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Chapter 32 Visiting Zhou Fu

At night in Zhou fu.

The sound of music and dancing, a luxurious scene. Nie Wushuang sat beside Xiao Fengqing, she ignored the wolf-eyes Zhou Ning which almost felt like stripping her naked.

“Zhou mou envy Lin gongzi who has a beauty beside him…” Zhou Ning used three points of tipsy to switched the topic.

“Ha-ha, how could that be? General Zhou also had many wives and concubines. Moreover, General Zhou has a refined manner. Many beauties definitely will admire you more than me.” Xiao Fengqing gave an insincere compliment. “Lin mou is only a horse trader. Could get along with General Zhou was really a blessing from my ancestors.”

“Ha-ha, talking about horses. the words that Lin gongzi said a few days ago still counts?” Zhou Ning seize the chances to mention it.

Nie Wushuang suddenly understood. Xiao Fengqing disguised himself as a horse trader tycoon from the Ying state. The national treasury of Qi State was depleted in recent years. The army forces didn’t have a fine breeding horses, so they could not compare to the war-horses of the Ying State. However, the control of trading horses in Ying State was extremely strict. Horse traders were generally unable to trade with other countries.

Now, Xiao Fengqing disguised as a horse trader, Zhou Ning naturally noticed and paid special attention to him , and gradually made him also approached Zhou Ning. In order to catch a big fish like Zhou Ning, Xiao Fengqing must have taken a lot of efforts.

“Of course, I already wrote a letter and sent it back, for one hundred top-quality horses are already on their way here, waiting to show General Zhou.” Xiao Fengqing said.

Zhou Ning’s mood suddenly approved after listening to Xiao Fengqing’s words. He repeatedly called servants to served foods and wine. When he was tipsy, he invited Nie Wushuang to dance again.

Nie Wushuang smiled and shook her head. “Yesterday Shuang’er danced and sprained my ankle, and today its still hurts.” She looked at him with her beautiful eyes and suddenly laughed while saying.. “I don’t know if there is any medicine in General Zhou’s fu. Would you mind Shuang’er’s reckless manners only to ask for it to subdue my pain.”

“Of course I have, back then when I went on an expeditions at Qin State…” Zhou Ning took a chance of his slightly tipsy conditions to boast his military success. Nie Wushuang felt disgusted but her bright eyes still looked expectantly and listened to him carefully.

Seeing her eyes full of admirations, made Zhou Ning’s heart felt so proud. After he finished, he hurriedly ordered servant to help Nie Wushuang to rest in his study room.

Xiao Fengqing was on the other side, fixed his eyes on the dancing in the middle of the hall as if he was infatuated by it, and completely forgot about her.

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Nie Wushuang was supported by maidservant to a study room. At that moment, in front of the study room’s door she heard a voice saying, “You go out.”  

Nie Wushuang sneered in her heart. As expected, he came!

The door of the study room was opened, and Zhou Ning came inside with a stench alcohol smell on his body. Nie Wushuang took of her embroidered shoes when she saw him coming, she smiled and said. “Shuang’er just twist my foot but General Zhou was so concerned, really make Shuang’er feel ashamed”

“No, this medicine is strong. It is better still to let Zhou mou personally rub the medicine for Shuang’er guniang.” Zhou Ning’s eyes shines like a wolf.

Nie Wushuang felt her heart fear but still forced a smile “How should I deserve this?..”

“No bother…No matter…” Zhou Ning could not control himself any longer, attempted to grab her foot. Nie Wushuang was so nervous until her face turned pale. She set her mind to be determined and calm down, smile charmingly and said. “General Zhou, please come closer.”

Zhou Ning laughed and quickly came closer. “Shuang’er guniang.”

Before he finished his words, he already collapsed to the ground.

Nie Wushuang saw that he really fainted. Her shaken hand gripped her hairpin tight and insert it back to her hair. Looking at a dope off Zhou Ning on the floor, she couldn’t help kicking him hard while scolding. “Wanton ghost!”

