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Pei Shaoqing:
Pei Shaoqing was the second young
master of the Pei family. She was twenty years old. She had an older brother who
was not blood related: Qin Yaotang.
Pei Shaoqing had a deep obsession
with this brother.
The Pei family were a commercial
overlord whose business had no match from north to the south of the dynasty.
Their portfolio was varied; they owned banks, restaurants, sold textiles, tea
and antiques. They even ran gambling houses. With such a large commercial
portfolio covering a large territory, they could be described as extremely
wealthy. Years ago when the young Empress was married to the young Emperor, her
bridal clothes had been made by the Pei clothing stores. Red brocade
embroidered with hundreds of phoenixes, each one different and lifelike. Such
exquisite embroidery made the family famous and the Emperor rewarded them with
thousands of gold. The Emperor also bestowed them with the royal seal, giving
them the responsibility of clothing the Royal family. This was icing on the
already big cake.
The Pei household had two wives.
The first wife was the daughter of a rich family who entered into a marriage
contract with the Pei family. The second wife was the current Pei patriarch's
love; she was a lowly maid he fell in love with when he was young. In Master
Pei’s youth, his father found out about his son’s romance and sent his son out of
the city to deal with one of their banking affairs. While he was away, his
father married the lowly maid off and sent her and her husband far away so that
when the young master Pei returned, he could find no trace of her. Despondent,
the young master listened to the command of the his father and married the
first wife. (Zuben: This writer seems to like this kind of family dynamics)
For many years, she did not
conceive a child.
In this time, the Master Pei went
on a business trip and came across the maid he had fallen in love with. She was
now a widow with an eight year old son, and was living in poverty.
Master Pei brought her back to the
family regardless of his first wife’s opposition, insisting on bringing her
through the door. His father had already passed away so no one could stop him.
The first wife could not help but acquiesce. Hence the household had two wives.
Elder Master Pei and his second
wife loved each other very much. Even though, her son was not blood related to
him, Qin Yaotang was raised as his own. Even though his family name was
different, he was regarded as the first young master of the house.
Because of the arrival of the
second Lady, the first Lady began to feel even more left out by her husband.
She deeply resented the second Lady, and she was afraid that she would usurp
her position in the household. Fortunately, she conceived and gave birth to Pei
Shaoqing.
From an early age, the first Lady
had drilled into Pei Shaoqing that she was heir to the family. That the Qin
mother and her son were her enemies, Shaoqing must not let them steal her birthright. Therefore, Shaoqing went against young Master Qin at every turn.
Ah, this was simply a live action
dog-blood drama.
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Miaofu frowned at the headache; her
wrinkled eyebrows were reflected in the mirror.
She hadn’t died in the crash but
woke up to a ghost place called Shengyuan Dynasty. But what is that? She had
read nothing about this dynasty in her history lessons. There had been no such
timeline as the Shengyuan Dynasty!
Holding her head, she suppressed
the urge to scream. She has never heard of this dynasty but that was where she
was.
She had magically transmigrated!
Transmigration? Transmigration -
this word that appeared only in TV dramas and novels, but now she had
experienced it.
The most embarrassing thing was
that appearance after crossing was exactly the same as her original appearance.
Well, there was a difference; her former body was fat now she was thin.
But after a fat woman becomes
slimmer, doesn’t she become pretty?
No!
Du Miaofu’s face remained ordinary,
and the most tragic thing of all; her chest was now flat. Her body part of
pride was gone!
What kind of ghost is this?
Miaofu’s difference did not turn the tables. Others cross into peerless
beauties or delicate beautiful youths but when she crosses her new body is just
as ordinary as she used to be.
The only extraordinary thing was
that her new body was Pei family’s second young master, Pei Shaoqing.
The main point was that she had to
be disguised as a man because Pei Shaoqing was female.
Ah! This was a real dog blood
melodrama like on TV!
In order to ensure her position in
the family, since she could not get her husband’s love, at least she could not
lose her family’s money; the first lady lied that her daughter was a son and
kept this secret, swearing even Shaoqing to secrecy. If she did not want to
lose the status of young master, if she wanted to inherit the family’s wealth,
she had to make sure she was not found out as a daughter.
