Chapter 7: The Courtesan’s Daily Life (7)

TL: ZhenZhen
ED: Anna
PR: Dark
QC: Vaishu

Miss Lucky was indeed Lucky, and she had been very familiar with the Fifth Prince in half a month, um… well, they looked very familiar with each other.

    “Do you two know each other?”

    Yu Hongliang looked at He Yun Shu and winked at her.

    “Go go, you can’t have her.”

    He Yun Shu glared at Yu Hongliang, clearly knowing that the Fifth Prince in front of her was a player.

    This was what He Yun Shu had thought. A good cabbage like her good friend can’t be squandered by a pig so casually.

    “What, your friend?”

    Yu Hongliang raised his eyebrows, as if he didn’t expect He Yun Shu to be friends with a civilian from outside.

    Yu Hongliang is a member of the royal family. Naturally, he looks at people in a different way. The woman in front of him was beautiful and outstanding. There is also a clean aura between her eyebrows. She looked like she was trained when she walked. This kind of temperament is somewhat different from that of the noble ladies.

    Su Xin didn’t know that the Fifth Prince in front of her was thinking about her identity a lot. She suppressed her aura. The real her is actually no better than Qu Feiqing. Although she doesn’t have any political or military power, but there is a sense of blood and coldness, if it is not suppressed, the person will be found out in a matter of minutes.

    Whether it is Su Xin or Xue Yao, there is no such thing as extravagance at all. Su Xin is an indulgent lone ranger who spent her youth with guns and shells. The fact that Xue Yao remembers things in the brothel and manages to maintain some semblance of elegance is already good.

    “Yes, she’s my friend, so don’t mess around.”

    He Yun Shu held Su Xin’s arm affectionately, looking intimate.

    “Xue Yao, has there been progress in what you want to do?”

    He Yun Shu’s recent development was not bad, although the people in the mansion always make things difficult, some concubines were doing everything possible to drive her away, and after discovering that she was not crazy, they framed her in various ways.

   She accidentally met the Fifth Prince who loves to molest girls, and after talking a bit, they became friends.

    “No.”

    Su Xin shook her head with a disappointed look. She was indeed making no progress now, but she is not far from that opportunity.

    “What’s up?”

    Yu Hongliang asked curiously.

    “I want to participate in the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms.”

    Yu Hongliang’s expression darkened, his eyes full of playful scrutiny when he looked at Su Xin.

    “Not a good girl?”

    Yu Hongliang’s voice was full of ridicule.

    “Originally I came to the capital to redeem myself.”

    Su Xin said lightly, without any embarrassment.

    “Little idiot, don’t let anyone take advantage of you. If you are sold, she will count the money.”

    Yu Hongliang said with a smile, Su Xin has become a scheming girl who is fond of He Yun Shu’s identity and wants to use He Yun Shu as a pedal.

   This fact might seem like the truth, but Su Xin didn’t go out of her way to make acquaintance with He Yun Shu and neither is her attitude towards He Yun Shu fake in any way. He Yun Shu herself had come to her first. Su Xin is the type of person that would help a friend in need. For Su Xin, He Yun Shu is not a stepping stone, but a rightly timed opportunity.

    “Just think about it. Before I met Xue Yao, Xue Yao had already set the goal of participating in the Four Kingdoms Banquet, and was rushed from a good room to a broken room by the old proprietress in that brothel.”

    He Yun Shu didn’t like Yu Hongliang saying Su Xin is a bad person, she can feel that Su Xin is a good person.

    “Fifth Prince, can you help?”

    He Yun Shu rolled her eyes and looked  straight at Yu Hongliang.

    Yu Hongliang coughed twice, and thought for sometime while touching his chin.

    “It’s okay, but it depends on whether she can do it. I can recommend it for her, but…”

    “But what?”

    “But there are conditions, you have to promise me a request.”

    “What kind of request?”

    “I’ll tell you later.”

    Su Xin, who was watching and acting as a light bulb, looked at Miss Luck as if she was flirting with the prince.

