Little Panda
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The Empress Dowager is So Wicked It was now deep in the night. The fires at Ning'an Palace had mostly been extinguished, and Wan Bi, thinking of the morning court session she had to attend, prepared to head to Longyi Palace to rest for a while. Longyi had been sitting with Wan Bi in Ning'an Palace the entire time. She hadn't the courage to follow her Imperial Brother to Jingling Palace; going would only make the pain in her heart worse. Seeing Wan Bi rise to leave, Longyi hurried forward to support…-
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying In the sixth year of the Yongtai era, it was the fourth month, and the old elm tree in the courtyard of the Bureau of Imperial Gardens was full of elm coins.The coin-shaped, edible seeds of the elm tree. A few days prior, some young, greedy eunuchs who wanted to eat elm coin steamed buns and elm coin rice had climbed the tree and picked several branches clean. Yao Xi, who had taken the day off, sat alone on a bamboo chair under the elm tree, gazing with a sorrowful…
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The Empress Dowager is So Wicked Yao Xi returned to the duty room, changed into the everyday clothes the Empress Dowager had given her, and grabbed her large gold bars, ready to collect a waist tag and leave the palace. As soon as she stepped out of the duty room, she found a young eunuch waiting for her. "Eunuch Yao, the Empress Dowager, mindful that your foot injury hasn't fully healed, ordered this little one to escort you to Yuanqing Gate so you can take a carriage out of the palace." The…
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The Empress Dowager is So Wicked "Is Her Majesty the Empress Dowager trying to drive a guest away?" Longyi looked at the several chests being carried over by the staff of Ning'an Palace and smiled. "This palace hasn't even said she's returning to her fiefA fief (fēngdì) was a territory granted by a monarch to a member of the nobility, who would then govern it and derive income from it. yet!" The senior maid leading the group of eunuchs smiled placatingly. "What is Your Highness saying? This palace…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying Wan Bi stood before the gates of the Cold Palace, supported by her attendants. She was elaborately dressed. Her aqua-blue formal blouse was woven with patterns of golden clouds and dragons, and her bright red skirt was embroidered with lotus designs in gold thread. Her hair was full of pearls and jade, and on her forehead, she wore a Phoenix Crown.A Phoenix Crown, or fengguan, is a traditional, ornate headdress worn by empresses and other high-ranking noblewomen in…
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The Empress Dowager is So Wicked The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of the Bureau of Imperial Gardens. Yao Xi's ride had not been particularly comfortable. The two-man sedan swayed violently, and since it was her first time riding in one, she had been constantly worried that the wobbly contraption would tip over at any moment. Thus, she had spent the entire journey with her arms spread wide, gripping the wooden beams on the left and right sides of the sedan. This giant roc spreading its wings…
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VIP Chapter (3-in-1) Emperor Ming Cheng had just returned from Concubine Kang's palace. After going back from Ning'an Palace, he had spent a night in passionate battle and woken up a little late. He was gradually getting older; he couldn't compare to how he was at twenty. Much of the time, Emperor Ming Cheng felt quite helpless. Whether they were marquises, generals, ministers, or commoners, people would try a thousand and one ways to send their daughters into the palace for all sorts of reasons.…
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The Empress Dowager is So Wicked “Looks like the Directorate of Ceremonial’s salaries need adjusting!” Wan Bi glanced at the huge pile of gifts the palace maids had carried into the hall. The eunuch who sent these things to Yao Xi was certainly generous. It wasn't just that the items were valuable; some were exceedingly rare, with few to be found even in the palace. Yuanqian’s heart sank at the sight of the pile. There were only a few eunuchs in the Directorate of Ceremonial who could…
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The Terrifying Empress Dowager Yao Xi froze on the spot as if hit by a freezing spell, unable to move an inch. Zheng Dayun, kowtowing on the ground, and the piercing gaze on her back told her everything she needed to know. Here, a song for my soon-to-be-prematurely-departed self: “Cooled.”“Cooled” (凉凉, liáng liáng) is the title of a popular Chinese song. The title has become internet slang for when something is over, hopeless, or doomed. To be honest, she wasn’t the type to speak…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying It was only the third quarter of the You HourThe You Hour is 5-7 PM. Ancient Chinese timekeeping divided the day into twelve two-hour periods (shichen) and a day and night into one hundred quarters (ke). when Yao Xi arrived at Jingling Palace. The sun had not yet fully set, and the desolate, lonely Jingling Palace shimmered with a golden light in the afterglow of the sunset. From a distance, it didn't look like a Cold Palace, but rather a holy temple for people to…
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