Chapter 96: Uneasy
For some reason, Yun Wan felt uneasy the whole afternoon, and his right eyelid was twitching wildly, as if something big was about to happen.
But after thinking about it, she still couldn't figure out what went wrong.
Pressing her heart, which was beating a little faster, she thought it was because she had slept for too long and drank a cup of tea when she woke up.
Seeing this, the palace maid beside him asked nervously, "Master, are you feeling unwell?"
Everyone in the Purple Palace knew that His Majesty regarded Madam Yun as the apple of his eye. If a palace servant was negligent in the slightest, he would be sent away. Those who were lucky could go to work in the Sixth Bureau or other palaces, while those who were unlucky could only go to the Yunting Bureau to do rough work.
Therefore, everyone in the imperial court now knows that no one can be neglected, but Madam Yun must not be neglected, even though Madam Yun does not have a rank yet.
Seeing her nervousness, Yun Wan chuckled slightly and slowly shook his head to explain, "I'm just a little nervous, it's nothing serious. Let's go see if Fuling is back."
The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I will go and take a look."
After sending the palace maid away, Yun Wan had no heart to continue embroidering, so she simply closed the embroidery booth.
.......
Qinzheng Hall.
The huge palace fell into a dead silence, so quiet that one could not hear a pin drop, mixed with long snoring.
On the table, a black and white chess game was played, and on the Persian carpet next to it, a boy named Pei Qian was fast asleep, completely absorbed in his sleep, his whole body dark and sleepy.
On the jade steps, Asui was holding a green handkerchief, his face puffed up with anger.
Jiang Fusheng's brain was buzzing and his heart was in turmoil. His face, like a steamed bun, was full of astonishment. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was stunned.
This, this, this...did he hear it right?
"You tell me." Emperor Jingxuan suddenly stared at Asui with a burning gaze, and said in a difficult tone: "Is this handkerchief your mother's?"
Asui vaguely felt that the reactions of His Majesty and Eunuch Jiang were a little strange. Why did they seem so shocked?
He nodded when he heard that, but he said nothing with a stern face. He was still thinking about what His Majesty had just said about throwing away A Niang's handkerchief, and his slender, raised eyes were filled with a hint of vigilance.
Emperor Jingxuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "How can you be sure that this is your mother's handkerchief?"
"It's my mother's."
Being questioned, Ah Sui curled his lips in displeasure, his face wrinkled as he said, "I won't make a mistake when it comes to my mother's things!"
Emperor Jingxuan frowned.
Jiang Fusheng interrupted, "Young Master, His Majesty wants to know how you recognized this handkerchief as Madam Yun's at first glance? What if you were mistaken?"
"Impossible, this is how my mother embroidered the flowers."
Asui said with a solemn oath.
He unfolded the handkerchief in his hand and showed it to them. Pointing to the small flowers in the lower right corner, he said, "Look, these flowers are peach blossoms embroidered by my mother. She was too lazy to do it, so she used only one color for all the flowers."
"And the green leaves under the flowers are exactly the same as the ones on my handkerchief. My mother only knows how to embroider this kind of leaves. She said it was simple and unique. The flowers and leaves together look like the Chinese character 'cloud'."
Jiang Fusheng leaned over to take a look and found that it was indeed the case. The five petals on it were made with silk thread of the same color, the stitching was ordinary, with no distinction between light and dark colors, and it was unremarkable, like the work of a beginner.
Look at the two green leaves below. They are pointed at both ends and wide in the middle, holding up the flower in the middle like a palm. At first glance, they look a bit like the word "cloud".
Emperor Jingxuan raised his hand and took away the handkerchief covering Pei Qian's belly button. He held it in his palm and stared at it for a long time. His eyelids were lowered, covering the expression in his eyes, making it unreadable.
Suddenly he laughed heartily.
Madam, madam.
It turns out it's you.
No wonder he had searched for her for five years but still had no news of her, no wonder the lady was so scared of him when they first met, no wonder she was like a frightened bird when the owner of the handkerchief was mentioned, no wonder she repeatedly tested the results of his search, no wonder no one else could create this unique fragrance, only the lady could succeed...
Now it seems that there were already clues.
The unique fragrance above comes from the lady herself.
Madam, madam, it turns out that the woman who broke into the bamboo building and made love with him five years ago was you.
All of this has an explanation.
From the very beginning, he had suspected the wrong person and was investigating in the wrong direction. No wonder he had no clues for so long.
Emperor Jingxuan tightly grasped the handkerchief in his hand, the smile on his face deepened, his eyes were like ink, deep and gloomy, and a closer look revealed a bit of excitement and madness.
He laughed loudly and happily, while Asui looked confused, and there was even worry in his eyes.
Is your majesty alright? Why are you smiling so strangely?
Jiang Fusheng could understand it. It was probably the legendary surprise and joy of 'searching for her among the crowd for many years, and finally finding out that she is by his side'.
This is fate!
"What's wrong?!"