Then she put her shoes on and quickly searched in his study.

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Chapter 31 Anger

He never treated her like that before, but this time he was really very angry.

“It’s Wushuang’s fault. I shouldn’t have quarreled with him.” Her face felt very painful. Nie Wushuang wiped her tears away and knelt on the ground.

“Reflects this matter carefully, and without my permission you can not get up. I thought you were smart enough and worthy of my instructions, but I never thought you are going to break my plan today! Xiao Fengqing finished his words and left.

The wind blew passed through the cold hall.  Nie Wushuang kneel for a while, and her eyes gradually blurred, her body mingled between hot and cold. And finally… she passed out.

Long time passed, there was a faint sigh coming through her ear. “Such a stupid woman…”

He held her in his arms, with her face was against his warmed chest. She tried to open her eyes but find it hard to . She could smell a faintly scents of ‘duruo’ on his body, and felt her tears flow down.

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The very next day, Nie Wushuang woke up and find herself already in bed. A bowl of steaming medicine lay on the bedside. Chun Zhi saw her wake up.. “You finally woke up. I would be in trouble if you don’t wake up again. Lord would settle account for me.”

Nie Wushuang got up, only to feel her head was heavy and her feet was unsteady.

“Quickly drink the medicine while its still hot. The doctor said…” Chun Zhi hesitated to say more.

“The doctor said that you just recently had a miscarriage but didn’t take good care of yourself. Your blood circulations and the Qi’s were unimpeded, making a cold enter the body and needed to be cured radically.” Xiao Fengqing discoursed and came in. His eyes shines like a star. His body covered by a radiant sunlight that looks like a halo does make him looks ever so handsome.

Nie Wushuang was silent for a long time. Finally, as if he knew…

Chun Zhi retreated. And in the small room, they were both remained  silent.

“Why don’t you tell me about your miscarriage?” his expression insipid while asking.

Nie Wushuang sneered. “The biological father forced me to drank a bowl of safflower to get rid of the baby. There is nothing I could say about that.”

“No wonder, why you hate him so much.” Xiao Fengqing smiled and took out an invitation card from his sleeve and handed it to her. “Last night, everything was not screwed up. This morning General Zhou rushed to send an invitation for a drink at his house, and wrote specifically that he wanted you to come with me.”

“Please take the medicine and come with me in the evening.” He brought forth the medicine and handed it to her.

“Yes.” Nie Wushuang took it all in one gulp.

“When we finish this business here, we will go back to Ying State.” Xiao Fengqing suddenly talk and stared at her with his deep eyes. Nie Wushuang heard what he said and suddenly felt bitterness in her heart.

Henceforth all hatred must be put aside, and she must leave this country away for ten thousand miles and living in a foreign country in order to come back stronger in the future!

“You can rest assured, like what I said before, one day when I get the power in my hand, you will get your revenge.” He slowly said.

Nie Wushuang looked up and smiled. “Wushuang understands.”

“What do you understand?” Xiao Fengqing asked, a pair of deep eyes so sharp, seems almost penetrating her heart.

“What wangye want is power.” She laughed happily and freely.

“No, what I want is -” He approached her, her beautiful face reflected in his deep eyes. He slowly spit out the last two words. “The World!”

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Translator’s talk corner:
Feeling so drain after working and translating. Then saw this Japanese’s ads ‘Survive!’ set from Nissin. (There are 4 ads but I find only 3 with sub) Now I cannot. lol

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Chapter 30 Full of Hate

Nie Wushuang coldly asked, “Why should I go?”

While withstanding her dizziness, she approached him step by step, and  her eyes was shedding tears. “It is reasonable that I should have left the capital city with nothing but in impoverish situations. You need me to leave you, so that you would not have uneasiness and suffers from your conscience. You can deceive yourself as not being the executioner nor the murderer that executed my entire Nie’s family, or not even the murderer of your own child?”

