Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage: Chapter 102 (Part 2)

November 23, 2017 By in CNovel, Translation Tags: , 90 Comments

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Chapter 102: Scandal (Part 2)

The Shen family was of indomitable spirits. This was what the Old General Shen’s sincerely advised to Shen Xin. If it was in the past, Shen Xin would give Old Shen Furen face and would swallow down this unspoken grievances. But this year after returning back to the Ding capital, the disagreement between the Old Shen Furen and his household got deeper and deeper, once he heard this sentence and saw Old Shen Furen’s face, he felt an unspoken amount of hate and a fire of anger lit in his heart. Shen Xin raged, “I had said before that Qiu-er would not do such a thing like this!”

“But…” Shen Dong Ling, who had always been hiding at the back where no one noticed, suddenly said, “Why if nobody gone in yet, but it is said that the person inside is Eldest Brother? Is Eldest Brother really inside?”

When those words were said, everyone were stunned.

That was not wrong. Was the person inside really Shen Qiu? From the start till now, no one went in to take a look, and what could be seen was two overlapping bodies. In fact the Furen’s roughly understood in their heart that this matter was complicated. Even though it was said as an misunderstanding after getting drunk, most likely it had been schemed by others. But since one had been schemed to such a state, Shen Qiu could only called as being unfortunate.

Chen Rou Qiu laughed, “What is Dong Ling saying? Only Qiu-er left the banquet drunk else who can it be?”

“There is still Second Older Brother.” Shen Miao said breezily, “Why is Second Older Brother also gone? Why only my Eldest Brother has to take responsibility?”

“Younger Sister, what responsibility are you talking about?” An unexpected voice suddenly sounded. That voice mind blew everyone as they turned back and saw that not far away, Shen Qiu was standing there clad in refreshing clothes with Feng An Ning standing next to him, looking at everyone puzzledly.

“An Ning!” Feng Furen jumped in shock and quickly pulled her over to reprimand, “Why did you run around!”

“I got lost after going to the toilet.” Feng An Ning innocently said, “One had walked around for a long time and was unable to come out, coincidently one encountered the Eldest Brother of the Shen family. He then brought me over. What happened?”

Shen Xin and Lou Xue Yan were only startled for a moment before Shen Xin roared in laughter. When that laughter landed on everyone’s ears, there was some sense of elation.

Shen Qiu was standing perfectly alright here so who was the person inside?

“One has seen enough.” Shen Miao gently smiled, “Someone come, let us see clearly who is the person that has to take responsibility?”

It was already too late for Old Shen Furen to block them. Lou Xue Yan’s servants were all strong and courageous, without waiting for Chen Rou Qiu to give out instructions, they had already rushed in first. Their actions were too fast that everyone has yet to react to them when they heard groaning from inside. Two of the maids were already supporting that man to show everyone his looks, “Replying to Furen, it is Second Young Master!”

Shen Yuan clothes were messed up as he appeared in front of everyone with a flushed face. As compared to just now when one was shouting Shen Qiu’s name but did not go in to check, this kind of evidence was almost irrefutable thus everyone eyes all turned towards Shen Gui and Old Shen Furen.

Shen Miao sarcastic voice rang out, “What? So it was all a misunderstanding. Without any rhyme or reason Eldest Brother almost had to be unjustly blamed. You servants better open your eyes bigger the next time. If one were to spread a matter like this to harm one’s reputation, one would be imprisoned!”

“Younger Sister, what are you talking about?” Shen Qiu scratched his head, “What am I unjustly blamed for?”

“Qiu-er, someone wanted to push a wife to you.” Lou Xue Yan was able to say that out. Just now Old Shen Furen and Chen Rou Qiu were forcing her but now since it was now a false alarm, anger started to raise up and her words were no longer polite, “Just as I said, our Qiu-er’s wife must be someone I have seen and approve of. Qiu-er is one who abide by the rules, how would he just so casually bring a wife back.”

