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The Ye Family's Reckoning "What did you say? Ye Li took the top oiran title?" The words came out sharp, nothing like the soft, measured voice Ye Ying was known for. In the flower hall of her courtyard, a servant girl knelt on the floor and answered without lifting her head. "Miss, that is what is being said outside. The Third Lady has returned home, and the Qin family, the Xu family, Huaguo Gongfu, Yangwei General's Residence, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Residence have all sent gifts to congratulate her on winning the championship." Ye Ying's hand swept across the side table. Everything on it crashed to the floor. The girl at the front of the group was struck by something but swallowed her pain and pressed her forehead lower. "Miss, please calm yourself." "Calm down." Ye Ying repeated it like the words were foreign to her. "How did that girl become the flower leader? How?" She ha...

"So, Ye Li is plain-looking." "Li'er..." Qin Zheng said, worry creeping into her voice. Murong Ting and Hua Tianxiang turned toward Ye Li with the same unease. Ye Li caught Qin Zheng's eye and gave a small shake of her head, the corner of her mouth lifting. Seeing that the smile was easy and unforced, Qin Zheng let out a breath. She reminded herself: Li'er's mother had once been called the most gifted woman in the capital, and her grandfather the most gifted in the realm. Even if Ye Li had never been known to practice, she would have learned whatever needed to be learned. While the room watched, Ye Li walked to the table where the brushes and ink were still laid out. She stood for a moment, considering, then took up the brush and set it to the fine rice paper. Up on the high platform, Feng Zhiyao watched with quiet interest as the girl in celadon robes bent over the paper, her brush moving without hesitation. He gave an almost imperceptible nod. Y...

"This..." Ren Wanyun hesitated. If she shared quarters with Shen Miao, she would find it nearly impossible to avoid blame should anything happen to the girl. Before she could settle on a better approach, Shen Miao pressed on: "If Auntie refuses, then the question becomes whether Elder Sister or Second Sister would be willing to share with me." Shen Yue's eyes shifted, but she said nothing. Shen Qing had no clear idea of her mother's intentions, though she sensed vaguely that this entire trip had been arranged with Shen Miao in mind. On top of that, her dislike for Shen Miao had grown too deep to bother with pretense. She said coldly, "I am accustomed to sleeping alone." "In that case..." Shen Miao appeared to think it over. "Then I will stay with Fifth Niece in the North Pavilion." Before Shen Miao could finish her sentence, Ren Wanyun cut in and volunteered. She reasoned that living together, even at a distance from the main...

Others might think that a missing pinky finger had nothing to do with being called a "complete person," but Zhou Man herself did not seem to think so. Jin Buhuan couldn't help but fall into a brief daze. Then he snapped back: "Wait, did you just agree to this?" Zhou Man smiled and lowered her hand. She walked over at a leisurely pace and righted the screen that had toppled to the floor. Then she asked: "If I agree, everything depends on how we cooperate. I know my cultivation isn't high right now, but you're coming to me with a job. What exactly is it?" Jin Buhuan didn't glance at her, as if weighing his words, but in the end he kept it short: "Some dirty work." Then he added: "You killed someone at the Chen Temple without flinching. This won't scare you, will it?" Zhou Man ignored the weight he put behind those words and just asked: "How dirty?" Jin Buhuan's expression shifted. A slow, slightly d...

Mo Qing arrived at the Shen Mansion gatehouse the following morning, earlier than Shen Miao had expected. She had already arranged things beforehand, slipping silver to the concierge through Shuangjiang and having him introduce Mo Qing as a distant cousin. Since the gatehouse guards were sorted by rank and position, Mo Qing had asked only for the outermost post, and so he settled in without trouble. Three days passed quickly. On the morning of the third day, Ren Wanyun had everything prepared well before dawn and sent her attendant Xianglan to inform Shen Miao of the arrangements. Before the carriages departed, the whole party gathered at Rongjing Hall. Old Lady Shen addressed them with a grave expression, the usual sort of instruction about conducting oneself properly in a sacred place. She rarely made the trip to Wolong Temple herself. The temple sat too far from the city, and though it had a reputation, it drew far fewer worshippers than the closer temples in town. Why she had ch...

The Jiuhua Sect's Five Elements Master specialized in water, so his disciples had naturally refined ice techniques to a sharp edge. When they saw their senior brother seal Yu Chen in a block of ice before he could even draw a trick, the rest broke into laughter. "Su Yishui raised this kind of trash? Why do they bother throwing punches and making noise?" The young Xishan disciples who had come up the mountain behind their senior brother burned with anger at that. Senior brother Takakura was already moving to rush forward when junior sister Ranran caught his arm from behind. Their Uncle Shi had been frozen solid before he could pull off a single move. What good could a few green recruits do against disciples who could manage that? Takakura assumed his junior sister was frightened, so he only glared at her and said, "A man of honor cannot swallow this humiliation. These bastards are walking all over us. Are we supposed to tuck our heads in like turtles?" Ranra...