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Chapter 14 – Kiss

The new consort lived next door, but because she wasn’t yet married, she wasn’t allowed to walk around randomly, so she sent a maidservant closest to her to pay respect to the Empress.

Teng Yun recognized this maidservant from when he still lived in Teng Country. She was very favored because of her cleverness. Not only did she become Teng Qianyi’s favorite, Teng Wang even praised her, saying she was exceptionally intelligent. If not for Teng Qianyi didn’t like being served by a stranger, Teng Yun reckoned this palace maid would’ve left her branch and turned into a phoenix.

Seeing her in this place and time, Teng Yun didn’t know what to think of her.

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Chapter 13 – The New Consort Entering the Palace

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Xue Houyang invited Teng Shang for a drink but didn’t set a banquet in one of the tent. Instead, he set up a fire in an open field, put a small table next to it topped with a few simple small-dishes and several large jars of wine.

The table was very low, but Xue Houyang didn’t let people to bring him some chairs, he just sat down there on the ground next to the table. Teng Shang might look like a literati but he wasn’t the unreasonable type. After all, he was a man grown on a battlefield and had shed many of his enemies’ blood. Teng Shang also followed Xue Houyang and sat down on the ground.

Xue Houyang pulled the seal off a wine jar and filled two wine cups to the brim, then said, “Tomorrow, we’re already going to enter the capital city, I haven’t even arrange a more hearty welcome. I hope Minister Shang doesn’t blame me.”

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Chapter 12 – Pillow Talk

When Xue Wang’s maidservant came, Xiu Yao was unmistakably happier than her mistress. She immediately prepared a bath and fresh clothes for Teng Yun, she also wittingly rewarded the servant for relaying the news.

Teng Yun was the opposite of happy. He wondered for what reason this king chose the Ugly Empress for his bed partner. Sure, the Ugly Empress wasn’t as ugly as before, but still she wasn’t as pretty as many other consorts.

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Chapter 11 – Provocation

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When Rui Xue entered Feng Wang’s bedchamber, she saw the bed curtain was down.

She walked over to the bed and gently opened the curtain, but found Feng Ming wasn’t asleep. He was lying on his side staring at the pattern on the quilt.

Rui Xue said, “Da Wang, do you want to get up? Master ordered me to bring you some ointment.”

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I see you all guess correctly who the spy is. Excellent, guys. XD

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Chapter 10 – The Welcoming Delegation

Teng Yun slept very well. It might be because of his tense nerves these last few days, he actually fell into deep sleep.

All the time Teng Yun was sleeping, Xue Junliang moved to the warm room to review some official reports, also to reply Zhao Lu’s letter before ordering Jiang Yu to re-send it.

When he came back to the couch, Xue Junliang found the Empress was still asleep. He then ordered the royal physician to send another jar of soothing balm to Yunfeng Palace.

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T/N: Translating this chapter is sooo much fun! Ha! I was being sarcastic.

It has so many difficult sentences I think I’ve fried my brain.

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Chapter 09 – “Kill”

The palace maid stood facing the standing bronze mirror, carefully brushing the black hair of the person in front of her.

The person was wearing a yellow wide-skirt; the flowing yellow silk was tightened around the person’s slender waist, the figure was lithe and graceful.

“Rui Xue, do you think I already have white hair?” The person asked, fingers gently picked a few strands of hair.