C43 Part1

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Murong Yu changed his mind and turned to the nearby Cunmo Pavilion.

Sometimes there were so many government affairs that he would stay at the Palace overnight.

Whenever he had finished the memorial and it was late, he would stop in the Palace and spend the night in the Cunmo Pavilion instead of returning to his Palace.

The Cunmo Pavilion was simple, elegant and quiet, and very few Palace servants ever came here.

He occasionally stayed overnight, leaving two servants in charge of the Pavilion.

Naturally, these two servants were his people.

It was so late, the two servants thought that the Regent would not come, so they had already retired from their duty.

Murong Yu didn't make much noise because he didn't want the Palace staff to know they were there.

He put Murong Ci on his bed and whispered twice, but she still didn't respond.

The Palace lantern was lit, and the dark red light and shadow made her face and lips look extremely white:

'Smooth forehead, beautiful curved eyelashes, beautiful nose, thin lips like petals, exquisite snow-white chin, small jade-like ear beads, smooth and delicate snow-like neck, and delicate and fragile jade-white skin......'

He had always felt that the term "beautiful and delicious" was too exaggerated, but now he really felt that such a term was true.

'Hunger......'

That feeling was so clear.

His slender fingers gently rubbed her delicate and smooth snow-like skin, and the indescribable soft touch made his blood veins speed up, and there was a scorching heat in his chest...

Murong Yu sighed secretly, picked her up and pinched her cheeks before she woke up.

There was a dark cloud in front of her.

Murong Ci slowly opened her eyes, and there was a moment of clarity and blankness in her mind.

The surrounding was quiet, dim and silent,

'Where is this?'

In the dark background all around, there was only a snow-colored handsome face exuding a warm jade-like soft light, and only steel-like long arms tightly embracing her.

In an instant, her face became hot and she pushed him away in a panic.

"This tea is prepared by the Palace staff every day.

Have a drink."

He moved the teacup close to her lips.

His movements were awkward and spasmodic, showing that he had never served people like this.

She held the tea cup in embarrassment and drank while thinking.

'Could this be the Cunmo Pavilion, the place he stayed at when he stayed overnight in the Palace?

What did he bring me here for?'

Thinking of the various suspicious cases and murders that occurred these days,

recalling the moment of shock and ecstasy they had in the Qingyuan Palace Sleeping Hall before,

and considering the few hours he deliberately made them spend together, walking around the Palace alone that night, she had to doubt his intentions and never let go of vigilance, staying on her guard back again.

'Was this tea tampered by him?'

She just woke up and her mind was still confused.

So she drank it in confusion.

"This is the Cunmo Pavilion."

Murong Yu saw the deep guard in her eyes, and his face became a little cold,

"You just fainted."

"Thank you, Prince Regent.

This Prince is all right now.

I'll go back to the East Palace first."

Murong Ci stood up and walked out hastily, a little embarrassed.

He chased out quickly,

"It's quiet at this time.

And it's not safe for you to return to the East Palace alone.

This King will escort you back."

She walked fast, as if there was a big bad wolf chasing from behind,

"No need."

Murong Yu stopped her outside the Cunmo Pavilion, and facing her with his back, he suggested her to get on his shoulder.

She froze for a moment, and then sat on his shoulders silently.

'I just fainted because of exhaustion.

If I go back on foot, the consequences will be disastrous.

Riding on his shoulder seems to be the wisest choice now...'

Murong Yu walked forward, she looked back awkwardly.

As he walked through the Palace roads, the dim light and shadow concealed his snow-like face, and only the golden light on the black python robe flickered in the night breeze, sharp and piercing.

She turned her head to the side and tried to relax, leaning completely on his shoulders, but still felt the thorns of exhaustion on her back.

After rushing around in the middle of the night, she was really tired.

The tight body slackened, and those vigilance and defenses could finally be put down a little bit.

Murong Yu watched her gradually being swallowed by the darkness, and his deep eyes narrowed, as sharply and cool as usual.

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※※ (N.B.) As the story has progressed until now, many main characters and side characters made their appearance throughout the story.

Since the story is massively long, and many characters' backgrounds have been told or narrated during the previous chapters I decided to make a timeline table that explains what we know until now, based on the info we've learned: who are the characters, and what their actions and main events were.

Hopefully this will clarify many aspects and maybe give a hint to the reason for some of those events occurrence and future events.

I'll update it as soon as new references and info are added to the list!

(Some ages are unknown or not fully clarified, thus not indicated in this list!)

※※ I'm not sure which one of the two pictures could be viewed the best so I'll post both versions, a full version(the originally meant one) and a more stretched and zoomed one(not sure if in Wattpad there will be any difference though...Hopefully one of them can be viewed properly.)

※※ In case none of them is good/clear, I also uploaded it here:

https://i.ibb.co/L8LsGmG/time-line2.png

Finally, as always, I'd like to thank all the readers for your warm support and comments!

Although I'm just a mere translator I do put a lot of efforts and research behind this translation, so as to make this story as clear in English as possible, to share it to as many people as possible.

Although it is not even close to perfection( being my own translation style and decisions) I'll keep trying my best. I love this story and hopefully more people will like it as well!

Thank you again, and thanks to the original Chinese author as well, for this fantastic story!

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END of CHAPTER 43 PART 1

.....................to be continued