After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Liu Yunxiang clung to Yan Mu's arms and smelled the scent of jasmine on his body. His clothes will be scented with sandalwood, and this kind of jasmine scent is usually found only in women's powder.

"You..." Liu Yunxiang hesitated for a moment, but did not speak.

"what happened?"

"Why are you back so late?"

Yan Mu put her on the bed, then stood up and took off her clothes. While taking off her clothes, he told her what happened tonight.

Liu Yunxiang originally wanted to wait for him to come back. After knowing that he was safe, he went back to sleep in his courtyard. There was a problem between them, both of them knew it in their hearts, but the knot of the problem could not be solved until Yan Mu recovered his memory.

She once felt that she was being hypocritical, but then she thought, this knot in his heart would never be untied, so was it really worth it for her to force him to be together in this life?

Maybe both of them are wrong, or maybe neither of them is wrong. There are so many entanglements in the past and present life, and it is difficult to explain clearly.

When she came back to her senses, she saw Yan Mu looking through his clothes as if he was looking for something.

"Did you lose anything?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

Yan Mu couldn't find it and could only sigh, "Nothing, just go to sleep."

The silk handkerchief he bought for her was lost. In fact, he wanted to borrow it to admit his mistake.

Lying next to Liu Yunxiang, smelling her breath, his heart could not help but throb. Yan Mu closed his eyes and tried to restrain himself, but it seemed that he was not that kind of person.

He quickly turned around and hugged Liu Yunxiang into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead.

Liu Yunxiang put her hand on his shoulder and supported it for a while, but then let go due to his eagerness. Yan Mu knew she had agreed, so he lowered his head and kissed her lips. At the same time, he pressed her under him and began to pull the belt of her clothes.

"Yan Mu... there are words carved on your arm... you can't touch other women..." Liu Yunxiang reminded with a trembling heart.

"You are not another woman..." he said.

"I can no longer see your heart clearly, both before and now." She tilted her head and avoided his affection.

Yan Mu refused, and neatly untied her clothes, "I didn't know before, but now, I know."

"what?"

"I only want you."

When Liu Yunxiang woke up early the next morning, Yan Mu had already gone to the Yamen.

Today, when Qiu Wei enters the palace, officials from the Ministry of Justice's yamen also have to go there to maintain order. As a minister, Yan Mu first has to show his face, and then he has to go into the palace to discuss matters.

Liu Yunxiang now only felt that his waist was sore and his legs were weak, and he didn't get up until almost noon.

After lunch, Liu Yunxiang planned to go to the Ink Studio. When he walked to the gate, he happened to see Yan Mu coming back from outside. Instead of entering the house, he walked into the diagonal alley.

She groaned, wondering where he was going and what he was doing, so she chased after him. Just as she was about to call out to him, she saw a woman dressed in a flashy dress walking towards him, swaying her waist and swaying her hips.

She looked at him and smiled, very charmingly. When she got there, she slapped Yan Mu with her handkerchief.

Yan Mu's back was to her, so he couldn't see the expression on his face. But when the woman took out a silk handkerchief and brought it to him shyly, he actually took it, folded it carefully and put it in his arms. inside.

The woman said something else and then left.

When Liu Yunxiang saw Yan Mu turning around, she subconsciously dodged it. When she reached the street, she suddenly realized why she was hiding. If she had any questions, just go up and ask.

But she actually had no doubts. Yan Mu's temperament really didn't deceive her in this regard.

Liu Yunxiang shook his head and put the matter aside for now.

When I came to the study, the study had placed papers, inks, pens, and inkstones outside for free for those who had difficulties to use in the past few days. The person in charge said that there was no random grabbing or taking.

"However, the consumption is still very large. Most of the lifters are really difficult. They will come in to thank them after taking it. Some insist on leaving an IOU and repay the money later." The housekeeper said.

"These examples are scholars. Scholars are always noble and disdain to do things that harm their reputation."

"And as the boss expected, the news that our study provides free pens, inks, paper and inkstones to needy students has spread among the literati, and many people come to our shop to buy things. Our shop has a full range of categories, good quality, and we don't charge arbitrary prices. This will open up the market." Speaking of this, the manager was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

They all get a share, so naturally the more they sell, the more they make.

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Don't care about small immediate profits when doing business, but take a long-term view."

This is just like the Lingyun Grain Shop back then. During the famine, she didn't make much money from the people. But the Lingyun brand stood up, and the business got better and better. Along with other shops, as long as the Lingyun brand was put up, Lingyun's signboard, customers who recognize this brand come into the store.

Liu Yunxiang came out of the ink studio and wanted to have a look at Qu Moran's place. He passed by a perfume shop and saw the proprietress coming out to see off the guests. The woman with an enthusiastic face and charming smile was not the one who gave Yan Mu a handkerchief in the alley. woman.

As she stared at her, the woman also saw her.

"Hey, isn't this the Princess of Zhenbei?" The woman stepped forward and saluted quickly, "Do you want to buy powder? I'm not bragging. The things we have here, whether it is powder, rouge, pearl powder, or eyebrow pencil, are all available, and they are absolutely of the highest quality. of good stuff.”

Under the woman's warm greeting, Liu Yunxiang followed her towards the store. Behind the woman, she could smell the slightest hint of jasmine fragrance, which was the same as Yan Mu's last night.

When we came to the store, it was not very big, but it had a dazzling array of things and a lot of customers.

The woman invited Liu Yunxiang into the backyard, served her tea and water, and asked the waiter to bring over the best rouge and gouache in the shop.

"Princess, look at this fragrant powder, pick the peach blossoms in bud, go through many processes, and more than ten kilograms of petals are made into such a small box. Come and ask, this peach blossom is fragrant but not greasy, what do you think? Just right for you.”

Liu Yunxiang took the powder box and smelled it. It smelled really good. "You call yourself the wife of a minister, but whose wife you are?"

The woman smiled and said, "My husband is Xiao Meng, the governor of Youzhou who just went to take office today."

Liu Yunxiang rolled his eyes, "It's Mrs. Xiao."

"The original princess no longer remembers my wife."

Liu Yunxiang raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him again, looked at it carefully and said, "Do we know each other?"

"Your honor is so forgetful. We naturally know each other and have a good friendship."

"Oh?"

"If I talk about Lan Yuan, might you remember it?"

Orchid Garden?

When Liu Yunxiang looked at this woman again, she still couldn't remember. There were many women brought into the Orchid Garden by Yan Mu back then, and the whole garden was filled with butterflies. She had no contact with them, so she didn't remember their faces. Later, Yan Mu sent out the women in the garden one by one, and the garden became deserted.

"Last night, His Highness didn't remember the slave family either. The slave family was so sad."

"last night?"

"He was drinking with my old Xiao."

Liu Yunxiang pursed his lips, wanting to know how they could drink this wine?

Mrs. Xiao glanced at Liu Yunxiang, then covered her mouth and smiled: "If you put it this way, our fate is not shallow. After all, we have served the same man."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunxiang's face immediately darkened.