    The matter was finalized. He Yun Shu still wanted to talk to Su Xin, but was dragged away by Yu Hongliang. Yu Hongliang moved quickly and sent someone to pick up Su Xin the next day.

    “Miss is really blessed by God” said Shu Quan. She thought Su Xin must be able to do it now.

    Hearing that Su Xin had the opportunity to participate in the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms, Shu Quan was even more excited than Su Xin, and her face was red, so she almost hugged Su Xin and cheered.

    What a rare opportunity, Shu Quan thought it was more mysterious than a pie in the sky.

    “It is thanks to Yun Shu.” 

    Su Xin did not forget to credit Miss Luck.

    The selection and training of the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms was enclosed in a small courtyard in the palace of the capital. The day Su Xin entered, she was watched by onlookers.

    Everyone came in backstage, but they came in order.

    There are a total of four women in the small courtyard, and Su Xin is the fifth. The competition is fierce. There were only two places. Everyone can squeeze one out.

   Reportedly, the four women ganged up together to eliminate Su Xin, but Su Xin didn’t care, she had Fourteen with her, which is the same as owning the whole world. 

    As a super powerful but a bit ineffective AI, Fourteen contains a lot of world information. She can no longer describe it, so under Fourteen’s guidance, Su Xin can easily answer the questions of this overhead world. Occasionally Fourteen gives her original verses.

    Yes, original.

    As a poetic and pictorial system, Fourteen is a lyricist, poetry and arranging are all relevant.

    Sometimes Su Xin even feels that the system is more powerful than her, and it is almost heavenly.

    [Thanks to the creator. ]

    Fourteen calmly answered, the creator entered this code for her in order to make the task better.

    Hey… Fourteen, I have a question, what is the reason for your system?

    Su Xin didn’t quite understand what the reason for this gift of life to others was.

    Fourteen didn’t seem to shy away from this topic and told Su Xin the facts.

    [My creator is a genius of high planes, but God will not give a person too much, so his body is abnormally weak. Simply put, the soul power is very weak. I remember the host asked me before what is the selection rule for the client of the destiny transaction, that is, to dedicate one’s soul. ]

    Many people want to change their own destiny. If it was easy for others to do it for themselves, then there are certainly many people who would want to do it, but this kind of thing cannot be that simple, so the price paid is their soul.

    This is clearly marked and the price is confirmed, and the transaction will only be carried out. After the host has completed the task and the client receives it, she will completely dedicate her soul, and the soul power will be transferred to the creator of the system, allowing the creator to maintain his life. It’s a fair deal for you.

    Su Xin thought of the woman in ancient costume who stood in front of her and smiled in front of her at the very beginning. She wondered if she really needed to dedicate her soul for the title of the most beautiful in the four countries?

    [Everyone has their own choice, maybe the client didn’t just want to become the most beautiful in the four countries, but to escape her own destiny. ]

    In this world, there are the brave and the cowards. Everyone has their own choice.

    The original Xue Yao may be afraid of her future fate, and finally became an unknown prostitute. After she passed away, there was nothing, and her body would still be stained with traces of filth. This road was not chosen by Xue Yao voluntarily. The tragedy of her life began when she was sold into that brothel by a human trafficker.

    Su Xin was still stubbornly fighting against the four girls every day, her performance was impeccable, and even their teacher was very satisfied with Su Xin.

    Shu Quan stood in front of Su Xin with red eyes, her face was scratched by nails, a large blood stain, although not serious, it was very apparent.

    The reason for Shu Quan’s red eyes wasn’t because of her face, but because of Su Xin’s exposed feet, blue and purple, which looked rather miserable. 

Dancing is a must. There is no time for you to dance solo by yourself at the performance of the banquet. After all, it is a performance where two people cooperate with each other.

    The appearance of the five people is very embarrassing, because the other four people unite to exclude Su Xin. When dancing, they will always deliberately step on Su Xin’s feet or hit her with their arms. The movements are done secretly, but the hands are very heavy. 

