Chapter 18 Sleeplessness
Shen Sui came back today in his official uniform, and he didn't even have time to change.
After leaving her for a while, he took off his official uniform, revealing a black cross-collared robe underneath. The collar was embroidered with pine and crane patterns in gold thread, and the collar exposed his beautiful and long collarbone. There was a faint and cold woody fragrance on his body, which must have been from the cold incense he had smoked before coming back. After all, he didn't hear any movement or smell any fragrance in the morning.
When he approached, Wu Chun unconsciously shrank back, about to move away from him, but his other hand pressed on her back, his fingers landing on the groove in the middle of her spine. The weather was getting hotter, and her clothes were thin, so the groove was particularly obvious through the fabric. He
stroked from bottom to top, along the groove... and then kissed her all the way up from her neck, caressing her like a plush reed.
Wu Chun's fingers grasped the collar of his chest, and he said unhappily, "Shen Ci Ning, can you hurry up? If you have nothing to do, you can investigate the case or study carving your jade pieces. Anyway, don't stay in Fengchun Hall."
Shen Sui has a hobby that few people know about. He likes to carve jade. There is a special shelf full of jade and chisels in Xuanyang Hall. Under his hands, the rough jade is polished and carved into carved jade pendants and small rings. Even craftsmen who make a living by polishing jade may not be as skillful as him. There is a
thin layer of cord on his palm, and there are also cords on the side of the knuckles of his index and middle fingers. His
hands are stained with blood, but he just likes the most pure and flawless gentleman's things.
In her previous life, Wuchun always hoped that Shen Sui could carve a jade hairpin for her, but it was a pity that he never did.
Upon hearing this, Shen Sui pursed his lips and said, "Stop talking like that. Yuning Palace is my palace. I can go to every inch of land here. Fengchun Palace is where I can come and go as I please. Besides, you are my wife, so it is only natural for me to do anything with you."
Wuchun's eyes showed no emotion at all. He reached down and then clenched his five fingers.
At the same time, Shen Sui's Adam's apple moved and a heavy gasp came out of his throat.
The sarcasm and indifference in Wuchun's eyes were like a knife. With a light touch, it could burst the colorful bubbles in his heart, leaving only darkness and coldness.
Her fingers were deft, and veins on his forehead throbbed, and some pain seeped out of his chest. His face changed color, and he gritted his teeth, "Since you hate me so much, why did you want to..."
His hands, which were wrapped around her and knocked on the edge of the table, almost pinched the wood of the tree with his fingers. Veins throbbed, and his lips opened and closed again, but he finally swallowed the next words.
Wu Chun was neither humble nor arrogant, "What happened in the past? How did you treat me?"
"I treated you well!" He actually shouted out, and the anger in his eyes climbed like a spider web.
Wu Chun also said in a sharp voice: "Then do you know what liking and loving are?!"
He opened his mouth, but was silent in mid-air. Seeing this, Wu Chun smiled and stopped talking to him, thinking it was meaningless.
Is one life not enough? Should she sacrifice another life of freedom, believe that he will really love her and respect her, and then be trapped by his side?
Shen Sui asked back: "What about you? Do you like me and love me?"
After asking this, he was slightly stunned. Does it matter whether she likes him or not? What can her feelings buy him? What use is her love to his great cause? Why would he ask her such a question?
Wu Chun said: "If I say yes, you won't care; if I say no, you will only be angry. In this case, why do you need to ask?"
As if a basin of cool water was poured down, the raging anger in Shen Sui's chest was extinguished in an instant. His hands clenched into fists, and his nails dug into his flesh. For a long time, he couldn't say a word.
It seemed that what she said was right, and he would indeed have such a reaction; but it also seemed that what she said was wrong, because she was too casual and stabbed a thorn in his heart.
Seeing that he gradually calmed down, Wu Chun bent her knees and said, "Your Highness, please go back. You don't have to come to Fengchun Palace these two days."
After saying that, she passed by him and walked towards the courtyard. After turning, she disappeared.
Shen Sui was left standing there stiffly, his thoughts were confused, and he was speechless when he looked at the fallen flowers outside.
...
Wu Chun actually did not go far. He stood behind a thick tree, looking at the vermilion palace wall, sighing in his heart, and didn't know when he could break through these layers of siege.
There were no more flowers left to fall from the crabapple tree.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally walked out from behind the tree when she saw Shen Sui's straight back as he left.
Shen Ci Ning, you and I can never be an ordinary couple. It was a luxury in the previous life, and it is impossible in this life.
You will never give me what I want, and you can't give it to me, either now or in the future.
What's the point of being entangled with each other?
...
Wu Chun walked into the warehouse to pack up things, put aside the materials for the larvae, put on cowhide gloves, threw a few dead dried poisonous insects into a pottery jar, and opened a small jar. Immediately, a "hissing" sound came out, and a small green snake squirmed, with its scales shining with a smooth swimming light.
Wu Chun pinched the snake's head and tail, put it into the jar filled with poisonous insects, and then closed the lid.
Originally, he should put in seven or eight poisonous creatures and take the one that survived, but the poison was too strong, and he was afraid that if he was not careful, he would get into trouble. So he chose a milder method of refining the insect.
