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The black-haired girl raised her head and stared at the lady behind the curtain with an expressionless face, her voice cold.

"I've heard that, a thousand years ago during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Eastern states vied with each other to cede territory to the Western Qin. Qin, with its remaining strength, took advantage of their fatigue to subdue them, chasing the fleeing defeated soldiers. Millions of their corpses lay scattered along the roads, their blood enough to float shields. Then, taking advantage of the favorable situation, Qin seized land from the rest of the world, redivided the regions of the mountains and rivers, and ultimately unified the world."

"I wonder if the powerful and barbarian tribes of the Eastern Kingdom today are the equivalent of the Qin of the past. If the imperial court abandons its policy of conquest and instead uses a policy of appeasement and friendship to bribe the powerful and barbarian tribes of the Eastern Kingdom, thus strengthening the Eastern Kingdom, who can guarantee that the imperial court today won't become the same Eastern kingdom that perished in the past by bribing the Qin?"

After finishing this extremely bold speech, the black-haired girl fell silent and knelt quietly under the angry, uneasy and horrified gazes of the elderly queen, the young nobles and the maids.

"Let go of the wine!"

The queen was extremely furious, and a loud and stern shout of extreme anger came from behind the imperial curtain.

"Love, how dare you curse the court's demise!"

Frightened by the Queen's anger, the maids all knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

However, even when questioned by the Empress, the monarch of the Yamato court, the black-haired girl remained calm and remained silent.

The old empress took a deep breath and tried to suppress her anger. Her expression was still filled with rage. This was the most outrageous statement she had ever heard in her life. This princess who was born under taboos actually dared to use metaphors to curse the court's demise!

Calming her mind, the Queen's cold voice came out from behind the curtain again.

"It is indeed a filthy bloodline born of taboos. Love, you, like your shameless mother who seduced the ancestor, do not understand the meaning of gratitude."

"Remember your identity! The court allowed you to live only out of the mercy of our ancestors. Otherwise, you would have been drowned in the well the moment you were born!"

"Now, our late emperor has been gone for over a decade! My patience with you has run out. The curse I just uttered is enough to put you to death in public!"

"This is the last mercy from me and the imperial court. Going to the Eastern Kingdom to marry into the imperial court and bring a brief period of stability to the Eastern Kingdom is the greatest contribution you can make to the world."

"Don't forget how filthy your birth was."

The Queen's cold voice was filled with disgust.

"Your mother is the daughter of the late emperor. You are the filthy offspring of your father and your daughter, born after she seduced him."

"You shouldn't have been born!"

Hearing the empress angrily revealing the girl's background in public in a cold voice, the nobles in their thirties and all the female servants in the imperial palace all dropped their foreheads to the ground in fear, not daring to move.

The black-haired girl, whose life story was revealed in public, was originally unshakable, but was also shaken by this fact that made her feel terrified no matter how many times she remembered it.

The black-haired girl's thin body trembled slightly. She lowered her head again, hiding her beautiful face under her bangs, making her features unclear.

This is the thing that Shang Yang fears the most after knowing him for a month.

How many times has love's beautiful fantasy about future life been shattered by this fact.

She inherited a bloodline of adultery and filth.

Although this is not Ai's fault, in the more than one month since they met Shang Yang, Ai has often been overwhelmed by the fear and anxiety brought about by this fact itself.

Will this illicit bloodline bring great misfortune to Shang Yang? Will Shang Yang no longer accept himself and feel dirty?

Now that her life story was revealed in public, the extremely frightened and uneasy girl discovered it again.

She was more afraid of losing than she thought, losing the only hope she had in her short life of fourteen years, where nothing but bad things happened.

PS1: Qin had no expense for lost arrows and arrowheads, yet the princes of the world were already trapped. Consequently, the alliances were broken, and the states vied for territory in exchange for bribes. Qin, with its spare strength, controlled their weaknesses, chasing the enemy north, leaving millions dead and bloody. Seizing advantage, it divided the world and tore apart the mountains and rivers. — Jia Yi, "On the Failure of Qin"

PS2: I think this knife is okay, it shouldn’t be too cruel, and it’s not the end yet.

PS3: Recommend a friend's book, let's recommend it to each other.

PS4: Please raise your monthly votes so that I can get on the new book list. These are all new chapters, right?

Volume 1 Heian Tales of the Past and Present: Chapter 22 Shadow

Having her life story revealed in public, Ai felt uneasy again because of her life story, but she remained silent and waited quietly for the lady's decision.

"Come, take her back, lock her up and keep her under strict guard. She is not allowed to leave her residence without my permission."

After a brief pause, the Queen, still furious, coldly announced the punishment for Miss Ai.

"Fujiwara no Sanshi, send an envoy to the Eastern Kingdom and tell them that I and the imperial court wish to arrange a marriage alliance and ask them to nominate a suitable candidate."

"Once you've made the decision, marry her off to the Eastern Kingdom immediately. She will never be allowed to return. I don't want to see her again."

Upon hearing the lady's order, the young nobleman, who was about thirty years old, knelt down and saluted.

