<u><strong>Chapter 19: The Transcendental Prince’s Feelings </strong></u>


    “Ming  Yu is overjoyed to hear such words. From now on, Ming Yu’s life belongs  to you!” Ming Yu kneeled and knocked her head against the ground hard  in a fierce kowtow. For some reason, Ming Yu had a feeling that if there  existed someone in this world that could truly deal with An Bingshan,  it would be this person.


    At breakfast the next day, Ye Junqing didn’t see Yao Mowan, but the immortal phoenix tail hairpin was on the table.


    “Prince, my master said that she’s giving this to you,” said Ting Yue respectfully.


    “Where’s  your master?” Ye Junqing picked up the hairpin. His eyes contained  faint disappointment that he himself didn’t even notice. Since  yesterday, he had been troubled by one question. Had he really pushed  too hard and caused Yao Mowan to fall off the swing?


    “My master went out with Fluffy for a walk.” Ting Yue replied ording to Yao Mowan’s instructions.


    “She  was carrying Fluffy? Her hand’s injured, why is she still carrying  Fluffy around?” Whenever Ye Junqing recalled the injury on Yao Mowan’s  hand, he would be struck with guilt. As for that unclear emotion he felt  yesterday in the pear garden, he interpreted it as guilt and  self-me. There was no way he would have feelings for Yao Mowan, that  two-faced and maniptive woman! The one he loved was Yao Moxin! This  would never change!


    It was  a pity that Ye Junqing didn’t know that even if he did fall in love  with that two-faced and maniptive woman, the fact that he loved Yao  Moxin still wouldn’t change.


    “Ting  Yue, help massage my shoulders. They ache so much. Oh, Prince is here  too?” The moment Ye Junqing heard Yao Mowan’s voice, he hastily  concealed the worry in his eyes and turned around expressionlessly.  However, when he saw thezy chubby cat in Yao Mowan’s arms, his  expression turned stern and he walked over to take Fluffy.


    “What are you doing?” Yao Mowan was surprised by Ye Junqing’s actions.


    “This  prince misses Fluffy, alright?” replied Ye Junqing angrily. He even  affectionately rubbed his face against Fluffy toplete the act, but  Fluffy felt ufortable and jumped out of his arms to find a ce to  sleep.


    “It couldn’t be  that Prince is worried about the injury on Mowan’s arm, right?” Yao  Mowan hit the mark on the first try, causing Ye Junqing’s face to flush  red.


    “Ahem… It’s only  because you looked like you were in so much pain yesterday, that’s why…”  Yao Mowan’s lips curled up even before Ye Junqing finished his words.


    “That  was just to scare His Majesty. It’s just a scrape, Mowan isn’t that  delicate!” Yao Mowan walked to the table with a slight smile and  casually picked up the immortal phoenix tail hairpin. However, before  she had a chance to even look at it, Ye Junqing snatched it out of her  hand.


    “You’re already favored enough, is there a need?” As Ye Junqing said this, he stuffed the hairpin in his sleeve unhappily.


    “It’s  always good to gain more favor,” replied Yao Mowan casually. She was  slightly distracted because she was still thinking about what Ming Yue  saidst night. An Bingshan was deeply involved in whether one would be  able to survive in the Inner Pce, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with  him.


    “Do you love His  Majesty?” Ye Junqing regretted this question the moment it left his  mouth. If she didn’t love His Majesty, why would she act so sweet in  front of him? What he used to call maniption and trickery had now  turned into ‘acting sweet.’ Ye Junqing didn’t notice that his tone was  now very gentle.


    “I  don’t!” Yao Mowan’s reply was out of Ye Junqing’s expectations. For some  reason, when he heard those two words, he felt relieved and happy.


    “Why?” Ye Junqing wanted to get to the bottom of it now.


    “How  many of the consorts and concubines in this Inner Pce loves His  Majesty? The only thing they love is imperial favor! To them, it doesn’t  matter who the emperor is,” exined Yao Mowan objectively.


    “It’s not important… Why hadn’t Moxin thought this way…” Ye Junqing pressed his lips together and his eyes turned dim.


    “Because  Eldest Sister was an idiot of course!” Yao Mowan hated it when Ye  Junqing cried because of Yao Moxin. The Yao Moxin from back then doesn’t  deserve such love!


