by La Mi Tu
“Five liang? Dowry maid? Sisters? Murong Xin Lian, why don’t you look at the mirror! Who do you think you are?! I’ll tell you, even a strand of your hair can’t be compared to our miss! Even if you give me ten thousand golden taels, I won’t be following you. Because, you don’t deserve……”
“You, you……”
Being rejected by Su Mei and the words are so ugly to hear, it’s like she has been slapped in the face in public. Moreover, it’s in front of this rubbish Murong Qi Qi. Murong Xin Lian’s face immediately turned black.
“Bitch, don’t be unable to tell the good from the bad!”
“The one who can’t tell good from bad is you!”
Su Mei contemplated coldly. She grabbed the whip and threw Murong Xin Lian in the air.
‘Pa, pa, pa……’
The whip broke into parts long like a thumb.
“Go!”
With Su Mei’s light command, the broken parts of the whip flew into the air like rain and hit hard on Murong Xin Lian’s body.
“A……”
Murong Xin Lian felt pain. She lost balance. She fell from the air and smashed straight onto the ground.
“Miss, miss how are you?”
Fei Cui heard sounds, she immediately rushed to Murong Xin Lian’s side and helped her up.
“Miss, are you injured?”
“Go away!”
Murong Xin Lian has never been so embarrassed. The other party is just a cheap maid. She actually dares to humiliate her like this!
Looking a Fei Cui in front of her and thinking about the maid beside Murong Qi Qi, comparing them, Fei Cui is just a useless thing. Thinking till here, Murong Xin Lian got a towering rage. She slapped Fei Cui’s face.
“Go away!”
“Miss……”
Receiving a slap in the face without reason, Fei Cui felt very wronged. She didn’t do anything, why did miss slap her?
“Second big sisteryou yourself are useless. Why take it out on the people by your side?! After all, Fei Cui is someone who came from my side. You slapping her, is it not like slapping my face?! Yo, look, this small face is so aggrieved. Really pitiful!”
Don’t know when, Murong Qi Qi also has come to ground. Seeing the scene of Fei Cui being slapped, Murong Qi Qi chuckled loudly.
“Fei Cui, why don’t you come back at my side?! I’ll let you be the head maid. Your salary will rise to five liang a month. When I get married, you will be my dowry maid. When you go over with me, you can be a concubine, won’t it be really good?! People walk to a higher path, water flow to the downward path. If you come back, I can let bygones be bygones.”
Fei Cui knows that Murong Qi Qi is trying to drive a wedge. She immediately looked at Murong Xin Lan. She hoped that Murong Xin Lian will understand that she never has such a thought. But the furious Murong Xin Lian, although knowing that Murong Qi Qi is just giving her back the words she said, but the anger in her heart still can’t be quelled. She need to vent.
‘Pa pa!’
Again two slaps. Fei Cui’s cheek immediately turned red. Seeing that blood appeared on her mouth, presumably some teeth must’ve been broken. No wonder, Murong Xin Lian is still in the stage where she is using her inner energy. The force of the slap is ten times from that of usual.
“Zeze ze! Second big sister has a really hard heart, ah! Fei Cui, you must feel wronged! If it wasn’t because you told me second big sister’s plan, the one who is causing hysteria today will be me. Don’t worry, I know how to pay the debt of gratitude. Fei Cui, as long as you nod, even if I have an acrimonious falling out, I will get you back!”
Murong Qi Qi looked with sympathy at Fei Cui. That expression looked like she is really feeling heartache for Fei Cui.
“Third miss, what, what are you talking about……”
Fei Cui shook her head and looked with a look of disbelief. What telling her second miss’s plan? She didn’t say anything, ah! Murong Qi Qi obviously wants to borrow somebody’s else’s sword to kill!
After Fei Cui understood this, her face paled.
“Second miss, this slave didn’t betray you. You must believe this slave!”
Chapter 27: Princess Zhao Yang
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Although Murong Xin Lian put a lot of effort to persuade herself that this is Murong Qi Qi’s trick, it’s her (MQQ) who is trying to drive a wedge between her (MXL) and Fei Cui, that she is doing it intentionally. But just the thought of Zheng Min’s tragic death and the shame that it brought her, the way Murong Xin Lian looked at Fei Cui became darker.
