Urmie

Chapter 58: Reward

“You seem… displeased, Lady Qing.”

“Hm?” She blinked and then feigned an innocent look. Of course, she was fucking annoyed at being interrupted and even more annoyed due to the sight of those little girls being so nervous of the Emperor. But she did not say that. She had already grilled the man once about it and the man had barely given a response back then. And she was pretty sure the man was wound up after what happened today. It was not a good idea to go off o...

Chapter 57: Image

The talk between them was long. They had to pause when the physician came. Huang Yasheng did not move from her side. He had already seen the unconscious girl and told Han Qin to take him to a secure part of the dungeons, where she would be well-guarded and the Embroidered Uniform Guards could interrogate her without much interruption.

He trusted Han Qin to take care of the matter. But right now, he needed to stay by his Empress’s side, both to ensure her well-being and to unearth mor...

Chapter 56: Companion

The Emperor.

Samaya stood, bowing to the man. The rules here were strange. If you were standing, you had to kneel to bow unless you were of a certain status and position. If you were sitting comfortably, you had to stand and bow ninety degrees with a salute. Thank fuck she was good at adapting to new environments and rules.

He strode inside, going straight for the Empress who was bowing to the man, albeit shallower than Samaya.

“Beloved Wife,” he breathed out softly, str...

Chapter 55: Knowledge

The only sound that could be heard for the next few moments was the hacking cough that wrecked the young maid’s body. And then chaos descended. The other maids rushed to the Empress, who was now sitting frozen. That look of shock and horror as the implications of what could have happened dawned on her. Samaya sat back and let the maids calm her down, turning her head to look at the girl who was now calming down.

However, instead of a girl begging for her life or trying to run, she sa...

Chapter 54: Tea

As the maid started to set the teapot and pour the tea, Samaya waited for a response from the Empress. Her eyes absently roamed over the beautiful porcelain cups. She noticed something. All of them had floral designs. And while that was hardly unusual, she realized each of those cups had only a single large flower painted onto them. Some sets had different flowers, but none of them had more than a single flower on each cup. The bowls, however, had two flowers, on either side. 

The ...

Chapter 53: How to Raise a Child

Samaya had expected to be kept waiting for a while when she arrived at the Tianfenggong. 

To her surprise, however, she was quickly led to the large courtyard that surrounded the residence of the Empress. She had to walk beyond the Inner Court and the ForeHall directly to the heart of the Palace, where a grand residence stood. It was beautiful, jade pillars with crimson tiled roofs and golden carvings of Phoenix surrounding them. The murals depicted a Phoenix dancing with a dragon ...

Chapter 52: Worries

“Nothing.”

She frowned, her hand clenching around the cup of water in her hand. She had sent Ah-Liu to conduct his own investigation into Kang Yu and what she had been doing before her death, in hopes of getting clues about whoever the mastermind behind the attempt on her life was. But no, there was no clue. The few pieces of information about the people she met were dead ends - the broker who hired the thugs on her behalf and a few other men who were described as any other average ...

Chapter 51: Culprit?

Chen Yuming found himself in front of a small shack at the very end of one of the slum lanes of the Capital. The people surrounding the shack - small and malnourished - had long been driven away. They had fled, fear and distrust clear in their eyes as they looked at him and the group of Imperial Guards behind him. He frowned. As much as he disliked it, he could not deny the ugly reality of what hid behind the glamour and shine of the Capital nor could he deny the fact that the courtiers and i...

Chapter 50: Invitation

Even though the concubines were gone, Samaya still gestures the maids to bring a table and set out proper snacks and tea. She was sure the Empress wouldn’t even touch them. But she had to … ah, “maintain etiquette”. As petty as the Attendant Li was and as absent-minded as Samaya pretended to be in her “etiquette lessons”, she did catch the things she tried to teach her. She just couldn’t be bothered to pretend to be cowed by her pitiful attempts at intimidating her. It was that ...

Chapter 49: Visitors

It was when a visitor came that the two kids moved. Ah-Liu must have sensed her, since he got up in the blink of an eye, the only evidence of his outburst was the wrinkled sheet by her feet and the few drops of tears that had landed on the bed.

Samaya glanced at the doorway and, finding it empty still, gestured at the boy to come closer. She cupped his cheek and wiped the corner of his eyes once he did, where his tears were sitting.

“I’ll be fine, alright? Don’t worry.”<...

Chapter 48: Concerns, Tears and Apologies

It almost seemed like a dream.

If not for the lingering scent of the man’s perfume, she really would have thought it was some sort of fever dream. She sighed as she relaxed against the pillow stacked against the headboard. Her back was mostly numb now but there was a lingering ache, which was to be expected after what she had gone through.

“Min, can you go and bring Manu here?” She asked as she absently scratched the side of her neck. It felt itchy.

Min bowed and ...

Chapter 47: Suspects

What was she doing?

She could barely even think with the pain piercing every part of her body. She was paying the price for letting her guard down after taking care of the first three fuckers.

And now she was sitting with the Emperor, with her head on the man’s shoulder, her ear dangerously close to the man’s neck, keenly listening to the man’s pulse. Her hands - smaller than the man’s but no less rough - wrapped around his hands tightly, her muscles strained and visible ...

Chapter 46: Treatment

The very air around the Emperor was cold. Anyone who had refined their senses enough to sense chi would feel his energy crackling dangerously, boundless wrath simmering beneath his skin. But even the servants who could not sense the Emperor’s energy could feel chills running down their spine and they dared not utter a sound as the Emperor got off his horse and stormed into the Yongyagong, heading straight for one of the outer courtyards where the newest Virtuous Lady, Lady Qing, lived.

