Extra chapter of the week…
Chapter 25: Sneering
The Chrysanthemum banquet was held in Yan Bei Tang, which was located near the Qin ranking Prince’s residence, and it was the hall where the founding Emperor and Empress personally set it up. Thus the former mansion was exquisitely pruned and covered several acres with magnificent buildings. If it wasn’t that it was far away from the city, the Emperor and Empress would want to transform it to part of the Palace.
With the mountains on one side and water on the other, it was indeed a good place to enjoy the scenery. In particular, in every tenth lunar month, different types of Chrysanthemums would bloom and because the place was manage well and had the possession of different Chrysanthemum seeds, when they bloom, the entire place can be considered as very elegant.
The carriage would take about one Shichen (1 shichen = 2 hours) from Shen residence and Yan Bei Tang so snacks would be prepared so that one would not feel hungry.
Gu Yu opened the basket that Gui Momo brought over and asked Shen Miao, “Young Lady better eat something. The journey is long and one will have strength if there is something to eat.”
Shen Miao looked at the things in the basket.
Cold goat geese, scallion rolls, spicy and oily drumsticks… At first glance it would make one’s mouth water as it was colourful and savoury.
Unfortunately the flavour of these things were just too heavy. Like the cold cheese and spicy and oily drumsticks were easy to smuge the lip rouge and if one was not careful, it would be easy to make one’s clothes dirty. Gui Momo really put in ‘utmost care’ when preparing these food.
The courtyard battle between females was about some tricks that was done in the dark to make others stumble. But Shen Miao was previously in the Inner Palace of Ming Qi and her opponents were the concubines who were fighting for favour thus the stakes were much higher. These kind of tricks were really nothing at all. She shook her head and let Gu Yu cover the box up and spoke to Jing Zhe, “No need. Jing Zhe have some.”
Jing Zhe carefully took out a small cloth bag from behind, that held small and exquisite pastries. Shen Miao did not trust the kitchens in Shen residence and let Jing Zhe bribe the steward to help her buy some snacks from outside. The steward only thought that Jing Zhe was greedy and did not add anything to the food. That steward was only somewhat surprise that Jing Zhe, a maid, would be actually willing to buy snacks from Guang Fu Zhai.
Guang Fu Zhai was one of the best pastry shop in the Ding capital that even the concubines in the Palace love to eat it. In Shen Miao’s previous life, she was not very interested in Guang Fu Zhai’s snacks but Wan Yu love it so much that she would not be happy if she did not eat it for a day.
At this moment the snacks was only about the size of Shen Miao’s finger and was made to look like flowers which was very cute and adorable. Shen Miao distributed some to Gu Yu and Jing Zhe to eat. Both maids initially did refused but after Shen Miao’s insistence, they was unable to continue refusing and ate a mouthful before saying in surprise, “Young Lady, this snack is really delicious.”
Shen Miao smiled. Actually no matter how delicious can the snacks may be, it only need to be made elaborately and cutely as females would always like good looking things. When Wan Yu had the marriage alliance, she spend a lot of money to buy Guang Fu Zhai’s pastry master as she hope that Wan Yu was able to eat her favourite snacks when she was in the bitter cold country of Xiong Nu.
Who would know… Who would know that in the middle of the journey Wan Yu perish and she was unable to even see her body.
Shen Miao closed her eyes.
Wan Yu’s marriage alliance was instigated by Mei Furen and colluded with Chen Rouxi that family but was ordered by Fu Xiu Yi. In this lifetime, not one of these people should think about running away. She want these people who cause Wan Yu’s death to pay back hundreds and thousands of times!
Gu Yu was eating the snacks in relish when she looked up and saw Shen Miao’s cold and chilly look, as if it was a noble lady in a high position having a killing intention. In that moment, Gu Yu seemed to have seen Shen Xin’s shadow. Shen Xin was someone who had killed others and seen bloodshed in the battlefield thus when he became angry, the ferocious came from his bones. At this moment the look in Shen Miao’s eyes was exactly the same as Shen Xin’s.
She almost choked on a snack and had to swallow it down strenuously before asking carefully, “Is Young Lady uncomfortable anywhere?”
“No.” Shen Miao’s eyes drooped, “Was thinking about some things.”
Fu Xiu Yi would also be present in today’s Chrysanthemum banquet. Not only Fu Xiu Yi, there would be several brothers of Fu Xiu Yi would be present. There were currently nine princes with each their own merits, thus each of them had their own camp. But Fu Xiu Yi had the most harmless appearance and had slightly better relationship with the Crown Prince’s fraction.
Who knew that at the end the Crown Prince was oust and Fu Xiu Yi was the heir apparent? She did not intend to help the Crown Prince as the Imperial Family of Ming Qi was the most ruthless. They see all those vessel families whose ancestors help to found the empire as an old dogs. It was these dogs had help them to hunt down the rabbit but when the rabbit was in the bag, they were worried that their dogs would kill them so they drain the dogs to the last drop of blood before killing and cooking them.
