TFDC Chapter 23.2

Chapter 23.2 - Rip off her clothes

She growled, “Lou Qingwu, you dare wear an imperial concubine’s imperially bestowed soft silver lily gown and actually show it off? What kind of motive do you have? Did you actually want to enter the palace and seduce the emperor to become one?!

With this countess here, don’t even think about your evil scheme prevailing! Come someone, grab this sly fox who dares to offend her superiors! This countess orders you to rip off her clothes right now! She dared to offend the emperor’s face, this is a crime worthy of death! This countess will never let this type of person enter the palace.”

After she finished ordering, everyone’s expression changed.

This Countess of Chaoxia was really too much.

She would actually order people to rip off an unmarried girl’s clothes in public, then how would that girl be able to live afterwards?

Furthermore, nearly everyone here knew that Lou Qingwu had only just come back to the capitol today.

A barely 15 year old  legitimate daughter who had been forced by a concubine’s daughter to live in the country, how could she have a soft silver lily gown to begin with?

Even those of them who regularly enter the palace wouldn’t recognise that type of gown, let alone a girl like that.

So this was unfortunately most likely …

They all were unable to resist turning around to face Lou Lianxin who was watching this all play out with a smile on her face, and then they all pretty much understood what was happening.

But even if they knew what was happening, no one dared to go ahead and stop the countess.

That Countess of Chaoxia had been doted on by Prince Zong to the point of no return.

If someone accidentally angers her, they definitely would be punished and so, they could only turn a blind eye to what was happening right in front of them.

It was only a pity for this Lou family’s legitimate daughter. It was already hard enough to find such a pretty girl in the capitol.

Li Jingsheng opened his mouth and was about to say something before the Countess of Chaoxia coldly cut him off, “Assistant General Li, are you about to say that this was your idea?”

“No …” Li Jingsheng didn’t understand why Lou Qingwu would wear the outfit of a palace concubine but even if it was really like this and he opened his mouth to defend her, it would probably only make things worse.

Thinking about what his father said, he could only turn his head around and shake his head, “This lower official didn’t know about this.”

His reaction delighted the Countess of Chaoxia.

“Lou Qingwu, now no one will help you! Why are you all just standing there? Rip off her clothes now!”

“Yes!” The imperial guards standing outside of the Vermilion Bird listened to this order and two immediately went ahead to grab Lou Qingwu.

Lou Qingwu’s expression was still dull, as if the person facing imminent danger wasn’t her, but someone else.

Lou Qingwu’s eyes moved from the gloating Countess of Chaoxia to the Lou Lianxin who had walked over some time ago and then slowly to the people behind her.

Two tall and strong men were striding over in their direction and one of them was someone she knew, the seventh prince Xiahou Liuyun.

A smile crept up on Lou Qingwu’s mouth and Lou Lianxin’s heart suddenly gulped.

Lou Qingwu stretched out a hand and stopped the people who were about to grab her, “Slow down.”

“Lou Qingwu, what else do you have to say?!”

Countess of Chaoxia glared at her, almost itching to go slap Lou Qingwu’s face a few more times to give her Lian’er little sister revenge!

“Why are you all so slow? Hurry up and rip off those clothes! This countess is still waiting to enter the palace to give birthday greetings to emperor-uncle!”

“Countess of Chaoxia, before you rip off this subject-girl’s clothes, subject-girl just wanted to ask a question.”

“What?” Countess of Chaoxia was visibly frustrated.

Lou Qingwu’s eyes fell on Lou Lianxin as she slowly spoke, “Who was it that told countess that subject-girl’s outfit is the ‘soft silver lily gown’?”

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TL note

Subject-girl - literal translation of how LQW describes herself, subject because she’s talking to royalty and girl because she’s a girl. Her father would describe himself as “your subject”, the wives would call themselves “subject-concubine” because everyone has to debase themselves in front of royalty.

Emperor-uncle - again, literal description, Countess of Chaoxia’s father is the emperor’s brother so that’s how she’s a countess, and the emperor’s her uncle

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Novels that I'm interested in translating?

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1. Deity helps a deer give birth and he thinks that the newborn deer is super cute. But the newborn deer (our female lead) has completely forgotten about him and he gets upset. Also male love rival because why not. Cultivation novel with deities. 819 chapters and ongoing. Haven't read this one but it looks promising?

2. Much longer novel with a scrawny female lead who has reborn with her medical skills, the male lead is incredibly powerful and their road is fraught with female rivals who believe that the female lead isn't worthy of them. Lots of magic, they have a connecting space where the female hides in and the male lead sometimes cooks for her. Male lead falls for her way before he even knows, he cares for her a lot and when he can't be there, they have a piece of putty that they can scribble messages for each other, kinda like Tom Riddle's notebook but instead of a creep replying, it's a scary male lead. 1204 chapters and ongoing, verrry long and popular. Have read this and it has a bit of a slow start but once the leads are together, it's great.

3. Female lead is reborn as a fox and the emperor finds her. This trope was popular for a while because there are a few very similar novels. One is that the reason why she was a fox was because there was a voodoo worm and she's actually a spy. But because she's the reincarnated version, she has no memories of why she's a spy and she only knows because there's a servant keeping tabs on her. Hilarious because the emperor tries to get her food and they bring her a live chicken, the fox and chicken stare at each other before the chicken goes crazy and the fox (female lead) looks disdainful until presented with a cooked chicken.

4. Female lead gets drugged and sleeps with the male lead. She ends up with a child who is super cute and witty. The toddler also has a penchant for alcohol and loves the male lead's panther (actual panther) and gets trapped because he was lured by the scent of it. Female lead gets lured by the promise of money as she saves some guy with her medical skills. The male lead promises her lots of money and when she gets there, it's all in ingots and she has to carry them in one go or it's a no deal. Obvious ploy to keep the female lead from running away. Historical again and pretty funny banter between the kid, the female lead and the male lead.

5. Rebirth novel, the female lead was pushed off this high building and when she's reborn, she's a total ace. The other big families are encroaching on her family clan and they break off her engagement because she's useless. Female lead is okay with this and has martial arts skills that were carried down the generations from her previous lifetime which help boost the people in her family clan. Her ex-fiance gets tasked with seducing the female lead's step-sister to try to get the martial arts skills eep. She's also an alchemist and makes high quality pills, has a cute pet too.

6. Funny novel again. The female lead's cousin dies and their family wants to keep their influence on the prime minster and hope to offer up another daughter to keep relations with him. Mess ensues because the female lead has just been divorced and doesn't want that but somehow ends up getting bestowed marriage to the fattest prince she has ever seen. The synopsis says that she once thought that all princes were handsome, but this is the first time that she's found out that even the royal gene pool can be disturbed. Before meeting her, all he cared about was cash.


Update: I've decided to translate a modern romance story revolving around an online game. The main leads are also in the entertainment circle so there's a bit of acting involved in there too. The female lead's super shameless and narcissistic, to a fault honestly. But it's a light and easy read and there are updates every two days!

Link to the intro for more info and then link to the contents page to start reading!

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