"I will obey your command."

The four maids approached the silent black-haired girl with unusual uneasiness and knelt down.

"...Your Highness?"

“…It’s okay, I’ll go back by myself.”

Taking a deep breath, suppressing her uneasiness, Ai stood up expressionlessly, not even bowing to the Empress behind the curtains. She turned and headed for the Imperial Palace. The four maids exchanged anxious glances, hurriedly excused themselves, and turned to chase the dark-haired girl, who had already left the palace. Outside, several Imperial Palace warriors, having received the Empress's orders, followed the dark-haired girl and the maids, charged with carrying out the Empress's orders to keep Ai under strict watch.

"Everyone else leaves, but Judge Fujiwara stays."

Behind the imperial curtain, the elderly empress, after watching the samurai follow the black-haired girl away to carry out the imperial order, waved her hand wearily, allowing the maids and the imperial palace samurai to withdraw and closing the gates. Then, the empress glanced at the noble Kari, sighed, and spoke softly.

"Judge, how is the emperor's grandson these days?"

"The Emperor's grandson has recently been diligently studying classics and the art of archery and horsemanship, and has already achieved some proficiency in both."

Judge Fujiwara replied respectfully.

"Your Majesty, your Royal Highness, has been gifted with wisdom and early enlightenment. May the gods and Buddhas protect you. Your Majesty, do not worry."

"That's good."

The elderly lady was quite pleased and asked again.

"My kinsmen, what are the opinions of the nobles?"

"...The royal family believes that while the grandson is intelligent and sensible, the court has been experiencing political unrest in recent years. The grandson is young, and the royal family is concerned that further unrest will ensue after he ascends the throne. They hope to appoint an older member of the royal family as crown prince to strengthen the foundation of the country. Many of the ministers also share this sentiment..."

Fujiwara no Han reported this to the elderly lady anxiously.

"...These conservative and short-sighted people are still unwilling to make the emperor's grandson the crown prince."

The Queen felt extremely troubled by the opinions of the royal family and the ministers, and could not help but rub her temples again.

"The late Emperor and the late Crown Prince showed great favor to the imperial ministers. Now, they are unwilling to support the late Emperor and my grandson, the Crown Prince's biological son, to become the Crown Prince..."

"I also understand the concerns of my relatives and ministers. First, the ascension of the Emperor's grandson to the throne violates the ancient order of succession. Second, the late Emperor had an affair with his own daughter. It's natural for the ministers to feel uneasy, but what does the late Emperor's affair have to do with the Crown Prince and the Emperor's grandson? The Crown Prince is the biological son of the late Emperor and me, of noble blood, and he hasn't committed the same incestuous acts as the late Emperor. Don't they even understand this..."

"The Imperial Court has been plagued by years of instability, institutional reforms have been slow to implement, and the Crown Prince has remained undecided for years, shaking the foundations of the nation. Recently, palace servants have spread rumors of strange and bizarre phenomena in the southern part of the inner court. I believe that some disgruntled individuals are spreading these rumors to attack me and the Imperial Court. Therefore, I have accepted your request, Judge Fujiwara, and exiled Princess Ai, the center of these rumors, to the Eastern Kingdom. This is to dispel the rumors of evil and to eradicate the long-standing criticism of the late Emperor's bloodline by those who have harbored dissatisfaction. Unexpectedly..."

Thinking back to the cold words spoken by the black-haired girl just now, the Queen was still furious.

"Ai's audacity exceeds my imagination. She actually dared to curse the court in the Imperial Residence... This matter cannot be suppressed. Within a few days, the royal family and the ministers will surely learn of this, and they will undoubtedly feel even more uneasy about the bloodline of the late emperor... Ai, like her shameless mother, is a scourge to me and the court."

"This, this matter is due to my lack of consideration. I gave His Highness the opportunity to openly curse the court in the Imperial Palace."

Feeling the anger of the Empress Go-go-ken, Fujiwara no Hanshi broke out in a sweat and fell to his knees, unable to get up.

"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Forget it, now that things have come to this, the blame doesn't lie entirely with you, Judge Fujiwara."

The queen behind the curtain sighed deeply and gave instructions.

"Hurry and send a message to the general stationed in the East. Choose any influential noble family in the East and arrange the marriage. Swiftly send this wicked daughter, Ai, to marry off to the East. Also, the judge should continue to contact the elders of the royal family and the ministers. Tell them that as long as they support the establishment of the emperor's grandson as crown prince, I will grant them any official positions and rewards they desire once the matter is settled."

"Your Majesty, I will obey your command."

Frightened by the cold tone of the lady behind the curtain, the officials in charge of hunting clothes did not dare to slack off in the slightest. They immediately knelt down, bowed their heads, and respectfully accepted the order.

"Go and do it quickly, Mr. Fujiwara."

The empress, who felt extremely sleepy and had a headache, waved her hand and asked the ministers to leave.

"If you do this well, I will make you a member of the imperial court."

Shocked by the long-awaited reward suddenly thrown by the queen, Lord Kari kowtowed deeply again. The sound of his forehead hitting the tatami echoed in the Imperial Palace. Judge Fujiwara swore in the most determined tone of his life.

