MDWMSEIPL: Chapter 8.2

Chapter 8: Moonlit Hero (2)

“Little Treasure?” Ruan-shi felt doubtful as she saw her daughter staring straight at the child.

Xu Yunyao didn’t hear it, just keeping her eyes focused on him.

This face is less determined and less mature. The only similarity is the “indifferent” expression.

Would it be him? Could it be the young general, the loyal and brave Marquis, who had made outstanding contributions in the war, enjoyed awe-inspiring glory in his life and great sorrow and honor after his death, Marquis He Shaoting?

Although the war in the Central Plains had subsided in the Great Qi Kingdom, neighboring countries were still eyeing it covetously, repeatedly closing the borders and disturbing the hearts of the people. After Emperor Tianxi, when Emperor Taizong took over the throne, the war between the Great Qi Kingdom and neighboring wolf-like countries officially kicked off.  

And 16-year-old He Shaoting began to shine in the war like a resplendent star.

However, Xu Yunyao remembered him not because of his outstanding unbeaten record and regret that he did not take the lead in his career, but because he was the only… man who had kindled her girlish feelings.

As for how he aroused her feelings, even though it was a cliché, it was also the one that was most likely to move a girl’s heart. Yes, the hero saving the beauty!

At that time, she was still Emperor Taizong’s eldest son’s wife’s little maid, later Empress Dowager Cixi. She was framed and made a mistake at the banquet hosted by the prince. If it weren’t for a simple sentence from He Shaoting—who was already a high-ranking general at that time—she would have been dragged down and killed on the spot.

In the bustling hall, this man was the quietest and the most unique, but he was also someone whom no one dared underestimate. Even the Crown Prince of the East Palace tried to curry favor with him.

He never smiled and didn’t talk much, just sitting there while drinking and pouring wine. He formed a little bubble of his own. He was a bit sloppy, as if there was nothing in the world he cared about.

At that time, she could only take up the opportunity to look at him gratefully, secretly remembering his face, and then humbly backing away.  

There was a saying ‘heaven is jealous of heroes’. What happened next? The whole country mourned the death of the young general on his way to the east expedition. On the other hand, she struggled to survive in the harem after the crown prince was deposed and then came to Yu Palace. Step by step, she started from Prince Yu’s concubine until she became Consort Xu, who was later spoiled and became the leader of the sixth palace…

No one could imagine that in the former imperial harem, Consort Xu, who could produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another and was merciless, once had a crush on someone like a little girl. Even she herself had almost forgotten her past, that firm, handsome face being washed out by the passage of time.

When Tang Songnian returned in the evening, Ruan-shi couldn’t wait to tell him that his daughter had spoken ‘mother’ and ‘brother’. Hearing that, Tang Songnian was both happy and jealous.

He glanced at the little girl standing on the embroidery pier, leaning on Ruan-shi’s dressing table, and staring straight at the bronze mirror above. He said sourly, “Little Treasure has no conscience, not only calling Mother but even Brother ahead of Father. This really hurts me!” 

Ruan-shi covered her mouth and smiled, continuing to stab his little heart, though. “She was in Mother-in-law’s room just now. Guess what, she called her ‘grandma’!”

Next Update 4/30/20