by La Mi Tu
“Mm!”
Murong Qing Lian understood Liu Yan Zhi’s meaning. Among the four countries, Xi Qi country is the smallest. She would not be like Murong Xue Lian whose horizons were narrow and who would be happy as a Imperial noble consort of Xi Qi country.
At Lan Xiang yuan, the mother and daughter were celebrating for Murong Qing Lian’s beautiful future. At Ou Xiang yuan, Murong Xin Lian aggressively rushed to Cui Zhu yuan with Fei Cui. While ‘resting’ for the past few days, Murong Xin Lian thought carefully about what happened at that night by the pavilion. Plus the fact of what happened to Fei Cui and ‘that battle’ between her and Murong Qing Lian had a strange taste in it. After much thinking, Murong Xin Lian put the cause of all problems on Murong Qi Qi.
It was definitely that rubbish who did something! Although after Murong Qi Qi came back, she had a submissive appearance, but all the things related to her deviated from their original track. Something must’ve happened in those five years. This rubbish actually became smarter.
Originally Murong Xin Lian had long wanted to come and cause trouble for Murong Qi Qi, but because of Murong Qi Qi’s status as ‘Jing wangfei5’, she didn’t want to cause trouble for herself in that sensitive stage.
But now, Murong Qi Qi hadn’t even married, yet she became an abandoned wife. Even if Murong Xin Lian murdered Murong Qi Qi, Murong Tai wouldn’t have any objection. After all, one really beautiful daughter was more valuable than one rubbish who had been discarded!
“Murong Qi Qi, get your ass out!”
The moment Murong Xin Lian entered Cui Zhu yuan, she let Fei Cui seal the door. She had already inquired, Murong Tai was not in the mansion at this moment. In the afternoon, he had been summoned by the emperor to enter the palace. Presumably, the palace must already know about Murong Qi Qi’s scandal.
Now Murong Tai must hate Murong Qi Qi to the bones. He was such a person who loves face. Having such a daughter who couldn’t do anything, he must’ve long wanted to crush her to death. In other words, no matter how she treated Murong Qi Qi today, Murong Tai would not oppose it.
“Where did this vicious dog came from?!”
A lazy voice reached Murong Xin Lian’s ears. She looked for half a day but didn’t see a person. In the end, Murong Xin Lian looked up and finally saw Murong Qi Qi who was lying on the roof, sunbathing.
Her hair lay on her chest. Murong Qi Qi had one hand against the pillow. The other hand is holding a fan made from feathers. Su Mei beside her was spoon feeding her a peach smoothie. Su Yue at her side was holding an umbrella to block the sun for Murong Qi Qi.
Looking at Murong Qi Qi, she had an entirely leisurely look. Where was the half a point of sadness?
“Yo, second big sister, it’s you who came, ah! Little sister’s eyes are really so bad and saw wrong! It’s my sin, my sin!” (she is referring to seeing MXL as a dog)
Murong Qi Qi was saying ‘sin’, but her face didn’t show even a little guilt. Even the normal cowardice couldn’t be seen, making Murong Xin Lian burst in surprise. Could it be that this was her true face? Were those humble and meek attitudes from before just acting?
“Murong Qi Qi, the matter of my mother, does it have something to do with you?”
Thinking till here, Murong Xin Lian was sure that Zheng Min has been pushed in the pit by Murong Qi Qi. Her mother’s horrible death surfaced again in Murong Xin Lian’s eyes. She clenched her whip. Her eyes glared full of hate at Muong Qi Qi.
Murong Qi Qi didn’t seem to have heard Murong Xin Lian’s questioning. Instead, she picked up the cup and gulped the peach smoothie.
“Su Mei, your workmanship is getting better and better! Next time, make smoothie of grapes. I only want it to be sweet!”
“Yes, miss!”
Su Mei endured her laughter and took over the feather fan from Murong Qi Qi and gently fanned for her miss.
“Bitch!”
Being ignored by Murong Qi Qi, Murong Xin Lian was really furious. Her feet left the ground and jumped onto the roof.
“Do you think you’re still Jing wangfei? You have already been discarded and is now a famous abandoned wife of the capital!”
