#lai mei yun

[dramaintherain]

Golden House Hidden Love 金屋藏夫 (2024) ↳ Jin Xia :: episode 2

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: My Queen (2021)

Change their wife#myqueen #我的女主别太萌 #shorts #laimeiyun #wujunyu #赖美云 #吴俊余

Watch this drama on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mcqpqSudKG0

[convenientalias]

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern.

Tagged by @seamayweed. Thanks, I love these kinds of challenges!

Chi and Mei--The woman calling herself Yun Weishan lay naked in Shangguan Qian’s bed, though the comforter had been replaced over her so that nothing was visible below the neck.

The White Snake--The first time Yang sees the snakes around Tian is the day after they went to the opera.

A Hard Call--Myung-gil had known he’d lose some men assailing Choi Tae-ho’s house, which was almost a fortress, but he hadn’t thought he’d have to kill any of them himself.

all i will take are the consequences--Min-woo wouldn’t have guessed on his own that Lee Jun-seong and Song Jae-hyo were fucking.

mi soledad que da vueltas los brazos como un naufrago--“Why?” Min-woo says.

Loaded, Unloaded--If asked, Jo Young-jae couldn’t have said why he came up to the roof.

a shared punishment--Choi Chi-hoon tried to pick the lock on the handcuffs.

A Small Black Puppy--Hong-sae met the dog in the middle of a bridge.

chasing their own fantasy--Honestly, Eon Nyeoni finds Nam Hee-shin interesting.

Don't Want to Walk Alone--“An engagement?” Li Xiangyi raised his eyebrows.

At first glance, since I went in reverse chronological order, the main trend I immediately notice is that I've been writing longer first sentences lately. I think that's pretty immediately obvious if you just glance at this list. Some of the shorter ones (chasing their own fantasy, a shared punishment, A Small Black Puppy, Loaded Unloaded) are even their own separate paragraph.

However. Reverse chronological order of posting/updating is deceptive. "A White Snake" was posted recently, but I actually wrote it in September; "A Hard Call" was updated recently, but its first chapter was posted in October, and even then, it's a follow-up on a fic I wrote even longer ago. So... it's more like I usually write short first lines, but occasionally I do go longer, without much of a chronological element.

Otherwise... idk, there's a lot of variation. I don't often start with dialogue, but I do on occasion, especially when the fic is going to be short or fast-paced. I never start with imagery--"Chi and Mei" comes close, but it's only half imagery, really, the other half just orienting the reader in a canonical scene. "The White Snake" has a second and third sentence with more imagery, but the first sentence is more context. I often start with introspection, but I also often start with action. It's fun to try out different things.

Tagging: @trifoliate-undergrowth @flo-nelja @iatethepomegranate @general-sleepy @aboxthecolourofheartache @smylealong and anyone else who wants to do it <3

[shookethdev]

a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

NAKU 🫵

[dailyasiandramas]

[eyenaku]

Ji ji fu ji ji

a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

[amitabhabuddha]

Namo Changzu 10 Fang Fo,

Namo Changzu 10 Fang Fa,

Namo Changzu 10 Fang Shen,

Namo Ben Shi Shi Jia Moni Fo x 3 times

Wu Sharng Sen Sen Wei Miao Fa, Bai Chien Wan Jie Nan Zhou Yu, Wo Jin Jian Wen De Shou Ze, Yuan Jie Ru Lai Zhen Shi Yi.

Chan Kui Wen.

Life's Main Reason Is Suffering (Sen Ming De Benze Se Tong Ku)

Life's Main Purpose Is To Seek Liberation (Sen Ming De Mu Ti Se Jie Toh)

Life's Main Motivation Is Compassion (Sen Ming De Yi Yi Se Chi Pei)

Bao Ji Ru Lai

Start - Basic (10.30 am)

Xu kung jin, Zung sherng jin, Niet pan jin, Wo yuan nai jin.

Hui hung zhun, zhung sharng jun, nit pun jun, ngo yun nai zhun.

<Not measured: Mouth (om soli soli..), Body (om sowa..) x3

Multiplier mantra 1x108 per day

Om Ram (use jixiang yin, thumb at 4th finger, use chanting beads x 108)

Om Chrine (7 times, one protect your house, three protects whole place, seventh protects the country, use jinguang yin, thumb closed by all fingers, use chanting beads x 108.

Earth Gods of Five Directions mantra

Namo Samanta Buddhanam Om Dulu Dulu Di Wei Soha) x3 per day>

Stupa mantra x3 per day, Done 230

A va la ka kia, 0.25 per day x108, Done 13

Sakyamuni Buddha mantra, 0.25 per day x108, Done 18

Om Mani Padme Hum, A Ah Sha Sa Ma Ha 1x108 per day, Done 52 days

Usnisa Vijaya mantra, Om Bhrum Soha - 1x108 per day, Done 52 days

Cundi Bodhisattva Mantra

(Namaḥ Saptānāṃ Samyaksaṃbuddha Koṭīnāṃ Tadyathā Oṃ Cale Cule Cundī) 0.25 per day x108, Done 25

Oṃ Cale Cule Cundī Svāhā 1 x 108, Done 96 days

<Om Bhrum 1x108 per the chanting bead>

Part 1 (11.30 am)

Om Vasudhare Svaha 1x108 per day, Done 49 days

Namo Samantha Buddhanam Om Mahakalaye Svaha 0.25 per day x108, Done 12.5

Om Mahakalaye Svaha x1080 per day, Done 50 days

(20x27x2 = 1080 or 60 x small beads)

(7x per day)

Zambala of Five Directions (Om Zambala Gari Zanayeh Soha), Done 359

Yellow Zambala (Om Zambala Zalendraye Soha), Done 359

Om Samaya Cha, Done 359

Part 2 (12.30 am), Lunch @ 1.30 pm

Medicine Buddha long mantra x3 per day, Done 154

Namo bhagavate bhaiśajyaguru vaidūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiśajye bhaiśajye bhaiśajya-samudgate svāhā.

Medicine Buddha heart mantra, 0.25 per day x108, Done 19.5

Makura (Buddhist Patron protector of the zodiac sign monkey), 7x per day, Done 555

Bhaisajya-guru-vaidurya-prabha-raja Tathagata

Akshobhaya (Pudong Rulai) x3 per day, Done 149

- Namo bhagavate Akshobhaya, tathagataya arhate samyaksambuddhaya

Tadyatha Om kamkani kamkani, Rochani rochani, Trotani trotani, Trasani trasani, Pratihana pratihana, Sarva karma paramparanime sarva sattvanancha svaha

(0.25 per day x108)

Manjushri mantra, Done 14.25

Om Avira Hum Kachara Mum Soha, Done 12.5

Earth store mantra (Om Pra Mani Dani Svaha), Done 12.5

7th Past Parents mantra (Namo Mi Li Duo Duo Poye Soha), Done 12.5

Long life mantra (Om Sam Mei Duo Fa Chi Lai Yu So Wa He), Done 12.5

Om ye ye nan, Done 17.5

Food mantra , Done 17.5

Water offering mantra, Done 17.5

Liberate small water being mantra, Done 17.5

Om Bo bo Ti li, Cher (li) To li, Dan tuo ye tuo ye, Done 17.5

Om Maiyura Krante Svaha, Done 17.5

Om Ah Hum, 1x108 per day, Done 57 days

Part 3 (3.30 pm)

Amitabha (Nian Fo) 1x108 (6 syllable), 2x108 (4 syllable) per day, Done 49 days

Avalokiteśvara 1x108 per day, Done 49 days

Mahasthamaprapta 1x108 per day, Done 49 days

Om Maitri Maha Maitri Maitriye Svaha (7x per day), Done 557

Ksitigarbha 1x108 per day, Done 49 days

[Yeok Yan Yuk Liew Ji, Sam (3) Sai Yat Cai Fatt, Yin Dong Yu Si Kun, Sum (heart) Zhou G Yu Loi.]

