Was watching this drama called Agent Princess as I translated this. Apparently there’s a novel too, wonder if anyone’s translating. (* ^ ω ^) Okay then, enjoy your weekend!
The sun was setting and the evening rays were colouring the limitless skyline when Feng Zhiyao decided to slowly get up.
"Ziyun, get up quick!" Still no reaction.
"It can't be that she was frightened to death?" Why is there no movement, she is still breathing.
"Ziyun, the assassin is back!" Feng Zhiyao rolled her eyes and bended over to whisper at Ziyun's ear.
"Ah! Where? Where? Eldest Miss, we have to find a place to hide!" Ziyun jumped up at her words, amusing Feng Zhiyao.
"I was just bluffing you, the assassin saw that he couldn't hurt me so he left!" Feng Zhiyao laughed as she beckoned Ziyun to sit down.
"Oh, Eldest Miss, are you alright?" Ziyun scanned Feng Zhiyao from head to toe carefully.
"I am okay, still pretty fine!" Feng Zhiyao played with the jade qilin the masked man gave her earlier as she spoke with Ziyun. The jade qilin was crystal clear, white without a fault, delicate and shiny, smooth like wax, soft as water, it's a good quality jade, she played with it admiringly[1].
"Eldest Miss, where did this jade qilin come from?" Ziyun was curious.
"Ziyun, you ask too many questions!" Feng Zhiyao lazily gave a reply, indicating that she won't be answering the question.
" Sorry Eldest Miss, nubi is wrong, please don't send nubi away!" Ziyun thought that Feng Zhiyao's sudden turn of tone meant that she was going to be sent away.
"Ziyun, get up, don't simply grovel before me, I didn't say I was going to send you away! Okay, prepare my dinner now, and tell my father I won't be going to Hua Hall to eat, I will just eat food from my own kitchen today!" Feng Zhiyao doesn't want to face Prime Minister Feng and his concubines, she is much happier eating by herself.
After her dinner, Feng Zhiyao found a geographical annal of the world she is in now.
The continent she is on now is called Qingxuan[2] Continent, there are eighteen nations on this continent, her nation is the richest nation on the continent, Nanshao[3], after it by order are Heini[4], Beilan[5], Xiliang[6], the rest are small states.
Heini is rich in mines, the people are living in peace and harmony. Beilan people are nomads on the stepe, they are fighters by nature, but they aren't as rich as Heini, because they are bordered with Nanshao, some nomads pillage border towns at times.
Xiliang is a maritime nation, its people fish as a living, neighbouring it is the Liuqiu[7] Sea, they usually use the sea fish caught for trading with Nanshao, therefore they are quite prosperous too.
Four large nations countering each other, there are no wars for the last thirty years.
"Thank goodness, it is a peaceful era!" Feng Zhiyao talked to herself and closed up the book.
During the next few days, maybe it is because of the wet weather, the Prince of Qi never came to the manor to see Feng Zhiyao, Feng Zhiyao was happy with the peace and quiet, she stayed inside Haidang Garden and slept all day.
Until the fourth day, the fifth day of the seventh month of the fortieth year of Jinglong of Nanshao.
"Eldest Miss, don't keep sleeping, shouldn't you go out to get some fresh air?" Ziyun couldn't bear to see it, her Eldest Miss used to bring her out on the streets every few days, now Ziyun felt that mould was growing on her in Haidang Garden.
"Ziyun, it is you who wants to go out and play right?" Feng Zhiyao raised her half-closed eyes and curved her lips, teasing her maid.
"Eldest Miss, nubi…… nubi wants to go out and play." She does not lie to her master.
"Well then, it's time to go out and eat!" Feng Zhiyao felt that her body has recovered enough in Haidang Garden, it's time to find a man to have a one night stand.
"Eldest Miss, the closet is open, which one do you want to wear?" Ziyun gleefully opened the closet and asked.
"Why is it all white?" Feng Zhiyao gave a frown, white represents purity, her beauty is the representation of demons, purity doesn't suit her.
