Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage: Chapter 175 (Part 2)

September 20, 2018 By in CNovel, Translation Tags: , 126 Comments

Chapter 175: Great Waves (Part 2)

As the days passed, it got closer to the end of the year.

The commoners were starting to rush to purchase new year’s goods and thus the streets would be filled with bustle every day. Life would go on smoothly so normal people would not be able to know what was in the minds of noble people. It was like how the eagle and sparrow saw the skies, it was destined to be different.

Ever since Emperor Wen Hui had been shocked by the wildly ambitious ‘casual chat’ with Prince Rui, he was more and more inclined with an alliance with Qin country. It was just till now there was no conclusion to Princess Ming An’s case, thus there was still a line between them. However with Emperor Wen Hui’s increase sincerity, HuangFu Hao’s attitude was somewhat soften.

All the different departments of Ming Qi’s official could be dispatched by HuangFu Hao, that even the Bureau of Investigations would time to time be interrogated by HuangFu Hao. No matter what the result was, Emperor Wen Hui had gave HuangFu Hao enough face. Even though one was unable to discover the cause of Princess Ming An’s death, HuangFu Hao did not think that Ming Qi deliberately cover it up since he had witnessed the process of the investigation. It might be that Princess Ming An had offended some powerful character else how would there be no traces left?

Not mentioning about the matter with Princess Ming An, the words that Prince Rui said to Emperor Wen Hui finally reached to HuangFu Hao’s ears. If one were to say from the beginning that HuangFu Hao represented Qin country, he clearly had the intention to form an alliance with Ming Qi but purposely put up airs in an attempt to seek more personal benefits. When he heard the words from Prince Rui, HuangFu Hao could not sit still.

If Prince Rui represented Great Liang and really had the intention get the few cities that produces ore in Ming Qi, just like what Emperor Wen Hui worried, Great Liang would not need those mere cities but the entire Ming Qi. That meant that Ming Qi was in danger. Without the lips, the teeth would feel the cold. Just one Qin country was not power enough to deal with Great Liang, moreover it would be the Great Liang that had absorbed Ming Qi’s military, weapons and wealth. At that time when Great Liang take care of Qin country, the Qin country would not have strength to fight.

The purpose of the alliance between Qin country and Ming Qi was to contain Great Liang.

HuangFu Hao sent this information back to Qin country. Even though the Emperor of Qin was furious that he had lost a Princess in Ming Qi without rhyme or reason, but comparing a Princess and the entire country of Qin, it was insignificant. Thus the Emperor of Qin let HuangFu Hao temporarily put the matter of Princess Ming An aside and form a good alliance with Ming Qi.

When HuangFu Hao gotten the message from the Emperor of Qin, he started to enter the Imperial Palace of Ming Qi more frequently. One had the intention to strike an alliance and the other was worried that there would be no help thus they click quickly and on the surface had joyous and harmonious relations. The relationship between Emperor Wen Hui and HuangFu Hao had became much closer.

Emperor Wen Hui had the intention to support the Crown Prince and previously wanted to get Shen Miao to marry the Crown Prince but who knew that he suddenly glimpse upon Great Liang’s ambitions and dared not take action with the Shen family. Now that HuangFu Hao came over, it was good to let HuangFu Hao have more interactions with the Crown Prince so that so that the Crown Prince and inherit the relations with HuangFu Hao.

The matters in this world is inextricably linked. Normally the relations that would be even touched by a eight foot pole but now there were various connection. Intelligent people would find their usefulness in these relations but normal people would be lost in it if they were not careful enough.

In the residence of the Minister of Land.

Shen Dong Ling was drinking tea at the moment.

High grade Ye-er Qing (type of tea leaves) that was grown in the dangerous peaks of the southern country that one small handful would cost a few hundreds of silver. Her posture when she appreciates tea was beautiful and she was wearing the Southern Jiang’s brocade robes and had family bracelets on. She was very pretty and delicate that when one take a glance, one would see that she was a charming woman that live like a noble.

No one would have though that not too long ago, she was still a obscure Shu daughter of the Shen residence that would not leave the courtyard all year round that even the servants did not know that she was a young lady of the Shen residence. Not to say when Ren Wan Yun was the head of the household, there was not even oil in the dishes for ten days to half a month.