So, no one in the family except for
Shaoqing and her mother knew she is a woman. And the first Lady died suddenly
three years ago from an illness.
Miaofu could only sigh; thinking so
much, raising her daughter as a son, just for wealth and status, and what did
it all come to? Didn’t she leave it all and go.
The most pitiful of all this was
Shaoqing; having being brainwashed by her mother from childhood into hating the
second Lady and Qin Yaotang. But there was another side to this coin, Shaoqing
had a deep obsession with Qin Yaotang; though she hated him, she also loved
him. A woman’s love for a man.
Somehow, Shaoqing fell in love with
Qin Yaotang.
However, Qin Yaotang already had a
gentle and lovely fiancee…
Ah ah...so complicated.
Miaofu put held her head and
wailed inwardly.
How did she know about Shaoqing so
much? Because, she not only inherited her body but her memories as well.
When she first woke up, her head
was fuzzy. She looked about to see a strange environment and was feeling lost,
when the memories floated up and gave her everything she needed to know.
Shaoqing had a contrary volatile
personality; quick to anger even injuring servants in her rage, especially maid-servants
who admired Qin Yaotang. Last month, she broke the leg of a maid servant
because Qin Yaotang smiled at her.
The matter angered the Elder Master
Pei, and he wanted to use the family rules to discipline Shaoqing but Shaoqing
rebelled. Master Pei was so angry he was shaking, if second Lady had not
persuaded him, Shaoqing would have been driven out of the house.
Shaoqing also had a poor reputation
in the city. She did not do any work but spent her days drinking wine and
causing trouble everywhere, and opposing Qin Yaotang. She often went to find
Qin Yaotang’s trouble all to get his attention.
But Qin Yaotang regarded Pei
Shaoqing as thin air. So regardless of all the troubles she made up and down,
he ignored her, which made Shaoqing increasingly angry and hateful.
In the matter of Qing Yaotang’s
fiancee, Shaoqing was incredibly jealous of her. She went as far as to put a
needle in the other woman’s saddle so that she would press the needle into her
horse while riding, causing the horse to go crazy and maybe injure her,
preferably kill her.
Who would have predicted that her own
horse would get stung by a tiger bee and go crazy, throwing and injuring Shaoqing. She fell
into a coma and Pei Shaoqing became Du Miaofu.
This what happens when you have the
downfall of others in your heart.
Reaching up to feel the gauze
bandage around her head, Miaofu sighed. She lowered her head as sorrow bubbled
up like heat up her nose and her eyes went red.
She hadn’t died in the plane crash
but inexplicably crossed over to another place. But how about Weiwei and A Hao.
Did they cross over too?
She wanted to tell herself that
they were fine. But if they were not fine, they may be in this ghost Shengyuan
Dynasty like her.
But she knew better than anyone,
how could such a coincidence occur? It was not a novel...but...she crossed
over, didn’t she? If she, with her unlucky star, could encounter this then it
stands to reason that Weiwei and A Hao also!
Suddenly, the fortune teller’s
words came to her mind:
Born to be the father of the
mother; her life was destined to be a lonely one. She would be the misfortune
of anyone she was too close to.
She thought of her own bad luck:
Her parents died in a car accident, although she was in the back of the car,
she came through unharmed. She was adopted by relatives. But one after the
other they either ended up filing for bankruptcy or nearly fatally injured.
Eventually, she was abandoned in an orphanage.
Being at the orphanage at the age
of 10, no one wanted to adopt such a big child and her personality was
introverted, not cute. She had no friends until she reached high school and met
Jiang Chuwei.
Jiang Chuwei was a beautiful girl
with a domineering personality. She was often fierce to her and made Miaofu run
her errands but ultimately, Chuwei was good to her. When she left the
orphanage, she lived with Chuwei. When she was looking for a job, Chuwei helped
her to get work at the magazine she worked at.