Chapter 45: Assailants

Samaya awoke as she heard soft footsteps padding across her roof. Those tiled roofs made it easy to get a grip and move around sneakily if you knew what you were doing. However … these people were not being very sneaky. And no, she was not talking about her own senses. A decently trained assassin would have been able to disguise those footsteps from her. The only reason she could sense Siwang’s or the Emperor’s men was because she was sensitive to their chi.

These, however, were ...

Extra 2: Adoption on a Treasure Hunt

Siwang found treasures in the damnedest places. Of all the places to find some sort of magical treasure, he just HAD to send her to some sort of cave smack dab in the middle of a forest that came straight out of some sort of Lovecraftian horror. Well… maybe she was exaggerating that a bit. But the cave was definitely one of those in some horror fantasy where some important character died.

Its entrance, concealed behind twisting vines and gnarled roots, seemed to pulse with a life of i...

Chapter 44: Example

She couldn’t be put on her back. It was a mess of skin peeled off her back and flesh ripped into by the whips. The agony she had felt when the whip had first landed… had been the worst pain she had ever had to endure. It had left a trail of what felt like fire across her back. At that moment, she had not thought it possible for her to ever feel more pain than this.

Gods, had she been wrong.

The whips came down again and again and again. They skinned her back and once the skin...

Chapter 43: Desire

It took everything in her not to grab the nearest chopsticks and shove it into the eye of the Emperor. Damn this man and his habit of concealing his presence. 

She exhaled softly and turned, bowing her head. “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“Arise.” She straightened and out of the corner of her eyes saw everyone else doing the same. They must have been bowing from the moment they saw him. Did he not allow them to arise until now? Considering how unbothered they looked, this...

Chapter 42: Comfort and Childhood

When they arrived at the kitchen of the Yongyagong with Manu still in her arms, a hush fell over the servants. Most of them scattered out of the way, heads bowed. Some of them gathered the courage to look up at her nervously. She sighed. Word must have spread. That was what she had intended, of course. But it did tend to be inconvenient at times.

She looked around, wondering who to approach.

Thankfully, she did not have to take the first step. An elderly woman stepped for...

Chapter 41: Conversation with Courtiers

She snapped her head back. The figure was only a few inches away from her and she had not even realized. Had she been so engrossed in comforting Manu? Perhaps. She’d been at this since yesterday and had been running more on pure fury and adrenaline the entire day. Now that she had relaxed a bit, perhaps she had let her guard down a bit unconsciously.

Not good.

Though the voice was unfamiliar, the face was not.

It was one of the fathers of the two powerhouses of the harem. ...

Chapter 40: Cruelty and Vindication

The open ground - a large field surrounded by small verandas for the Imperial Family and nobility - was cluttered with an array of grim instruments and tools, scattered like silent witnesses to the impending punishment. In the harsh daylight, their utilitarian and cruel nature was laid bare, devoid of any decorations.

The executioner's block, a sturdy and blood-stained wooden slab, dominated the centre of the ground. Beside it lay a well-used chopping block and a gleaming executioner's ...

Chapter 39: Imperial Punishment Grounds

Silence reigned like a blanket on a hot summer night, heavy and suffocating.

Samaya could feel Manu clutch her clothes, and shrink himself to her side. She put a reassuring hand on his head as she looked around and smiled. It was a cold, unfeeling smile, one that did not reach her eyes.

“What? No answer?”

She scoffed and looked back at the Emperor. “Your Majesty, I sincerely hope something like this never happens again. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a wench to pun...

Chapter 38: Question

The sleeves were lifted to reveal Manu’s elbows wrapped in makeshift bandages. They started from a little above his elbow and ended a little below. They were a bit sloppy but tightly wrapped. And there was no sign of them getting too dirty or the wounds getting infections through the bandages. They were clearly changed. She recognized the fabric. Manu must have ripped up one of his old clothes to make several makeshift bandages.

She gently took his hands. “When I taught you how to m...

Chapter 37: For My Child

And once again, everyone went down to their knees, bowing to the Emperor as he walked past them. Samaya had to turn around a bit and kowtow as the Emperor passed by. She wondered absently if she would have chronic back pain before she reached her forties from all the bowing. There was the sound of shuffling before the Emperor spoke.

“Do not strain yourself, my Empress.” The Emperor’s voice echoed in the silent room. “Please sit.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty,” the Empres...

Chapter 36: Emperor's Appeal

“Lady Qing, you have been summoned by the Empress.”

Min’s voice brought them out of their conversation.

Ah. They were here.

She looked at Ah-Liu. “You did good work, Ah-Liu. Just a bit more.”

She turned to Min. “Manu should be in his lesson with Chen Zhongqing now. Go with Su and tell Lian to bring them both to Tianfenggong. And then inform Chen Yuming as well.

She then turned to Manu. “And you, take those damned clothes and follow us.” 2024-02-26 18:25:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 35: Interrogation

The residences in each of the Inner Palaces were such that the newest and the most junior concubine would get the outermost courtyards. So the very first Virtuous Lady got a courtyard in the deepest part of the Yongyagong, where it was surrounded by beautiful gardens, a protective boundary of trees, containing luxurious materials, full of peace and quiet for the concubine … and the Emperor, whenever he deigned to visit.

As you went out of the deepest residence, you saw the ot...

Chapter 34: Preparation

“Min? What’s wrong?”

Samaya asked, stepping forward. The poor girl looked scared … wary. She was clutching a bundle of clothes in her hands, her fists clenching tightly around the fabric. She took a deep breath and then extended her hands towards Samaya.

“I … I found these in the bath chambers of the Prince today.”

Samaya tilted her head, frowning. “He must have forgotten to put them out today. What’s wrong? Why do you look so worried?”

Min frowned ...

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