Phew, I’m done for today. Next chapter will resume the one per two weeks schedule.
temple on the top of the mountain
Glossary
w.a.n.g: prince or va.s.sal king.
Zhen: I; my; the sovereign; we (used by a royal person in proclamations instead of I).
Zhengfei: primary, legitimate consort of a w.a.n.g.
Chapter 7 Molested (unedited)
Guangming mountain summit road was the only road to the top of the mountain.
Guangming means light, radiance, bright.
The mountain road was long and winding, the trees beside the road had grown and branched out, giving some impression of deep forest with luxuriant leaves. The brightly coloured and beautiful wild flowers bloomed all over the mountain, like cl.u.s.ters of iridescent clouds.
Jiang Sese sat in a litter, calm and composed. The litters ahead were tailed by several servants behind, all of it was dispatched by Daddy to protect her. But Sese knew, no matter how many they were, regretfully still not a match for Feng Nuan anyway.
In order to avoid being recognised by Bei Dou and Nan Xing —that she was their Boss, Gentleman Xianxian —today she specially dressed to the nines and wearing make-up. Thick rouge and powder covered her tender-as-water face. Although enchanting and beautiful, but rather a bit tacky. Even the clothes, she also had chosen a garish and beautiful one, orange coloured pleated muslin skirt embroidered with a large —national grace, divine fragrance— moutan peony.
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
The one accompanied her in front of the litter was her personal maid, Qing Mei.
Oing Mei didn"t know that Sese could do martial art, even less about her ident.i.ty as Gentleman Xianxian. Therefore, she also didn"t know about Sese"s plan for today.
They arrived at the forest area where Sese had well decided with Feng Nuan and others. Bei Dou and Nan Xing along with a bunch of people —according to the plan— rushed out, stopping Sese"s litter.
Bei Dou and Nan Xing were also specially dressed themselves accordingly, their disheveled hair covered up their faces, the other half of their uncovered faces resembled hooligans. The sides of their lips were plastered with beard, their appearances were truly somewhat fiendishly evil.
" Which household"s young lady is this, come and let grandpas take a look." said Nan Xing in laughter.
"Audacious, you all, these small thieves are tired of living, to have the impertinence to offend the Marquess of Ding"an"s esteemed daughter, hurry up and scram!" A guard from Jiang residence shouted at the crowds with cold tone.
Bei Dou and Nan Xing confirmed that it was Jiang residence"s litter, then without saying much, they rushed up along with their people. The imperial guards of Jiang residence were also not to be trifled with, the two forces instantly clashed and fought against each other.
Feng Nuan was clad in black, black cloth covered his face, taking advantage when everyone was fighting, he moved several steps up to in front of Sese"s litter and with violent force, he pulled open the litter"s hanging screen.
A dimmed sunlight flowed and entered into the litter, Sese slightly narrowed her eyes, her line of sight made a contact with Feng Nuan"s pair of cold eyes.
"You… what do you want to do?" Sese embraced her shoulder, she was shrinking back into the litter while asking with trembling voice, remarkably alike a delicate young lady who was frightened.
"Who are you all, what do you want to do to my family"s young lady?" Qing Mei had been petrified by fear, she ran to the front in a flurry, stretched both of her arms and asked with trembling voice.
Feng Nuan however had no time to deal with her, he impatiently extended his finger to one point, then Qing Mei m.u.f.fled a groan before weakly lied down.
"You… what have you done to my maid?" Sese asked in frail and soft manner.
Feng Nuan didn"t utter a single word, he suddenly extended his hand and placed the bent-blade on Sese"s neck, by a little force, the blade was then raised up to Sese"s chin. The cold hard metal let a burst of coldness entered Sese"s heart, but Feng Nuan"s eyes were even colder.
"As expected of national grace, divine fragrance, worthy of being appointed by Emperor to be Xuan w.a.n.g"s cefei." said Feng Nuan in husky voice, his tone was dull and apathetic, he clearly didn"t recognise that Sese was precisely Gentleman Xianxian.
