Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41: Chpater 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44: Chpater 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119: 第119章
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307 - 307 Chapter 307
Chapter 308 - 308 Chapter 308
Categories Genre: All, Drama, Historical, Josei, Ongoing, Romance Status: Ongoing Alternative names: 凰权, 天盛长歌, ______
Total Chapters in book: 308
Estimated words: 438270 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2191(@200wpm)___ 1753(@250wpm)___ 1461(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 438270 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2191(@200wpm)___ 1753(@250wpm)___ 1461(@300wpm)
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Chapter 56
Translator: Aristophaneso
“You are insane!” Shao Ning shouted, interrupting him.
The Crown Prince covered her mouth and viciously replied: “Even a vicious tiger will not eat its own cubs, but how does he treat me? Since he is willing to take the first step, I can see it to the end!”
Shao Ning slapped the Crown Prince’s hand away and angrily retorted: “You cannot!”
“Whether this brother can turn the tables depends entirely on you.” The Crown Prince suddenly implored, “Your brother was framed, and one mistake after another piled on my head. If you do not help me, then your brother will be buried in an unmarked grave!”
“I have already told you to return with me! Frankly explain, sincerely admit your errors and ask for punishment!” Shao Ning angrily replied. “You even know that vicious tigers will not eat their own sons, but you still concoct this plan of high treason and want to drag me down to hell with you! Nice dream!”
“So what if I am dreaming?” The Crown Prince suddenly laughed coldly, “This is my final gambit, but I carry the will of heaven, and heaven never closes off all roads — a capable expert is coming to help. They will arrive soon, and then we leave out of the Eastern Hua Gate and travel south along the Dong Bian River until we reach Jiang Huai Province. Liu Cheng Lu, Jiang Huai’s Military Commander-in-Chief was loyal to our maternal grandfather, and he has remained true to me despite our mother’s early death. Our Chang Family has not fallen! Did Father Emperor really believe that I had no strength to fight back?”
He began begging again, “Shao Ning, nothing is unconquerable, and no sentence is certain. Everything depends on the strength to break through fate! This brother is the true Son of Heaven, and talents will come to me when I am in danger. The great work of heaven must be in my hand, and if the brother and sister are of one heart, you from within and I from without, then when the time comes... brother will bring soldiers into Dijing at your invitation, and with brother’s position has first son of the dynasty, the great seat will be mine! At that time, you will be a Founding Princess and enjoy a domain of a hundred thousand households, forever enjoying peerless honor!”
Shao Ning was not moved: “No matter who becomes Emperor, I will always be an Esteemed Princess!”
“And you will always be the esteemed toy, dancing on the strings of others!” The Crown Prince smiled coldly, “Watching your words and your deeds, controlling your every year, and when the proper time comes, to marry you to a man you have never met! Perhaps old, perhaps crippled, or perhaps perverted! You looking through the curtain at your husband, him kneeling before his wife, every month only allowed to meet in the bedroom once, and if more you will be shamelessly condemned — this kind of Esteemed Princess, are you willing?”
Shao Ning’s expression flickered, and the Crown Prince began continued gently, “Do not think that because Father Emperor adores you that you will be an exception. Think carefully, even if Father Emperor spoils you, when has he crossed the limits dictated by our ancestors? And when Father Emperor passes and the new Emperor is crowned, will you still be spoiled? Who will pay any mind to you then? The Second Prince? The Fifth? Sixth Prince or Seventh? You know how likely this is.”
Shao Ning fell silent, and the Crown Prince spared her a glance before smiling. “You like that Wei Zhi right? But you also know that Father Emperor will never accept a minor minister like him without any background... Shao Ning, do you not want to marry your true love? To live happily with your loved one, hand in hand for a lifetime, and live the dream of all women in this world?”
Silence filled the courtyard, and only a hurried breathing could be heard. The cold moonlight showed Shao Ning’s blushed ear, and her harshness and anger had gradually disappeared, and in its place appeared a sweet shyness and hope.