It was Feng An Ning who suddenly came into realisation and said, “What? I was all the while with the Eldest Brother of the Shen family and most likely he has already sobered up. One have only heard about forcing a marriage (forcing female to marry), can it be that there is also a forcing to marry (forcing male to marry)?”

Feng An Ning was also talented, she deliberately said it so exaggeratedly that Feng Furen’s facial expression changed and she scolded, “An Ning!” Feng An Ning stuck her tongue out and no longer spoke.

“Grandmother, Biao Older Brother, Second Shu, now matters have become like this so what can be done?” Shen Miao said in a distressing manner but her expression was as if she was unconstrained and carefree. Everyone could see that she had the attitude of a spectator watching the scene.

What was slapping one’s face? This was! This was called slapping one’s face!

Old Shen Furen was in some panic as today’s event was instructed by her, so naturally she had made full preparations for it. But why did Shen Qiu became Shen Yuan? She absolutely did not know what had happened but when she saw Shen Miao’s smiling look, Old Shen Furen understood that the matter definitely involved Shen Miao.

Shen Gui’s mind also went blank. He heard that Shen Qiu made a mistake and purposely came over to watch the fun. One had to know that the rumours of a person would also affect the career in court, else those censors would not have such high salaries. Now that Shen Qiu became Shen Yuan and that this happened when Shen Yuan just returned back to the capital, was not this cutting off his official route!

The Young Ladies present were still somewhat muddle-headed but the Furens were able to see clearly. Today’s event was clearly a play acted by the Shen family themselves. It was clear that someone wanted to use Jing Chu Chu to defraud Shen Qiu, but who knew that at the end it became Shen Yuan the defrauded one and not Shen Qiu. Thinking about Shen Miao’s attitude from the beginning till now, naturally she could not get away from how the situation became as such.

Everyone said that the Di Fifth Young Lady of the Shen family was an idiot and was treated as a love crazy fool. But from now onwards, no one would dare to treat her as such. The person who set up this trap most likely did not expect that there would be a counter-check. As for them who were invited over to become ‘witnesses’, at this moment they also became Shen Miao’s leverage.

Old Shen Furen had rode a tiger and it was hard to get off, so she rolled her eyes back and wanted to pretend to faint so that she could get out of the matter, but she then heard Shen Miao saying, “Biao Older Brother, Biao Older Sister had encounter such a situation, you as her older brother would definitely be very upset. Do not worry, Grandmother just now said that she would definitely be responsible for Biao Older Sister.”

Suddenly Old Shen Furen no longer felt dizzy and glared at Shen Miao, “Yuan-er is at the moment still unconscious, obviously schemed by other. Fifth girl, you better not speak nonsense!”

“Old Furen, what words are you talking about.” Not waiting for Shen Miao to talk, Luo Xue Yan burst out, “Just now when you said that the person inside was Qiu-er, one never heard you speaking for his sake. Yuan-er is your grandson then is not Qiu-er also your grandson? This bowl of water is held extremely at one side!”

Luo Xue Yan was not afraid to shed all pretense of cordiality, she had a fiery temper and with those rattling words, Old Shen Furen could only say furiously, “Are you rebelling!”

“Grandmother, let us still talk about how to handle Second Older Brother’s matter.” Shen Miao gently smiled. Her tone of voice was warm and did not display a childish disposition from the start till now, which made Old Shen Furen much more embarrassed. She said, “What did Grandmother said just now? Grandmother said that Yeye (aka Paternal Grandfather) said before that the Shen family is of indomitable spirits and since one had destroyed other’s innocence, then one must definitely take responsible for others. Second Older Brother must marry Biao Older Sister!” She deliberately learned Old Shen Furen’s righteous tone of voice making Luo Xue Yan burst out in laughter. Shen Miao looked at everyone, “All the Furens had all seen this and Grandmother’s words are always trustworthy thus in such a short period of time, one would not forget about it.”

The noble Furens around all knew that Shen Miao had used them as guns but they could only laugh dryly. Old Shen Furen’s face turned red and white by Shen Miao sarcasm and could only repeat again, “This matter is fishy, this matter is fishy!”

