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Turns Out It Was Like This
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Li Hong Yuan lightly brushed aside Jing Wan’s hair, “Don’t think too much, all things have cause and effect. Once investigated clearly, we will know. No matter how much you ponder now, it’s all no use, even straining oneself for no reason.”
Jing Wan smiled, “Indeed so, people like Sun Old Madam and the Empress, those were all capable people. Little shrimps like us may not necessarily be able to play a round with them. It’s better to stay farther away, so as to avoid accidentally bringing disaster upon oneself. When that time really comes, perhaps one might not even know what happened.”
“If you’re a little shrimp, then what is this prince?” Once a certain someone used the ‘this prince’ self-address in front of his beloved wife, it just meant that his certain emotions had change occur.
“You’re the living Enma of course, what else can you be?” Jing Wan smilingly responded, “There’s a saying called, it’s good to look for shade under a big tree. You’re precisely that towering tree. I just need to be a person cooling off in the shade. That’s why, wangye, better work hard.”
“En, you just need to obediently stay there and be a ‘little shrimp’. The rest, I’ll take care of.” In Li Hong Yuan’s eyes, Jing Wan really wasn’t suited for dark schemes and sinister machinations. At least, right now, she wasn’t able to. Just as she herself said, facing those people, she didn’t have the slightest chance of success. However, with things still undetermined, Li Hong Yuan also won’t let Jing Wan participate within. This had nothing to do with her abilities, merely just not wanting to let her risk danger.
The Empress wanted to scheme against Noble Consort Su, yet had the arrowhead steered towards the Luo family, so Jing Wan naturally was very angry. However, if at this time, her husband were to go overboard, then some things certainly will very quickly be exposed. Although Ah Yuan didn’t explicitly say, Jing Wan could still tell, things perhaps were already almost done, and he didn’t mind whether or not people will find out now. However, as long as it wasn’t he himself voluntarily exposing, then Jing Wan was just ‘unwilling’ inside. Getting found out ultimately had its own troubles.
“For some things, Ah Yuan doesn’t need to be impatient either. It’s also fine to take it slowly.”
Li Hong Yuan naturally understood her meaning, smiling, “A gentleman taking revenge, ten years is not too late. The problem is your husband, I, is not a gentleman. Furthermore, certain people even touched the place that absolutely shouldn’t be touched. What Wan Wan is thinking, I understand. Don’t worry, it still hasn’t reached that level yet. Although right now, I don’t mind, but digging out my roots isn’t that easy either.”
“Fine, fine, it was me blindly worrying for nothing.” Jing Wan closed her eyes, and like as if she had no bones, leaned against Li Hong Yuan’s body, pretending to be dead.
Of course, An Yi had already perceptively retreated out.
In the following three four days, Jing Wan’s social gatherings strangely increased, meeting with Cang Jin’s emissaries once more, having a pleasant chat, and the relationship between them also advancing further, to the extent where the Cang Jin emissaries would joke with her, saying that they didn’t dare to leave her for too long, so as to avoid having Jin Qinwang come looking again. This kind of joke, for Jing Wan, naturally no longer had any firepower, even very shamelessly showing off, and afterwards, even teasingly asked about their husbands.
Before leaving, the emissaries of Cang Jin expressed their wishes for Jing Wan to visit Cang Jin. ———Of course, both parties knew that this kind of thing really can only be just said, because it was impossible. Qi Yuan was Qi Yuan, and don’t know how many years it will take for it to be able to reach Cang Jin’s level.
As for Sun Old Madam’s matter, perhaps there still wasn’t any news, as she has yet to hear her own husband or the shadow guards say anything.
The next day, Jing Wan organized some things to head to White Dragon Temple with Li Hong Yuan.
And Li Hong Yuan merely just went to Le Cheng Emperor to express that there were too many unlucky matters lately, so he needed to go to White Dragon Temple to offer incense to get rid of the bad luck. However, on his face, it was just short of the words: ‘This prince is very annoyed, this prince needs to go out to lift one’s spirits!’
The corner of Le Cheng Emperor’s mouth faintly twitched. He, as the old man, all didn’t say it was unlucky, yet he had the nerve to say this? With his true feelings that obvious, really think he was blind?
In the end, Le Cheng Emperor still waved his hand, letting him get lost. And the decree he issued down was that he’d let his son go offer incense to pray for good fortune for him.
