“Chu Xiaotian, you want to make Ben Wang’s Wang fei wish for death better than living? En?!”
Upon hearing that voice, everyone tremblingly looked towards the road leading to the shrine’s backyard. There was the man standing high on the steps. Su Wang’s face was scholarly elegant just as always. The navy blue Chang pao he wore was embroidered with simple designs using silver threads, lining his slender figure. His temperament clear and nobly elegant, arrogantly1居高临下 or arrogance based on their social standing and looked down on others. Chu Xiaotian was also described like this last chapter gazing at them. The aura he exudes was extremely powerful, instantly making people feel a great sense of awe and admiration, perceiving the unattainable, then suddenly giving rise to dejection, ashamed of their own inferiority
Standing beside Chu Baning was an old monk wearing a yellow kasaya2袈裟 (jia sha) or kasaya is the robe of Buddhist monks. The monk was already very old, his brows and facial hair was sparse to nonexistent, wrinkles adorned his whole face, his countenance3眉眼 literally translates to brows and eyes, can be used to describe appearance. The monk here is said to look kind from his eyes (as they said, eyes are the window to the soul) looked compassionate, like a next door grandpa. The old monk saw the two dead imperial guards in front of the pavilion and sighed faintly, held on to Buddha beads and recited “Amitabha Buddha”.
There are several guards behind Chu Baning, the one guard closest to him is a guard cladded in black was Chu Baning’s shadow guard. It was him who had struck the two guards of AnYang Imperial Mansion dead just now. Seeing the shadow guard, everyone couldn’t help but feel their hearts contracted. Recalling the speed of him killing someone, no one dared to let out a sound.
And that AnYang Wang Shi Zi’s first reaction to seeing Chu Baning was: no longer cupping his eggs down there, immediately closing his eyes, laying flat, playing dead. And each one of the guards he brought all knelt on the ground, already letting go of people the moment they see Chu Su Wang clearly.
When the young ladies saw Chu Baning, each of them had tears on their lashes, thin and delicate, evoking pity4楚楚可怜 mean delicate and touching, evoking pity and sympathy, exceptionally beautiful and touching, making one feel a sense of pity and tenderness. Only a certain Wang fei, when seeing a certain Wang ye, showed an expression of ‘How could he be here, so unscientific?’ like seeing ghosts. Indeed, it’s clear that this Wang fei really doesn’t fit it and is incompatible with the rest. As a result, when Wang ye swept his eyes over, Ah Nan immediately lowered her face, restraining her eyes, looking delicate and terrified. Her heart, however, feels great guilty conscience, thinking of how to tactfully go over this incident, wishing that he didn’t see her fierce and tough behaviour just a moment ago. She is still a very cleverly cute, quiet, and delicate ancient woman…..
Chu Baning’s gaze swept over, not letting out a sound. Clearly his formidable aura weighed over the people, making them not dare to disobey. Chu Baning came down from the flight of steps. Although he had the arrogance of being someone of high social status, he didn’t look disdainfully at people. But along with him walking pass was the cold atmosphere he brought, making people feel great pressure.
Chu Baning walked up to AnYang Wang Shi Zi and said coldly, “You dare to play dead. Ben Wang doesn’t mind giving you another kick where you are hurt.”
Where it hurt? Wasn’t it the eggs that have repeatedly suffered harm brutally….
Wang ye! This is too cruel, Ao!
In an instant, everyone felt a crazy autumn wind howling past, all stiffened, their hearts filled with amazement5牛 or cow, short of 牛逼, is used as an exclaim of amazement, whether it is out of positive admiration or bewilderment: Ao Ao Ao!! Wang ye, this, can be this straightforward and direct? Indeed a Wang ye ah…..
AnYang Wang Shi Zi‘s face was miserably pale and green. He quickly opened his eyes and wanted to get up, but unfortunately for him, the two women were too tough and fierce, leading to him still hurting in eggs and his feet soft, unable to get up for a long time. Inwardly, he hated and cursed Ah Nan for causing trouble to him. In the end, two guards supported him to get up.
