The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

"Take a break." Mo Yuchen gently let go of Xia Yanxiang and pressed his forehead against hers, panting.

Xia Yanxiang opened her eyes slightly, her eyes suddenly felt sore. She buried her head in Mo Yuchen's arms angrily without saying a word.

Mo Yuchen knew that Xia Yanxiang was upset, but he didn't expose it. He hugged Xia Yanxiang's shoulders and patted her back with some comforting intention.

Xia Yanxiang leaned into Mo Yuchen's arms with red eyes. She was really tired.

"Let's go see my mother-in-law tomorrow." Mo Yuchen comforted Xia Yanxiang for a while before finally saying it.

Xia Yanxiang didn't say anything.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent." Mo Yuchen knew that Xia Yanxiang couldn't bring herself to say this, so he had to do it, otherwise this matter would forever become Xia Yanxiang's cage.

Although Mo Yuchen had made the unilateral decision, Xia Yanxiang was not ready yet and went to the palace early the next morning.

Mo Yuchen knew that Xia Yanxiang would not agree so easily, so he sighed and went into the palace.

"Your Majesty, Princess Luo has arrived."

Xia Qianxiang quickly stood up and looked at the person who came over awkwardly: "Third sister!"

Xia Yanxiang entered the palace and bowed to Xia Qianxiang first: "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

"Third sister!" Xia Qianxiang's face turned red. Although everyone in the palace had changed to calling her Queen in the past few days, in front of Xia Yanxiang, Xia Qianxiang was still the little sister. Xia Qianxiang was still embarrassed about addressing her as Xia Yanxiang.

Although Xia Qianxiang was very embarrassed, Xia Yanxiang still insisted on completing the ceremony before getting up.

Xia Yanxiang gave Xia Qianxiang a wink, and Xia Qianxiang understood and immediately waved her hand for the palace maids to leave.

"Things concerning Prince Yuan have been almost dealt with. Mo Xuanxuan should be ascending the throne soon. You should feel at ease in the palace." Xia Yanxiang told Xia Qianxiang all these things slowly without pausing.

Xia Qianxiang listened quietly without interrupting.

"I will take care of the Xia family's affairs and will not let them have an easy time." After Xia Yanxiang finished her main business, she told him the last thing.

Xia Qianxiang was silent for a moment, then spoke cautiously: "Third sister, how are you?"

Xia Yanxiang was stumped by Xia Qianxiang's simple question.

"Nothing, I'm fine." Xia Yanxiang said calmly, "When Mo Yuxuan ascends the throne in the future, the ministers will definitely advise him to expand his harem. You should be aware of this."

Xia Qianxiang understood it, she knew it since she knew Mo Xuanxuan wanted to be the emperor, and she prepared herself mentally early on: "Third sister, I understand, I won't take it too seriously."

Xia Yanxiang nodded. Since Xia Qianxiang knew what was going on, she didn't need to say anything more: "Okay."

"Third sister, why doesn't His Royal Highness Prince Luo want to be the emperor? He is obviously a more suitable candidate." Xia Qianxiang has been staying in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. She is not very clear about the matters being handled outside, especially about the candidate for the throne. She didn't expect that Mo Yuxuan would be the emperor.

Xia Yanxiang still looked indifferent: "If he doesn't want to do it, then let him do it."

Don't want to? Even the emperor doesn't want to do it?

Although Xia Qianxiang was confused, she knew there was no need to ask any more questions, so she just nodded.

When leaving the palace, Xia Yanxiang did not accept the sedan chair sent by Xia Qianxiang, but walked alone in silence. Tinglan and Yukui followed behind Xia Yanxiang. The two looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

Xia Yanxiang raised her eyes and looked at the surrounding environment. She felt empty and uncomfortable for no reason.

When she reached the palace gate, Xia Yanxiang immediately saw Mo Yuchen who was waiting for her there.

Xia Yanxiang slowed down her pace and stopped after taking two steps.