“Second miss, this slave really didn’t do anything, really!”
Sensing Murong Xin Lian’s intention to kill, Fei Cui quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
“Second miss, I’ve served you for so many years, even if there’s no credit but there’s hard work! Second miss, this slave has never betrayed you!”
“Fei Cui, what do mean, ah?! Do you mean that our miss slandered you?”
Su Mei isn’t happy hearing that.
“Who was it that knelt in front of our miss and said that its second miss who forced you to do that thing that happened that year; it’s second miss who took that glowing pearl and that you were completely forced? Fei Cui, the words you said don’t not admit it.”
“Enough, Su Mei!”
Su Yue who has been silent for the whole time finally opened her mouth to help.
“That year she can betray her master for second miss, now she can also betray second miss for our miss. There’s no need to talk about justification with such person. She is just someone who doesn’t have spine!”
“Bitch!”
Murong Xin Lian’s reasoning has disappeared with Su Mei and Su Yue’s talks. She rushed to Fei Cui and kicked her in the chest. Fei Cui’s body immediately flew like a disconnected kite against the wall.
“Second miss………”
Blood came from Fei Cui’s mouth. She looked incredibly at Murong Xin Lian. She followed this second miss for five years. She has never thought that her loyalty would pay such an outcome.
“Second little , what are you doing?!”
Just at this moment, Murong Jun’s voice came over. The next moment, he appeared in front of Fei Cui.
“Fei Cui, Fei Cui, are you alright?”
“Young, young master?””
The person that appeared in front of her made Fei Cui surprised. Why is young master here? Why is he showing a specially caring expression?
Not waiting for Fei Cui to thin it through, Murong Jun stood up. He looked full of anger at Murong Xin Lian.
“Murong Xin Lian, you are too vicious! I’ve already promised Fei Cui to take her as concubine. You actually dare to hurt her!”
“What?”
Not only Fei Cui, Murong Xin Lian is also stunned.
Why did Murong Jun take a fancy on Fei Cui? Why did he suddenly take Fei Cui as concubine? Can it be that it’s really like what Murong Qi Qi said; it’s Fei Cui who betrayed her, that’s why Murong Qi Qi and Murong Jun overcame the trap? Right, it must be like that!
A……. Murong Qi Qi lowered her head but the laughter in her eyes is really strong. She didn’t expect that this big brother knows how to push the boat with the current, nor is he a fool like how the rumors say.
To push the boat with the current: to take advantage of the situation for one’s own benefit
“Do you think that the thing you did is flawless? Murong Xin Lian, you are so vicious! When father come, I’ll let father judge!”
Murong Jun took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the blood on Fei Cui’s mouth.
“Fei Cui, you have suffered! If it wasn’t for you, I’m afraid that now I’ll be……”
“In short, Fei Cui don’t worry, the thing I promised you, I’ll definitely do!”
“No, no…….”
Fei Cui was never so afraid like now. When did young master get together with third miss? They are doing this, isn’t it like wanting her to die?! Fei Cui immediately broke away
from Murong Jun’s embrace and retreated in fear at the other side.
“Miss, I, I didn’t, I really…….”
Seeing the gloomy Murong Xin Lian come closer and closer, Fei Cui’s eyes showed unprecedented fear. Three men talking makes a tiger, Murong Xin Lian must’ve believed Murong Qi Qi’s words!
Three men talking makes a tiger: repeated rumor becomes a fact
“Slut!”
Murong Xin Lian didn’t listen to Fei Cui. A kick again on Fei Cui’s chest. This time, Fei Cui didn’t utter a sound and immediately fainted.
“You, you killed her!”
Murong Jun put his finger under Fei Cui’s nose. He felt no breath. Murong Jun was so scared that he sat on the ground. The finger pointing at Murong Xin Lian also began trembling.
“You killed her!”
“She is only a cheap maid, what about that I killed her?! If big brother really likes her, I’ll give you this dead body!”
Murong Xin Lian glared once at Murong Jun, making him shiver. He immediately got away from Fei Cui.
“Ai……”
Murong Qi Qi seemed like she is unable to bear that Fei Cui fate is like this. She slowly walked to Murong Xin Lian.
