The Princess Wei Yang

77.1.Massive Fire in the Middle of the Night

窈窕淑女，君子好逑 - My fair lady, the gentleman is good

沙弥 Shāmí - a young, Buddhist monk

主子 Zhuzi - how servants refer to their master

平妻 píng qī- ping qi are recognized with the same social and legal status and the first wife, even though they may not be the legal wife

1双宿双飞 - lit. stay together and fly together, a metaphor for an inseparable couple, like mandarin ducks

Yan Wangye - refers to Yama who judges the dead and presides over Hell, also known as King Yan or the King of Hell

Tuoba Zhen smiled faintly: "I happened to be passing through, so I decided to stop by and pay my respects to Buddha."

The corner of Li Wei Yang's lips inched up, she had a blank smile: "Oh? San Dianxia believes in Buddha as well?"

Tuoba Zhen found her question a bit strange and asked: "Why would I not be?"

Li Wei Yang smiled at the Bodhisattva in the atrium, her lips curving into a detached smile, not giving him a clear explanation.

Tuoba Zhen was frustrated but did not express any of this frustration, continuing to smile as he asked Tuoba Yu beside him: "Do you understand any of Xianzhu's words?"

In truth, Tuoba Yu was puzzled by them as well. He did not know why he always felt that Li Wei Yang had some animosity against Tuoba Zhen. Perhaps this was the reason why she was helping him. Although between the San Dianxia of the Imperial family and a Xiaojie of the Prime Minister's household, what kind of enmity would they have with one another? He could not understand any of it.

Li Wei Yang had told herself that in this lifetime, she would not allow Tuoba Zhen to get what he wanted. As for everything else, she could care less, but every time she saw him, the contempt she held for him quickly resurfaced. She did not provoke him, but he himself was always condescending, looking down at her, promising that he could bring her to such glorious heights. It was rather ironic. In the past lifetime, she had fallen to such a miserable state, how could she repeat the same mistakes? Just the thought of it made her turn around and say: "My family must be looking for me, I must return soon. Please, continue..." She performed a ceremonial greeting and led Bai Zhi and Zhao Yue away.

Tuoba Zhen wanted to stop her, but Tuoba Yu was a step ahead of him, blocking his way.

A cold light crossed Tuoba Zhen's eyes as he slowly said: "What is Qi Di trying to do?"

Tuoba Yu smiled wryly: "Has San ge not realized that Xianzhu doesn't want to speak with you?"

Tuoba Zhen scoffed and said: "When did you become her messenger?"

Tuoba Yu did not retaliate at the slightest: "Yaotiao shunu, junzi hao qiu, San ge has never heard of this before?"

Tuoba Zhen found this ironic, his eyes darkened: "Qi di, do not hold it against San ge for reminding you, although Li Wei Yang may be Xianzhu, it is only a title in name. There is no respect or power associated with that title, if you wish to marry her, I only fear De Fei niang niang would be the first to object."

Tuoba Yu did not pay his words any mind, he remained unfazed: "San ge does not need to be concerned with this, I will say this again, San ge has asked to marry Da Xiaojie of the Prime Minister's residence, if San ge has that much time, San ge should spend some time thinking about how to make good impressions first."

Each person had something to quip, their responses equally scathing. The shami in the other room began to sweat profusely after hearing this. He didn't know what was between these two Huangzi Dianxia, why were they so tense with one another, could it be because of that xiao guniang?! That was strange, what part of her did they find so charming...