The difference from the past and now was like clouds and dirt. Humans seeks one’s way up just as water seeks its way down. Even though the residence of the Minister of Land did not looked as powerful as other official families, it was considered to be very wealthy. There was no one that could live with only that little money from court. Before marrying into the residence of the Minister of Land, Shen Dong Ling had always thought that the Wang family was following Prince Zhou and only later learn that the real master of the Wang family was the Crown Prince. Being a Minister of Land but had such an abundance of wealth like this, it was not because the Wang family had some dealing with the salt smugglers but the money would naturally flow into the residence of the Crown Prince and these are only some fathers from a flying goose. Just these few feathers was able to let the family stay in Ding capital without worrying at all shows how profitable the business of privately selling salt was.

If one were to say that the matter of money was an unexpected surprise to Shen Dong Ling, then Wang Bi himself made Shen Dong Ling very satisfied. Wang Bi looked honest but was in fact savvy and was considered highly ranked under the Crown Prince. At the beginning Shen Yue did not look up to Wang Bi and did not know that it was her that had no eyes. Shen Dong Ling was born with beautiful looks, had a soft temperament and the most important thing was that she could always make some suggestions for Wang Bi’s matters. However she would not interfere too much and would always keep a cautious distance. The more she did that, the better Wang Bi treated her. When marrying a wife, one would want to marry one who was virtuous and besides being virtuous and smart, it was even more valuable for one also understanding other people’s views. Wang Bi had felt very fortunate that Shen Dong Ling and Shen Yue had exchanged their marriages. The family of the Minister of Land only had Wang Bi, the only sone and Wang Bi was very capable that almost everything in the Wang family was decided by Wang Bi. Naturally Shen Dong Ling became the matriarch of the Wang family. The servant would be very respectful to her and if Ren Wan Yun was still alive, one feared that she would faint in anger. That Shu daughter that she view like ants was not even more comfortable then when Ren Wan Yun was in the beginning and naturally Wan YiNiang was like the boat that floats when the tide rises and lived a wealthy lifestyle.

Today it was the same.

Wang Bi came back from outside and handed the pastry in his hands to the maids before saying, “One passed by Guang Fu Zhai and conveniently bought some cakes for you to eat.”

“Husband is considerate.” Shen Dong Ling smiled at him as she poured a cup of tea for him. Her every move was delicate and tender, most likely because she was after all a daughter of a YiNiang, there would be some amorous feeling. She smiled as she said, “Husband looked very happy today. Is there something good that happened?”

To Shen Dong Ling, Wang Bi did not hide most things from her because Shen Dong Ling was not one who would talk and could occasionally help to share his worries. Currently Wang Bi and Shen Dong Ling were newlyweds and would be in their honeymoon period. Wang Bi said, “His Majesty let HuangFu Hao have more interactions with the Crown Prince and most likely want to have good relations with Qin country. By giving the Crown Prince this favour, it can been easily seen that His Majesty wants to support the Crown Prince. When man attains the Tao, even his pets would ascend to Heavens. We are the Crown Prince’s people so when the Crown Prince ascend to the throne in the future, we would have credits for our efforts.” He smiled towards Shen Dong Ling, “Do you think it should be celebrated?”

Shen Dong Ling’s mind turned and immediately showed a surprise happiness expression, “Really?” Afterwards she looked at Wang Bi with some admiration as she spoke softly, “Husband is really powerful. It is this one’s past fortune to be able to follow Husband.”

To be looked with such admiring gaze by a charming and seductive female, any male’s vanity would be greatly satisfied. Wang Bi smiled, “This is easy to satisfy.” He then sighed and spoke with some regret, “If a while ago, His Majesty bestow marriage upon Fifth Shen Young Lady to His Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince would have the military power of the Shen family and it would be more advantageous. If so then our winning chances would be even higher. Now even though one have some relations with Qin country at the moment, in terms of military power…” He sighed again, “It is often the most important thing.”

Shen Dong Ling’s mind turned and she conveniently leaned into Wang Bi’s embrace and reached her hand out to place it on Wang Bi’s chest and said tenderly, “Husband is too demanding on himself. To be able to do to this level, one would not be an ordinary person.”

