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Ch.61: Lost Red Pearl; Inadvertent Eyes Red with Desire 2
Xie Lian pulled at his earlobes, “One of the earrings is gone.”
The people of Xianle believed that the pinnacle of cultivation was the harmony of ‘yin
and yang’, the unity of male and female. The form of the gods were ever-changing, and
naturally unbound by gender restrictions, shifting to men or women as they will. Thus,
this belief was woven into the design of the God-Pleasing costume. Throughout history,
every God-Pleasing Martial Warrior had donned adornments and accessories that
possessed the form and details of both sexes, such as earrings, bracelets, etc. When
Xie Lian was preparing for the role, he pierced his ears and put on a pair of earrings.
It was a pair of brilliantly deep red coral pearls, lustrous and smooth, radiant and
opulent, rare and sublime. However, when Xie Lian was minding his hair just then, only
one of the pair of red coral pearls was left.
The moment he said it was lost, Mu Qing’s relaxed expression froze again, but the other
two did not notice at all. Feng Xin looked all over the chamber first, inside and out, but
returned empty handed. “You’re so scatterbrained, even something worn on your ears
can be lost. I didn’t find it in the Pavilion of Xianle, so I’ll go out and look on the roads.
Pray to the heavens you didn’t lose it during the parade.”
Xie Lian was puzzled too, but didn’t care for it much, “Maybe. If that’s the case then
there’d be no way you’d find it. If it’s lost, it’s lost.”
Mu Qing on the other hand, brought out the broom he usually used to sweep and said
quietly, “That pearl is too precious; we should at least try and look. Maybe it rolled under
the bed or a shelf.” He then started sweeping, and Xie Lian responded, “Then why don’t
we call for a few more hands to help?”
“Crowds get handsy. We don’t want people sneaking it in their pockets before we found
anything.” Feng Xin said offhandedly.
Mu Qing was quietly checking under the bed, but when he heard Feng Xin’s words, he
halted, rose to his feet in a fit, and CRACK, the broom in his hands broke into two. Xie
Lian was startled.
Ever since they left the Great Martial Hall, Feng Xin was filled with complaints about Mu
Qing, but the words never left his lips. Now that he saw Mu Qing blew up first, he got
angry too, “What are you doing, breaking things so suddenly? Who pissed you off
now?”
Mu Qing replied coldly, “Why don’t you tell me straight what it is you want to say, instead
of casting shadows where there are none? I have nothing to do with the lost pearl.”
Feng Xin had always been a straightforward individual, and this was the first time
hearing someone accuse him of ‘casting shadows where there are none’, and puffed a
laugh from anger, “Why don’t you tell that to yourself! What did I say? I didn’t say you
stole it, but you got all flustered. What, feeling guilty?”
Xie Lian broke out of his shock and sat up on the bed, feeling dread, “Feng Xin, that’s
enough!”
A few veins popped instantly on Mu Qing’s forehead. Feng Xin really didn’t think much
of it, and asked in confusion, “What?”
It really wasn’t the right time for Xie Lian to explain, so he could only try and pacify Mu
Qing, “Don’t misunderstand, Feng Xin’s comments were offhanded, he wasn’t directing
them at you.”
Mu Qing’s clenched his fists tight then loosened, but at last did not continue to blow up.
However his eyes were growing red, and he turned to Xie Lian, enunciating each word
as he stared at him, “You... don’t keep your promises.”
“No! You’re wrong!” Xie Lian cried.
Mu Qing closed his mouth and inhaled a few times, threw a furious stink eye at Feng
Xin, then without another word, ran out the door. Xie Lian jumped off the bed and was
about to give chase, but was stopped in midstep.
“Your Highness, you haven’t even put on shoes! It’d be a disgrace going out with your
hair down and in a mess!”
“Help me stop him!” Xie Lian ordered.
“At least put on your shoes first and tie up your hair.” Feng Xin said, “And leave him be.
He’s always weird like this, who knows what nerve we touched now, going mental out of
the blue.”
Mu Qing was long gone by then and Xie Lian saw he wouldn’t be able to catch up, so
instead he grabbed for a hair tie to fasten his hair in a rush, “He wasn’t going mental,
you just accidentally said the wrong thing.”
Feng Xin brought out Xie Lian’s usual white training garb from the closet and threw it at
him, “What did I say wrong?”