    Those people did not dare to do too much to Su Xin, so they bullied Shu Quan. Shu Quan did not go out much. While taking dinner for Su Xin, she was caught by one of the women, boasting that Shu Quan had good skin, and then fiercely pushing her. The ground left a scratch on Shu Quan’s face.

    Shu Quan squatted down to help Su Xin’s feet with medicine, Su Xin touched her face.

    “Remember to deal with your own face later.”

    “Ok.”

    Shu Quan responded in a low voice.

    Su Xin was very angry. She was not a good-tempered person. In the previous world, she played a very fierce role. As a representative of death, Su Xin does not need to have too much kindness. After stepping into this path Su Xin was taught one truth, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. 

    Although this level of trickery is too unsightly, such indulgence makes them feel that she is being bullied a lot.

    Su Xin looked at the pale pink color on her hand. She never had long nails before, nor did she wear nail polish or anything. First, she didn’t like the smell of chemicals, and the other was too much trouble, inconvenient to move.

    [Detected that the host’s irritability index is five stars, do I need chrysanthemum tea? ]

    WTF?

    [Chrysanthemum tea, a must-have for the home. ]

    God fucking chrysanthemum tea… Do you want me to be healthy?

    [You don’t want it? ]

    Oh, give it.

    [Okay, dear. ]

    Su Xin felt that her system might be crazy.

    Fourteen returned to normal, it’s colleagues said that he was too serious and might scare the host, so they gave it a strategy. Fourteen silently destroyed the strategy data, what a pig teammate.

    The systemic chrysanthemum tea was very effective, and Su Xin felt calm at once, as if she was in a very quiet and peaceful environment.

    The ointments provided are all good, after all, those who are going to perform in the future can’t leave any traces on their bodies.

   Shu Quan gently blew on the back of Su Xin’s heel, which had touched the ointment. When she raised her head, she just saw Su Xin’s face, slightly shuddering, her uncontrollable body trembled, and her eyes looked a little blank.

    I don’t know why the feeling that Miss has changed is getting deeper and deeper. The change is not from the outside, but from the inside. The change is not big, but she pays so much attention to her. There was only her in her eyes, and the current Miss made her feel a little scared, a kind of fear she couldn’t tell.

    “Shu Quan, look up, I’ll apply the medicine for you.”

    “Thank you Miss.”

    Shu Quan looked up obediently and asked Su Xin to apply medicine to her.

    Within a few days, a girl in the small courtyard had a lot of red spots on her face. She asked an imperial doctor to see it, but she said it was a seasonal allergy. She prescribed some ointment and left.

   Someone knocked on Su Xin’s door. It was a girl, the most light-hearted of the four and also the most confident, because she was indeed outstanding. 

    “What’s with you?”

    “It’s you.”

    “What?”

    Su Xin looked at her innocently, pretending not to know.

    “You… give me the antidote, how about the two of us work together?”

    Qing Lian gritted her teeth, slightly moved her body with  cold sweat on her forehead.

    It was so despicable, how could there be such shameless medicine? Qing Lian only felt that her special place was very itchy, not from physical need but it felt like being bitten, it was very uncomfortable.

    Su Xin happily agreed. In fact, she didn’t know these things originally, but she learned by following Miss Luck’s side.

    An evil transaction unfolded, and Su Xin got stuck in training day after day.

    One year later, on the eve of the Banquet of the Four Kingdoms.

    At this time, Miss Lucky had already mastered the Xiangfu, settling her concubine sisters, and had contact with several princes in the dynasty.

    Because the training is airtight, He Yun Shu hadn’t seen Su Xin for nearly a year. 

    Feast of the Four Kingdoms.

    The four emperors occupy the upper seats, the space is very large, and the performance stage stands in the middle.

