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The husband and wife boarded the carriage, and Su Jiao lingered with reluctance as she gazed in the direction of Mother Su, not lowering the curtain until the carriage had turned the corner. Inside the carriage, only a dim yellow lamp burned. The moment she turned her head, she met Xie Yan's sharp, deep, and dark eyes. Instinctively, she pulled her sleeves tighter. "What's wrong?" Xie Yan stared at her without a word. That gaze set her heart into disarray, and she couldn't help but shrink back…-
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Xie Yan was rolling up his trouser leg when he heard those words. A shadow of cold malice, nearly imperceptible, surfaced in his eyes. In his previous life he had heard words like these far too many times. In truth, he should not have lost control like that — the fault lay in the fact that... someone had spoken a name that should not have been spoken. Calling to mind the truths he had only learned at the very end of his previous life, Xie Yan suddenly closed his eyes. "Send Chang Yi to me. There is…
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Su Jiao crossed through the hanging-flower gate and made her way toward the rear hall. She had only just passed by the pond beside the rear hall when her footsteps faltered, and she recalled what had happened just after her rebirth. She had thought herself still in her previous life back then, and had shoved Zhang Momo into the water. Her heart gave a violent lurch. Su Jiao glanced around in all directions, saw no one, and quietly made her way to the very spot where she had pushed Zhang Momo into the…
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The body dragging across the ground left a long, dark streak of blood behind it, accompanied at intervals by agonized groaning. Su Jiao turned back, her face still pale, and before she could even open her mouth — "Do you think what he said about me was true?" "What?" It hadn't been the meal delivery that provoked Xie Yan's anger? Xie Yan's gaze was fixed tightly on her, his jet-black eyes deep and fathomless. "Do you think what he said about my mother was true?" At that, Su Jiao paused. In his…
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"Meal delivery!" A rough and impatient voice suddenly rang out in the quiet courtyard. Xie Yan immediately stopped what he was doing and looked toward the door. Changlin went to meet the visitor from beneath the covered walkway, a smile on his face. "Many thanks, Guard brother." The sword-bearing guard let out a cold snort, not even sparing Changlin a glance, and hurled the food box in his hand onto the ground. "Waste of time." The box clattered and rolled in a circle, its lid flying off, soup and…
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"My Lady the Prince's Consort, yesterday when you went out, why did you have to be spotted by Eunuch Xu? If not for that, His Highness wouldn't have been worried for you and disregarded orders to barge out of the Buddhist hall." "What did you say?" Su Jiao had been rummaging through the inner chamber for medicine. At his words, she suddenly looked up, a flicker of astonishment crossing her eyes. "Did My Lady not know? His Highness barging out of the Buddhist hall today — it was precisely because he…
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The two of them held each other's gaze for only a moment before Xie Yan looked away first. Supported by Changlin, he sat down at the edge of the empty doorway. His washed-out white garments were covered in mottled bloodstains, and years of rarely moving about had left his complexion with a sickly pallor. He rolled up his trouser leg, his slender hand scooping up clear water to rinse away once more the filth from wounds that had already become a mangled mess of blood and flesh. He repeated this again and…
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It was past the hour of Chen when the husband and wife boarded the carriage back to the Su family estate. (TL: 7:00–9:00 AM) At the mere thought of seeing her brother and mother again, Su Jiao's heart swelled with joy, and the moment they passed through the palace gates, she leaned out to look at the world outside. The carriage was making its way through the bustling market district. The moment she lifted the curtain, a torrent of noise and clamor flooded in. Xie Yan, who had been resting with his…
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Someone said something at the outer doors — the court officials surged out en masse, and the vast outer hall turned cold and desolate. Su Jiao clung to consciousness with all she had, her trembling hands groping into her sleeve for something. Her fingers hadn't yet reached the porcelain vial hidden there when — "Ah —" A foot came down hard on her fingers. A shadow fell over her. It was Zhang Momo, who had served her in the palace for five years — now smiling an obsequious smile. (TL: 嬷嬷…
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A crowd of people suddenly rushed in from outside, seizing Su Jiao and several servants without a word. The old eunuch looked at Xie Yan, who had collapsed on the ground, wiped the blood from his neck, his eyes filled with vicious spite. Today was the Third Prince and his bride's wedding day, and it happened to coincide with the Emperor being away at the Shanglin Garden. The timing and circumstances were favorable, so the Empress had intended to quietly do away with this Third Prince. The original plan…
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He stammered, wanting to reach out and rub her nose for her, then thought the gesture was too forward, and looked at Su Jiao with a slight nervousness. The expression actually made Su Jiao laugh. The tyrant of her previous life had been so mercurial and unpredictable that she had forgotten — the Xie Yan of three years ago, in the Cold Palace, had been a prince with a cold face and a warm heart, guileless and simple. Her laugh finally put Xie Yan at ease, and knowing she wasn't angry, he drew a neatly…
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Su Jiao drew upon every skill she had cultivated in her past life weeping falsely at the tyrant's bedside, and let each sob fall into place. "Just now while you were unconscious, Eunuch Xu opened his mouth and declared you would never wake again. He wanted to drag this consort along to be buried with you. This consort was so frightened — wu wu wu." She pressed against Xie Yan's sleeve and dabbed at the tears that weren't actually there. The soft weight of her body leaned largely into his arms. Xie Yan,…
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Switch out the Prince's Consort? What did that mean? There were rumors among the common folk that young ladies preferred healthy, strong husbands. Xie Yan was silent for a moment. "It's because the wound went too long without medicine. I didn't faint because your sword came flying at me." He seemed to emphasize the second half of the sentence, and after saying it, he glanced over at Su Jiao. When their eyes met, Xie Yan coughed once and looked away. "I know that." Su Jiao looked at him with a…
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Before he could think on it further, Su Jiao had already taken a clean cloth, dampened it with water, and was carefully cleaning his wound. Because he had knelt in the Buddhist hall for so long, no matter how gentle her hands were, a piercing pain was unavoidable. Xie Yan's handsome face grew even paler, and the hand at his side clenched tight again and again. Her hands were swift. In no time at all the wound was bandaged. Xie Yan bowed his head and could see her intent eyes and the lightness of her…
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Heavy rain poured down in torrents. Su Jiao knelt in the outer hall. Su Jiao felt like she was going to die. A quarter of an hour ago, she had enraged the young emperor — who had been hanging on by a thread — into unconsciousness. The vast palace hall was packed with people, dark and oppressive. The imperial physicians trembled as they administered acupuncture to the young emperor. A long, sharp needle plunged downward, and the young emperor violently vomited a mouthful of fresh blood. The metallic…
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"You're awa——smack——" Su Jiao's words of delighted surprise had not yet finished when the porcelain bowl in her hand was knocked to the ground, and in an instant a large hand closed around her throat. An icy killing intent poured forth; Xie Yan pressed a shard of porcelain against her neck, and without a moment's hesitation moved to draw it across. "Xie Yan!" Su Jiao cried out in pain, her eyes going wide with terror. The familiar voice made his hand pause. Xie Yan looked down, and before him…
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