Translating Sloth

Just as the emperor was bursting with joy Zhao Jin Yu again made a certain turn saying, “But that’s impossible, how can you be the emperor? That is the most incredulous thing in the world, if you are the emperor…” Zhao Jin Yu couldn’t help choke on her saliva, saying, “I threw you into a pile of snow, and starved you, and hid you in a dried up well…, this is disrespecting the monarch, I would have died many times without knowledge.” The emperor haughtily snorted, thinking to himself, of course…, if it was someone else they would have died hundreds of times, but of all people it was this girl, when she was foolish she was stupid, when she was stubborn she was even more resolute and daring, such a person unexpectedly slowly, unconsciously permeated into his heart. The emperor still remember when he first saw Zhao Jin Yu after that evil thief broke him, that kind of emotion, because meeting again made him happy, and felt hate, hating Zhao Jin Yu for indifferently and mercilessly...

“Who told you the emperor is an…old man?” The emperor struggled to spit out the last words, he simply felt those words were practically an insult. Zhao Jin Yu did not sense the stone’s discontent at all, as a matter of fact she said, “I know the emperor isn’t considered old, I think he’s only twenty-five this year…, but there are so many imperial concubines in the harem, filled with lust all year round, even if it seems normal on the outside, in fact…” Zhao Jin Yu lowered her voice, wily she said, “Maybe his body is already all spent, simply unable to have intercourse, tell me if you consider him an old man or not?” The emperor looked up, almost falling into a tumble, gnashing his teeth he thought, whether or not he can have intercourse, whether his body is all spent, this girl Zhao Jin Yu will definitely know in the future very thoroughly! Zhao Jin Yu laid on her bed, covered with a quilt, and had lowered the cyan curtains, suddenly the small framed bed became a closed s...

“You still have the audacity to see me?” The madam’s voice was both cold and pointed, like a sharp blade, directly stabbing the eldest old master Zhao Xing Kun’s chest. Perhaps other people showed an amazed expression, maybe they sucked in a cold breath, or maybe lowered their head pretending to not have heard the madam humiliating the eldest old master, in a word everyone wanted to find a hole to crawl in, showing they did not witness the eldest old master’s slight fall. Zhao Jin Yu was also rather awkward, she never imagined such a married woman in the ancient times the madam who had learned the Confucian moral injunctions for women, actually would make Zhao Xing Kun seem unsightly in front of so many people, but thinking better of it she again felt relieved, if the madam was one of those people who just bore it…, she wouldn’t have acted up in front of everybody at the relatives meeting feast, like a vixen bloodily attacking Zhao Xing Kun’s face. Zhao Xing Kun had a calm ...

Zhao Jin Yu turned to look at Zhao Rui Zhi suddenly, hardly able to conceal the shock on her face, she said, “What is younger sister suggesting? Even if we are not related by blood, and are not biological sisters, but you are rightly a young lady of the Zhao family, not a maid purchased to be settled wherever.” Zhao Rui Zhi forced down the unhappiness in her heart, Zhao Jin Yu’s words seemed to be straightforward but she had actually implied she was like a maid bought into the Zhao residence, only she did not dare to reveal a bit of discontent in front of the madam, afraid the old lad would again make out something, ruining her grand plan, regarding entering the palace this time, she was determined to win, these thoughts merely turned in her mind momentarily, it was not clear on Zhao Rui Zhi’s face, a pair of watery eyes flashed with innocence, with rosy lips she said, “Older sister, what I’m saying is…” Zhao Jin Yu interrupted Zhao Rui Zhi like a tough jade, imposingly she s...

Zhao Rui Zhi has never thought her heart could pound so quick and violently, thump thump, frantically in her chest, when she thought of what Zhao Cheng Feng had said she was uncontrollably happy, the empress of the palace…, a person above and revered by tens of thousands of people, serving the emperor, how great is that honour? Zhao Rui Zhi has never been a simple girl, if she was simple and candid she would not have appeared in the Zhao residence, and would not have sweet-talked the madam in to liking her so much…, although later because of Zhao Jin Yu appearance, her position took a dive, but she couldn’t help accept it, as an adopted daughter with no blood relation, it was already very rare for her to have reached her current position. Zhao Rui Zhi was a girl filled with ambitions, because she had suffered more than others when she was younger, her greatest wish was to be above anyone, now such an opportunity was placed in front of her, how could she not be moved? Zhao...

The grandfather and granddaughter had just finished talking when they saw Zhen Zhu enter, she carried a few boxes in her hands, somewhat hesitantly she said, “Eldest young lady, these were delivered by the eldest old master’s servant.” The young servant to the eldest old master’s servant, was a boy with delicate features. Zhao Xing Kun simply did not know how to improve the relationship between the two of them, seeing those boxes he was very happy, with a great sweep he placed all the boxes onto the table, he said in high spirits, “These are all braised pork shoulders.” “Braised pork shoulders?” Zhao Jin Yu’s jaw almost fell off in shock. Zhao Xing Kun looked very proud of himself, saying, “This is from Suzhou’s Xuji, this is from Wuxi’s Li family, this is…” In total there were five boxes, each one was purchased from a different place, clearly he had put some effort into it, “Don’t you like to eat braised pork shoulder? Grandfather thought you shouldn’t just eat from Linh...