"Eldest Miss, you always said that white suits your fresh temperament the best!" Ziyun smiled as she explained.
"Okay, then give me the one with the shortest hem!" Feng Zhiyao randomly pointed at one dress.
She can walk faster with a shorter dress, at least she won't trip over.
Feng Zhiyao changed into a moon white yarn dress with a silver lined haidang flower, and sat on a horse carriage specially for female members of the prime minister's house.
Blue skies, white clouds floating, light winds breezing, the weather of the seventh month at the capital Xianyang is too hot, but today is the market gathering of Xuanwu street, of course the place would be lively.
With the giant crowds, all the shops value the day of the market very much.
If they shout loudly enough, they might be able to sell out goods that they have accumulated over the week or even the month .
At Songhe Restaurant.
The place where all the noble young men and women in the capital like to gather, has the most people, especially on a day like this, all seats were filled.
The window in the beautifully decorated private room at the second floor was wide open, you could see the whole scene on Xuanwu Street.
At the round table sat five handsome, evenly matched young men.
The first from the left is the seventh son of the emperor, the Prince of Qi, Xuanyuan Haofei.
He wore a khaki coloured silk shirt, his skin showed a healthy brown colour, his features on his handsome face are very sharp, it had clear eyes, an attractive expression, his beautiful lips raised into a nice curve, his whole body radiated grace and nobility.
Except that his face had a weary look.
"Your highness, are you misearable because of a girl?" The speaker was a young man sitting across him, Wen Xingyuan, grandson of the patriach of the number one family in Nanshao, he wore a white outfit, and had a lazy smile, filled with tease.
"Your highness, my cousin Qiong'er said that she hasn't seen you for days, have you changed your mind?" The one speaking calmly and leaning against the window looking at the scenery was the young master of Jitian Fortress[8], Su Muyan, he wore a light blue silk shirt, very handsome[9].
"My love for Qiong'er will not change, it is just that the cancellation of my engagement with Feng Zhiyao is not very smooth." His mother once suggested to the emperor his father to let Feng Zhiyao and Feng Zhiqiong be married to the prince at the same time, as to obtain the power of both the prime minister and Jitian Fortress.
However Xuanyuan Haofei thought about Feng Zhiqiong saying that she does not want to be married to him together with Feng Zhiyao, this made him very torn.
"Eh, isn't that Feng Zhiyao's carriage?" Su Muyan scornfully looked down at the carriage sporting the emblement of the Feng family, and Feng Zhiyao loves the pompous style, therefore he guessed that the one in the carriage is most likely to be Feng Zhiyao.
"Your highness, it is your fiancee's carriage! Maybe she knows that you are eating with us here?" Wen Xingyuan had a gloating tone, he elegantly played with the beautifully craved jade cup in his hands, his white slender fingers rubbing around the edges of the cup.
Who in Xianyang doesn't know that the di daughter of the prime minister likes the Prince of Qi, wherever the prince is, Feng Zhiyao will be there!
Author's ramblings
Thank you for your diamonds, muack muack muack o（n_n）o ~
The MC has come out to hunt for beautiful men o（n_n）o hahah~
Happy Labour Day, today's update is 4000 characters, Xiao Tao love you all
[1]OT is 爱不释手, literaly love till cannot let go
[2]Green Dazzle
[3]South Root, shao is a herb known as Paeonia lactiflora
[4]Black Stare, it’s a pun for black soil too, the place should be rich in agriculture
[5]North Waves
[6]West Cold, Gansu Province was also known as Xiliang, being formerly known as the Liang Prefecture and being in the west
[7]The characters used is the Chinese name for Ryukyu.
My guess for the corresponding locations of the nations in our world:
Heini: Manchuria/Sichuan,
Beilan: Mongolia,
Xiliang: Southeast China/Vietnam,
Nanshao: central China
[8]擎 ji: prop up 天 tian: sky, I guess everyone knows this one (≧◡≦)
[9]OT is 玉树临风, literally means jade tree in wind, it describes his talents and physical appearance