The Princess Wei Yang Chapter 90 - Part 1
February 20, 2018
This part is sponsored by Carrieann W. Thank you!
(Edited 9.15.2018)
Chapter 90: Praying Mantis stalks the cicada
Fun To Know Chinese Phrases:
九五至尊： 9-5 represents the emperor, since in ancient times 9 represented honor (being the highest odd, or 'yang', number) while 5 signified mediation and harmony since it is in the middle amongst the 'yang' numbers. When put together, 9 and 5 signify 'harmonic honor'.
掌上明珠: pearl in the palm: similar meaning to “apple of someone’s eye”
Afterward,
he suddenly stood up and placed a sword against the neck of the person
entering. Zhuo Er's face paled: “Your Highness …. your maidservant forgot to
take back the tea tray…”
She
had just received a jade pendant from Tuoba Zhen, so she was too ecstatic that
she had forgotten to take the tray back. If she returned without it, of course,
she didn't know how to explain this to the house steward. Seeing that Tuoba
Zhen had relaxed, Zhuo Er breathed out a sigh of relief. His Highness seemed to
like her, therefore he wouldn’t do anything to her. However, in the next
moment, with a sweep of his hand, her head had fallen off. Her expression still
showed shock, making the scene extremely gruesome.
“Take
her away,” Tuoba Zhen glanced at the bloody floor and felt only disgust.
A
reckless woman actually wanted to compare herself to Li Wei Yang. Li Wei Yang
did not attract his attention merely because of her beauty, what he liked was
her distinctive personality and cleverness. Even for her domineering
fierceness, there was still a distinct flavor to it. In comparison, Zhou Er
only had the shape but without her mind nor her personality, she was just like
a doll. Tuoba Zhen’s gaze landed on the face that had already lost its
vitality. She resembled Li Wei Yang, his gaze, like the slow sharpening tip of
a sword, gradually turned into a sharp edge. Right at this moment, he developed
an unexplained animosity towards Li Wei Yang. What he hated her most was that
she dared to look at other men. He became more conscious of the importance of
power. He secretly decided in his heart that when he ascended to the throne,
even if he had to turn the world over, it must be to his satisfaction.
When
Li Wei Yang saw Madame Wei, she was sitting in a daze before Gao Min’s bed.
Then when she turned around, she could see that her usual dignified,
domineering, imposing manner had disappeared completely. Her cheekbones that
appeared high seemed gaunt at this time and both cheeks also showed signs of
slight sadness. That pair of eyes that had always made Li Wei Yang feel
uncomfortable with her arrogance, was swollen from crying and the chaos in her
pupil made it seem even larger. Unsure of whether it was due to too much energy
spent griefing, her hair seemed to have grown more strands of white hair and
fitted her sullen face, it made her entire person seem even more dejected.
Li
Wei Yang sighed.
This
mother and daughter pair only had themselves to blame. She had already verified
that it was the two of them who sowed discord in front of Virtuous Consort
Zhang, which stirred Virtuous Consort Zhang into taking actions to get rid of
her. If they did not use such despicable means to harm her, then they wouldn’t
have fallen to this point.
Gao
Min’s entire backbone had been broken, even if she was forced to survived, she
could only live the rest of her life on a bed this lifetime. A beautiful future
had been ruined like this, for a proud and arrogant Gao Min, it was more
unbearable than death.
Sun
Yan Jun, who came with Li Wei Yang, pushed her slightly, indicating that she
should stand behind her and then follow her in, she spoke words of consolation:
“Madame Wei, I know that you are very sad over Miss Gao’s accident, but you
must also cherish your own body!”
Madame
Wei was in a trance. Hearing her say this, she wiped a tear. As if waking up
from a dream, she murmured: “Poor Min Er.” Then suddenly she raised her head,
staring fixatedly at Li Wei Yang, she said angrily: “Why are you here?!”
In
her eyes, Li Wei Yang was the enemy who harmed her daughter, she couldn’t wait
to pounce and tear her up, but seeing Zhao Yue with her cold expression, as she
held her sword behind Li Wei Yang, Madame Wei subconsciously stopped in her
pace.
Li
Wei Yang said lightly: “Aunt, restrain your grief.”
