Book 5 Chapter 61: What goes around comes around, part 1

Duan Jin cried out in shock, finally showing a reaction.   However, she was also quite impressive. Facing the tattered banner that had absolute power over souls, she was not immediately sucked in. Instead, under the light of the illumination talisman, she floated in the air like a red kite, resisting and struggling, refusing to be […]

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Chapter 189

The next year, Qiao-Shi gave birth to a daughter. This was Ruan Siyi’s first time becoming a father, and he was excited for several days before calming down. He named the child Ruan Chenxi. The days passed as before. Because there was an additional mouth to feed, their lives became more impoverished. Ruan Siyi knew […]

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Chapter 188

On this day, Ruan Siyi wrote two letters, earning ten copper coins in total. Only when the sun started setting and the people on the street started packing up their stalls did he put his things away and carry the trunk home. As he was packing his things, a person stood in a corner diagonally […]

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Chapter 187

Qiao-Shi’s jewelry wasn’t exchanged for that much silver. Those pieces were expensive to make, but when being pawned off they couldn’t even get thirty percent of the value. They got around three hundred silver taels. Qiao-Shi didn’t let the injured Ruan Siyi go this time, and instead changed into an unremarkable outfit before going with […]

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Chapter 186

Within the capital, the Jinyang Marquis’s Estate had fallen silent overnight. But while they were silent, the people were still alive, and they still had to pass their days. Ruan Zhan had fallen, his noble title stripped and the status passed down for many generations had perished in his hands. He truly couldn’t take such […]

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Chapter 185

Afterwards, the little girl called Zhu’er did indeed come to the Fengqi Palace once every few days. This was an extremely innocent girl who didn’t understand the implications of being able to serve Xiao Hua in the Fengqi Palace as a concubine. She was extremely timid, and would often be startled if Xiao Hua made […]

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Chapter 184

The next day, Yang Nuo went to the palace and told Yi Yi about the situation. “Really, big bro Nuo Nuo? Heng Heng really said that?” Yang Nuo nodded, his lips curled in an elegant smile. They were in a small bamboo forest near the eastern palace. It was a small grassy field filled with […]

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Chapter 183

In the eastern palace. Luo Zhuo and Yang Nuo were seated across from each other. One held white stones and one held black as the two played go. Luo Zhuo was wearing a purple crown prince’s regular outfit embroidered with dragons. A black jade belt hung around his narrow waist. As a sixteen year old, […]

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Chapter 182

As the years passed with the empress remaining the only favored one, the officials all got used to it. This clearly didn’t conform to convention, but this was the way it was, and after a while, everyone felt this was the way it should be. Of course, there were a couple of small fries who […]

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Chapter 181

Translator’s notes: Second and final sponsored chapter of the week, and of this novel. Extra thank you to the sponsors for the final two extra chapters, because without them I probably wouldn’t have decided toss in the rest and release everything by this week. Thank you as well to all the sponsors who have supported […]

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