AnYang Wang Shi Zi, looking like a mouse seeing a cat, met Chu Banning’s clear cold black eyes and his legs softened. He directly knelt in front of him, tearily shrunk and called out, “Seventeenth Imperial Uncle…….”
“What a virtue6德行 means morality and conduct. Here refers to Chu Xiaotian can be polite to chu baning but other than that his conduct is questionable, chu baning is being sarcastic ‘so you do know to respect me’!” Chu Baning scolded coldly, “Want to behave so atrociously7撒野 means behaving so badly it was shocking yet not even looking at what kind of place this is! The face of the AnYang Imperial Mansion was thrown to ditch by you!! You, this ‘bull in china shop’8成事不足败事有余 literally translates to insufficient success, surplus failure. It means not being able to do things well and instead make things worse thing, you being alive is just a waste of food!! What a misfortune for the royal family to give birth to this kind of public waste. Don’t say you are surnamed Chu if you go out, Ben Wang is disgusted! No idea how you could live so happily? If it were Ben Wang, I would have long had no face to live in this world and committed suicide.”
AnYang Wang Shi Zi‘s face turned deathly pale. This is truly a heart-wrenching sentence. Moreover, the attack was not over, there’s more ruthless things coming behind——
“You, arrogant child! What you said to Ben Wang’s Wang fei, Ben Wang had memorized it in heart. Ben Wang wants to know how else would you let her wish death more than living? Or should Ben Wang test out the methods you mentioned earlier to deal with Ben Wang’s Wang fei on you first?! En?”
The last “En” word, once again made the people present shudder.
Want to test out the methods he mentioned earlier to deal with those two cheap9贱人 means cheap/despicable person, or slut. I used ‘slut’ in previous chapter because it was Chu Xiaotian saying it and it fit better. people on him first?! Isn’t that throwing him into Yichun Courtyard to be fucked by men days and nights?!
Ai you, hey, Imperial Uncle ah! That could kill people ah!!
AnYang Wang Shi Zi had gone a little limp, fortunately there were two imperial guards supporting him. However, his whole face showed desolation and despair.
Ah Nan recalled the wild words said by a certain Shi Zi just now, then her eyes lit up. Ai yo, it’s exploding chrysanthemum10….As in sodomy, if you don’t get it. Chrysanthemum refers to butthole, it’s still exploding chrysanthemum, it’s still exploding chrysanthemum…..
“Xiao jie, what Wang ye said was exploding chrysanthemum, right?” Ru Cui’s eyes lit up, whispering on Ah Nan’s ear. This girl thinks that with Wang Ye’s presence, there is no need to fear anything. That way of thinking being: Domineering attitude “We can rule with Wang ye around”!
Ah Nan’s face was full of black lines. This girl is too much of a simpleton. This kind of thing is enough to be kept in heart ah! Why do you have to say it ne? Be careful, the walls have ears ah!
AnYang Wang Shi Zi was about to cry, looking at the legendary “short-lived jealous woman——Su Wang fei” and seeing the young lady putting up a frightened and weak appearance, he felt his eggs down there hurt even more——If this girl is weak and delicate, then there would be no weak and delicate women in this world, that is a master of brutality——It’s just that when facing a certain Wang ye, he didn’t dare to make a ruckus like before, weakly saying, “Seventeenth Imperial Uncle, I really didn’t know she is Seventeenth Imperial Aunt. Really not on purpose…..” He hasn’t lived long enough, also have yet to take liberties11调戏, I previously translated it as sexual assault with enough beauties under the heavens. How could he let his family’s seventeenth imperial uncle think of him, then after half way through living, he went to the abyss of suffering12I think the guy means he hasn’t been under Chu Baning’s eyes (so chu baning “care” for him because he minded his own business) but now he had to live “in the abyss” because he got noticed by him?