    Su Xin wore a pale pink dress with tulle of the same color outside. She and Qing Lian were on the stage. She played and sang, sitting on the stage playing the zither, and Qing Lian was dancing beside her. It was fascinating. The drunken dance is accompanied by the same music with the same artistic conception. Su Xin’s voice is cool, but it is extremely penetrating, which makes people unable to help but be attracted.

    He Yun Shu sat down, staring at Su Xin intently.

    She did not dance lightly, but He Yun Shu felt that the way she danced must also be very beautiful.

    Su Xin is very serious in playing and singing, eyes drooping, and a touch of petals dotted at the end of the eyes. The waves in her eyes flow so passionately, that people can’t move their eyes after a glance.

    Note that Su Xin is not the only person in He Yun Shu’s eyes, but Su Xin occasionally raises her eyes and sees only one person.

    The only woman on the seat of the four kings, Qu Feiqing.

    Qu Feiqing tied her hair, embellished with hairpins, looking graceful and luxurious, but she was extremely young, compared with the other three emperors.

    The face is fascinating, and it deserved to be the first beauty in the four countries.

    Qu Feiqing’s beauty was very aggressive, and sometimes her powerful aura makes people indifferent to her appearance.

    It was like a sharp sword out of its sheath, even when it was resting, it looked like a lion that would stand up at any time, which was daunting.

    Such a person is something that others dare not get close to.

    So if you get close, you have to be unafraid of death.

    Su Xin and Qing Lian finished their performance and bowed to the four emperors’ positions.

    Su Xin’s eyes looked straight at Qu Feiqing, and they met Qu Feiqing’s eyes in mid-air. It was only for a moment, no one noticed.

    When Qu Feiqing’s eyes swept over, Su Xin seemed to smell the scent of blood, and that feeling made her blood boil.

    She was also born in the darkness, stepping on blood and rising step by step.

    Qu Feiqing took the wine glass and took a sip of the wine casually, tasting the unique taste.

    She became bored, and she seemed to be lonely.

    Obviously twenty-three, for an Empress, was a very, very young age, and may even be a starting point.

    Qu Feiqing lightly covered her lips and yawned, feeling a stare coming from the corner.

    It was the beautiful woman from Yu Kingdom, who had just performed, and Qu Feiqing was about to look away, nothing special.

    But the next moment her eyes froze, and the woman’s expression suddenly changed.

    It seemed that the disguise was torn apart, and what was revealed was the coldness that was inconsistent with that beautiful face. She smiled, like ink dripping on the pure white rice paper, and it was getting darker and darker. It looked very pleasing to the eye.

    Qu Feiqing wanted to see it again, but Su Xin had returned to her usual appearance, and didn’t move her eyes.

    Interesting.

    Qu Feiqing shook the glass and glanced at the Emperor Yu who was sitting next to her.

    “Empress Qu?”

    Emperor Yu is a man in his forties who looks quite refined. He saw Qu Feiqing looking at him and asked about it. The relationship between the two countries is good, and the friendship between them is fine.

    Emperor Yu didn’t dare to despise the young woman in front of him. At a young age, with such a temperament, she would be even more important in the future. The Emperor Yu was worried that his descendants would have nothing to compare with Qu Feiqing, so he planned to make friends in advance.

    “What’s that woman’s name?”

    Qu Feiqing gestured towards Emperor Yu towards Su Xin’s direction.

    “Well… I think… It’s right to call her Xue Yao.”

    Emperor Yu had already received the report, so he knew her name. 

    “Empress Qu likes her?”

    Qu Feiqing lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembled, and she continued drinking without answering.

    This lively feast lasted until late at night. When Qu Feiqing returned to her resting place, she saw Su Xin who was standing on the side of the road waiting for her in thin clothes.

    Qu Feiqing stepped down and walked to Su Xin.

    “Queen, one thing to ask.”

    “What’s the matter?”

    “Am I pretty?”

    “Are you sick?”

    Qu Feiqing raised her eyebrows lightly.

    This is embarrassing.

1 Comment

  1. WeavingLilies says:

    Thanks for the Chapter!~
    Aye~
    Very Sick!~

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