Heart sutra x3 per day, Done 225

Tadyatha om gate gate paragate  parasamgate bodhi svaha x108, Done 12.5

Compassionate mantra x3 per day, Done 225 Om Du lin, Du lin, Jia Du lin Soha x108, Done 12.5

Om Ji zhi ya Soha 0.25 per day x108, Done 14.25

7 Buddha Names x3 per day, Done 68 days

Eliminate karma by 7 buddhas mantra 0.25 per day x108, Done 13

Pureland rebirth mantra 0.25 per day x108, Done 12.5

Pureland Mantra (Om Pu Kam), Light mantra (Oṃ Amogha Vairocana Mahāmudrā Maṇipadma Jvālapravarttaya Hūṃ) 0.25 per day x108, Done 12.5

Acala Heart Mantra (Namah Samanta Vajranam Ham) 0.25 per day x108, Done 14

<Oṃ Bodhicittam Utpādayāmi>

Part 4 End (6.50 pm), Dinner @ 7.30 pm

(0.25 per day x108)

Tara mantras

- Green, Done 12.5

- White (Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha), Done 12.5

- Red, Done 12.5

Om Kurukulle Hrih Svaha, Done 365

Setrap mantra, Done 12.5

Dorje Shugden Mantra (Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha), Done 12.5

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Shanti Siddhi Hung ~ peace, Done 12.5

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Ayu Siddhi Hung

~ health, Done 12.75

[(7x per day)

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Punye Siddhi Hung

~ increase, Done 365

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Washam Kuru Ho

~ control, Done 365

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Rakya Rakya Hung

~ protection, Done 365

Namkar Barzin (Om Biyada-Par Dhama-Dhara Soha), Done 365]

~ Shize,

During pandemic, Om Benza Wiki Bitana Chintau Kuru Ye Soha, Done 12.5

~ Gyenze

(Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha, Tseso Paljor Long Cho, Thamched Putrim Kuru Om), Done 12.5

Om Benza Satto Hung, Done 13.5

During 8 Kwanzai

(7x per day)

Surangama mantra, Done 365

Om Amarani Jivantiye Svaha, Done 365

Om Alolika Svaha, Done 365

Mahapratisara Bodhisattva

(Om Bhara Bhara Sambhara Sambhara Indriya Visudhani Ha Ha Ru Ru Ca Re Svaha), Done 365

Oṃ āḥ hūṃ vajra guru padma siddhi hūṃ, Done 365

Je Tsongkhapa/Jungkapa, Done 365

(Om Ah Guru Benzadhara Sumati Kirti Siddhi Hum Hum)

Om Garbe Ragam Soha, Done 365

Hum Mama Hum Ni Soha, Done 365

TADYATHA OM ANALE ANALE KHASAME KHASAME BHAYRE BHAYRE SAUMA SAUME SARVA BUDDHA ADISHTANA ADISHTITE SOHA OM SARVA TATHAGATHA USHINISHA SITATAPUTRA HUM PHAT HUM MAMA HUM NI SOHA

Target: Min 49 to 60 per month with 5 to 6 days of 8 kwanzai. Each time 26 to 34, each day 10 to 15 times until reached 49 to 60 or more.

Calculation:

49, 147, 343, 686, 1323, 12.25 (Jul 8th)

45, 135, 315, 630, 1215, 11.25

44, 132, 308, 616, 1188, 11

43, 129, 301, 602, 1161, 10.75

41, 123, 287, 574, 1107, 10.25

40, 120, 280, 560, 1080, 10

39, 117, 273, 546, 1053, 9.75

36, 108, 252, 504, 972, 9 (Jun 22)

35, 105, 245, 490, 945, 8.75

34, 102, 238, 476, 918, 8.5

33, 99, 231, 462, 891, 8.25

31, 93, 217, 434, 837, 7.75

30, 90, 210, 420, 810, 7.5

29, 87, 203, 406, 783, 7.25

28, 84, 196, 392, 756, 7

27, 81, 189, 378, 729, 6.75

26, 78, 182, 364, 702, 6.5

25, 75, 175, 350, 675, 6.25

24, 72, 168, 336, 648, 6 (Jun 15)

22, 66, 154, 308, 594, 5.5

20, 60, 140, 280, 540, 5

19, 57, 133, 266, 513, 4.75

15, 45, 105, 210, 405, 3.75

14, 42, 98, 196, 378, 3.5

13, 39, 91, 182, 351, 3.25

11, 33, 77, 154, 297, 2.75

10, 30, 70, 140, 270, 2.5

9, 27, 63, 126, 243, 2.25

8, 24, 56, 112, 216, 2

7, 21, 49, 98, 189, 1.75

6, 18, 42, 84, 162, 1.5

5, 15, 35, 70, 135, 1.25

4, 12, 28, 56, 108, 1 (May 25)

3, 9, 21, 42, 81, 0.75

2, 6, 14, 28, 54, 0.5

1, 3, 7, 14, 27, 0.25

Mantra of Ferocious Eating 殘食咒為(Namah samanta vajranam, trat, amogha canda, maha rosana, sphataya, hum, tramaya, hum trat ham mam)

+ Others:

Cui sui chow

Om tore tore cha tore so po ho

Om Am Bi Chanaga.

Om da de da de mohe dade svaha.

Om mani facili hum

Om Ami Dewa Hrih

[dear-indies]

anonymous: please could you suggest some male fc that are chinese between 40-50 & female fc that are chinese between 20-25 ? -- thank you --

I hope you don’t mind that included Hongkongers too as they’re often overlooked in the rpc!

Benedict Wong (1971) Hongkonger.

Tom Wu (1972) Hongkonger.

Xu Zheng (1972) Chinese.

Louis Fan (1972) Hongkonger.

Chapman To (1972) Hongkonger.

Parry Shen (1973) Hongkonger.

Wu Jing (1974) Chinese.

Pan Yue Ming (1974) Chinese.

Huang Bo (1974) Chinese.

Daniel Wu (1974) Hongkonger.

Wing Tsui (1974) Hongkonger.

Allen Ting (1974) Hongkonger.

Kenneth Ma (1974) Hongkonger.

Raymond Wong (1975) Hongkonger.

Chen Kun (1976) Chinese.

Jin Dong (1976) Chinese. 

Lu Yi (1976) Chinese.

Lam Chi Chung (1976) Hongkonger.

Eric Li (1976) Hongkonger.

Pierre Ngo (1976) Hongkonger.

Xiao Zhengnan (1977) Hongkonger.

Huang Xiao Ming (1977) Chinese.

Liu Ye (1978) Chinese.

Feng Wei (1978) Chinese.

Stefan Wong (1978) Hongkonger.

Li Chen (1978) Chinese.

Qin Hao (1978) Chinese.

Qiao Zhen Yu (1978) Chinese.

Gregory Wong (1978) Hongkonger.

Raymond Lam (1979) Hongkonger.

Michael Ning (1979) Hongkonger.

Yan Yi Kuan (1979) Chinese.

Oscar Leung (1979) Hongkonger.

Deng Chao (1979) Chinese.

Ron Ng (1979) Hongkonger.

Han Dong (1980) Chinese.

Telly Leung (1980) Hongkonger.

Bosco Wong (1980) Hongkonger.

Chris Lai (1980) Hongkonger.

Nicholas Tse (1980) Hongkonger.

Lin Shen (1980) Chinese.

Luo Jin (1981) Chinese.

Shen He (1981) Chinese.

Andy Zhang (1981) Chinese. 

and:

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Chinese / Unspecified.

Leah Lewis (1996) Chinese.

Liu Xie Ning (1996) Chinese.

Lin Yun (1996) Chinese.

Jelly Lin (1996) Chinese.

Zhong Fei Fei (1996) Congolese / Chinese.

Shen Yue (1997) Chinese.

Thaddea Graham (1997) Chinese.

Guan Xiao Tong (1997) Manchu Chinese.

Xu Jiao (1997) Chinese.

Tiffany Lau (1997) Hongkonger.

Wang Yu Wen (1997) Chinese.

Zhang Xue Ying (1997) Chinese.

Cheng Xiao (1998) Hongkonger.

Zhao Jia Min (1998) Chinese.

Zhou Ye (1998) Chinese.

Annie Sun (1998) Chinese.

Meng Mei Qi (1998) Chinese.

Curley Gao (1998) Uyghur  and Han Chinese.

Elkie Chong (1998) Hongkonger.

Ramona Young (1998) Hongkonger.

Lauren Tsai (1998) Chinese / European.

Zhao Lu Si (1998) Chinese.

Tiffany Espensen (1999) Chinese.

Landy Li (1999) Chinese.

Karen Ip (2000) Hongkonger.

Jiang Yi Yi (2001) Chinese.

Haley Tju (2001) Chinese / Indonesian.

Here ya go! 

[get-loved-123]

Character Playlist

Good Guys:

Dynamis: Dahlia - Chanmina

Aguma: Strings - Iyla

Tsubasa: Birds - Imagine Dragons

Ryuga: Play With Fire - Sam Tinnesz ft. Yacht Money

Sophie: Tightrope- Greatest Showman

Hikaru: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Kyoya: Treat Myself - Victoria Justice

Gingka: Life Sucks - Ha:tfelt

Wales: Connection - OneRepublic

Chris: Show Yourself- Frozen 2

King: Knight - Maddox

Bao: Rainbow - Kesha

Yuki: Stars Over Me - Bol4

Masamune: Chance - Hayley Kiyoko

Madoka: Lucky - Aurora

Kenta:  You’re Gonna Go Far Kid - The Offspring

Yu: Angel With A Shotgun - The Cab

Tithi: Oath - Cher Lloyd ft. Becky G

Villains:

King Ryo: I’m So Sorry - Imagine Dragons

Johannes: Hello Kitty - Avril Lavigne

Jack: Looking At Me - Sabrina Carpenter

Dashan: King - Chanmina

Toby: Monster - Irene & Seulgi

Chao Xin: Love On the Brain- Rihanna

Damian: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead - Set If Off

Mei Mei: Revolution - AleXa

Chi Yun: I’m Just A Kid - Simple Plan

Supporting/OC’s:

King Xing Fu: Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Queen Lai Fan: Hello - Joy

