Heavenly Meteor, Crossing into the Concubine of Chu State - Full Text

  A gentle breeze stirs, and from the Fragrant Pavilion's flower boat emerges a woman embracing a pipa. She wears a large peony-patterned green gauze blouse with a pale pink lotus-embroidered skirt, its hem trailing on the ground amidst scattered flowers and leaves. A golden silk cloak with a delicate green gauze lining drapes over her shoulders. Her hair is adorned with pearls and jade ornaments that dangle from her temples, framing a face as lovely as a water lily.

  "The young girl, Liu Xue, will play a piece for everyone called 'Ambush from Ten Sides'." Liu Xue walked to the front and sat down on a round stool. The vibrant melody flowed out with her fingers, sometimes majestic and tragic, sometimes gentle as water, making people feel as if they were in the vast desert or experiencing the desolation of sunset.

  As soon as the music ended, a wave of applause erupted, and Liu Xiang bowed to everyone and returned behind the curtain. The performance of Yixiangyuan had just ended, followed by Tan Chunlou's people.

  A person wore a light purple dress with small pale pink jasmine flowers embroidered on it. Her hair was casually tied up in a loose bun, with a light purple hairpin inserted at an angle, giving off a carefree air. Her face had a light dusting of powder, her red lips were not painted, and around her ankles were two small golden bells that rang out with a clear sound as she walked.

  "A young girl, Xun, dances in the Spring Breeze Pavilion. For all of you esteemed guests, she will dance a piece." A purple gauze over one zhang long had a golden bell tied to each end. As the dancer moved, the two bells rang out "ting ting", the flying gauze and beautiful figure seemed like a spirit snake, every movement extremely flirtatious, with the sound of the final "ting" the dance came to an end.

  Due to the intense dance, her delicate face was flushed with a layer of red glow, and with one glance from her charming eyes, those men on the shore who were like wolves instantly lost their souls.

  Just as everyone was still in a daze, the people from Lan Xiang Ge had already walked out. A fiery red dress set off her skin as white as snow, and a dot of cinnabar between her eyebrows made her delicate face look even more enchanting. There were no excessive adornments on her head, only a single intricately carved wooden hairpin inserted at an angle.

  "The fragrance of orchids fills the cool summer." The clear and cold voice in this somewhat sultry night inexplicably gave people a refreshing feeling. Liang Xia suddenly lifted her head, her eyes happened to be looking in the direction of Lan Lingxuan. Her originally calm and waveless eyes suddenly rippled, and the corners of her mouth lightly hooked up a shallow arc. Although it was very light, An Wei's heart saw it clearly. A strange feeling of annoyance suddenly attacked her mind. After glancing at Lan Lingxuan beside her, the two pairs of eyes collided, and Lan Lingxuan was smiling at her, which made her annoyed mood calm down a lot.

  "The top of the Orchid Fragrance Pavilion has taken a liking to you." The tone was filled with an unstoppable sourness that kept bubbling out, and Lan Ling Xuan's large hand swooped down to plant a kiss on An Wei Xin's forehead.

  "Has she been jealous?" An Wei's face turned red, and she coldly snorted, no longer paying attention to him. Her gaze returned to the flower boat performance across from her.

  Just as the two were chatting, a white screen appeared on the bow of the boat, with paints placed on the table. It seemed that Liang Xia was going to paint. With a rhythmic drumbeat, Liang Xia began to dance, holding a brush in each hand, which had been dipped in ink. As she swung her arms, strokes of ink were left on the white screen. As the drumbeat quickened, so did Liang Xia's speed. After two cups of tea, the painting was almost complete.

  As the last stroke fell, An Weixin's face turned completely black. Lan Lingxuan's eyes were gloomy and seemed to be thinking about something. The others looked at Lan Lingxuan with strange expressions, then at An Weixin, and finally fixed their gaze on Liang Xia. The crowd of onlookers on the shore also started a commotion, but the prince was calmly drinking tea.

  The screen turned, and the crowd's view became even clearer. The knife-cut face with flying eyebrows, a pair of deep and mysterious phoenix eyes under sword-like brows, high nose bridge below tightly pursed vermilion lips, and a black robe perfectly outlining that tall and straight figure. The person painted by Liang Xia was the god in the hearts of millions of women in the Qi Ling country - Prince Xuan!

  Liáng Xià's mouth curved into a smile as she gazed at Lán Líng Xuān, who was also staring back at her without blinking. This scene made ān Wéi's heart feel like it was stuck in her chest, unable to move up or down, and she felt extremely uncomfortable. Suddenly, she grabbed the wine on the table and took a big gulp, then slammed the cup onto the table with a loud "bang".

