The Jingxi Palace and the Jingchen Palace were built next to each other. The former was the residence of the Grand Prince Sima Ruo, and the latter was the residence of Prince Ray. The two princes had always been regarded as the most powerful competitors for the throne. Their palaces were adjacent, and they were compared day by day. The comments made the two form opposite characters.
Sima Ray was well adapted to this life of scams. He learned to be more ruthless than others, and Sima Ruo was undoubtedly the most tragic character in this political struggle. His rebellions each time was a cry at the end of his rope.
At a hidden corner door of the Jingxi Palace, a woman in a black cloak had been waiting for Qin Yunuan for a long time. Seeing Qin Yunuan from afar, she hurried up.
"Infanta Ping, you are finally here."
Qin Yunuan lifted off her brim and glanced at the woman in front of her. She is a typical gentle beauty in the regions so
The mother of the Grand Prince, Imperial Concubine Yun, was the sister of General Meng. He was paramount and powerful, as he was in charge of forty percent of the armies of Qi. What was more, he trained an elite cavalry called “Dragon and Tiger Cavalry”. When the Grand Prince, Sima Ruo, was 20, he gave him 300 cavalrymen of Dragon and Tiger Cavalry as a gift. Even the emperor couldn't interfere with the issue. In order to distinguish them, General Meng's Dragon and Tiger Cavalry were marked by lily while Sima Ruo's Dragon and Tiger Cavalry were marked by crape myrtle.The words had a great effect. All the people looked at the crape myrtle mark on the soft sword. The words seemed to corrupt people's hearts.Emperor Zhaoxuan looked solemn. His fingers knocked on the golden armrest of dragon throne. Then he looked at Wanyan Ba apologetically, "Sorry that it makes you scared, the Grand Prince of North Di. Today the state banquet is ruined, and guests have to re
"Your Majesty!""Your Majesty! Somebody help. Empress Chen blacks out!"At once, everyone flooded here. Servant girls and eunuchs went around to send the message that Empress Chen blacked out. In spite of losing consciousness, Empress Chen was still able to hear what people around her said. She clearly realized that she had fallen into the trap of Sima Ray, a ruthless and ungrateful man who she spent ten years bringing up.In front of her, Sima Ray suddenly was not as obedient and humble as he used to be. She miserably grinned and wore a bitter smile. Then the knockout drops in her tea worked again, and she completely lost her consciousness.Sima Ray, who looked excited, tended to step forward but was stopped by Leng Wu. He shook his right hand slightly but held himself back, merely staring at Leng Changxi who was indifferent."Empress Chen is under fierce emotional changes now. We don't know whether she is all right.
People only remembered Empress Chen to be gentle and dignified, but little did people know that the Emperor loved the mother of the Seventh Prince Sima Qiu, Imperial Concubine Shu, the most. The Emperor loved her so much that he wanted to name Imperial Concubine Shu the Empress as Empress Chen wasn’t able to get pregnant. However, the case of poisonous magic had touched the Emperor’s nerves. Not only did he either kill or exile every eunuchs and palace servant girls in Imperial Concubine Shu’s palace, but he also sent Sima Qiu, who was only six years old by then, to the remote Royal cemetery. He claimed that he wanted to let Sima Qiu guard the cemetery for him, but it was just another form of exile.It was an eventful autumn ten years ago. Right after Imperial Concubine Shu was put into jail because of the case of poisonous magic, she committed suicide in jail. It was also then when the Weiyang Palace was on fire. After that, Empress Chen became the crucial assistant of
