Chapter 58

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“What is that remedy? Will that stop the bleeding?” But she remained confused and pressed her belly before suddenly saying with a sobbing voice, “No! The blood… is still flowing non-stop, it won’t stop at all! Master, am I… really going to die?”

“Don’t worry… everything will be fine, you’ll be fine soon.” He took a step back, not wanting to say more, and after some thought, he simply said, “Let me take you to Ah-Ming’s sister-in-law’s house at the bottom of the hill later… She has experience and can take good care of you.”

She agreed without understanding, after all, she was so young that she believed whatever her Master would say, and since he said it would be fine, she was mostly relieved to hear this arrangement and said with joy, “Great! Ah-Ming’s sister-in-law’s cooking is delicious… I haven’t eaten meat in the mountains for ages and I’m starving!”

Her expression was still so clueless, not having the slightest idea of the profound changes that were taking place inside her body, beginning the metamorphosis from a child to a woman.

He couldn’t help but sigh and said, “You’re staying at Ah-Ming’s sister-in-law’s place for the next few days, so there’s no need to go to the valley to practice – it’s raining outside and it’s too cold in the stone cave, which is not good for your health.”

“Really? No practice?” She cheered, forgetting the panic she felt a few moments ago when she thought she was going to die, “Great! Thank you, Master!”

The thirteen-year-old girl was filled with nothing but the joy of a lazy rest, yet as the young priest looked at her quietly, his face darkened and he sighed – this destiny had come to an end after all. They are about to go back to their separated worlds and become strangers from now on.

After leaving her, he turned in silence and walked directly to the Great Master’s room and knocked on the door.

“Master, it’s time to send Princess Zhu Yan back.” He opened the door and said to the Great Master, “She has grown up and has come to Tiankui*, she cannot stay any longer.”

Yes, although she was only an anonymous disciple, the rules of the Jiuyi Temple were so strict that they could not allow women to stay. So, naturally, when this little girl grew up and ceased to be a child, she could no longer remain at the temple.

When she was sent back down the mountain to the fiefdom of the Red Clan, the girl cried uncontrollably, desperately tugging at his clothes and asking him what she had done wrong to be driven back home. Unable to open his mouth to explain, he simply silently tucked the Jade Bone into her hair, patted her on the shoulder and told her to take it with her.

All gatherings and break-ups have their own time when they should happen, she had been his companion for so many long years of solitude in the mountains. Yet, when the flower opened, he was unable to appreciate it.

As the Chongming Divine Bird spread its wings and glided across the sky, Shi Ying silently gripped the Jade Bone in his palm and looked back from his distant memories to the Yunhuang land beneath his feet – Yecheng was noisy and prosperous, with hundreds of thousands of homes jumbled together. His eyes, however, stopped at the Dragon Slayers Village in the northwest corner.

The place, because of the continuous fighting in recent days, has been turned into a ruin, filled with blood and flames.

He sat on the Divine Bird, looking down on the area controlled by the Restoration Army, his eyes gradually becoming stern and sharp – well, he had tried his best to redeem the situation. Since she would never turn back, let bygones be bygones.

Tomorrow, everything will come to an end!

“Your Highness? What’s wrong with you? Your foot…”

During the journey from the Governor’s Residence to the Palace, Zhu Yan had no idea how she managed to get back, her mind was unexpectedly blank. It was only when the housekeeper greeted her and asked her repeatedly about her situation that she finally came back from her trance, lowering her head to find that one of her boots had been missing from her foot at some point; she was clutching the half-cut lapel of the white robe in her hand, her face was full of tears and her hair disheveled, in a complete mess, feeling very embarrassed.

When the housekeeper saw her appearance, he was suddenly frightened: “Young Mistress, is everything alright with you?”

“I’m fine.” She casually tossed the reins to the attendant and walked inside in a trance, her mind thinking about everything that happened over the last half day, feeling only bone-chilling pain and disorientation.