“I also felt that the matter is fishy.” Shen Miao raised her brows, “So it is better to report to the authorities. Father, your subordinates are faster so it is still in time to report this to the Administrator of the Capital.”

Her voice hardly ceased when one heard Shen Gui’s shout, “No!”

Shen Miao was surprise, “Why not?”

Shen Gui looked at her fiercely, once it is reported then the matter cannot be hidden. The censors in court were all very leisured so if this matter was known to them, it would be strange if they did not write a report on him. Moreover this was after all a scandal, so it would not be good to make a big ruckus about it.

“Never mind.” Shen Miao waved her hands troubled, “This matter have to depend on Biao Older Brother’s interest.” He looked at the gloomy Jing Guan Sheng and gently smiled, “Biao Older Brother is the one who is in most pain.”

Jing Guan Shen did not speak.

Old Shen Furen angrily said, “First call a Physician over to take a look!” Jing Chu Chu and Shen Yuan did not make any movement and one fear that they have fallen into a scheme, and Old Shen Furen could not let it go. One knows that originally it should be Shen Qiu who would be encountering this trouble, but who knew it now became Shen Yuan’s and she could not say anything about it.

Chen Rou Qiu was busy organising the various Furens. Those Furens and Young Ladies had watched a good show, and know that today was just a fight between Shen Miao and the rest of the Shen family, but at the end it was Shen miao who won. They all kept saying that they promise not to tell others about it before leaving. Feng An Ning winked at Shen Miao before leaving with Feng Furen. Shen Yue looked at the messy courtyard and left in disappointment.

Just left with a little bit and one could destroy Shen Qiu. Why had it become Shen Yuan at the end?

Shen Xin and the rest also followed Old Shen Furen to the main hall as this matter has to be dealt with. Coupled with the reputation of the Shen family this had been seen by so many people, it was no longer a minor issue to be solved.

Shen Miao was walking right at the back when she was being stopped by a voice. When she looked back, it was Jing Guan Shen that walked up to her.

Shen Miao was small in stature and Jing Guan Sheng was slightly plump and tall, so it looked quite oppressive when he stood in front of Shen Miao. He had always been gentle and cordial but the normally slightly smiling face had disappeared and now there was only ferociousness, as if the wolf has shed off the sheep skin and finally showed its true colours. He said, “Fifth Younger Sister, this is your doing right?”

“Yes.” Shen Miao admitted frankly.

As he did not expect Shen Miao would say so, Jing Guan Shen was first surprised before he lifted a fist at Shen Miao. Jing Zhe and Gu Yu quickly went up to block as Shen Miao coldly looked at him, “It is done by me, what can you do to me?”

“You are shameless!” Jing Guan Sheng growled.

“The shameless one is me?” Shen Miao looked at him, “Biao Older Brother, do you dare to say you do not have any knowledge of today’s matter?”

Jing Guan Shen was stunned as he glared at her. As Jing Chu Chu’s older brother, how would Jing Guan Sheng not know Old Shen Furen’s plan? It was very beneficial for him if Jing Chu Chu became Shen Qiu’s Furen, but who knew that at the end it became Shen Yuan’s!

“Letting one’s Younger Sister to become a bargaining chip but now call me shameless. Biao Older Brother, do you not find that you are just too nauseating?”

“You!”

“Since the matter has become a foregone conclusion, why not Biao Older Brother think in a different way.” Shen Miao looked at him calmly and unruffled in the midst of chaos, “Since Biao Older Sister has lost her innocence in front of so many people, it would be difficult to be Biao Older Brother’s bargaining chip and marry a good family in the future, as who would be willing to marry second hand shoes?”

She said it so viciously making Jing Guan Shen to clench his fist, but he had to admit that what Shen Miao said was not wrong. He finally understood the meaning of losing the bait along with the fish. With Jing Chu Chu current situation, in the future no good family would be willing to take her, much less wealthy families.

“Biao Older Brother, seeing that we are cousins, let me remind you.” Shen Miao smiled cordially, “For you all, as long as one married into the Shen family, it is considered as climbing up the high branches. Since it is that case, what is the difference between marrying to Eldest Brother or Second Older Brother?”