Xie Lian replied as he slipped on his boots, “I can’t tell you. Anyway come with me to go
find him, and tell him it was all a misunderstanding, and that you weren’t accusing him
of anything,”
Feng Xin frowned, “What is there you can’t tell me?”
Xie Lian’s lips were sealed tight. Feng Xin was becoming more suspicious, and thought
back on Mu Qing’s furious expression, and spoke up suddenly, “He didn’t actually steal
from you before, did he?”
Xie Lian immediately waved vigorously, “No! No!”
Seeing him like this, Feng Xin was even more sure. “So that’s it! No wonder his temper
flared, it’s because he was guilty! So when did he steal?”
“Not so loud!” Xie Lian hushed anxiously.
Feng Xin lowered his voice, “Something like this happened and you didn’t tell me?! Tell
me now!”
Xie Lian saw that Feng Xin was already suspicious, if he continued to lie then it’d be
found out either way, so he had to relent woefully, “It doesn’t really count as stealing,
but... sigh, I’ll start from the beginning. You remember, right? Two years ago when I first
entered the Royal Holy Pavilion, there was once I lost a leaf of gold foil?”
Hearing this, Feng Xin’s eyes widened and he slapped his thigh, “THAT TIME?!”
Three years ago, Xie Lian begged and pleaded in all manners of ways until finally his
parents relented and permitted him to enter the Royal Holy Pavilion for training before
the age of twenty. A year later the Pavilion of Xianle completed construction. Xie Lian
could at last move in and he did so in great excitement.
When Xie Lian first moved in, he really didn’t bring a lot with him. Only two carriages full
of books, and two hundred treasured swords. But the queen loved her son dearly and
was afraid the training life would be too quiet and boring, so later she ordered for twenty
servants and four large carriages full of trinkets that the Crown Prince loved to be sent
to Mount Taicang, the mounting caravans impressive and dramatic. Included in this was
a set of the one hundred and eight leaves that make up the Golden Foil Palace.
Building a palace out of golden foils was a popular game enjoyed by the Xianle nobility.
Follow current on NovelEnglish.netAt the time, to have so much luxury enter the mountain caused a small wave of
complaints. The Royal Holy Pavilion comprised of serious cultivators who weren’t quite
familiar with the prince’s character just yet, and although they couldn’t say much
publicly, behind his back there was much chatter: did His Highness the Crown Prince
come to train, or did he come play? What can this son of the royal family cultivate if he
only came for fun?
When Feng Xin heard those grievances, he had the mind to dispute them but Xie Lian
told him not to worry about it and smiled, “It’s only natural they should think that way.
They’ll know after a while that I’m not here to play games, and also, who’s the number
one in this generation of trainees.”
However, not long after, something happened.
Xie Lian was trying to send away as much of the four large carriages and servants the
queen gifted him as possible, but when he counted inventory, he found that in the one
hundred and eight leaves of gold foils one was missing.
That set of gold foils were packed in the carriages, and once at Mount Taicang it had
never left the Pavilion of Xianle. If it wasn’t lost on the road, then it was stolen. Nothing
was found on the road, so Xie LIan brought it up offhandedly to the Guoshi. However,
when the Guoshi thought it might have been stolen, he became enraged at the idea that
someone within the Royal Holy Pavilion would commit this crime under the allurement
of golden foils, so he was determined to recovered the golden leaf no matter what. If it
should be found on the person of anyone, the punishment would be utmostly severe.
Thus, all three thousand and more disciples of the entire Mount Taicang stopped what
they were doing, got dragged into forming teams to search room after room, chamber
after chamber of every single training hall.
It was a huge fanfare, tiring out everyone, yet unexpectedly, halfway through the search
Xie Lian suddenly corrected himself, apologized for causing everyone trouble, and said
he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have already lost a leaf from that set of
gold foils while he was still at the royal palace. Meaning, there should only be one
hundred and seven leaves total after all.
In order to investigate the whereabouts of the missing gold foil, that night at the Holy
Royal Pavilion was complete chaos, utter pandemonium, and right when everyone was
sweating with exhaustion, to have His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly make such
an announcement to drop everything, it was inevitable for many to feel aggrieved. Thus,
for the longest time there were a lot of noise behind his back, saying things like, well he
was the Crown Prince so he got to call the shots, and hopefully next time his memory
would be better and remember the important things before calling for an investigation,
etc. Feng Xin was furious listening to them, but Xie Lian still told him to let it go, and let
time pass quietly.