AnYang Wang Shi Zi felt that today must be his unlucky day. He just heard some scoundrel friends say that there is a master preaching at the Bai Ma Temple today, there must be a lot of Furen and young ladies coming to burn incense and worship Buddha, listening to the scriptures. So, he had a sudden idea and brought over a dozen guards, wanting to see if there would be suitable beauties today. If he was satisfied, he would go back and ask his grandmother, AnYang Tai fei13太妃 is a title that is bestowed to former imperial concubines (the concubines of the previous emperor, there are also other titles for them such as 太嫔). So it seems that Emperor chongde’s and Chu Baning’s father had a concubine who was then bestowed with the title AnYang Tai fei after his death, her son (Chu Baning’s and emperor’s blood brother) was given the title AnYang Wang, chu xiaotian is this one’s son, to go and seek the Empress Dowager to appoint a marriage, or directly grab her back to become a beautiful concubine——This is indeed a bear-headed person, who is used to act tyrannically14The RAW was 欺男霸女 translates to ‘taking unfair advantage of men and oppressing women.’, never considered whether the others are willing or not, and whether he can provoke them——but who would have known, the beauties has been seen, but there is something poisonous, harming him almost to the point of being unable to act from now on. Even provoking the disaster star that every single one of the royal family’s younger generation fears.
There is a saying spread among all the royal family’s brothers and sisters: The tiger’s butt can be touched, but Chu Baning can’t be provoked!
Touching a tiger’s butts would at most cause them to let someone kill the tiger. But provoking Chu Baning, not everyone can bear the consequences. Because this Wang ye’s way of dealing with someone would especially and truly make people want to hide themselves and commit suicide, making them feel ashamed and resentful, wanting to die.
Just like now, AnYang Wang Shi Zi, Chu Xiaotian, is genuinely worried that this solemn Seventeenth Imperial Uncle would put on his incomparably solemn face and then give him another kick where he was harmed——Don’t doubt it, Chu Baning absolutely can do such a thing.
Speaking of which, there is also a reason why the AnYang Wang Shi Zi, Chu Xiaotian, was raised to the point of having such a bear-like personality.
He is the only Di-born son of AnYang Wang, and was also an only child. AnYang Wang has numerous wives and concubines, but for some reason only this child, the apple in their eyes, was born. They held his hands in horror of him falling down, kept him in the mouth afraid of him melting, doted on and coddled him in all possible ways. No need to say, even the one with the highest authority in the AnYang Imperial Mansion, AnYang Tai fei, also pampered and spoiled him, resulting in him getting spoiled and developed such a bear temperament. This AnYang Tai fei was the one of previous Emperor’s concubines, and was also the current Empress Dowager’s sister from the same clan, with a considerably deep friendly relationship with the Empress Dowager. Both the Emperor and Empress Dowager looked at this AnYang Tai fei’s face15Looking at someone’s face means like to overlook something because of someone. Like here the emperor overlooked chu xiaotian behavior because he have to keep some dignity of the AnYang tai fei (by pretending they didn’t see the guy’s shameful behavior) and indulged this AnYang Shi Zi. No matter how this grandson of hers stirred up any kind of trouble, as long as the AnYang Imperial Mansion lay quietly16As in not plotting coup or something, they would open an eye and close the other for AnYang Imperial Mansion, gently dealing with it. Under such indulgence and coddling, AnYang Wang Shi Zi naturally grew to have this bear personality. Moreover, he was a lustful person. His shadow can be found in all red-light districts17花街柳巷, literally flower street and willow lanes in the capital. He is the capital’s most famous dandy. Women from good families would all take a detour when seeing him, away from this lecherous slag.
