Volume 2: Awakening Memories ☆ Initial Radiance Chapter 18: Symbol of Identity (First Update)

  "You might want to give it a try."

  Although she is now very weak and cannot fight against the Southern country, the pride in her bones does not allow her to bow her head and admit defeat.

  She can exercise her ability if she doesn't have it.

  She can cultivate power without having it.

  She can accumulate strength without having it.

  If a debt of vengeance cannot be repaid in one year, then two years will do, and if two years won't work, then three years. There's no other choice. Youth is her capital, and even if she spends ten years on it, she'll still only be twenty-four or twenty-five, the perfect age to lavish her youth.

  "What if Ye Guo found out you were a spy sent by Nan Guo, how would they deal with you?" She threatened him, but Xiao Yatou was still a bit too tender.

  She almost talked me into it, let alone that she was just a woman with no power to bind a chicken, even if she could bewitch the war king Ye Juechen, with Ye Guo as her backing, wanting to make a move on Nan Guo would still require careful consideration.

  "Chang Li Hou Hao Qi Ba." With a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, she swept her gaze over Xu Tian Bao's face. Her eyes were focused intently as she gazed out the window at the orchids that were in full bloom. "Do you know what the biggest difference is between humans and beasts?"

  "What exactly do you want to say?"

  "Man knows how to be grateful, but animals do not."

  "You——"

  "Chang Li, you've become so used to speaking like that, but it's really impolite. " Yi Xin stood up elegantly, her bright eyes falling on his face, her voice low but exceptionally clear. "Let me put it this way, if one day the Southern Emperor and the Night Emperor were both captured, who do you think I would save?"

  Xu Tianba remained silent, unable to understand what she wanted to express.

  "After the queen mother passed away, I never saw him again, and my impression of him was vague as if I didn't know him at all. Even though every year on the Lantern Festival I could see him from afar once, he had never given me anything except for his cold indifference.

  The shadow of the sunlight fell on Yixin's body, making it impossible to discern her expression. "The paternal love I longed for was never obtained from Nan Huang, but instead, I felt it in Ye Huang's eyes and on Ye Huang's body. Tell me, would my heart lean more towards who?"

  She didn't mind at all that Xu Tianba would pass on what she said today to Nan Huang, and she believed even more that her brother wasn't incompetent. So many difficult days had been endured, if he couldn't handle the problem she gave him, then he wasn't worthy of being acknowledged as a brother by Yixin in her heart.

  Although this body would always bring her some influence from the original owner, since her soul had merged with it, she was now in charge of what to do next.

  She, who grew up under the care of her father, mother and brothers, will have to learn to walk independently in the future, even if the road ahead is full of thorns, she must bravely move forward.

  "These words alone are enough for His Majesty to sentence you to a severe punishment for disrespect."

  "Whoever gives me warmth, I will protect whoever." With a calm smile, Yixin's smile was as charming as a flower, shining like the stars.

  Since she woke up, she occasionally heard the private conversations of Liang Chen Mei Jing and several maidservants. Ye Huang and Xuan Yuan Empress often cared about her situation, worried about her body, and all kinds of supplements were sent to the mansion one after another.

  Yesterday, she entered the palace and saw Ye Huang's loving gaze. Her heart was moved to tears as she suddenly missed her father; listening to Xuan Yuan Empress's nagging reminders made her think of her mother. They gave her another kind of paternal and maternal love.

  If it weren't for her concern about her status, she might have lost control of herself and rushed into their arms, letting out a good cry to vent the grievances in her heart.

  "This is the last time I'll ask you, do you have it in your hands?" A small movement of Yixin's heart couldn't shake Nan Guo, why would he waste his mind on a chess piece that had been married off so far away, intentionally or unintentionally grinding his teeth in front of Emperor Nan.

  The things women do, Xu Tianba disdainfully refused to do.

  Her clear eyes gazed to the bottom, and she shook her head helplessly, saying impatiently: "This king's consort doesn't know what you're looking for. In those years after this king's consort's mother fell out of favor, all the palace maids serving in her palace were white-eyed wolves, taking whatever they could steal, snatching whatever they could snatch. Empress Yu must have seen it with her own eyes and secretly laughed to herself."