“Gu Qinghong! I cursed you, that you will meet my entire Nie’s unjustly souls demanded for your life every night! Even if you go to hell, I won’t let you off!” She gritted her teeth while saying these words.

Gu Qinghong’s body slightly shook all over. “So, in order to retaliate against me, you are willing to be someone else’s concubine and deign yourself as a dancer?”

He suddenly exploded, grabbed her arm and pull it hard. Nie Wushuang could not stand against him and was thrown to the ground.

Her mind went blank, while blood trickled down from her forehead.

She lowly laughed, raised her head and looked at him coldly. She charmingly smiled and said, “Yes, I wallow myself to be other man’s concubine, dancing in front of people that’s enough to make me a qualified professional dancer. Everything I did was because you forced me to do! How many ungraceful things and crimes I have committed, in the end, it’s all because of you!”

“You!” Gu Qinghong took a step forward and raised his palm high. But when he looked at Nie Wushuang face that was full of blood and her deeply hatred eyes, he could not slap her.

Nie Wushuang strenuously stood up and looked at him coldly. “Hit me! If you don’t beat me until I die now, one day you will regret it that you let me go today!”

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“What’s happening here?” Xiao Fengqing’s lazy voice came from behind them.

The next moment, Nie Wushuang only felt a pair of warm hands helped her up “How could you be so careless and fell. Let me see.”

He raised her chin and heartbrokenly said, “my poor girl, what if you disfigured your face?”

Nie Wushuang raised her head and saw a smile but not a smile like warning in Xiao Fengqing’s eyes. Her heart felt a little startled and regretted after her impetuous actions. She shouldn’t have angered Gu Qinghong as she had just done.

“Take a rest in the carriage and wait for me.” Xiao Fengqing commanded her and turned to Gu Qinghong with a polite smile. “Lord Prime Minister, let’s go, we should have two more drinks before the banquet is over?”

“No need.” Gu Qinghong  coldly said and went away.

“Zhu Shang…” Nie Wushuang still wanted to say something more, but Xiao Fengqing had turn away and left.

Nie Wushuang waited in the carriage, the wound on her forehead was no longer bleeding. After finishing the banquet, Xiao Fengqing got into the carriage with an alcohol stench around him.

He did not say a word. the coachman took them back to the other courtyard.

When they arrived at the courtyard, he said coldly, “Come with me.”

Nie Wushuang was very tired and her body was cold, but she could not help but follow him to the hall.

Xiao Fengqing watched her coming closer, a sound of ‘pa’ coming from her slapped face. Nie Wushuang couldn’t help but falling to the ground and couldn’t return from her shocked for a long time.

“Do you know what you have done wrong?” He asked coldly.

Nie Wushuang covered her face. “I shouldn’t provoke Gu Qinghong.”

“You knew that but still provoke him!” Xiao Fengqing sneered. His cold and gloomy smile made Nie Wushuang’s heart felt cold.

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Chapter 29 Why You Don’t Go?

Suddenly, there were silence inside the parlor. Gu Qinghong’s face turned  hideously into red then white.

Xiao Fengqing slowly said , “How could this person be equal to one in a millions my Lord Prime Minister? I heard about what happened to your wife, Nie Wushuang of Nie’s family clan. Tsk. Tsk. She could be exempted from the crime, but what a pity to hear about her sudden death. When Prime Minister lost your young wife, even the emperor could not help but pay more attention to this matter.”

Nie Wushuang was confused to hear about this, but Xiao Fengqing’s mockery words were understandable. It turns out that for the sake of Gu Qinghong’s face, he claimed of her sudden death. But why did the emperor pay more attention to this matter?

Gu Qinghong couldn’t bear it anymore and slammed the table angrily. “Gongzi Lin, don’t talk nonsense!”

“What nonsense does xiao ren talks about?!” Xiao Fengqing deliberately pretended to be confuse and looked at Zhou Ning on the other side. “General Zhou, didn’t  you say that the emperor intends to marry the princess who just reached the coming of age ceremony to Lord Prime Minister? Could it be the news was a mistake?”