Queen Valentina: The 1 - Taylor Swift

Mama Hiromi: Mom - Meghan Trainor

King Richard: This Is War - Thirty Seconds to Mars

Prince Nathaniel: Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

Queen Crystal: BAD SAD AND MAD - Bibi

Queen Vivian: After School - Weeekly

Princess Eda: Hard Times - Paramore

Isabella: When I Fall In Love - Bol4 

Hiroshi: Hey Brother - Avicii

Demure: hope ur ok - Olivia Rodrigo

Nile: Nice To Have A Friend - Taylor Swift

Elliot: telepatia - Kali Uchis

Gaia: What Type of X? - Jessi

Yuri: Black Mamba - aespa

Percy: brutal - Olivia Rodrigo

Leo: Sun Goes Down - Lil Nas X

Corrie: People I Don’t Like - UPSAHL  

June: Crush - Carys

[dramaintherain]

Golden House Hidden Love 金屋藏夫 (2024) ↳ Jin Xia :: episode 1

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: My Queen (2021)

Did you know each other 🤨🤔💕 My queen #shorts #cdrama #myqueen #babylove #drema

Watch this drama on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b6fdnuCuSyM

[psqqa]

Nirvana in Fire Character Reference Sheet Roughly in the Order Those Characters Are Introduced

For @howdydowdy, as promised, and for anyone else who, like me, is terrible at names and needs some kind of “Who?? Ohhh right. That guy.” reminder.

Basically, my Nirvana in Fire Journey started with me watching half the first episode, being wildly confused, realizing I was in over my head re: names and thus deciding to go back to the beginning and watch it again But Taking Notes This Time. I watched the whole show with a notebook and pen at my side. I figured I may as well spare you all the labour by typing it up. 

As more information was revealed, I often added it to a character’s initial note, but by and large I’m leaving those extra notes out so you can experience the joy and confusion and anguish of New Information yourself. The exception to this is generally a person’s name, title, and position. E.g. Duke Qing’s name, Bai Ye, isn’t mentioned until a number of episodes after he’s first mentioned, if I recall correctly, but knowing that the person named “Bai Ye” is the same person called “Duke Qing” is exactly why I took these notes for myself in the first place.

Basically this isn’t intended to be a character guide that lays out exactly who a person is, their relationships to the other characters, and their place in the story, but rather something you can look at whenever someone mentions a name that jogs your memory just enough for you to be able to place to person. Which is why the notes tend to be either the context in which the person was introduced or the relationship through which they’re introduced.

Some names and notes are inherently spoilers, but hopefully by virtue of the fact that this is broadly in the order a character is first mentioned/introduced, you can avoid spoilers simply by not scrolling down too far. For those persons where their name or an alter ego comes in significantly after their initial introduction and is a spoiler, they are listed a second time starting with the “new information” and with the note in italics indicating their original entry (there aren’t a lot of these, don’t worry).

I will readily admit that some of my handwritten notes are just a name and then a blank space because apparently I just never actually added a note for them. I haven’t bothered adding those people here. Yes it’s because I’ve forgotten entirely who they are, but I’m pretty sure that means you’ll be okay if you immediately forget who they are too. (That being said, I get the sense there are actually relevant people missing from this list. As the show carried on and introductions became less frequent, remembering them became less difficult.)

The List

Lin Xie –> Commander of the Chiyan Army

Lin Shu –> “Xiao-Shu” –> Lin Xie’s son –> Mei Changsu --> Chief of the Jiangzuo Alliance --> Su Zhe

Lin Chen –> Young Master of Langya Hall –> NOTE: The “Lin” of Lin Chen and the “Lin” of Lin Xie & Lin Shu are both written and pronounced differently. These people are not related.

Northern Yan’s 6th Prince –> Now Northern Yan’s Crown Prince

Minister Xu –> Da Liang’s envoy to Northern Yan

Prince Yu –> Xiao Jinghuan –> 5th Prince of Da Liang

Xiao Xuan –> Emperor of Da Liang

Empress Yan --> Prince Yu’s adoptive mother

Consort Yue --> Crown Prince’s mother

Grand Empress (Dowager) --> Emperor’s grandmother

Xiao Jingxuan --> Crown Prince of Da Liang --> metonym is “Eastern Palace”

Zhuo Dingfeng --> Master of Tianquan Manor

Zhuo Qingyao --> Eldest son of Zhuo Dingfeng --> guy on the horse and later the guy helping the old couple on the boat and later also the guy who calls Xie Yu “father-in-law” (I am telling you this specifically because I am not bad at faces but this guy added so much confusion to my life that was cleared up the moment I realized these people were the same person. And also because my mother is terrible at faces and for like 15 episodes every time he showed up in another random place I would say “that’s horse and boat guy” and she would say “wait what? really???” So I’m assuming at least one other person will share in this struggle)

Xie Yu --> Marquis of Ning

Qin Banruo --> Prince Yu’s strategist

Duke Qing --> Prime Minister --> Bai Ye

Ji Ying --> member of Double Sword Sect

Li Gang --> member of Jiangzuo Alliance

Fei Liu --> Mei Changsu’s bodyguard

Yan Yujin --> Son of Empress Yan’s brother

Xiao Jingrui --> Eldest son of Xie Yu

Mu Nihuang --> Commander of the army in Yunnan --> Princess of Yunnan’s House of Mu 

Xie Bi --> Second son of Xie Yu & Xiao Jingrui’s younger brother

Mu Qing --> Mu Nihuang’s younger brother

Xia Dong --> An officer of the Xuanjing Bureau

Nie Feng --> Xia Dong’s late husband --> Vanguard General of the Chiyan Army under Lin Xie

Meng Zhi --> Commander of the Imperial Guards

Xuan Bu --> From Da Yu --> stronger than Meng Zhi

Gao Zhan --> Emperor’s chief eunuch 

Fei Changshi --> Prince Yu’s guy out looking for Mei Changsu

Prince Jing --> Xiao Jingyan --> 7th Prince of Da Liang

Concubine Jing --> Mother of Prince Jing

“Xiao-Xin” --> Attendant to Concubine Jing

Grand Princess Liyang --> Xie Yu’s wife & Emperor’s sister

Eunuch Zheng --> Eunuch who is mean to Tingsheng

Prince Qi --> late Crown Prince of Da Liang --> Xiao Jingyu

Tingsheng --> servant boy caught reading

“Lao-Wei” --> Mu Qing’s subordinate of some kind

Wei Zheng --> member of Chiyan Army at Battle of Meiling (and survived)

Sima Lei --> member of Royal Guard --> Consort Yue’s preferred suitor for Mu Nihuang

Liao Tingjie --> Son of the Marquis of Zhongsu --> Empress Yan’s preferred suitor Mu Nihuang

Baili Qi --> Mu Nihuang suitor from Northern Yan --> A favourite of the 4th Prince of Northern Yan

Lady/Madam Zhuo --> Zhuo Dingfeng’s wife

Xie Qi --> Zhuo Qingyao’s wife & Xie Yu’s daughter & Jingrui’s sister

Consort Hui --> bullied by the Empress

Young Lady Zhen (I think is what my handwriting says) --> servant being sneaky at late dowager empress’s palace

“Wu-momo” --> older servant with the Bad Wine

Consort Chen --> now dead --> son was a rebel

3rd Prince of Da Liang --> Xiao Jingting --> Prince Ning --> disabled

6th Prince of Da Liang --> no ambition 

9th Prince of Da Liang --> too young to fight for throne 

Former Crown Princess --> late Prince Qi’s late wife

“Qi-momo” --> Grand Princess Liyang’s senior attendant

Gong Yu --> window lady who works with Mr. Shisan --> a musician

Mr. Shisan --> member of Jiangzuo Alliance --> connection to Lin family

Minister Lou --> Lou Zhijing --> Minister of Trade/Finance/Revenue/other words that mean “money” --> Knows about the corpse well --> Crown Prince’s faction

Zhang Jing --> Owner of corpse well house (Lan Mansion) at the time the corpses ended up in the well

Shi Jun --> Servant at corpse well house at relevant time --> has record book

Magistrate Gao --> Gao Sheng --> The Capital Magistrate

Princess Xuanji --> ruler of a previous dynasty --> founded the “Hong Court”

Minister Qi --> Qi Min--> Minister of Justice --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister He --> He Jingzhong --> Minister of Personnel --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister of Public Works --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister Chen --> Chen Yuanzhi --> Minister of Rites --> Crown Prince’s faction

Minister of Defence --> Li Lin --> Crown Prince’s faction

Bai Xun --> Duke Qing’s brother

Lie Zhanying --> Staff Officer under Prince Jing

Qi Meng --> One of Prince Jing’s men --> fights Fei Liu and commits Great Offence

“General Bian” --> One of Prince Jing’s men

Shen Zhui --> Acting Minister of Finance

Princess Qing He --> Shen Zhui’s mother

Cai Quan --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> Did well-received report on the Bing case 

Han Zhiyi --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Zhang Jianzhen --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Wei Yuan --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Yuan Shiying --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Qin Yue --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Tong Lu --> Vegetable cart guy --> brother of one of the corpse well girls 