Hearing
those words, Madame Wei immediately showed anger and said bitterly: “Li Wei
Yang, if it wasn’t for you wanting to compete with Min Er, how could she have
fallen to this point, all of this is because of you…”
Sun
Yan Jun looked at Madame Wei with sympathy. In her opinion, this incident
really doesn’t have much to do with Li Wei Yang, if it wasn’t for Gao Min who
was being overly aggressive, Li Wei Yang wouldn’t have competed with her.
Besides, someone getting injured was an accident. Just as she was about to say
something, Li Wei Yang said gently: “Miss Sun, I have a few words that I want
to speak with Aunt alone, would you mind giving us time alone.”
Sun
Yan Jun was a decent and understanding girl, she thought Li Wei Yang wanted to
apologize to Madame Wei, therefore she smiled and said: “Very well, I will go
out first, later I will look for you.” Having witnessed the plentiful facades
of officials’ daughters, and being born of military lineage, she greatly
admired the frankness, intelligence, and courage of Li Wei Yang, and was
determined to befriend her.
Finishing,
Sun Yan Jun left the tent.
Madame
Wei suddenly felt a moment of bleakness, her eldest son was dead, her younger
son was a good-for-nothing, her daughter was left with only half a life, her
husband blamed her for inciting her daughter into always seeking to prevail
over others, perhaps at this moment, he even hated her. Her methods of treating
the servants were mean even under normal circumstances, aside from her own
older sister, there was no one in the family that she could speak to. In this
warm night, facing Li Wei Yang, she suddenly felt a bone-piercing chill.
Because she truly felt that she had now become a loner.
“Are
you here to laugh at me?” Seeing Li Wei Yang, Madame Wei’s dismal mood felt
like frost on snow.
“Aunt,
why would I laugh at you? Now that Cousin has become like this, I am also sad
for her.” Not only was she not upset, but she also felt that Gao Min had
brought it upon herself, now, she needed to continue: “I understand how you are
feeling, but there is one thing that I must tell you, what happened that day
was not an accident.”
Madame
Wei suddenly raised her head, her face changing drastically: “What did you
say!”
Li
Wei Yang sighed and said: “I originally did not want to mention this incident,
because saying it would implicate many people, but if I don’t say it, I would
feel uneasy.”
“You
hid it and didn’t mention it because you can’t say it? Or did you feel that I
am incapable, and cannot inquire about this incident?” Madame Wei could feel
something was off and stared fixedly at Li Wei Yang’s eyes, her gaze gradually
sharpening.
Li
Wei Yang with a hesitant look, opened her mouth to speak, but still hesitated
for a moment: “I also know that this incident cannot be hidden from you… but if
I tell this to you, I’m afraid that this will affect your relationship
with Virtuous Consort Zhang … since it will cause this kind of consequence,
even if I die, I cannot atone for that sin… but if I don’t tell you, I am also
afraid that you will be kept in the dark forever…”
Hearing
this, Madame Wei’s face suddenly changed, her voice also trembling, grasping
the armrest of the sandalwood chair as if she wanted to stand up. Her sleeves
glided across the tabletop, viciously bringing down the teacups: “What did you
say? Have something to do with Virtuous Consort Zhang? What are you … trying to
say?”
Li
Wei Yang sighed and said: “Palace affairs are complicated, Virtuous Consort
Zhang seems kind and generous on the surface, but in reality, she is a
narrow-minded person! I heard that you have constantly said bad things about me
before to her. Therefore, I was afraid, I asked Seventh Prince to explain on my
behalf, but Seventh Prince came back only to tell me, Virtuous Consort Zhang
felt that you are trying to sow discords into their mother and son
relationship, and thus becoming angry with your actions. Aunt, you do know, my
Second Uncle from Duke Jiang’s family has an illegitimate daughter that has
entered the Crown Prince’s residence to become a secondary consort, Virtuous
Consort Zhang has easily connected other thoughts, she felt that there was
collusion between Duke Jiang and Marquis Bo Chang. While you meant well, to
her, it appeared you were trying to drive a wedge, therefore she was prepared
to give us a lesson! That day … just happened to be cousin’s bad luck!”