But in the end, Jiang Chuwei was
also slain by her buried at sea along with her brother A Hao.
Tears began to fall one by one and
finally they turned to a torrent, ‘Chuwei...A Hao...I’m so sorry...It’s all my
fault...I’m so sorry…’
She cried hard. She cried so much
her injured head hurt making her cry even more. Why was her head so painful?
Holding her painful head, she had
to slow down her crying. She sniffed, her eyebrows wrinkled in pain and her
eyes were puffy and swollen. She bit her lip and waited for the pain to ease
off.
After a while, her head didn’t hurt
so much. Her frown relaxed although the tears did not stop. She wiped away the
tears from her face.
Chuwei had always told her she had
a strong and optimistic personality otherwise, if it were someone else all
these things had happened to; they would have committed suicide. But Miaofu
lived happily. Even when three meals were not guaranteed, she remained hopeful
saying that, there was enough meat on her bones, it didn’t matter if she was
hungry for a few days.
Thinking of Chuwei, Miaofu could
not help but laugh.
Perhaps after crying, the depressed
emotions were temporarily released. Although, she still felt like there were
painful tears to shed, she took a deep breath and tried to hold back her tears.
Du Miaofu, don’t cry, think
positively!
If a loser like her could
transmigrate, then Chuwei and A Hao will certainly be alright. They may not
necessarily be having adventures...
Even though she feared it was
impossible in her heart, she pressed down the bad thoughts.
She had to tell herself that
everything was going to be fine or she would not be able to climb up from
despair. The red puffy eyes showed a glimmer of perseverance as Miaofu clenched
her fist.
In any case, since she has come to
this strange place and became Pei Shaoqing, it may be a test that God has set
for her.
Maybe her mission was not
necessarily here!
Isn’t that the same as in a novel?
After transmigration, an ordinary person become extraordinary, because they are
carrying a mission of change!
Then her mission was...her mission
was…
Miss Du was stuck. She thought of
her new body, of Pei Shaoqing; a cross-dressing woman with the worst
reputation, and the love-hate she had for Qin Yaotang.
Her head hurt…
Regardless of the mission issue, it
had been four months since she arrived in this ghost place. In this time, she
had been recovering.
When Shaoqing got thrown by her horse,
she not only hit her head but she also broke her left leg. Fortunately, it was
a simple fracture, so after three months of recovery she could walk without a
cane.
However, these past few months,
Miaofu realised that the popularity of Shaoqing was not ordinary at all!
Even though she had been injured
falling off a horse, with the exception of the servant girl sent to provide her
meals, no one visited. Even the servant girl was fearful when she came to
deliver the food. When she heard ‘thank you’ she was so scared she prostrated
herself. Wasn’t that too exaggerated? Thinking about the servant girl’s
behaviour, Miaofu did not know whether she should laugh or cry, but on thinking
about Shaoqing’s previous behaviour the servant girl’s fear was excusable.
But what about the Master Pei? His
son’s head was hurt, was it so difficult to ask about his health? Although,
Shaoqing was not in the right, he was injured; this father has never cared
about her. Being taught by her mother who only had self interests and hatred in
her heart and a father who was not interested, it is no wonder her mind became
distorted.
The trouble Shaoqing was causing up
and down was just a call for attention. While breaking people’s legs and
attempted murder was unacceptable behaviour, it was not without reason.
Miaofu shook her head; it was still
difficult to sympathise with Shaoqing. She would have kept her distance from
such a person.
But here she was the one being kept
at a distance, but the person who was bad was not Miaofu, she was just a
passer-by wearing the body of Pei Shaoqing.
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This situation would not do; she
could not stay in her room forever. So, after she was fully recovered, Du
Miaofu decided to go out. She chose to wear a set of purple robes - ancient men’s
clothes were very troublesome; too many layers. In addition to an inner shirt
and an outer shirt, there was a frivolous overcoat which was then belted.
The most troublesome thing was the waist long hair.
It seemed it was traditional for the Shengyuan dynasty man to have such long hair. What kind of dumb-ass tradition
is this?
