Chapter 201 Vomiting
Yun Wan entered the hall and saw Emperor Jingxuan standing behind the Coiled Dragon Imperial Desk, leaning forward slightly and writing on the blank edict with a brush, as if he was painting, with smooth and flowing movements.
She stood in the center of the hall. The ground beneath her feet was covered with lichens with complex and mysterious patterns. No sound was heard when she stepped on them.
Yun Wan stood quietly there, hesitating to move forward.
Until Emperor Jingxuan woke up with a word, "Madam, why are you standing there in a daze?"
The red pen in his hand was suspended in mid-air. He raised his head and looked over. His stern face showed a bit of relaxation and softness, and his eyes were filled with tranquility.
Her heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason. Yun Wan walked forward, avoiding his gaze and casually glancing at the table before asking the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time:
"Your Majesty knows everything?"
Emperor Jingxuan put down his red brush, wiped the ink stains from his fingertips with a handkerchief, raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean, Madam?"
Seeing that he was deliberately teasing her, Yun Wan was furious: "You ask even though you already know the answer."
If he didn't know what I was planning, how could he have sent someone to inform me about what the Zou family had done so promptly?
"I can't hide anything from you." She said firmly.
The man in front of him was not a puppet emperor, but one who had truly come to this position through his own strength. He did not need to be constrained by anyone.
No one knows how many eyes, ears, and voices he has.
Emperor Jingxuan frowned and corrected her: "Madam, you forgot again. You should address me as 'I' in private."
Unexpectedly, he talked about other things. Yun Wan said in a low voice: "I...I want to talk to you about serious matters!"
Emperor Jingxuan embraced her and brought her to him, saying solemnly, "I am also talking about serious matters. Next time, if you call me by the wrong name, I will punish you by making you call me 'husband' a hundred times."
Yun Wan: .......
Taking in her speechless expression, Emperor Jingxuan raised his hand and stroked her cheek. Her skin, as white as porcelain, turned a light pink under the caress of his rough fingertips.
Yun Wan's eyes paused, and his expression gradually relaxed.
Emperor Jingxuan raised his lips, gently stroked her cheek, and said in a low voice: "Power, everyone pursues it, and everyone wants to control their own destiny. The pursuit of power is nothing more than human instinct."
He lowered his eyes to her uneasy face, and suddenly chuckled and said, "Madam is also a mortal, so why not?"
Emperor Jingxuan was in power for more than ten years. No one knew how many spies and informants he had, not to mention the entire Great Qi, but only inside and outside the palace.
Yun Wan's little movements could not be hidden from his eyes at all. He only needed to combine them and think about it for a while, and it was not difficult to guess what she was thinking.
In front of those who truly wield power and are cunning, her methods seem a little immature.
Because of this, the Zou family was so self-righteous that they wanted to take advantage of the lady, thinking that she was as greedy as they were and did not know right from wrong.
Yun Wan's eyes flickered slightly, meeting his smiling eyes. Her heart trembled, and she pursed her lips and said, "I never thought of helping the Zou family."
They had no connection before, but now they come looking for trouble. How could they be a good family? It's not an exaggeration to say that they are in cahoots with the Li family and are like snakes and rats from the same nest.
She is not a saint who is neither happy nor sad. It makes no sense that she was bullied by Yun Shiyue when she was a child. Now that their status has been reversed, she can still put aside their grudges and kindly help her husband's family through the difficulties.
Yun Wan felt that he was being merciful by not kicking someone when he was down.
"I know." Emperor Jingxuan's lips curled slightly, and he felt like teasing her. "Madam is picky. Not everyone can catch her eye."
Yun Wan's breath hitched, and he blurted out: "Since Your Majesty knows my ambition, why don't you——"
She never uttered those words. She suddenly became deflated, with a hint of annoyance and regret between her brows.
With a sigh, Emperor Jingxuan embraced her in his arms, "Madam, the Crown Prince has done nothing wrong."
"I don't want Sui'er to rise to power like I did, stepping on his brother's corpse. He should rise to power cleanly and honorably, admired by everyone, and follow the trend."
In today's peaceful and prosperous times, the reputation of courtesy, righteousness, loyalty, filial piety and brotherhood is more important than many others. He would not allow the mother and son to bear the stain of unkindness and injustice.
How could he not know that the prince was mediocre in ability and had an impatient temper, and was not suitable to be a king? But he was his son after all, and even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. Emperor Jingxuan could not be so ruthless.
Yun Wan: "I'm sorry, I was impatient."
As the queen, even though there were people to share her worries, she still had a lot of things to deal with. In addition, the weather was hot and dry, so Yun Wan didn't get a good rest these days.
Perhaps because of this, her temper has changed a bit recently.
After calming down, she realized that what she had just said was inappropriate.
Emperor Jingxuan soothed him softly, "Madam, you have done very well."
He said he would cover for his wife.
It is difficult to maintain one's original intention in the torrent of power struggle. Madam is not doing this for herself, but for their children. It is not easy to achieve this.
Yun Wan breathed a sigh of relief. She caught a glimpse of the completed painting on the table and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is painting?"
Emperor Jingxuan nodded, pulled her around to the imperial desk, and said with great interest, "Madam, take a look at my painting."
Yun Wan took in the painting before her and pondered for a moment before she offered words of praise: "Your Majesty's brushwork is exquisite, the plum blossoms are lifelike, and they contrast beautifully with the snowy landscape. The composition is ingenious, the ink is vibrant, and the painting is free and unrestrained. This is a rare winter snow scene."
"What else?"
Yun Wan was stunned. What else?
Emperor Jingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you satisfied with my painting of your wife?"
she?
Is she in this painting? Or is there a person in the painting?
No, maybe there is.
Yun Wan stared at a part of the painting and suddenly fell silent.
In the white snow, the wintersweet is in full bloom. The window of a distant house is pushed open from the inside. An unidentified object is lying on the windowsill, looking at the snowy scene of the plum forest in front of it, with a strange smile on the corner of its mouth.
Yun Wan's eyelashes fluttered, and her voice trembled slightly: "Is this... me?"
Emperor Jingxuan nodded, his expression slightly satisfied: "I have been painting for two hours. Although the painting is not very detailed, I have finally managed to capture some of Madam's charm."
Yun Wan stared at the 'self' that was a mixture of black, white, green and red, and was speechless, unable to say a word of praise.
Meeting his slightly expectant gaze, Yun Wan, who couldn't say she was being dishonest, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, your painting is very good, but the brushwork on the figures is a little lacking."
It's so imperfect that it's not even as good as the one Asui drew when he was three years old. At least it has nose and eyes.
Fortunately, Asui did not inherit his father's "talent" for painting.
........
At the end of June, as the hot summer approached, the palace became more and more stuffy. Yun Wan suffered from the bitter summer. He used to be able to eat a bowl of rice, but now he could not even eat half a bowl. He had lost a lot of weight.
Therefore, Emperor Jingxuan immediately issued an order to move to the Xishan Palace to escape the summer heat.
The palace is located more than ten miles northwest of the capital, where there are many lakes and mountains, and the scenery is somewhat similar to the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.
Starting from the imperial city, it only takes two hours to arrive by boat along the Jingchang River.
However, as soon as he got on the boat, Yun Wan started vomiting non-stop.
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