Seeing this, Tang Wan couldn't remember it anyway, so she didn't pursue the matter any further.
Xiaobai followed Tang Wan's instructions and tampered with the memories of everyone in the room. He was also looking forward to the scene of those people biting each other.
…………
Xuanyuan Che left the court, his whole body emitting a violent aura. Zhou Shun didn't dare to get too close to him. The smell of blood mixed with the sense of oppression was too uncomfortable.
The fragrance on the handkerchief was almost gone. Xuanyuan Che had a severe headache and rubbed his forehead: "Zhou Shun."
"Your Majesty, I'm here. Does he have anything that worries him?" Zhou Shun had been with Xuanyuan Che for many years, so he had some insight.
Xuanyuan Che's fingers tapped the table lightly, not hard, but it made people tremble with fear. "I want you to find someone."
Zhou Shun smiled, his wrinkles piling up, looking particularly flattering. "I wonder what kind of person Your Majesty is looking for?"
The veins on Xuanyuan Che's head throbbed, and he tried hard to suppress the discomfort: "A woman with the scent of gardenias on her body, probably someone who knows how to use incense."
Zhou Shun's smile froze on his face. There was no such characteristic, just a fragrance. How could he find it?
Seeing that he didn't reply for a long time, Xuanyuan Che frowned: "What, is there a problem?"
How could Zhou Shun dare to say there was a problem? Isn't that courting death?
He smiled bitterly and said, "I'll do it right away."
Xuanyuan Che's brows relaxed a little, but his words were still chilling: "Zhou Shun, you know my temper. If you can't find someone within three days, have your men bring their heads to me."
“Yes, yes…”
Within a day, the news spread throughout the palace that Xuanyuan Che was looking for a woman who knew how to use incense, and she had to have the scent of gardenia on her body.
However, when the palace maids heard the news, their first feeling was not joy. They were not like the noble ladies from aristocratic families who had the support of their mother’s clan and could not be easily beaten or killed.
But they were different. They were just little palace maids, with no power or influence in their families. Who didn't know that Xuanyuan Che was a tyrant? For the sake of wealth and glory, they couldn't even give up their lives.
That night, almost all those who had been scented with the fragrance of gardenias changed their scent, but there were also some who wanted to climb up the social ladder and enthusiastically went to Zhou Shun to register their names.
"Host, aren't you going?"
"Of course I won't go, Xiaobai. You know, there's a saying that goes, the less easily something comes, the less you cherish it. If something is not unique, Xuanyuan Che won't cherish it. And I have to make him treat me as a lifeline."
She fiddled with her fingertips carelessly, with a faint smile on her face.
Xiaobai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Wow, host, you really know a lot."
Tang Wan coughed lightly twice, her ears blushing shamefully: "It's just average, a little trick."
Tang Wan has returned to her ordinary appearance. As her appearance changes, the common sense of people who know her will also change. They will naturally think that she has always looked like this, so they will not worry about being noticed.
After all, the majority of people were afraid of death. Out of more than 2,000 palace maids, only less than 100 signed up.
Zhou Shun was afraid that he couldn't find the person, so he personally brought people to search. Anyone who smelled of gardenia was taken away.
Tang Wan suppressed her body fragrance. The maid who smelled it didn't notice anything unusual. She just waved her hand, sent her aside, and immediately said, "Next."
It took until evening before only two hundred people were selected.
Zhou Shun had no choice but to take these people to another palace and dismiss the others.
As soon as Tang Wan returned to the palace, she was surrounded and pressed to the ground. Xia Zhi, with a pig-like face, rushed over aggressively, grabbed her collar, and was about to hit her, but was stopped by the people next to her.
Tang Wan looked up and saw that it was Aunt Cui. Aunt Cui touched the wooden Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "Xia Zhi, you said she hit you. Do you have any evidence?"
Xia Zhi cried with snot and tears: "Mammy, please help me. It was this bitch who beat me."
Her face wasn't pretty to begin with, and now it looked even uglier, unbearable to look at. Aunt Cui frowned in disgust and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm asking you what evidence you have, not to let you cry out in despair."
Xia Zhi didn't dare to act pitiful anymore, but her eyes, narrowed to slits, were still fixed on Tang Wan, her teeth chattering as she said, "Mammy, this bitch hasn't learned the rules well. I wanted to teach her a lesson."
"But who would have thought she would actually hit me? This is already against the palace rules. Who would have thought she would beat up all of us? This is completely disregarding you and the palace rules!"
"Is there any witness?"
Xia Zhi was delighted, thinking that she finally had a chance to take revenge. "Chun Tao, Xiao Ye, Chun Zhi, Ya Dan..."
The people she called were quickly brought up. They first bowed to Aunt Cui and then remained silent.
"Xia Zhi said that you saw Tang Wan beat her with your own eyes. Is this true? I want to hear the truth." Nanny Cui was decisive and resolute when she was young, which is why she has always been a favorite of the empress dowager. Her scolding scared these young palace maids who had never seen the world.
It was Chuntao who stood up first: "Mammy, can you make the decision for us?" Her big eyes were watery and she looked like she was about to cry.
Tang Wan tried to recall. She hadn't seen this person that afternoon, so why was she here? Could it be that Xia Zhi had really turned the tables? So they could find a witness who hadn't been there before.
Her heart skipped a beat and she was a little frightened.
Before Aunt Cui could reply, Xia Zhi answered first: "Of course, Aunt Cui is an elder in the palace, and she is the most fair."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chuntao fell to her knees. Xia Zhi was startled and laughed secretly in her heart, thinking that the person she found was really good.
The next moment, her thoughts disappeared without a trace.
Chun Tao cried miserably: "Mammy, you have to take charge of us. Aunt Xia Zhi often uses lynching torment on us, often torturing us to the point of being miserable. She also uses her position to get a backdoor for her niece."
Xia Zhi felt guilty for a moment, but then she stormed out again: "Stop spitting blood, you bitch! When did I ever resort to lynching? Tell me! Have you been bribed by this bitch?"
Xia Zhi was now threatening, looking like a demon, as if she wanted to pounce on her and beat her.
Chuntao seemed to be frightened and couldn't help but shrink back. Aunt Cui's face darkened and Xia Zhi was immediately held down.
"Anything else? Keep talking."
Chun Tao then told Xia Zhi everything, exaggerating everything. Xia Zhi's eyes were red with anger. "Mammy, I'm innocent. This person was sent by that bitch to frame me. There are others, there are others too."
Xia Zhi was trying to comfort herself, but she saw the other maids coming out one by one to accuse her. She was like a madman: "You were all ordered around by this bitch! I'm going to kill you all!"
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