Grabbing the long hair, Miaofu’s
hands itched to cut it. Could she cut it? Would she be seen in a worse light that
she already was?
She sighed in resignation. She
pulled the hair into a ponytail and tied it with a hair ribbon the same colour
as her clothes. She looked at herself in the mirror; although, her looks were
ordinary, and she was tall and thin. In the mirror, her appearance gave off a gentle and elegant feeling.
Picking up a folded fan from her table,
she opened it and gently fanned herself a few times,
‘Hmm, I would not have expected to
look this good wearing men’s clothes.’ She said to herself, while touching her
face. She could not help but be narcissistic for a few minutes. She squared her
shoulders, and then left her room.
Using the memories as her guide,
she walked across the promenade and stepped on a bridge. Coming towards her,
were two men. She could not help but pause in amazement. What had caught her
eye was the man in front; he was followed by a middle aged man who held a stack
of books in his hand. The two were in discussion.
Miaofu’s gaze was held by the man.
Unlike her Confucian costume, the man’s clothing was luxurious. He wore black.
It looked simple and light with only a piece of blue jade hanging from his
belt. He was tall and the clothes belied a strong body. His features were as
perfect as a sculpture. His eyes were indifferent, revealing no trace of
emotion. The cold aura he exuded made one not dare approach him, yet one could
not help but be attracted to him.
Qin Yaotang.
The name appeared in her mind
unbidden accompanied by the skipping of her heartbeat.
Miaofu frowned; this accelerating
heartbeat was subconscious. It seemed to be an instinctive reaction of this
body. As for her personally, she preferred to stay as far away from these
ice-cold types; they were not easy to get along with,
The two men noticed Miaofu standing
there. The older man, Lin Guan, frowned slightly. The two young masters
had never gotten along; one could never tell what kind of trouble second master
was going to bring.
No one really cared for second
young master Pei Shaoqing. Though he was not happy about it, as a subordinate
of the family, he stopped and bowed to Miaofu, ‘Second young master.’
As for Qin Yaotang, he turned a
blind eye to his nominal younger brother. He simply turned his face away and
walked past.
Qin Yatotang thought Pei Shaoqing
would surely call him back and try to ridicule him. But he was too bored and lazy
to pay any attention to Shaoqing’s naive behaviour.
Seeing that First young master
ignored Second Young Master, Lin Guan could only sigh in his heart. The second
young master would surely get angry and cause a scene.
He could only helplessly follow
Master Qin and wait for the grumpy second young master to speak.
They walked past each other on the
bridge, but second young master remained silent. Lin Guan could not help but
look back to see second young master’s back heading off. What was this?
Second young master was not looking for trouble?
‘Young master, second young master,
he…’ Lin Guan was amazed by this turn of events.
Yaotang was also mildly surprised,
but he was indifferent. Regardless of the significance of Shaoping’s unusual
behaviour, he was not interested.
To him, Shaoqing was insignificant.
The books in Lin Guan’s hand were
more important than Shaoqing,
‘How is the quality of silk this
year?’ he asked.
Lin Guan quickly recovered his mind
and answered, but he was still suspicious. How come second master did not find
trouble? This has to be the first time in the world that this has occurred. Did
second young master have some terrible plan up his sleeve?
On Du Miaofu’s part, she was well
aware of how Pei Shaoqing would have reacted to Qin Yaotang’s snub; she would
have called surnamed Qin was not surnamed Pei and sooner or later the family
would belong to her. That kind of childish attack wasn’t the way the young
master of a family should behave.
Thinking of the memory in her mind,
Miaofu shook her head. Did Shaoqing really think those words would have any
influence on a person like Qin Yaotang? Qin Yaotang did not regard Shaoqing as
anything. To him, even looking at her was a waste of time.
In Mioafu’s opinion, Shaoqing was
more like a jumping clown. She desperately wanted to attract Qin Yaotang’s
attention.
Not only Qin, but Lin Guan who was with him, looked down on Pei
Shaoqing despite his show of respect.
