Chapter 82 A sudden turn of events
Is it a coincidence?
Yun Wan felt stunned. Before today, she didn't believe that such a coincidence could happen in the world.
But that's the reality.
Five years ago, at a palace banquet, she accidentally broke into the attic where Emperor Jingxuan was resting, and had physical contact with him while he was intoxicated by the incense.
I thought the matter ended there, but I didn't expect that Emperor Jingxuan had been looking for the woman from that night.
Yun Wan remembered what he had just said about the news. Could it be that they were really going to trace it back to her?
Yun Wan moved her lips but didn't say anything. She heard him speak in a cold and stern tone, "Once I catch him, I will eradicate the forces behind him!"
Emperor Jingxuan never believed in coincidences. All coincidences were nothing but elaborate designs.
He was able to intoxicate him with a fragrance without anyone noticing, and when he noticed something unusual, he deliberately rested in a small attic deep in the bamboo forest. Even in this situation, he could still get close to him and disappear afterwards.
Emperor Jingxuan would never allow such a threat to exist, otherwise it would cause endless troubles for him and the Great Qi Dynasty.
Yun pulled the corners of his mouth but didn't smile.
Finally, she somehow came out of the Qinzheng Hall and returned to the courtyard in a daze.
Fuling, who was sweeping the yard, put down her broom and happily pulled her under the eaves. "Aunt, you've come just in time. The flower shop sent over some flowers. Do you like them?"
She pointed at a few of the pots and said with a smile, "These roses are growing really well. They're so bright red, it's a joy to look at them!"
Yun Wan followed the line of sight and saw that under the originally bare eaves, there were now seven or eight pots of flowers neatly placed, and each pot was in full bloom, which was very beautiful.
The monotonous courtyard was decorated with clusters of flowers, but Yun Wan had no intention of appreciating the flowers at the moment. She nodded absentmindedly and then went into the house.
Fuling was puzzled. What happened to her aunt? She looked like she was worried.
Yun Wan returned to the house, locked the door, and sat alone in front of the dressing table, trying to sort out what had happened today.
After seeing the robe she had dropped five years ago, all her previous hopes were shattered.
She thought that the things that had been buried in her heart for so many years had passed, and should return to dust and earth, and eventually return to silence.
From Emperor Jingxuan's attitude today, Yun Wan knew that he had been tracking her down and even had murderous intentions.
If he knew that I was the woman who 'had evil intentions and plotted against him'—
Will I, Asui, and others be safe and sound?
Would he think that everything that happened was his own plan? Would he get so angry that he killed himself? Would he then take his anger out on Ah Sui? Would he...
Yun Wan counted dozens of possibilities in her mind, but there was no one question she was sure of.
Because the emperor's mind is unpredictable, Yun Wan doesn't dare to gamble.
The chill rose from deep within her heart, penetrating into her bones, making her shiver with cold.
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In the Qinzheng Hall, after Yun Wan left, Emperor Jingxuan's mind was not on the memorials at all, and the strange feeling in his heart became more and more serious.
Madam is not feeling well today.
She was fine at first, but later she became distracted frequently and even didn't react when I deliberately licked her neck.
This made Emperor Jingxuan feel subdued, and a sense of panic inexplicably arose in his heart.
There was no point in worrying about it, so he called Jiang Fusheng over: "What was wrong when Madam left?"
Jiang Fusheng thought carefully, "When the Madam left... she seemed unhappy and almost missed a step when she was going down the stairs. But it was nothing serious and the Madam was not injured."
Did the two masters have an argument?
He glanced at Emperor Jingxuan, who looked solemn, and thought to himself, this doesn't seem like it.
Emperor Jingxuan frowned and fell into deep thought.
To be honest, the lady seemed to be acting strangely after seeing the handkerchief.
Does the lady know who the owner of this handkerchief is?
But how could that be?
Emperor Jingxuan gradually became suspicious, and his eyes flickered, becoming obscure and difficult to discern.
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He tossed and turned all night, thinking fruitlessly. The next day, Yun Wan sat on the bed with his knees hugged, feeling listless.
Fuling came out from behind the screen, holding the clothes she had changed yesterday, and muttered, "Aunt, what did you put on yourself? Why are even your clothes scented?"
It is said that beauties sweat profusely. Fuling did not believe it before, but since she served Yun Wan closely, she really understood what it meant to have "skin as white as ice and bones as jade, skin as white as cream..."
Especially when the weather gets hotter, the clothes that ordinary people take off after sweating will smell very smelly. But it is not like that with my aunt. The hotter it gets, the more fragrant she becomes, just like a fairy in the sky, fragrant and soft all over.
Whenever Fuling helped her aunt bathe, she would marvel at her aunt's beauty and figure, and envy His Majesty for having such a beauty as her aunt.
Suddenly remembering something, Yun Wan called her: "Fuling, I want to ask you a question."
Fuling: "Aunt, please speak."
Yun Wan glanced at the clothes she was holding and asked a little embarrassedly, "You said you could smell the fragrance of my clothes. Can you describe what kind of fragrance it is?"
She sighed and said helplessly, "It's strange, I've never smelled it before. My maids also mentioned it before, and I thought they were joking with me."
"But after hearing what you said just now, I am really curious."
Fuling was also surprised when she heard this. She originally thought that the lady had applied some ointment or fumigated some spices on her body, but it turned out that even her aunt didn't know?
She scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "I can't really put it into words. It just smells like sweet fruit, a bit like styrax? Or maybe a floral scent...?"
Fuling had never heard of spices, but after spending so much time with Yun Wan, she was able to identify some of them, so she tried to describe them to Yun Wan using her limited language.
After racking her brains to describe it, she stamped her feet and said, "Oh, I don't know how to describe it, but it smells good anyway!"
Yun Wan wrote down her description, and under Fuling's puzzled gaze, hurriedly got off the bed, put on her embroidered shoes, and went straight to the small incense room.
I don’t know how long I stayed in the incense room until Fuling came back from the imperial kitchen to get lunch, and then the tightly closed door was opened.
Yun Wan waved at her: "Fuling, come here and smell it, is it like this?"
In her hand she held a small porcelain box filled with finely ground perfume powder.
Fuling sniffed lightly, looking surprised: "Huh?!"
"Aunt, you actually found it?"
She looked at Yun Wan with disbelief.
Yun Wan smiled: "Does it really smell like this?"
Fuling nodded: "Absolutely true! Anyway, I smell that they are pretty much the same. Aunt is amazing!"
Then Yun Wan added more incense powder into the incense burner, lit it and let it dissipate, and asked Fuling again.
Fuling said, "The fragrance becomes even stronger after it is lit."
Yun Wan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and the haze that had been lingering in his heart not long ago was instantly swept away.
Her eyes flickered, and she thought perhaps she had found a solution.
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