“What
did you say!” This remark was just like thunder that shook apart Madame Wei’s
soul. She wanted to stagger up, her body raising halfway before falling back
down to the chair, her face paling, even more, her eyes dulling, shaking
nonstop all over, that look as if her soul had suddenly been drained away.
These
words were originally full of loopholes, but Li Wei Yang knew, saying these
words right now, Madame Wei would definitely believe it, and what more, she
will trust it completely. She continued on: “Aunt cannot believe me, but I hope
that you will send someone to investigate that Zuo Yuan’s background, as the
deputy commander of the Imperial Army for many years, outstanding martial arts
and excellent archery, how could he miss a shot for no reason, as it happens
that he shot in our direction, this is clearly someone using his hands to warn
us!”
“No!
This is not possible!” Madame Wei did not believe Li Wei Yang.
Li
Wei Yang smiled and said: “Aunt, no matter how we loathed each other behind
closed doors, in the eyes of outsiders, Duke Jiang and Marquis Bo Chang are all
one family. Even though you have said a lot of bad things about me in front of
Virtuous Consort Zhang and it is not harmonious between us, but the way others
see it, we are related by marriage after all, no? Virtuous Consort Zhang would
have felt that you have other intentions to betray me in order to gain her
trust, wanting to warn you a bit, is there anything strange about that?” She
paused, then glanced at the unconscious Gao Min and said: “What more, Cousin
has always been getting close to the Third Prince, other people felt that in
the future, she will become the imperial consort of the Third Prince, if
anything happened to her, naturally it is not a light blow to the Third Prince,
Third Prince is on Crowned Prince’s side … naturally, there are a lot of
complex relationships in the mist of this, alas, the bottom line is, cousin is
just a scapegoat.”
Madame
Wei sat in her chair as if her soul was lost, her teeth biting her deathly pale
lips tightly: “What are you telling me these!”
Li
Wei Yang smiled, she was not afraid of Madame Wei checking on this, because
this was indeed done by Virtuous Consort Zhang. Right now, all she was doing
was just telling this fact to Madame Wei, “Because I am also a victim, that day
I was walking the horse with Ninth Princess, then someone used a tamed eagle to
scare the horses, I almost died under the horse’s hoof. The culprit behind this
not only wanted to kill cousin, but also wanted to raise internal fighting
amongst us, tell me Aunt, would my hate be any less than yours?”
“What
raises internal fighting? I don’t understand!” Madame Wei opened her eyes wide.
A
layer of regret arose on Li Wei Yang’s face: “The reason why Cousin raced her
horse with me merely stemmed from a girl’s desire to excel over others, we do
not have any deep-rooted hatred, but in the eyes of other, I have become the
culprit who caused Cousin’s injury. As a result, Uncle would not say it, but in
his heart, there is already a grudge against Father, in the imperial court, our
families have always been supporting each other, now if we have a fallout, our
power will be weakened. If at this time, someone exploits the situation, it is
not impossible for both families to become opponents, making it easier to take
out the enemies one by one.”
“Ah…”
Madame Wei awakened as if from a dream, now her anger has gradually calmed
down, she only sighed deeply, looking dejected as if her entire body is emptied
of strength: “You should go back, go back and do not talk to anyone.”
Li
Wei Yang smiled lightly and said: “Aunt, you should take a rest, I will leave
first.”
Madame
Wei gritted her teeth, looking at her back, and spat heavily towards the
ground, beside Madame Wei, her confidant Liu Mama, said: “Madame, Honorary
Princess is trying to sow discord.”
Madame
Wei slowly leaned back against the chair, her gaze like dying embers, staring
at the top of the tent, holding her hand in a fist forcefully, her nails
piercing into flesh: “She is trying to sow discord, but what she said is a
fact, at least in regards to the real person who harmed my daughter, she did
not lied. That arrow is definitely arranged by Virtuous Consort Zhang!”
There
was no reason for Li Wei Yang to lie at this point, because if at that moment,
it would be absolutely impossible for her to escape if she did not dodge
quickly. What more, the scene at that time, both of the girls’ horses were
racing neck to neck, regardless of whether the other party was trying to kill
Li Wei Yang or Gao Min, both of them have entered into danger together! Madame
Wei only thought that Li Wei Yang was lucky but never thought that she was
already prepared for this, after all, who in this world would risk their own
life? Even more impossible to devise such terrifying trap! She resented Li Wei
Yang, but loathed Virtuous Consort Zhang, even more, they originally wanted to
borrow her hand to get rid of Li Wei Yang, but instead were harmed by the
killer sent by her!
