GCCB Chapter 51.2

Warning: Vague mentions of uncomfortable themes, such as “grape without r”.

Speaking of, about her fragile and delicate Boss, he shouldn’t have blackened because of her death, right?

In addition, the plot had been altered with her existence, Fu Wang still being alive or not was still a question.

Shu Yu laid on her bed with a heart clogged full of worries, similar to a dead person, but she didn’t enjoy peace for long, because after a moment of silence, the servant from before began crying again as she opened her mouth, “My Lady, if you’re alright, you should rise and prepare for the evening party for the kingdom’s Grand Advisor, Xi Chen. The Emperor has decreed, all the imperial concubines have to be there. Tong Xiang was previously worried My Lady would be too ill to go and be punished again by the Noble Consort¹ 贵妃娘娘 her Lady the Noble Consort, a ranking in the harem, in some particular systems it’s also the highest ranking of the four consorts. But it depended on the era, and the type of concubine and consort system is not delved into too much here.. But things are okay now, it’s really great you’re fine, my Lady~”

Evening party? The hell? She didn’t want to see the original plot’s domineering Male Lead Emperor at all. And what’s up with the kingdom’s Grand Advisor? There was no such Grand Advisor in the original plot.

Shu Yu rummaged through Situ Jingjing’s memories for a bit and found the Grand Advisor was a position Tianyun Kingdom has bowed down to for generations. Every one hundred years, the previous Grand Advisor will bring in a new individual from some unknown cranny to replace him, and then go find an isolated and unknown place to pass away.

Didn’t she say earlier that the world had become a fantasy world? The main function of a Grand Advisor was to protect Tianyun Kingdom, preventing the royalty and nobility of Tianyun Kingdom from being harmed by monsters, as well as stepping to the front to protect Tianyun Kingdom when a large number of monsters caused unrest.

There were many speculations about Tianyun Kingdom’s Grand Advisor. Some people say the Grand Advisors were extremely beautiful, retaining their youth even after a hundred years. Some said the Grand Advisors were monsters in disguise, or similar things in general.

It’s because no matter the generation of Grand Advisors, they all wore an eerie mask. No one has ever seen them take it off, it was even rumored anyone who saw them would die. Even much more exaggerated, they did not even have names, everyone – including the emperors – addressed them as Grand Advisor.

Shu Yu suddenly sat up. She suddenly found one thing that stood out in Situ Jingjing’s memories. The generations of Grand Advisors were all sorcerers, adept in arts like astronomy and geography, as well as other unique skills, like those that helped find people. They not only knew how to find people but also knew how to suppress demons.

If she could request that Grand Advisor, could she find Fu Wang?

“At the evening party, will the Grand Advisor be there?”

“That’s correct, My Lady, this is an evening party specifically prepared for the Grand Advisor after all. The Grand Advisor just came back after three months of praying for blessings in the Serenity Mountains of the imperial family.” Tong Xiang’s face was full of reverence when she spoke of the Grand Advisor. Shu Yu regarded her; it seemed that the people here were like this, they greatly respected the generations of Grand Advisors that protected Tianyun Kingdom, that’s why the Emperor Long Xuan didn’t like the Grand Advisor very much.

Shu Yu changed out of the white robes the Female Love loved wearing and chose to wear red clothes, which she was most used to. Perhaps it was because she changed out of the delicate white clothing, but Tong Xiang felt like the master she served had turned into a different person. She was so dazzlingly beautiful.

Situ Jingjing was originally a peerless beauty on the standards of a Female Lead, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to charm the Male Lead, who had a harem of three thousand beauties.

But the original Situ Jingjing was like an agaric blossom covered with droplets of rain, which invoked the sympathy and pity of others. Now, she was like a blazing flame, quiet but with a kind of scorching heat.

This aura of Shu Yu’s was a result of directly battling countless ferocious demonic beasts and demonkin within the Clear Wilderness.

When Shu Yu and Tong Xiang arrived at the evening party, neither early nor late, the seats over at the harem were already full of colorful robes and chattering, they hid dark bites behind their sleeves and warm and soft words, looking like the paragons of harmony, wealth, and beauty.

As soon as she walked to her seat and sat down, the group of beauties stopped and began to unanimously alienate her. Those who greeted Shu Yu and chatted with her hid needles and pins beneath their words. Shu Yu didn’t know how to deal with them, so she could only stare at the paper screen in front of her. They – the harem – were placed separate from the officials outside. She wondered if she’d be able to see the Grand Advisor.

Seeing Shu Yu ignoring them, the beauties’ faces showed slight indignation. One of the beauties’ eyes flickered and she approached while holding a tray of tea, her mouth saying, “Little sister Jing-er usually always wears white, but is clad in red clothes today, she is the stunning one here~” Before she could ‘accidentally’ spill the tea on Shu Yu with a demure gasp, Shu Yu responded and swiftly dodged her attempt.

It’d be a joke if she didn’t. Her reaction speed was honed through training, how could she not dodge this at the very least? Just as she thought this, she felt her hair loosening. The hairdo the imperial servant, Tong Xiang, had worked so hard to make had been ruined by someone.

The one who was successful in her sneak attack looked at her with an apologetic face, but there was nothing apologetic in her voice, and instead it was full of gloating and glee. “Aiya, I’m really sorry, this big sister wasn’t paying attention~”

Shu Yu’s hair was semi-loose. She simply reached and yanked it completely loose, then she randomly grabbed a band and tied it into a ponytail, cleanly and briskly. She’s never done any complicated hairstyles before, they were so freakishly exhausting, like heavy deadweight on top of her head, so it was fine if it was like this, too.

“Hmph, look at her pretending so, when she’s naught but a servant from a fallen kingdom.”