However, although Chu Xiaotian has been ruined by his upbringing, his courage was not so bear-like. It was just that today, he was instigated by a group of scoundrel friends to come to Bai Ma temple to chase women, even sent out a grand speech and bet that they would absolutely be able to fool a peerless beauty to warm his bed, making people roar with laughter. Coincidentally, Lu Fei’an appeared, with a stunning appearance that dazzled his eyes, muddling his bear head. It was only then that he fearlessly made the decision to kidnap people. Who knows he would be so unfortunate to encounter and offend the supposedly in fear of dying young Su Wang fei, how miserable~~
“Seventeenth Imperial Uncle, I was wrong, I was wrong ah…” AnYang Wang Shi Zi burst into tears and started crying with a runny nose. Today, he was really unlucky.He didn’t get to touch the beauty, but instead was abused unspeakably on the males’ family jewels by the legendary short-lived seventeenth imperial aunt. Also still has to face the punishment of his family’s seventeenth imperial uncle who should never be provoked…..Thinking of this, AnYang Wang Shi Zi cried even harder. If it wasn’t because of his soft feet and eggs hurting, he really wanted to throw himself and hug Chu Baning’s legs to ask for forgiveness,
Fortunately, when the incident happened just now, the imperial guards brought by Chu Baning had already gone to clear the scene. AnYang Wang Shi Zi’s stupid18The word used here is actually 锉, literally means a file (as in tool), nowadays it can also be used to refer to people with inferior achievement/proficiency, not so bright people, unlucky people, or those with bad habits. appearance was not seen by outsiders. Otherwise, the face of all the royal family’s younger generation would have all been lost by him.
Everyone present saw the little Shi Zi, the evil tyrant who had just been incomparably arrogant, now crying for forgiveness. Although they felt relieved, they also felt like it was a dream. And the man who turned everything around appearing like an unrivaled hero, unsurprisingly had caused the young ladies to develop a crush, heart beating incessantly, blushing across their whole face.
Chu Baning’s face turned a bit dark, his voice lowered with some coldness, “Shut up! How shameful for a man to cry like this!”
AnYang Wang Shi Zi immediately stopped crying, turning to Ah Nan tactfully to apologize, “Seventeenth Imperial Aunt, Xiaotian was wrong. Please don’t take to heart what this me has done19The RAW was: 请您大人不计小人过, translates to “Please, you adults/esteemed people, don’t calculate what this lowly me has done.’ But it sounds a bit insulting and sarcastic in english.. Please forgive me this one time.”
Ah Nan looked at Chu Baning with some embarrassment. As if she didn’t have the right to forgive him. Ah Nan couldn’t wait to take charge. She twisted her handkerchief, whispered, “Wang ye, just now Chen qie was also anxious and had hurt Shi Zi… But if Shi Zi wants to take away Chen qie’s clan sister, Chen qie has no choice but to……”
Ah Nan’s words had not even finished, the cold air fell once again.
Seeing Chu Baning’s cold expressionless face, AnYang Wang Shi Zi‘s inner thoughts leaked on his face, really wanted to say: Short-lived Seventeenth Imperial Aunt ah, there are so many people betting on your death. Why are you still not dying a death?! Although Ben Shi Zi also bet that you won’t live past a month in the gambling house, you are still alive and kicking until now. Ben Shi Zi has also lost a lot ah… Why are you harming me like this?
AnYang Wang Shi Zi inwardly harbored great hatred towards Ah Nan. He dared not provoke Chu Baning, nor did he dare to do anything to Ah Nan, the Su Wang fei. However, that doesn’t mean he cannot retaliate. When he returns home, he would absolutely ask for that woman no matter what!!
“Seventeenth Imperial Aunt, Xiaotian didn’t know she is your sister from the same clan. He definitely won’t do it next time. Please believe me and spare me this time…”
Ah Nan looked at that big guy Shi Zi who looked at her with teary and eager eyes akin to that of a rabbit. What a great pressure ah! Moreover, her Wang ye is here, forgiving him or not isn’t something she has a final say in. She is still playing the role of a virtuous wife and loving mother, outside affairs are up for Wang ye to decide.