Li
Wei Yang came out of Madame Wei’s tent, looked back and couldn’t help but smile
slightly.
Zhao
Yue felt it was weird: “Miss, why did you do this?”
Li
Wei Yang smiled and did not answer.
On
the last day of hunting, the white wolf was captured by Seventh Prince, the
Emperor was happy and held a banquet to celebrate.
This
was originally a harmonious banquet, but chaos came out of the banquet. A
palace maid was actually an assassin that snuck in, an attempt to assassinate
the Emperor, however, the royal palace had already assigned experts to
personally protect the Emperor and the important concubines. That palace maid
had just pulled a knife from the tray and was immediately discovered by someone
before she had the chance to take action and was captured on the spot. The
Emperor ordered an interrogation, that palace maid slit her own neck and died
from suicide.
The
Emperor was enraged and ordered someone to search the body. The result was that
an imperial pass was discovered on the palace maid’s body. Upon checking the
imperial pass, it actually came from Virtuous Consort Zhang’s palace.
At
that moment, everyone’s faces changed.
Virtuous
Consort Zhang had always been favored by the Emperor, still standing to this
day, but this time the Emperor was furious, taking the imperial pass and threw
it hard: “Virtuous Consort Zhang, you have done a good job!”
Virtuous
Consort Zhang’s face suddenly became pale, she had been in the palace for a long
time, she was already used to this kind of matters, but she had never seen the
Emperor being this furious before, that she fell straight to the ground from
fright of this sudden mishap. She had forgotten her intelligence and quick wits
and knowing how to explain herself, cried loudly: “Your consort has been
wronged! Your Majesty, I have been wronged!”
Li
Wei Yang watched from afar, the trace of a smile appeared on her face.
Virtuous
Consort Zhang’s face was full of tears and kept saying: “Your Majesty’s
kindness is well-known, how could your consort plot against Your Majesty?!”
The
Emperor had experienced many changes in the palace, often falling prey to
others’ machinations since childhood, that what he loathed and feared most were
these underhand methods. Without thinking carefully in his fury, he shouted:
“Take Virtuous Consort Zhang away, to be dealt with.” Once the words came out,
everyone was shocked.
“Imperial
Father ---” Tuoba Yu quickly stepped out, then suddenly thought, no matter
what, now is not the place or time for him to anger the Emperor. Even if he
wanted to address the injustice for his Imperial Mother, he still has to wait
until the Emperor’s thunderous fury disappeared, no matter what is said now, he
would not listen!
“Virtuous
Consort Zhang has definitely been wronged!” In the midst of this discussion,
suddenly a childish voice spoke.
The
crowd was taken aback, all looking at Ninth Princess,
Originally
Ninth Princess had deliberately gone to sit with Li Wei Yang, now she rose from
her seat and quickly stepped out, kneeled on the ground, kowtowed a couple of
time and said: “Imperial Father must not decide the sins of Virtuous Consort
Zhang based on a single imperial pass.”
Consort
Rou suddenly stood up: “Your Majesty, Ninth Princess is still a child, she does
not understand anything!”
Ninth
Princess said courageously: “Imperial Father, there are a lot of people here,
how hard is it to get an imperial pass? If this imperial pass is really from
Virtuous Consort Zhang’s palace, why would she let that person take it, is she
not afraid that other people would know? This is a setup!”
Everyone
lowered their head, of course, they could see that this was a setup, however,
in front of the Emperor’s fury, no one dared to say a word of defense for
Virtuous Consort Zhang.
The
Emperor looked at his favorite little daughter in surprise, she was not
particularly close to Virtuous Consort Zhang, but today she suddenly came out
to speak up for Virtuous Consort Zhang. Thinking about it, Concubine Rou and
Virtuous Consort Zhang was not on good terms, but Ninth Princess did not avoid
it, in the end she was still a child--- it was because she was a child,
therefore she dared to say what others did not dare to, even the fact that the
Emperor did not think of in his moments of fury, she actually dared to say it
in public.
