Published at 4th of November 2020 09:34:55 AM
Chapter 180: Chapter 180 - The Empress Dowager is Ill, Ruixue’s Warding-Off Wedding is Pushed Forward
Chapter 180 The Empress Dowager is Ill, Ruixue’s Warding-Off Wedding is Pushed Forward
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“Be careful . ” There were soldiers patrolling around the mountain . If the soldiers saw them together, they would be finished .
When Shangguan LingRan ran down to the bottom of the mountain, his martial nephews released sighs of relief when they saw him come back safely .
They looked at his happy face and rippling phoenix eyes filled with deep tenderness and knew that his wish had been fulfilled . For a time, they were all happy for their little Shishu .
Yi Chen immediately smiled and said, “It looks like we will have a little martial aunt [Shishen] soon . ”
Shangguan LingRan was not angry . He smiled happily and devilishly charmingly . “That’s right . Children, you have to be as loyal to your little Shishen as you are to me . ”
“Yes, little Shishu . ” The little martial nephews smiled as they answered .
That night, Shangguan LingRan and Zi You tossed and turned . They didn’t sleep well .
Zi You thought that since she liked him, then she would have to fight . Even if there were deep trenches or countless thorns in front of her, she would rush through them to fight for him .
Shangguan LingRan was thinking about Zhao HongXiang . That b*stard! As soon as he thought that YouYou was his fiancée in name, his teeth ached from hatred .
He must take care of him, but not now . He had to wait until he had the ability to protect YouYou and not be guarded against by the Emperor and his sons before he could make a move .
Military training was intense and tiring, but the days were full of happiness . Through frequent interactions, the females and males got along more and more naturally .
At first, the females were reluctant to bandage the soldiers’ wounds on their legs or torso . But after several times and after they saw Zi You’s calmness when she bandaged wounds for the soldiers, the females had calmed down too .
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Zi You’s strength, tenacity, and amiability to the soldiers made the soldiers admire her very much . They affectionately called her “Little fairy . ”
Winter left and spring arrived . Since Shangguan LingRan returned to the capital, he didn’t go see Zi You in the mountains again . He didn’t even come on Zi You’s birthday on March 23rd . He had fifteenth martial nephew Yi Chen bring her a gift and letter .
The gift was in a rosewood box . Zi You opened it . It was a diamond inlaid emerald corundum bracelet with a matching long hairpin lying on the red flannel . The brilliance of the corundum and diamond shone like a rainbow .
Fifteenth martial nephew Yi Chen proudly opened the hairpin . It was actually hollow in the middle . A very small dagger was in the thin hairpin . The sharp blade emitted bright light . The position where the emerald corundum was inlaid was precisely the part where someone should hold it . It was suitable for a woman to hold without hurting her hand .
Zi You knew that it was very skillful to do such a thing in a small area of a hairpin . This must be valuable . But she was very happy with the hairpin from simply her necessity for such an item .
She couldn’t bring a dagger or soft sword everywhere she went . But close combat wouldn’t be a problem with this hairpin .
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Fifteenth martial nephew Yi Chen could tell that a smile was emitting in her eyes . He boasted even more proudly . He took the bracelet out and pressed down somewhere . Needles swooshed out and landed on a table .
He said, “There are fourteen silver needles inside this bracelet . Seven are dipped in anesthetic . Seven are dipped in poison . The range is about five meters . It will be more effective the closer you are . My little Shishu had someone make this in three months . Others certainly won’t make it so well . My little Shishu has spent a lot of thought! My little Shishu can’t home . He feels very bad about it!”
It wasn’t that Shangguan LingRan didn’t want to come, but that he couldn’t come . That was because the Empress Dowager was watching the fireworks and had gotten a cold . At first, she hadn’t paid much attention to it . But she had gotten worse and worse . In the end, the cold turned into heat, obstructed her lungs, and gave her asthma . She was suffering from modern day pneumonia .
Shangguan LingRan’s feelings were conflicted towards this grandmother of his . There was resentment, but also familial affection . After all, everything that she did, including raising “him” into a dandy, was to save his life .
The Empress Dowager really did love him . Shangguan LingRan understood that if she wasn’t alive, the Emperor would be even more unbridled . Thus, he could only strongly suppress his lingering for Zi You and stay by the Empress Dowager’s side day and night; for fear that the Empress would do something .
Zi You was aware of the Empress Dowager’s condition . Shangguan LingRan had Lightning send her a letter every two days . Even his aunt Nee Liu mentioned the Empress Dowager’s condition in her letters to Mu YingYi . The words were full of worry .
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Since something big had happened, in order to demonstrate his filial piety, Taizi actually proposed to marry cefei Liu Ruixue ahead of time as a warding-off wedding . *** The Emperor even agreed .
[Warding-off wedding (Chongxi) = holding a wedding in hopes that a joyous occasion would “ward-off” imminent death . ]
Originally, the wedding was scheduled for August 6th, but it was now pushed forward to April 12th . That was the result from Duke Anguo’s discussion with the Emperor because Liu Ruixue didn’t reach marriageable age until May 13th .
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