“You’ve come back, Princess!” Grandma Sheng greeted her, and seeing her in this state, she couldn’t help but feel a thud in her heart, and hastily put aside what she wanted to say and asked, “What’s wrong? Has something happened?”

“It’s nothing.” Zhu Yan was only feeling impatient in her heart and didn’t want to say anything.

“Your Highness just went to the Governor’s Residence, didn’t you? Who has upset you?” Grandma knew that the young lady was not in a good mood at the moment, so she watched her words and asked, “Did you not get the papers to leave the city for the Imperial Capital? It’s okay, I heard that the King will be back soon, so you don’t have to run out.”

However, when she heard that her father was about to return, Zhu Yan’s face didn’t show any joy, she just said “Oh” and continued to walk inside, her eyes were dull and her steps were unsteady, unsure of what was running through her mind.

Grandma Sheng noticed that the situation was not okay and her heart tightened as she whispered, “What’s wrong? Could it be that… could it be that Bai Fenglin has gotten the nerve to bully the Princess?”

“He dares?” Zhu Yan grunted, ” I already told him I will never marry him!”

“…” Grandma Sheng was taken aback, not expecting that after only half a day out of her sight, so quickly this young maiden had already stirred up trouble. Originally, she wanted to scold her, but once she took a look at her face, she did not dare to say a word more, and only remarked, “Princess, you have not eaten all day, are you not hungry? There is still bamboo chicken stewed with pine mushrooms in the kitchen, would you like to have some…”

“No!” She said impatiently, “I have no appetite.”

Her tone was fierce and she was clearly in a very bad mood as she stormed inside, and Grandma Sheng hurried to follow her.

Not knowing what to do, she just subconsciously returned to her bedroom, neither sitting nor standing, Zhu Yan was unable to focus on what Master said a few moments ago, ripping her heart out and causing her pain in the chamber for half a day; she stood up noisily and threw the piece of the white lapel held in her hand to the ground, exclaiming, “If you want to break off with your disciple, then you should break off with grace! Who’s afraid of you?”

The next moment, however, she stood there in a daze and burst into tears.

Grandma Sheng did not dare to speak, watching her walk around the room, her face pale and restless, as if a fire was burning in her heart, fidgeting with anxiety. Such an abnormal situation made the old Nanny’s heart startle – the Princess couldn’t have met with Yuan again, could she? She looked exactly the same as she did when she first fell in love with that shark!

“Alas, what should I do…” Finally, Zhu Yan sat down in dismay, sighed, raised her hand to cover her face and said in a helpless and weak voice, “Nanny, what should I do…”

Seeing that the flame in her heart had gradually diminished and no longer burned, Grandma Sheng finally walked over carefully and placed her hand gently on the young girl’s shoulder, offering solace, “Don’t be anxious, Princess – there is always a way out of anything in the world.”

However, when she heard Nanny’s gentle soothing words, Zhu Yan burst into tears in that instant: “No… this time there’s no way to solve it! I… I’ve just been thinking here for a long time, and it seems there is no way out!”

She whimpered, “You know what, Master… Master he doesn’t want me anymore!”

Master? Grandma Sheng’s heart trembled, she didn’t expect that the Princess’ despair and distress would be related to another person – the Princess trained with a Master at Jiuyi Mountain before she was thirteen, and she knew it. It was just that since returning to the Celestial Wind City, that Master she was talking about never appeared again, so as the years went by, she gradually became more dismissive.

How did it come out of nowhere today, all of a sudden?

Seeing the Princess crying so heartbreakingly, Grandma Sheng couldn’t help but be anxious, yet she didn’t dare to question her carefully, she could only gently pat her shoulder and sigh, “Don’t be anxious, take your time.”