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
In Jing Wan’s eyes, this definitely was the model of a ‘good father’. Never mind agreeing to his son’s ‘unreasonable request’, he even helped him take care of the follow-up matters, letting others be unable to find an excuse to denounce him. Afterwards, Jing Wan heard from Li Hong Yuan’s mouth the other reason why Le Cheng Emperor let him go to White Dragon Temple. Le Cheng Emperor had lit an eternal lamp[1] for the Imperial Noble Consort in White Dragon Temple, letting Li Hong Yuan, this son, go add some scented oil for her.
Jing Wan still felt it was ironic.
“Wan Wan, no need to mind, she won’t care.” If placed in the past, Li Hong Yuan wouldn’t have been able to say this kind of thing, but now, he can say it quite confidently. Regardless of what Le Cheng Emperor does, whether it’s having deep feelings, or being heartless, it all won’t sway her in the slightest. If able to ‘use’ her to let them obtain benefits from Le Cheng Emperor, then she would be very willing.
“Whether or not she cares is one thing, and we also don’t know either. Never mind, are we going today, or waiting until tomorrow?”
“Today then. Staying in the capital, watching certain people fight back and forth is also quite boring.”
Jing Wan nodded, immediately letting someone prepare, and afterwards, they very straightforwardly left the capital.
Li Hong Yuan, when heading out, has never known what it means to be low-key.
The White Dragon Temple wasn’t considered far after all, so even if advancing in the normal speed, it still won’t take that much time.
After reaching the White Dragon Temple, the head monk personally led people out to welcome. Once they settled down in Li Hong Yuan’s exclusive courtyard, they finally went to go meet Grandmaster Liao Chen together. As the head monk, unless necessary, otherwise he won’t go disturb Grandmaster Liao Chen. As such, he just had them led before Grandmaster Liao Chen’s courtyard, and then took his leave to do his own thing.
Grandmaster Liao Chen although was enlightened sage, but the etiquette one should have, he didn’t lack in the slightest, carrying an amicable smile as he bowed to the two of them. Jing Wan hurriedly returned the etiquette, and Li Hong Yuan also properly returned the greeting as well.
Grandmaster Liao Chen’s room was very warm and didn’t have the austere conditions that a monk practicing asceticism should have. Even so, it didn’t mean that Grandmaster Liao Chen wasn’t devout. In Jing Wan’s eyes, he was already very old after all. As long as the heart faced buddha, then there was no need to torment oneself on this kind of thing. No matter how high of a monk, that was still a mortal body, no?
After sitting down, Grandmaster Liao Chen personally poured a cup of tea for them, “This is White Dragon Temple’s wild tea, and the tea water is the melted snow from a few years ago, hoping wangye and wangfei will like.”
Before even entering the mouth, one was just able to catch whiff of a fragrant odor, so presumably it won’t be bad. Moreover, even if it’s melted snow, in an era where there was no chemical pollution, one didn’t need to worry about there being dirty things inside. Jing Wan shallowly took a sip, her face already revealing admiration, “Good tea, good water, further having grandmaster’s good skills.”
“It’s good that wangfei likes.” Grandmaster Liao Chen said with a smile. If not for that attire and bald head, it really was hard to believe that he was an enlightened sage. He was truly a bit too amiable and modest.
To the side, Li Hong Yuan although didn’t say anything, him consecutively taking two sips was already very telling.
“White Dragon Temple’s winter scenery is also quite good, not inferior to the peach blossoms in the spring. Why don’t Wan Wan go take a stroll.”
“The beautiful scenery naturally can’t be ignored.” Jing Wan knew Li Hong Yuan came for important business, so without another word, just got up and took her leave.
Li Hong Yuan didn’t waste his breath either, directly taking out that piece of jade pendant, “Grandmaster presumably recognizes.”
Grandmaster Liao Chen immediately understood, saying a prayer, “Turns out it was like this.”
[1] 长明灯 – The english name on baidu calls it the ‘eternal fire’, but baidu translations are sometimes really weird, so I mostly ignore them. The name ‘chang ming deng’ translates to ‘forever bright lamp’. It’s an altar lamp that burns all day and night, endlessly lit for the deceased. What is used is a type of oil lamp, which is why it’s able to burn for a very long period of time.
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