Chapter 72 Anger

As if sensing something, Emperor Jingxuan turned his head and unexpectedly met a pair of beautiful watery eyes.

He was startled, then suddenly raised his lips, handed the longbow to the palace maid, and strode towards Yunwan.

When he was in front of her, he stared at her straight, with a cool and hot aura around him. There seemed to be a small flame in his eyes as he looked at Yun Wan, and her face and figure were clearly engraved in his eyes.

"What is the lady looking at?"

Yun Wan was awakened by this and realized that she had been staring at him in a daze. Her ears suddenly felt burning.

But if she didn't open her eyes, it would only make her look more obvious. She bit her lip and said calmly, "Your Majesty is an excellent archer. Very impressive."

She tried to explain this fact in a calm and natural tone to cover up her rash behavior.

Emperor Jingxuan stared at her red earlobe, then his gaze returned to her face which was pretending to be calm, and he suddenly laughed out loud.

The laughter spread all around, and the Third Prince and Pei Qian looked at each other, both with shocked expressions.

What's wrong with my father/uncle? Why is he laughing so loudly? Is someone about to get into trouble?

Only Commander Wei, who looked rough but had a kind heart, stared at the two of them and suddenly realized something.

I see!

Emperor Jingxuan finished laughing and curled his lips: "If I can get a compliment from my wife, I will be very satisfied."

Yun Wan felt more and more uncomfortable with his laughter.

Ah Sui, sandwiched between the two, looked at Ah Niang, then at His Majesty, and suddenly looked up and asked Emperor Jingxuan, "Your Majesty, can you also shoot an arrow through a willow tree at a hundred paces?"

Emperor Jingxuan raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Jiang Fusheng, standing aside, said with a smile, "Young Master, you are joking. Your Majesty, don't even mention hitting the target with your arrows from a hundred paces away. In the early years, when Your Majesty led the army to fight, your arrows never missed their target. I wonder how many enemy heads Your Majesty cut off..."

Talking about his master's glorious past, Jiang Fusheng spoke incessantly and eloquently, speaking to both Asui and Yun Wan.

After all, Jiang Fusheng knew very well that it was impossible for his Majesty to tell about these glorious journeys in person.

Sure enough, the mother and son listened attentively, especially Mrs. Lu, who looked surprised, as if she did not expect His Majesty to be so brave.

Another glance showed that His Majesty had a stern look on his face.

It was almost time, and Emperor Jingxuan stopped them: "Alright, it's just some old things, not worth mentioning."

He looked down at Asui, who was being held hand by Yun Wan, and praised him for the first time: "I think you have good talent. If you practice hard, maybe you can be like..."

He paused and chuckled, "If I can't be like me, at least I can be like Commander Wei."

Ah Sui was encouraged, "Really?"

Emperor Jingxuan: "My words are true, provided you are willing to endure hardship."

Ah Sui immediately said: "I am not afraid of hardship!"

Yun Wan glanced at the burly and fierce-looking commander of the guards and tried hard to suppress the urge to refute.

Although Commander Wei is very powerful, she still hopes that her child will grow up to be a handsome man.

.........

The time was almost up, and Emperor Jingxuan left first.

Yun Wan deliberately avoided him and left a quarter of an hour later.

But she didn't expect that there were some things and some people she couldn't avoid.

When they were almost at the small courtyard, they saw Emperor Jingxuan standing under the tree at the corner of the corridor.

Yun Wan stood there in a daze.

Emperor Jingxuan walked over leisurely, blocking her way, and said in a gloomy tone: "Madam, are you avoiding me?"

She lowered her head, "Yun Wan doesn't dare."

Emperor Jingxuan scoffed, clearly unconvinced. "How could I not know that Madam's 'dare not' meant to be an admission?"

Because both "yes" and "no" have the meaning of being offensive or deceiving the king.