    “Yao  Mowan!” Ye Junqing finally snapped out of it. What was he thinking to  discuss something like this with Yao Mowan? She didn’t understand what  love was at all!


    One day,  when Ye Junqing finally realized that there was no one in the world that  understood what love was better than Yao Mowan, it was already too te. He had lost her…


    Even  the wind of the midsummer evening was hot to the point it was vexing.  In Pure Flowers Pce, Yao Suluan was fanning herself vigorously but  she couldn’t cool down in the slightest.


    “Your  Highness, should this servant pour a cup of herb tea for you?” asked  Ming Yu carefully. Ever since she met with Yao Mowan, she became certain  that this master of hers wasn’t a match for Yao Mowan. Yao Suluan’s  fate was already sealed.


    “The  more I drink, the more I’ll sweat. My clothes are almost soaked.  Enough, just withdraw. Seeing a clumsy person like you is even more  vexing.” Yao Suluan dismissed Ming Yu. Once Ming Yu left, she threw  aside the circr fan and walked into the bedroom.


    However,  she kept tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep. She  kept recalling that confrontation with Yao Mowan outside Ordinance  Pce. She was sure that Yao Mowan knew how Yao Moxin died. Even if she  didn’t know the details, she knew the general cause. However, that  general cause was already enough of a reason for Yao Mowan to hate her  to the core!


    “If your  heart is calm, you’ll naturally feel cooled. What is Your Highness  Consort Li vexed about?” A rough voice appeared, apanied by a slight  breeze. Yao Suluan abruptly got up and backed away while wrapping the  nkets around her. When she got a look at the person, she became even  more stunned.


    The man in  front of her was dressed in borate brocade garments that couldn’t  conceal his tall and sturdy build. His suntanned skin showed years of  facing the world’s elements and there was a distinct scar that crossed  his left cheek all the way to his ear. His originally sharp and handsome  face seemed sinister due to this scar. Meanwhile, those who looked into  those eyes felt instinctive fear. His ck pupils seemed to emit a  faint green light like a beast that would trample everything and  everyone in order to break out of its cage.


    Currently,  the man was holding a fan and gently fanning Yao Suluan. His lips were  lifted slightly in a smile, but that smile contained no warmth.


    “Transcendental  Prince? You… When did youe back?” Yao Suluan took a deep breath and  concealed the shock in her eyes as she forced her tone to remain  steady. The return of this old admirer might give her a chance to turn  things around.


    “It doesn’t  matter when this prince had returned. What matters is that this prince  entered the pce the moment that this prince returned to the imperial  city. The first person this prince wanted to see, the first person that  this prince saw was you! Your Highness Consort Li… I hear that things  haven’t been going well for you. Do you regret not choosing this prince  back then?”


    A trace of  pity shed through those dark eyes. Even though he was far away in the  northwest, he had continued to pay attention to this person from over a  thousand miles away. As she rose from the position of Noble Consort to  Imperial Noble Consort, he had been happy for her. When she was demoted  from the position of Imperial Noble Consort to just being a consort, he  had worried for her.


    “I’m  afraid I’ll have to disappoint Prince. This consort is doing very well!”  Yao Suluan feigned strength as she got out of the nkets and walked  off the bed in her inner garments. An image suddenly shed through her  head—that of Ye Liyu rushing into Guan Osprey Pce with a sword and  stabbing Yao Mowan. Yao Suluan was certain that as long as she nudged  him the right way, Ye Liyu would get justice for her!


    “Is  that so? But this prince heard that Consort Li had actually resorted to  faking idiocy in order to regain imperial favor and almost drowned in  the Jake Lake.” Ye Liyu walked slowly behind Yao Suluan even as he  continued fanning her.


    “If  Prince hase to see this consort in a pitiful state, then Prince has  already achieved your goal! This consort had not only lost imperial  favor, this consort was yed with by a fool! As of now, in order to  obtain imperial favor, this consort has to act as a fool in front of His  Majesty and jump into Jade Lake to catch some sort of rainbow fish!  Prince isn’t the only one that feels like this consort is a clown, the  entire Inner Pce thinks that way! However, Prince has probably been  aware of this from the moment you got back to the imperial city! Yes!  This consort has fallen! Is Prince happy now?” Yao Suluan’s tears  spilled out uncontrobly as she looked towards Ye Liyu with glistening  eyes.


    __________ Credits: Tranted by Chiyomira