Sure enough, after that Xie Lian was indeed able to change things around completely,
rising to unashamedly become the number one trainee of the Royal Holy Pavilion, over
all three thousand and some disciples. Because he was truly friendly and easygoing
and not at all dependent on his background, gradually his reputation improved amongst
the others.
Feng Xin wasn’t one to remember the petty details, so he had forgotten this had
happened. Now that it was brought up again, it dawned on him, and he was shocked
and angry, “IT WAS MU QING WHO WALKED AWAY WITH THAT GOLD FOIL???”
“Shh!” Xie Lian hushed him and looked around to make sure no one was around, “That
gold foil leaf fell out of the rattling carriage while coming up the mountain. Mu Qing was
passing by while carrying water, and found it in the bushes. He kept it under his bed and
hadn’t figured out what to do with it, but that very night the Guoshi suddenly struck,
ordering everyone to search rooms. I didn’t know him at the time, and only saw an
errand boy who looked distraught. Later while I was sitting outside he came up to serve
me tea and admitted everything. That’s how I found out.”
“Taking without telling is stealing!!! So you helped him bury this matter and told
everyone that gold foil was lost in the royal palace???”
Whilst they were talking Xie Lian had finished dressing, and head out the door, “That’s
how it is.”
Feng Xin was going to die from rage. He followed after Xie Lian, “Your Highness, did
you know, that when you first came to the Royal Holy Pavilion, just how much people
talked shit about you?”
“Keep it down.” Xie Lian said, “He really did look quite distraught at the time. Pale as a
ghost. People here at the Royal Holy Pavilion already dislike him, if I had said anything,
his life here would be over. Our places in life are different, and we stand on different
vantage points in this matter, so consequences can’t be compared.”
Just then, a few young trainees approached them, and courteously bowed, their faces
full of smiles greeting them, “Your Highness!”
Xie Lian smiled back, and the two parties brushed past each other. He said to Feng Xin,
“See, I told you to give it time. Now I get along with everyone, who’d dare say anything
bad about me?”
The two of them entered Mu Qing’s bedchamber but didn’t see a soul, so they exited
again to keep searching. “I already thought it strange at the time, since I’d never known
you to have lost any leaves at the palace.” Feng Xin said, “But I can’t believe you didn’t
tell me about this for two years, and even told me that you met him when he was
sweeping!”
“Later he asked me not to tell anyone,” Xie Lian said, “Since I agreed, of course I
wouldn’t tell, not even to you. But now that you know, I’m the one who went back on my
word. But you mustn’t tell anyone else.”
“How does that even count as going back on your word?” Feng Xin said, “It’s not like
you told me anything, it’s his own guilty conscience making him freak out that gave
himself away.”
“No, no. You promise me right now that this stops here. Otherwise I’ll break up my
relationship with you, and you’ll be cursed to never find a wife!” Xie Lian threatened.
Feng Xin “pfft”-ed, “You, break up with me?! The day after our breakup everyone in the
Kingdom of Xianle will know one thing: His Highness the Crown Prince fainted from
overly tight suspenders while dressing himself–!! —FINE! I won’t say a word! Who gives
a shit about gossipping anyway.”
After a pause, he still decided to comment, “I bet he thinks I’m always picking on him
because he thought I knew about the gold foil business, but really, I just don’t like
people like him. A grown up man thinking too much about this and that, he must’ve
suspected you having told me a long time ago. Even concubines in a harem don’t have
thoughts and moods as twisted as his, so annoying!”
“It’s not as bad as you say.” Xie Lian said, “The Royal Holy Pavilion had never lost
anything before, meaning this was his first time, and at the end of the day it was for his
mother... uh, anyway he already assuredly promised that he would never do it again, so
giving him another chance isn’t wrong. And he kept his word. Besides, today when that
little kid fell, if Mu Qing didn’t cooperate with me, the parade wouldn’t have ended so
smoothly either.”
Feng Xin clicked his tongue, “You’re already going down in history for only three rounds
around the capital, of course he won’t do anything else to you. Your Highness, I’m
gonna say this right now, I don’t believe a word of anything he said at the Great Martial
Hall. Who here in the Royal Holy Pavilion didn’t know when the Guoshi played cards he
hears and sees no one? He had to pick that time to pass on the message, and
stubbornly refused to clarify under whose orders he was sent, as if he’s purposely trying
to screw things up.”