Yun Wan pursed her lips, glanced around, and changed the subject, "Your Majesty, what urgent matter has your majesty sought me out for? If it's nothing, I should return. Otherwise, if the palace servants see us, it will be bad for your majesty's reputation."

Her words were sincere, but they annoyed Emperor Jingxuan.

He approached Yun Wan step by step in the face of her panic, until he forced her under a tree with no way to retreat, then he said coldly: "Madam, are you finding these high-sounding excuses just to avoid me?"

Yun Wan closed her lips slightly, and when she met his cold eyes, her expression faded and she remained silent.

Emperor Jingxuan pursed his lips, "Madam, are you angry with me?"

His eyes moved slightly, and Yun Wan turned away and looked away.

Emperor Jingxuan understood, "Is it because of Concubine Shen's matter?"

Apart from this matter, he couldn't think of any reason why Yun Wan was unhappy.

"Don't worry, ma'am. What happened last night won't happen again," he promised.

He was also careless, thinking that nothing would happen as long as he kept the person under his nose, forgetting that human hearts are unpredictable.

As for the claim that Yun Wan would harm Concubine Shen, he never believed it and never took it to heart.

He spoke so frankly that Yun Wan simply opened up and said, "Your Majesty, since you know this, I would like to speak my mind to you. I hope you will not be angry after listening to me."

His eyes moved slightly, and Emperor Jingxuan opened his lips: "Madam, please speak."

Yun Wan raised her eyes, staring into his, and said firmly, "I know that it was His Majesty's will to let me enter the palace as a perfumer. I pretended not to know because I wanted to live a peaceful life."

"I have no intention of interfering in the disputes in His Majesty's harem, but..."

She paused, a lingering fear growing within her. Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "But just because I'm a relative of Consort Shu's, summoned into the inner court by her hand, I was branded as belonging to the Changchun Palace, and thus this disaster occurred."

"Your Majesty, you should know that they want to target the Concubine Shu. I was just implicated. But after what happened last night, I'm really scared..."

When Yun Wan thought of the scene of being isolated and helpless and at the mercy of others yesterday, she couldn't help but feel afraid. She looked at Emperor Jingxuan and tears appeared in her eyes.

Emperor Jingxuan felt a dull pain in his heart, and the scene of Yun Wan lying on the couch and crying bitterly last night suddenly emerged in his mind. Her crying was so sad and so heartbreaking.

Something seemed to be blocking his throat. He opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "What happened last night won't happen again."

He repeated.

"I have dealt with all those involved in this matter."

Yun Wan shook her head, tears on the verge of falling: "This is not what I want."

"What does the lady want?"

"I want to leave the palace and go home."

His face suddenly darkened, and Emperor Jingxuan looked at her with a deep and cold gaze: "Madam, do you know what you are saying?"

Yun Wan of course knew.

Emperor Jingxuan focused his gaze and said, "I know that Madam is unwilling to enter my harem and live as a caged bird, so I staged this play to lure Madam into the palace and to strengthen our relationship in this way."

"But Madam, you have always wanted to escape from me, treating me like a scourge and a beast, and keeping me at a distance. Madam, do you think I really don't have any temper?"

With every word he spoke, a small fire would appear in his chest. These small fires gradually melted into a huge fire, rolling in Emperor Jingxuan's heart, burning his internal organs.

Yun Wan shuddered, her eyes gradually drooping as she looked at him, "Your Majesty, are you going to... spank me?"

The moment she lowered her eyes, the tears in the corners of her eyes condensed into beads and rolled down, forming a dark spot on the ground.

Emperor Jingxuan's face was gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said, "I will give Madam one more chance. What does Madam want?"

"Leaving the palace is out of the question. I will not agree."

Yun Wan looked disappointed.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingxuan's anger rose in his heart, and he said in a cold tone: "It seems that Madam is determined to leave the palace."

He glanced at Fuling and ordered in a cold voice, "Send Madam back. She is not allowed to move around without my permission!"