Inner Residence arc ー Chapter 5 (Part 2): It is said, that is the future
"Fourth Younger Sister, are you alright?"
Xie Zhaoying was looking at me concernedly and helplessly. I foolishly looked at that handsome face of his and the sentence the Great Immortal said just now appeared in my brain, "That person is right beside you."
A series of severe shivers.
Xie Zhaoying stretched his hand unconvincingly to touch my head, "It can't be that she slept until she became silly?"
It was only now that I realised the whole hall was in silence. Everyone was staring at me, Madam Xie's facial expression wasn't that good and that Great Master Hui Kong was squinting his eyes with a face of profound look. My backrest trembled lightly. I felt that something was off and turned my head to look. Song Zijing was gazing at me warmly with a faint smile. So I had fallen into his arms. My face turned read at once.
Grand Tutor Xie with a sullen face, apologised to Great Master Hui Kong, "I did not bring up my daughter properly, resulting in her offending Great Master. This old fellow will certainly go back and discipline her sternly, hope that Great Master can forgive."
Great Master Hui Kong chanted "Amitābha" and said, "Master Xie does not need to blame yourself. Miss Xie is young and lively, it is also natural that she could not endure the heavy Buddhist teaching session. This old monk sees that Miss Xie is is simple and intelligent, has a clear soul, the space between her eyebrows* reveals absolute ingenuity and conceals a graceful and poised disposition**. She will surely be a motherly model of the nation** in future.
*T/n: Supposed to represent a person's appearance
**T/n: All these are terms to describe an Empress
This sentence was tantamount to throwing a hand grenade into the crowd and exploded until every everyone was dizzy and can't find the North.
The whole household slowly turned their heads towards me, then turned to Xie Zhaoke. Madam Xie opened her mouth and said out what everyone was thinking in their hearts, "Great Master, have you probably mistaken someone else?"
Everyone and I all nodded our heads.
Great Master Hui Kong put his palms together and said, "Benefactor, this old monk who is ascetic never make up falsehoods. This is the will of the heavens, this monk has already divulged it, is guilty and I'm afraid that it would be hard to escape. Amitābha."
Elderly monk, since you know that the will of the heaven cannot be divulged, why didn't you manage your own mouth?"
I wanted to cry but had no tears. All the Xie family members sized me up in succession as if they just saw me for the first time, with the few words, "How can this be? No matter how I see it doesn't look like?" written on their faces.
I hurriedly said, "I don't believe. That monk asserted it with no basis." I still wanted to return to my original body.
Grand Tutor Xie bellowed in anger, "Impudent!"
I don't know whether he felt if I should not care about that Great Master Hui Kong being called an elderly monk or if I should not deny and doubt my fate to become an Empress.
Great Master Hui Kong smiled unfathomably and left, leaving a room of people who were in a daze. Madam Xie trembled like usual once she is nervous and said to Grand Tutor Xie: Master, why don't we get call Great Master again to practise physiognomy on Ke-er*?"
Xie Zhaoke's face was full of reluctance and her look of hidden bitterness was continuously locked on Song Zijing. Whereas Song Zijing instead knitted his eyebrows while looking at me, as if he was pondering how someone like me was actually going to be a motherly model of the nation.
Xie Zhaoying moved over smilingly, "Congratulations on such a fortunate matter, Fourth Younger Sister."
I sulked, "What fortune*?"
*T/n: Congratulations in Chinese is made up of two characters, the last word means something like a fortunate matter.
"Our Xie Family is going to produce an Empress."
I huffed, "Not mentioning that the Emperor is past his forties, he is also a sick tuberculosis person. I'm at the prime of my youth, still young and beautiful, to become his concubine, is he able to bear it?"
Grand Tutor Xie was hopping mad, "This disgraceful thing, you even dare to say words that slander His Majesty!"
My temper flared up and shouted, "What is there that cannot be said? Women are also human. Limited innately to be inferior in physical strength compared to men, they're instead not treated as human by men? Frankly speaking, isn't it still a violent governing system that is patriarchal and the whole society developing distortedly."
Grand Tutor Xie this ancient person didn't know how to ward off blows from a zealot feminist. He was angry until his face became liver-colored and almost fainted.
Xie Zhaoying observed that things were not going well and pulled me while walking outside without delay.
He continuously dragged me out of the temple. I fiercely shook of his hand and walked straight down the mountain on my own.
I was finally a little angry.
Suppose there was a girl, when she sacrifices her youth and devotes herself to the clan's glorious reputation, others actually still felt that she was not worthy. I can't endure this insult. What things are they, an elderly monk who hoodwinks the public to build his reputation, a sanctimonious pedant and also this absurd male supremacist feudalistic society which should go to hell.
I stood at halfway of the mountain, dashed down the vast plain of land beneath my feet and shouted loudly, "This old woman* wants to go back home ——————————"
*T/n: Just a term which some girls may use to call themselves, maybe for a more energetic and tough girl
"I'll bring you back." Xie Zhaoying's voice suddenly popped up, causing me to jump in fright.
Don't know when he caught up with me. He had been leading a horse and following me from far away. I had been thinking of the load weighing in my heart and did not notice.
He sighed, "No matter what, he is your father, being angry is you in the wrong."
I said coldly, "Second Young Master, I am already someone who is going to become the Emperor's concubine, when the time comes, everyone in your family has to kneel and kowtow to me, I still care about quarrelling with Father?"
Xie Zhaoying smiled wryly, "Don't say angry words anymore. That elderly monk's words may necessarily be accurate, when I was young he even said that I was going to be the sovereign descending upon the world*."
*T/n: Used to say that someone is going to be an Emperor
I was greatly surprised, "Second Elder Brother, if this spreads you can be sentenced to death!"
"That's right." Xie Zhaoying was also very vexed, "But you see that I have already lived until so big, I'm still the Xie Family's second child and don't even have an official position. Damn his sovereign descending upon the world."
I smiled, "You can't say this for sure too. Maybe after I become the Empress, I vigorously promote the people from my maiden family, transfer power out of the royal family to our Xie Family and you finally got impatient of being a carefree marquis, carrying out a coup d'etat……"
Xie Zhaoying was speechless*.
*T/n: Original text mentioned that his face was full of black lines. It should mean something like this:
I stopped, waved my hand and continued walking, "You should go back, I'm fine."
"Where are you going?" Xie Zhaoying asked.
"After listening to that bald head chanting half a day of scriptures, I'm famished. I'm going down the mountain to find something to eat."
I had only walked two steps when I suddenly felt my waist tightened and I was lifted onto the horse with a swoosh. Xie Zhaoying embraced me in his arms and smiled, "I am also hungry. The vegetarian dishes in the temple do not have oil at all. Let's go, Second Elder Brother will bring you to Tian Xiang(Tiān Xiāng)* Building."
*T/n: I'm guessing that the name means that it is heavenly fragrant
His two legs straddled the horse abdomen from both sides and the horse kicked off its heels to start galloping.
Translator Corner:
Sorry I posted this a little later. The next two parts will be out earlier! 😉
Update: I just realised that there is another translator who actually translated about 3 chapters prior to me translating this month. Previously when I was searching on Google and Novel Updates, I didn’t come up with any results so I safely thought that no one was translating. I am unsure how to contact the other translator, so if anyone knows, please inform me. Depending on how the discussion goes, I may have to stop my translation for this novel considering that the other translator actually translated the first chapter in around August. Thanks for the support so far everyone.