"Princess, do you think this is enough?"

Wan Tao pushed open the door and poured a full bag of dried mugwort leaves onto the already towering "hill". The whole room was filled with a strong smell. Wan Ning was sitting in it, concentrating on sealing the rough stitches with needle and thread.

Only after finishing the last stitch did Wan Ning raise her head and look around the room. She held up the first wrinkled sachet and tilted her head to examine it. She was not very satisfied with herself and said, "That's enough, that's enough. I can't go out now. Thank you for your hard work, Wan Tao."

"It's not hard," Wan Tao put the packaging bag away and walked to sit next to Wan Ning. She took the scissors and cut the bag for the sachet. She asked in confusion, "Princess, are all these moxa leaves going to be used to make sachets?"

At this moment, I'm afraid that all the Ai Ye in the palace are here, no wonder Wan Tao has such doubts. But at this time, Xiang Wanxuan and Princess Le Yan have become the target of public criticism, and everyone is avoiding them. I don't know where Wan Tao got so much. After experiencing so many things, Wan Ning no longer has the mind to think about these things. She stubbornly repeats one thing in an attempt to consume herself through this thing.

She answered Wan Tao's question in a self-deprecating manner: "Yes, I will rely on these to pass the time for the rest of my life. I plan to become a master of scent sachets. Although I can't go out, I will let everyone in the palace have my scent sachets and carry them with them when they go out. It will be considered that we are going out too."

Wan Tao thought the princess was upset and said that in anger, but for three days, Wan Ning sat at the table day and night to make sachets. Wan Tao did not say anything or persuade her, but just sat beside Wan Ning in silence until she saw that she was becoming more and more skilled and her movements were getting faster and faster. The sachets she produced were also more and more exquisite, and the hills of wormwood leaves were replaced by hills of sachets.

At noon, Wan Ning, who had been working all day and forgot to eat, suddenly remembered that today was the Dragon Boat Festival. She belatedly threw the sachets she was sewing aside and immediately stood up to put the finished sachets into the basket. While putting them in, she muttered to herself: "Look at my brain, I almost missed it. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival and I want to give all these sachets away."

Seeing the princess's unusual behavior, Wan Tao immediately walked to her side nervously, helped her put the sachets in the basket, and asked tentatively: "Princess, who are you going to give these sachets to?"

Wan Ning was very confused, with a look of disbelief on her face. Instead, she began to care about Wan Tao: "Wan Tao, what's wrong with you? Are you too busy? Today is the Dragon Boat Festival and I will personally deliver these sachets to Mu Xiu, Meng Zhu, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the sisters in Yuxi Palace and Wuming Palace. Last month, Concubine Yi said that she wanted me to make the best one, but Concubine Ru must not know or she would be jealous."

Wan Ning thought for a moment and added, "We can't forget our friends outside the palace. Prince Qi and Yan Ke are indispensable. I don't know if Zijian is here. Pan Wenxi, who does business with me, Liu Qingquan, Tang Xiaoyou... Forget it. There are too many people. I can't even count them. This basket can't hold them all. Wan Tao, go get another one."

Wan Tao stood there stammering, at a loss as to what to do. All she could think about was, "It's all over, the princess is crazy! Is she crazy? What should I do if she's crazy?"

After a while, Wan Ning had already filled a basket. When she turned around, she saw Wan Tao still standing there. She quickly went forward and pulled her out, urging her, "Forget it, forget it. Just deliver this basket first. Wan Tao, are you worried today? Why are you so uneasy? But it's strange that I can't see Zhu Ying, Shui Yue, and Zhu Zi today. I used to hear their noisy voices at this time."

"Yes...they went home to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival." Wan Tao answered with a trembling voice.

Wan Ning pretended to be disgusted and grumbled aggrievedly, "When did they leave? Why didn't they tell me? I will ask them when they come back. They are really becoming more and more rude."

"Princess, you made me..."

Before Wan Tao could finish her words, Wan Ning couldn't wait to pull her towards the gate, anxious to give out all the sachets. As expected, before Wan Ning reached the gate with a basket full of sachets, the guard started coughing violently and stopped them.

In Wan Ning's mind, she had never been so humiliated before, so she immediately stood at the door and argued loudly with the guard. After debating for half an hour, it was hard to tell whether a scholar or a soldier could win, so in the end, they both took a step back and found a compromise - Wan Tao would deliver the sachets for her.

Although she was reluctant, Wan Ning still handed all the things to Wan Tao obediently, and stood at the door to watch her leave. Afterwards, Wan Ning turned back to her room, but after taking two steps, she felt unsatisfied and turned back, with her hands on her hips, and said to the guards at the door arrogantly: "Wait for me, I will complain to the emperor when I see him!"

After this incident, rumors that Princess Le Yan was mentally ill, insane, and crazy spread everywhere, and almost everyone in the palace had heard about it. In addition to sympathy, there was more of a mentality of watching the fun. People who originally hated her couldn't help but express sympathy in order to show their magnanimity.

In a short time, it became the latest fashion to express sympathy to her from a high position, so everyone was happy to accept her sachet and wear it around.

At the same time, the entire palace smelled of mugwort.

After delivering all the sachets, Wan Tao came back when it was getting dark. Xiang Wan Xuan was completely dark and there was no sound. A bad idea sprouted in her mind. Wan Tao was so scared that she immediately searched every room in Xiang Wan Xuan, but she found nothing.

"Princess, Princess, where are you?" Wan Tao shouted in despair.

"Are you looking for me?"

Wan Tao turned around immediately and saw Wan Ning standing behind her, handing her a heart-shaped sachet.

"This is for you, specially customized. Do you like it?"

Wan Tao accepted it while holding back tears, and said excitedly, "I like it. I like it very much."

"As long as you like it. Have all the things been delivered?"

"He was sent out, but he didn't get to see the emperor. He was taken in by Lord Fang Xiong."

Wan Ning, however, acted as if she didn't care. She waved her hand and said casually, "It's okay. I made something special for him. When the moon rises, you can accompany me to give it to him."

Although she knew that the princess had little chance of meeting the emperor, Wan Tao could only nod her head as she said it in person. Suddenly, the innocent and happy princess seemed to have returned to the way she was when she first arrived.

In order to allow Wan Ning to go out smoothly, Wan Tao bribed the gatekeeper in advance. It happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival and the guards were less guarded, so she turned a blind eye and let them go out.

Standing at the empty intersection, hesitating, Wan Tao asked with concern: "Princess, do you know where I can see the emperor?"

Wan Ning didn't even raise her head and replied calmly: "I know!"

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