“Wu Chen, will you come with me for a walk to the Xiyan Palace?”
“Sure. Amitabha.”
The two of them paved to Xiyan Palace in this early winter. The phoenix tree was still the first to come into their sight. Shui Yinzhu wandered to the tree. She reached out her arms to encircle the trunk way thicker than her body, as if she was a little kid.
This was the first time Shui Yinzhu got out of the palace she stayed after returning from death’s gate. This phoenix tree had been with her mother and her, like a family member. But this silent guardian was not able to protect their life.
All of a sudden, an acute pain hit Shui Yinzhu’s abdomen. Beads of cold sweat dripped from her forehead. The girl crouched down to the ground. Wu Chen immediately held her in his arms.
“Yinzhu, are you all right? What’s going on? I’ll take you to the imperial physician.” Wu Chen was so anxious that he forgot all the formalities, seeing Shui
When Xuan Zhi turned angry at her, Zuo Xin’s eyes immediately got drowned in tears. Uncle Zhi and Li Yi were both speaking for that piteous girl. At least she was worried about Xuan Zhi’s health. Now that both his trusted men were taking her side, Xuan Zhi even grew angrier. “Azhi, I just want you to get better soon.”“Miss Zuo Xin, you really ought to pay more attention to courtesy as an unmarried girl.”“Azhi, the medicine is getting cold. Finish it first.”Zuo Xin laid the tray down, still holding the bowl. She was trying to feed Xuan Zhi herself. That was the girl, always looking weak and always ready with tears. Somehow, Xuan Zhi didn’t feel comfortable seeing Zuo Xin even though she was only caring for him. His beloved girl, Shui Yinzhu, would never shed tears for a word or two. The princess looked delicate, but she was mentally tough. Every drop of her tear would be for real pain.The more he look
Xuan Zhi went to the place where he and Shui Yinzhu visited together in search of good memories that only belonged to them two.The first stop was the study of Yun Hai. All the portraits of Shui Yinzhu were gone. Clearly, there was a fire. It was not hard to tell how much Princess Consort Yi hated Shui Yinzhu. Yun Hai’s bedroom still remained the same. It had been years, but Xuan Zhi still felt like Shui Yinzhu was by his side yesterday as they were holding each other sweetly in their arms. After he left the mansion of Lord Yi, Xuan Zhi walked to the house where he lived with Shui Yinzhu. Xuan Zhi snuck into the modest house through the window without disturbing the owner. As he lied down on the bed like a silly boy, the woman he loved suddenly popped up in his mind, giving him a rub in his arms as she called him “Zhi”.His beautiful hallucination ended when the house owner came. He then left the old woman a lot of money since Shui Yinzhu alwa
Without knowing their trouble, Shui Yinzhu held Wu Chen’s hand and walked towards the Xiyan Palace. Her small hand was cold, while his large hand was just the opposite. As it started to get cool in Autumn, the large hand kept her small hand warm as usual.The two of them sat under the phoenix tree, chanted sutra, and stared at the air. Life was peaceful and cozy. When the sun got dazzling in the afternoon, they headed to the bedroom of the Xiyan Palace to have a nap.If Shui Yinzhu knew what would happen, she would never step into that room with Wu Chen. But life is unpredictable. There was no chance for the monk to run away. Even if they avoided it this time, there would be next time. It was just a matter of time. They opened the door. Wu Chen and Shui Yinzhu got into the room, and the door was immediately closed from outside. The emperor, Yun Su, was sitting beside the bed. Clearly, he had been waiting for them as a group of guards served be
As her finger moved in circles on his chest, Yun Su’s heartstring was plucked. The emperor completely forgot about how to control his mind and found it not possible to hold down that desire. He caught the finger of Shui Yinzhu and tried to drag her into his arms so that he could make the girl part of his own body and they would no longer get separated again. However, Shui Yinzhu didn’t intend to allow him to walk any closer. She charmingly shoved him away with her left hand but spoke with an even sweeter voice, “Do you want me?”“Yes. Always.”“Okay, that depends on your performance.”“I’ll do whatever you ask me to do.”“Send your men to bury Wu Chen. Make sure it’s an elaborate funeral.”“Sure.”“Bury him with the Fengs.”“The Fengs?”“He was Feng Qianwu, the younger brother of General Feng Qianchu and the second son of the Fengs.”“The family of gener
The pig face fell down to the ground with his hands covering his eyes as blood flowed out of that injured left eye. He would surely lose his sight. He rolled on the ground cursing her and saying that he would kill her.People were shocked. His friends didn’t know what they should do. The procuress was forced to come out and settle things down, freaked out. The man was the son of a big name. This could be the end of her brothel. The procuress and her thugs cornered Shui Yinzhu. They would catch this delinquent and bring her to the man’s family as an apology. They couldn’t afford to let her run away.Shui Yinzhu had to hold down her fear. This was the first time for her to face such a dangerous situation. The girl forced herself to calm down and showed the demeanor of a princess. No longer the weak girl she used to be, she pulled out the pearl hairpin on her hair and held it in her hand as if Kong Yue was still with her, bringing her courage. As the long beau
