The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

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Inside a small partitioned area of the main hall, students from Tianqiong Academy were seated around a table.

The performance on the stage was about to begin. The servants were setting up the venue, and it was said that today’s lead performer was an actor named Chang Jing. He was from Fengcheng of Great Yan and had been learning opera since childhood under Shen Long, the greatest opera master of Great Yan. Originally, he performed for the imperial family, but Madam Xu, the proprietress of Tianxiang Pavilion, had once done him a great favor, so he came to support her for two years at the pavilion.

Once the two-year period was over, this Young Master Chang would leave Shengdu.

Because of this, all the guests greatly cherished this rare and fleeting performance.

After listening to Zhong Ding's description, Gu Xiaoshun was a bit confused.

Isn't it just Gu Chengfeng? When did he come up with all these gimmicks?

Also, he was casually using Chang Jing’s name to perform out here—does Chang Jing know?

Isn’t he afraid Chang Jing will beat him up like a sandbag?

“The ladies of Tianxiang Pavilion are truly beautiful.” Yuan Xiao gazed at the girls bustling through the hall, speaking in a dreamy tone.

Zhao Wei, having pulled out a folding fan from who knows where, fanned himself elegantly and said, "They truly deserve to be called as beautiful as celestial fairies, these two words."

Gu Xiaoshun: As beautiful as celestial fairies—that isn’t two words, is it?

Have you two gone dumb?

[T/N: Zhao Wei is referring to the two words “tiān xiān” which means celestial fairy, but GXS took it as the whole idiom “mào ruò tiān xiān” - "as beautiful as a celestial fairy”]

“Just average.” Gu Xiaoshun commented.

The two of them immediately glared at Gu Xiaoshun in unison, “How dare you insult the celestial maidens of Tianxiang Pavilion!”

Gu Xiaoshun protested, “I didn’t! I just think they’re…”

Average.

How could any of them be more beautiful than his sister?

Not to mention his sister, even his brother-in-law, and Princess Xinyang, was far more stunning than these girls.

Yuan Xiao snorted, "You're just clueless!"

Zhao Wei wholeheartedly agreed!

They didn’t believe that there was any woman in the world more beautiful than the ladies of Tianxiang Pavilion. And if there were, it would only be a legendary figure that people exaggerated about.

For instance, the so-called most beautiful woman from Canglan Women's Academy, who always wore a veil——who knew what she actually looked like?

Just because her eyes were pretty, did that mean her whole face was?

Who could guarantee that underneath the veil, she wasn’t hiding a face full of pockmarks and buck teeth?

Both of them had almost the same thought flash through their minds. But just at that moment, a figure as graceful as an immortal flashed through the crowd at the back of the hall.

Zhao Wei saw it first.

He immediately straightened up!

He hurried to grab Yuan Xiao beside him.

Yuan Xiao was busy watching a girl waving and smiling at him, practically drooling.

“Stop it! What are you doing!” Yuan Xiao brushed off Zhao Wei’s hand without even looking.

“A beauty! A beauty!” Zhao Wei exclaimed excitedly.

If Yuan Xiao hadn’t been so dazzled by the girls of Tianxiang Pavilion, he would have realized that with Zhao Wei’s usually slow and steady temperament, for him to be this flustered, it must be a once-in-a-lifetime beauty like the nine-palace celestial fairy.

Zhao Wei couldn’t get Yuan Xiao’s attention, and by the time Yuan Xiao turned back to look, that transcendent figure had already vanished.

“What were you trying to get my attention for?” Yuan Xiao finally snapped out of his daze as the girl walked away, and he asked Zhao Wei.

Zhao Wei rolled his eyes, “Nothing!”

Serves you right for missing out, you fool!

......

Backyard.

“She didn’t hide the gold here.”

The woman scooped a bite of ice-cold watermelon into her mouth and mumbled, “I saw her move it to another place.”

Gu Jiao glanced at the woman, then at the special private room behind her. Several burly servant women were sprawled unconscious on the floor, apparently knocked out by the woman.

Though, it wasn’t clear where she got the watermelon from.

It looked especially refreshing and delicious.

The woman said, "I'll tell you where the gold is hidden, but you have to dig it out and give me half."

Gu Jiao replied, “I can dig it out myself.”

The woman said, "She comes to check on her gold every half hour, and that time is almost up."

Gu Jiao looked at the small flowerbed she had dug up until it was riddled with holes and seriously considered the possibility of not being discovered by Xu Fengxian.

The result was zero.

“Alright, deal.” Gu Jiao said.

The woman, while eating her watermelon, pointed to a spot for Gu Jiao, “There, right there.”

Gu Jiao followed her direction and started digging. Sure enough, after a short while, her dagger hit something hard.

Gu Jiao was overjoyed and dug a few more times before finally uncovering Xu Fengxian’s jar of hidden gold.

The woman put her spoon into the watermelon, freed a hand, and said, “My share.”

Gu Jiao took a gold ingot from the jar, broke off a piece, and handed it to her. “Here, your share.”

The woman: “...”

......

Meanwhile, when Xiao Heng arrived at Tianxiang Pavilion, he didn’t head straight to Gu Chengfeng’s private room on the second floor.

He had been keeping in touch with Gu Chengfeng through Little Nine and knew which day he would be performing on stage. Today was the day of his performance.

He planned to sneak around to the backstage from the side of the main hall.

Halfway there, he realized that while thinking about this, he had forgotten to put on his mask.

He hurriedly took the mask out from his wide sleeve and put it on.

As soon as he put it on, he saw Ming Junwang coming from the other corridor.

Ming Junwang was also here to watch the opera.

That was Xiao Heng’s first thought.

Soon, though, he felt something was off.

The Han family had just encountered trouble, yet here he was at the opera. That didn’t seem like something Ming Junwang would do without a reason.

So… he must have a purpose.

Was it to gather information or something else?

Since Ming Junwang was heading backstage, Xiao Heng couldn’t go there anymore.

Although he was in men’s clothing today, it would still be inconvenient to speak with Gu Chengfeng if Ming Junwang was around.

As for keeping an eye on Ming Junwang, there was no need.

Gu Chengfeng was backstage, and he would be keeping watch.

Xiao Heng decided to go to Gu Chengfeng’s private room and wait for him there.

After he went upstairs, he sat in the room for a while. It was stifling inside, and he couldn’t open the street-facing window to avoid being seen from the shops across the street.

He had no choice but to open the back window.

Gu Chengfeng’s back window faced the small flowerbed in the rear courtyard.

As soon as Xiao Heng pushed it open, he saw that familiar small figure.

Without thinking, Xiao Heng immediately headed downstairs.

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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to succumb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he becomes a harbinger of chaos.

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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

—

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

—

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

He hasn't finished his lines yet though…