Little Panda
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50
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101.6 M
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying After a few cups of wine, Emperor Ming Cheng grew more talkative. He saw Wan Bi as an ally who shared a common secret, so he could only speak to her about the many worries he could not voice to outsiders. He wasn’t afraid Wan Bi would tell anyone, either. For one, Wan Bi was even more tight-lipped than he was. For another, Wan Bi had no friends; even if she wanted to talk, she had nowhere to go. “Sigh, We have it so hard!” Emperor Ming Cheng let out a long…-
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying Clutching the painting scroll tightly, Yao Xi ran through the imperial palace, sobbing. The palaces she passed all lit their lamps. The path before her was pitch black, but behind her was a trail of brilliant light. Beauty Yu was startled from her dreams by the mournful cries. She quickly summoned the night-duty palace maid and asked, “Did you hear a woman crying?” The night-duty maid was already scared witless. She stammered, “Ever since the Hai Hour,The…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying While delivering a register to the Directorate of Ceremonial, Liufu ran into Yao Xi, who was just heading back to the Bureau of Imperial Gardens after speaking with Zheng Dayun. After the incident a year ago, he had never spoken to Yao Xi again. That kid Yao Xi was clever enough to have never sought him out, either. The two people who had mutually altered each other's fates each harbored their own thoughts, never breathing a word about what had happened a year…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying In his Study Room, Zhu Xiangchang sat with his grandson, who was not yet two years old, nestled in his arms. Stroke by stroke, he wrote characters on a piece of paper, teaching the child to read. “Repeat after your grandfather. Tian—” Zhu Xiangchang took his little grandson’s hand, guiding the boy’s tiny finger to trace the inky lines on the paper. The little child’s pronunciation was unclear, and he always pronounced “tian” as “dian.”"Tian"…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying “Will you fucking get over here and give me a hand! Can’t you see this master’s leg is busted?” The sound of someone being berated came from outside the door. Who else could it be but Liao Bing? Falling into Liao Bing’s hands meant death, or at least losing half her life. Yao Xi scrambled off the bed, grabbed her shoes, and rushed to the window. She removed the chipped porcelain vase propping it open, pushed the window open gently, and threw one of her…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying Managing the storeroom was a fat posting. With so much coming and going, there were plenty of perks,The term is 油水 (yóushuǐ), literally "oil and water." It's slang for kickbacks, bribes, or other illicit benefits of a job. and nine-tenths of the money that could be skimmed from the Bureau of Imperial Gardens was concentrated there. Precisely because the job was cushy and the work was light, no one without connections could ever hope to manage the…
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Prologue With a crack, the door threshold, long since eaten hollow by insects, finally broke. Xibao lifted her eyes and saw Pockmarked Granny Liu at the door, teetering on the verge of falling. She looked just like a roly-poly toyA traditional Chinese toy, often made from a painted eggshell, that is weighted at the bottom so it always rights itself when pushed. made from an eggshell painted like a New Year’s doll at a temple fair. Xibao found the sight comical, but she couldn't bring herself to…
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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 Due to the scare, Yao Xi went back to the Bureau of Imperial Gardens, entered her room, and lay down. Since she had luckily managed to keep her life, she had to keep on living. How could the Directorate of Palace Attendants dare to be slow in carrying out an order from Her Majesty the Empress Dowager? They had sent someone over early to inform her that she was to go to Ning'an Palace tonight for night duty, guarding the palace gate. Guarding a gate wasn't exhausting…
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The Empress Dowager is Terrifying "Are we not at your residence yet?" Yao Xi asked in a whisper. This young master had led her out of that pitch-black area, and their surroundings had gradually grown more lively. Afraid of being seen by a passing eunuch or palace maid, Yao Xi had to shrink her neck and lower her head from time to time. Longyi said, "We're almost there." Everyone in the palace was already asleep, and there was no one on the path. Seeing the eunuch beside her acting so timid, Longyi…
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