The world was heartless. The heir to the throne was not just. So on what basis was there to require the loyalty of everyone?
Why not watch how a dog would bite another dog? Shen Miao’s lips slightly hooked up.
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There was a number of noble family who had arrived at Yan Bei Tang.
Although in today’s academy examinations would not differentiate males between females, the banquet divided the guests by female and male seats. At the male seats, many youths and their father quickly greeted one another as it was natural to build up relationships between families to support one another. As these youths would one day take over their fathers to support the entire family, more friends were always beneficial.
The female side would not frequently meet up as the males thus the women often gossip among themselves and the young ladies would have their fixed group of friends. As they would chat together in every three to five days, they were both nervous and looking forward to the Chrysanthemum banquet. They would also occasionally look up and glance across the area to see one’s admired youth.
Yi Pei Lan fiddled with some small flowers as she said, “Do you all have confidence in the academy examinations today?”
“I do not have.” The female beside her smiled, “There are so many people and I am mediocre at best thus I am really scared. I only help that later I would not be drawn out or chosen in a challenge by anyone. I don’t seek to stand out and only not to make a fool of myself.”
Yi Pei Lan ‘s mouth twitched, “One must at least try. As everyone know, His Highness Prince Ding would also be present and moreover your admired Young Master Lee would also be here. The Young Master of the Lee family’s language skills are exceptionally outstanding and would definitely come on the stage. Shouldn’t you take this opportunity to perform well?”
The young female pushed Yi Pei Lan as her face revealed some shyness, “Don’t say nonsense.”
Jiang Xiao Xuan heard what was said and smiled, “Exactly. Bai Wei, you must not be afraid. If one where to say about making a fool of oneself, there would still be the Shen family’s number five to be at the end of the spectrum. Seeing that, you are much better than her.”
“Precisely.” Yi Pei Lan also smiled in amusement, “During the yearly academy examinations, that Fifth Shen would be responsible for provoking laughter and it is tough for her to still come every year. When I think about how she is going to show off her work this year, I would want to laugh out. Really don’t know that she would wear again. Would it be like last year’s terribly bright red dress with purple gold hairpin?”
A number of young females started giggling.
“Enough already.” Feng An Ning suddenly open her mouth, “What so funny about it?”
Yi Pei Lan was surprise for a moment before she said, “Feng An Ning, you seemed very strange recently. Why are you so good with that fool?”
Feng An Ning had a look of anger and was about to speak when she heard someone speaking from the other side, “The Furens of Shen family have arrived.”
Thanks for the chapter!!
Hoho, it seems like our mc has already attracted some people on her side, xD
Really.
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Thanks for supporting!!! Ofcourse… She has her charm 😛
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I think Feng an Ning is a good freind for Shen Miao.
I feel sad about happen to daughter Shen Miao in the past.
I can’t wait for another chapter, thank you for the chapter (^,^)
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Feng An Ning is a supportive and cute friend to have 😛 Thanks for supporting!
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Maybe she can be our MC’s sister-in-law instead of that horrible woman, and then she also wouldn’t be with her horrid cousin? 🙂
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thanks for the chapter!
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thank you for this bonus chapter really made my day 🙂
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Thank you for the extra surprise.. looking forward to another extra in the coming time.. hehehe
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Thanks to the donors for the extra chap too… Just another day more for the new chap! Thanks for supporting!
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Dundun dunduu~n… Surprise, motherduckers! Go swim in the lake or something. Thanks for the chapter.
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Hahahaha… There are much more suprises 😛
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
This is soo excited!!!!!!!!!
Be prepare ladies and gentlemen
The empress has arrived!
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ALL BOW TO THE EMPRESS!!! 😛
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Looking up novelupdates, OMG OMG update, i’m Soo Happy..
Finished reading. Oh, of course… Every chapter is cliffhanger X”D.
Thank you for the surprise! Can’t wait to see their faces fall into floor seeing Shen Miao!
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Thanks for supporting!!! Tomorrow there is another update so stay tune… 😛
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Thank you for the chapter~
Waiting for those shameless women to make fools of themselves instead!
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Thanks for supporting!!! No matter how hard they try, they will never be able to beat our SM!!
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Thanks for the chapter!
Urk, forgot who was who. I need to reread at some point. Probably when I’m not about to fall asleep on my desk.
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Thanks for supporting! There is also a character list to refer too just in case 😛
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What? Really? Thanks!
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Yeap… Check out the Translation tab 😉
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Thanks!
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AHHHHHHH!!! THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA CHAPTER!! 😱😨😵😍😗
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Many thanks to the donors too!! 🙂
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thank you for the extra chapter!!
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Many thanks to the donors too! 🙂
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ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that cliffhanger though!!! thanks for the chapter!
i can’t wait for our girl to make all those girls to eat their words. she’s going to outshine everybody muawhahahaha! ugh pleaseeee pelaseeee have the two main leads meet soonnnn. i love their interaction!!!!
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Not so soon… They will only meet one another after many chapters later… 😛
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oh and god i can’t wait til she starts her revenge against everyone that ruined her previous life!