Xie Lian shook his head and said gravely, “Actually, in regards to this, I might have been
indelicate too. I knew Mu Qing is disliked, so originally I wanted him to run more errands
for me, let people know that he’s my personal attendant so they’d be nicer to him. I
didn’t realize they’re already nasty to that point. Not only did things mess up, he got
bullied too. If you think about it from his perspective, you’ll find he’s moody for a
reason.”
Feng Xin disagreed wholeheartedly, “Why is it your fault that he’s moody? You’re the
Crown Prince; how did you end up owing anyone anything for promoting them? Your
Highness I really don’t understand why you think so highly of him.”
Xie Lian grinned, “Feng Xin, did you know, there are so many people in this world that
are nothing but rocks in my eyes.”
Feng Xin didn’t understand. Xie Lian walked with his hands behind his back, “Rocks are
everywhere, but precious jades are hard to come by. When it comes to martial arts, I’ve
only ever seen two people who could be called jades. One is you. The other, is him.”
He suddenly stopped in his step, turned his head around, his eyes shining brightly, “I
truly think that Mu Qing is extremely gifted. Such a precious jade, how can it be sat to
let dust collect and hide its beauty just because of backgrounds and temper?”
Xie Lian looked determined, “No! I think that’s wrong. You ask why I think so highly of
him? It’s the same reason as why I think so highly of you. Ones that are destined to
shine, I must let them shine. Besides, I don’t believe that good will brings bad returns.”
Feng Xin stopped too. After listening to Xie Lian’s speech, he scratched his head, “As
long as you know what you want. How you do it is your business.”
“Yea. So. Where did Mu Qing run off to?” Xie Lian said.
Just then, another couple of young trainees approached them, a basket in their hands,
playing around. When they saw Xie Lian, they called out to him in unison, their voices
happy, “Your Highness!”
Xie Lian responded with a smile too. The trainees came up to them and thrusted the
basket before the two, saying happily, “Will Your Highness have some cherries? They’ve
been washed in the springs already, very clean, and very sweet!”
The basket was full of vivid red little round cherries, looking rather precious. Xie Lian
and Feng Xin picked out a few to eat, and they were indeed juicy and sweet. One of the
young trainees asked, “When we walked over we heard Your Highness asking about Mu
Qing. Were you looking for him? I think we saw him when we passed through the cherry
woods.”
“Is that right? Thanks for letting me know.” Xie Lian said.
Thus, the two walked hastily towards the cherry woods. Atop Mount Taicang, other than
the abundant wild maples, there were also many fruit trees; peaches, pears, oranges,
and among the many fruit trees were also cherry trees. The fruit trees were nourished
by springs, bathed in the mountainous mist and sunny dews, bearing fruits filled with
spiritual aura. Other than offering them as tribute to the palace, the rest were only
reserved for the disciples in the pavilion who can munch after a day’s hard work.
Outside the Royal Holy Pavilion, even a hundred gold pieces would be hard to buy just
one.
The cherry trees stood row after row, and within the fresh new leaves hung beads after
beads of red pearl-like cherries, looking delightfully enticing. Xie Lian and Feng Xin
walked for a while looking for Mu Qing in the woods, but soon after, they heard
quarreling voices coming from just ahead of where they were, and they unconsciously
slowed to a stop.
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Ch.62: Lost Red Pearl; Inadvertent Eyes Red with Desire 3
Ahead of them stood four to five white robed trainees, each with a basket in hand,
appearing to have come to pick fruits. However they weren’t encircling any fruit trees,
but rather some person. Even from afar, with their power of hearing, they could still
clearly hear the the particulars of the quarrel. One of the young men said, “No wonder
there seemed to be less fruits in the woods lately, so it was someone who’s been
squatting around stealing.”
A soft voice replied, “The fruits grown on Mount Taicang can be picked by anyone who’s
a disciple at the pavilion, so how is it stealing? Besides, there’s hundreds and
thousands of fruit trees here. There’s no way there’d be less fruits by my power alone.”
The voice belonged to Mu Qing, and from the sleeve corner that could be seen through
from that crowd, it looked like he had already taken off the black ghost costume and
changed back to the usual plain training outfit. That trainee humphed, “Of course if it
was only you picking for yourself the fruits wouldn’t be noticeably less, but you don’t just
pick for yourself, do you? You sneak them down the mountain for other people.
Exploiting the benefits, how shameless.
