Chapter 10 (1/2)
I’ Lost You Forever and areat discussion in the co what they can do to in thanks for o ahead and share your thoughts, thatthe enjoyment around Chapter 9 was a very heavy chapter to read as we finally get Xiao Yao’s back story of how she beca Shui Town She has revealed bits and pieces to Xiang Liu before, but this is the first time she shared the entire experience and she did so with her beloved cousin Zhuan Xu and her confidante Jing Too bad Xiang Liu wasn’t around toto say her interactions with Xiang Liu strike the balance of never being able to see the light She can take Jing and Zhuan Xu houy, but I don’t think introducing daddy to her push and pull buddy is going to fly over so well I loved how the Grand Eed and left poor Jing sweating bullets Xiao Yao ht be a Princess and her future not always up to her own choice, but it’s pretty clear those around her want to do what they can to uilt, and Zhuan Xu operates on the sath as Xiao Yao which is that they always put each other’s wants first Xiao Yao isn’t quite back to being a Princess yet, not until there is a way to reveal her true face, but it’s nice that she’s finally stopped running and is home at last Even if her hory little sister Ah Nian around, but I feel like Xiao Yao loves these little distractions and conflicts because it beats being lonely and left alone That is what struckLiu, that a part of her liked his picking on her fro, while the other half enjoys the mundane existence of Xiao Liu
Chapter 10 – Who Knows Your Sorrow:
Ah Nian came to Hua Yin Court to find Zhuan Xu and saasn’t there She saw Xiao Liu soaking her hands in healing water and rushed forward to upend the bowl
Xiao Liu leaned back and rested her legs on the table, looking at Ah Nian with a crooked slared at hile thing that ht she went to complain to her daddy and told him all about Xiao Liu’s various crimes but her daddy instead said Xiao Liu never intended to hurt her so she should stop being mad at him She was so upset and told hiht her daddy would fly into a rage but not only wasn’t he angry, he seemed oddly amused and comforted her “In a little while later, I will announce so and this won’t bother you anymore”
When Ah Nian left her daddy’s residence, she thought about what he said and how could a woman not be bothered that a man felt her up? That would only be…if that oing crazy! She kept telling herself it was impossible, it could never be! But……he was her royal father, an Eh positions people who had talent After he becah the entire Gao Xing court was against hi noble fae where she was a servant and made her his consort It was clearly possible that he would ht all night about it and rushed to see Zhuan Xu gege to ask him for help, but all she saas Xiao Liu
When did Xiao Liuabout it? Why would Zhuan Xu allow Xiao Liu to live in his residence? Did Zhuan Xu agree hat her dad wanted…… Yes, yes! Zhuan Xu was very respectful of her dad, so if her dad wanted…then Zhuan Xu gege would support it
Ah Nian glared at Xiao Liu as her face reflected all her changing thoughts She was alternatively gritting her teeth and then al into tears Xiao Liu cocked her head and stared, co like this today
Xiao Liu waved at Ah Nian “Hey, are you okay?”
Ah Nian’s hands balled into a fist and she hollered “I alanced at her fists “Don’t use force, today if you use force then I’ll return it”
Ah Nian wandered around the yard back and forth thinking of what to do Beat Xiao Liu to death? But there were servants all around, and there was a strangenear the s With her daddy and Zhuan Xu’s smarts, there was no way she would succeed here
Ah Nian sat down across frorily spit out “Let me say it now – I will never ht with you every day! I willhell for you! I will eventually beat you to death!”
Xiao Liu was totally confused “I never thought about hted “Really?”
“Of course!”
“But I’m a Princess!”
“It’s because you’re a Princess that I don’t want to marry you!”
Ah Nian didn’t understand why Xiao Liu said that but she was just happy he didn’t want to marry her She said “If you act even worse then my royal father will not approve of you He’ll dislike you, so keep on doing that and I’ll forgive you and stop trying to punish you”
Xiao Liu laughed “Sure, I guarantee your dad won’t make you marry me”
“You promise?”
Xiao Liu raised her hand and solemnly sweared “I promise that the Grand Emperor will never marry the Princess to me, otherwise I’ll die a thousand deaths!”
Ah Nian was relieved and then leaned in to whisper “In a few days will be Little Zhu Rong’s Autu people to socialize and also show their talents All the powerful families in the vast wilderness will be in attendance Daddy likes you and will send you there to meet people At that time, I’ll ith you and help you disappoint him”
Xiao Liu was a bit taken back Ah Nian really was the daughter of an imperial family She appeared innocent and clueless but since she was s the politics in the world She knew the youths sent by the powerful families to the Autumn Tournament was someone powerful and would be the future family and clan leaders If a person upset those people, then no matter how talented, one’s future was limited The Grand Emperor would never let such a person have an iy
Xiao Liu looked at Ah Nian “You’re very s If you endure hardshi+p then it’ll polish you so that you can becoht for power or to struggle for survival so she didn’t care whether she was of any use so Xiao Liu chuckled
Ah Nian gave Xiao Liu a warning glare “Don’t you dare like me!”