Pei Qian, awakened by the laughter, jumped up from his dream and looked around in confusion. "What happened?"
Why is my uncle laughing so loudly, like a bad guy who has succeeded in doing something bad?
Jiang Fusheng patted him with a smile, "Nothing happened, little prince, continue to sleep, dear."
"oh oh."
Hearing that everything was fine, Pei Qian scratched his head, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, then fell back to sleep.
He slept until dark. After returning home, he started to have diarrhea in the middle of the night. The imperial physician diagnosed that he had caught a cold in his stomach.
At night, Pei Qian lay in bed feeling weak and didn't understand why he caught a cold in his stomach.
This interruption made Emperor Jingxuan's smile fade. He looked at Asui with a half-smile in his eyes: "Boy, you really are your mother's good boy."
Ah Sui frowned: "Of course I am my mother's good boy."
Is this even necessary?
"But Your Majesty has not yet answered me. Why did you throw away my mother's handkerchief? My mother works very hard at needlework."
When he was a child, he heard that there was a maid in the mansion whose family was in financial difficulty. Her mother did embroidery day and night to earn more money, which damaged her eyesight and now she can't see.
Only then did he realize how hard embroidery work was, and he was afraid that his mother would be too tired, so he cherished every handkerchief she made for him and every piece of clothing she sewed for him.
But His Majesty wanted to throw it away just because of a little ink stain! This made Asui very angry.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jingxuan breathed a sigh of relief and did not feel that he was offended.
He pondered for a moment and explained, "This is a misunderstanding. I didn't know that this was embroidered by your mother herself, so I threw it away because it was dirty."
"Now I understand. I take back what I said."
As for the golden words and jade words, he doesn't care at all about putting them into practice.
"Is that so?" Asui tilted his head. "Then why do you have my mother's handkerchief, Your Majesty?"
His expression paused slightly, and Emperor Jingxuan lied without blushing or beating his heart: "Your mother gave it to me."
Asui was even more confused. Why would his mother give His Majesty a handkerchief for no reason?
Four-year-old Asui still had a vague concept of love between men and women. He just felt that it was weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird about it.
Emperor Jingxuan wanted to change the subject and said to him calmly, "Don't tell your mother about what happened today."
Asui: "Why?"
Emperor Jingxuan: "Because I don't want your mother to know about throwing the handkerchief."
"I see."
Ah Sui nodded, then changed the subject and shook his head: "But no."
"I am a good child of my mother and I will not help others to deceive her."
Otherwise, how disappointed would my mother be if she knew?
This kid knows a lot about everything.
Emperor Jingxuan said, "Then I'll make a deal with you. Tomorrow I'll keep Old Xu for an extra hour. Don't tell your mother about today's events. We'll discuss it next time you meet."
As for the next time the mother and son meet, that's up to him.
His tone was so sincere that Asui believed him and agreed reluctantly. He decided to write it down in his diary when he got home and tell his mother about it the next time he saw her.
........
After the two children left, the sun had already set and dusk had fallen. There were not enough candles in the hall, resulting in dim light, just like a thick cloud covering the hall.
Emperor Jingxuan waved his hand to send away the palace servant who came in to light the lamp, and sat alone on the jade steps, as quiet as a sculpture.
His expression was calm and his eyes were cold, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
A gust of wind blew in from outside, the candlelight flickered, and Jiang Fusheng's slightly plump figure hurriedly appeared.
"Your Majesty, Xuanlong Guard Xuanyi has been recalled."
Emperor Jingxuan stood up, his tall figure stretched out, the candlelight lengthened his shadow, and he said in a light tone:
"Pass on my order. Tell him to put aside other matters and focus on investigating what my wife was doing at my birthday banquet five years ago, when and where."
Now that we know that the person back then was the lady, this matter will be easy to handle. As long as we keep investigating, there will be no worries about finding clues. Emperor Jingxuan is not in a hurry anymore.
After learning that his wife was the owner of the handkerchief, Emperor Jingxuan wanted to rush to the Purple Palace to confront her and expose her in person.
But as soon as he raised his foot, he fell down.
The lady is a little fox, a bit cunning. If I expect her to admit what happened five years ago just by relying on this handkerchief, it is absolutely impossible. Maybe she has already prepared all kinds of excuses to fool me.
Only when there is sufficient evidence will the cunning lady have nowhere to escape.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jingxuan felt a surge of regret.
If he had known that day would come, he would not have said anything about having the man tortured to death or cut into pieces. Now, his wife has taken it to heart.
It was no wonder that she was uneasy during those days. At first, he thought that the lady knew the identity of that person, but he didn't expect that the lady was the woman.
Thinking of how he had repeatedly called someone a "thief", "sinister", and "with ill intentions" that day, Emperor Jingxuan pursed his lips into a straight line.
He warned in a cold voice: "Be careful, don't reveal anything to the Madam these days."
Jiang Fusheng knew that the matter was of great importance, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will never reveal a single word."
........
After dinner, Emperor Jingxuan still had not appeared. Yun Wan became suspicious and summoned Fuling to question him.
