The Princess Wei Yang Chapter 30
March 13, 2017
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Notes:
biao ge/biao mei/biao jie = way to address cousins
yatou = way to refer to a young maid
mumu = way to refer to an older maid
xiaosi = way to refer to a servant
Nan Yuan = literally translated to South garden
muqin = way to address your mother
jianzhong = a derogatory term for an
illegitimate child
Li Wei Yang must
pass through the remote back garden to get to Nan Yuan. She ordered all her
yatous and mumus to hide in an obscure corner. She only bought along Bai Zhi,
who held up her umbrella as they walked towards the garden.
In the pouring
rain, even as Bai Zhi attempted to hold up the umbrella, one side of Li Wei
Yang’s shoulders was still drenched.
Gao Jin hid under
the banana leaves with his xiaosi behind him, holding up his umbrella.
“Shaoye, San
xiaojie is coming!” his xiaosi alerted him.
Gao Jin’s pair of
eyes has already started to ogle Li Wei Yang closely. She was wearing a
jacket-skirt made with yunjin; on it were embroideries of magpies on a plum
tree. Below was a skirt of the same color made with hongjin. As she continued
to walk over, she looked delicate and graceful. Gao Jin stared at her from head
to toes and as he watched her, he became even more excited.
He quietly
celebrated in joy; after today, she will be his!
Bai Zhi kept
having a strange feeling that someone was watching them. She felt uneasy:
“Xiaojie, nubi is afraid.”
Li Wei Yang smiled
faintly: “There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
Her voice, like
icy bells knocking loudly against the wind, makes Gao Jin feel a sudden urge to
have her and couldn’t restraint himself any longer. He jumped out hoping to
fully grasp ahold of her.
The moment he
jumped out, Gao Jin’s hands began to feel numb and painful.
Li Wei Yang raised
her brows and she ruthlessly kicked him at the most important part of his lower
body.
At the same time
that her feet rested on his lower body, Gao Jin’s hands were about to
snap. After he let out a scream, his whole body fell back.
Bai Zhi
immediately pulled out a cloth bag, slipped it over his head, and shouted:
“Someone come quick, there is a thief in this yuan zi! Hurry!”
Within seconds,
the servants who came along quickly rushed out. Li Wei Yang pointed at Gao Jin
and coldly said: “Give him a sound beating. Beat him to death!”
“Who dares strike
me!” the person in the cloth bag shouted, “I am Biao xiaoye!”
What is going on? Everyone was confused.
Li Wei Yang coldly
smiled: “Why would Biao shaoye be in the back garden? It’s obvious that this
offender is trying to be clever, hoping to escape punishment! Beat him up!”
After witnessing
how San xiaojie handled Hua Mei, all the servants began to fear her so who
would dare not to follow her orders?
Gao Jin screamed
and pleaded for his life, and cursed at the servants but he was held down by
the yatous and mumus as they continued to beat him soundly since they were
afraid San xiaojie might think they didn’t put enough efforts.
Li Wei Yang looked
towards a banana tree not too far away and to her surprise, saw the silhouette
of a person disappeared.
Gao Jin was beaten
for nearly half an hour until everyone had no more strength left and stopped
their beating. The wastrel in the cloth bag who wanted to assault Wei Yang has
already been beaten on the brink of death.
Li Wei Yang threw
him a glance and then ordered: “Throw this offender out!”
Four mamas threw
the almost beaten-to-death Gao Jin over the walls.
The xiaosi who
came with him finally dared to come out. Trembling, he lifted the cloth bag and
see that his gongzi’s forehead was trickling with blood, his nose tilted
towards one side, the seams of his eyes were ripped, his eyes were discolored,
and his words were incomprehensible, he knew this time they were in deep
trouble ……
Having just
rained, as the jaded green banana leaves outside the window drooped, a bead of
water slid off and crisply hits the ground. Da furen didn’t know why she kept
feeling agitated. The Buddha beads have been swiveling in her hands for a long
time before she finally placed the beads down. She spoke to Li Zhangle who
was by her side: “Today I’ve been feeling restless, it’s as if ……”
Li Zhangle lowered
her eyes, veiling the coldness in her eyes. Eventually, something will happen,
but to them, it will be good news.
She only said
partially what she wanted to say when the curtains of the door were opened and
someone rushed in quickly. Perhaps he ran his way here, he couldn’t stop in
time and fell onto the ground. It was after rolling a few times to get up from
the floor before he finally composed himself. He didn’t even care to wipe the
dirt off his face and shouted to Da furen: “Da furen, not good! Something big
happened!”
This person was xiaosi
Qiuzi who served Gao Jin. Da furen’s complexion paled: “Don’t you know what
this place is, how can you just barge in! Leave immediately!”
Qiuzi’s face
whitened: “Bad news, bad news …… something bad happened!” He spoke as if he has
just encountered ghosts, his whole body was shivering, “Xiaoye was at the
garden just now, he, he ……”
Da furen was
shocked: “What did he … do this time?”
She wanted to say
what trouble has he gotten himself in this time but thought it was
inappropriate to say so she rephrased it. Li Zhangle lightly lifted her lips,
this scene was also part of their plan. After Biaoge succeeds, he would send
xiaosi over to pass on the news and say Xiaoye accidentally mistaken San
Xiaojie as a maid so he claimed her. At that time, once muqin finds out, even
though she would be angry, she would still cover up for him. This way, they can
get rid of Li Wei Yang, who has been a thorn in their eyes.
“Shaoye was
originally in the garden, who would have thought, who would have thought ……”
Qiuzi was very anxious that his head was covered in sweat, “Who would have
thought San xiaojie bought along a bunch of people and beat Shaojie up soundly
……”
Da furen froze,
her eyes looked frosted, she said: “Li Wei Yang? What exactly happened!”
Qiuzi faltered,
speaking not a single word.
Da furen coldly
spoke: “He fancied Li Wei Yang again? Foolish! Absolutely foolish!” At this
moment, she heard the sound of glass breaking from aside. It was Li Zhangle who
accidently dropped her teacup, spilling tea all over the ground.
At this point, Da
furen suddenly understood, she snapped: “Except for Da Xiaojie, everyone else
leave!”
Qiuzi wanted to
say more but was driven out by others. Li Zhangle’s beautiful face suddenly
turned pale white as she was astounded by her cousin’s failure and more
importantly, she didn’t know how to face her muqin’s interrogation.
“You are very
foolish!” Da furen was no longer calm, her brows rose, and her harmonious
countenance was fuming with rage.
“Muqin!” Li
Zhangle was panic-stricken for a second but calmed down after. Her bright red
mouth gnashed her teeth in anger, her sharp voice thin as knives, “I wanted to
punish this yatou — ”
“You are too
impatient!” Da furen pressed her hands tightly together as she sauntered back
and forth around the room. Li Zhangle watched her surprisingly, in her memory,
she has never seen her muqin in such discomposed manner, “Muqin ……”
“How many times
have I told you, your future is promising, how can you involve yourself with
this type of people!” Da furen swiftly stopped in her steps, turned her head,
her expression was rigid. Suddenly, like a bloody red day appearing in
a dark night, she turned evidently cruel: “I originally wanted to keep her
for future use, now that this happened, we can only make the best of a mistake!
We must get rid of this jianzhong!”
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Translator: Erie
Editor: Panisa
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Next: Chapter 31
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