Su Wan'er was determined not to enter the palace. So now, even if she had to risk the crime of offending the emperor by closing her eyes tightly, she was going to sever this relationship completely.
"So you mean you're not willing?!" Si Junlin casually pressed the teacup on the table. The teacup almost shattered and creaked on the table.
"Of course I'm not willing. Your subject and Your Majesty are strangers. I was just the marshal for a year during the imperial expedition. If Your Majesty really takes a fancy to a girl... you can't use such means to force her to marry into the palace in just a few days."
"Then tell me! What means should I use?!"
"At least, at least we should get to know each other, exchange names, learn about each other's family backgrounds, and many other temperaments and hobbies. But, but the most important point, please forgive your subject for being offensive. If it weren't for Your Majesty robbing me for marriage, I'd be a married woman. Your Majesty's way of doing things seems inappropriate."
"Right, you're all right. But precisely because we're strangers and have just known each other for a few days, you don't know much about me yet." Si Junlin suddenly changed his expression as if he was amused by her anger.
"I'm not the kind of wise emperor in the ordinary people's mouth, and I certainly won't act according to the etiquette. But I am indeed the emperor. I want to marry you three days later, and you have to join the central palace with a smiling face three days later and become my queen." Si Junlin felt that his heart had been greatly hurt, so he decided not to haggle with her too much. Then he directly ordered people to send over all the wedding clothes and phoenix coronets for the queen that he had prepared.
Su Wan'er watched as the clothes and jewelry were carried in one by one like a flowing stream. She was really dazzled. But inside, she was terrified and had no idea what to do. If, as Si Junlin said, he was a fatuous emperor, then what should she do?
Although her father once taught that if the emperor wants the subject to die, the subject has to die, but should she do the same if the emperor is a fatuous one?
"Your, Your Majesty, your subject has heard that even when the royal family selects maidens, they must choose an auspicious day and inform the parents. Since the wedding is so urgent, how about your subject going home tomorrow to inform her parents so that there can be an explanation?"
"You're a fairy. I invited you back from the white mist of the East Lake and Great Marsh. Where do you have parents?!" Si Junlin had already guessed her intention: "You want to escape?!"
Su Wan'er was startled by his loud voice. She found that she had really offended this man, and since her intention had been guessed, she naturally didn't dare to say a word anymore.
But who would have thought that Si Junlin was really provoked by her and got angry. So he said seriously to her: "All under heaven belongs to the king. All the people within the four seas are the king's subjects. Su Wan'er, you want to escape? Where can you escape to?"
Su Wan'er never thought that one day she would use the silk handkerchief that she didn't usually carry. Now she would twist the silk handkerchief in her hand like other girls, but not because of shyness, but because of the fear as if she was about to lose her head.
"Dare not, dare not. How dare your subject?"
Three days was okay. The royal family always valued etiquette. Fortunately, the emperor didn't say that they would get married tomorrow. So three days it was. With her skills, she could still escape. Since the emperor had shamelessly admitted that he was a fatuous emperor, then why should she care about her own face? It wasn't the first time for her to elope. So why not just escape once again.
"Your Ladyship, please let me do your hair." Since Xiaotao knew yesterday that her lady was definitely going to be the queen, she seemed happier than any other maid in the palace.
"Isn't it still three days away? Just do it casually now." Su Wan'er was really helpless. She had been tossed in the bath for a full two hours yesterday. They had added different essential oils to the bath water no less than eight times. She was so tired that she almost fell asleep and was nearly drowned in the pool.
"This gardenia heart powder has to be used continuously for it to have a fragrance. Yesterday, your maid didn't get the news and didn't dare to use it without permission. So today, we must use it quickly. If it's used for less than three days, the fragrance won't be strong enough. By then, all the princesses, noble ladies, and the princesses and grand princesses will blame us maids." Xiaotao had an extremely good memory for these things. Every time Su Wan'er heard her ramble like this, her desire to escape would be further ignited.
"All right, all right. How long will this take?" She didn't care about the noble ladies and princesses at all. Anyway, she was going to escape later. There wouldn't be any trace of her left. Let them go to hell. Anyway, that damned fatuous emperor had put the hat of a fairy on her head. If necessary, he could just be more shameless and say that her lifespan was up and she had ascended to heaven.
"Your Ladyship, please be patient. It'll be done in half an hour. But since it's the first time to use it, it has to be applied evenly. Your Ladyship, please don't make any big movements today. Wash it off after dinner." Xiaotao had already opened the box. Sure enough, it was fragrant. But... "Achoo!" It was so fragrant!
This was unbearable. Heaven! Let me escape today. I really can't stay here for a single moment longer. Su Wan'er's eyes were filled with tears brought out by several consecutive sneezes. She let the tears flow down as she looked up at the sky.
Finally, everything was in order. Su Wan'er used the excuse of having eaten something bad and sent everyone away. As long as she got out of the Yangxin Hall, she'd be safe. Once she was away from these faces that she couldn't bear to harm, she could kill anyone who blocked her way and leave this damned place.
To be honest, the reason why she cooperated with that annoying Xiaotao was just because she felt an inexplicable affinity with her. Looking at her happy face, if she really told her that she had to escape, she'd really feel a bit reluctant.
"Your Ladyship? How are you, Your Ladyship?" Xiaotao had been waiting obediently ten steps away as instructed. But seeing that Su Wan'er didn't move for a long time, she sensed that something was wrong.
"Cough..." This latrine wall was a bit too high. Su Wan'er frowned as she looked at the high wall in front of her. Although she could climb over it, she couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be any loud noises. The people in the palace were really excessive. Did they have to build the latrine wall to be the highest in the whole capital?
"Xiaotao, I... my legs are a bit numb. Don't talk. Go a bit further away." Su Wan'er replied absent - mindedly. She thought it was better to climb up first and see what was on the other side.
"Your Ladyship, should I send someone to get a chamber pot?" Xiaotao was really worried that something bad might happen to her.
"Your Ladyship?"
Xiaotao called out seven or eight times in a row. Seeing that there was no response at all, she sensed something.
"You two, go and have a look outside the wall. Hurry up!"