Chapter 115: Peerless Demon Concubine
Two children poked their heads out from behind a nearby Yi Tree, Heng Ji holding the two children, her mouth corners slightly upturned. Since they had already arrived near Chang’an, there was no reason for her not to go to Chang’an City for a visit.
Those who thought she and her two children had already died in Chuyun City would surely have interesting expressions upon seeing them in Chang’an.
The mornings at Yun Family Manor always began with hoarse, unpleasant crowing from the roosters. Plump chickens flapped their wings and flew up to the tall Yi Trees, regardless of where the sun was or whether the moon had set, and began their daily work.
Yun Ce deeply hated this and always wanted to twist their necks off.
E Ji did not see it that way; she thought having these chickens at home was a good thing. Nowadays, there were many things to do at home but few people, so to get more work done, they had to get up early.
Therefore, when the roosters crowed, everyone in the household except Yun Ce got up to work.
Yun Ce lay in bed for a while before getting up. He remembered that today Lin Weizhou would come to take away the paper produced by the Papermaking Workshop in recent days.
Nowadays, paper had not yet appeared on the market. Lin Weizhou had exchanged quite a few benefits for himself using the paper he got from Yun Ce.
In his view, making money was something small households like Yun Ce’s should consider. As the County Magistrate of Lantian County in Jingzhao, if assigned elsewhere, he could even serve as an Inspector of a province.
Yun Ce’s place was a nest of treasures, not only having world-shaking wonders like paper, but he also seemed to have seen a figure here that he could not forget.
1 Last time he came, he could not recall it at the moment, but after thinking left and right upon returning, he still felt it impossible. Today he came just to confirm.
1 The Papermaking Workshop had not stopped operating since it began. After Lin Weizhou looked at the already cut paper, he began looking toward the Yi Tree Grove.
1 Last time he came, he had vaguely seen that familiar figure in the Yi Tree Grove.
1 There were many women in the Yi Tree Grove peeling tree bark. He looked at them one by one but did not see that figure. An indescribable sense of loss made Lin Weizhou’s temperament irritable. He pounded the Yi Tree forcefully and said to Yun Ce with extreme impatience, “Are all your family’s women here?”
1 Yun Ce curiously looked at the agitated Lin Weizhou and said, “You’re not coveting my wife, are you?”
1 Lin Weizhou closed his eyes, eased his breathing for a moment, and said to Yun Ce, “Last time I came, I seemed to see the back of an old acquaintance.”
1 Yun Ce laughed, “County Magistrate has such discerning eyes. I wonder which woman of my household caught your fancy? Of course, my wife doesn’t count.”
1 Lin Weizhou’s gaze swept over the women in the grove again. He hatefully punched the Yi Tree once more and stormed back to the Papermaking Workshop.
1 Before leaving, Lin Weizhou turned back to look at the Yi Tree Grove again. This time, he did not stop at the edge of the grove but looked at each woman one by one.
1 The more he recalled, the more he believed he had not been mistaken. However, today he had seen all the women and still had not found the person who haunted his dreams.
2 Seeing Lin Weizhou so anxious, Yun Ce already knew that Heng Ji probably held an extremely important status in this man’s heart.
2 “Yesterday, a maidservant took a boy and a girl away.” Yun Ce deliberately gave this guy a new hope at his most dejected moment.
2 Lin Weizhou grabbed Yun Ce’s sleeve like a drowning man clutching at straw, his eyes already showing pleading.
2 “Tell me, where did she go?”
2 Yun Ce laughed, “Chang’an. I heard she was going to Chang’an.”
2 Upon hearing this, Lin Weizhou immediately mounted a Thunder Smoke Beast and rode off, not even minding the mountain of paper worth tens of thousands right in front of him.
2 “So, who is this Heng Ji?”
2 Yun Ce asked Doggy in his mind.
2 “Just a woman whose appearance and figure perfectly match the golden ratio. However, I must emphasize that this woman, whether among Earth women or Great Han women, has the body and appearance proportions closest to the golden ratio.
2 In your words, she is a perfect woman, a gift from heaven to humanity.”
3 “Why didn’t I notice her beauty?”
3 “That woman is very clever. Her control over her own body is extremely precise. She knows what expression makes her seem utterly charmless and how to act to make her charm boundless.
