Translating Sloth

Zhao Jin Yu comforted Wen Shi, again afraid she would take things too hard so she remained to have dinner, when she was leaving it was already very late, eunuch Wang was burning with anxiety, it didn’t show at all on his face though. Wen Shi saw Zhao Jin Yu off at the door, Zhao Jin Yu said, “Auntie, I did not think the capital city actually has such a tyrannical Peng family, even though I’m just a very minor Zhaoyi , but when I see the emperor, I will definitely report this clearly to him.” Wen Shi shook her head, gently saying, “You’re just entering the palace, you have to be cautious about everything, again how can you rudely mention our family’s matter to the emperor? Besides, that Peng family’s young master’s older sister is consort Yu of the palace, she was originally a maid of the emperor’s, serving His Majesty for over ten years, their relationship is extraordinary, don’t cause trouble for yourself, auntie will be fine.” Wen Shi spoke up to here showing a resolute gaz...

Wen Shi wore an apricot red brocade double layered jacket, her jet-black hair was styled by her temples, a gingko silver hairpin stuck in her hair, a graceful figure, seeming extremely simply yet elegant. Zhao Jin Yu opened her mouth to say, “Auntie, I’m Jin Yu ah.” “You are Jin girl? How can this be...” Wen Shi once again looked up and down the splendidly dressed young lady in front of her, seeing those familiar brows and eyes, then did she reveal a pleasantly surprised expression, with a creak she opened the gate, moving emotionally to hold her arms, “How did you become like this?” She once again looked left and right, there were at least ten young and old maids alone who had come with her, let’s not talk about the eunuch standing at the side. Wen Shi wasn’t an ignorant married woman, so with a glance she could tell eunuch Wang was an eunuch, her expression changed, pulling Zhao Jin Yu to a quiet area she said, “Tell auntie, what is actually happening? Could it be you…,...

She had come by ship, when she left it was also by ship, but here lies the difference, she was on a passenger ship when she came, when she left however she sat in an official ship specially sent to meet her, she asked rather baffled as she looked at the exquisite and luxurious ship, “Eunuch, this is for only me?” Eunuch Wang saw Zhao Jin Yu’s beautiful appearance, he recalled what his adoptive father had said to him before, His Majesty has never really been scrupulous with female charms, even though there were many imperial concubines in the palace, however in recent years there simply had not been a favourite, and amongst so many imperial concubine candidates, His Majesty stubbornly summoned for this Zhao family’s young lady, what did that say clearly? Eunuch Wang grew up in the palace as a child, because he was obedient and clever did he capture the head eunuch’s attention, hearing these words he blankly asked, “Why?” The head eunuch firmly patted eunuch Wang’s head, fe...