Shui Yinzhu in red looked only too glamorous. She made full use of her feminine charm to hook his soul and his heart. No man would be able to resist this. Moreover, maybe women even wouldn’t be able to hold it.The man in black was not a stick nor a lover of the ugly like Qi Yuan. However, even though the woman in front of her looked charming, she married Yun Su, the emperor. He didn’t have the courage to touch her.“Xiaoba.”“Just Xiaoba? You don’t have a family name?”“No.”“How?”“I’m an orphan brought back by His Majesty.”“I see. Have you been working for Yun Su since a long time ago?”“Yes.”“Even earlier than Qi Yuan?”“Yes.”“And you’ve been a confidential guard all the time?”“Yes.”“Good. I like you.”As she finished, Shui Yinzhu stood on her tiptoe and kissed Xiaoba on his right cheek. She thr
The eunuchs lost their strength in an instant. Even the emperor’s father, the man behind them, was imprisoned in the temporary palace. The lives of servants wouldn’t matter at all. They were dealing with a devil.“All right, as long as you enjoy it.” Yun Su held Shui Yinzhu in his arms, nodding to all her decisions. Suddenly, he noticed a tiny scar on her neck. He stroked it and asked, “Sister Xi, what happened to your neck?”“It was an accident. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”Shui Yinzhu didn’t worry about any wound on her. She was really satisfied with her achievements today as she walked out of Yun Su’s arms and sat in her seat. Even though Shui Yinzhu just got slapped hard, she was benefiting a lot from this event. First, she wouldn’t have to serve Yun Su on the bed these days. That alone would be satisfying enough. A swollen face didn’t really matter to her. Second, she would be able to take liberties with anyone in the harem and ca
The evil empress wouldn’t rest for a single day. It was an autumn afternoon. But for others in the palace, winter had already come.Shui Yinzhu left the hot spring in the morning. After she arrived at her own palace, she finally sent people to deal with the dead body of the palace maid in the bathroom. She killed someone in the morning. However, in the afternoon, she summoned all the palace maids, eunuchs, guards, Elder Consorts and almost everyone in the palace to the Imperial Garden.They weren’t invited to appreciate the flowers and scenery. That wouldn’t sound like what Shui Yinzhu might do. When they all arrived, they found that there was a murder game going on in the center of that dense crowd.The rule was simple. No one would be provided with any weapon. But among all the eunuchs that slapped Shui Yinzhu before, only one can get to live. In order to make it more fun, Shui Yinzhu didn’t allow them to eat anything in the past three
In the Hall of Death, Xuan Zhi stood courteously in front of the sculpture. The atheistic man sincerely prayed for the first time in his life. Lying beside him was the dead body of Shui Yinzhu.Shui Yinzhu’s body was still in the pink dress. There was a hairpin with two pearls on its hair. The body had decayed, but Xuan Zhi still grabbed her hand and treated it like a treasure.He took up a dagger and cut his two wrists. His blood flowed onto her body as if he was transferring vitality to her. When the blood was drained, his life came to an end. It was a sacrifice of his soul so that he would stay with Shui Yinzhu in the afterlife.Time went back to the day when Shui Yinzhu passed away. Xuan Zhi wrote an edict that Yun Su wouldn’t be sentenced to death and would be locked in that palace for the rest of his life. It was what Shui Yinzhu wished, and Xuan Zhi was fulfilling her wish.On the same day, Xuan Zhi abdicated the thro
He was thrilled at her consent. But when he was about to move on, he noticed the fear in her eyes. Xuan Zhi realized that it must have reminded her of what Yun Su did to her, so he stopped moving and held Shui Yinzhu in his arms instead. He wouldn’t continue, knowing that she was hurt so deep within and that she might get unhappy.“What’s wrong?” Shui Yinzhu asked.“Nothing. There’s no need to hurry. We have plenty of time for you to get used to it.”Shui Yinzhu didn’t say a word. Her Zhi had always been a silly man in front of her. She kissed on Xuan Zhi’s lips. The woman was running out of time, and she couldn’t wait for her inner world to heal. What she hated was the touch of Yun Su, the past of herself, and even her own body. But Shui Yinzhu loved Xuan Zhi. She was willing to consummate the wedding with him.Xuan Zhi was no longer repressing himself now that Shui Yinzhu had already taken the initiative. Hesitation would
“Oh, you fool. You are such a fool.”Shui Yinzhu felt moved and sad. The two opposite emotions lingered at the bottom of her heart. The mixture was kinda sweet. As she lied down in Xuan Zhi’s arms, the girl understood that she was selfish and couldn’t accept any betrayal of Xuan Zhi. Tears dropped from her eyes. Xuan Zhi loved her so much. What should be done to repay that?As he saw her tears, Xuan Zhi immediately wiped her face clean. “Come on, easy, Yinzhu. It’s my fault. Feel free to blame it on me. Just stop crying, or I will feel hurt. I’ll always be by your side and keep you happy.”Their love moved Uncle Zhi and Li Yi. But Zuo Xin was still there. Uncle Zhi had to interrupt as he said, “Your Majesty, how are we supposed to deal with Zuo Xin?”“Zhi, let go of her and marry her to Xiaojing.” No one expected to hear that from Shui Yinzhu. She wasn’t born a Bodhisatva, but she wanted to accumulate merit for him as Xuan Z
