself, staring at Diao Chan in silent fear.

Diao Chan repeated her question: "Do you love Cao Pi?"

"I'm sure you've heard the rumors," was the only reply the captive gave.

"I don't care about the rumors," Diao Chan asked the question once more, slowly this time: "Do- you love- Cao Pi?"

"No- I've never felt love for anyone," Zhen Ji answered. "People are tools for gaining power. By marrying into a powerful family, I gained that power for myself."

"I expected you would say something like that," Diao Chan chuckled as she stepped toward the prisoner. "Although... That does bring another question to mind. I wonder... Why do you bother wasting time with one who is destined to fall?"

"And I suppose you want me to join that mutt-woman?" despite her situation, Zhen Ji couldn't help but laugh at the thought.

"No... I will make Da Ji mine," Diao Chan said firmly, "But first, I must claim you. And then, together, we will torment her with pleasure, until she bows to me as empress."

"And why should I... Help... You..." Zhen Ji asked as she finally put the pieces of the puzzle together. She then burst into a fit of laughter, "A commoner like you? Seduce me?!"

Diao Chan rose with a fury that had never tainted her face before, and kicked Zhen Ji in the face, knocking her to the floor.

"You can either be seduced by my dance, or you can die by my batons," Diao Chan then knelt down and kissed Zhen Ji on the lips. "Now, tell me, which is it that you prefer?"

Even before Da Ji, Zhen Ji had not felt fear. Yet there was something about Diao Chan... This woman whom she had heard to be so kind and gentle, now standing before her like a ruthless dictator, and it shook Zhen Ji to her very core. Even the kiss felt malevolent; although she had no feelings for Cao Pi, Zhen Ji could feel something different whenever she kissed him... Something that made her feel safe. But this kiss... The kick had been painful, but the kiss was what had instilled fear.

"I-I'm sorry. A prisoner should not provoke her captors," Zhen Ji cried, "Please, forgive me for my foolishness!"

"Very well, but first..." Diao Chan reached for Zhen Ji's head, and- one at a time- pulled four strands of hair from Zhen Ji's head, "Each time you disobey me, I will take something from you. This time, it was only your hair. If still you persist, then next I will rip your nails from your fingers. Now, let's get you cleaned up- it'll be much easier to seduce Da Ji when we're clean."

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Sitting in Da Ji's bath, Zhen Ji wasn't sure what to think. She was prepared for a lot of things- to fight, to be held ransom, to be used as a lure for Cao Pi, even to die on the battlefield- yet never would she have expected something like this to happen.

"You look worried," Diao Chan said as she climbed into the water, "Scared, even... Don't worry. As long as you keep me happy, nothing will befall you."

That's none too reassuring, Zhen Ji thought as she saw lust and ambition within Diao Chan's eyes.

It seems I've already dominated her through fear, Diao Chan realized, as Zhen Ji simply stared at her with a blank expression, I had so wanted to do it through lust... No... This is better. She could never betray me so long as she fears me... There's something about it that's almost arousing in and of itself... Ah! I'm getting wet just thinking about it...

"Zhen Ji! Come over here and clean my body at once!" Diao Chan ordered.

Zhen Ji grabbed a rag, and headed over to Diao Chan. But as soon as Zhen Ji had applied the rag, she felt Diao Chan slap her across the face.

"Do not touch me with that filthy cloth!" Diao Chan roared.

"But... You told me to clean you..."

"With your tongue, slave," Diao Chan commanded.

"I'm sorry- I'll do it at once," Zhen Ji began to lower her lips towards Diao Chan's body, until she felt her left wrist grabbed.

She looked up, and saw Diao Chan holding it in hand. Zhen Ji braced for the pain as Diao Chan took her pinky, and stripped the fingernail from it.

"I am sorry... Lady Diao Chan," Zhen Ji cried.

"Remember that I do not make idle threats," Diao Chan affirmed, "And also, that you only have so many finger nails. Lose them all, and I'll simply take the hands themselves. Now, clean."

Zhen Ji nodded silently, then returned to her task. Diao Chan reveled in the sensations as she thought to herself: It's perfect... She'll do whatever I tell her, anything and everything! More than death itself, she fears me! But... Da Ji won't be so easy. Still, once I have an immortal under my thumb, it's only a matter of time before I'll rule all. Every woman in the land will serve in my harem, and every man will slave away in the fields!

Diao Chan's dreams of conquest were interrupted when she felt her pussy being stimulated by Zhen Ji's tongue. The sensation didn't last, as the tongue went from her pussy down to her legs. As Diao Chan looked down, she was overjoyed at what she saw, She's taking breath, then dunking her head under the water to clean down there... She's so desperate to please me, she won't even ask me to move an inch...

Before long, Zhen Ji was finished. Diao Chan halted her, "That is good enough, slave. Now, you will see how great my favor can be... I will not only punish when you wrong me, but I will also reward you when you serve me properly."

"What did you have in mind, Lady Diao Chan?" Zhen Ji asked, although she already anticipated the answer.

"You will be pleasured, of course," Diao Chan replied. "It will be so much easier to clean off if it's already in the bath."

Zhen Ji bowed, "Thank you, Lady-"

"But there's another thing," Diao Chan interrupted. "From now on, you are to address me as 'empress', and by no other name or title. When others are present, you will merely hold silent."

"Yes, empress," Zhen Ji nodded, How... How could it come to this?! Me, empress of Wei, wife to the most powerful man in China... And here I am, being treated as the lowest of concubines...

"Very good. Now, relax while I give you your reward," Diao Chan said as she began to kiss Zhen Ji lip to lip.

Pushing Zhen Ji against the edge of the bath, Diao Chan fiercely began to fondle Zhen Ji's breasts, eliciting cries of pleasure from the captive. Zhen Ji dared not speak, but she could not help but moan and writhe as her body was toyed with.

"You like that, don't you slave?" Diao Chan asked, "Of course you do... You slept your way into the Yuan family, and then into the Cao family. Admit it: You're nothing but a slut."

"I am more than just a slut..." Zhen Ji said, but before Diao Chan could react, Zhen Ji continued: "I am your slut, empress."

With a hearty laugh, Diao Chan smiled, "And so you are. Now, my slave, cry to the heavens in pleasure!"

With a scream which Zhen Ji thought the entire castle might hear, Zhen Ji passed out as she reached climax, sheer shock of the day too much for her.

"Now, Da Ji, it is time I established a new order of dominance among us..." Diao Chan laughed as she carried Zhen Ji, and laid her on Da Ji's bed.