"I only wish to repay Your Majesty's kindness by sacrificing my life and even being torn to pieces."

In the unknown darkness.

The cold and indifferent eyes watched all this quietly, and then the limbs in the darkness gently moved the invisible dark line extending from the darkness.

Unknown fluctuations are transmitted from the darkness to the human world in the cold winter.

On the south side of Fujiwara no Miyabi, there is a small, nameless palace.

The black-haired girl walked into the palace without saying a word. The four maids, still feeling uneasy, closed the palace door for her and then retreated.

After the maids left, the black-haired girl turned around and quietly observed the situation outside the palace through the crack in the door, confirming that there was no one outside.

The door wasn't locked, and the warriors weren't guarding it. They seemed very confident that I couldn't escape...

After making this judgment, Ai breathed a long sigh of relief, dragged her somewhat weak legs to the tatami, sat down, and felt quite scared.

The words just now spoken in the Imperial Palace were indeed the firm words in Miss Ai's heart, but Ai didn't know why she suddenly said all those "treasonous" words so openly. She only remembered that it was the result of being dominated by extreme anger at the time.

Even though I still love you, I don't regret saying it out loud. I even feel very happy and think I was so handsome just now.

However, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. Miss Ai remembered very clearly that when they first met, Shang Yang told her that he came here to do something... Now was not the time to create trouble.

The thought that she might ruin Shang Yang's plan made Ai feel extremely uneasy. Thinking of this, the girl immediately ran to the cypress table in three or two steps, squatted down, and fumbled for the pine food box.

It's already afternoon, Shang Yang should have come here once.

He touched the food box under the cypress table and moved it onto the table with great effort. Ai immediately reached into the secret compartment under the food box and pulled it out.

The hidden compartment was empty, nothing at all...

Didn't Shang Yang come?

The black-haired girl, who was eager to know the whereabouts of the young man, felt extremely lost.

Then, the extremely lost girl tried to comfort herself, telling herself that the young man might be too busy and would definitely come over in the evening.

But just in case, Ai took out a pen and paper and wrote down everything that happened today. She wrote three copies in one breath and hid them in the three secret places she and Shang Yang had agreed on, including the three secret places outside the secret compartments of the food box to transmit information and hide letters.

This was something Ai, who had always been feeling insecure, had taken the initiative to propose and had agreed with Shang Yang. They had thought the other two locations would never be used...

Then, the black-haired girl, who had no appetite for food or even reading, sat on the tatami bed, staring at the door of the small palace with eager anticipation, waiting for the young man to return...

then……

A few hours later…

The night gradually enveloped the entire Fujiwara Palace, including the nameless small palace on the south side.

In the dark palace, she waited anxiously for Shang Yang to come and find her love. During the long wait, the feeling of loss and anxiety gradually filled her heart with love, and the haze in the black-haired girl's emotions continued to expand...

Did something happen... Come back to me soon... Shang Yang...

Worry and helpless words continue to echo in the heart of love...

A heavy sleepiness came over me.

The inexplicable strong sleepiness made the girl drowsy...

No, no... we have to wait for Shang Yang to come back...

The black-haired girl didn't want to be dominated by sleepiness. She fought against this inexplicable sleepiness with strong emotions. In order to boost her spirits, she bit her cherry lips hard...

The cherry lips were pierced by the pearly teeth, and drops of blood slid down from the cherry lips of love, and fell on the plain cotton quilt, like dots of bright red petals...

However, perhaps Ai had already spent too much energy suppressing her own anxiety that day, and even the stinging sensation on her lips couldn't give Ai the energy to fight off this inexplicable sleepiness...

The girl's frail body fell gently, and with uneasiness, she fell into a deep sleep...

In the unknown darkness, the dark being shifted its cold gaze from the small palace and gradually closed its eerie single eye...

PS1: I recommend my mother's book, although no one here should not know it.

PS2: When I think of the last few chapters, I feel heartbroken... And this time I have to send out even more heart-piercing knives... It's too torturous, please end it quickly. (Sigh)

PS3: Fujiwara no Fuhito is now a Naokoshi Panshi, below the fifth rank, and cannot ascend to the palace to participate in court meetings. The people in the palace refer to the nobles from the fourth rank and above who can ascend to the palace to participate in government affairs, and are also the natural watershed between high-ranking nobles and middle and low-ranking nobles.

Volume 1 Heian Tales of the Past and Present: Chapter 23 Suspicion

In an unknown little palace at night, a black-haired girl covered herself with a quilt, closed her eyes, and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Not long after the girl was overcome by inexplicable sleepiness, the darkness in the palace began to ripple, and the figure of a young man from the Tang Kingdom instantly appeared in the palace.

Seeing the peaceful face of the girl sleeping soundly, Shang Yang felt relieved. At this critical juncture, confirming Miss Ai's situation at any time is undoubtedly the top priority. Therefore, from noon to evening today, Shang Yang and Miss Lord God carefully confirmed all the locations involved in the entire plan again, and then returned to where Ai lived.