This was exactly what Wang Bi wanted to hear. He smiled, “You are really contented?”

“This Qie is contented with a man like Husband.” Shen Dong Ling smiled delicately and asked inadvertently, “Currently one cannot let Fifth Younger Sister marry the Crown Prince?”

“Fifth Younger Sister?” Wang Bi was startled before saying, “Almost forgot that you both are sisters.”

He said it unintentionally but it was particularly sharp when it was heard by Shen Dong Ling as he seemed to say that she was a Shu daughter while Shen Miao was a Di daughter and there was a difference between Di and Shu. Human’s greed would change accordingly to the change of environment. In the past, Shen Dong Ling was busy ensuring her safety in the Shen residence and schemed for a good life for herself and could tolerate all the ridicules and sarcasm and would not have the energy to be picky about it. However she was now the Furen in the residence of the Minister of Land thus she was particularly sensitive to these things.

She buried her head in Wang Bi’s embrace and did not let Wwang Bi see her sullen expression but still asked, “It cannot be done?“

“It is not that it cannot be done.” Wang Bi said, “It is just that Great Liang’s ambition is difficult to make clear thus many things need to be delayed as one still require Shen Xin’s reputation. It is just that Shen Miao is currently not young of age and one heard that the Shen family is not willing to let Shen Miao marry into the residence of the Crown Prince. The key point of the matter is to resolve it as soon as possible. As time goes by, there will inevitably be changes and Shen Xin would have found a marriage for Shen Miao and married her off. At that time, the Crown Prince’s place would have fallen through.”

“Why can’t the marriage be firmed up first?” Shen Dong Ling asked.

“Silly.” Wang Bi said, “The Shen family do not want Shen Miao to marry the Crown Prince and Shen Miao herself also is not willing. If some tricks are used now, it would make Shen Xin dissatisfied.”

“Isn’t this bullying others with one’s power?” Shen Dong Ling’s lips twitched. However her words did not take Shen Miao into any consideration at all and made the bandits who imposed others on their demands as the aggrieved people.

“It can be said like this.” Wang Bi said with a smile.

“Then on what grounds they can use power to bully others but not let the Crown Prince bully others with power?”

Wang Bi smiled, “The Crown Prince is virtuous and would not do such bullying.”

“The Crown Prince cannot do these but other can do it? Just like ordinary people, those ordinary commoners. If everyone under Heavens request Fifth Younger Sister to marry to the Crown Prince, can this be considered as using the power of the commoners to bully others?”

Wang Bi initially thought that Shen Dong Ling was saying words of anger but who knew that when he heard what was at the back, his expression gradually became serious. He looked at Shen Dong Ling as Shen Dong Ling sat in his embrace charmingly, as if those words she said were just casually done.

But Wang Bi was an intelligent person and could hear some details in Shen Dong Ling’s words thus he asked,”It could not be that you have thought of some ideas? Let’s listen to it.”

“Husband is really crafty. What benefit if I were to speak of it?” Shen Dong Ling asked.

“Mmm.” Wang Bi pretended to think about it, “If it is good then I will think of ways to request an Imperial mandate for you.” He was thinking that if Shen Dong Ling really had a way to get Shen Miao to marry to the Crown Prince, then he would have made a big achievement and in the future when the Crown Prince succeed the throne, he would be grateful for it. There would not be any loss to ask for an Imperial mandate for Shen Dong Ling.

When Shen Dong Ling heard of it, a glimmer of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.

She said, “I not doing to be a Mandated Furen but for Husband. Whatever Husband wants to do, naturally this Qie would support. Husband wants to help the future Monarch and this Qie is just a little female and can only show one’s inadequacy.” The playfulness she used while speaking was even more pleasing to Wang Bi’s heart.

“Actually this method is very simple. One only need the Crown Prince of Qin country to cooperate.” She said.

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    • Shen Dong Ling why can’t you simply enjoy ur highly improved status and live a peaceful life. You just can’t let it be. *sigh*.

      You have surely invited doom to your doorstep by calculating against our Empress. Well, nothing can be done now. I pity thus fool.

      I guess u will join the Crown Prince on the chopping block in the next slot. Because ur plan is never gonna happen.

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      • +1!