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It will be slow but worth it since she needs to ensure that nothing will be traced back to her/her family.
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WTF?!!! Ugghhhh!!! The cliffyyyy is killing me QAQ
I hope Shen Miao will be ablt o show them whose boss!!!
Poor Shen Miao. . . She certainly is battle hardened. This time around, she’ll sure appreciate those close to her even more because of the sacrifices she’s seen.
I hope she”l be able to form a friendship with Feng An Ning. She seems alright.
Thanks for the translation~
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Thanks for supporting!!! You just need to tolerate for one more day as there is an update tomorrow… 😛
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Thanks for the chapter! I was so happy for the update since the last chapter was released only a day ago.
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There is 2 additional chapters this week (Fri & Sat) since there were a number of donors lately… 🙂
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They spend so much effort to pull her down. If they just worked half so hard to improve themselves, even immortals wouldn’t have been competition for them.
I think the saddest part of this is knowing that though she’s gone back, she can’t fix everything. She can get revenge, but those children will never be born this time around. They will always be a part of the bad ending.
Crap, now I’ve made myself sad.
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Well… Some people (even now) are like this. Instead of spending time on elevating themselves, they would rather spend time to push/pull people down so that they would be higher than them…
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So true, but the original SM seemed like she was so lonely that it wouldn’t have been hard for them to just be decent to her and still ride her coattails to glory.
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well there is 2 ways which is improve oneself and the other is pull down someone else. Of course pulling someone down is the easiest.
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It’s easier unless you go to the lengths of the Shen family. Then it takes 20 years on a mountain, speaking only hidden spite, eating sour grapes and vinegar, training in pure dickery to be considered barely proficient.
For common folk, it’s easier, but they’ve gone beyond “it’s too hard to be upright” and turned it into a religion. They could have just tried to make her unimpressive, but instead they slap their own family’s face to make her a joke, just so they can look a smidge better. I’m just so boggled.
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Thanks for the update!!!❤️❤️❤️
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thanks for the extra chapter !!!! i love it !! cant wait to see whats going to happen at the banquet !!!@@!! ^ × ^
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Thanks for supporting!! The banquet will be exciting!! 😛
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Oh, the usual things that happen at kids parties… Girls glancing at boys, boys picking on girls, a rousing game of pin the tail on the donkey, and then someone starts to cry when the game of tag gets too rough.
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You are very close to how it all pan out *wink*
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I read the MTL, and couldn’t resist. In a few chapters, my comment is going to go from “huh? Ooooookay…” to hilarious. 😆
Maybe I shouldn’t comment while sleep deprived.
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thanks for the chapter!!
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Thank youuuuu😍
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Thanks for supporting!! *Love your ID*
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Thank you so much!! 😘😘😘.
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The more they mock Shen Miao, the shocker they will be when seeing the beautiful Shen Miao. I hope the author will describe their expression (shocking expression, utter disbelieve, maybe pinching their hand) well~ Thanks for the chapter desu~ Looking forward to the next chapter!
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yup SM will wow them all with her flawless dignified appearance, drawing skill and game of dare.
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Thanks for supporting!! They were shocked so many times by SM during the banquet and exams 😛
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Noooo the cliff hanger why? T_T
and it was getting good…
Thanks for the chapter!
I feel like something “good” is about to happen.
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There is one release tomorrow… Remember to comeback tomorrow to check it out! 🙂
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Thank you😊
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Thank you so much for this chapter!!! ^.^ I’m so excited to see all of these girls and boys eating their words! They’ll realize how amazing SM is !! And the examinations hehe, she’ll show them~ I wouldn’t be surprised if suddenly more families want to form alliances with the primary branch of the Shen residence~
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Tbh, the examination arc of the story is one of my fav part to read 😛 Thanks for supporting!
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More power to the team. Thank you for the chapter. 🙂
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I’ve been so busy the past two weeks I didn’t have a chance to check this website as I usually do. xD I can’t tell you how happy I was when I saw I had around 10 chapters to read. I missed your announcement about the extra chapters!
I can’t wait to see how Shen Miao shows these girls that she’s no longer the joke of any gathering. This is going to be sooo good.
Thank you for the chapter!! ❤
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Thanks for supporting!! I hope u enjoyed every single chap!!
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I can only hope that FAN is a true friend indeed and not so false friend… one need a friend in life.
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Re-reading once again while waiti g for the latest updates… Can’t get enough of our Empress!!!!
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Feng An Ning is such a darling. I hope she continues to have a good relationship with Shen Miao.
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Is anyone a little bit disturbed by the numerous metaphors that use killing/eating dogs as an example?
Putting that aside, I am definitely in love with this title! Thank you for the hard work!
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I was wondering what the trap in the food would be. I’m mildly surprised that she didn’t include things that would give the MC flatulence or indigestion.
I wonder how many people are planning to challenge the MC to make themselves look better by humiliating her.
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Forget the ML, I want Ah-ning to win ❤
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