Thinking
of it carefully, the evidence was here; such clever and wise Emperor, because
Virtuous Consort Zhang was respected and dear to him, therefore he was unable
to take such blow, especially when angered. If he wronged Virtuous Consort
Zhang due to such simple set up, even if he made up for it in the future, a
rift would still remain, especially between husband and wife, between father
and son. Having thought over this, he looked at the earnest gaze of Seventh Prince
who was watching Virtuous Consort Zhang silently, his face calming down.
Able
Consort Wu who had been silent this whole time suddenly opened her mouth: “Yes,
Your Majesty, this is someone who is jealous that Virtuous Consort Zhang has
received His Majesty’s favor, therefore they deliberately framed her, you must
investigate carefully, to ensure you did not wrong Virtuous Consort Zhang.”
Virtuous
Consort Zhang choked with tears, she threw herself in front of the emperor
crying, both hands seizing the bottom of his gown and begged bitterly: “His
Majesty, your concubine would never dare to do anything that would harm His
Majesty!”
The
Emperor had already understood everything, but knowing that he was at an
awkward place, he went with Able Consort Wu’s words to get out of the awkward
situation: “You should rise, I know. You should return and rest, I will give
you justice.” Then, turning to face the crowd: “The banquet cannot continue on,
everyone should disperse.”
Seventh
Prince, Tuoba Zhen was really disappointed, he really hoped for Virtuous
Consort Zhang's downfall, although it seemed like this poorly thought out plan
couldn't shake the consort’s position, but as long as a seed of suspicion was
planted in the Emperor’s heart and roots had formed, at a certain point of
time, it will play a significant role, only for it to be destroyed like this
today. He glanced at Ninth Princess grudgingly, only to find that she was
chatting happily to Li Wei Yang.
It
was Li Wei Yang who taught Ninth Princess to say those words! Tuoba Zhen was
the first one to understand! His fingers, unconsciously tightened even more,
almost drawing out blood.
-----------------------*****------------------------
Translator: Angela
Editor: Erie
-----------------------*****------------------------
-->
18 comments
Well... at first I'm all for praising Wei Yang for her schemes that meted out harsh results, then she had to be witnessed talking to the ninth princess by TBZ of all people, unless... unless she's setting that up too... but for what? And is TBY going to back out of trying to woo Wei Yang or not? Gah!!! I wanna know. But I gotta wait. Buhuu!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter! :)
I do hope Tuoba Zhen will not think that Wei Yang is the person who has been helping Tuoba Yu. If not he will be ruthless and want to kill her again. After all, nothing will stop him from achieving his goal of Emperor.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for chapter!!
ReplyDeletewhat happened? I did not like the translation at all
ReplyDeleteBe grateful won't you
DeleteThe translation has been edited 3 hours after its release so its translation now should differ from what you have initially read.
DeleteAngela (translator here) I was the one translating this chapter but work life got caught up with me so I didn't get the chance to review and edit my own translations. I tend to translate the literal meaning and then review and edit it to plain English lol. Thanks chaierie for finishing the chapter for me when I couldn't!
Deletenecesito mas capitulos..... lo necesitooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteWhoo, LWY is as sharp as ever~
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chapter~
ReplyDeleteThanks for this!
ReplyDeleteHeheh, LWY is as cunning as ever! Even if she had the chance to swiftly end TBZ's life she probably wouldn't. Her revenge is only complete if he at least endures the same level of emotional and physical torture she endured.
ReplyDeleteLWY is truly being careless to be so straightly observed and targeted by TBZ. She's not being cautious at all when she does not have ability or network yet to defend against him, like people with martial arts around her to defend against assassinations by TBZ. All she has is guts, wits and extra info from her previous life. Hope she will be fine and suffer no losses <3
ReplyDeleteA little change of the translation, but I am grateful nonetheless. Poor TBY.. he must be worried for his mother.. that's the burden of being born into the emperor household
ReplyDeletewhat a bad translation
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter! Interesting way to shift Wei Guo Furen’s target away from her. XD
ReplyDeleteTch
ReplyDeletelast paragraph:
ReplyDeleteSeventh Prince, Tuoba Zhen.
Should be Third Prince, Tuoba Zhen.