The Ugly Empress Vol.1 Ch.40

[T/N : Heey! Sorry for the long gap between updates. I was busy making lemonades, LOL. I know I’m slow, as readers have been kindly pointing that out, but I’m very thankful to you who keep sticking with me despite that. So, this chapter is dedicated especially to you!]

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Chapter 40 – A Life Coming to an End

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Zhao Lu and Feng Ming hadn’t been with each other in for about half a year; being together with Feng Ming like this, Zhao Lu’s reservation was out the window and he had to do it with Feng Ming again and again.

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Chapter 39 – Spending The Night Outside

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Teng Yun blinked, never expecting Xue Junliang would say that, but he knew Xue Junliang was deliberately teasing him.

Xue Junliang watched as the Empress seemed blanked for a moment before she replied with a winning smile, “Since Da Wang doesn’t want to recruit the bandits, then sending soldiers to stop them is one thing you can do. But if you ask me, you’ll have to send eighty to a hundred thousand soldiers to the suburb to successfully apprehend the bandits and therefore making sure the young ladies are able to participate in the Selection.”

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Chapter 38 – Fearsome Bandits

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Hearing Jiang Yu’s report, Xue Junliang’s expression only chilled for a second before resuming his usual calm and poised demeanor and he was back listening to the Empress teaching the Crown Prince.

Jiang Yu was the only one cold-sweating. Today, Xue Wang was in such a good mood because the spy had reported that Feng Wang had arrived at Ming River right on the day Xue Wang’s plan to drown the city was scheduled to happen. But who knew another report came saying they found an official seal somewhere near the city.

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Chapter 37 – Official Seal

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Xue Yu’s action in killing the captive prisoners passed down and into people’s ears. Not only court officials, but also the common people in the entire capital city, were alarmed by the action.

Common people’s minds were always simple, they couldn’t know politic and elaborate intricacies of the Imperial Court. Therefore, if a subordinate acted a certain way, they thought it was according to Da Wang’s order.

In the end of the day, Xue Junliang suddenly became a tyrant who was being scorned by people…

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Chapter 36 – Summoning

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After listening Teng Yun’s strategy and receiving Xue Junliang’s approval, Xue Houyang immediately left to reply Xue Yu and Teng Shang’s urgent report.

Teng Shang, who was still in northern border, was the first to give warnings about the small county. Now that His Majesty had given order, even though Xue Yu was still reluctant, they would have to move to reclaim the county from the enemy.

This strategy would be led personally by Teng Shang. After spreading the rumors for nearly half a month, Teng Shang finally assembled the troops and started towards the small county.

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Chapter 35 – Strategy

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Zhao Lu only stared at Feng Ming and said nothing. At first, Feng Ming was able to return the his gaze, but then he looked away. His heart still couldn’t let go of this man completely, Feng Ming was afraid if he looked at Zhao Lu too long, his heart would just give in.

Zhao Lu chuckled and then turned to go.

Only at this time, Feng Ming finally found back his voice. He said lowly, “Lord Marquis, wait a minute.”

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Chapter 34 – Jealous

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Xue Junliang slowly and carefully drew one eyebrow, and then continued to draw the other side.

The way Xiu Yao saw it, there was no other king more affectionate and more infatuated than this Xue Wang. But Teng Yun could only think this Xue Junliang was indeed hard to read.

Xue Junliang had treated him coldly for a few days, and every time they had to come face-to-face, Xue Junliang would glower angrily at him. It made sense, as Teng Yun was the one tried to kill him. His attempt failed, but Teng Yun thought there was really no reason for Xue Junliang letting the matter go and putting on such friendly and loving expression on his face.

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Chapter 33 – Drawn Eyebrows

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Xue Yu reigned his horse to make it trot slower; deliberately keeping up with Teng Shang’s pace.

Xue Yu smiled and said, “The journey is long. I hope Minister Shang can withstand it. Or do you need to rest for a bit?”

Teng Shang said, “A long journey is what I’ve been looking forward to, how could I feel tired?”

“That is where Lord Minister has mistaken,” Xue Yu said, “You could have stayed in the safety of the capital city, where you could have anything you want. You didn’t have to insist clinging on your principle and eventually forcing yourself to do an inconvenient work like this.”

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Chapter 32 – Nightmare

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“Si… Sister-in-law!”

Xue Houyang came to an abrupt stop and quickly retracted his hands. The sword that he’d blocked fell to the ground with a clank; the sound was quite loud, alerting the guards outside. They rushed inside but then halted in shock.

Jiang Yu thought he’d been caught in dilemma too many times today. What kind of situation was this?

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Chapter 31 – Wanting The Same Thing

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Xue Yu’s heart dropped to the ground, but somehow he wasn’t surprised Xue Junliang had taken to address his show of power. He thought if he wanted to show his power off in front of Xue Junliang, he’d have to work harder. Xue Junliang was a king, and he himself was just a subordinate; he would always be inferior to Xue Junliang and could only force a smile and swallow his anger.

Xue Yu knelt back down and said, “Chen-di wouldn’t dare. Your Majesty, please don’t be angry. Chen-di is just too used to spend moderately and doesn’t like to be extravagant, because Chen-di always bears in mind Your Majesty’s generosity. That’s why Chen-di only takes a thousand soldiers. Chen-di never thinks to oppose Your Majesty.”