Xiao Liu immediately retorted “I will never like you!”
Ah Nian huffed “Then we’re agreed If o, so don’t forget your pro to avoid Ah Nian and after she left he cao to Little Zhu Yen’s Autuo so I want to go with his coe around me, I want to sneak in some last bit of freedom and fun”
“Are you very close with Zhuan Xu?”
Xiao Liu answered “I’ve never thought about whether we’re close or not We fought as kids, we argued as kids, I called hie when I was happy, I called hiether, we ate from the same rice boe slept under the same blanket When I saw him hurt I wanted the pain to fall on me When I saw others e’s suffered a lot all these years, his parents both died when he was small, and later my Mom raised him After my Mom died in battle he was all alone, and when he was still s Xuan Yuan is his homeland but there is no support for hi as a Prince, but he’s been exiled here and even the race of the Grand E so I don’t exactly what he’s endured, but right now all I want to do is spend more time with him”
“Do you wish to stay here by their side?”
“I’ to spend time with the Eldest Princess But knowing randfather, Zhuan Xu’s personality……even Ah Nian that clueless one knows that it’s pointless to go up against thehed “If I didn’t reappear it would be fine, but I’ Wen Xiao Liu I ran away before not because I was angry at them, it was also because I knew that once I returned to my real identity, it would be harder to leave here than to ascend to the Heavens”
shi+ Qi looked at Xiao Liu “A person cannot choose their birth, even if we are unwilling, we must accept it”
shi+ Qi sentle smile “If a heart is like a clean moon, even in the darkened clouds it will pass and the moon will return”
Xiao Liu pointed to her heart and asked half in jest half serious “But if the lady’s heart is tainted, then will my lord’s heart be clear like the moon and shi+ne it on the lady’s heart”
Zhuan Xu walked in “What are you guys talking about? I heard Ah Nian caht with you?”
Xiao Liu laughed “No, we had a good talk”
Zhuan Xu apologized “Master already sent word to Grandfather and to the Royal Mother You know your identity is very special so Master will need to discuss with Grandfather, and also get the Royal Mother’s agree the official proclamation to the world So for now your identity will remain concealed”
Xiao Liu yelped “Royal Mother! That old witch! And that s will kill me!”
Zhuan Xu scolded her “Stop with the nonsense! Even Grandfather is respectful to the Royal Mother! Also Ah Bi has now evolved into human form and he is called Sir Bi so when you see him be respectful”
Xiao Liu re was a demon bird that looked like a phoenix His human form was that of a ten year old boy but he didn’t like to take his human form He had a terrible personality and every ti he would viciously peck her and chase her all over the peach blossoed fox demon but had not yet trained to evolve into huentle Every ti would peck her he would save her After so many years apart, Ah Bi now had a hurown taller
Back then she was too small, she didn’t know any better She felt that the Royal Mother and Lie Yang were so mean Later when she used her powers to survive hen she realized what they were trying to teach her It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go back to Jade Mountain, and perhaps they wouldn’tlittle o back she had been captured and shoved in a cage and tortured for the next 30 years She lost all her spiritual powers and knew she could no longer go back She could only continue to wander
Xiao Liu asked “Will Lie Yang and Sir Bi come?”
Zhuan Xu said “If the Royal Mother tells thehed “With so much time passed, I’m both excited and scared about the reunion”
Zhuan Xu rapped her on the head “When did you get so ht I told hiht the Grand Emperor came to dine with them at Hua Yin Court and shi+ Qi was included This time Xiao Liu summoned all her proper ht and proper lady plus with two hundred years passed, she pretty ot all her etiquette and ard all over
shi+ Qi assisted and provided reminders from time to time, whereas Zhuan Xu was totally hands off and sat by with a big srily “You’re just like ere kids, you’re still a mean older brother!”
Zhuan Xu’s eyes flashed aon you, then who shall I pick on?”
The Grand Emperor smiled “Don’t worry, just eat like you normally do”
Xiao Liu smiled sweetly “Daddy is the best” She slumped forward and pulled her sleeves up After dinner, the Grand Emperor asked Xiao Liu to stroll with hi Garden
Qi Qing Garden had an abundance of water, flora, and exotic aniend has it that the previous Grand E here theher here often to play So in the water and fighting with the various ani En Palace was too big and many places she had never been to before The two places she wasCourt and here in Qi Qing Garden
Xiao Liu strolled here and felt her nose getting twitchy and her eyes tearing up It was exactly the same as in herhere
They passed a pavilion and Xiao Liu suddenly rushed in and inspected a post and saw squiggly jagged lines carved on there She excitedly cried out “Daddy, look! My drawing is still here!”
