Chen Hansi followed the scent and saw a woman in light green clothes, without any makeup, with long hair like a waterfall, sitting there mixing perfume.

He originally thought that this was a maid from the Zhu Mansion.

But he had ordered that no one should come to this bamboo forest to disturb him. I guess there is no servant in the Zhu Mansion who is so ungrateful.

Chen Hansi walked over and unexpectedly saw Zhu Xianyue returning home.

"Your Majesty..." Zhu Xianyue knelt down quickly and said, "I didn't know Your Majesty was here. I have disturbed Your Majesty's peace. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."

After several years, the little girl who would pull his sleeve and call him "Brother Han" is now a married woman.

That's right... Zhu Xianyue must have thought that he was in her father's study and would not come to this bamboo forest.

This bamboo forest is not far from her boudoir, so there is nothing wrong with her appearing here.

Chen Hansi naturally could not have imagined that all these "unexpected encounters" were Zhu Xianyue's "long-planned" plans.

"Get up, how could I punish you?"

There are differences between men and women, not to mention that one is the emperor and the other is the wife of a minister.

Zhu Xianyue stood up, but because her body was unstable, she staggered and almost fell.

Chen Hansi didn't know how much effort it took to suppress the hand that wanted to help her up.

"Are you mixing perfume? This isn't some nice scent, it's the kind that makes men and women lose their minds... the sweet fragrance of love."

Chen Hansi, who grew up in the deep palace, is very familiar with this spice.

Although he had never touched a woman during his ten years on the throne, he had seen the women of the previous emperor making perfumes on their own, praying to gain the emperor's favor.

Could it be that... Zhu Xianyue's husband doesn't touch her?

Chen Hansi couldn't help but look at Zhu Xianyue a few times. He saw that beneath her slender figure, what was even more striking was her pair of eyes that seemed to be filled with affection, her posture was graceful, and her every move revealed a dignified charm that could not be concealed.

If her husband, Marquis Chang'an, didn't touch her, it would be a waste of talent.

"My husband... has never touched me..."

Zhu Xianyue's face flushed crimson, and she felt a little "unable to speak", but she had to tell Chen Hansi that she had suffered, that she was still...

"How could that bastard Ye Muqing do anything to you?"

Chen Hansi, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, was both civil and military, and he often led troops to fight. Naturally, he was contaminated with some of the spirit of a soldier or bandit, and he was not ambiguous when scolding people.

Zhu Xianyue suppressed her smile and said, "It's all because of my uselessness..."

"You are not at fault. You don't have to take all the blame on yourself."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. You are the first woman to comfort me like this. I will always remember this great kindness."

"..." He felt it was amazing that she would repay such a small favor with such gratitude.

"...I hope you can succeed."

Zhu Xianyue paused, pretending to be innocent, and said, "Perhaps it was God's will that I should encounter the Emperor while doing such a vile thing. I will not hide it from the Emperor... This incense was not meant for me to use. It was originally meant for the maidservants and the Marquis."

"My maidservant Shudie is deeply in love with the Marquis, and her ambitions are as high as the sky. I want to make her my wife, and then compete with the Marquis's new concubine in a battle of wits and courage. In this way, I can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and reap the benefits."

"...But this action is too despicable, truly unworthy of a gentleman...I have now confessed everything, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Chen Hansi said, "No, just do what you think."