TICIEC Chapter 2.1

Of course, Tang Miaoling also knew that she was behaving strangely!

But facing the ruthless person who had sent her off, how could she dare not be kind?

She had once believed that with her beauty and noble status, she would surely rise to prominence in the harem.

But she never expected that she wouldn’t even live for more than a month!

What no one expected was that the Emperor would favor the unknown Ning Wanyin.

Just being favored would be fine…

Tang Miaoling only called her shameless and said that she had some seductive tricks to seduce men.

What was even more terrifying was Ning Wanyin’s ruthlessness…

It had only been one month since she entered the palace, and Ning Wanyin had already killed three people!

That was like rushing to attend someone’s funeral banquet¹吃席, chī​xí: to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding, etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb’s funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) .

Tang Miaoling was the third victim.

Because she wanted to steal Ning Wanyin’s favor, and after failing to do that, she became enraged and framed Ning Wanyin. She even threatened Ning Wanyin’s parents’ lives to help her win favor…

The result…

She was sent to the cold palace.

Ning Wanyin, acting as her cousin, came to see her off openly.

She ignored her pleas and didn’t torture her, but gave her a quick death.

She died peacefully, which might be the only good news.

Waking up again, Tang Miaoling found herself back to the eve of entering the palace.

Ning Wanyin, the woman who had killed her in her previous life, now lived next door to her.

Woo, this is too terrifying!

She is certain that she is no match for Ning Wanyin or anyone else in the harem.

She has merely been reborn, not her brain has changed.

If Ning Wanyin could kill her once, she could kill her a second time.

The palace fight is terrifying!

Her cousin is so cruel!

She really wants to go home!

If she had been given another chance, she wouldn’t have come to the capital to participate in the selection, let alone offend Ning Wanyin!

Luckily, the suicidal things she’d done since entering the palace hadn’t happened yet. The thing that had most offended Ning Wanyin so far was stealing the fan.

It’s better to mend the fence after the sheep have been stolen²The story of the Chinese idiom ‘亡羊补牢’ literally means “to mend the sheepfold after losing sheep”. It tells us: When one makes a mistake, as long as he/she can draw a lesson from it seriously, he/she will avoid making mistakes again and suffering greater losses. It’s never too late to correct the mistakes after you know them.. If it’s not too late, her life might still be saved, right?

“Cousin, I brought a box of jewelry with me when I came to the capital. Your birthday is coming up soon, and as your elder sister, I haven’t prepared anything, so I’ll give you this box of jewelry as a small gift to celebrate.”

Tang Miaoling looked at Ning Wanyin attentively and instructed Cui Ping, the maid beside her.

“Bring my treasure box.”

Cui Ping was stunned.

The treasure box was filled with beautiful, newly made jewelry that Tang Miaoling had specially commissioned to win favor in the palace. These were incredibly valuable and her favorite things. Normally, she wouldn’t even give one piece to anyone else, but now she was giving the entire box to Ning Wanyin?

Is her young lady crazy?

After waking up today, the young lady was crying and laughing, and she really seemed to be in a nightmare.

Ning Wanyin remained unmoved by her capriciousness, calmly declining the offer.

“You’re too polite, Cousin. This is something you carry with yourself. How can I ask you to part with it…”

“No, no, no, I don’t like jewelry anymore, recently… You can take it.” Tang Miaoling quickly refused.

Cheng Shi was also surprised to see this scene and quickly declined on Ning Wanyin’s behalf. They dared not accept such a valuable item.

After several rounds of polite deliberation, Tang Miaoling was practically exasperated.

Finally, it was forced upon Cheng Shi.

Only then did Tang Miaoling finally feel half relieved.

With the fan returned and an apology made, Ning Wanyin wouldn’t turn against her and kill her, right?

 

 

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