3 If I weren’t quite sure she was human, I would think she was a human turned spirit.”
3 Yun Ce said in astonishment, “You had so many discoveries, why didn’t you tell me?”
3 Doggy sneered, “You told me yourself that you are a person of high morals, detached from vulgar tastes, and one who regards money as dirt and beauties as skeletons.”
3 Yun Ce gritted his teeth and said word by word, “Couldn’t you tell I was bragging?”
3 Doggy said solemnly, “I could tell.”
3 After hearing Doggy’s words, Yun Ce inexplicably recalled the plump Golden Beetle he had seen on that towering big tree in the Tianzhu Mountain Wasteland. At that time, the Golden Beetle was unfolding its colorful wings and flying toward the sun.
3 The same sense of loss, the same touch of regret.
3 When E Ji leaned her face close, Yun Ce discovered that he had actually seen E Ji’s face as Heng Ji’s appearance. This startled him. He rubbed his eyes and looked again; sure enough, Heng Ji’s appearance had vanished, replaced by E Ji’s pure face.
4 “You were impulsive just now. As a virgin, such enchanting moments are rare for you.” Doggy ultimately dealt Yun Ce a heavy blow.
4 “Do you think this woman could be a demon? I originally had no thoughts about her, but just now, I actually mistook E Ji for her.”
4 “I can tell you for certain that woman is just an ordinary woman.”
4 Yun Ce asked E Ji again.
4 “When you saw Heng Ji yesterday, did you think she was pretty?”
4 “Even if she is pretty, when seen by me, she must disguise herself as an ugly woman or a madman. Any who dare put on a seductive look will be dragged out and beaten to death.”
4 Yun Ce immediately felt relieved. It seemed that woman’s charm only worked on men.
4 With Lin Weizhou gone, the paper could only stay at Yun Family Manor for now, waiting for him to pick it up when he had time.
4 Yun Ce did not expect Lin Weizhou to return to Yun Clan Manor only after five days.
4 “Did you see a ghost?” Yun Ce looked caringly at Lin Weizhou, who no longer looked human.
5 Lin Weizhou weakly waved his hand, signaling the bailiffs to load the paper onto the carts and prepare to leave. After the convoy set off, Lin Weizhou came to Yun Ce and E Ji, who were counting money.
5 “What name is she using this time?”
5 “Heng Ji.”
5 “She shouldn’t be called Heng Ji. She should be called Tao Ji. Peach leaves lush, their flowers brilliant—she should be called Tao Ji.” At this point, Lin Weizhou had long lost his usual sharpness.
5 “You didn’t find her in Chang’an?”
5 “If she doesn’t want to see me, I can’t find her.”
5 “Who is she? Tell me in detail; I really want to hear.” Yun Ce poured Lin Weizhou a cup of water and leaned in close, whispering.
5 “She was originally… Why are you asking about her? Do you admire her too?”
5 Yun Ce, who had wanted to hear the gossip, did not expect that Lin Weizhou, who had looked half-dead moments ago, would suddenly become as strong as an ox the next moment, grabbing his neck with one hand and lifting him up.
5 “This guy’s gone mad.” Yun Ce rubbed his throat and said to E Ji.
6 “I’ll go find Zhang Min. For such a famous woman, there’s no reason a Panxing Tower secret agent like her wouldn’t know.”
6 “Eh, where has Zhang Min been these past few days? I think I haven’t seen her for several days.”
6 E Ji pointed to the distant farmland and said, “These days, she’s been guarding the farmland, saying she wants to personally watch those seeds sprout. She watches so intently, as if she wants to plant herself in the ground and sprout together with those beans.”
6 Seeing Zhang Min so obsessed with agriculture, Yun Ce decided to go ask her, so as not to interrupt her proper thinking about agriculture.
6 “You mean Heng Ji is the Jade Lady?” After understanding Yun Ce’s intent, Zhang Min immediately snapped out of her obsession with agriculture.
6 “What do you mean Jade Lady? What does she do?”
6 “What does she do? She is an Imperial Concubine of the Great Han, the most favored consort of His Majesty, and the number one beauty of our Great Han—not just of this era, but the number one beauty since ancient times.”
6 Yun Ce nodded and said, “A Demon Concubine who brings ruin to the country won’t have a good end.”