Xie Lian understood the situation immediately. The trainees that couldn’t stand Mu Qing
were picking on him again.
Mu Qing came from a poor family; his mother who lived at the foot of the mountain in
the city led a meager life. In the past she could only make some money from
seamstressing here and there, but after her eyes went bad she could no longer do that
work, and could only wait for Mu Qing to bring home the money he’d earn from running
errands on the mountain. Sometimes he would pick up some fresh fruits from Mount
Taicang and have her try, and it wasn’t really anything major because there weren’t any
rules against it. Nonetheless, when spoken of out loud it still sounded bad. To have it
brought up like this was even more insulting and embarrassing.
Mu Qing’s voice was laced with ice, “Zhu-ShiXiong, we usually rarely talk, but you have
picked on me again and again. Yesterday too you wouldn’t let me through to The
SiXiang Pavilion to pass on word. How have I offended you?”
That young man named Zhu was indeed the trainee that guarded the door to the
SiXiang Pavilion, and when he heard the matter from the day before brought up his
anger flared, “You’re the one who wasn’t mindful enough to do your job and almost
botched the event, so why are you blaming me? You should blame yourself for acting all
secretive, making other people think you’re up to no good. If you had just said outright
what you were doing, nothing would’ve happened. Thanks to you, His Highness almost
messed up, and I got yelled at by the Guoshi!” He threw the basket on the ground as he
griped, gesturing for everyone to go in to attack. Xie Lian couldn’t watch anymore and
shouted, “Stop!”
When the trainees heard his voice they were all shocked, turning their heads and called,
“Your Highness!”
Xie Lian and Feng Xin approached, and by then that Zhu-ShiXiong had already grabbed
Mu Qing by the shoulder and had him pushed against the trunk of a tree, the brawl not
yet started. If they really did start, even if it was one against twenty Mu Qing would’ve
gained the upper hand, but, if he wanted to stay in the Royal Holy Pavilion, then he
must never raise his fist.
Xie Lian smiled, “What’s everyone doing?”
That Zhu-ShiXiong was a decent, plain-looking young man and had looked up to the
Crown Prince. He froze hearing Xie Lian’s inquiry and hurried to let go of Mu Qing. “Um,
Follow current on NovelEnglish.netthis, we were...”
Xie Lian continued to smile, “Although I don’t know for what everyone is quarreling, but
Mu Qing is my personal attendant, so if he does anything it’s generally under my
command. I didn’t realize there was some offense in having him pick some fruits for
me?”
The trainees all bowed, “No, no! So it was His Highness that asked him to come! We
misunderstood!”
On the side, Mu Qing leaned against the tree, and was first taken aback when he heard
Xie Lian say him coming was under his command, then he quickly righted his collar,
lowered his head and didn’t speak. Cold sweat was rolling down the backs of those
trainees as they profoundly apologized to Xie Lian then to Mu Qing, and finally hurried
away after picking up their baskets, escaping the cherry woods.
Xie Lian saw the basket Mu Qing had brought on the ground, and bent down to pick it
up and passed it to him, “Want some help?”
Mu Qing didn’t take the basket, but raised his head and watched Xie Lian with an
unreadable expression for a moment before he spoke, “Your Highness,”
“What is it?” Xie Lian said.
“Why must you always show up at times like these?”
Xie Lian: “?”
Feng Xin on the other hand became upset, “What do you mean? Is it wrong to come
and save you?”
Mu Qing gave him a look and took the basket. Feng Xin stiffened and said harshly,
“Listen up! What happened before was my fault! I didn’t mean to accuse you, and
everything was only said offhandedly. There’s no need for you to think deeply about
anything, suspecting this or that. I don’t care for anything other than His Highness, and
I’m not interested in gossip. That’s all I have to say, so stop being so moody!”
“PFFFT!” At first Xie Lian thought his words were too aggressive, but towards the end, it
was strangely funny. Mu Qing glared at Feng Xin, and Xie Lian waved his hand, “Alright,
alright. Everything Feng Xin said is true. Let’s just forget anything happened. Nothing’s
happened.”
A moment later, Mu Qing said begrudgingly, “I’ll look for that red coral pearl again later.
Maybe it was dropped on the street.”
It wouldn’t be good for Xie Lian to look too much like he didn’t care, so he replied,
“Alright. Only if you have the time. But if it was dropped on the streets then it’ll have
gotten picked up by somebody by now.”
