TFDC Chapter 30.1

Chapter 30.1 - Forever unable to become the legitimate wife

The person that the emperor was talking about was obviously Lou Lianxin.

When he finished speaking, it completely cut off Lou Lianxin’s road to become a talented girl.

It even cut off her social climbing path to become part of the society circles.

After all, to offend the emperor would be to offend the heavens.

In this country of Dongyu, there’s no one more important than the emperor and with his one word, if the emperor wants the subject to die, the subject must die!

Lou Lianxin’s last remaining hope was extinguished and her hands were shaking to grab at Lou Qingwu, but she couldn’t move at all.

Lou Qufeng’s face was also shocked and unstable.

Even though he could protect the Lou family, but ….

One hundred thousand gold ingots.

He felt as if his body was weighed down by an enormous rock.

He couldn’t breath but still, he could only grab onto Lou Lianxin and thank the emperor’s favour.

Even if his heart was also so angry that he was shaking because of Lou Lianxin.

But this matter hadn’t been finished and who knows what the emperor thought of, but he remembered what the imperial consort Rong had mentioned before and deeply looked at her.

She had been silent this whole time.

“The girl is uneducated but it is the fault of the mother. To teach this type of daughter, it must mean that the mother is useless too. How could she become the head mother? Beloved subject Lou, what do you say?”

“Yes! Yes, this subject understands! Understands! This subject definitely will not raise Mrs Ruan to become the legitimate wife.”

He wiped away the sweat on his forehead as he quickly replied.

No matter what the emperor said today, he could only agree.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t know if he’d be able to leave the palace in one piece.

The emperor was finally satisfied but imperial consort Rong’s finely made-up face showed a crack.

But this crack was very quickly patched up and hidden by her as she elegantly used her handkerchief to dab at the corner of her eyes.

This hid the coldness that flashed in her eyes as she looked at Lou Lianxin.

That idiot, she gave her such a good opportunity and she wasted it.

At this time, when Lou Lianxin heard that she wasn’t allowed to use a needle for the rest of her life and couldn’t become the legitimate daughter, her whole body shuddered.

She suddenly was about to leap up before the alert Lou Qufeng grabbed her and pressed her down.

“If you dare stir up any more trouble, this old man will break your legs!”

Apart from harming herself and everyone around her, what else could she do?

Did she think she hadn’t caused enough trouble yet?

Lou Lianxin resentfully bit her lip and glared straight ahead.

All of these years, her mother had wasted so much time and effort to please the empress, to please her aunt, and wasn’t it just so she could gain the title of number one talented girl?

That title was clearly so close and suddenly, her chances were ruined?

What was wrong with that painting scroll?

Why did it make the emperor so angry?

Why? Why??

The right prime minister Li Miao had taken in all of the events from beside Lou Qufeng.

He had seen Lou Qufeng hold onto Lou Lianxin, that small action and his sharp eyes flashed but stayed silent.

Finally, his eyes slowly moved towards the Lou Qingwu who had been silent this whole time, her graceful profile calm, as if this whole matter wasn’t related to her at all.

This was the first time that Li Miao had measured up a person so carefully and he didn’t know if it was just a bad feeling, but he didn’t think that this type of aura and scheming was that of a barely 15 year old young lady?

He rubbed the edge of the teacup in front of him as the cogs in Li Miao’s mind moved around.

And this emperor who had suddenly gained a hundred thousand gold ingots, was in an extremely good mood as he waved his hands to let Lou Qufeng return to his seat.

Lou Qufeng anxiously pulled Lou Lianxin up and almost yanked her back to her original seat.

It was only up until they sat down completely, could he finally let out a sigh of relief.

He then discovered that his brocade robe was nearly completely drenched in cold sweat.

But no matter what happened, he protected the Lou family, he protected his official rank, his life was protected and that was what was most important.

The songs and dances afterwards were of no interest to Lou Qufeng as his eyes fell on Lou Qingwu.

Reflecting on her quick wit back then, his eyes held appreciation.

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TL note

To Ruan Zhen: don’t count your eggs before they hatch.

I was super productive today and translated like 5 chapters, praise me 🌟 [and follow for the second part of palace drama]

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