The emperor didn't discover the sachet under his pillow until he went to bed at night.
It was moon-white with a little golden dragon embroidered on it. It looked like it was dozing off, which was quite interesting.
The emperor snorted: "Hmph, sneaking around, trying to bribe me with a thing like this." He said these words with disdain, but his expression had completely changed from the gloomy look he had had in recent days.
As he lay there, he could not help but pick up the sachet and touch the pattern of the golden dragon on it with his fingers. He thought the little dragon was so adorable and liked it more and more. He would sniff it from time to time. Even the spices inside were what he liked to smell. The corners of his mouth lifted uncontrollably.
The emperor had not been sleeping well in the past few days. This night, he smelled the faint fragrance from the sachet and actually slept soundly until the palace maid woke him up.
Recently, the emperor didn't allow Li Wan to serve him, so Li Wan just stood obediently outside the palace gate.
She found that Qin Lin was not wearing the sachet she gave him.
Li Wan didn't care, as long as her intention was there.
Moreover, Qin Lin didn't have the habit of wearing a sachet, he just wore a piece of jade.
When the emperor came out, the first thing Li Wan saw was the sachet he was wearing around his waist. The side with the golden dragon was facing outwards, looking quite adorable.
Li Wan just glanced at him and then lowered her eyes.
The emperor paused in front of her, his beautiful phoenix eyes slid across her face, and then he walked straight out.
When Qin Lin walked past her, she faintly smelled a familiar fragrance.
…
"Brother! Look! This is the rabbit sachet that my sister embroidered for me!"
As soon as the emperor came back from court, the King of Qi came to him, eager to share his fresh rabbit sachet with him.
The emperor looked at his rabbit sachet and still thought his golden dragon looked better.
And I am different from Yuan Rong.
Yuan Rong asked for it himself.
His was the one that Li Wan had secretly put under his pillow.
Maybe, when Li Wan was embroidering the sachet for him, Yuan Rong saw it and embroidered the rabbit sachet for him.
The emperor reluctantly said, "Well, not bad."
The King of Qi had sharp eyes and noticed the sachet on his waist: "Brother, you have one too! Was it also embroidered by your younger sister?"
Just then, Li Wan came in with snacks.
The emperor glanced at Li Wan and said, "I don't know who secretly placed it on my bedside, but I thought it smelled good, so I kept it."
Li Wan brought the snacks to the table in front of the emperor.
The King of Qi asked, "Sister Wan, was it you who embroidered my brother's sachet?"
When Li Wan raised her head, she saw the emperor's phoenix eyes staring at her intently.
She said softly, "I heard that the master has not been sleeping well recently, so I found some spices that can calm the nerves and sewed a sachet for the master. I put it under the pillow in the hope that the master can sleep better."
The King of Qi immediately asked, "Do I have any in here?"
Li Wan smiled and said, "Your Highness's sachet contains other spices, which are different from the emperor's."
…
Because of this sachet, the ice between the emperor and Li Wan showed signs of melting.
That night.
The emperor asked Li Wan to read to him again.
The emperor lay on the bed, looking at the gauze curtain hanging between him and Li Wan.
"Why do you want to leave the palace?" the emperor suddenly asked.
Li Wan, who was reading, was interrupted. He looked up and was stunned.
The emperor suddenly lifted the veil between the two of them, and a handsome face appeared in front of Li Wan, staring at her with dark eyes.
"Is it because of Song Mingyi?" the emperor asked, "I heard that Song Mingyi fell in love with you at first sight. What about you? Is it because of him that you want to leave the palace?"
His tone sounded casual, but his phoenix eyes were staring straight at Li Wan, not missing the slightest change in the expression on her face.
Li Wan laughed and said, "Where did the emperor hear such rumors? Lord Song and I only met once before entering the palace. Why would I want to leave the palace for someone I only met once?"
The emperor said sourly, "Then why did you rush to see Song Mingyi that day?"
Upon hearing this, Li Wan was silent for a moment.
The emperor's heart suddenly tightened.
Li Wan looked at him and whispered, "How would I know that the emperor summoned Mr. Song that day? That day... I just wanted to see the emperor."
The emperor's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes flickered: "To see me?"
After all, he was still a teenager, and he felt inexplicably embarrassed. His heart was filled with tenderness, and his handsome face looked unnatural, but his phoenix eyes still looked at Li Wan with expectation.
Li Wan seemed a little embarrassed and refused to continue: "Your Majesty, please lie down. I will continue to study."
The emperor was anxious and asked, "You haven't explained it clearly yet. What did you want to see me for that day? Is there something?"
Li Wan blinked slowly, her dark eyes staring at the emperor, glowing with light. She whispered, "Does it have to be because of something if you want to see someone?"
The emperor stared at Li Wan's eyes without blinking, his heart beating violently, as if he was bewitched, his eyes gradually became blurred, "You..."
Li Wan immediately regained her serious demeanor and said, "It's late, Your Majesty, you should rest. Lie down quickly and I will continue to read to Your Majesty."
The emperor lay down obediently, but his phoenix eyes were still fixed on her intently.