Qiu Zhe --> Son of Count (Duke?) Wen Yuan

He Wenxin --> Son of Minister He --> dislikes Qiu Zhe 

Grand Prince Ji --> Emperor’s youngest brother --> Owns hot springs

Yang Liuxin --> A dancer

Hong Xinzhao --> Has “understanding girls”

Xinliu & Xinyang --> Brothel sisters --> their younger brother was murdered by Qiu Zhe

Princess Consort --> Lanjin --> Prince Yu’s wife

Zhou Xuanqing --> renowned scholar

Li Chong --> former Imperial Tutor --> former teacher to Lin Shu

“Brother Zhao” --> Canal transport guy --> Jiangzuo Alliance

Lin Xiangru --> famous literary envoy

Marquis Yan --> Yan Que --> Yan Yujin’s father & Empress Yan’s brother

Lin Yueyao --> Prince Qi’s mother --> Consort Chen

Zhen Ping --> Jiangzuo Alliance --> sword challenger

Xia Qiu --> An officer of the Xuanjing Bureau

Xia Chun --> The most senior of the officers of the Xuanjing Bureau

Prince Jingli --> Consort Hui’s son

Yuwen Xuan --> Prince Ling --> A prince of Southern Chu

Yuwen Nian --> “Niannian” --> A princess of Southern Chu --> student of Yue Xiuze

Yuwen Lin --> King of Southern Chu --> Yuwen Nian’s father

Ouyang Chi - Head of CApital Patrols

Xia Jiang --> Head of the Xuanjing Bureau

Li Chongxin --> Schoolteacher assassinated by Zhuo Dingfeng 

Jun Niang --> former member of “Hong Court” under Princess Xuanji

“Miss Liu” --> Granddaughter of former Chief Secretariat Liu Cheng

Wei Qi --> The general at Jiaxing Pass --> was Xie Yu’s lieutenant for years

Su Tianshu --> Chief of Yaowang Valley --> 7th on the Langya Rich List

Su Xuan --> Su Tianshu’s adopted son --> Wei Zheng

Yun Piaomiao --> Su Xuan’s wife 

Concubine Xiang --> Prince Yu’s birth mother

Zhu Yue --> Head of the Review Court --> Prince Yu’s brother-in-law

Cheng Zhiji --> Elder Master of Feng Hall --> 75 years old

Princess Linglong --> A princess of the Hua Kingdom --> Princess Xuanji’s sister --> Concubine Xiang

Grand Princess Jinyang --> Lin Shu’s mother & Lin Xie’s wife --> Emperor’s sister

Yao Zhu --> Official Fan’s servant who knows The Secret

Official Fan --> Harbouring Xia Jiang

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Favorite “Wo Men De Ge” Performances, all groups and match-ups included.

No ranking. Just faves.

“Yan Hua Yi Leng | Fireworks Cool Easily”, by Liu Yuning x Xiao Gui (Wang Linkai) 

“The rain drizzles softly. In my hometown, the trees and grass grow deep” -- completely overlooked this performance at first. it starts off kind of plain and then gets weirdly intense in the last 1min and now it won’t get out of my head. hmm 

“Tian Xia You Qing Ren | Lovers In The World”, by Qin Shen Shen (Li Keqin x Zhou Shen) 

“Love is one cycle after another, one reincarnation after another, no matter whether in the southeast or the northwest; love is part after part, thread after thread of rights and wrongs, rendering lovers forever unable to say ‘see you again’.”  

legit shouldn’t even have tried to translate this literally but you know what this shit is about. You’ve seen it. It fucks things up.

“Carmen”, by Mei Nan Zi (Fei Yuqing x Li Keqin x Zhou Shen x Xu Weizhou) 

“Men are but a pastime, nothing impressive.” ----- Four “handsome men” sing about love and men being pastimes and dance dorkily to music with a cabaret feel. what’s not to love?? also 2 of them didn’t get the memo that it’s not a performance in duos and cant stop showing off their duo’s chemistry. just kidding. unless

“Xin Yuan Yang Hu Die Meng + Shi Ren De Lü Tu | New Butterfly Dream + A Poet’s Journey“, by Yun Dan Feng Qing (Fei Yuqing x Ayanga)

“Should we understand at once, or should we pretend not to? Knowing a lot or knowing little, what is difficult is to know when to be satisfied.”

I had to listen to this again to remember why I liked it and mmm. fuck. mhm. yeah. good. Also, I cannot translate this. Sorry. I tried. 

“Meng Xing Shi Fen | Dream to Awakening”, by Ren Xianqi x Xiao Gui (Wang Linkai) 

“You’ve known from the start that sadness would be hard to avoid; why fall so deeply? Because love is always hard to give up, hard to part with... Why still care about that little bit of warmth? You have to know that sadness is always hard to avoid, in that moment from dream to awakening. There are some things you don’t have to ask now, and people you never have to wait for.” 

Aside from it being super funny in context, this performance is also close to my heart because it’s one of my all. time. favorite. songs. 

“Na Pian Hai + Ting Hai | That Sea + Listen to the Sea”, by Qin Shen Shen (Li Keqin x Zhou Shen)

“Let us forget that sea, let us start over again in the next life. Let us, time after time, life after life, never separate again”  

This one gets the prize of the most seamless mixing of two songs into one.

“Xin Tai Ruan | Too Soft-Hearted”, by Jie Tou Pai Dang (Ren Xianqi x Liu Yuning)

“Falling in love is always easy, but getting along is too difficult. If it’s not yours, don’t force it anymore” -- hnnnnnnggg in the category “songs with amazing lyrics that are always relevant at some point and timelessly too good”.

“Xin Ru Dao Ge | Like A Knife To The Heart”, by Qin Shen Shen (Li Keqin x Zhou Shen)

“I’ve really loved for you, you’ve really left with him. All I could give, I gave it. I can take everything, except letting you know... that I feel like my heart has been pierced with a knife” 

-- HAHA this is the worst translation I’m sry. Anyways, the musical arrangement is hard because there are no beats for almost the whole song and when you’re harmonising without some beats or rhythm it’s hell and yet. yet. this is the harmonising kings duo, baby. oh yeah.

“Ai Jiang Shan Geng Ai Mei Ren | Loving the Beauty More Than Power”, by Jie Tou Pai Dang (Ren Xianqi x Liu Yuning)

“Red flowers go with green leaves, of course. But who will stay beside me in this lifetime? Elusively, we come and go. The feelings from the past resurface; the lotus breaks but its threads last. I sigh quietly. The world’s happenings bears many changes”

-- this song is literally impossible to translate properly, sorry, but it is one of my all-time favorites. Despite the simplicity of the stage and the changes in the song’s arrangement, as far as I'm concerned, these two truly captured its spirit of the song *chef’s kiss

“Ling Yi Zhong Xiang Chou | Another Kind of Homesickness”, by Fei Yuqing x Li Keqin x Zhou Shen

“Those clouds and trees; do not block the road to that hometown” - or as I like to call it: the harmonising trinity of death. 

that gesture FYQ does at the end, when he drops his hand? my soul went down with it

“Qiu Niao | Prisoner Bird”, by Yun Dan Feng Qing (Fei Yuqing x Ayanga)

“I am but a shadow that you can do without as you please, coldly watching the way you look when you lie” - I didn’t initially count this in my faves. But the more I listen to it, the more I love it and now I LOVE it. 

“Piao Yang Guo Hai Lai Kan Ni | Crossing the Sea to See You”, by Zhou Hua Jian x Ayanga

“For you I spent half a year of savings, crossing the sea to see you”. hnnnnnngggggg best. version. of. this. song. I've heard.

“Ni De Rou Qing Wo Yong Yuan Bu Dong | I Will Never Understand Your Tenderness”, by Luo Qi x Liu Yuning

“I do not want to make love too blurry. If you love, then love clearly.” -- hhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg.

“Wo Ai Ta | I Love Him”, by Zhou Shen x Xu Weizhou

“We once leaned on each others’ shoulders. Now, we’re each drifting away in the sea of people”. -- 1) Very good. 2) Screamo? 3) Some kind of Nightwish-like opera singing that sounds very good.

“Qi Shi Bu Xiang Zou | In Truth, I Don’t Want To Leave”, by Yi Jian Qing Xin (Zhou Hua Jian x Jiang Yi Qiao)

- “The truth is, I don’t want to leave, the truth is, I want to stay. Stay and accompany you every spring, summer, autumn and winter...” -- this song can never go bad. Zhou Shen clapping with that slightly emotional look on his face, like he’s this close to crying? That’s me.

“Qian Li Zhi Wai | Beyond A Thousand Miles”, by Yun Dan Feng Qing (Fei Yuqing x Ayanga)

I send you beyond a thousand miles away, you’re soundless in black and white...” 

This is not even part of the competition, but...you know. 

“Tian Ya | The End of the Earth”, by Jie Tou Pai Dang (Ren Xianqi x Liu Yuning)

....I’m not going to translate it. I’m not even sure I fully get it. But boy, it’s so good. 