“Master told me today that he wants to cut ties with me!” As soon as she said that, she couldn’t stop her tears any longer, “I… I’ve never seen him look like that before, it’s so scary! No matter how much I… begged him, he wouldn’t even look back at me… sob, I…”

Grandma Sheng comforted her, ” He was just talking in anger.”

“No, not at all! You don’t know Master’s temper!” Zhu Yan wiped her tears as her body trembled, “He always does what he says! Since he said he wanted to part with grace and righteousness, he would do what he said! Next time if I make an enemy of him, he… he will really kill me!”

Grandma Sheng shuddered and hugged the young girl’s thin shoulders tightly, “Don’t talk nonsense! Who would do this to a girl as good as you, Princess?”

“Master will definitely be capable of doing it. He’s got a ruthless heart!” Zhu Yan thought dumbfounded for a moment before suddenly adding, “If it really comes to that, I… am not willing to be killed by him just like that! I will definitely fight back!” After a pause, she dropped her head again and muttered, “But, I just can’t beat him even if I put up a fight… What should I do?”

She murmured in confusion, her expression at times anguished, at times resolute.

“Alas, Princess, since you can’t think of a solution for the time being, don’t bother thinking about it yet,” the old Nanny gently advised, “rest well, eat a meal and sleep. When you have the necessary strength, you can think again…”

Zhu Yan sat down in dismay and remained silent for a few moments before nodding.

“Then let’s go and have dinner?” Grandma Sheng tried to coax, helping her to stand up.

Zhu Yan didn’t try to resist and let the woman assist her, walking forward in a bit of a daze. It was not long before she reached the dining room, where a sumptuous meal had been prepared, including her favorite stewed bamboo chicken with pine mushrooms. However, Zhu Yan’s eyes were disoriented and she was in a trance, even the fragrant chicken soup tasted as bland as water in her mouth.

As she sipped, she seemed to come back to her senses a little and suddenly spoke up and asked, “By the way, where is that little brat?”

“Huh?” Grandma Sheng was startled, “What is the Princess saying?”

“The little bugger Sumo, of course!” Zhu Yan muttered and looked around, “Why didn’t I see him when I came back? Where is he?”

Grandma Sheng approached a maid to ask about him, and reported back, “That little one has been hiding with that booklet since the Princess left in the morning, and no one has seen him all day.”

“Well… that guy, he is small but has a big temper!” Zhu Yan replied, her mind in turmoil, and said in indignation, “Just because I didn’t take him out this morning, he’s hiding and doesn’t want to see me?”

Grandma Sheng coughed and said, “The Princess is spoiling that child too much.”

Yes, the crippled and sickly shark child was so stubborn and aloof, he in no way looked like a slave picked up halfway across the country. He had the temperament of a young master in the royal family. Was surprising how could the hot-tempered Princess be so tolerant of this.

“Go and fetch him over!” Zhu Yan frowned, “Giving me the stink eye? Outrageous!”

“Yes.” The maid retreated.

She finished her meal casually, in a bad mood, and turned her head to ask the housekeeper at the side, “By the way, how things were going outside while I was recovering from my injuries?”

“The situation outside? Is the Princess asking about the Restoration Army?” After being caught by surprise and having cast a mind-reading spell, the housekeeper had been so disturbed by Zhu Yan that he dared not approach and retreated far enough to the side, sighing, then said, “There was quite a big fuss, and the Governor’s Residence was almost attacked – fortunately, at the last moment, there was a divine blessing and a thunderbolt descended from Heaven, which brought down all those rebels who were fighting around there, shattering them into pieces and throwing them off the walls at once.”

“A thunderbolt from Heaven?” Zhu Yan froze for a moment.

Tiankui – Ancient Chinese term which translates into “blood sunflower”. Tiankui refers to the substance that promotes the growth, development and maturation of the human body. It originates from the kidney essence, which is inherent in human beings, and is gradually enriched by the nourishment of the water and grain essence of the latter. In ancient times, it referred to menstruation in women and semen emission in men.

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