In this land
that was seemingly surrounded by tens and thousands of years of snow, two
silhouettes appeared between heaven and earth and zoomed passed at lightning
speed. The two silhouettes headed straight toward the Palace of Mystical Beasts
on the apex of the snowy mountain!
In no time,
the two silhouettes turned into two black spots. As the two black spots started
to fade more and more, they finally disappeared completely in the snow.
“Aiya,
finally home. I am so exhausted!”
A delicate
female voice disrupted the silence inside of Palace of Mystical Beasts, the
once closed door to the palace started opening slowly.
“Mistress,
why aren’t you tired?”
“Even if I
am tired I have to go inside to rest; I can’t very well rest at the front door,
can I?”
“Oh,
mistress, you always make so much sense!”
“Of course I
do!”
After the
mistress and servant pair bickered and entered the palace, the red palace door
closed slowly. Right after that, the palace alternated between being visible
and invisible again.
“Mom, I am
home!”
“Palace
Mistress, Jun’er is back!”
The two
voices rang one after another, a beautiful woman reading in the study looked up.
She was
around 27, 28 years old, wearing a set of aqua blue imperial outfit. She was
enchanting and attractive like peony, or natural and poised like a blooming
hibiscus.
She was the
mother of Gong Zixuan, the Palace Mistress of Palace of Mystical Beasts!
“Mom,
daughter is back!” Gong Zixuan walked into the study and smiled tenderly at her
mother. There was a slight hint of whining in her sweet smile.
“Oh, Xuan’er
is back. Did you two have fun outside?” asked the palace mistress with a smile.
The girl
Jun’er smiled and replied, “Palace Mistress, of course we’ve had a lot of fun,
but mistress didn’t want to spend more time out!”
“You brat,
all you want is to play all the time.”
The palace
mistress scolded her with a smile. Even though Jun’er was a servant, but since
she had watched her grow up, Jun’er was like half a daughter to her.
“Mom, Jun’er
almost cried when she was away!” Gong Zixuan blinked at her mom with a naughty
smile on her face.
“Oh, I
thought Jun’er had swore that she’d never cry again. What happened that made
her want to cry?” asked the palace mistress with a smile.
Looking at
the palace mistress’s teasing smile, Jun’er was a little embarrassed, “That’s
not true, mistress. Jun’er did not cry. Didn’t I give away Xiao Xue as a gift
to Miss Cheng? I didn’t cry, I was just a bit sad parting with Xiao Xue was
all!”
“Miss Cheng?
Oh, who’s that? Is she a friend of Xuan’er?”
“Palace
Mistress, let me tell you. Miss Cheng is Cheng Xiao Xiao, she is….”
“Cheng Xiao
Xiao?” interjected the palace mistress, “How come this name sounds so
familiar?”
“Mom, you’ve
heard about little sister Xiao Xiao too?” Gong Zixuan was a bit surprised. Her
mother has never been one who’d concerned herself with what’s happening outside
of the palace. Yet she had heard about Cheng Xiao Xiao?
The palace
mistress nodded slightly, “A wile ago, I have received a letter from your uncle
Zhu1. I believe he had mentioned Cheng Xiao Xiao in his letter. Alright, since
you two know about it, tell me more about this Cheng Xiao Xiao!”
“Palace
Mistress, let Jun’er tell you!” Jun’er took over the conversation, “Cheng Xiao
Xiao’s father is Cheng Biyuan, the eldest son from main line of the Cheng’s in
Emperor City. Her mother was from the Lao’s of Yin, they…..”
Walalala, Jun’er
went on and on about the Cheng’s like a raining stick. Most of the information
were well aware by everyone. Not to mention the additional information that
were less well known to most that they have discovered from some of their own
investigations.
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Note:
1. Not the same last name than
Innkeeper Zhu.
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Great is it me or does the chapters seem to be getting shorter
ReplyDeleteI hope they're good towards Xiao Xiao unlike the other groups.
ReplyDeleteLitter 👉🏼 letter
ReplyDeleteNon, non. Wile litter and letter should be corrected, it's the rest of the text that's wrong.
DeleteI want a text that has Allo' Allo' English Policeman style wording.
Good moaning.
Thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you
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