Series: Первая красавица Чанъаня

In the evening, Lu Yan returned to Chengyuan as promised. As Yang Zong was preparing to lead the horses to the stables, his master suddenly turned around and abruptly addressed him. “I’m going back to the Estate later.” Yang Zong was left surprised. He stepped forward shyly and whispered tentatively: “Will the Young Master not

Lu Yan’s departure for Yangzhou had been set for the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month. Shen Zhen could not believe it until she got into the carriage. He was actually taking her with him! He wanted her to go to Yangzhou with him! Yangzhou! Yangzhou! She would be able to see her beloved Hong’er

The night had been a long one. However, once Shen Zhen had woken up, she had come to realize that the nausea that had gnawed at her stomach had finally subsided. She had survived the ordeal. Tangyue came to attend to Shen Zhen’s ablutions in the morning. Since her mistress was to play the role of a

The next afternoon, under Zhuang Yue’s guidance, Lu Yan and Shen Zhen were taken to one of Wulipu Neighborhood’s residence called Luyuan. As the gates where slowly thrown open, Shen Zhen felt her ears buzzing. She had been born in the lap of luxury. But there were limits to everything! Or so she had thought

The moonlight eerily reflected against the tiles of the porch, while inside the courtyard, candlelight swayed and played shadow games against the account booklet. As a gust of air slithered through the cracks around the window, making paper rustle. Lu Yan’s figure gradually approached the woman seated at the table. “Shen Zhen.” His voice was

The boat slowly docked. As Zhao Chong and Huanniang took their leave, Shen Zhen was left to stagger around, almost smashing to the ground. Before she had the chance to break something of hers, Lu Yan quickly grabbed onto her body. That is when he saw the blood on her sleeve. Foraging through, he retrieved

( Translator’s Note: The actual title is “Thin Horse”. The Yangzhou thin horses were poor girls, bought by merchants, trained in the womanly arts and resold on a concubine market. They were called “thin” because they came from the countryside, were underfed and skeletal when they arrived in Yangzhou and “horses” because they would be

Two days later, early in the morning, a drum resounded and joyful music was played at the entrance of Luyuan. An impressive sedan, covered in big, red flowers stopped in front of the residence. According to the customs of the Jin Dynasty, even a concubine could be directly welcomed into the family by the husband.

The moonlight peeked through the window, throwing its beams onto the faces of a man and a woman staring into each other’s eyes. She Zhen was standing on the spot, completely at a loss. Her teeth were worrying her lower lip, grinding back and forth. Lu Yan observed the anxiety, the nervous eyes that looked

Well, well. The Flower Girl had some medical skills. Lu Yan had not expected it. After confirming Shen Zhen was comfortable and supervising her taking medicine, he got up and slowly mad his way to Dongliyuan to the north. Ever since Lu Yan had been welcomed as official of the Supreme Court, he had been