Chapter 311 I Want to Share My Husband’s Worries
The child was frightened and burst into tears. Chunxi agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll give you ten kilograms of awakening incense."
Although Shen Qingyue was in a frenzy, he still felt that Chunxi agreed too quickly and was somewhat untrustworthy.
He asked anxiously, "Where are you going to get ten kilograms of awakening incense?"
"Of course I'll go to Ningxiang Pavilion to get it. Human life is at stake. If I spend a little more money, the shopkeeper will definitely be willing to sell it to me."
Chunxi took a bunch of keys from his waist and handed them to Ah Li. Then he shouted, "Hurry back to the treasury and get the money. No matter how much the owner of Ningxiang Pavilion offers, you must buy ten kilograms of Xingshen Incense for the Second Young Master."
Chunxi raised an eyebrow and gave Ah Li a look. Ah Li reacted and quickly replied, "Yes, Madam, I will go buy some incense right away."
A Li ran away with the key. Chun Xi asked the waiter of Huichuntang to help bring a chair over, and sat down to wait.
About half an hour later, Ah Li came back carrying a sack. He was so tired that he was panting. He wiped the sweat off his face and said loudly, "Second Young Master, I bought the ten kilograms of incense you asked for."
Shen Qingyue's eyes suddenly lit up, like a hungry beast seeing fat meat.
Chunxi directly ordered: "Ali, light the incense for the Second Young Master to test."
"yes."
Ah Li quickly took out the incense burner from his arms and prepared to light the incense. Shen Qingyue could no longer restrain himself and rushed over with the child, urging Ah Li: "Hurry up!"
Shen Qingyue's attention was all on the incense, and he didn't notice that the guards brought by Chunxi were walking around behind him.
When Shen Qingyue said that, the guards quickly took action, knocked him unconscious, and tied him up.
Chunxi comforted the child, gave his parents some money as compensation, and apologized to the others in Huichun Hall. Just as she was about to leave, another person rushed out from the crowd, knelt down and kowtowed to her: "Madam, please sell me some of the incense to wake me up. I'm really in such a state. I have money here, I can give it all to you!"
As the man spoke, he took off his purse and crawled on his knees to Chunxi.
Chunxi took two steps back and signaled the guards to knock the man out and take him away.
When they got home, A Li splashed cold water on them to wake them up.
The two men looked a little confused, but after seeing Chunxi, they quickly remembered what happened before they fell into a coma.
Shen Qingyue was the first to shout, "Where's the incense? Cao Chunxi, didn't you promise to give me ten kilograms of incense? Give it to me now!"
Another person followed suit and shouted, "Give me the incense to wake me up! Give it to me quickly!"
The veins on the two men's foreheads were bulging, their eyes were bloodshot, and they had lost all their rationality and decency. The only thing on their minds was the fragrance of awakening the mind. If they were not tied up, they would have pounced on Chunxi and eaten her alive.
Chunxi did not respond, but sat quietly at the door watching.
The two of them shouted for a while, then they couldn't bear it anymore and twitched slightly, curled up on the ground and cried bitterly. Shen Qingyue even banged his head against the ground again.
To prevent the two from biting their tongues, Chunxi had something stuffed in their mouths.
After struggling for an unknown amount of time, the two men finally lost their strength and collapsed to the ground with dull eyes.
Chunxi asked A Li to go to the Dali Temple to report the news to Shen Qingyuan. In the evening, Shen Qingyuan took time to return home.
Chunxi took him to meet Shen Qingyue and the scholar.
When the two of them first used the awakening incense, they were both excited and their literary ideas flowed like a spring. They immediately regarded the awakening incense as a good thing that could help them improve rapidly. They bought a lot of it at a high price and stockpiled it. Now that Li Jixian was arrested, the awakening incense was out of stock, and they found that they had become addicted, and the pain was unbearable when the attack came.