“This..this… Ha ha…” General Zhou Ning was put in an awkward situation, in which he didn’t know what to say.

Nie Wushuang understood immediately, while sneering in her heart she looked at Gu Qinghong, who also suddenly looked up, and  their eyes met. Her cold eyes did not move away even a half. He gave a signs of defeat because of that.

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“Well, congratulations to Lord Prime Minister in advance…” She laughed softly, stood up and walked to the spot in the middle of the parlor. “This next song which I am going to play is called ‘Ta Chun’, its a wishes song for Lord Prime Minister to rise gradually to an eminency and brilliant future prospects.”

While looking at Gu Qinghong’s pale face, she laughed coldly.

When the music starts, she slowly waved the long sleeves while moving her slender waist and body. Every posture of her movements was vigorous. She danced and sang along with the song, her nightingale’s voice like was so sweet and tender.

As the rhythm speeded up, her sleeves rippled like a waving sea. She moved faster and faster until her figure looks like covered by a spring water, so bright and cheerful…

When the last piece of music ended, she bend over to the ground but yet her shoulders trembled a little.

Nie Wushuang’s dancing of ‘Ta Chun’ (34) was so vivid and emotionally very touching. She endured the dizziness caused by her weak body, and while smiling reluctantly retreated.

As soon as she went out of the parlour and walked along the corridor, Nie Wushuang fell on the ground, and her body was emitting a cold sweats. She was sitting on a chair beside the verandah and leaning against the wall. After the miscarriage, her body was still very weak. Dancing a cheerful song like “Ta Chun” and did not make any mistakes was a lucky one indeed.

As for how the people in the hall reacted, she didn’t want to think about it anymore.

Remembering the news that she had just heard, she snuggled and gently laughed at one edge of the corridor, while droplets of water dripping down, wondering whether it was her sweats or tears?

He wanted to become “Fuma” and  trampled on her Nie’s family blood, even he still had a face to marry a princess!

Good! You shameless Gu Qinghong! She coldly thought.

Suddenly, she heard a footsteps behind her back and turned back. Gu Qinghong was standing not far behind her. The light emitting form the lanterns in the corridor shines on his handsome face.

“Why?” he asked. “I already let you go,  but why didn’t you leave yet?”

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(34) 踏春 (tà chūn) means ‘sightseeing in the spring’ is one of the famous dancing song like Jing Hong. You can watch video below.

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小人 (xiǎo rén) In ancient time this word used in address yourself as a small or lowly one used in the case of talking with daren or person who had a higher position like officers.

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Chapter 28 Beautiful as a Sword (5)

The scenes turned cold for a while. Nie Wushuang  felt as if Gu Qinghong’s eyes could penetrate through the veil and straight to the bottom of her heart.

Suddenly she gave a charming smile and snuggled at  Xiao Fengqing. She looked up and laughed, “Xianggong, why do man like to say this every time when they see qie shen?”

Gu Qinghong’s face sanked in when he heard the words. Xiao Fengqing laughed and leaned over her face to kissed her gently. “Because you’re endearing…come and meet His Excellency.”

“Yes.” Nie Wushuang smiled and bowed. “Qie pays respect to His Excellency.” Her voice was pleasantly delicate to hear.

Gu Qinghong’s face was complicated. His eyes kept shifting like clouds when he looked at Nie Wushuang. Suddenly, his voice was cold. “What is guniang’s surname? Why don’t you take off the veil and let other people see your face?”

Nie Wushuang raised her head, her beautiful eyes looked at him but her smile did not change: “Qie has no name nor surname, but my maiden name is Shuang’er. And for me to take of the veil, as qie is already a married woman, how could other men beside my xianggong see qie’s face? His Excellency, you are breaching of the etiquette!”

