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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 9

by Little Panda — The Empress Dowager is Terrifying When Liao Yaoming went to the Directorate of Ceremonial to deliver the account books, he didn’t expect to run into Yao Xi at the entrance. Liao Yaoming didn’t know every single one of the many eunuchs in the Bureau of Imperial Gardens, but he remembered this Yao Xi from the day he entered the palace. That was because someone had pulled strings to process Yao Xi’s entry into the Bureau. Although he didn’t know Yao Xi’s background, it was best to stay far…
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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 8

by Little Panda — 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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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 7

by Little Panda — The Empress Dowager is Terrifying “Ah… Hiss… Pain pain pain pain pain…” Yao Xi mustered her courage and bit down hard on her tongue, the pain nearly making her faint. She stubbornly tried to hold her breath again, but just as the tightness in her chest was about to suffocate her, a powerful will to live broke through the wall that blocked air from entering her body. Dying, it turned out, was not so easy. Especially at the last moment of holding her breath, she feared death more than ever…
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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 6

by Little Panda — 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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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 5

by Little Panda — The Empress Dowager is Terrifying The spring chill still lingered in the April night air. Yuanqian brought over a satin-faced coverlet and gently draped it over Wan Bi’s knees, reminding her softly, “Your Highness… it is already the Zi Hour.”The Zi Hour is the first of the twelve traditional two-hour watches in ancient Chinese timekeeping, lasting from 11 PM to 1 AM. In Yuanqian’s memory, her mistress had never stayed up so late. To say something treasonous, even when the Late Emperor…
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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 4

by Little Panda — 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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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 31

by Little Panda — 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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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 30

by Little Panda — The Empress Dowager is So Wicked When the men sent to Zai County to investigate returned to the palace to report, Wan Bi was still at her evening meal. She had seen how heartily Yao Xi ate earlier, and it had made her eat an extra portion herself. Yao Xi was brewing tea nearby. She had just declared that she would serve Her Majesty the Empress Dowager in front of the saddle and behind the horse,Original: ānqiánmǎhòu (鞍前马后). An idiom meaning to wait on someone hand and foot, following them…
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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 3

by Little Panda — 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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Your Majesty is Poisonous – Chapter 29

by Little Panda — The Empress Dowager is So Wicked Perhaps it wasn't that the Empress Dowager lacked self-awareness, but that to her, the palace maids and eunuchs of Ning'an Palace were just little white miceOriginal: xiǎo báishǔ. The Chinese equivalent of 'guinea pigs,' used for expendable test subjects. whose deaths she wouldn't even find regrettable. Dish after dish was brought up from the small kitchen, and Yao Xi waited by the table with a pained expression. Logically, poisoning was a low-probability event, so…
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