  As Granny Sun said, at that time many palace maids bullied the Empress Dowager who had fallen out of favor, and with the support of Empress Yu, they didn't put the Empress Dowager in their eyes. All the valuable things in the palace were taken away, nothing was left behind.

  The status of the imperial noble consort was second only to that of the empress, and there were many attendants in the palace. To avoid gossip, Empress Xú had all the palace maids and eunuchs dismissed from the palace after seeing Imperial Noble Consort's miserable appearance, not a single one was left behind.

  The words spoken with a complaining tone are intentional, and both the speaker and listener have ulterior motives.

  "It's actually nothing too important, if it's not on you then forget about it."

  If it was really those palace maids who unintentionally took it away, wanting to find it again would truly take a lot of time.

  Although there were names and birthdays of those people in the palace, it has been more than ten years since then. Who can know if there are any changes? The situation becomes even more complicated for a while.

  "Wouldn't it be a bother for Uncle Guo to personally go on an errand to the Night Country, and what he's looking for is probably not something 'unimportant', right?" She deliberately revealed a curious expression, emphasizing the three words "not important".

  "The items that have been passed down from the Empress Dowager's hands are naturally symbols of the Empress's status, which may not be important to you, but they are highly valued by Their Majesties."

  He resolutely cut off Yixin's thoughts of intervening, he didn't want Yixin to interfere. Although Nanguo wasn't afraid of Yeguo, they also couldn't underestimate Yeguo.

  After all, it was not long ago that the southern country's army suffered a defeat and the Emperor lost a princess.

  "So it was, the Empress Dowager really doted on the Queen's mother, but unfortunately her mother had a short life and couldn't enjoy it."

  "The Queen of War has just recovered from her illness and is not convenient to be disturbed at this time, so I will take my leave."

  "All right, I'm also tired." Yixin smiled warmly and gently waved her sleeve, saying softly: "Housekeeper, send Chang Li out."

  Xu Tianba turned around, strode out of the front hall in big steps, and glanced back at Yixin Ran with a profound meaning, following in the footsteps of Han Guanjia, gradually disappearing into the corridor.

  "Your Highness, are you alright?" Xue Qi Mei Jing immediately grabbed Yixin Ran's hands and looked her up and down to make sure she wasn't injured.

  With a black line on her face, Yixin was speechless. She looked like a paper pasteboard, and anyone could bully her. "Who dares to bully my master? I'll beat him up carefully."

  "Your Highness, will that Chang Li Hou come again in the future?"

  "I don't know." Probably won't be coming for a while.

  "Oh."

  "Don't worry, Xiaoxue. If the sky falls, there's either a tall guy to hold it up or I'll hold it up myself." Xiaoxue's thoughts were very simple; in her opinion, since she had married into Ye Guo, she should consider Ye Guo as her home and live a good life.

  She deeply understands this point. Compared to the completely unfamiliar southern country that she has never even seen, she prefers Night Country and is more willing to live on this land.

  "The princess is right, the prince is tall, let him take the lead." Mei Jing smiled and said, her two small hands gently massaging Yixin's shoulders.

  Pfft——

  Yi Xin spat out a mouthful of tea, her small hand rubbing her forehead, she had never said to let Ye Juechen take the top.

  Recently, she has been avoiding him as much as possible, unable to understand why he seems to have nothing better to do than hover around her every day, making her heart flutter with anxiety and unable to calm down.

  "Your Highness, be careful, why is it always like this." Xue Qi hurriedly wiped her mouth, muttering in a low voice.

  "Beautiful scenery, where is your master Wang, I want to see him."

  Our King Wang, why does this sound so awkward?

  Woo woo, the queen is bad, and the king doesn't belong to her family.

  Digression

  The Three Smiling Beauties: Houfu's Favourite Wife, one-on-one, farming and fighting for favor, strong-willed woman.

  From wife to concubine, to being given away, a miserable death! Reborn, in the seven years before she came of age, she protected her mother, raised her younger brother, fought against her stepmother, fought against her aunt, fought against her half-sister, vied for status, blocked sinister plots, and overthrew all evil spirits!

  Never thought that a royal decree would be so difficult to escape, and I'd end up marrying into the Marquis's household! This time, I've actually married the older brother of my husband from my previous life, who has a lame leg!