  "What's wrong with you?" Lan Lingxuan asked in puzzlement, looking at An Weixin whose expression was not good.

  "It's nothing! It's fine!" she said, directly grabbing the wine jug and taking two big gulps. Lan Ling Xuan snatched the wine jug from her hand, but before he could say anything, An Wei Xin got up and left.

  "Where are you going?"

  "Thatched cottage! Is the king also going?" Lan Lingxuan naturally heard the sarcasm in An Weixin's words and knew the source of her emotions. Before he could say anything, An Weixin had already disappeared into the cabin.

  "Second Brother, do you know that Liang Xia?" Blue Spirit Girl didn't want their relationship to be ruined by people who shouldn't be concerned.

  "I don't know."

  "What are you staring at people for? You even made Wang Ye's wife angry."

  "Is Wei Xing not coming back? Won't he go and jump into the river or something?" Shao Nian said, half-jokingly.

  "What's wrong with you, Shaonian? Are you out of your mind and want to jump into the river?" An Weixin strode in carelessly, walked to Shaonian's side, stretched out her leg and kicked him, warning him with a glare. "Hey, how did the performance at the outhouse end so quickly?" Shaonian glared back at her, having gone for twenty minutes of course it ended already, by now even the flower queen had been chosen, surprisingly it was that Liang Xia. Knowing this result, An Weixin's heart which had just calmed down suddenly surged again, she seemed to be able to guess what kind of request Liang Xia would make.

  "Third brother is so lucky, haha!" Lan Lingzhe burst into laughter and walked in from outside the cabin, saying this out of nowhere.

  "What made the prince say that?" Lan Lingxuan asked indifferently. After Lan Lingzhe sat down at the main seat, a person followed in and walked in, who was none other than Liang Xia.

  "Today, Liang Xiaojie won the Flower Crown, and the Crown Prince will definitely keep his promise to grant Liang Xiaojie's request. Liang Xiaojie's request is simple, she just wants to see her third brother once." Lan Lingzhe looked at Liang Xia who was standing aside with her head down, Liang Xia felt his gaze and bowed slightly, her clear voice neither humble nor arrogant.

  "Little girl, thank you for completing the prince." Liang Xia said and looked up at Lan Lingxuan, but the person she had been thinking about didn't even give her a glance. For a moment, the cabin was silent, An Wei's heart was not calm despite his indifferent appearance.

  "Prince, don't you remember me?" Liang Xia's calm voice carried a hint of loss, and this sentence also made everyone in the cabin turn their attention to her, implying that they should know each other.

  Lan Lingxuan was also attracted by this sentence, he swept a glance at Liang Xia's red clothes like fire, her delicate small face flushed slightly due to Lan Lingxuan's gaze, revealing a hint of purity amidst her enchanting beauty.

  "Who are you?" As soon as the words came out, everyone clearly felt Liang Xia's loss, but then she put on a smiling face again and took off a jade pendant from her neck, very ordinary.

  "Does the prince still remember this?" Lan Lingxuan furrowed his brow as if recalling something, and Liang Xia continued: "I'm Xiao Xia!"

  Lan Lingxuan suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, and asked uncertainly: "Are you Xiao Xia from Lingshui City?"

  Liang Xia excitedly threw herself into Lan Ling Xuan's arms and hugged him tightly, "It's me, it's me, I'm Xiao Xia." Liang Xia held onto Lan Ling Xuan tightly, making it impossible for him to push her away, so he could only comfortingly pat her back.

  A faint crisp sound, An Weixin's wine glass shattered on the ground, a drop of fresh blood dripped onto the floor. The faint sound was covered by Liang Xia's sobbing, Lan Lingxuan didn't notice anything unusual about An Weixin, but Shao Nian saw it.

  "Only you..."

  "I'm fine." An Wei Xin threw away the broken porcelain piece in her hand and casually wrapped a handkerchief around it, her calm expression didn't even reveal any emotions.

  "Xia Xia, how did you end up here?" Upon hearing the question, Liang Xia's sobbing, which had just stopped, started again.

  "Three years ago, my parents were robbed and killed on their way to visit relatives. Before their bodies were even cold, our family's property was seized by my uncle, who also drove me out. I had nowhere to go, and even the city of Lingshui was no longer a place for me to stay. I had thought of going to the capital to seek refuge with Duke Wang, but halfway there, I was drugged and sold into a brothel. It's been three years now, and I thought I would never see Duke Wang again in this lifetime... Who knew..." By this point, Liang Xia was sobbing uncontrollably.

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