Yunxi was enjoying the pleasure of soaking in a sea of fragrant flowers. At that moment, her mind was completely relaxed and calm.
It turned out that living by loving oneself first was so enjoyable. Yunxi began to wonder, what was going through her mind back then that made her do so many foolish things just to attract a man's attention?
"Haaah, I really don't understand my former self. Why didn't I enjoy life this way before? It turns out to be more enjoyable. But, if I hadn't experienced my previous life, I wouldn't have known that there was an enemy within the Wang family."
Yunxi closed her eyes, relaxing her body and mind after dealing with her husband, Yan Ling.
However, her peaceful mood was suddenly disturbed when Yunxi heard the sound of the door sliding open.
Yunxi immediately turned towards the door.
"It's him again," she muttered.
Yan Ling was only wearing a bathrobe. His body was twice as tall as Yunxi's. His abdominal muscles looked very hard. Yunxi counted them, there were eight!
"Your Highness, why aren't you listening to me?"
"Isn't it you who isn't listening to me?"
"What?"
Yunxi was confused by her husband's words. Yan Ling didn't pay much attention to her. He calmly sat in the bathtub, facing Yunxi. Then he said casually,
"I already told you. This is the visit schedule set by the palace, I'm just following it."
"Since when did the palace regulate such things?"
Yunxi asked sarcastically.
"Since long ago, you're just not aware of it."
'That's just your excuse!' Yunxi grumbled silently.
Seeing that Yunxi was silent, Yan Ling smiled slightly and said,
"Can you just follow the rules without constantly protesting? It's just annoying."
Yunxi felt that there was no point in arguing with this gorilla, so she chose to remain silent.
As long as Yan Ling didn't cause any trouble, Yunxi decided to just go with it. Seven days divided by two meant each of them would get three days.
'No, there's still one day left, right?' she thought to herself.
"All right. But I ask for leniency, because there are seven days in a week, so I ask that Your Highness only visit the Peach Pavilion for three days. Give the remaining 4 days to Consort Liu, how about that?"
Yunxi smiled broadly, her eyes blinking as if asking for confirmation and a satisfactory answer.
"Concession? You talk as if being visited by your husband is a punishment."
Yunxi smiled, then replied calmly,
"Your Highness, I am being very understanding like this, isn't that good for our marriage harmony? It is very rare to find a wife in society who is as broad-minded as I am. Suggesting that her husband spend more time with his young wife... You should be grateful, Your Highness, ck!"
Yan Ling could no longer hold back his emotions upon hearing his first wife's words. He then raised his hand and in an instant, Yunxi was pulled into his embrace.
"Akkhhh! Y-Your Highness, have you no shame??? I..."
Yunxi covered her chest, which was completely exposed without a single thread. Yan Ling chuckled and said,
"I've already seen it, from head to toe. There's no point in covering it up."
"You! Have you no shame??!"
Yunxi couldn't understand why this man was doing something so unexpected. Yunxi tried to break free with all her might.
"Don't let go,"
said Yan Ling.
"Don't let go of what?"
Yunxi asked irritably. She was still trying to resist, but Yan Ling's grip was really strong.
"Your hope. Don't let go."
Yunxi fell silent. Her heart suddenly began to beat rapidly. Her brain tried to wake her up, reminding her not to be deceived. But her heart, her heart still had a weakness.
This face, this man, whom she had once admired so much, whom she had loved with all her heart.
If only Yan Ling had been as cruel as he was in her previous life, Yunxi would have been happier and it would have been easier for her to take revenge and try to change her bad luck in her past life.
But...
Why had this man become like this? Why had he changed? Yan Ling had never done anything like this in his previous life. Why???
Was this a test to complicate her plan?
Yunxi continued to stare into his sharp, dark eyes, which were full of irresistible charisma. Yunxi realised it too late, and...
Cup!! Yan Ling pressed their lips together.
But this time, it was full of feeling, full of tenderness.
Yunxi had to fight with herself.
Her mind rebelled, but her body said otherwise. She began to return the kiss.
Until slowly, their movements, which had been slow and gentle, turned passionate and full of desire.
Until finally,
"Ma'am... have you and His Highness the Crown Prince finished bathing?"
Srakkk....
Yunxi immediately backed away, moving away from Yan Ling as quickly as possible. She grabbed a clean cloth beside the bathtub. She wrapped it around her body, then quickly walked out of the room with complicated thoughts.
In contrast, Yan Ling looked happy.
"My tameable little fox, my wife,"
he said as he stared at the footprints left by his wife.
****
That night, fortunately, Yan Ling did not sleep in the peach pavilion, because the servant from the rose pavilion suddenly arrived, as usual, bringing sad news about Liu Qinmei's weak, tired, lethargic, anaemic condition and her need for attention.
Perhaps Yan Ling's second concubine thought that Yunxi would be angry and hurt if she did that. In fact, Yunxi felt happy.
The next morning, an unexpected guest arrived at her pavilion. Yan Xiao.
"Good morning, sister-in-law..."
"Hm, good morning to you too. By the way, this is your first official visit to my pavilion, what brings you here?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I have found the place."
"You mean the black witches' headquarters?"
"Hm! It turns out to be true. They are a highly organised group. To reach their highest leader, we have to work even harder, because it seems that besides the inner palace, there is also an external force supporting their activities."
"I already suspected that. But... what is their real goal?"
"Their goal is, of course, to overthrow the current government and take over for their own interests. With their expertise in concocting poisonous herbs that destroy a person's consciousness, combined with black magic to extract secret information from their customers, who are nobles and clan leaders in this empire, they can strengthen their power. Honestly, I regret that we are a little late."
"What do you mean?"
"If we don't handle this properly, not only will we fail, but even if we succeed in exposing the suspects, a great war will break out and the common people will suffer the consequences."
"Then what should we do? Because I'm sure that during their campaign, they will look for many victims to use as scapegoats. For example, my father. I suspect that my uncle has conspired with them and is secretly gathering forces to join the rebellion, then plans to make my father the scapegoat. Because my father is the current head of the clan."
"Your opinion is correct. So, let's destroy them from the smallest first."
"Hm, I've also noted which noble clans seem to have joined the rebel alliance. If we can make them our people, then the road ahead will be easier."
"Hmm... But how? It's impossible for them to trust people like us. If we're not careful, we'll be the ones who become the victims first."
"The way is to make them suspect and hate each other."
Yan Xiao did not expect Yunxi to have such thinking abilities. Not bad.
"It turns out you're not as calm as you seem."
"Brother-in-law... You forget, I am the eldest lady of the Wang family. No one in this empire doubts our intelligence in making breakthroughs. There's a reason why my father became a nobleman and the greatest general of all time."
Hearing Yunxi's confident words, Yan Xiao couldn't help but feel impressed.
'This woman is no ordinary woman. She's actually quite intimidating,' Yan Xiao thought to himself.