Jing Guan Shen’s mind moved a little as he looked at Shen Miao without saying a word.

“Speaking of which my Second Older Brother entered officialdom at a young age and his future prospects are also bright. As compared to my Eldest Brother, he is also excellent. Since both ways are using one’s Younger Sister to pave a way for the future, since the person on the bed has become Second Older Brother, then is not good to change from becoming Eldest Sao to Second Sao? Anyway, there would not be any harm to you at all.”

She looked at her fingernails and one do not know who she was talking to, “In order to live, one must know how to change.”

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  4. Yes, I waited for this moment! Hope Old Furen stops (probably not tho) with this.
    Haha, true that she doesn’t lose with either man. Though overall it is killing two birds with one stone.
    Thanks for the chapter!

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    • So true, SM can let SY and JCC destroy each other. Leave SQ out of their mess.

      On another note, SQ and FAN appeared together. Could the author be hinting at their shipping? Was it SM’s plan? I’d love to hear how SM did this time’s switcheroo.

      The second and third branch should learn to stay very far away from SM. Scheming against her will only bite them in the back.

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      • Yet even if they don’t scheme against her, there past slight against her had already doomed them. At least this way they are providing a little entertainment for our dear Empress. They should count all there lucky stars for that!

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  10. This was delicious.

    It’s still amusing to me how Shen Miao still calls Jing Guan Sheng and Jing Chu Chu “cousins”. They have no blood relations. The Jing siblings are Shen Miao’s stepgrandmother’s niece and nephew.

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    • Ah, well, you can stab someone at the back but heaven forbid you ever get caught out being impolite or mannerless. The court cares more about the second than the first.

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  12. Yayyyyy!! I’m so happy about how things turned out! You can’t take back your words now Old Furen! You doomed SY to be with JCC 😀

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  14. System initializing…
    Locating Old Shen Furen’s face… face not found!
    Commencing slapping technique, codenamed: SM megaslap!
    Slapping its super effective!
    Old ShenFuren used faint!, faint failed.

    Fission mailed, I repeat fission mailed, Shen Yua marriage incoming…

    *beep

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  20. Mwhahaha. Everyone is finally beginning to realise how awesome and smart SM is. They’re slow on the uptake, but we shall forgive them since they’re not that smart themselves hehe.

    Thanks for the chapter~~

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  22. Thanks for the new chapter! Now it all makes sense. Really per-emptive if they didn’t look inside without letting out their real thoughts. Lol!
    I was really cheering Feng An Ning for her contribution. XD

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  23. “What was slapping one’s face? This was! This was called slapping one’s face!”
    YESSSS!!!! This line made my day!! 😊😊

    And old shen furen, some won’t even give you the chance to fake-faint. You have to be awake to get receive that slap in public. GO Jiao Jiao!

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  25. pfft~ I bet Shen Yuan won’t even help this Biao Older brother and sister.
    He might even loathe them to death.
    🤔🤔🤔 SY should blame himself for the plot and include the Old Shameless Furen with his anger.

    Thank you for the chapter (≧艸≦*) fu

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    • I wonder if Shen Yuan is even lucid enough right now to understand his situation. Hehe…this is truly a match made in heaven. Two schemers, both with low IQs and despicable plots.

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    • Help them?
      Did you forget we are talking about Shen Yuan?
      The guy that killed his own sister as not to be dragged down?

      He may even act as if he tolarates ChuChu for a while for appearances’ sake,
      but the moment she puts a green hat on him (and we know this will happen – she did in the previous life when she had a good hubby like big bro. In an unhappy marriage and with SM helping destiny behind the scenes? I wonder if SM even needs to fan the flames. Just give a hand to “chance”.. – Is there even any question?)
      do you think he’ll be nice like Shen Qiu and go after the guy in a honored manner, in broad daylight, asking for a duel?