The sunshine was somewhat magnificent, covering his tall body, making him to appear tall and straight like a deity, it was merely the coldness and depth in the centre of his eyes that made someone felt extremely uncomfortable.
Sese indistinctly sensed that there was something amiss, and yet she was unable to tell what was amiss.
While she was still distracted with her thought, Feng Nuan had already entered the litter, he pulled down the litter"s hanging screen, isolated from the sunlight, the inside of the carriage became pitch dark in an instant.
Sese felt a burst of great force ruthlessly tumbled her down. She didn"t expected that Feng Nuan was that ruthless, this situation was as if he did want to kill her.
The blade slided down from her neck, Sese felt chilliness —one that penetrated to the bone— came from her chest and spreaded out, she could feel that her outer garment had been neatly cut open by the bent-blade. Inside the dim carriage, Sese"s chest undergarment that was embroidered with lotus rises from the water had been revealed out, the fragrant shoulder —that was as fair as piled up snow on jade— had also completely been exposed.
The play caused this, and then some.
In this brief moment, Sese felt somewhat wronged.
Feng Nuan had always treated her with tender considerate, uncommunicative and cool-headed.
But now, this pure like wind, uncommunicative, cool-headed man unexpectedly really wanted to molest her, She obviously remembered that she asked Feng Nuan to pretend to molest her, could it be that she hadn"t said it clearly?
"You, what do you want to do, what a big courage, I am the esteemed daughter of the Marquess of Ding"an, the imperial consort of Xuan w.a.n.g." Sese started to speak, wanted to remind Feng Nuan that she was Jiang Sese, the one that Gentleman Xianxian was in love with.
If not because she was afraid to expose her ident.i.ty as Gentleman Xianxian, she would shout out Feng Nuan"s name and she almost did.
Feng Nuan heard her words, didn"t consider them at all, in those dark black eyes flashed a trace of mercy.
"If you want to blame, just blame that you are Xuan w.a.n.g"s cefei!" He coldly spoke, one of his hand pulled Sese"s dress, the other hand struck her pressure point at lightning speed.
Sese"s mind instantly went blank.
This was the first time she came across this situation of being at someone else"s mercy. If he wasn"t Feng Nuan, but other people, they absolutely would not be able to come close to in front of her.
At this moment, Sese was without the slightest doubt that Feng Nuan intended to make the fake play into a real act. How could the matter become like this? How could Feng Nuan be like this? If she didn"t personally experience, she would absolutely not believe that Feng Nuan could treat a woman like this.
However Feng Nuan"s next action made her more fearful!
His tall figure bent, she saw the mercy and the coldness in his eyes.
"Sorry, Young Lady Jiang!" She heard Feng Nuan coldly spoke beside her ear in slow and deliberate manner.
Immediately afterwards, the bent-blade torn off the outer garment on her bod, he also very harshly pulled down her dress.
He bend down, he kept away from Sese"s fully make-up cheeks and lips as if he avoided snake and scorpion, his graceful and thin lips trailed down along Sese"s neck, down from her tender white neck to her chest, deliberately marking down with a lot of different deep and shallow hickeys.
Sese closed her eyes, her heart was filled with humiliation and anger, yet there was nowhere to vent it.
There were sounds of clashing and fighting outside the litter, but there was a weird stillness inside the litter. Sese could hear the sound of Feng Nuan"s powerful heartbeats, they were very hysterical and fierce. It was obvious that he was also somewhat nervous, but this didn"t have the slightest influence on his invasion which was like seizing and conquering cities, his pair of lips were wandering around to suck, as if wanted to break her in pieces.
Sese couldn"t hold back to tremble all over, she was humiliated and also furious. The previously arrogant her had never received this kind of insult.
Her mouth couldn"t speak, her body couldn"t move.
Could it be that today, she was unable to escape unscathed?
T/N: I guess someone was being jelly of Sese.