There are also some considerations in choosing poisonous insects. They must be both poisonous and medicinal, so that even if they are exposed, it is easy to cover up; they must be only three-tenths toxic, otherwise the bamboo leaf green snake will be poisoned to death, and it will be useless. It is best to alleviate the toxicity of the bamboo leaf green snake so that the person who is poisoned by the snake will not die immediately.
Calling Agui over and handing the vase over, Wuchun saw that the eunuch was trembling, and couldn't help but smile: "Don't be afraid, this vase is covered very tightly and is resistant to falling. As long as you don't open it carelessly, you will be fine. Besides, if you are in trouble, I can save you. What is there to be afraid of?"
Agui trembled and said: "Yes, I obey your command."
"Bury it under the soil in the southeast corner of Yuning Palace, and dig it out intact after ten days. Do as I say, and give that person everything I give you. When necessary..." Wuchun took out a small sachet from his sleeve and handed it to Agui, "You can use this."
"What is this...?"
"They live together. They are used in pairs. They are the snakes that people in southern Xinjiang cast on their mortal enemies. The host and the master of the snake live and die together. If the master of the snake lives, the host lives, and if the master of the snake dies, the host dies. As long as the master of the snake does not release the snake, even if the host dies, the snake will not release the snake. However, the other one of these snake medicines I gave you..."
"Put it in the mouth of a dead person in southern Xinjiang."
After saying the last sentence, Wu Chun showed a brilliant smile, with two pear-shaped corners of his mouth.
Ah Gui's hand holding the golden bag suddenly shook, and he almost dropped the old man.
It's incredible! Don't mess with the princess consort! She seems to be kind to everyone, gentle, charming, and bright, but she is more vicious than anyone.
"Do you know what to do?"
"I know, I know... I dare not not know!"
Wuchun nodded and asked Agui to leave, but Agui said, "In fact, I have something else to tell you. The queen asked me to find out about the situation of Princess Lishu. I went there, and the princess asked someone to give you a letter." After
handing over the letter, Agui held the letter in his hands and left.
Wuchun read the letter, his brows gradually frowned, and he quickly returned to Fengchun Palace to light a fire. When the letter turned into ashes, he threw the ashes out. After thinking for a while, he called Yuli instead of Jinglian.
Yuli frowned at first, then smiled happily, "Right, of course I am the servant who accompanied Your Highness to do this kind of thing. Last time you went out of the palace to ask for a peace amulet, I was the one who covered you all the way."
Yuli is two years younger than Jinglian. Everything is written on her face. She is still a child who has not grown up. Jinglian is steady and smart, Yuli is lively and bold, one active and the other quiet, each has its own advantages.
...
At midnight, in the dead of night, two fast-moving black shadows appeared on the palace wall.
"Tattattatt."
The two black shadows merged into the shadow of a tree one after another.
The branches of the tree shook, and a few leaves fell sporadically. Not long after being bent by the pressure, they became lighter again, and this repeated once.
After Wuchun and Yuli took off their black face scarves, the eunuchs on night watch brought a ladder, and the two quickly landed and entered the Xianglan Palace unimpeded.
Shen Ying came up to them, her pretty face looked much more haggard, her chin was pointed, and her eyes were red and swollen, "Sister-in-law, you are here. Shen Ying will repay you for your kindness today. Please come in."
After walking past the screen with flowers and birds, there was a row of chairs put together, with bedding on the chairs, and a man lying on them, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, and his breath was weak. It was Xiao Huaiwen.
"…It's all my fault. General Xiao was already beaten with a military stick and couldn't move easily. He should have recuperated, but because of a joke I made the day before, he said that he must buy rabbit jelly cakes before today, so he went to the ice cellar to get ice and rode his horse with injuries. When the jelly cakes were delivered, the general also collapsed." Shen Ying cried.
"I didn't expect that he would take that joke seriously."
"Why didn't your highness summon the imperial physician?" Yu Li spoke frankly.
Wu Chun pinched her hand, and she understood and bowed to the princess, "It's my fault for being so mean, princess, don't take it to heart."
Wouldn't summoning the imperial physician directly acknowledge that Xiao Huaiwen and Shen Ying were having an affair? Even a fool could see that Xiao Huaiwen's treatment of the princess had surpassed the relationship between the monarch and his subjects. The princess had just made a joke, and Xiao Huaiwen could have shirked his responsibility, reported it to the emperor, or asked his men to do it, but he chose to do it himself.
Xiao Huaiwen would occasionally stay outside the Lishu Palace at night, sometimes all night long, so it was not surprising that he appeared here, but it would be bad if he was discovered entering the Xianglan Palace.
Apart from the imperial physician, wasn't Wu Chun the only one in the palace who knew medicine and had a close relationship with Shen Ying?
Shen Ying waved her hands.
Wu Chun was busy, and Shen Ying suddenly cried, "Sister-in-law, you came to the Lishu Palace in the middle of the night. If my third brother knew about it, would I be okay?"
...
Xuanyang Palace.
Shen Sui couldn't sleep all night, and felt a headache. All he could hear was Wu Chun's words "Do you know what liking and loving are?" Sometimes she was soft and tender, charming and gentle, and sometimes she was hot and cold and dismissive.
He sat up straight and looked at the dark Fengchun Palace not far away.
He walked towards Fengchun Palace.
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