      Chuchu’s done for.
      Question is if he’ll just do away with her in the dark,
      or if he’ll implicate the guy too…

      That is, if that’s what SM wants.. And let him ^^~ ~
      0=D

      But no idea in regards to Old Furen.
      I’m guessing SM will just let the Old furen see the rest of the Shen family get totalled, and spend the rest of her old days in grief… Or die before of anger. 😮

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      • Yep, I agree with you. The moment Jing Chu Chu drags Shen Yuan’s career down, she’s not going to survive another night as his wife. He could erase his own sister, someone he had blood relations with and someone who grew up with him. Who is Chu Chu compared to that? Nobody. Does she even have a family to look out for her or who can ask for justice? No, not at all.

        Why wouldn’t his difficult wife ‘unfortunately caught the flu at a bad time’ and did not survive the fever?

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      • ^ Exactly

        and well said: What familyto help? Her own brother is selling her for profit/his career, lol

        And dragging SY career down? she already is.
        Not only he missed the opportunity of marrying big and getting some advantage through connections, money etc,
        but it was a scandal.

        Depending how much of this blows up, it will prevent his career’s growth.
        that’s why his father is so frantic.

        You ended up raising an interesting question tho
        She’s already causing him trouble.

        Could he dispose of her before the marriage?
        As to not marry her and “try” (if he’ll be able to tho, is another question) to get a decent furen?
        I wouldn’t put it beside him… But would he?

        I must say, I wish he doesn’t, and goes on with the marriage…
        Imagine him, seeing her, the tool he tried to use to deal with SQ, and that instead was used against him and cause him to lose all his marriage and career prospects, daily!
        It’d be interesting to see him having to endure all of that for apperance’s sake, till she blows it all up by giving him a green hat XDD

        I’d feel much more vindicated for SQ and SM’s past life.

        But will he? 😦
        He could just hush the matters now..
        Maybe that tasteless Chuchu’s days will end up sooner than we are expecting..?

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      • So, I’m not sure if I’m clicking on the right reply button, but since there isn’t one on your latest post, sorry if this somehow screws up the reply list.

        I agree that even now Jing Chu Chu is already dragging Shen Yuan’s career down. Yet the scandal is still too fresh in everyone’s mind. If something happens to Jing Chu Chu, you can bet that everyone who is anyone in the capital would start gossiping that there is something unexpected about the death. What an ‘extraordinary’ calamity the Second Shen Household had just experienced, to lose a daughter-in-law-to-be/daughter-in-law so quickly!

        Jing Chu Chu’s death so soon might even deter the cannier families from considering to marry their daughters with Shen Yuan afterwards–who knows when another extraordinary calamity should choose to visit the Second Shen Household? (You can practically hear the sarcasm behind all the politeness). Even if the Imperial Censor is turning a blind eye to the gossip (because he can’t possibly stoop so low), he might decide that the family does have ‘extraordinary bad luck’, what with Shen Qing’s premarital pregnancy, and now this. He might order them to show piety and donate to some temple, or something, and that’s going to hit them in their pockets, no matter how deep.

        So yeah, all things considered? He’s probably going to have to go forward and marry her and lay low for a while after that before he can accident her.

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      • omg! you got it right, you got it right XD

        and
        😮

        You really know about things Oo
        I had no idea how these things work. Interesting that the Censor could erm, “tax” them, just for “bad luck”. So I guess even if things weren’t clear/they didn’t get enough material to incriminate them, he could still do harm.
        And since they are already having trouble with money…
        That’d be reeeally good. ^-^

        Plus, you raised another question,
        How long it’d take to chuchu to be forgotten, and dealt with, without her harming his next prospect marriages? Years?
        I’m guessing 2-3 years could be still too soon?

        But then, maybe there’s no need to wonder about that, cause things will prob go up in flames much sooner lololol XDD

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  26. I’m soooo satisfied! Everytime i read this novel feels like i’m being a psycho. The face that old bi*ch made must really funny when she see SY be the one that sleep with JCC. xD
    And what wth that JGS saying our MC shameless? Smthg wrong wth his head?!

    For now, lets buy some popcorns. I get the feeling there’ll be a dogfight that will fun to watch.