Mo Yuchen came over first, lowered his head and looked at Xia Yanxiang tenderly: "We agreed to visit my mother-in-law today, why did you sneak into the palace again?"

Xia Yanxiang had been staring at Mo Yuchen's eyes. When she heard what Mo Yuchen said, she immediately looked away: "I said, I won't go."

Xia Yanxiang was about to walk away from Mo Yuchen, but Mo Yuchen grabbed her by the waist and carried her sideways.

Xia Yanxiang exclaimed: "Mo Yuchen! What are you going to do?!"

Mo Yuchen didn't care about all that. He turned around and strode towards the carriage. Tinglan and Yukui followed him quickly.

Although Xia Yanxiang was determined not to go, Mo Yuchen had already arranged the itinerary and would never agree to let Xia Yanxiang go back alone.

When they arrived at the destination, Xia Yanxiang was unwilling to get off the car, and Mo Yuchen did not force her. It was already good enough that he could get Xia Yanxiang over.

Mo Yuchen got off the carriage alone and went to Tu Ling's tomb to burn incense.

Xia Yanxiang didn't know what was wrong with her. She seemed to be competing with herself and her eyes were red. However, she was unwilling to get off the carriage. After a long while, she quietly lifted a corner of the curtain, took a look, and quickly closed it.

Xia Yanxiang couldn't hold back any longer and started wiping away her tears.

By the time Mo Yuchen returned to the carriage, Xia Yanxiang had calmed down and looked as if it had nothing to do with her.

Mo Yuchen chuckled, walked over and hugged Xia Yanxiang to himself.

"Mo Yuchen!" Xia Yanxiang really didn't understand why Mo Yuchen had lost all his sense of shame recently? He would touch her at every turn!

Mo Yuchen smiled and tried to kiss Xia Yanxiang. He was not angry even though Xia Yanxiang pushed him away several times. "Next time, next time, you must go, okay?"

"I said I won't go!" Xia Yanxiang's eyes were red again, "Let go!"

Mo Yuchen was not discouraged at all. He saw Xia Yanxiang's little action just now. Xia Yanxiang has always been slow in terms of feelings, but she attaches great importance to feelings, so she could not accept Tu Ling's affairs.

When returning to Prince Luo's Mansion, Xia Yanxiang learned that Xia Liu had beaten Yang Jin half to death, and the servants came to ask if they needed to call a doctor.

"No need, I'll go over and see for myself."

Xia Yanxiang went there, just took a look, and confirmed that Yang Jin would not die for the time being, then turned around and told someone to tell Xia Liu the news of Xia Jianxiang's death.

Xia Jianxiang is indeed Xia Liu's daughter, but Xia Yanxiang did not specifically point this out. She just had someone hold Xia Liu down, gave her a few injections, and then left.

"Your Majesty, there's news over there that Prince Yuan and his concubine are fighting each other. Do we need to send someone to stop them?" He Yuan came over to report to Xia Yanxiang.

Xia Yanxiang shook her head: "No need, we are giving them a chance to resolve the conflict. These matters should be handled by them themselves, and we don't need to intervene."

Later, Xia Yanxiang never heard any news from there, and even news from the Xia Mansion was rarely heard.

Xia Yanxiang was very tired during this period of time. After this incident, she slept for two whole days. This frightened Mo Yuchen, and he couldn't wake her up, so he had to ask Yue Qing to come over.

Fortunately, Xia Yanxiang was just tired and was not seriously injured.

This incident also alarmed the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Fortunately, nothing happened and Tu Song did not fall ill again.

Xia Yanxiang finally woke up, but she felt even more tired. She was a little surprised to hear that she had slept for two days. But nothing was wrong now, so it didn't matter to her even if she had slept for two days.

Now that she no longer had to fight with anyone and no longer had to live in fear, Xia Yanxiang actually felt a little bored, and her memories of some things became clearer and clearer.

"Awake?" Not long after Xia Yanxiang woke up, the servant went to the study to report to Mo Fuchen. Mo Fuchen put down the documents in his hand and came over directly.

