Tag: fiction

Chapter 54: Master of Digging Pits, Gu Jiu

Holiday bonus! “Er jiejie, as unmarried young ladies, how could we casually discuss our own marriages? Er jiejie best not bring this up again—it’s terribly embarrassing.” Gu Jiu glanced at…
Chapter 53: Tit for Tat

Merry Christmas! “Er jiejie, you seem to have grown taller,” Gu Shan suddenly remarked. Gu Jiu smiled and replied, “Really? I’m half a year older than san meimei, yet I’ve…
Chapter 52: Veiled Sarcasm

Zhao San knocked on the door before entering the room. “Gongzi, this subordinate is here to change your dressing.” Liu Zhao silently removed his shirt, revealing the wound. The edges…
Chapter 51: Little Money-Grubber

As the sun set in the west, Gao Erfu finally saw off Gu Ting and Gu Jiu, the brother and sister pair. Standing at the doorway, he watched the ox…
Chapter 50: Spare Me!

“Did Mother leave any final words when she passed away?” Gu Jiu asked softly. Gui mama recalled the past. “Just a few days before she passed, furen seemed to sense…
Chapter 49: Su shi

Gu Jiu arrived at Xiahe Village near Tianmen Temple in an ox cart. The zhuangzi purchased by Xie jia was located in Xiahe Village and spanned ten acres of fertile…
Chapter 48: Growing Resentment

Two days later, Xie jia’s father and son left Jinzhou in disgrace. Xie shi never appeared in person. Given her precarious situation, she dared not leave the residence to meet…
Chapter 47: Gu daren, You are So Ruthless!

Jinzhou Provincial Governor’s Yamen. Xie er laoye had been sitting idly for an entire day but still hadn’t seen Gu daren. At first, he had been quite self-assured. After all,…
Chapter 46: Seizing Property and Becoming Rich

Bai yiniang sat in front of the dressing table, drawing her eyebrows carefully. Gu Lin sat next to her, “Yiniang, why are you so happy?” Bai yiniang laughed. “Your father…
Chapter 45: Not Associating with Trash

Without eating even a single bite, Gu daren left the room. Xie shi sat on the chair with a dazed expression. Her mind was blank and she was completely at…
Chapter 44: To Bully Intolerably

Li Chuan knelt inside the outer yard study, trembling with fear. Gu daren sat on the chair, his expression cloudy that it could drip water. “Did you just say that…
Chapter 43: Who Hurt My Son?

Two prescriptions and a note were placed before Liu Zhao. Liu Zhao merely swept his eyes across the prescriptions. His gaze finally landed on the note. First, boil the gauze…
Chapter 42: Keeping Distance

Second geng Zhao San was extremely anxious. “But if gongzi’s treatment is delayed again, what should we do?” Liu Zhao was calm. “No matter.” Saying so, he began writing. Zhao San didn’t…
Chapter 41: To Kill or Not to Kill

Late in the night, Tianmen Temple’s rear court was brightly lit. The abbot of the temple, Master Huitong, stood before Gu Jiu. “We caused Gu shizhu to be startled.” Gu Jiu’s neck…
Chapter 40: Stabbing Xie Xian

The next day, Tianmen Temple began the rituals for Su shi. The ritual would continue for five days. The siblings, Gu Jiu and Gu Ting donated three hundred taels towards money…
Chapter 39: Don’t Talk Unless You Want to Die

“Walk quickly, don’t speak.” Gu Jiu lowered her voice and sternly warned her three maidservants. Leaving the orchard hurriedly, they crossed a courtyard wall and returned to the rear court.…
Chapter 38: Gongzi is Sick

Gu Jiu followed the guard inside the pavilion. When she got closer, she saw that the black-robed gongzi was quite good-looking, as if he had walked out of a painting. There was…
Chapter 37: My Gongzi Invites You

Gu Jiu changed into simple and clean clothes and walked out of Puxian courtyard with her maids. When her eyes swept across her surroundings, she spotted a powerful guard stationed…
Chapter 36: Tianmen Temple

This is Fengguo Temple (founded 1020) located in Yixian, which is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhou. The bullock cart swayed and rocked all the…
Chapter 35: Tricked

“Taitai, Gao Sanfu requests to see you.” Inside shangfang, Xie shi lay on the couch, reclining, The room had already been cleaned up, the carpet had been changed and the decorations were still…