One of the reasons I watched the whole show, actually. damn. dammmn. 

“Ye Lang Disco”, by Qin Shen Shen (Li Keqin x Zhou Shen)

“On your left, draw a dragon with me, on your right, draw a rainbow.” ASKALKSLKDJSLKDA. Joy. In its purest, silliest form. 

^bonus unsolicited qin shen shen pic, which illustrates how I feel about some of these performances. yup.

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Fragile Figures [21]

[A/N: I’m sorry 🥺😭]

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Pairing : Choi San / [fem] Reader

Genre: Angst, Violence, Language, Fluff, Smut, Character Death, Mafia!AU

Words : 4.1k

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-Y/N’s P.O.V-

I grit my teeth, blocking a punch but the sheer force Kei put behind it was enough to make me stumble back. My forearm was already starting to bruise as it took the brunt of his blows but I wasn’t ready to give up just yet, not yet.

I can still keep going!

I let that thought spur me on as I let out a fierce cry, swinging my own arm and connecting my fist to his face. He stumbled back, a hand coming up to his jaw. I didn’t give him any time to recover as I swung again, putting more power behind each punch. Some connected but others were deflected. I hit his cheek, then managed to get a hit in on his ribs, his stomach next but no matter how many times I landed a blow he seemed unfazed. He’s either more resilient than I had originally thought or he’s so fucked up these blows, even if they do hurt him, they do absolutely nothing to him. 

I guess I was starting to get desperate as I threw blow after blow, I was getting sloppier and sloppier. Kei must have noticed as a smirk played at his lips. I swung forward once more, Kei dodging it easily. He grabbed a hold of my arm, squeezing tightly as he pulled me towards him, bringing his knee into my stomach. A choked groan fell from my lips, the air being knocked out of me. I clutched at my stomach with my free hand, falling to my knees. I gasped for air, desperately trying to fill my lungs with the oxygen I needed. Kei stood over me without saying a word, my arm still in his hold. With a scowl on his face he brought his elbow down on my arm harshly, the sound of the bone cracking reaching my ears milliseconds before the pain set in. A blood curdling scream left my lips at the excruciating pain I felt in my arm. I reached out and clawed at his hand to get him to let me go but he only tightened his hold. I grit my teeth at the pain but another cry was forced from my lips when he kicked at my side. He finally let me go after that, my body curling in on itself. A wet cough wracked through my body, blood trickling down my chin as I trembled at the unbearable pain I felt all over my body. 

Have I always been this useless? Did I never stand a chance? Was I just fighting a battle I would never win in the end?

I set my jaw, baring my teeth as I shook those thoughts from my head. I pushed myself off the ground, pushing my body past it’s limit as I rose to my feet. I swayed in place like a drunkard, staring Kei down. I’m not going to stop, not until I take him down. I’ll do whatever it takes, even if it costs me my life. He watched me silently, his hand twitching at his side.

��Just how stubborn are you?” He asked rhetorically, his face showing just how infuriated he was, “I thought it’d be fun to throw you around like a rag doll for a bit but even I’m growing tired of this. Stay the fuck down!”

He shouted that last sentence as he kicked at my leg, my knee bending at an unnatural angle. I swallowed the cry that crawled up my throat as I crumbled to the ground. I clenched my teeth and began to push myself up once more but he kicked my arm out from under me. From that moment on he kicked and stomped on my body to the point where I became numb to the pain. By the time he was done I was laying on my back, barely conscious. He had his foot on my chest, pressing down on my sternum. I wheezed with every breath I took, Kei crushing my lungs with his foot with every second that ticked by.

“Just die already. I’m tired of playing with you,” He spat, digging his heel into my chest, “The faster I deal with you the faster I can get back home and get rid of the runt Mei has tied up.”

At the mention of San I mustered up the last bit of my strength and brought a hand up, grabbing at his ankle weakly. He looked surprised to see me moving but that surprise vanished as soon as it came his face twisting with vexation, the pressure he put on my chest more than doubled. It felt like my sternum would collapse any second. A choked cough fell from my lips, tears falling from my eyes at the pain. Black dots were dancing in my vision, the lack of oxygen getting to me. Just as I thought I’d pass out or finally die the weight on my chest disappeared. 

-Yunho’s P. O. V-

My chest heaved up and down with every breath I took, my hands shaking at my side. It took every ounce of self restraint I had not to tear him apart limb from limb. I stood with my back to Y/N who was laying on the ground, barely breathing. I should’ve tried harder to reach her. I should’ve done everything I could’ve done to stop her from going after Kei. I should’ve stopped her from even coming here in the first place! This is all because of that bastard! If he knew his entire family was this unhinged he should’ve grown stronger!

“Ah…” Kei let out in a drawn out breath, shaking off the hit Yunho landed on him, “It took you long enough to get here, Yun.”

My blood ran cold at the nickname. Y/N was the only one that called me that and she only called me that when we were at home, never when we were on missions. So how...how did he know about that name? Kei noticed the look on my face, a smug smirk settling on his face.

“I’d like to tell you how I know about that name but it’s not that interesting,” He paused to gauge my reaction. He must’ve seen something he liked because he beamed over at me, “It’s not from an inside man if that's what you’re thinking. Your guys are disgustingly loyal.”

I growled low in my throat, making to take a step towards him but froze the second he pulled out a gun. I clenched my teeth at the sight, “Just how dirty do you plan to play?”

He grinned at the question, a chuckle falling from his lips, “As dirty as I have to. I would love to go a round with you, believe me I really would but you see...I’m a bit tired from throwing Y/N around. She didn’t injure me much but,” He paused to let out a heavy sigh, scratching the back of his head with his free hand as he waved the gun in the other nonchalantly, “Just blocking her punches and rendering her immobile was more work than I had hoped. The bitch just doesn’t give up.”

“Shut the fuck up.” I spat out through my teeth. 

“Did I strike a nerve there?” He asked, something flashing in his eyes, “Oh right, I almost forgot about that. I guess I wouldn’t like anyone talking about the one I love like that either.”

“I said shut the fuck up! What the hell do you know about me, huh!? I’m sick and tired of hearing you talk!” I shouted. 

He chuckled but said no more, giving a shrug of his shoulders. I should’ve knocked him out with that first punch if only to save myself the trouble of hearing him speak. This is why I always hated fighting this bastard. He loved hearing himself talk. If he could he’d talk your damn ear off. What pissed me off more than anything is that he wasn’t just all talk. He was one hell of a fighter, better than Seonghwa and Seonghwa was the best fighter I had ever known. He talked as much as he did because he knew just how good he was. Well I’m done hearing his voice. I don’t care if he starts shooting, he's not the only one that has something hidden up his sleeve. 

With that in mind I charged at him but again like before I was stopped in my tracks. I didn’t get very far, my legs refusing to move at the scream I heard that came from behind me. A lump formed in my throat the moment her whimpers reached my ears. I looked back to see Y/N clawing at the ground underneath her, tears cascading down the sides of her face, a bullet wound as clear as day on the side of her leg. The way her face twisted in pain had my legs go weak, my knees almost failing me but I stayed upright. 

“Dammit!” I shouted, frustrated that I couldn’t take the pain away from her, frustrated that I let her get this bad in the first place, frustrated that I couldn’t protect her, frustrated that when she needed me most I was of no use to her.

My hands trembled at my sides, the anger I was feeling overwhelming. I was angry with myself for being useless, angry with San for being the reason why we were even here in the first place, angry at Kei for injuring her this badly. I let that anger fuel my, letting the dagger I always kept hidden in my sleeve fall into my hand. I could’ve pulled this out from the beginning but the instant I saw Y/N laying on the floor on the verge of death with Kei’s foot on her chest my mind went blank. Had I just pulled out my dagger and stabbed him when I threw him off of her I wouldn’t be in this situation but I had no time to think of what I should’ve done right now. Right now I had to disarm him, bring him down, and kill him. Like hell would I let him live after what he did to Y/N. 

I grit my teeth as I lowered the dagger in my hand, grabbing at the blade with my fingers. I should’ve done this from the start but seeing Y/N covered in her own blood had my mind go blank. If I timed this and aimed properly I’d be able to embed the blade into his heart but there was just one thing that made me hesitate. The bastard had crazy quick reflexes. If he was going to do what I was thinking of then I only had a split second to get in the way. Will I make it in time? I shook my head, firmly holding onto the blade of my dagger. I was going to make it, I had to make it. 

So with that I brought my arm up quickly. When my hand adjacent to my shoulder I swung my arm back down, letting the dagger slip from my fingers and prayed it hit its mark. As soon as the danger left my fingers I ran to cover Y/N, hearing the sound of his gun firing just as I reached her. I winced at the pain that bloomed from my right thigh, squeezing my eyes shut for a moment and falling to my knees as my leg gave out. I bit down on my bottom lip harshly, swallowing the groan that crawled its way up my throat. I opened my eyes to see if the dagger hit where I wanted it to, my heart sinking at seeing that I had missed, the dagger embedded in his arm instead of his chest. He grinned but the look in his eyes told me he was less than pleased. 