Shen Qingyuan explained to them the dangers of the awakening incense, but the two were still possessed and cried and begged Shen Qingyuan to give them some more incense.
After leaving the room, Chunxi whispered, "Today, Shen Qingyue came to me to ask for the Refreshing Incense. First, he banged his head against the pillar at the door, and then he held a child hostage in Huichun Hall. Who knows what he will do in the future. Has the Imperial Hospital developed a method to detoxify him?"
Shen Qingyuan shook his head.
Xiao Yechen brought back forget-me-not from Wengzhou, and the prince also asked the best perfume makers and imperial physicians in the palace to study it together, but no drugs that can suppress the addiction have been found yet.
Chunxi's heart sank.
Ningxiang Pavilion sold dozens of kilograms of wake-up incense. I wonder how many people are like Shen Qingyue and his friends. Once they become addicted, they lose all their rationality and who knows what they will do.
Shen Qingyuan also thought of this. He said seriously, "Tomorrow I will propose to His Majesty that the court set up a special place to detain these addicts to prevent them from getting out and hurting others. If the Imperial Hospital develops an antidote, they can also test its effect on them."
Chunxi nodded, her expression still solemn. Shen Qingyuan asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Chunxi pursed her lips and said after a moment, "I'm just wondering what those ladies from the noble families who bought the Ecstasy Incense from Wuyou Pavilion should do."
This incense for refreshing the mind is sold under the name of inspiring people to move forward. Most of the buyers are men, and there are so many of them that even if the news gets out, it won't cause any trouble.
But Wuyou Pavilion is a taboo place. Those ladies from noble families have to hide their behavior when they go to have fun with young men. If they admit that they have been addicted to the ecstasy fragrance, won’t they be drowned in spit?
Princess Baohua has died because of the Soul-Stirring Incense, and her reputation has been ruined after her death. How terrified and desperate must those who were also poisoned by the Soul-Stirring Incense be now?
Shen Qingyuan was a little surprised: "Madam wants to help them?"
Chunxi raised her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Shen Qingyuan. "This fragrance is causing great harm to people. I'm helping them and also sharing my husband's worries. Besides, no one will dare to look down on me in the future. Maybe I can even make some meritorious deeds, and the Empress will look up to me even more."
Shen Qingyuan had been busy with interrogations these days and felt like he was immersed in blood. But when he saw Chunxi, he felt warmth and beauty again.
He reached out and hugged Chunxi, kissed her hairline, and said in a deep voice: "Madam is right. You can do whatever you want. Just remember not to be stubborn. Think more about yourself and the children, and don't overwork yourself."
Chunxi curved her eyes and said briskly, "Don't worry, my husband. I will know how to handle things properly."
With Shen Qingyuan's support, Chunxi asked Xiao Qinghe to go to the princess's mansion to discuss with Princess Hengyang the next day.
As soon as they met, Princess Hengyang couldn't help but look at Xiao Qinghe with a coquettish look: "Ah Xi is so proud of herself. She didn't even bother to attend my birthday party."
Xiao Qinghe quickly explained, "I just got divorced, and I'm afraid that showing up rashly might cause trouble and cause trouble for the princess, so I didn't come. It's not that I don't want to give the princess face."
Although everyone in the Xiao family supports Xiao Qinghe's divorce, outsiders can't help but gossip.
Princess Hengyang snorted, "Other people have their own mouths, why do you care what they say? I don't care about that anyway."
Xiao Qinghe curved her eyes and said, "Your Highness the Princess is wise and elegant, no one else can compare to her."
Princess Hengyang raised her eyebrows and tilted her head to look at Chunxi: "Why do I feel that He'er and Ah Xi have learned to be smooth talkers?"
Chunxi showed a sad expression and wiped the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief: "So the image of me in the princess's heart is so bad?"
Chunxi's expression and tone were so exaggerated that both Princess Hengyang and Xiao Qinghe were amused.
After the two of them had laughed enough, Chunxi got to the point.
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