"Did you see His Majesty and Asui when you went there this afternoon?"
Fuling nodded and said with a smile, "I saw it. When I went in, His Majesty was playing chess with the young master. The atmosphere was harmonious, and Young Master Pei was still fast asleep beside them!"
She described the scene vividly, making Yun Wan laugh.
"I dare not disturb you any further, so I put my things down and left."
Fuling blinked and asked mischievously, "Madam, are you worried about His Majesty? I see you've been absent-minded all afternoon. How about I go and let him know?"
"No--"
Just as he opened his mouth, a palace maid outside came with a message: "The emperor has returned."
Emperor Jingxuan stepped in and said in a natural tone, "Madam, have you had dinner yet?"
Yun Wan nodded, "Where's His Majesty?"
Emperor Jingxuan: "I ate some in the Qinzheng Hall."
"Where's Asui?"
Yun Wan was more concerned about her son than whether he had eaten or not.
Emperor Jingxuan said frankly, "That boy got Master Xu's scriptures and went back early to prepare. He said he would come to see Madam after the matter of becoming his disciple was concluded."
Upon hearing this, Yun Wan agreed and said, "Indeed, this matter is urgent. Becoming his disciple is more important. It's better not to disturb him, so as not to distract him."
Emperor Jingxuan took her hand and played with it carefully, saying, "Madam, if you have time, please pay more attention to me."
Yun Wan opened her mouth, wanting to ask if she didn’t care enough.
"Your Majesty, how do you want me to care?"
"Madam, you are very skillful, so please make me a set of clothes."
Emperor Jingxuan blurted out, then frowned and changed his words: "Forget it, it's too much trouble to make clothes, so I'll just make underwear."
Yun Wan: “…Okay.”
It was late and both of them had already eaten, so they didn't do any digestion exercises after the meal.
Yun Wan took a bath first, and Emperor Jingxuan followed behind. When he came in, Yun Wan had already wiped the water off her body and put on her pajamas.
Emperor Jingxuan felt quite regretful that they could not take a bath together.
After taking a casual bath, when he came out of the purification room, Yun Wan was asking the palace maid about the size of Emperor Jingxuan's clothes.
Emperor Jingxuan came out and chuckled: "Madam, if you want to know, why don't you come and measure it yourself?"
The palace maid handed over the tape measure with tact and then quietly retreated.
A few steps away, Emperor Jingxuan stood with his arms outstretched, looking quietly at Yun Wan, waiting for her to measure his size.
Yun Wan reluctantly walked forward with a tape measure and started from his arm.
The movements inevitably involved touching the body, and Emperor Jingxuan's body became visibly tense.
He lowered his arms, gently holding Yun Wan's waist, and slowly stroking her with his hot palms.
"Madam, are you still in pain?" He leaned over and lowered his head, his lips close to her ear, and sprayed with his breath.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became ambiguous, with the body temperature and breath unique to the two people intertwined.
Yun Wan swallowed.
Without waiting for her to speak, Emperor Jingxuan lifted her up and held her sideways, "If it doesn't hurt, please give me some love, Madam."
At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the red marks on Yun Wan's body took several days to disappear. During this period, out of consideration for her health, Emperor Jingxuan could only look at her but not eat her. Even the occasional snacks he had on weekdays could not relieve her pain.
Yun Wan breathed rapidly: "Please wait a moment, I haven't finished measuring myself yet."
Emperor Jingxuan chuckled: "Madam, wouldn't it be more accurate if you measured with your hands?"
Yun Wan's cheeks were burning hot, and she wanted to reach out and cover his mouth to prevent him from saying any more obscene words.
In an instant she was pinned to the bed, waves of orgasm rolling in her.
While I was distracted, I heard his voice beside my ear: "Madam, are you hiding something from me?"
“No, no.”
Yun Wan said with difficulty, her breath boiling hot: "Your Majesty knows everything about me, how could I possibly hide anything from you?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jingxuan curled his lips but said nothing.
Yun Wan's heart was pounding. "Your Majesty, why are you asking this all of a sudden? Did I do something wrong to upset you?"
Leaning over and placing a kiss, Emperor Jingxuan chuckled, "How could that be? I was just asking casually. Madam, you are so frank, I am so happy."
Hearing this, Yun Wan felt a little relieved and relaxed, which immediately made things convenient for Emperor Jingxuan.
Yun Wan felt dizzy and sweaty, her whole body was like pearls, so beautiful.
"Madam is becoming more fragrant."
When Yun Wan heard the word "fragrance", she instinctively became nervous, and once she became nervous, it became difficult for Emperor Jingxuan.
A muffled groan came from above, his forehead throbbed wildly, and he reached out to pinch her waist.
Yun Wan felt that Emperor Jingxuan was like a madman tonight, making her physically and mentally tense and unable to completely relax.
Emperor Jingxuan felt both pain and joy, and also found his wife quite lovable and annoying.
He wanted to see how long his wife could keep the secret from him.
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