“Ah...you two...really are something else.” He let out slowly, soundlessly pulling the dagger out of his arm. He threw it to the ground, the blade digging into the dirt by his feet, “You could’ve walked out of this alive you know that? I have no qualms with you...or any of the others for that matter. My orders were to take her back to Mei and that’s all I was going to do but...fucking hell man, you lot just don’t give up do you? You could’ve all saved yourselves if you just handed her over, no, if you had just given up on my worthless little brother then all of this could've been avoided. Tell me, what the hell is so special about him, huh? What qualities does he possess that make you all fight for him this hard?”

I stared at him wide eyed, seeing an unfamiliar emotion creep into his eyes. I’ve known Kei for a few years now and I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know him that well because we were anything but friends. But the Kei that stood before me now, asking these questions...seemed so vulnerable. His eyes held a certain emotion that if I wasn’t trying to protect the love of my life from him I would’ve felt sorry for him. Something told me he wasn’t just asking me these questions...but who else could they be for?

“Answer me! What’s so special about that bastard!? He brings misfortune everywhere he goes yet everybody still wants him! What the hell is it about him!?” He asked, his voice wavering every so often, “I do everything I’m asked of without hesitation. I kill when told to and torture when told to. I’m worth more than San ever will be yet I’m still second best! Why!? I try so fucking hard to please Mei, but I’m nothing more than a pawn she can play with however she likes! But San...San is her damn pride and joy. She may be doing unspeakable things to him but she would never, never actually get rid of him. But me? She’d kill me the second I make a mistake.” He paused, the hand he was using to hold his gun shaking as he aimed directly at me, his eyes glazed over, “Even Kiri prefers him over me. I’m their brother too so why!? Why am I always being cast aside for that runt?”

I was too shocked to say anything. Where the hell is all of this coming from? Why is he the one getting emotional? What kind of messed up shit is going on inside his head? All these questions I was asking myself was just making me angrier and angrier. I can’t believe he has the audacity to be like this in this situation.

I chuckled darkly, but neither my face or eyes displayed any type of humor, “Wanna know why you’re always being cast aside? Because your a narcissistic egomanic and top top it all off your a fucking psychopath! Do you really think anybody would care for a sick and twisted person like you!?” I shouted, pushing myself off the ground, taking a step towards him.

He didn’t move a muscle, his hands beginning to shake violently. I took another step forward, pausing only when I heard my name fall from her lips.

“Yun...don’t. Just...run...away…” She let out in a strained voice, her breathing ragged.

I shook my head, clenching  my hands at my sides as I kept walking towards Kei, closing the distance between the two of us, “I can’t stand San either but I can tell you that he is so much better than you in every way. He is one hell of a fighter. He is a hell of a sniper. He is a hell of a strategist. But above all he is loyal and he would gladly die for any of us. Can you say you’d die for Kiri? What about Mei? Would you put your life on the line to save theirs?”

Kei remained silent and his silence was all the answer I needed. I let a rueful smirk play at my lips, standing directly in front of him now. 

“San is twice the man you will ever be.”

And with that I swung, my fist connecting with his face. He stumbled back, his grip on the gun now completely gone as if fell to the ground with a thud. I didn’t stop with just one punch. I lurched forward and grabbed onto the collar of his shirt, the two of us toppling to the ground. I hovered over him, my knuckles going white, the hate in my eyes burning hotter than ever. I pulled him up slightly off the ground before slamming him back down.

“You don’t get to do this! You don’t get to suddenly become so human! Not after everything you’ve done!” I cried out, my voice breaking, my emotions getting the better of me, “Where were all these emotions when you had Kiri kill-”

I cut myself off, swallowing the lump that formed in my throat as the image of Hongjoong’s dead eyes staring into mine came to the forefront of my mind. I felt a tear slip out of my eyes, slowly making its way down my cheek, “Where were these emotions when Kiri killed Hongjoong-my brother? Huh? Answer me! Where the hell were they!?” I choked out, my lips quivering as I tried to reign in my tears.

His eyes darted from one of mine to the other but he offered no words. Angered by his silence I landed another blow to his face. I pulled my arm back once more, letting it hang in the air for a few seconds, my whole body shaking as I bit down on my bottom lip harshly. He didn’t try and fight back, seeing the fight in him basically gone brought my anger back up and I struck him again. I landed blow after blow, my knuckle bursting open at the force, his blood mingling with mine until I couldn’t tell whose blood was whose. How dare he break right now? After everything he’s done? After everything he’s put us through in just this one night? He almost killed her with no remorse yet here he was finally acting human...he makes me sick. He doesn’t know what it feels like to have someone you love taken from you. He has no idea how it feels to have a genuine relationship with someone. He knows nothing about and yet--yet he craves it more than anything. He craved to be loved but he doesn’t deserve it.

I don’t know how long I was hitting him for but when I came to he was barely conscious in my hold, his head lolling back as I held him up. With a scoff of disgust I let him go, pushing myself up. I staggered back, exhaustion washing over me. I had the urge to kill him but if he was feeling like this then he deserves to stay alive and feel every little thing. He doesn’t even deserve death, that’d be showing him too much kindness. My chest rose and fell, my breathing labored as I stood over him, the anger still in my system but I couldn’t afford to waste another second on him. 

So with that I left him there, stumbling my way over to where Y/N was, struggling to stay awake. When I reached her I fell to my knees, brushing the hair that was glued to her face with her blood out of the way. I cradled her face in my hands gently, my thumbs brushing away the tears that had stained her face more than her blood had. She gave me a small smile, weakly reaching up, her fingers just grazing my cheek ever so slightly before she let her hand fall back down to her side.

“You’re safe…” She whispered, looking up at my through half lidded eyes.

I choked on a sob as I gave her a smile of my own but with how hard I was trying to not cry it must’ve looked like a grimace to her. I leaned forward, resting my forehead against hers and closed my eyes for a moment. I let out a shaky breath before leaning back again, wiping at my eyes with the back of my hand. I didn’t waste another second as I scooped her up into my arms. I hesitated when she whimpered the second I touched. And when I picked her up, the cry of agony that left her lips was enough to make me second guess if I should even be carrying her right now but her wounds needed to be treated right away.

“I’m sorry...just bear with it for a little bit longer.” I mumbled as I began to walk back to our cars.

But the second I took a step forward I stumbled, my right leg giving out but I refused to fall. The adrenaline that had been pumping through my veins disappeared and the pain in my leg resurfaced. Just standing on it had a groan of pain crawl its way up my throat but I forced it back down. I grit my teeth as I pushed myself to keep going. I had to get her out of here and treated, that’s the only thing that mattered right now. Whatever happens to me doesn’t matter...all I cared about was carrying her to safety. I kept repeating those words over and over again like a mantra. I was so focused on getting her to the car that I didn’t notice what was going on around me...until it was too late. 

I knew the mercy I showed would come back to bite me...but I didn’t think it would come this quickly. Two...I had made two mistakes tonight. The first one was letting Y/N run out of my grasp to fight Kei and the second one was letting Kei live. I never thought one of those mistakes would end up costing me my life.

-Y/N’s P.O.V-

I opened my eyes when I heard what sounded like gunfire, Yunho grunting low in his throat drawing my attention. I furrowed my brows in confusion when Yunho fell to his knees, adjusting me in his hold. I hissed at the pain I felt spread through my entire body but I forgot about it as soon as I looked up into Yunho’s face. He was staring down at me with a look in his eyes that I couldn’t quite place. The corners of his lips curled up the slightest bit but I could tell the simple action was causing him an immense amount of pain. 

“Yun..?”

He sucked in a deep breath but the second he did he started coughing violently. And that’s when I noticed it. He had blood covering the inside of his mouth, some of it dribbling down the side of his chin. His entire face contorted in pain, his grip on me tightening for an instant before it was gone completely. I cried out the moment my body fell to the floor but that pain was nothing compared to what I felt at seeing him fall next to me, his face inches from mine. My eyes widened as I finally took notice of the red splotches that stained the back of his shirt, the once white fabric painted red. I reached out, gingerly touching his back. He didn’t even cry out when I touched him, my vision blurring over as I realized what that meant.

“Don’t...cry. I’m sorry...I couldn’t...protect you…” He forced out, a smile playing on his lips. That smile trembled before turning into a frown, the tears falling from his eyes, “I’m sorry...I’m so sorry…”

I shook my head the best I could, my own tears falling freely. I opened my mouth to tell him that none of this was his fault, none of it. This was all my fault, I should’ve planned properly, thought everything through, not let my emotions take over. There were so many mistakes I made that could’ve helped avoid all of this. Every single thing that went wrong tonight was my fault but before I could get a word out I felt my body being lifted up. Before I knew it Kei had thrown me over his shoulder and was beginning to walk away from Yunho. I pounded his back with my fists but I was too weak, my punches not having any effect. I screamed and cried for him to let me go. I can’t let Yunho die alone, not him, anything but that, please. I have to be with him!

“Yunho!!” 

