The emperor has a harem of six hundred concubines. So too did each emperor before him, for all of our thousand years of history. With the exception of his favorites, those concubines will employ their skills on the emperor at most once a year, at which point they must be capable of delivering the most intense pleasures any living thing has ever known. To that end, a practice man is retained, chosen to match the emperor’s height, weight, and genital dimensions. Before me, the longest such a man ever served was six months before an emperor’s jealousy cut him down. I was chosen on the day of the emperor’s eighteenth birthday. I have served him for twenty years.
In the Shape of the Emperor
In the Shape of the Emperor
In the Shape of the Emperor
The emperor has a harem of six hundred concubines. So too did each emperor before him, for all of our thousand years of history. With the exception of his favorites, those concubines will employ their skills on the emperor at most once a year, at which point they must be capable of delivering the most intense pleasures any living thing has ever known. To that end, a practice man is retained, chosen to match the emperor’s height, weight, and genital dimensions. Before me, the longest such a man ever served was six months before an emperor’s jealousy cut him down. I was chosen on the day of the emperor’s eighteenth birthday. I have served him for twenty years.