At that moment, Uncle Zhi had mixed feelings about her. He didn’t hate Shui Yinzhu. Instead, he simply felt that she had too much influence on Xuan Zhi. Besides, her reputation had been discredited by Zuo Xin. But the woman in front of her had only several months to live. Uncle Zhi agreed to her request, partly because of his selfishness and partly out of sympathy.Shui Yinzhu wiped the tears on her face, kept down her sadness, and told Uncle Zhi to get Li Yi in. No matter how bad she felt, she had to keep up with the show.The conversation was quite simple with Li Yi. Shui Yinzhu promised her that she would give an answer to everyone in a month. She got Li Yi reassured and told him to treat Paner well before sending him away.To her surprise, Xiaoba showed up right after Li Yi left. He shook Shui Yinzhu’s shoulders as his eyes went red for sadness.“Did you hear our conversation?” Shui Yinzhu immediately realized that. “Don
In the name of their so-called reputation, the men in the audience hall in the imperial palace suddenly had amnesia of the benefit they got as well as the reduced casualty. They simply tried to ditch the poor girl after conquering the Empire of Yun.That was the misfortune of women in this period of time. The men had a selfish will that the woman would make the “proper” choice so that they would secure their loyalty and morality at the same time.Shui Yinzhu never thought that Xuan Zhi would chase her out of the hall. Xuan Zhi held her in his arms and kissed her lips regardless of her resistance. It was one of the very few times for him to be aggressive in front of her.It was a clean kiss filled with warmth and yearning, different from the disgusting one of Yun Su. The two hearts in love started to beat faster. Shui Yinzhu was soon lost in that kiss. The veteran in love was as innocent as a maiden in front of him. That was how love coul
The Empire of Yun, the once superpower and the only Kingdom that ever conquered the entire world, had turned into a place in turmoil under more than ten years’ reign of Yun Su. People all over the empire complained about their rulers. The empire would soon fail, and the end was coming near.The morning session in the Empire of Yun continued. But the evil empress in red remained the same unreasonable woman. She sat in Yun Su’s arms and flirted with him even though the empire was in grave danger.The silent ministers were not sure if they should speak against their irresponsible emperor as the grave situation and the serious discussion had been defiled by the erotic aura. But Yun Su seemed to enjoy holding the beauty in his arms as he accepted it and didn’t say a single word against it.The ministers were there to suffer. They had to do their report with their head lowered. No one had the courage to look at the two on the throne. It wasn’t
“Many years ago, there was a little girl. She was the little princess of the Kingdom of Shui. Her parents loved her and provided her with the best affection. However, when she turned nine years old, the Kingdom of Yun waged war against the Kingdom of Shui... The little princess felt as if she was a jinx. In order to protect the ones she loved from dying, she had to sacrifice herself to live with her enemies.”Shui Yinzhu then told her story, including her relationship with Kong Yue and Xuan Zhi. She told the little girl about the death of Kong Yue, the injury of Xuan Zhi, the care of Qi Yuan, and the destiny of Wu Chen. She omitted the part that she was a child of the emperor’s father and how she retaliated upon the general, the Prime Minister, and the lords.Shui Yinzhu was the storyteller, but her heart still ached when she recalled the past. Surprisingly, the string of her heart could still be plucked by the past after all the time passed. She was
Speaking of the empress Shui Yinzhu, people all recognized her as the personification of a succubus. She was so charming like a vixen whose glamour in innocence could attract everyone around her. She didn’t wear the phoenix crown and robe, the status symbols as the empress but the blood-red dress. She kept her hair in a bun, and wore a simple hairpin with two pearls on it. The emperor of Yun was so fascinated by her that he forgot the responsibility of the throne and started to kill innocent people.Under the constant and mostly intentional influence of the evil empress, Yun Su raised the tax over and over again. He forced his people to do labor work and abused his power and the financial resources to build wonders. The nervous people were sent everywhere to build grandiose temporary palaces for the pleasure of the emperor and the empress.The emperor totally ignored the welfare of his people as he would torture them for saying anything wrong. He con
“Paner, where is the...bamboo scroll?”“What?”“The bamboo scroll...you mentioned.”“Oh, right.” Paner finally remembered what she came here for and took out a bamboo scroll from her pocket. This was the reason why she came to find Shui Yinzhu.“Okay.” The pain drained all the strength from Shui Yinzhu’s body. But she still managed to read the message before sending Paner to burn it.The bamboo scroll came from Wei Ruxuan. He intended to cooperate with Shui Yinzhu. It wouldn’t be hard to guess that it was because of Bu Xiaoyan. But Shui Yinzhu didn’t expect was that Wei Ruxuan could send this bamboo scroll to her through this well-guarded harem. Prime Minister Wei’s influence could reach farther than it seemed.As the window opened again, Xiaoba took out a flask and handed it to Shui Yinzhu. “I asked the doctor to have the medicine boiled for you.”“Okay.” Shui Yinzhu took the flask and