        For real, the fake Chens really have bad karma with SM.
        Not even SDL who (to what we know) didn’t have anything to do with it in last life seem to escape from it.
        Considering both of them suffered in the 2nd household hand’s and are so awfully smart and all it’d be so, so great to see them to unite forces and pwn and confuse everyone… Because how can not only, but 2 sheltered young ladies be so able? And from the same family?

        But nooooo! Someone had to get so conceited and try to pick a fight with a truck. No love for life, at all. And there’ll be no 2nd life/chance after she’s hit by *this* certain truck rofl XD

        Now… I can see this somehow blow up in the Crown Prince’s face…
        But would it be good? I mean, what exactly is XJX’s motives? Is he really after Ming Qi? Or Ming Qi’s throne?

        I wonder if everything going to hell and quickstarting the fight for the throne by getting rid or weakening the crown prince would be good/in his interests…

        I mean, he already sped up Ming Qi and Qin relationship by helping SM.. What must be contrary to Great Liang’s Emperor’s interest.
        So he must balance it somehow. Maybe having Ming Qi fall into civil war and diminishing their forces in it could be it… Even more so if it could compromise Qin country too?

        How about getting rid of *two* crown princes? >=D

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      • Seriously. SDL with her ‘enlightened state of mind’ throughout the novel should have known better than to conspire against Shen Miao. She should stay miles away from SM. Many people have sympathized with her, but maybe since i read a couple of spoilers and knew that SDL is another evil cannon fodder, i never got attached to her character and merely viewed her virtuous nature as a facade to achieve her objective.

        And I’m all for slaying two crown princes in one fell swoop.

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      • basically perhaps it because that bitch SDL thought that others Shen family scheme toward SM too easy and she tought her own sheme is the perfect one. now that she is life comfortably in Wang family she start to scheme againts SM. trully courting death.. and yes i also read a fellow reader said that this one is also no good so im start to look forward for what will happen and what will be the end of this bitch. hah trully ungratefull witch. just die !!

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      • I want to reply to Luna but i didn’t see the reply button.

        You are right about getting rid of two crown princes. 😉

        About wipe out the Ming Qi not happen in the near future. How about getting married first with di daughter of General. 😉

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    • I just hate it when the POV changes to these scums *sighs* Now then, *smiles craftily* who wants to bet how many days these 2 can live after setting their plans? A week? A month? hm… *strokes my invisible beard with a pondering look* or maybe right now? (＾▽＾)

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      • Sorry, I don’t have any money 💰. I am broke 😞. Can I wager with my family treasured sword 🗡 instead? It will probably fetch a few bronze coins if I can polish the rust away (vigorously rubbing…whew…good as new). Placing the sword on the betting table, I bet that the Wang couple will survive for 2 weeks before meeting their demise!! Wait! Snatches sword back. Please state the odds/payoffs 🤨 or I will go to another gambling den to try my luck.

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  9. Someone has lost her love for Lifeee~~
    One thing is becoming confortable, or rather, too much confortable in a cozy and better situation, and maybe even try to over reach something.
    Another is throwing everything out of the window~

    tsc tsc SDL. You can even forget from where you came from.
    But you can’t forget who you shouldn’t mess with!

    I wonder… With XJX net of informations (well, Ji Yu Shu and all of his gossip must have some use, right?) there’s no way he can’t trace back to who was it that proposed this, can he?
    Even if it’s only a “poor and measly” female who can’t even get out of the inner residence.

    Thanks for the Chapter! I must say, I want more fluuuuff. And can’t believe SDL chose to throw herself in front of a bus this late in the game. I thought we were moving to bigger fish with FXY being suspicious of Pei Lang and all!

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  12. Ayy, SDL, you just should’ve stayed in your quiet little corner and avoided touching our Empress’s bottom line. I don’t see a good ending for you now esp. when hubby (XJX) is so overprotective of his wifey (SM). Can’t wait to see how this plays out. Thanx for the update, Zaza! Cheers! ^_^

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  16. I finally found a great example of ” the there is a place for you on heaven but you choose to storm your way to hell” ( did I write right? well you get the idea.)

