Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

Chrysanthemun Fragrance

The rattling of metal from a distiller wafting off a scent of chrysanthemum which filled up the small room. A young petite woman dressed in a golden honey jacket, an embroidered white skirt, and a wood-coloured satin cloak that had golden maidenhair leaves everywhere. Quickly scooped out the unusable chrysanthemum petals out, replacing it with new and fresh ones. After she finished replacing the flower, she grabbed a brush, writing down the prescription of the aromatic dew for future reference. She began cutting up sheets of cotton into the shape of a face, two eye holes, a mouth hole and slit for the nose. Finally, finished the preparations, she placed the items into a package.

"FANGSU! QUICKLY RUN! GET AWAY FROM HERE!" A wet nurse rushed over to the young petite girl.

"What's going on?" Fangsu held the wet nurse by the shoulder, an uneasy feeling began curdling in the pit of her stomach.

"Young Miss! Please hurry to the stables!" The wet nurse hurriedly pushed Fangsu out towards the window, a man dressed in black burst into the room rushing towards them. The man dressed in black was about the plunge his sword towards Fangsu, however, the wet nurse manoeuvred her body to take the sword in the place of Fangsu which pierced through her body. "Young miss! Hurry!"

Fangsu threw the aromantic dew she painstakingly created and threw it at the man, creating a window of time for her to escape from the man. The sudden attack unveiled the man which showed a handsome man that had two small moles underneatfilled right eye. Another man dressed in black appeared behind Fangsu without her realising, the moled man killed him. Fangsu was confused with the man with mole actions but she had no time to think and grabbed her book filled with all her writing of prescriptions of aromatic dews, the only tangible items she owned. Fangsu quickly dashed across the house of her family where fond memories of her childhood came flooding in, the thought of leaving the place where she grew up was painfully heartbreaking. Nonetheless, Fangsu hurried to the stable where Fangsu's trusted companion, Tian neighed with unrest with the chaotic situation. Quickly, she mounted Tian and immediately rode out of the house.

The scene that befell before her eyes froze her blood, limp bodies were covered in blood both adult and children. She frantically searched for any of her family members amongst the corpses, her mother and siblings laid in their own blood, their dull eyes were filled with fear in their last moments. "Mother! Jie Jie! Mei Mei!" Fangsu screamed out, unaware of catching the attention of the people who slaughtered her family. Tian neighed loudly and rode out of the estate. "Tian! Go back! Everyone is still there!" Fangsu pleaded towards Tian to return back to the estate where the corpses of her family members remained. Tain snorted against her pleads and continued to run rampage towards the direction of the ocean.

Multiple men on horses chased after Fangsu, releasing arrows one after the other trying to kill her like livestock. Fangsu dodged multiple of the arrows, unsheathing a dagger to protect Tian from getting shot, eventually, they reached towards the mountain that leads towards the ocean. Fangsu tried to steer Tian away from the dead end, however, Tian continued to pursue towards the mountain easily manoeuvring against the tricky twist and turns of the mountain. Soon, the sight of a cliff came into view and Fangsu couldn't stop Tian who leapt off the cliff.

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"That was one crazy horse!" A boisterous man laughed at the comic scene, "Look's like our job is done! Hey! Let's go celebrate and have fun tonight!"

Another man with a much stricter personality slammed the hilt of his sword against the back of the boisterous man's head, "We are merely ridding the Third Prince's supporters," The strict man scolded, "If we leave a single one of them alive they will retaliate against us in the future especially when we are vulnerable."