Her last sentence was very impolite, and Gu Qinghong’s face turned gloomier. She looked at him provocatively and undauntedly. Zhou Ning was stunned as he laughed to release the tensed atmosphere. “Well, all our guests had come, so please take a seat.”

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Xiao Fengqing’s hand wrapped around Nie Wushuang’s slim waist and apologize to Gu Qinghong. “My concubine was outspoken. Lin Mou will discipline her well later when we returns home.” When he said the last sentence, his eyes were full of teasing.

Gu Qinghong was furious like a brew of heavy storm. He looked coldly at Nie Wushuang, flicked his sleeve and sat down with dissatisfied expression.

Nie Wushuang looked at his back and felt very pleased in her heart.

“Remember your mission.” Xiao Fengqing bowed his head down; the warm breath was on the other side of her ear.

Nie Wushuang suddenly remembered the purpose of this trip. However, when she made eye contact with Gu Qinghong and sees how cold his eyes were, suddenly she realized that she was too close to Xiao Fengqing.

He was angry, Gu Qinghong who had always been gentle and elegant, was furious!

Nie Wushuang smile and stepped closer to Xiao Fengqing, while whispering to his ear: “Wushuang understands”

A faint fragrant of seductive beauty made Xiao Fengqing’s eyes darken. He could not help but look at her.

They whispered, laughed and flirts like intimate couples, all those gestures made Zhou Ning jealous and made Gu Qinghong appeared standoffish, which was rare.

Zhou Ning’s was really  attracted by Nie Wushuang actions, so naturally he did not notice Gu Qinghong’s displeasure. He smiled and invited Xiao Fengqing to take a seat while especially let Nie Wushuang  take his seat.

After exchanging greetings, the music started to play along with toasting each other.

Nie Wushuang seems like a refine boudoir lady, her movements were elegant and noble. Gu Qinghong’s face gradually sunk down.

Zhou Ning, who was on the other side of table, was more attracted to her. When they toasted, he accidentally touched her hand.

Nie Wushuang felt dissatisfied in her heart, Chun Zhi said was right as expected.

This ghost dared to flirt with her in front of Xiao Fengqing.

When the banquet was halfway through, the dancers and singers were retreating. Suddenly, Xiao Fengqing suggested, “My wife is also good at singing and dancing. Why not let her liven things up and perform for Your Excellency?”

General Zhou Ning naturally understood, while Gu Qinghong’s sarcasm cold voice said. “Does Lin gongzi like to show his wife’s face in public and become an inferior dancer?”

Xiao Fengqing laughed out loud, his eyes flash like lightning. “It’s far better than some people who return kindness with ingratitude by divorcing their wives and climbing up on a higher branch.”

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妾身 (qiè shēn) self-address of a wife or concubine when speaking to her husband.

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Translator’s talk corner:

I’m just hearing a bad news from weibo this morning (but I heard rumour more than a year) about China government will ban TV drama that related to Historical (历史) especially power struggle in imperial harem (宫斗) at this June. It also include Wuxia (武侠), Xianxia (仙侠), Mythology (神话), Fantasy (玄幻) and Biography (传记) types too. (Someone asked film companies and it’s confirm that is truth)

Now the drama that on-air are ‘Zhao Yao’ (招摇) and ‘Goodbye my princess’ (东宫) were removed from Youku recommenced list. Also TV Drama that finished on-air like Empress Dugu (独孤皇后) , The Flame’s Daughter ( 烈火如歌 ), Secret of three kingdom (三国机密). Or postpond on-air and then cut-off like The story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略), Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. (如懿传) ,etc.

More than 20 series that finished filming like 三生三世枕上书 (sequel of Eternal Love, the great deity Donghua and Little Red Fox Bai Fengjiu), 新白娘子传奇 (The legend of White Snake 2019), 庆余年 (Joy of Life), etc. That not yet on-air. They said it will release big lots as the same time before June.

Do not know that this measure will include web TV or not but still worry about there is no more Historical TV drama like this in the future.

What do you guys think about this?

Also. See you on Tuesday.

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