    Ah almost forgot. Thank u so much for translanting this chapter!! ^^

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  29. Hehe…Beautiful counter. Since they dare to claim “justice” and try to “force to marry,” they better be prepared for Shen Miao to take action. I want to see that wrinkled old songstress wail her way out of this one. Since she enjoys wearing such a disgusting mask, Shen Miao will gladly grant her the kindness of burying her with it!
    Jing Chu Chu, I applaud you. If you look at this purely from an outsider’s perspective, you have no way to lose out in this. No matter which Shen young master was in between your legs, you still are climbing up the branches. Not only that, it doesn’t matter if you married a prince or a servant, you would still make him wear a green hat for that dirty playboy.
    Finally, I sense a ship. Shen Qiu x Feng An Ning. It’s been established. I’m actually okay with this. Shen Qiu deserves a girl with a little brain and a lively personality. Anyone willing to follow Shen Miao around like a little chick following its mother is bound to have a little smarts and more than just brave. I;ll start preparing some wedding gifts for you two. ❤

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  31. “In order to live, one must know how to change.”

    SM’s quote for the day!~ Well, what do you know? A disgusting brother like that calling our Empress shameless is being too impudent! I demand his head to get cut! Oh and add the old hag as well

    Thanks for the chapter

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  33. Dude, about time someone actually went in to look at the person instead of just chatting about the situation. So random that they didn’t bother to stop it. I’m also dying to know how SM did the switcheroo. Dun dun dunnnn…..

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  35. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAAAAAAPPP!!!

    Migawd I swear IF they turn this into a live action drama and they can’t adapt the many plot twists and shocking turns I will curse the produce down to the productions assistants together with their 10 generations!!!

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  37. YAAAASS
    GO SM GO
    GO FAN AND SHEN QIU SHIP GO GO
    fly \^~^/

    and rofl, even the author is acting like this is a football match: “and what is a slap in the face? This is!” gooooooal \XDD/

    ehehehehe
    now they better don’t let Shen Yuan slip out. 1rst Shens need to do a good follow up job, which they already are. They not only stood their ground for Shen Qiu this time, but also weren’t afraid to unmask 3rd rate Shens to the crowd.
    NO FACE WAS GIVEN!
    Destroy their face. Spell it out so as even the most naïve Xiao Jie can get what was truly going on there.
    Niiice. So nice, ehehe ^^~
    (I think I’m so exultant, that even *my* lady poise is failing. I’m def going Luo Xue Yan here…)
    eh-hem.

    Also
    rather than only seeing how the switcheroo was done.. I wanna see how much FAN knew? And helped? Was she in it too, or did she just got to see a good show per chance?

    And interesting that the Furens noticed it was SM?
    I wonder if her reputation will really change now?
    (not that old furen would be smart enough to finally get it, and stop digging her grave, buuuuut)

    and who will this bring knocking to her door?
    Maybe a certain prince?
    And a little Marquis in tow to keep his woman out of his hands? XD

    Anyways
    ihihihi
    I’m soooo happy XD
    Thanks for the great chapter!!

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  42. I get a feeling that SM deliberately led FAN to where SQ might be. SM and FAN where together after all, before she went to the toilet. She did wink at SM before leaving with her mother after all.

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  45. OMG ！ 😱 first i dunno belief on that but it really surprise. Feng An Ning come with Qiu-er, hope both of them could be together with SM and fight to Old Furen. By the way, it`s so long Prince Ding did not come 😁😁😁.

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  46. Oh my .. 😏😏 when I read that , it was confirmed that it was the 2nd young master.. I can’t stop myself for not laughing. Its just that I need to contained my laugh or else my parents will think otherwise 😂😂😂 I love this chap.. ( eventhough I only read it til the confirmation but I’m gonna read it full 😈

    Thanks for the chap.. 👍👍👍👍

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  49. I loved how Feng An Ning speak in behalf of Shen Qiu. She already become one if my favorite character. Wish her to be with Shen Qiu. I approved! Haha. Anyway, here, eat that Old Furen. This chapter really satisfying. Thank you for the hardwork!

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