Xia Yanxiang glanced at Mo Yuchen lazily and showed no intention of getting up.

"News came from the Xia Mansion. Xia Liu has gone crazy."

"Yeah." Xia Yanxiang didn't seem surprised. "My acupuncture will increase his suspicion. The news of Xia Jianxiang's death and the cheating Yang Jin put on him are enough to drive him crazy."

Mo Yuchen took off his outer shirt and got on the couch.

Xia Yanxiang moved inside and made room for Mo Yuchen.

Mo Yuchen stretched out his hand and pulled Xia Yanxiang into his arms. Xia Yanxiang did not resist and let Mo Yuchen go.

"As for Mo Yuyang, it's probably almost the same. Xia Pinxiang won't survive more than a few days under his hands." Mo Yuchen deliberately moved closer to Xia Yanxiang and spoke with his face close to hers.

Xia Yanxiang felt a little tickled by Mo Yuchen's breath and shrank her neck: "Oh."

Mo Yuchen was a little damp, Xia Yanxiang smelled it and listened carefully. There was the sound of water dripping, and she felt a little drowsy: "Is it raining outside?"

"Yeah, it's raining a bit hard." Mo Yuchen ignored Xia Yanxiang's dodging and followed her, "How about sleeping for a while?"

Xia Yanxiang was a little moved by what Mo Yuchen said, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

The serialization of "The Fragrance of Yingying Cangmianzhen" ends here. For some reasons, I will not write about the middle story. Although I know that there are not many readers, I still want to leave a good ending for this article. Please forgive me for some incomprehensible endings. For some inconsistencies in the ending or some pitfalls, I will give a brief explanation here.

1. Xia Yanxiang's mother Tu Ling was retaliated by Xia Liu and Mo Fuyang when Xia Yanxiang and Mo Fuchen were in the northwest, and eventually died.

2. The relationship between Xia Qianxiang and Mo Yuxuan is because Xia Qianxiang's elder brother Xia Zhiyang made great contributions in the northwest and obtained his own title and status. Xia Qianxiang was freed from the status of a concubine of the Xia family and naturally had the status to marry Mo Yuxuan, the prince.

3. Xia Jianxiang climbed into Mo Yuyang's bed because of her vanity, which made Xia Pinxiang jealous, resulting in two deaths, but the story was kept secret and the death was not announced.

4. In his previous life, Mo Yuchen faked his death in the northwest, but Mo Yuxuan, Mo Yuanli, Concubine Su and Shen Zhe all died at the hands of the queen and Mo Yuyang. Mo Yuchen finally returned and overthrew the rule of Mo Yuyang. He died alone and abdicated the throne to the eighth prince (who was not named).

5. In the previous life, Li Guan and Dongfang Xujiang ended up together, but not in this life. Tu Xiao did not get married, nor did he have an official partner.

6. The first time Mo Yuchen and Xia Yanxiang met was when Mo Yuchen was fourteen years old and was chased by the Queen's men on Wenzhou Mountain after leaving the palace. He was rescued by Xia Yanxiang, but Xia Yanxiang forgot about it because she fell ill later. In my original setting, Xia Yanxiang would remember this incident.

7. The spy who appeared in more than words was Zhou Wenrui. He was originally a son of a wealthy family, but his family fell into poverty. He was rescued by Mo Yuyang and had been placed by Mo Yuchen's side. When he was in the northwest, he was discovered because he intercepted Li Guan and Ling Ning. When Xia Yanxiang shot him, she found out that he was the man who wanted to kill Mo Yuchen in Wenzhou Mountain that year.

8. In her previous life, Xia Yanxiang died in Prince Luo’s Mansion, and the white jasmine tree in the yard was specially chosen by Mo Yuchen.

These are the general pitfalls. The end of the article is my regret, but the accumulation of 500,000 words is my luck. If lucky, please let us meet again in the next story. Although Xia Yanxiang and Mo Yuchen did not have a complete life, if there is a chance in twenty years, when I get the copyright, maybe I will finish the story.