By midmorning, around ten o'clock, the shop began to see some activity. A few regular customers trickled in, familiar faces who knew the shop's inventory well. They headed straight for the porcelai...
2025-01-22 10:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe wages at Taxue Xunxian Pavilion were quite generous. A regular worker earned sixty copper coins per day, while senior workers like Zhao Erhu earned only twenty coins more. In contrast, many oth...
2025-01-22 10:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt was early February. Though spring had arrived, the air still carried a deep chill.
The charcoal brazier had gone cold, and the room was freezing. Chen Xiao huddled under the lingering warm...
2025-01-22 10:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostBecause of a single kiss from Gu Baiyi, Ji Rong couldn't sleep well the entire night, her dreams filled with bizarre and surreal scenes.
When she woke up, she rubbed her temples.
Si...
2025-01-21 12:43:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Stay, then. Who’s afraid of who?”
Ji Rong calmly sat back in her seat, her confidence unwavering. She refused to believe that Gu Baiyi could overturn the heavens.
Standing in the...
2025-01-21 12:43:03 +0000 UTC View PostJi Rong spent her days immersed in scriptures and cultivation, quickly passing two days.
The snow fox was very cute and often snuggled into her arms while she practiced her exercises and medi...
2025-01-21 12:42:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe sword intent was unstoppable, as if it were reaching for the moon in the heavens.
But just as the Hegui Sword was about to pierce Bai Yushuang’s body, Mei He hesitated slightly.
A...
2025-01-21 12:41:22 +0000 UTC View PostUpon hearing this, Wei Zongqiu froze for a moment.
Following Ji Rong's gaze, he saw a slender figure dressed in black, sitting at a table outside the shop, eating sesame tangyuan with chopsti...
2025-01-21 12:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostSnow began to fall on Bixue Peak.
The mist swirled around the mountain ridges, and the white snow set against the layers of clouds beneath created a breathtaking scene.
The world was va...
2025-01-21 12:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostJi Rong prided herself on having seen it all, but this was a first.
The protagonist smiled gently at her, eyes clear as water, as though the bloodstains on her prison clothes were no more tha...
2025-01-21 12:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostShen Mingyun sat high above, sipping his tea.
After a moment, he casually asked, “Oh? You wish to see Gu Baiyi?”
Ji Rong stood with her sword in hand and replied, “Yes.”
S...
2025-01-21 12:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostAt Wanjian Sect, the Judgment Division.
The fourth underground level.
The water prison was cold and damp, holding the most dangerous criminals.
In the deep silence, the sound of...
When Ji Rong opened her eyes, she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
She had transmigrated.
Just moments ago, she was dominating a virtual battlefield in an online game. But now, sta...
2025-01-21 12:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostQiu Che never got her “next time.”
After that day, the bird whistle from next door was never heard again.
To prevent the whistle from being confused with real bird calls, Qiu Che ha...
2025-01-21 12:35:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe road to the prayer hall wasn’t short. Since someone was watching them, Qiu Che didn’t say much. She maintained a slight distance from Li Qingwu, walking neither too close nor too far away.<...
2025-01-21 12:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostLi Qingwu instinctively wanted to pull off the bandage to take a closer look, but as her fingertips hovered over it, she remembered she needed to keep her identity hidden. She forcefully stopped he...
2025-01-21 12:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostOnce everyone had left, Ying Chun shut the courtyard gate and turned around, her tone laced with disapproval. “Miss, His Majesty has instructed you to reflect in solitude. Interacting with outsid...
2025-01-21 12:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe answers provided by Yu Ming and Yu Yan didn’t surprise Qiu Che.
They had been following their hired teachers—one studying arithmetic and the other martial arts—both showing some pro...
2025-01-21 12:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post"It’s absolutely true, Master," the butler said in a frightened tone, "It’s news from the palace! I heard that the eldest princess even defied His Majesty in public, all for the sake of a marri...
2025-01-21 12:29:28 +0000 UTC View PostA woman dressed in a pale pink gown, styled as an ordinary family's young lady, stood elegantly amidst a group of admirers, her delicate and graceful figure commanding attention.
She gazed si...
2025-01-21 12:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post"Master," Yu Ming said respectfully, bowing slightly. "Master Qiu has sent someone to invite you to the front hall."
Qiu Che didn’t even lift her head, flipping to the next page of her book...
2025-01-21 12:19:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe imperial exam went smoothly for Qiu Che.
In her past life, during the palace examination, she had answered the questions in a standard manner, relying on years of academic memory.
T...
2025-01-21 12:17:16 +0000 UTC View PostQiu Che had a long dream.
In the dream, she spent her entire life climbing to the pinnacle of power, eventually becoming the prime minister with influence over the entire empire.
But on...
2025-01-21 12:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post