Prince Ning? To Elder Princess?Qin Yunuan frowned. She had never thought that the lifetime lover of Prince Ning, who was very fond of Princess Ning, was Elder Princess.Sima Qiu continued, "It was said that when the Elder Princess's procession of imperial matrimony for peace arrived at Niutouling, the border of West Xia and Qi, they got robbed by bandits, and suffered heavy causalities. And even Elder Princess was missing. Prince Ning searched within fifty miles around for several months, and the emperor also dispatched troops to join the searching, and even the arrogant West Xia increased more people to search her. However, they all could not find her."And then Sima Qiu smiled, "There was a strange point. Niutouling was located in the area which contained only a few mountains, but people from three parties could not find anything.""Somebody hid Elder Princess on purpose?" Qin Yunuan posted a bold guess, though it was said that
"Pregnant?" Qin Yunuan asked with a sweet smile, "Are you sure?"Holding her head high proudly, Qin Yuwan started to flaunt, "Of course. The doctor had confirmed. Well, I did not mean to tell you now. You were.... But you know, you had a miscarriage, and I don't want you to be uncomfortable."Clearly, these words were intended to make her uncomfortable. Qin Yunuan sneered in her heart, but she did not show the emotion on her face. "No, not at all. You are my sister. I'm very happy for you.""Okay," Qin Yuwan pretended to be generous, "Then I will not blame you for sending me the jewelry used by Consort Cao on purpose."What a silly woman! Qin Yuwan actually mentioned Consort Cao before Princess Ning.Not surprisingly, Princess Ning pretended to cough a few times to conceal her unhappiness. Qin Yunuan leaned forward slightly and then replied, "You must be joking."At this time, Tang came here together with
Qin Yuwan clutched the jade pendant, which glowed evilly in her hand. Qin Yunuan squinted and smiled, "Sister, you must be joking. I had my own pendant. That one was not mine."Not mine, not mine....How could Qin Yuwan believe it? She heard the pusher calling her "second sister," how could she not be Qin Yunuan?"I don't believe you unless you show me now." Qin Yuwan held her belly. Fearing that Qin Yunuan might cheat on her, she held her servant girl Mujin by the hand hurriedly, "Go and tell Princess. No, she favored Qin Yunuan and would help her. Please call Old Madam over and redress the scales for me."Would Qin Yunuan be afraid of Old Madam?Qin Yunuan snorted with disdain. She was waiting for this moment.It was late at night. The lights in the Lotus Garden were dimming. Old Madam was almost at rest, but the maid by the door awakened her. After listening to the crying of Mujin, she immediately got u
When Qin Yuwan finished her words, she said to Qin Yunuan with sharp eyes, "Do you dare to pull up your sleeve to let us see your arm?"Qin Yunuan sneered and stretched out her wrist. Her left arm was as snow-white as a baby's skin. When Qin Yuwan saw this, her face became blue and white."I want to see Qingzhu's left hand," Qin Yunuan said suddenly. Her eyes were focused on Qingzhu, who was trying to hide her left hand so obviously that even Old Madam noticed it.Old Madam didn't speak but quickly winked at the chief servant girl by her side. All the servant girls of Old Madam were skillful. The servant girl stepped forward and caught Qingzhu by her left hand. With the sleeve pulled up, people saw a large burn scar extending on the whole arm of Qingzhu. Seeing the little jade-like white skin beside it, people would wonder how perfect and delicate the arm used to be before getting a burn.However, it was doubtful that the wound was
The exalted Fourth Miss in the Prince Ning's Mansion should wear a mask made of human skin every day. Seeing Qin Yunuan got shocked, Leng Suxin put on a self-mocking look. She kept taking off the thin yellowish mask, and several brown concave scars gradually showed up.Leng Suxin merely tore off a bit of the mask, but the scar was so terrifying that Qin Yunuan had already been shocked. A girl, about 15 or 16, should go through such a terrible disaster.Qin Yunuan looked at Leng Suxin without saying anything. The latter just smiled lightly and said, "You want to ask me how and when I got these scars, don't you?"Qin Yunuan still kept silent. Leng Suxin walked forward and quietly sighed when looking at the moon, "In this world, there are only two people knowing this, me and Leng Changxi, my brother. Do you remember the huge fire that happened in the Weiyang Palace ten years ago? That day, I was there."So, were the scars on her face