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  17. Not a single woman in this novel could scheme anything useful except for some cheap tricks like rape or making the girl fall in love or something up till now. Not Ren Wan Yun, not Old Furen, not Jing Chu Chu, not Chang Zai Qing and I’m sure Shen Dong Ling wouldn’t be too different. It’s a waste of time. I’m amazed Shen Miao still has the patience to deal with these green tea bs.

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  19. Looks like another stone to be pulled by hubby

    Let’s see, hopefully SDL ending will be as interesting as the previous Shen family
    ｱﾋｬﾋｬﾋｬヽ(´>∀∀∀∀∀∀<`*)ﾉｱﾋｬﾋｬﾋｬ!!

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  25. Tsk…tsk…greed will certainly lead SDL and her husband to an early grave. Meanwhile the Crown Prince will fall because of their failed attempt to force SM to marry CP and thus Prince Ding-dong will reap the benefits 😡 (I hate that his road to the throne is made easier due someone’s stupidity). On the bright side, the scheming might speed up the marriage between our Empress and XJX 😊. I can see a beautiful rainbow 🌈 after the rain 🌧. Looking forward to more fluff scenes!!

    P.S. 🎩 🎩 Hats off to our esteemed translator and editor for doing such an awesome job for this novel 👏

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  26. It seem SDL forget what happened with the 2nd & 3rd households because of SM and she’s think highly of her self just because she was succeed to fool SY 🤔

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  27. If SDL want to play some trick to trap SM then prepare to pay heavy price. *sigh* has SDL forget the lesson she witnessed herself how SM “take care” the second and third household?did she forget how she warn her mom not to involve with SM previously?

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  28. SDL… you could have lived a good life. But nope, you just had to stab your sister in the back. Did she not realize nothing good ever comes of messing with Fifth sister? Haven’t you noticed that everyone that screwed with your Fifth sister tends to… end up dead?

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  30. Really sometimes human greed is scary. SDL, you already see how SM make all the plan of Shen family to herself failed, and now they’re dead, but you still want to mess with her? Is living so comfortably making you silly? Ugh.

    Thank u so much for translating zaza 😄

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  37. I guess now she has all the time to leisurly think about how she is and never will be a Di daughter…hence she wants to eliminate the last one…because she has nothing else to do. Ah, she’s like her two-faced aunt who at the end divorced and died ~

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  40. I can somewhat understand Shen Dong Ling: she wants to ensure her lifestyle is save and since they are attached to the crown prince they have to make sure he stays in power. The problem is that she is biting of more then she can chew: Shen Miao is smart and what’s even more (something Shen Dong Ling hasn’t realized yet) she is allied with the most powerful (and handsome 😉 ) figure. So whatever scheme she comes up with it will be easily countered (not to mention that Shen Miao already has an attack plan in the works) Well it was nice knowing you if she is lucky she will live in poverty.

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  41. Thank you for this chapter!! 😍
    Oh man, after all the butterflies we read in the previous chapters, I just realized there is still Shen Dong Ling. Why can’t she be satisfied with what she got? DX
    Still, the plan with HuangFu Hao involved? Using an old trick like ruin our Empress reputation, or what else? I can’t imagine it will be a success! 😂

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  43. Shen Dong Ling should’ve appreciated her new life instead of getting herself into muddy waters. Scheming against Shen Miao is like asking for an early death. Future husband Jing Xing would not let his Jiao Jiao to escape his gasp so what awaits Wang family is death. Just blame Dong Lin for being too wise for her own good

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  46. SDL must be thinking that she is the best at scheming. She will lose her arrogance along with her life. It’s good that she wants present herself at the guillotine.

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  47. It’s so true that people hear what they’re going to hear, even if it isn’t what the other people meant when speaking. Like Wang Bi, I don’t think he meant it the way SDL heard it. He probably had separated the 1st household from the garbage houses in his mind and so didn’t connect SM to SDL. Otherwise he would have thought to use SDL earlier, right? Oh well… I feel bad that he’s so satisfied with this wife and she’s hell bent on suiciding.

    Remember to be content with your good lives when you reach them, people! hehe

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  50. Ugh…I really wish the author let SDL alone. I liked how she got herself out of the Shen family and it’s hard enough being a girl in ancient China but NO, shes gotta fight Shen Miao. I honestly feel this is out of character since she knows what happened to all the other Shens that opposed Shen Miao.

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