Tải xuống ứng dụng
99.55% From CEO to Concubine / Chapter 222: Little Truths

Chương 222: Little Truths

"…atchoo!" 

Beyond the smoke rising from the steamy waters of the beautiful bathing pool of Aiyun Palace, through the hazy veil of tantalising crimson silks that fluttered down from the ceiling to flirt with the clear waters beneath, a pale, slender beauty let out a rather unbeauteous sneeze. 

By his side, his ever-faithful servant knelt, soaking a hot towel to prop on his head. This young eunuch took to his task with all the severity of a Taoist priest creating a talisman that could ward off the evil chill. 

"Master, you're going to take ill at this rate." The admonishment in Xiao De's tone was only rivalled by his worry. 

Yan Zheyun tilted his head back until it rested against the cool, sculpted marble (1). He brought a hand up to rub at his temples, uncertain whether the throbbing headache that had commenced shortly after he'd left Liu An's palace had more to do with the dilemma the little prince had created for him or his Lin Daiyu (2) disposition. 


SUY NGHĨ CỦA NGƯỜI SÁNG TẠO
Queeniecat Queeniecat

(1) Marble as a construction material was recorded as far back as the Qin Dynasty, with some parts of the Great Wall being constructed out of it. Along with jade, it became rare as a construction material due to its prized nature.

(2) Lin Daiyu: A principal character of the Chinese classic ‘Dream of a Red Chamber’ (Cao Xueqin, 1791), famous for her physical frailty.

(3) A day as a teacher is a lifetime as a father: a saying first attributed to the ‘Taigong Household Teachings’, which is a collection of sayings governing moral principles. Due to the direct nature of its prose, it was often regarded in ancient times as being too ‘unpolished’ for scholars and hence remained largely unrecorded in written text until the late Qing Dynasty where it was compiled into writing in 1899.

(4) The boy can be taught: an idiom with a story dating to the Western Han Dynasty (202BC to 8BC). The story is set during the Warring States Era. Zhang Liang, a prince of the defeated Han Kingdom, failed to assassinate Qin Shihuang (the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty) and fled for his life. As he was crossing a bridge, he saw an old man whose shoe had fallen into the water. The old man asked him to retrieve the shoe. Zhang Liang was offended but seeing the old man’s age, he assisted him. The old man then asked him to help put the shoe on his foot. Zhang Liang was unhappy but figured that since he had already retrieved the shoe, there was no point in picking a fight now and helped the old man wear his shoe respectfully. The old man deemed him worthy of teaching and put him through a series of trials after that tested his patience and his perseverance. On successfully passing the test, the old man handed him a teaching manual that would later assist him in becoming an important advisor of the founder of the Han Dynasty.

(5) Provide a flight of stairs: an idiom that means to give someone an out

A/N: Thank you very much for reading and for all the lovely reviews, gifts, comments, golden tickets and power stones! Apologies for the late release, I had received second round interviews earlier than expected (they were early this year!) and also had to cover shifts for colleagues that had interviews of their own. Hence, no weekend and almost no evenings free the whole of last week...

Đây là kết thúc Phần Một, và tải app Webnovel để tiếp tục:

Quét mã QR để tải Webnovel

Load failed, please RETRY

Quà tặng

Quà tặng -- Nhận quà

    Tình trạng nguồn điện hàng tuần

    Rank -- Xếp hạng Quyền lực
    Stone -- Đá Quyền lực

    Đặt mua hàng loạt

    Mục lục

    Cài đặt hiển thị

    Nền

    Phông

    Kích thước

    Việc quản lý bình luận chương

    Viết đánh giá Trạng thái đọc: C222
    Không đăng được. Vui lòng thử lại
    • Chất lượng bài viết
    • Tính ổn định của các bản cập nhật
    • Phát triển câu chuyện
    • Thiết kế nhân vật
    • Bối cảnh thế giới

    Tổng điểm 0.0

    Đánh giá được đăng thành công! Đọc thêm đánh giá
    Bình chọn với Đá sức mạnh
    Rank NO.-- Bảng xếp hạng PS
    Stone -- Power Stone
    Báo cáo nội dung không phù hợp
    lỗi Mẹo

    Báo cáo hành động bất lương

    Chú thích đoạn văn

    Đăng nhập