“And this! This is still here, too!” There were three lines scratched on the past where Xiao Liu stood against it years ago and her dad row taller than her dad until he could’t mark the place for her
The pavilion had been renovated many times but these doodles were carefully preserved
The Grand Ereatest handiwork, and you told me that I had to keep it forever”
Xiao Liu suddenly embraced the Grand Emperor, even if they had already reunited, she still didn’t feel like she had come home until no she finally felt like she had come home
Xiao Liu’s tear tumbled down and the Grand Emperor patted her on the pat, he didn’t comfort her and just let her cry, to let her cry out a few hundred years worth of hurt and pain
Xiao Liu cried and cried, see to cry three hundred years worth of tears Finally she felt like it was too“Normally I’m not a crybaby”
The Grand Ehter’s tears is a father’s lacking”
Xiao Liu stopped crying and asked hiain He rew, but you didn’t grow so tall that your dad can’t ue and then stared at the line with her face crestfallen “I don’t even know if this isis false” When she told Zhuan Xu what happened, she tried to act nonchalant as if she was used to having no face But now her true fear eed
The Grand Eradually a small peach blossoing is not soical spiritual object in your body called the Face For Flower It can allow a person to imprint any face”
Xiao Liu asked quizzically “A spiritual object? I don’t have a disease? The object causes e at will? But why does my body have this spiritual object? Her face suddenly lit up “Does that e? I can become my real self then?”
“Yes”
Xiao Liu was so happy “Dad, take it out forand would rather that I was a freakishly ugly girl than be a fake beauty”
The Grand Elowed a red aura Back then it required the spiritual power of two Gods, himself and Xiao Yao’s mother, to seal it in Xiao Yao’s body It would need the spiritual power of two Gods now to reht now I can’t remove it but dad promises that I will help you find your true face”
Xiao Liu wanted desperately to regain her true face iht now The Grand Emperor looked at the birthmark on Xiao Liu’s forehead and in his eyes was such hidden sorrow He waved his hand and the birth worry was lifted, Xiao Liu walked the garden with her daddy in a co and asked about anything She even dared to suggest “Daddy, can I not be the Gao Xing Eldest Princess? I’hter, I just don’t want to be a princess”
“No!”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re ”
Xiao Liu irabbed her dad’s ar the Princess I have to eat properly, behave properly, and even ain I don’t want to be the Princess!”
The Grand Emperor said “A person needs to have proper e, who do you think I’ll sacrifice you to?”
Xiao Liu blurted out “I don’t knoho you will sacrifice me to, I just…I just…”
The Grand Emperor looked at Xiao Liu “I ahter You ht, do you understand?”
Xiao Liu lowered her head and whined “Can I not understand?”
The Grand Emperor’s hand caressed Xiao Liu’s head and he said sadly “I’m not like any other dad, I have too dom and its citizens I cannot just let you do what you want I need to protect hter isPrincess can you enjoy the protection of the entire kingdom Before anyone dares to harm you, they need to consider whether they can withstand the wrath of an Eive you as a father who did not do his duty for you Please don’t reject it”
Xiao Liu felt her tears about to fall and she took a deep breath “Dad, I’ to be the Princess”
The Grand E a Princess isn’t all bad, at least you can misuse your authority and pick on people You can be ruthless and lawless, taking whatever you want”
Xiao Liu gaped “Daddy, are you sure you’re teaching your daughter the right things?”
The Grand Edo myself and I don’t have the time even if I wanted to You don’t have that restriction I can’t do anything but you can do everything Who said it’s bad your dad is the ruler of a kingdom with supreme authority and can handle whatever you want to do”
Xiao Liu was so shocked and confused and so utterly thrilled to have a dad! Having a dad who let her so whatever she wanted was the best feeling ever!
That night Xiao Liu talked to the Grand Eht on the stone steps of the pavilion She felt like she had so er, when she stole the snake de, when she went to a brothel, when she opened a ht her to cook, the Lao Mu she brought hos, so many people, she wanted to share it all so her dad would know
She wanted her dad to know that the last few hundred years wasn’t all pain, there was a lot of fun things and happy tiood people too All these aht and proper life as a Princess, and in fact she felt like the life she did lead was the one she was uilty anyotten with her stories when she fell asleep like she used to when she was s, Xiao Liu ca the courtyard before leaning on a tree and staring at the sunlight in content chess and looked over to see her standing against the flower tree shi+ Qi’s heart skipped a few beats but Zhuan Xu teased “Did you steal a fish last night?”
Xiao Liu pulled a flower “I talked all night with dad”
“You talk the most, but then you act like you haven’t talk all that much”
Xiao Liu fleard like she wanted to strangle Zhuan Xu “Let me tell you, I may not have powers now but don’t think I’m easy to pick on I can make you not talk and not move if you piss me off”