“Second big sister, she and I after all had an owner and slave relationship. Let me bury her!”
Today she came to calculate with Murong Qi Qi, but in the end the one who was humiliated is herself. Murong Xin Lian really wants to go forward and give Murong Qi Qi a kick like Fei Cui’s. But Murong Jun is here and beside Murong Qi Qi there’s a high skilled martial artist. Murong Xin Lian can only force herself to gulp this anger down. She can take revenge in the future.
“If you want it, I’ll give it to you!”
Murong Xin Lian said that really coldly.
“Third little sister really cares about feelings and friendship!”
“Compared to second big sister, I’m not even close!”
Murong Qi Qi said that modestly. Her face returned to the usual humble and meek expression.
“Pretend! Keep pretending!”
Murong Xin Lian hasn’t finish talking when she heard: “Shengzhi 1 has arrived…….”
At Cui Zhu yuan 2, three figures appeared. The one in the front is Jing wang 3 Longze Jing Tian.
“Wangye……”
Seeing Longze Jing Tian, Murong Xin Lian’s distorted face immediately became more gentle and full of love. The one who just said that Murong Qi Qi is pretending, now she is pretending, even god will exclaim in admiration.
Followed behind Longze Jing Tian are Murong Tai and an eunuch.
“Murong Qi Qi accept the decree!”
Longze Jing Tian coldly swept over Murong Qi Qi with a sullen face. He apparently didn’t let go of what happened this morning and was very reluctant to make this trip.
“Kneel, kneel quickly, ah!”
Seeing that his children is just standing there, Murong Tai got anxious. He went forward, pulled them and shouted “ten thousand years” together. They knelt together in front of Lonze Jing Tian.
Longze Jing Tian’s bunch of flowery words, Murong Qi Qi simply didn’t listen to them. She only knows that after this decree fell, she became from Murong household’sthird miss to Xi Qi country’s Princess Zhao Yang. In the near future, she will marry to Bei Zhou, marry that Nan Lin wang Feng Cang who people call ‘demon wang’.
Really overwhelming, ah! Murong Qi Qi stood up and took over the decree. She glanced at the horizon. Princess? Marry for peace? Ah, this surprise really came in time!
“Congratulations third miss!”
Longze Jing Tian looked at Murong Qi Qi. The way she is looking at the sky is alert. It’s different from the frivolous woman at Duanmu fu this morning. Thinking about the meaning behind this decree and the rumors about that Feng Cang, Longze Jing Tian’s hostility against Murong Qi Qi reduced somewhat. In his heart there’s a hint of sympathy.
“Bengong 4 is Princess Zhao Yang!”
Murong Qi Qi’s soul returned to her body. She retrieved her gaze. On her mouth, there’s a shallow smile.
“Asking wangye to not call me wrong again!”
Not waiting for Longze Jing Tian to say something, Murong Qi Qi turned and went back inside the room and left the others hanging in the yard.
“Stop!”
Murong Tai shouted once. Murong Qi Qi not giving face to Longze Jing Tian like this, made Murong Tai feel very embarrassed.
“Where are you going?”
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Shengzi: decree by the emperor
Yuan: a wing/ a part of a residence
Wang/wangye: the prince of first rank
Bengong: I, used by the females of the imperial family
Chapter 28: Murong Xin Lian Showed Her Talent
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Just now, when he had entered the palace, Murong Tai was worried that the emperor would punish him because of Murong Qi Qi’s matter. He didn’t think that Longze Yu would grant her the status of princess and let her marry Bei Zhou country’s Feng Cang.
Thinking about Feng Cang’s deceased father Feng Xie, Murong Tai’s heart tasted bad like it had spilled a bottle of bitter seasoning. From beginning to end, this man has occupied the heart of the woman he deeply loves. Even after his death, she preferred to stay at the temple praying. She refused to take one step outside the temple to take a look at Murong Tai and their two daughters.
In his heart, Murong Tai isn’t willing to let Murong Qi Qi marry Feng Cang. Although she is rubbish but after all, she is his own flesh and blood.
His wife Li Qui Shui, throughout her whole life, the only one she thinks of and misses is Feng Cang’s father, Feng Xie. Now, his daughter has to marry Feng Cang to chongxi. No matter how you see it, it’s the Feng family who’s receiving the advantage. This is something that Murong Tai’s pride and dignity as a man could not allow.