It seemed Mu Qing had nothing more to say, so he picked up the cherries that were
dropped onto the ground and put them back into his basket. He didn’t pick that many in
the first place, and moved to leave the woods. Xie Lian however, saw many enticing
fresh cherries and casually picked a bunch and dropped them into his basket.
Mu Qing was slightly taken aback. Xie Lian said, “Next time you want to pick fruits for
your mother, just say you’re picking them under my command, and no one will say
anything. The Guoshi told me to return to the palace for a few days so I plan on leaving
tomorrow. Why don’t you make your visit down the mountain too? Let’s just head back
for today.”
It took a while, but at last Mu Qing said in a quiet voice, “Thank you, Your Highness.”
The next day, Xie Lian descended the mountain with Feng Xin and Mu Qing in tow.
The moment they reached the foot of the mountain, right outside the giant mountain
gates, they saw a shining, golden carriage. A young man dressed in a collared brocade
had a whip in hand, lying just in the front seat of the carriage, his legs crossed, looking
lively and important. The second he saw Xie Lian exiting the gates, he leapt to his feet
and ran towards him in a mad dash, shouting in obvious joy, “Cousin Crown Prince!”
Naturally, it was Qi Rong. And only he would have the free time to wait for Xie Lian at
the foot of Mount Taicang. He skipped over and cried, “My patience has finally paid off!”
Xie Lian grinned and ruffled his hair, laughing, “Did Qi Rong grow taller again? How did
you know I was returning to the palace today?”
Qi Rong giggled, “I didn’t. I just waited, and knew you’d have to come out sooner or
later. I refuse to believe you wouldn’t.”
“You’re quite free, aren’t you?” Xie Lian said hopelessly, “Are you studying properly?
What about sword practice? If mother asks me to test your studies again, I won’t help
you.”
Qi Rong blinked, his eyes shifty, and suddenly jumped up and down, “Nevermind all
that! Look at my new carriage! Cousin Crown Prince, come and board it, ride my
carriage back to the palace!”
He grabbed Xie Lian’s hand and pulled him to the carriage, but Xie Lian only felt danger,
“You’re driving?”
Feng Xin and Mu Qing approached too. Technically, servants must sit at the front, but Qi
Rong’s face dropped immediately, cracking the whip in his hand, “I asked cousin Crown
Prince to get on, but I didn’t say you two, too. Think I’d let lowlives touch my golden
coach? Get the hell outta here!”
Xie Lian quietly barked, “Qi Rong!”
Feng Xin had met Qi Rong many times before, and already knew of his potty mouth,
vulgar and condescending character, but Mu Qing had never entered the palace before,
and so had naturally never gotten the chance to go near Prince Xiao Jing. Qi Rong was
feeling extremely aggrieved, but seeing Xie Lian about to walk away, he painfully and
begrudgingly consented the two shitty lowlives to board his precious golden coach.
However, they only just entered the coach, and all three of them immediately regretted
the decision. Qi Rong drove like a madman, the whip in his hand lashing nonstop,
screaming who knows what, and the white horse neighed in shock, the wheels spinning
frantically, thrashing down the streets, refusing to stop no matter how much Xie Lian
screamed for him to. They almost crashed into a number of pedestrians and stalls, and
thank goodness for Feng Xin and Mu Qing who sat at the front and grabbed the reins to
sidetrack the horse, otherwise this berserk journey was going to cost at least twenty
lives. When they finally reached the palace and the coach slowed down, Xie Lian, Feng
Xin, and Mu Qing all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Xie Lian wiped off his
cold sweat, and the other two had been lashed by Qi Rong’s whip a number of times,
their hands covered in welts. Yet Qi Rong rose to his feet, one leg stepping on the white
horse’s behind, and proclaimed proudly, “What do you think, cousin Crown Prince? I
drive pretty well, right!”
Xie Lian got off the carriage and replied, “I’m going to tell Father and Mother to
confiscate your coach.”
Qi Rong was shocked, “WHAT!”
By Xianle culture, one they love gold; two they love precious stones; three they love
beauties; four they love music; and five they love art. The Palace of Xianle was thus the
most distinguished place where all that they love was melted into one. Traversing
through the large courtyard, walking down the crimson hallway, not everything was
gilded or built of jade, as there were also masterpiece paintings hung all around, and
soft music wafting in the air, creating the illusion of paradise.
The palace was Xie Lian’s home, the place whe
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