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“The Wife is First” Novel Chapters Outline Book 1

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Book 1 (Chapter 1- 39)

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Arcs:

Jing Shao's Reincarnation

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1: Despair and Rebirth 

Jing Shao escaped prison with an injured Mu Han Zhang/Jun Qing on horseback and fleeing from the pursuers.

On a edge of a cliff JS asks JQ, if JQ has ever resent JS for everything that happen to him.

JQ answers back with, how could he have not, everything that. However JQ never could blame JS for it.

JQ dies in JS arms and JS vows that if there is an afterlife, he will spend his entire life to make it up for JQ.

JS jumps down the cliff with JQ in his arms before JS waking up in bed with a bruised JQ laying next to him with half-covered torn red robes.

Note: Some lore about the Social Structure of the Royal family.

2: Reparations

JS look at his journey to confirm if he reborned/time has turned back to his 19yo self.

JS helps JQ to bath and JS treated JQ’s wounds/bruises.

JS decides to take the outside of the bed and both went to sleep.

3: Well Matched (in Marriage)

Empress Wu ploted the marriage of JS because no Crown Prince was yet selected and to exclude JS from that possible selection.

JQ followed the traditions of the wife to gift the servants of JS.

JS ordered to his servant Dou Fu to select JQ a personal servant and imperial guard (meaning JQ can leave the estate at will).

JS puts on JQ’s hair ornament (tradition wife -> husband).

On the sedan, while JS messaging JQ’s lower back, JS advise JQ how to act in front of the empress.

4: Entering the Imperial Palace 

JS and JQ greets the emperor and empress with all the traditions of offering tea as well as gifts.

Emperor and empress noticed JQ being pale and dismissed them both.

JQ fainted for a brief moment as stepping out of the imperial palace before being carried by JS into the sedan.

JS called the imperial physician Jiang to examine JQ’s fever.

JS comfort and explain his action in the imperial palaces to JQ.

5: Fever

JQ meant a divorce if JS gets the position of Crown Prince, both end up arguing with each other.

JS feeds JQ the medicine as well as candies.

JQ suggests JS some ideas to gain/win some followers.

The second prince and his consort visits JS’s palace and JS greets his elder brother Jing Chen.

6: The Concubines Residing in the Inner Court

JC visits JQ in his bed chambers meanwhile JC’s consort drinking tea/conversing with JS’s consort (2nd wife). 

JQ’s got inform by the consort action by Lan Ting(JQ’s servant).

Song Ling Xin the second wife/consort of JS as well as 2 concubines (Yan and Li) paying JQ a visit.

7: Visting Parents

JQ gifts consort and concubines with hairpins (dowry). JS comes into the room with consort SLX next to him.

JS hugs JQ so that both could read the both together. JS explains to JQ what his relationships with his consorts is. JS kisses JQ’s hand and JQ flees into the bedroom.

JS and JQ on the way to visit JQ’s parents. JQ warns JS about not agreeing with any of his parents demands.

8: The Marquis’ Residence

JS tells JQ always to remind him of things or tell him important decisions. JS cuddles JQ before resting his head on JQ’s lap.

JQ’s parents and cousins greets them with kowtows and JS comforts/reinsures JQ with a firm hand grip.

JQ visits his father’s wifes and gifts them a box of teas. (JQ’s birth mother was missing which he goes to visit in her room.

JS talking with North Marquis about martial arts/swords.

9: Gifts of Thanks

JQ comforts his mother that he is being treated very well in the Princes manor.

On the way back to the Prince Manor, JQ was still thinking about his mother and JS pouts because of it. 

While JQ was trying to cheer him up before losing balance and JS catches him to cushion the fall.

JS tells JQ to not call him by his title but rather call him by his name. JQ calls him ‘Shao’ and JS feeling happy feels asleep clinging to JQ.

Yun Zhu introduces himself to JQ (his personal servant). JQ questions YZ about reading and YZ tells JQ about the study room.

JS wakes up late and JQ thanks him for the study room before JQ rans away.

10: Peach Blossom Wine

JS took JQ to the highest place of the pavilion and both drunk peach blossom wine.

JS asks JQ why he never learned martial arts and JQ answered that he fell into the pond during winter.

JS hugs and questions who pushed him before kissing JQ and vows to revenge him.

JS orders Jing Hao to investigate JQ’s pond incident.

Steward Yun reports to JS that Official Li Yanqing came looking for him.

11: Villa

JS already hears about the rumors which led to his death in his previous life.

YZ advices JQ to not give in on SLX demands as well as keeping the households account books and JQ calls for SLX to discuss about it.

SLX gives the arrangements of JS’s bedtime dates to JQ.

JS arrives at the Villa (summer residence) and asks for the commander Ren Feng to spar with him.

JQ noticed that JS left some military strategy book written by JS in the study room.

12: Serving at the Bedside

YZ reports to JQ about the SLX’s distribution of JS’s bedtime days, with new dates 15 days for JQ, 9 days for SLX and 3 days for each concubines.

Back home, JS get the reports from Steward Yun about the visitor Li Daren.

After dinner, JQ massages JS and notices that his shoulder was bruised from practice martial arts and ended up treating the bruises.

JQ discuss about letting SLX doing the households for a few more months. JS started to pout and flee to bed before explaining his opinion on the household matter.

JQ agrees to JS’s opinion then getting kissed by him before both falling asleep.

13: Salt Trade Certification

JS and JQ are waking up and JQ is telling JS (who didn’t wanted to get up) that he has an appointment with Li Daren today.

Concubines came to greet both and Concubine Rose felt unwell and felt almost into JQ’s laps (she was caught by JS).

JS doubted her and was thinking of past life’s occurrences. 

JQ asked Concubine SLX for the account books.

The three concubines discussed about JQ and JS’s divorce talking. 

JQ and JS talked about the JQ’s father salt certifications and went on a date at Immortal Assembly restaurant, plus both heard about the JS-rumours.

14: Green Plums

JQ spoke his worries about the rumors. JS impressed by JQ and hugged him.

Both visited the wine store of Maiden Mei.

Both took a walk at JS’s brother private peach blossom garden and continue the talk about JS’s rumors.

JQ injured his hand on the bamboo cup, JS put JQ’s finger in his mouth and JS kissed JQ with tongue.

JQ startled pushed JS away and JS felt on his butt.

15: Crazy

JS were prepared to take a bath and JS gave JQ the choice to bath with him or apply medicine on his wound.

JQ applied medicine after JS’s bath while both blushing.

Dou Fu brought the account books to JQ and JQ explained his servant YZ, why he want to check them.

After JS came back with talking to his brother with his eyes red, went to see JS and took him to the training camp.

At the arrival, JS fought with RF before leaving the platform from JQ’s instructions.

JS collapsed in JQ’s arms while whispering that JS’s brother told him the truth about his mother’s death.

16: Shortage of Money

JS worried about JQ’s health, and JQ tried to downplay it but ended up making JS only mad.

JS told his youths situation and JQ conformed JS by hugging.

JS dreamed about his mother and her miscarried.

JS kissed JQ after waking up.plus as punishment for JQ calling JS at his title, JQ decided then calling him ‘little spoon/xiao shao’.

Steward Yun reported to JS about JQ’s falling into the pond matter.

JQ’s brother Mu Lingbao pushed JQ into the pond and JQ ended up sick for half a year.

JS ordered Steward Yun to investigate MLB and to spread rumors about 4th Prince Jing Yu eating raw meat.

JQ got reported that Grandma Zhou’s son broke a leg and she wanting to borrow money from JQ for a doctor. JQ asked JS for the money.

17: Rumors

JS gave the money to JQ.

JQ reminded JS of the arrangements of the flower book(the days JS spends with the other concubines), but JS stayed with JQ.

When JS was out (at court), JQ visited the city with YZ and eat at ‘Hui Wei’ restaurant.

Owner of Hui Wei restaurant, the male wife of the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Xiao Yuan.

18: The small Assistant Minister

JS returned back to working at court, and thinking how to cooperate with the assistant minister of the ministry of revenue, while discussing about the 4th prince rumors.

The 4th prince is at charge of regarding the tribute from foreign lands.

After Court, JS went to Hui Wei restaurant and made acquaintance with the boss Zhou Jin.

JS asked discretely XY, how to avoid making his male wife afraid in bed and XY gave him some advise. JS thanked XY and asked that ZJ to take care of JQ.

JS returned home and heared JQ and SLX arguing about the flower book dates.

19: A contemptible Self-Actor

JS silenced SLX and asked JQ what is the matter, JQ asked if he could let his wet nurse recuperate at the main residence for a time.

SLX get slapped by JS for being lout and disrespecting JQ and JS retracted her control of the household as well as confined for a month.

JQ thanking JS by laying his head against his shoulder, while JS asked for a kiss, which he didn’t get.

JS working at the Ministry of War, declining the petition for the rebels (from his knowledge of the past life) which was recommended by Song An(father of SLX).

20: Misunderstanding

JS refused again to sleep at the concubines court side.

At court, the south barbarian issue is talked about with the emperor and the Ministry of War.