Li Wan's reading voice seemed to have magical power. The emperor's eyelids gradually became heavy, and in just a quarter of an hour, he fell into a deep sleep.
Li Wan closed the book, stared at the emperor's handsome sleeping face for a while, got up quietly, put the book back on the bookshelf, and walked out.
…
Cao Yu finally recovered from his injuries and returned.
This time, not only was he beaten with a stick, but even Princess Anyang was punished and grounded. Cao Yu finally realized how serious the crime was and his eyes were opened.
In front of Li Wan, he no longer had the arrogant attitude as before, but there was no way he could just give in. In short, he felt awkward.
Li Wan was still polite to him as before.
This made Cao Yu feel even worse.
The emperor and Li Wan also reconciled.
The emperor was certain in his heart that Li Wan did indeed admire him, but even though it was clearly she who admired him, she still looked calm. On the contrary, he always felt weird in his heart, and his whole body couldn't help but tense up when she got close to him.
The emperor was secretly depressed.
Li Wan was concerned about something else.
These days, the faces of the palace servants were filled with visible joy and anticipation.
Li Wan asked Cuizhu and found out that it was the Moon Goddess Festival.
The Moon Goddess Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it was called the Moon Goddess Festival during the Yuan Dynasty.
Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty attached great importance to the Moon Goddess Festival.
On this day, the moon god is worshipped and large-scale religious activities are held among the people, which last until late at night and are extremely lively. Even the dull imperial palace will hold activities on this day.
In the past few days, the palace servants in various palaces have started to get busy, preparing for the arrival of the Moon Goddess Festival.
The main palace was also decorated.
All kinds of fresh flowers and bonsai were brought in, and flower branches could be seen everywhere and the fragrance of flowers could be smelled. Just looking at them was pleasing to the eye.
The palace maids all decorated their hair with flowers, adding a bit of liveliness to the silent and depressing palace.
The holiday season is approaching.
The palace people were all looking forward to that day with great excitement.
On that day, all the masters in the palace would gather together to admire the moon and watch plays. The palace servants who were not accompanying them could also steal a little time to drink some wine and admire the moon in the palace.
On the Moon Goddess Festival, even if a palace servant made a mistake, the master of the palace would not punish him easily.
It is a day when the palace servants, who have been on edge all year round, can get a break.
Influenced by this atmosphere, Li Wan also began to look forward to the upcoming Moon Goddess Festival.
Even the West Hall was decorated with a lot of flowers. Whenever Li Wan saw them, he couldn't help but go over to smell them.
As all the palace people were looking forward to it, the Moon Goddess Festival finally arrived.
The real Moon Goddess Festival does not begin until the evening.
The maids began to prepare for the Moon Festival.
On this day, all women must put cinnabar on their eyebrows and wear flowers in their hair.
Li Wan sat in front of the mirror with her eyes closed. Cuizhu applied a light layer of powder on her, darkened her eyebrows, and applied rouge. Her originally pale complexion gradually became rosy. Finally, she carefully applied red cinnabar on the center of Li Wan's eyebrows and chose a fresh and tender white hibiscus to pin it in the hair beside her ear.
Cuizhu said, "Okay."
Li Wan slowly opened his eyes and turned to look at Cui Zhu: "How is it?"
Cuizhu was stunned for a moment and murmured, "The master is so beautiful."
Li Wan pursed her lips and smiled, then turned to look at the mirror and was in a trance for a moment.
The mirror reflected a stunningly beautiful face. The beauty in the mirror had a faint smile on her face, a dot of cinnabar between her eyebrows, and she looked very charming.
…
The emperor wore a golden crown and a moon-white robe. He also wore the sachet Li Wan gave him. He then asked, "Where's Li Wan? We are about to set off, why haven't you recovered yet?"
According to custom, on the Moon Goddess Festival, the emperor and his concubines would go to the Empress Dowager's Xiwu Palace to celebrate the festival.
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he saw Cao Yu suddenly staring at the door with a dazed and strange look on his face.
The emperor looked up and his breathing suddenly stopped.
Li Wanzheng came in from outside the door. She was still wearing the light green palace dress, but there was a little cinnabar between her eyebrows and a fresh white lotus pinned in her hair. It seemed that was all, but she suddenly had a breathtaking beauty. When she came closer, the emperor found that her face was rosier than usual, and her lips were also painted red, adding a touch of gorgeousness.
Without makeup, she is a beautiful lady like a lotus emerging from clear water, but now she is as gorgeous as a blooming peach blossom.
The emperor was used to seeing her with a plain white face, but when he saw her with makeup on, his heart was beating like a deer, and his eyes seemed to be glued to her face. He wanted to look away, but he couldn't.
It was Cao Yu who reacted first and called out in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time to set off."
The emperor suddenly came back to his senses, coughed lightly, glanced at Li Wan quickly, and then looked elsewhere: "Let's go." After that, he walked straight out.
Compared to usual times, the emperor only brought a few palace servants with him tonight.
In addition to Qin Lin, Cao Yu, and Li Wan, there were several palace attendants who went to Xiwu Palace together.
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