The hazy mist veiled the skies.
The sun was setting little by little and as the mist diffused from the pond, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants were enveloped in the colourful afterglow, which made the carved beams and painted buildings even more breathtaking.
Bai Qimeng stood leaning against the window, admiring the beautiful scenery of the Heaven, he fanned himself with the ornate fan as he read aloud, “The parting in the past creating the yearning in the present, can we not stay apart for long?* Beauty, beauty, where are you?”
*first two lines are from a poem called 《贺新郎·把酒长亭说》By 辛弃疾
His white hair hung straight down to his waist, there was a slight smile on his handsome face, his peach blossom eyes overflowed with affection, his demeanour incredibly romantic and unrestrained. Just a casual glance was enough to make people feel faint and their hearts pounding.
But the young man in black who was half kneeling beside his legs was unmoved in the slightest. He just lowered his head and straightened the hem of his clothes, saying indifferently: “Lord White Tiger, you will be meeting Second Highness in a while, so please don’t say such frivolous words.”
”Yes, yes, I have my own measure.” As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said with a slight smile, “But having said that, that Second Highness is also a rare beauty.”
Hearing this, the young man in black immediately raised his head to look at him and said expressionlessly: “Even though the Second Highness has lived in the Illusory Dream Island for a long time, he knows everything about Heaven like the back of his hand. In all of Heaven, I’m afraid not a soul can match him. What’s more, he’s eccentric, fickle and no matter what he wants to do, nobody can stop him… He must not be offended.”
”Okay, okay, I understand. Liu Guang, please stop talking.” Bai Qimeng rubbed his brows and complained pitifully, “When you talk about it, my head starts to hurt.”
The young man named Liu Guang could not help but stand up and smile slowly.
He originally had an indifferent expression, but with such a smile, a gentle expression softened his ordinary facial features, making him dazzle with a faint glow, which made one unable not to steal a few more glances.
Bai Qimeng snapped his fan and stared at him with a smile: “It’s really strange, how could someone like the Second Highness think of meeting me? He even came to visit me in person today. Mhm, he should have really fallen for me?”
Liu Guang was amused by him and laughed again, but in the blink of an eye, he frowned and sighed inaudibly. “As for Second Highness visitation, naturally he has his own purpose, Lord White Tiger please just act appropriately to the situation later.”
”Isn’t it just drinking a few glasses of wine with that person, what could happen? Liu Guang, you are worrying too much.”
Liu Guang didn’t speak in silence, just took the hair tie from the table and placed it carefully on Bai Qimeng’s forehead. There was a huge pearl embedded in the center of the hair band, which was radiant, warm and moving, matching Bai Qimeng’s handsome face very well.
After he had arranged everything, he took another deep look at the bead and then he lowered his hands and stood beside him, waiting for orders.
Bai Qimeng was used to being served by Liu Guang, feeling very satisfied by this, so he waved his folding fan and strode out of the room.
Liu Guang naturally followed quickly.
It’s just that he kept his head down, his gaze was always on Bai Qimeng’s heels, not daring to look at that tall and straight back.
The two of them walked around the winding corridor and soon arrived at the main hall for receiving guests.
The second prince who came to the door this time was a distinguished guest after all, so Bai Qimeng ordered people to prepare a banquet beforehand and also invited many singing and dancing actors to add to the fun, with grand ostentatiousness.
Liu Guang was just a small follower, so he was of no use. He was content to hide in a dark corner, watching the figure in white walking around, talking and laughing happily.
After an unknown amount of time, the legendary Second Highness finally appeared.
Liu Guang’s eyes were aimed downwards, so he couldn’t see the man’s face at all, he could only see a fragment of purple clothes and a pair of slender and white hands with well-defined joints.
These were hands capable of extinguishing life,
It was also a pair of hands that overturned the heavens and controlled the world.
Liu Guang’s heart skipped a beat and he couldn’t help raising his eyes to look out the window.
The sun was shining outside and the scenery was pleasant, but today’s heaven was shrouded in storms and there were turbulent waves in the dark, how could it be as calm as the beautiful scenery in front of you?
This scheming Second Highness must have sinister intentions in finding Bai Qimeng.
Thinking of this, Liu Guang’s eyes fell back on Bai Qimeng and he couldn’t bear to look away for a moment.
At the banquet, singing and dancing was reaching its height.
Bai Qimeng was suave and well-spoken, he was originally a well-rounded person. Although he was not familiar with the Second Highness, their conversation gradually warmed up after exchanging just a few sentences. After drinking for three rounds, he clapped and summoned a group of beautiful women he usually raised and asked them to show a sword dance for amusement.
This sword dance had already been practiced many times.
The women in various gauze dresses danced to the beat of the music. For a moment, the dancing swords were full of light, dazzling and very pleasing to the eye. But today, something unexpectedly went wrong. When the dance was nearing the end, a woman suddenly screamed, jumped up and stabbed at Bai Qimeng with a sword.
This abrupt change happened out of nowhere, although there were many guards beside him, they didn’t have time to react.
Only Liu Guang was paying attention to Bai Qimeng at all times, thus he immediately realized that something was amiss. He rushed out from the shadows without a sound, and the sword at his waist was unsheathed, bringing out a burst of blue light, instantly beheading the woman with the sword in one strike.
Blood splattered everywhere.
There were exclamations all around.
But Liu Guang acted as if he hadn’t heard of it, he tapped his foot lightly, leaped forward with big strides, swish, swish, swish three sword moves in a row, and neatly knocked down the other three women who were about to strike.
Then he returned the sword to protect his body, his eyes were as cold as ice as he walked back into the shadow behind Bai Qimeng indifferently.
His appearance was very ordinary and he was even more inconspicuous in black clothes. His slender figure could even be considered thin, but standing there quietly at this moment, he seemed to be able to withstand thousands of troops.
Many people didn’t come back to their senses until then, bursting in panicked shouts.
”Catch the assassin!”
”Protect Your Highness!”
There were screams one after another.
In the noise, Liu Guang could clearly hear someone chuckling and softly praising: “Good skill.”
The voice was beautiful and pleasant, like the sound of jade and stone hitting each other, like a breeze blowing by the ears, making people feel warm in the heart, alike to a spring breeze.
Liu Guang’s heart skipped a beat, he couldn’t help but follow the sound, and then… met a pair of eyes as deep as water.
Here’s my new project, unlike all others!
Here’s a warning for yall: this project contains uhhh dog blood, smut, misunderstandings… But it’s short so it gets resolved all very soon. Short pain better than long pain!
Plus, the misunderstandings are all so ridiculous its funny. The novel is from 2009 so u gotta forgive it for a few things. Now, without further ado,
Liu Guang- MC, literally meaning shining brilliance, or moonlight reflecting in the water, or even passage of time is like flowing water.
Second Highness – ML, name not yet revealed.
my co-TL is hurrying me, so I’m gonna post it now. ha, that’s what you get for staring into a burning lightbulb
If it’s our first meeting, keep one thing in mind: I am using MTL and my meagre knowledge of chinese to translate this. There might be mistakes.
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