Refusing to Serve Me? Then Off With Your Head!

Chapter 19

Martial Arts Trump Femininity

People said that the women's fight in the harem had always involved tidy and innovative methods. The arrival of Princess Qin Yu Zheng opened my eyes about how the world worked.

Qin Yu Zheng came from the imperial family, Rui Wang's manor was basically a little-version of the harem; that makes her skilled when it came to fighting for men. I suffered a terrible lost under her hands.

Method No. 1: The evil ones always went to complain first.

On the second day, she pulled open her sleeve and pointed at some ugly whip marks on her hand before complaining about my terrible behavior. "Yan Lang, you must give me some justice! I waited for An Lang in front of his house for such a long time, yesterday. I asked him whether or not he could take me with the two of you the next time you two goes out to play. Who could have known....... He told his people to whip me!" In order to express her grief, tears and assuming the body language of someone who had received a grievance was necessary.

I was shocked senseless.

I was the one with the wounds and injuries!

If I did the same and show Yan Ping the injuries I sustain, he would have thought it came from Father! After all, other than drinking with those old military officials, the great Regent's other hobby was coming after his child with a latch! That was a well-known fact within the kingdom.

Women were more likely to be a little aggressive than usual when it came to confronting their love rivals. The best example to that was this one female emperor who strangled her own daughter; the closest to her was Rui Wang's Qin Yu Zheng.

I stared with bulged eyes as Yan Ping pulled back her sleeves with eyes so gentle it might as well be water. After that, he turned to me with a pair of icy, sharp eyes.

Honestly, even if Yan Ping hadn't believed her, I would have disregard everything and went for her. But upon realizing that Father would have no one to offer him incense if I wasn't around, I forced myself to hold it in.

Trick No.2: Take advantage to show appropriate reaction when the enemy shows weakness.

For all people knew, I was a man. Men were of course bold and uncouth.

Since the beginning of everything, in order to play the convincing role of a man, I used to follow Father around and copied his action. Uncle Tong caught me once, he laughed at me for a long time.

Once, he told me, "Xiao Lang, if you grow a beard like the old master and wear his clothes, there will be no telling between you and him."

I was trying to copy the way Father threw off door latch when he said that. I excitedly copied the way Father rushed into the door, I knew I managed to flung it outside without even looking. I only heard a pained scream. I had a bad feeling about it; I curiously poked my head outside to check and saw Father who had just returned from the morning court.

He was used to be the one wrecking the door latch and now that the table had turned, he did not manage to react on time. It hit him on the head, forming a bump right away.

...... En. Father needs to practice on his alertness.

I naturally received a good round beating after that. From that, I learned from Father that unless you could find someone you could vent to, just hold it all in. Other than holding it in, there was also a method called 'military-like oppression'. There was also that method called 'conciliate', I heard he always used that move against his opponents in the court, but he had never used them on me so I hadn't learn them yet.