“She really thinks our Emperor regards her as precious, acting so ostentatiously.”

Shu Yu could hear their whispers and snickers. She felt slightly agitated. These imperial drama things, she didn’t want to play with them at all!

But this was only the beginning. Right as the evening party was underway and Shu Yu tried to peek through the screen to see the Grand Advisor, out of nowhere from the huge hall, she heard the Emperor open his mouth and speak. “Everyone, it will be unpleasant if there’s only drinks and no entertainment. This Emperor has recently attained a new beauty, the princess of Wuyue Kingdom. Not only is she stunning, it is said her dance is also extremely beautiful… Consort Jing, are you willing to offer a dance?”

As soon as the emperor declared this, the concubines began whispering amongst them, their derisive gaze pinned on Shu Yu.

Ah, here, it was degrading of one’s rank for a consort to offer a dance in front of court officials. The Emperor was deliberately humiliating Situ Jingjing with this.

Not long ago the Emperor had summoned Situ Jingjing to serve him in his chambers, but Situ Jingjing refused, which naturally displeased him, look how he was using this opportunity to teach her a lesson.

Shu Yu was indifferent though. This was due to the cultural disparity wrought by an entirely different world. Dancing in public was nothing really, and she didn’t care how these people looked at her either. In fact, she was even itching to go out and see how the Grand Advisor looked like. Only, the one who could dance was the original Situ Jingjing, not her. Perhaps if she practiced for a month or two following Situ Jingjing’s memories, she’d be able to dance like her, but now though, she had the memories, but she didn’t have the skills. If she danced, it would only make people laugh.

She didn’t answer for a long time. There was a tense pressure in the hall, not even the group of concubines dared open their mouths carelessly. After a long while, amidst the silence, Shu Yu said impassively, “I only know sword dancing.”

Correct. She didn’t know any other dances, but she knew how to sword dance at least.

The domineering Emperor above them hummed coldly. “Someone, prepare a sword for Consort Jing.”

Shu Yu crisply walked out from behind the screen. There were distinct sharp intakes of breath, obviously having never seen the beauty of Wuyue Kingdom. Shu Yu raised her head. She didn’t look at the domineering Emperor Male Lead in the very center, but instead looked first at the one who was sitting on a comparatively higher platform than the Emperor, the Grand Advisor.

White clothes with black threads embroidering peculiar patterns on their silk. The face was covered in an alabaster-like mask. Pitch-black long hair was loose in cascades. They sat there quietly, serenely, seeming to radiate the glow of the moonlight—— It was simply the splitting image of a religious conman.

Shu Yu felt the gaze of the Emperor digging into her. She blandly glanced at him, and then withdrew her gaze indifferently as she accepted the long sword a small eunuch offered to her. The sword was naturally not as good as her Rainbow Carp, but it was enough.

Instead of calling it sword dancing, it would be better to say she was practicing her sword stances.

The woman’s gaze changed instantly upon taking up the sword, her gaze clean and sharp, as if nothing could enter her gaze.

She was obviously but a weak woman, but the pressure of her swings caused the guards in the hall to involuntarily place a hand on their swords, out of fear that this person would thoughtlessly try an assassination attempt.

Red clothes fluttered and ink-black hair swooshed, framing those jade-like features. The sword itself was not feeble, and it brought along the heavy pressure of killing intent. Many people on their seats couldn’t help showing an expression of both fear and astonishment. Then there were those who knew to observe that saw the dark expression of the Emperor and they lowered their heads, not daring to look.

Shu Yu didn’t care what these people thought. She finished a single set of moves. At the beginning she was somewhat rough, but afterwards it became more and more familiar. When she came to an end, she abruptly tossed the sword to the right, and accompanied by shrill shrieks, that sword pierced the paper screen and cut through the high bun on a particular concubine’s head, before sinking into the pillar behind her with a loud sound. The concubine who intentionally ruined Shu Yu’s hairdo immediately had her hair fall messily and was shrieking, but then her mouth was hurriedly covered.

If it was the Shu Yu of before, she probably wouldn’t do anything like this, but she’s been terribly spoiled by Fu Wang, and it just so happened that she was in a bad mood, so she decided to be capricious for once. Scaring these girls was also good at making them understand not to risk their lives looking for her to play out some harem drama.

Good thing she vigorously practiced her swordsmanship. Although she didn’t have a demon’s physical constitution or spiritual energy to aid her, she could still be considered a third-rate swordsman at the very least. After verifying this, Shu Yu felt a little more self-assured and was a bit happier, revealing the first smile since transmigrating again.

There was a gaze coming from above. Feeling this, Shu Yu withdrew her smile and looked upwards.

There was nothing amiss with the Grand Advisor. He sat motionless and his face mask hid any expression he could’ve shown. Perhaps he could even be asleep. But the Emperor seemed more than a bit angry, gritting his teeth as he said, “It seems that Consort Jing has greatly recovered from her illness. Since Consort Jing has shown such a performance, then have Consort Jing serve my chambers tonight!”

Serve his chambers?

Shu Yu started considering her chances of escaping the imperial palace after castrating the emperor.

This was really bad.

She’s been spoiled rotten by Fu Wang to the point she couldn’t accept the slightest bit of abuse. And with Fu Wang not by her side, she couldn’t seem to calm down at all.

Chapter Description: I Need Some Calm

Translator: Chapter description is also a pun for “I need Jingjing”, the original female lead’s name. Also happy new years to everyone!

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  贵妃娘娘 her Lady the Noble Consort, a ranking in the harem, in some particular systems it’s also the highest ranking of the four consorts. But it depended on the era, and the type of concubine and consort system is not delved into too much here.