Miaofu was a very observant person;
although, his attitude was outwardly respectful, Lin Guan could not hide the disgust for her in
his eyes. In her childhood, Miaofu was fostered by various relatives, so
she had learned to read people’s expressions. Although Lin Guan’s was well
hidden, she could still sense his disdain.
Miaofu shook her head and sighed.
It seems no one really cared for Pei Shaoqing! That she didn’t say a thing must
have really shocked them.
Miaofu smiled proudly as she walked
on, wondering in ice-faced Qin Yaotang would have been surprised as well.
Nah, that would not even happen.
From her experience, people like Qin would not care about people who they
regard as unimportant, not matter what action Pei Shaoqing makes, he would not
pay any attention to her.
Poor Pei Shaoqing, no matter what
she did, Qin Yaotang did not put her in his heart. Miaofu wanted to shed a tear
of sympathy for her predecessor.
What am I to do in the godforsaken
place? She asked the sky.
This person had been injured and
nobody cared for her. Her relatives did not look in on her, and she was hated by
the servants. Even the person she was secretly in love with did not care for
her, and he had a fiancée.
She was so tragic.
What could Miaofu's mission be?
Was it to improve the
father-daughter relationship? To be candid, she did not care for Shaoqing’s
father. He did not have any love for his child. He put his fatherly love into
Qing Yaotang, and gave no attention to Pei Shaoqing, his only child. He only
knew to fight with her.
It was very likely because he had
no love for the first Lady, hence he did not love the child she gave birth to.
While she understood the reasoning,
she did not understand the actions. The extremeness of Shaoqing’s personality
was a combination of her mother’s selfishness and her father’s disregard.
Master Pei also bore responsibility.
So improving her father-daughter
relationship? Miaofu was not interested. (Zuben: I dunno if you can pick and choose "missions" but carry on)
What about the tragic crush on
young Master Qin? Most definitely not.
She definitely had no interest in
being close to that high in the instep ice-man. He did not look affable at all.
When she first clamped eyes on him, the first word that came to mind was
‘Dangerous’.
Besides, he had a fiancée. She did
not want to get in between that, and she wasn’t interested in being a small
wife or concubine.
Now that her instincts regarded him
as dangerous, she decided it was best to avoid him as much as possible, and
since he did not pay any attention to her, she was more relieved.
She took a deep breath, ‘Oh...so
tight.’ she exclaimed rubbing her chest in pain. Although, Shaoqing’s breasts
weren’t big, it was still hard to have them bound. She really didn’t know how
Shaoqing endured it.
It seemed the most urgent task at
present was to solve Shaoqing’s identity. How could she solve it? Should she
run to the old man and just tell him outright?
If she did this, she didn’t
know how he will take it. Would he able to accept it? Or would he faint out of
anger? She didn’t want to be the cause of the body’s father’s death.
But it would be impossible to
conceal forever, and she didn’t want to keep binding her chest.
Miaofu wracked her brain for a
solution. As she thought and thought, she could not help but think - would it
not be too difficult to achieve this mission?
Miaofu suddenly felt like she had a muscle twitch in her forehead.
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Interesting start ... Think going to love & enjoy like this 1st one too. Many thanks
ReplyDeleteHow many chaps does the novel have?
ReplyDelete12 chapters including prologue and epilogue.
DeleteThankies for translating! I think I'm gonna like this MC because i quite agree with the "missions" she chose to reject. LOL. This will be the first book I will read of this series, so I wonder if she will meet Chuwei or A-hao in this world.
ReplyDeleteThank for chapter, although it a bit late >_<. But, erm can you change the background color
ReplyDelete≥﹏≤. Maybe white color. 👉👈
I don't think you can change the colour, personally I like the black myself. You could always copy and paste to a word or test app if it bothers you that much.
ReplyDeleteRibena as always looking forward to reading your wonderful translations! X
Miao I'm cheering for you! Get away from that family! You're too precious to be in that place!
ReplyDeleteI like this much much better than the Dark empress, which was just a tyrad of arrogant idiots. This girl seems to be sensible although i shouldn't make judgements so early. But her character is much likeable.
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