“And what…..”
Murong Qi Qi raised her head and narrowed her eyes. It was just that her eyes were clear and she didn’t seem to be sad because of this matter.
Why wasn’t she ashamed and resentful? Encountering such a matter, being rumoured by people like this, should she not burst into tears, should she not seek death and give up on life? Why was she still so content, so calm? This was puzzling Murong Xin Lian.
However, when she thought about ‘seeking death and giving up on life’, an idea suddenly emerged in Murong Xin Lian’s mind. That’s right, ah! She could just kill Murong Qi Qi and then tell the outside world that Murong Qi Qi couldn’t take the title of an abandoned wife and committed suicide by hanging. Surely no one would doubt that.
The viciousness in Murong Xin Lian’s eyes betrayed her inner thoughts. Murong Q Qi smiled and pretended not to know.
The things that Murong Xin Lian did recently, Su Yue has long reported to her. Just a level three martial arts, a mediocre snake woman. Murong Qi Qi was not one bit worried that she (MXL) could do something to her.
Based on martial arts, even a little finger from her, Murong Xin Lian would not be able to deal with. Based on venomous, who else in this world would suit that word more than her, Du Xian Er…….
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Wang/wangye: the prince of first rank
Yuan: part of a residence
Gongzi: young master/ also used to refer to a famous unmarried man
Er: term of endearment
Wangfei: the main consort/wife of the prince of first rank
Chapter 25: Thousand Snakes Dances
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“Sure enough, you are as shameless as what the outside say! Murong Qi Qi, as your big siter, today I’ll teach you what sense of shame is!”
While her mouth is saying that, the whip in Murong Xin Lian’s hand flew mercilessly towards Murong Qi Qi’s face. Seeing the whip getting closer to Murong Qi Qi’s placid face, Murong Xin Lian’s smile became more and more vicious. Mom, today, daughter will kill this rubbish to avenge you!
‘Pa……’
While Murong Xin Lian is dreaming, her face felt pain. A trail of blood under her left eye reached down to the corner of her mouth.
What?! The whip actually went around a circle and hit her own face! What’s going on? Murong Xin Lian reached for the burning pain on her face with an astonished expression.
“Aiya!”
Su Mei covered her mouth and shouted in surprise.
“Second miss, didn’t think you have masochistic tendencies and likes to whip yourself. Could it be that you like S&M (sadomasochism)? Then your future husband will be really happy, ah!”
‘S&M’? In Murong Qi Qi’s head, an image immediately appeared of Murong Xin Lian tying up Longze Jing Tian like a rice dumpling. A foot on his back and a whip waving in her hand. Her mouth is shouting ‘call me queen’……
“You!”
Listening to Su Mei being so sarcastic, Murong Xin knows for certain that they have tampered with this whip. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have fallen on her own body.
Murong Xin Lian once again waved the whip towards Murong Qi Qi. The soft whip is like a snake dancing in the air and heading towards Murong Qi Qi. When the whip is an inch away from Murong Qi Qi, suddenly it’s like it encountered a transparent wall and once again bounced back.
This time, Murong Xin Lian used more force. The result is also more miserable than before. How much effort she used, all went to her own body. ‘Pa’, once again sounded. On Murong Xin Lian’s right face appeared a whip scar completely symmetrical to the left cheek. Looking at it, it’s like an upside down ‘eight’ (?).
“Zeze ze, second big sister, didn’t you always really care about your looks? What stimulus did you receive to so ‘not want face’?” (a pun for calling MXL shameless)
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sp; Murong Qi Qi’s ‘not want face’ finally incensed Murong Xin Lian.
“Rubbish, you’re the one who doesn’t want face! The matter of you and Lian gongzi 1 has long spread throughout the capital. I’d like to see how you’ll face people in the future! Why don’t you just die? If you’re afraid to die, I don’t mind giving you a ride!”
“A…….”
Murong Qi Qi held her hand out while laughing. Su Yue immediately rubbed her fingers, which were contaminated with juice, clean with a wet tissue. Then she (SY) carefully wiped a white cream evenly on her (MQQ) hand.
