Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When Lu Yao pushed Su Kui out of the door, the dazzling sunlight made her blink. The palace in the distance rose and fell, hidden under the layers of light and shadow like some kind of fairyland.

Even now, Su Kui still found it a bit surreal. The palace looked like it was floating in the fog. Did this world really exist? Or was she just dreaming because she was close to death?

“Young Mistress?”

A soft voice snapped Su Kui out of her thoughts, and she opened her eyes sharply. The sunlight above was still shining brightly, beaming down warmth upon her.

Only then did Su Kui experience a slight sense of reality, and she asked, “What is it?”

“The young mistress over there seems to be coming for you…” Lu Yao answered hesitantly.

A young girl in a green dress, whose smile was akin to a spring breeze, was walking toward her. Who else could it be if not Feng Qingqing?

She just could not keep still. She had just been humiliated, yet there she was, back to her usual antics in such a short time.

Su Kui had to give her credit for her high tolerance.

No wonder Feng Qingqing was able to stand out amongst many noble ladies and ascend to the status of empress in the original plot despite being a concubine’s daughter.

“Good eyesight, Lu Yao. She is indeed coming for us,” Su Kui said cheerily. “Let’s see what else Feng Qingqing is going to do.”

After Feng Qingqing heard the news of Su Kui passing the selection, she hurried over to confirm it herself. Hence, her voice was audible before she even got close.

“I heard from the old maidservant that you’ve been selected. Congratulations, Sister.”

Su Kui gave a fake smile. The words that came from her mouth were as audacious as always. “It’s nothing. I just hope that your congratulatory wish is really from the bottom of your heart, and you’re not cursing me to death in your heart instead.”

“I would never do that!” Feng Qingqing was still smiling as she said, “Sister, let me push you. Since Ruoyu has been filtered out, we can only rely on each other from now on.”

“I wouldn’t expect us to rely on each other. It’d be good enough as long as you don’t screw me over.”

Su Kui curled her lips, disagreeing in silence.

“Young Mistress?”

She waved her hand. “Let her do it.” Since she was willing to do such an unrewarding task, Su Kui had no reason to stop her.

As the saying went, different situations called for different measures.

Before anything else, she would let her try it first. Pushing a wheelchair was not an easy task.

Equipment in ancient times were not as advanced as they were in the modern era. Wheelchairs were heavily built and difficult to push.

Feng Qingqing regretted it immediately after she pushed it for a short distance. She did not expect it to be this heavy!

After mustering all her strength, she only managed to push it over a distance of several more steps. Feng Qingqing looked at Lu Yao skeptically. That palace maid made it seem so easy when she was pushing it.

If she had not made it seem effortless, Feng Qingqing would not have volunteered to do it.

“Great, I’m stuck now.”

Feng Qingqing was exhausted after pushing it a while longer. She stopped to catch her breath.

Su Kui was enjoying it, but she deliberately furrowed her brows and said, “Why did you stop? Hurry up, we’re in a palace. This isn’t like the outside; we can’t just come and go as we wish. Other preparative concubines have probably arrived at the gate to the Pavilion of Gathered Elegance. Are you trying to sabotage me?”

Feng Qingqing was filled with strong hatred as she gritted her teeth so hard that she could crush them. She managed to squeeze out a few words after a while and smile in a pleasing manner. “Nonsense, Sister. I’ll keep pushing right away.”

Yet, her eyes were fixed on Su Kui’s slender neck. She wanted so much to throttle Su Kui’s neck and watch her struggle to breathe in her grasp!

‘But, not now.’

As she kept moving, she caught a glimpse of the pavement, where someone had thrown a few pebbles on it. Feng Qingqing’s eyes flickered, and a scheme formed in her mind.

She took a deep breath. Before Lu Yao and her palace maid could react, she suddenly used all of her strength and pushed the wheelchair in the direction of the pebbles.

The wheelchair bounced and tipped over in an instant when it hit the pebbles. Su Kui was about to be thrown out of her chair by the huge impact, but she was shockingly calm.

She was waiting…

The next second, her body flew out, though the expected pain did not come.