Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]

The Empress Dowager Visits

"Fangsu is sick?" The Empress Dowager and Lady Meng both were shocked, "We must prepare to visit the Chen family tomorrow! Servant prepare medicine and tonics that can nourish the body!" The Empress Dowager ordered her loyal servants to retrieve the best medicine and tonic so that she could visit Fangsu.

Lady Meng felt that Fangsu needed much warmer clothes since the Empress Dowager was preparing medicine and tonics. Preparing a gift was a must to win Fangsu over. Whilst the Empress Dowager was preparing her gift, Lady Meng went to a dressmaker shop to make winter clothes that could keep someone warm from the winter cold. Lined with fur that easily warm up when wore. There were three dresses that were make. A beautiful light lavender hanfu with silvery koi fish embroidery with white ripples that was reminiscent of Fangsu's water puppetry show. A light green hanfu with osmanthus embroidery that are scattered giving an illusion that the leaves were coming off the wearer's body. The finally one was a baby blue hanfu with white cloud embroidery so highlight Fangsu's unique features that somewhat resembles an immortal.

The gifts finished at night where Lady Meng carried the gifts in a beautifully wrapped box, "You don't even lend a hand for your poor weak grandmother." Lady Meng acted like a dramatic damsel in distress whilst pretending to lean on the wall for support.

A manly laughed echoed through the streets, "You are by no means a weak woman, grandma." Zhao Hui grabbed the package from his grandmother's hand and escorted her to the palace.

Lady Meng giggled. Both the grandson and grandmother pair chatted throughout the walk to the palace. Upon arriving at the palace, Zhao Hui waved goodbye to his grandmother before disappearing off.

Lady Meng walks with the present in hand until she reached her designated room where she stored the present on one of the shelves.

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In the morning, both the Empress Dowager and Lady Meng in noble clothes so that could visit the Chen Family in incognito, especially since the Empress Dowager was one of the pillars that held the country together, whilst Lady Meng was influential. With such powerhouses visiting an unknown figure of society cause Fangsu to be exposed to the ugly nature of nobles. But by going incognito it can protect both woman from any potential assassins.

They called an undercover carriage to help them load the gifts which were only two boxes, one with medicine and tonics and the other with clothes. They travelled to the isolated street where the Chen Household was located, but when they knocked on the door. No one answered.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Lady Meng knocked the door again, but still no one answered the door. They waited. But before they could knock on the door again, a loud neigh came from inside the Chen household. The front door opened to reveal a beautiful black horse who politely welcomed the two elderly women, "I'm surprised a horse is so well trained and polite like a steward." The Empress Dowager patted the horse, and Lady Meng carried the boxes into the house.

As the door closed. A meow from beneath where a small family of cats sat in front of the Empress Dowager and Lady Meng before leading them through the corridors of the house. The cats stopped in front of the door, scratching it until the door opened to reveal a sickly pale Fangsu who was surprised by the visit by the Empress Dowager and Lady Meng, "Your Majesty! Elder Meng! I'm sorry I was unable to greet you at the front door." Fangsu held her head in pain.

The Empress Dowager and Lady Meng quickly lead Fangsu in the bed, tucking her in like a child, "No worries, your health is the number one priority," The Empress Dowager brought out a medicinal tonic from the box of medicine and carefully fed the medicine to Fangsu who willing drank the bitter tonic.