Su Yue’s action made Murong Xin Lian couldn’t help but compare her to her own maids. With just a comparison, she hated Murong Qi Qi even more. She didn’t expect that the people under this rubbish would treat her so well. What can she do or what does she have to let people serve her like this?
“Second big sister, by comparing, it seems that the person who tried to frame her biological brother and sister doesn’t want face more (is even more shameless)! Or should we put up a stall in the capital to let the people of the capital judge who doesn’t want face more?”
“You……”
Murong Xin Lian’s face became livid.
Sure enough, everything happened because Murong Qi Qi tampered with them. She (MQQ) has long known her (MXL) plan. So she grafted flowers onto a treeand changed the person into Zheng Min.
Graft flowers onto a tree: substitute one thing for another.
Just thinking about the horrifying way Zheng Min died and the series of consequences that it brought along, Murong Xin Lian wanted to tear Murong Qi Qi into pieces and throw her to feed the dogs. Her mother is gone. The image she maintained is gone. Her good destiny is gone. All of this is because of this damn Murong Qi Qi in front of her!
“Murong Qi Qi, I’ll kill you!”
The furious Murong Xin Lian couldn’t hold it anymore. She waved the whip towards Murong Qi Qi. Now she isn’t as ‘subtle as before’. She used the inner energy of her body. Her whole body is shrouded in a golden light. This is the symbol of a level three martial artist.
“Only level three?”
Murong Qi Qi yawned. Su Mei and Su Yue even more didn’t put this into their eyes. Just a small level three and she dared to show arrogance in front of miss? Murong Xin Lian’s head must’ve been struck by lightning!
In this world, martial arts are split into nine levels. The different colors of the inner energy are to distinguish the levels. Level one to level seven correspond to the colors red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple. Level eight is white. The supreme level nine is black.
Normally, people will cherish their inner energy and won’t easily show it. Even last time, Murong Xin Lian and Murong Qing Lian only fought with their hands and feet. Since the after-effects of using the inner energy is a weak body and they need to rest for a long time before recovering. So, unless it’s a duel or to protect his/her own life, otherwise nobody will use it easily under normal circumstances because that’s simply wasting it.
Murong Xin Lian apparently knew the truth, but she received deep stimulation and exposed the yellow inner energy to kill Murong Qi Qi. Now in her head, there’s only one thought. That’s to kill Murong Qi Qi to avenge Zheng Min.
At this time, Murong Xin Lian in golden light revealed a bloodthirsty smile. Although she is less than Murong Qing Lian, but she’s still a level three martial artist. Killing a rubbish, is that not an easy thing to do? Murong Xin Lian is completely immersed in her own thoughts and didn’t see the mockery in Su Mei and Su Yue’s eyes.
“Thousand snake dance!”
Murong Xin Lian’s body is shrouded by a dancing whip. This is her ability to kill. Murong Xin Lian is sure, just this one attack will be able to remove Murong Qi Qi’s ‘dog head’. She is confident in this killer move like how she is confident in her looks.
“Child’s play……”
Seeing that poop has entered Murong Xin Lian’s head, Su Mei has already take a long jump. Not waiting for Murong Qi Qi to open her mouth, she directly stands in front of Murong Qi Qi.
“Miss, this slave hasn’t used my muscles and bones for a long time. Can you donubi a favor and reward this opportunity to this slave?!”
Seeing the bright eyes on Su Mei’s oval face are full of playful desire, Murong Qi Qi poked her forehead while smiling: “Alright! Remember, don’t hurt my flower jade-like second big sister……”
“Yes miss, this slave will surely take care of her,” Su Mei said while smiling.
“Go die!”
Seeing Murong Qi Qi ‘push’ Su Mei forward as the ‘scapegoat’, Murong Xin Lian smiled viciously.
“You want to die? This miss will help you accomplish it!”
Murong Xin Lian has long thought well of it. If one comes, she’ll kill a pair. If two comes, she’ll kill two pairs. Today, she is determined to take Murong Qi Qi’s head. It’s the best if these two maids are also solved!
In the air, a snake is dancing. Murong Xin Lian incarnated golden arrows that headed straight to Su Mei’s face. The silver whip immediately turned into a sharp weapon as if it wants to devour this little maid.