Thinking, Ah Nan bowed to Chu Baning, warmly and glutinously said, “Wang ye, this matter is up for you to decide.” Looking like she regarded her husband in utmost importantly20The literal translation was ‘her face showed that she regard her husband as heaven.’.
So AnYang Wang Shi Zi looked at Chu Baning with a green and pale face. As for the Lu Clan’s women side that is like fairies descending to the mortal world, now he didn’t dare to take a glance.
Chu Baning nodded and said, “First, get lost and go back to the AnYang Imperial Mansion, face the wall21面壁 or literally facing the wall can refer to be punished to face the wall, or being told to reflect on their studies! If you dare to offend Ben Wang again, Ben Wang don’t mind cleaning up San ge’s22Third brother, referring to AnYang Wang household!”
AnYang Wang Shi Zi nodded violently, then hesitated, wanting to ask how many days he should face the wall. However, seeing Chu Banning’s deep and hard to fathom eyes, he was immediately frightened and didn’t dare to ask anything, hurriedly let the imperial guards help him away.
After AnYang Wang Shi Zi and his group of guards left, Ah Nan, looking like a little wife, hurried over to Chu Baning’s front, calling out to him softly, “Wang ye……”
Chu Baning looked at her, then turned his head to the group of guards, saying, “A few of you, go escort the Imperial Chancellor’s residence’s young ladies back.”
Lu Feiting looked eagerly at Chu Baning, but seeing that he didn’t take note of them, she casually ordered the people sending them away to depart, feeling extremely bitter and pained. Lu Fei’an and Lu Feiya were also scared terribly today. Just now, seeing Chu Baning show his might, directly scolded that dandy to repeatedly beg for mercy, their hearts became full of gratitude. They had already regarded him as a hero. Now, hearing that Chu Baning just casually instructed someone to send them back, there was a continuous feeling of unease in their hearts.
After a moment, only Su Wang’s mansion people and the wrinkled old monk were left on the scene.
Chu Baning looked at Ah Nan with a faint coldness, then turned his body to the old monk, cupping his hands and said, “Great Master, Ben Wang has troubled you today.”
After that monk repeatedly recited “Amitabha Buddha,” he unhurriedly said, “Wang ye has a stern and upright character, heart caring for the world’s affairs, a blessing for the common people. This time, Wang ye would be on a long journey, slaughter would be hard to avoid. This old man can only say one sentence, only wishing Wang ye to remember benevolence in heart, it’s enough to be in peace throughout one’s life.”
“Great master’s words, Ba Ning sincerely remembers in heart. Thanking great master a lot for the guidance.”
“Amitabha Buddha…..”
After the two people finish speaking, the old monk unhurriedly turned to leave.
Ah Nan blinked, that’s all? Why does it feel like the old monk ignored her, this Wang fei ba….. Ah Nan inwardly sighed, Sure enough, she is just a nobody and couldn’t even enter an enlightened high-ranking monk’s eyes.
“Ah Nan, let’s go!”
Chu Baning held Ah Nan’s hand, slowly walking down the mountain, followed by the maids, Momos, and several guards.
Ah Nan, like a little wife, carefully peeked at Chu Banning’s face, not knowing if he had any thoughts on what had just happened or if he had a bad impression of her behavior….. But Chu Banning’s constant solemn expression made it difficult for her to guess what he was thinking. She felt anxious for a while, thinking that her goal of being a virtuous wife and loving mother seemed to be getting further and further away.
No one spoke for a while.
Until they reached the foot of the mountain, got into the carriage, and Chu Baning grabbing Ah Nan who had just entered the carriage, putting her in front of him, looking at her with his solemn face.
Ah Nan was frightened to the point not daring to breathe, straightened up her back, only thinking of one thing: it’s time to settle accounts. Indeed, she almost ruined AnYang Wang Shi Zi, who is the son of one of his brothers. Even if they are not brothers from the same mother, they are still brothers from the same father. Maybe she, this Wang fei, has touched his bottom line.