Before the court discussion, JS’s brother took initiative to warn JS about Minister Song An’s intent.

JS went to Hui Wei restaurant to eat breakfast and exchanged more infos about ‘husband-and-wife-life’.

JQ woke up alone and not able to concentrate on work due to last night event until his wet nurse family arrived at the palace.

RF urgently called for JS and JS just arrived home for dinner.

21: Opportunity

JS and JQ eat dinner and JS informed JQ about the hiring of a hero in the Jianghu ‘the ghost of nine blades’.

After dinner, JQ felt ill and recognized it as an aphrodisiac, JS ordered DF to investigated how it happened.

JS helped JQ release the tension before JQ offered to return the favor.

After both calmed down, DFreported that it was Concubine Li.

22: Farce

Concubine Li claimed that it was SLX’s idea but was punished by sending her to the nunnery.

JS angrily stated that he will asked for a royal degree to demote SLX to a 3rd rank concubine.

More discussing about who to send to the barbarian border, JS being punished/banned from court for a some days and eldest prince JR is send to the southern border.

23: Temple Fair

While dealing with the Concubine Li issue, JQ thinks of sending her as a gift to the 4th prince.

JQ motivated JS to finish his punishment fast so that they can spent some time in the alternate residence during the Temple Fair.

JQ wrote some of the punishment by copying JS’s writing style. JS recognizing it to be amazing and useful in the battlefield.

JS and JQ eat breakfast at Hui Wei restaurant, where JS felt jealous due to JQ and ZJ getting along like old scholar friends.

JS and JQ enjoying the Temple Fair until JS chased after a pink-clothed girl, leaving JQ alone, who encountered his cousins MuLB, MYW and MHFfeng.

JS punched and kicked JQ’s cousins

24: Ruo Yi

JQ wanting to ask JS about the girl but ended up asking for a piece of forest land which JS gladly exchanged a bit of his land to grant JQ’s wish.

JS thinking about the past life, Ge RouYi killing the southeast King and ending the barbarian war.

Birthday of the North Marquis, JQ’s painting and JS send more gifts. JQ tried to calm JS’s anger about the 4th prince.

GRY stopped the 4th prince carriage and asked for a petition. JS seeing that caught up and knocked her unconscious while explaining to 4th prince, he will send him a better woman next time.

JQ thinking about the girl and JS.

25: Eating Vinegar

GRY thanking JS for presenting the petition to the royal court.

JS went to the study room looking for JQ and found some paper balls on the ground and misunderstood that even JQ get annoyed at some point. 

JS became worried hearing that JQ didn’t had an appetite and went to the bedroom.

JS found JQ bathing in the spring pool and jumped in too. In the end JQ asked JS’s plans concerning Rouyi and JS explained her situation.

JS exclaimed to JQ that he will not take any more wife's or concubines and JQ concerned about JS’s heirs.

JS and JQ being intimiate.

26: The Gathering

JQ and ZJ went to the monthly male wives’ gathering in Mo Garden of Duke Mao’s household.

At the gathering JQ encountered an old classmate, Du Yinghao resp. nephew of North Marquess and male wife of the 3rd son of Duke Mao.

Right went JQ was about to leave the gathering JS came to pick him up .

JS was called to court by royal decree to get his advise on the southeast border war matter.

27: A Headache

An the way back home from the court, JS was deep in thoughts and his horse Xiao Hei just went on his own to JC’s house to eat the grass

JS gave excuses of wanting a drinking partner and invited JC to Hui Wei restaurant and used that to inform JC what happened in court.

MLB being beaten up and the heir of Duke Mao causing trouble in the restaurant.

JS and JC discussed about the potential problems could cause of JY and the daughter of North Marquis getting married, Mu Suzhi.

JS explained the current situation to GRY and JS offered her to teach her the art of assassination.

28: Foreshadowing

JS went back to court after and rewarded about his contribution of the vassal state war advices, which was given to JQ to re-gifted to his family.

The North Marchioness was questioning JQ about the JS’s concubines troubles and venting at JQ about not marrying his sister any more to JY

More court discussion about the southwest Tibet king sending tributes, plus asking the princes what they think.

JS and North Marquis went together back home while JQ visiting his mother and grandma and met his brothers.

29: Perfumed Ointment

JQ slapped MYW for not being respectful to him and JS, while JQ’s brothers wanting to fight back but were stopped since JS and North Marquis arriving at the scene.

JS was called by JC to talked about the emperor ordering JC to investigate the tribute robbering and ZJ visited JQ to talk about opening a shop to sell “perfumed ointment”.

Back home, JS found JQ with the ointments box and JS telling JQ that he will help him opening the shop and even bargain with old friends for the supplies.

30: Urgent Report from the Southwest

JQ opened the shop “Mo Lian Establishment”.

JS went everyday to court; eldest prince was could into/started a war and his states was unclear; JS advised the emperor to send tropes from the southwest king.

JS retold the situation on court to JQ and that he might need to leave for war.

JQ giving himself the fault for JS’s bad position in court made JS angry at him and JS hugged JQ quite forcefully while forbidding him to speak like that again.

JS noticing that he used to much force, started massaging JQ until JS asked JQ if they could consummate their marriage which JQ agreed to.

31: Frightening News

JS carried JQ into the bed and ... papapa.

JS thanked XY before entering court.

The empress looking for a wife for 4th Prince.

JS called by emperor to talked about the potential war and be informed that something might have happened to his brother.

32: Experimenting

JC was ambushed and JS asked to the emperor to go and help him.

JS greeted Eunuch An Xian, servant of the emperor.

At palace, Duchess Mao and North Marquess arguing about their sons fights.

At home, JS was informed that JQ still was not awake, JS climbed to bed while massaging JQ, both discussed who and why ambushed JC.

North Marquis happy that Mu Suzhi is chosen to be married to the 4th prince.

33: Position

The North Marchioness was angry about everyone knowing about the marriage of Mu Suzhi and JY, plus more discussion between the wife of other households.

JS and JQ talked about JC’s return and North Marquis requesting a visited to him.

JS visited the secret work on the barren forest side meanwhile JQ visited his father.

North Marquis realized that the empress abandoned his household from supporting the crown prince and rather help Duke Mao household. To improve his statutes he raises JQ’s concubine statutes to 2nd rank.

JS met up with JC at the entrance to the city, where he found JC injured inside the carriage.

34: Persian Silk Tree

JS gave a life-saving medicine to JC before returning home.

After dinner JS and JQ took a walk in the garden where JS owed to JQ his love and life.

JC reported the robbery and situation about the southwest king and North Marquis tried to persuade the emperor to send JS to rescue the eldest prince.

North Marchioness and MLB talked about the situation about rising JQ’s mother’s (Qiu Yiniang) concubine ranks and their statutes on court.

35: A Speculation

QYI send a letter to his son so that they can talked.

JC resting at home from the injuries but also trying to dissolve the rumors of JS sending assassins to kill him.

JQ gave JS some advise for the court and even motivated JS with JQ picking him up for lunch/dinner after work.

JQ made some small business at his shop before heading to pick JS up, who kind of ran away in the middle of a problem solving discussion.

36: Withdrawal of the Vassal States

JS and JQ had a nice lunch at ZJ’s restaurant before visiting JC and talked about the next steps about vassal states.

JC suggested to the emperor to withdraw the titles of the vassal states.

QYI got promoted to 2nd rank concubine and talked her concern about the princes fight to the throne, which JQ ensured her that JS doesn’t want to take part of.

37: Summons

The emperor send troups to withdrew the vassal states and the empress planning her plans for the 4th prince.

JS was practicing his sword then passed some time with JQ and reporting what happened at court.

JS reported that the emperor/empress wants to get him a second wife, daughter of the Count of Yongchang (JS feels sick about it).

The eunuch Dou Lu gave message to JS that the empress wants JQ to go to Feng Yi palace immediately (the empress’ imperial palace).

JS followed JQ to the southern part of the palace and ordered the guard Xiao Qian to let the maids report to him.

38: Punishment by Kneeling

JQ greeted the empress and followed her instructions, meanwhile JS went to the princes study room where he meet his younger siblings and talked with his father.

The empress got angry at JQ since JQ exclaimed that it is JS decision to have more wifes’ and JQ did not agree with the statement of the empress about inheriting titles or the throne; the empress punished JQ by kneeling at the Jade terrace.

The maid Miao Xi reported back to JS about the situation but was not expecting to see the emperor next to JS, both went to the empress palace.

When JQ heard that the emperor came with JS and the moment he saw JS, he fake fainted.  

39: Forgot to Say

The emperor ordered call for the royal physician.

JS filled with rage wanted to vent but was stopped by JQ.

The doctor reported to the emperor that JQ’s body is unusually weak for a man and ordered him some medicin to help him recuperate fully.

The emperor dismissed JS from court to take care of JQ, plus after both left the emperor punished the empress for 3 days.

JS treated JQ injuries and also told JQ that he will go a month earlier to the military camp.

JS felt that JQ was sad about it and comforted him with all kind of things like more papapa.

THE END OF BOOK 1

(last update 21th April 2021)