“Humph!”
Su Mei sneered. On that small oval face, the almond eyes sparkled. She stood straight. She doesn’t move even with the wind, as if she doesn’t fear the arrogant Murong Xin Lian.
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Gongzi: young master
Chapter 26: Borrowing Somebody Else’s Sword to Kill
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Su Mei’s expression made Murong Xin Lian pause for a bit. She is just a humble little girl, but the cold aura coming from her actually made Murong Xin Lian feel terrified. It’s just that she can’t lose. She can’t back off. She can’t be looked down by Murong Qi Qi this rubbish. She can’t even more not avenge Zheng Min!
Seeing Murong Qi Qi hid leisurely behind Su Mei, Murong Xin Lian looked down on her even more. When something happens push a servant out to block everything, she Murong Qi Qi is not some good bird!
Murong Xin Lian has completely forgotten that the reason all this happened is because the evil in her heart. In the end it caused today’s consequences. She put the blame of all what happened to her on Murong Qi Qi.
“All of you go to hell……,” Murong Xin Lian screamed. The beautiful facial features contorted because of hatred.
‘Ka……’
Just as Murong Xin Lian is fantasizing about how the whip will hook around Su Mei’s slender neck and strangle the life out of her, a sound can be heard. The whip has been clamped by Su Mei’s index and middle finger. The whip can’t be moved anymore.
Impossible! Murong Xin Lian’s expression stiffened. She can’t believe what is happening in front of her. The other party only used two fingers and easily resolved her level three inner energy.
No, this is impossible! Murong Xin Lian pulled the whip wildly. She wanted to pull it from Su Mei’s fingers. But despite that she used all her energy, the whip still didn’t move.
Who is this maid? She is obviously just a cheap maid. Why does she know martial arts? And her martial arts are far above hers!
Murong Xin Lian looked at the leisurely Murong Qi Qi with a look full of unbelievableness. No wonder she can be so arrogant. At her side, there’s actually a maid with such capability! In the end in what kind of luck did she walk on!
Murong Xin Lian thought that Su Mei is just an ordinary maid. She can just bribe her. She immediately changed to a soft expression and threw out the temptation.
“Miss really have good capabilities, ah! You are so capable; why do you need to stay by her side?! A fine bird chooses a tree to nest in, as long as you leave that rubbish and come to serve me, I assure you, the moment you come, I’ll let you be the head maid and I’ll pay you five liang a month! Moreover, if I marry, you can follow me as a dowry maid! What do you think?”
Liang: chinese currency (chinese coins). Teals: chinese currency only available in gold and silver
A fine bird chooses a t
ree to nest in: a talented person chooses a patron of integrity.
A dowry maid is someone who follow their owner when they marry. They have the chance to become the concubine of their master’s husband. It’s consider a honor because then they can get rid of their status as maid.
Using gain as lure? Murong Qi Qi lazily changed position. With only five liang, she wants to get the allegiance of Su Mei, Moyu’s killer of the fourth rank? Poop must’ve really entered Murong Xin Lian’s head.
Seeing that Su Mei didn’t speak, Murong Xin Lian thought she is moved, so she continued to ‘guide patiently and systematically’.
“You see; this rubbish’s reputation is so bad. If you follow her, you won’t have good days in the future. People walk to the higher path, water flows to the downward path. You are still so young. How can you waste your youth on this rubbish? Follow me, I’ll surely give you a whole new life! If you don’t mind, you can call me big sister. In the future we can be sister, what do you think?”
Murong Xin Lian is calculating with a smile. Having such an expert to follow her, her waist won’t be sour and her legs won’t hurt. Walking will also have more vigor. If she encounters Murong Qing Lian, she doesn’t need to be humble anymore! What is Murong Qi Qi? What this rubbish can give, she can also give. Moreover the conditions are more generous than Murong Qi Qi’s! She doesn’t believe that throwing such a ‘generous’ treatment, Su Mei will not be tempted.
Murong Xin Lian’s ‘believing in herself infallible’ once again reached a high level. Su Mei saw her beautiful face, her (SM) mouth revealed a mocking smile.