It was indeed a matter of settling accounts. Chu Baning reached out and pinched her soft-and-fluffy-bun-of-a-face, coldly saying, “Throw away your shoes, wash your feet immediately when you got back!” Then he added, “If you want to do this kind of thing in the future, let the servants do it, don’t get your feet dirty.”
“………..”
When Ananda realized that this Wang ye was referring to her act of kicking people just now, she reacted23The RAW here has a 华丽丽, which actually means gorgeous, but in internet slang it is added to make a certain comment bland, like you can’t really feel sincere emotion. 囧! Ah Nan inwardly thinking, as it turns out it was this Wang ye’s mysophobia taking offense again.
Ah Nan: =__= ! Wang ye, my feet are really not dirty. There are still shoes and socks lining them……
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AnYang Imperial Mansion.
When they saw the AnYang Wang Shi Zi being carried back by the guards, the servants of the AnYang Mansion were immediately alarmed. When AnYang Wang fei received the news and came, she saw her son lying on the bed with a deathly pale complexion. She cried and fainted on the spot. For a moment, the whole AnYang Imperial Mansion was in chaos.
When AnYang Wang fei was awakened, AnYang Wang had heard of the news and hurried over, entering with a gloomy face. The Imperial physician had also been invited.
The AnYang Wang husband and wife were both nervously staring at the Imperial physician, who was feeling the pulse of the imminent-of-peril24RAW: 气若游丝, literally translates to breath like being on a thread, it describes the faint signs of breath and life, the imminent danger for life AnYang Wang Shi Zi, Chu Xiaotian.
The Imperial physician felt his pulse and observed the five senses25Refers to the five senses (五官) of chinese traditional medicine: eyes, nose, ears, mouth, tongue of AnYang Wang Shi Zi, his face somewhat heavy.
AnYang Wang Shi Zi looked at the Imperial physician with an extremely fragile expression, saying weakly, “Imperial physician, is Ben Shi Zi……” His words were not finished, but it was clear how much he suffered. Although Chu Xiaotian tried his best to appear so weak he couldn’t get out of bed just to deal with Chu Baning’s heavy punishment, he was more concerned about his consecutively-brutally-beaten male organ. It is crucial for his lifelong sexual happiness ah!
The Imperial physician first let the AnYang Wang to expel the servants, leaving only the AnYang Wang husband and wife in the room, then heavily said, “Wang ye, Wang fei, Shi Zi has injured his genitalia, I’m afraid that26He isn’t actually afraid, it’s just how chinese people talk when delivering bad news……”
“What?!!”
The AnYang Wang husband and wife were shocked. Then the AnYang Wang fei could no longer bear the stimulation and directly fainted, causing the AnYang Wang to also be flustered. He hurriedly hugged his unconscious wife and carried her to a long Ta27If you don’t remember, it’s this one bench thing
on the side.
AnYang Wang Shi Zi also looked panicked and in suffering, his heart harbored extreme resentment, Could it be that he would never be able to get it up again in this life?!
The Imperial physician saw that they had misunderstood and quickly said, “You all have misunderstood. What this lowly official meant was that the Shi Zi has injured his male genitalia, I’m afraid he must not enter the chambers28Means having sex, the chamber refers to a woman’s room. Back in those times men would chose which women (concubines) they will “sleep” with by going to her room for a year…..” The Imperial physician thought to himself that this was also a good thing. In any case, the Shi Zi hasn’t gotten married yet. It avoids him being idle and annoyingly relies on his status to act tyranically, and harm good women.
The Imperial physician remembered the usual conduct of AnYang Wang Shi Zi, guessing that AnYang Wang Shi Zi might have kicked the iron plate this time. He didn’t know which family’s young lady he had provoked in order to be seriously injured on his genitals. This is a matter that would injure a man’s self-esteem. En, should he speak a little more gravely so he would learn a lesson and not run out to harm the good women in the capital?
Translator’s little theater:
Ah Nan: …..I thought too highly of you, Wang ye! =_=