Feng Zhiwei stood in hiding, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Since when had she become a part of the Imperial Family’s game?
She knew that Shao Ning had... that... but she had only thought that the child was curious. A spoiled princess like her, always surrounded by adoration, only rarely met a person who did not speak sweetly to her, and it was very natural for her to grow interested, but ... she had actually grown such a deeply placed affection?
And the Crown Prince even found out and used this to tempt Shao Ning!
Feng Zhiwei blushed with embarrassment.
Shao Ning turned away, leaning on a windowsill and quietly thinking, turning her face in the moonlight and appearing in Feng Zhiwei’s full view. As Feng Zhiwei took in her moonlit expression, her own face immediately transformed from not knowing whether to laugh or cry, to incredulity.
That look...
Gu Nanyi suddenly shifted, frowning as he turned; Feng Zhiwei was shocked out of her daze, but just as she was turning, she heard Shao Ning cry out in shock: “Big Brother, what are you doing...”
Feng Zhiwei whirled around and saw the Crown Prince, eyes gleaming murderously and mouth twisted into a grotesque smile, holding a sword he had mysteriously procured and striking towards Ning Ji!
Tenth Prince Ning Ji had stood silently all this time, but to this sudden strike he seemed already prepared, twisting out if its way and dodging aside.
Shao Ning rushed forward to block the attack, but the Crown Prince pushed forward, sword still raised, shouting: “He must die!”
Feng Zhiwei suddenly understood. The Crown Prince had said all of this in front of Ning Ji because he had already decided to destroy the evidence.
“He is your little brother!” Shao Ning cried out.
“What brother?” The Crown Prince laughed coldly, “Nothing but Old Six’s dog!”
“I will not allow you to kill him!” Shao Ning screamed, face pale. She and Ning Ji had studied at Qing Ming Academy together, and this elder brother had been taking care of her; their relationship was quite good, and she very naturally refused to allow the Crown Prince to murder him. “You’ve lost your mind, and you even dare to attack your father and kill your brother! I will never listen to you!”
“You will not listen?” The Crown Prince turned, his eyes red, “Have you thought this through!”
“I’ve made my decision.” Shao Ning replied, standing in front of Ning Ji, her hair a tangled mess but her face clear. “You have shown your heartlessness and cruelty. Even if I help you, you will never treat me well!”
She stood firm, guarding Ning Ji, facing her maternal older brother’s glittering sword. She stared defiantly into the Crown Prince’s face, and could not see the sudden gleam of metal appearing below Ning Ji’s feet.
The dim moonlight left everything in shadows, but a stray beam had broken through the old and dusty windows and fell on the ground on which Ning Ji stood. The grey and dusty ground only made the metallic gleam more dazzling.
A narrow and long, thin and brilliant, three fingers wide glimmer.
Feng Zhiwei suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
A knife!
The moonlight gleamed off of Ning Ji’s knife, hidden in his clothes.
The Crown Prince had been correct, the prince was Ning Yi’s man, and had been one of the spies that Ning Yi had placed by the Crown Prince’s side.
And now Shao Ning was showing him her defenseless back!
Feng Zhiwei leaned forward, palms sweaty and cold. Everyone in the Ning Imperial Family had wracked their minds and plotted with all their ability, but in the end, no one knew who was the mantis and who the stalking oriole!
Feng Zhiwei saw Ning Ji’s sleeve shake as he seemed to hesitate, the light flickering from his knife sparkling as it shook.
Just as Feng Zhiwei was about to move.
The Crown Prince laughed harshly: “You refuse! No one will help me! Good!”
He thrust his sword forward, directly at Shao Ning’s chest. The angry strike flashed forward like a bolt of lightning and was about to pierce Shao Ning!
Total Chapters in book: 308
Estimated words: 438270 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2191(@200wpm)___ 1753(@250wpm)___ 1461(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 438270 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2191(@200wpm)___ 1753(@250wpm)___ 1461(@300wpm)
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