Chongxi: arrange a wedding for a very ill young man with the hope that the ’event of great joy’ will drive away his bad luck and hasten his recovery
But if Murong Qi Qi’s marriage to Feng Cang can return Li Qui Shui’s smile; if sacrificing Murong Qi Qi would make Li Qui Shui step out of the temple she has stayed at for the past fifteen years and come take a look at him, even if it’s only one glance, he will abandon Murong Qi Qi……
With that thought, just now in front of the emperor, Murong Tai accepted this matter.
“Could it be that prime minister did not understand bengong’s 1 words?”
Murong Qi Qi jerked back and looked coldly at Murong Tai. That glance is as cold as ice, making Murong Tai’s whole body suddenly feel chilly.
“Bengong is princess Zhao Yang, the future Nan Lin wangfei 2 asking prime minister to please remember your status. The charge of offending your superior is not something prime minister can afford!”
‘Kuang……’
The door slammed as if it’s showing its owner’s anger. Murong Tai looked at the door with a dark face, but because it’s he who pushed Murong Qi Qi into the pit of fire, he suppressed his anger.
“Daddy, don’t get angry. Maybe, little sister is too happy!”
Murong Xin Lian cleverly came to Murong Tai’s side and comforted him in a soft voice.
“That’s right. What Xin er 3 said is right. She is happy, is happy!”
With Murong Xin Lian giving him a way out of an embarrassing moment, Murong Tai returned to normal quickly. But after seeing the traces of a whip on Murong Xin Lian’s face, Murong Tai frowned.
“Your face?”
“It’s third little sister who wanted to learn martial arts and let me teach her. It’s daughter who didn’t know how to teach, so, so……
Murong Xin Lian covered her face. She only said half, the other half she left it to Murong Tai’s imagination.
“Humph! She is just like that!”
After knowing that the scars on Murong Xin Lian’s face were made by Murong Qi Qi, the guilt that Murong Tai had felt for third daughter decreased.
Anyway, it’s n
ot a bad thing to have a rubbish married off. Staying at home would take up place and also stir up trouble. Moreover, such a person like Feng Cang marrying a rubbish; in the future, Feng family’s bloodline will have half of his Murong family’s blood. This let Murong Tai feel a small amount of pleasure from revenge.
Feng Xie, you took away Shui er’s heart. Laofu will let this rubbish scourge the whole Feng clan!
Thinking till here, Murong Tai’s mood is excellent. And after seeing Murong Xin Lian look at Longze Jing Tian with a pair of eyes that were full of feelings, Murong Tai’s brain turned and got a good idea. Therefore, he didn’t care that Murong Xin Lian’s looks were currently damaged and took her to Longze Jing Tian.
“Wangye, this is this prime minister’s second daughter Murong Xin Lian. Xin Lian, quickly pay respect to wangye!”
“Your subject’s daughter greets wangye!”
The handsome man in front of her is the one she’s fancied for a long time, Jing wang. Murong Xin Lian’s little heart suddenly began to thump hard. Her face is also burning really hot.
Definitely must leave a good impression on Longze Jing Tian. Definitely must use my beauty to keep him!
Murong Xin Lain paid her respect shyly but unexpectedly, the moment her knees bent, the clothes on her body tore open like snowflakes. Even her undergarments turned into patches of red petals flying away. When Murong Xin Lian got up, she was standing without anything on her body in front of Longze Jing Tian.
“Ah…….”
Murong Xin Lian turned red from shyness. Her hands immediately covered her chest. After that, she felt that it’s still not right. She immediately turned around and is now facing Longze Jing Tian with her back. But as soon as she turned around, standing in front of her was a eunuch. Murong Xin Lian wanted to die and fainted.
“Xin Lian, Xin Lian!”
Murong Tai suddenly shouted, but he didn’t have any intention to step forward and support her.
Seeing that the red-faced Murong Xin Lian was stiffly falling onto him, Longze Jing Tian felt that no matter if he caught her or not, it wouldn’t be right, so he can only take off his outer garments and quickly wrap it around Murong Xin Lian.