The Cost of Wanting to Be a Wise Ruler Mouth. That word alone had Gu Xinglang—still a rather innocent young man—mulling for quite a while. When he finally figured it out by himself and looked down at his wife’s cherry-red lips, the fire in him whooshed into a blaze again. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaoxiao was fast…

San Shao Is a Good Young Man When Gu Xinglang remembered the expression on Wang Momo’s face the day he’d asked her that question, he almost wanted to crawl into a hole and die again. But Yu Xiaoxiao wasn’t letting him off that easily. “Say it—how did you know?” “I asked,” Gu Xinglang said, flipping…

The Depth and Subtlety of Language Yu Xiaoxiao thought her Xiao Gu was worrying for nothing. That little troublemaker Yu Ziyi? He was the kind of scourge who could literally survive her death. There was no way that kid would die so easily. Gu Xinglang held her close and said, “Big Brother isn’t in the…

The Princess So Noble She Has No Friends While Yu Xiaoxiao was busy eating and drinking and Gu Xinglang was bustling about, packing for their journey, a sinister conspiracy unfolded swiftly and silently behind the scenes. Though Zhao Qiuming and Consort Zhao were now both under house arrest—one fallen from power, the other fallen from…

Phoenix for a Vermilion Bird That morning, Wu Zhen was publicly scolded by the Minister of Rites and then kicked out of the storeroom. At the same time, Emperor Xianzong was already holding court. The overburdened ruler had no time to think about the treasures he had just sent off. He wasn’t concerned—so naturally, he…

The Birthday Gift That Broke His Majesty’s Heart Yu Xiaoxiao asked Wang Mama, “Are there any rules about entering the Zhuque palace?” Wang Mama glanced at her princess and replied, “Well, you certainly can’t bounce your way in.” Yu Xiaoxiao: … “It’s snowing!” the Fifth Prince, sitting on Gu Xinglang’s lap, pointed outside with his…

Wang Mama Who’s Afraid the Princess Will Be Bullied Seeing Wang Mama lecturing his wife with no end in sight, Gu Xinglang raised his hand and said gently, “Mama, please eat—if you wait any longer, the food will get cold.” Taking advantage of the moment when Wang Mama paused to respond to Gu Xinglang, Xiao…

Who’s Stronger—Sister or Brother-in-Law? The First Prince, Yu Ziqing, heard Yu Xiaoxiao’s mumbling and added, “Sis, the Gu family’s spear technique is peerless in the world!” Yu Xiaoxiao looked down at her eldest younger brother. The kid had been training daily with a bunch of soldiers lately and had grown sturdier—a round, tiger-headed little fellow.…

What’s our slogan? “Get lost!” This conversation, in the end, concluded with Emperor Xianzong roaring one last time: “GET LOST!” “But what about my thirty baskets of soup dumplings?” Yu Xiaoxiao asked. “GET LOST!” Xianzong bellowed again. “Aren’t your words supposed to be golden?” Her Royal Highness the Princess clenched her fists again. “Princess, Princess!”…

Thirty like a wolf, forty like a tiger Seeing that Yu Laosi couldn’t handle his own daughter, Prince Yu had no choice but to step in and share with Yu Xiaoxiao the painful memory of visiting Zhuque when Li Xiaoyuan turned thirty. According to his Ninth Uncle, even though he was a prince, when he…