Chapter 41.2 - A string of rosary beads
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Thinking it through, the empress purposely gave Lou Qingwu and Xiahou Rui some personal time alone, letting Xiahou Rui personally send Lou Qingwu back.
Lou Qingwu didnât reject because she didnât think that Xiahou Ruiâs appearance was a coincidence.
She feared, that he had something to say to her.
Sure enough, she was right.
In front of the palace gates, Xiahou Rui asked the first phrase of the day, âI heard them say that you were met with an assassination attempt on your way back to the residence last night?â
âYes, luckily the Night Prince was able to rescue me and that it was only a few hoodlums.â
âDid you get injured?â Xiahou Ruiâs eyes darkened, his eyes becoming more focused on her.
Lou Qingwu couldnât decide if he was truly concerned or if he had some other thoughts.
After last nightâs hysteria powder and voodoo doll affair, the empress might not have noticed, but she didnât believe that Xiahou Rui still thought of her as an innocent miss from a rich family.
Or maybe heâd noticed from the start, but avoided speaking of it, only sounding her out.
She was afraid that if it wasnât for this voodoo affair, he wouldnât have let his guard down around her.
Following that line of thinking, then this voodoo affair could be turned into a good thing.
As she already decided on destroying Xiahou Qing completely, then he definitely wouldnât be able to become the emperor.
In which case, she would have to support someone else on the throne.
Then, should she choose Xiahou Rui?
Before yesterday, she mightâve hesitated. But if theyâre on the same side now, then following last night, even if she didnât want to stand on the second princeâs side, everyone else probably thinks sheâs already one of his people anyway.
So if everyoneâs the same, then âŠ
Her eyes flashed a strange light as she deeply looked at Xiahou Rui, shaking her head, âThanks to the second prince for his concern, but I wasnât injured severely.â
She had clearly only looked at him briefly, but Xiahou Rui felt like his back was going numb, like the hairs on the back of his neck was raised for some unknown reason.
It felt like a snake was watching him, making his whole body feel strange.
He silently looked at her a few more times, unsure, âYouâre really fine?â
âOf course.â Lou Qingwu glanced at him, âOtherwise, did the second prince hope that Iâd get injured?â
Xiahou Rui was silent as he began to agree with his seventh brotherâs words.
A single phrase from this woman really ⊠could make a person choke.
Lou Qingwu didnât notice Xiahou Ruiâs strange reaction because her eyes fell on another man in a palanquin behind him from the very beginning.
He wore a dark red court gown as he gently and humbly stepped forward.
When he saw her and Xiahou Rui, he first froze, before walking over and smiling, not speaking.
But his smile didnât reach the bottom of his eyes.
His dark grey eyes gave off a cold feeling.
Lou Qingwu furrowed her brows, narrowing her eyes as she watched Mu Yunqing walk closer.
She saw him stand in front of them and Xiahou Rui finally noticing his presence, exchanged a few words before Mu Yunqing excused himself to enter the palace.
But when he walked past Lou Qingwu, the extremely ordinary looking rosary beads on his wrist scattered suddenly on the ground.
The beads scattered in all directions, spreading out over the ground.
Mu Yunqing seemingly froze and in that moment, Lou Qingwu seemed to see his silhouette freeze as if it had been struck by lightning, like his whole person was lagging.
But what made people even more astonished was the normally smiling justice departmentâs young official suddenly becoming like he had been possessed by the devil.
The guards guarding the Vermillion Bird gate watched as he frantically crouched down to scrabble for the beads, searching desperately for every single one.
One bead rolled to Lou Qingwuâs feet so she crouched down to pick it up.
The bead was made of sandalwood and was quite weathered, it was a bit old and some of the colour had started to fade.
Her fingers rubbed it a bit and felt like there was a word on it.
She lifted up her hand, her icy cold fingertips pinching the rosary bead in the light as she could just barely make out a âShengâ carved out.
But before she could look more carefully, she felt her eyes darken as Mu Yun Qingâs long figure covered up the light in front of her
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TL note:
Sheng - a name? Direct translation is reed.
Leave a comment and follow if youâre not getting off Xiahou Ruiâs sinking ship because the male leadâs not dependable and never here xx
Sheng? Is this a clue to his past? Thanks for the chapter!
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DeleteI am getting off~ I never set myself up for failure lol! Also......this MYQ seems like bad news. I'm sure the bracelet is from his sweetheart or something đ±
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DeleteMYQ is tragic and the bracelet isn't from his sweetheart but it reminds him of her đ
The plot thickens.....
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh "A single phrase from this woman really ⊠could make a person choke."
One of the few times that the wooden block Xiahou Rui is actually humorous đđ
DeleteThank you for the chapter~
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading đđ
DeleteThank u so much for ur time n effort
ReplyDeletewhile the empress is setting up LQW for XHR's concubine, XHR feels like being watched by a snake o.o good instinct, XHR xD
ReplyDeleteXHR is smarter than his mother đ€đ€
Deleteso is Night prince the ML?
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DeleteHah. A rosary string breaking is usually a trope used to foreshadowing an oncoming evil. Is Author-sama warning MYQ about our MC? Lol!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanking Translator-sama for the chapter!
Oh man, there's also that layer đ·đ©đ
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