Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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There were too many things to do on the first day of his ascension to the throne. Jing Yuan did them numbly, but Jiang Shining’s figure was always in his mind.
He recalled her smile, her warmth, her embrace. She was his mother, and also the light in Jing Yuan’s dark childhood. She was the only one who gave him hope to live when everyone else avoided him.
However, Jiang Shining didn’t even enjoy his glory for a day. She had already put on the queen mother’s gorgeous clothes, but she died on this day. When Jing Yuan thought of this, he hated it so much. He hated his father, Emperor Hao Li, and hated himself even more – if he had known that his mother would lose her life, he would have chosen to rebel directly, instead of listening to her and choosing to obey and stay put.
No, this person was not worthy of being called his father. This man did not treat Jiang Shining well when he was alive, and when he died, he dragged her to be buried with him. Hao Li really hated her.
Everyone knew that Jiang Shining’s beauty and her elusive, noble and proud temperament had made the late emperor love her very much. She enjoyed his favor for several years, until she insisted on establishing a mother-son relationship with the emperor’s most disliked youngest son, and all the honors came to an abrupt end.
They all knew that she was beautiful, kind, kept away from harem disputes, and never hurt anyone. She would even rather break up with the emperor for a prince who had no blood relationship with her. In the huge palace, everyone seemed to like to talk about her, but in fact, only Jing Yuan understood her.
Jiang Shining would rather the emperor ignore her because she raised Jing Yuan. She wanted nothing more than that. She only truly loved her two sons. Everything that happened later was just to keep them alive.
Jing Yuan understood that Jiang Shining never liked being dominated by others. She was so smart that she even taught Jing Yuan both literary and military tactics, but all this seemed to be contrary to her status as a concubine. Even though she was naturally intelligent, for a concubine, being too smart and noble was a sin.
Therefore, she hid all of this under her calm and indifferent character, not attracting attention, not showing off, just quietly being a concubine. She never hurt anyone, but if someone came to her house to cause trouble, Jiang Shining would be bold and decisive. Jing Yuan learned a lot from her in the way of solving problems.
Jing Yuan knew that Mother Xiao’s ambivalence towards the late emperor was not because of her noble character, but because of her avoidance and even disgust. She had never loved the man who had trapped her for her whole life. She was different from other women, and she disdained the emperor’s charity of love. But the emperor was just such a mean person, the more he couldn’t get it, the more he missed it.
The late emperor saw through Jiang Shining when he was old and seriously ill and realized that she had never taken him to heart. He turned his love for Jiang Shining into hatred, and even though he didn’t win her heart when he was alive, he wanted to tie her tightly to him after he died to vent his anger.
She and Jing Yuan were both proud people, but as a woman in this dynasty, she had no choice. Jing Yuan knew that she was aloof and disdained to compete with other concubines for being obedient pets under the emperor’s power and was unwilling to bite each other for a bone in the hands of a man.
So Jing Yuan fought hard all the way. He wanted to get the throne and the world, but he wanted even more to give her the position above everyone else, even above the emperor, so that she would never have to bow down to others again.
Unfortunately, Jiang Shining was ultimately unable to break free from the shackles of fate.
At night, Jing Yuan finally managed to calm down and walked towards the harem with unsteady steps. At this time, the chief eunuch walked over with a bent waist.
“Your Majesty, the Shadow Guard General Mu Chi has died for his master.” Zhang Qingning whispered, “He seems to be someone from the Queen Mother’s Palace. How should we deal with his body?”
Shadow guards, these guys who came and went without a trace, even if they were chief stewards, were much lower in rank than the imperial guards and could not be put on the stage. Jing Yuan seemed to have met this man once in the palace of Concubine Xiao’s mother when he was young, but so what? He was just a slave who was born to die for his master. Jing Yuan waved his hand casually and let him handle it himself.
“Where is Yu Wang?” he asked.
“The prince was tired from crying in the afternoon and is now resting in the side hall of Jinghe Palace.” Zhang Qingning said cautiously, as if he was afraid that Jing Yuan’s next order would be to chop off Yu Wang’s head.
Jing Yuan did not say much. Everyone thought he was cruel and merciless, and even today, many people still thought he would do something to Jing Xuan. But Jing Xuan was born with a kind and generous character, Jing Yuan had watched his brother grow up, and Jiang Shining had taught him well, so the relationship between the two brothers was actually better than that of two people born from the same mother.
His mother was so smart, Jing Xuan couldn’t be stupid. Jing Yuan walked into the side hall and saw his brother still wearing a red robe but lying on the bed without the image of a prince, his face buried in the quilt, just like when he was sad and angry when he was a child. It was a pity that from now on there would no longer be a gentle woman to comfort him.
Jing Yuan sat gently beside him, Jing Xuan raised his head and looked at Jing Yuan with red eyes due to crying. Jing Yuan knew that Jing Xuan had figured out everything after the grief.
“Why did my father do this?” Jing Xuan murmured with pale lips.
“Because he hates me and our mother for taking every step to undermine his power and take advantage of the situation.” Jing Yuan said in a low voice, “He hates that I, the son he hates the most, got the power. So he wants revenge, he wants to take away the most important person to us and make us suffer for the rest of our lives. He even asked his servants to sow discord between us before they died.”
“He has such a cruel heart!” Jing Xuan was in so much pain that he buried his head in Jing Yuan’s arms.
Jing Yuan gently stroked his brother’s hair. He lowered his head and finally couldn’t control his expression. A trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.
“Jing Xuan, you still have me. We must protect together the world that mother created for us.” He murmured in a low voice, “We can only repay mother for her kindness in raising us in the next life…”
“If there is an afterlife,” Jing Xuan squeezed his brother’s lower back tightly. The young prince held back his tears and clenched his teeth. “I only hope that I will not be born into an imperial family in the next life and can live without the intrigues and deceptions. I hope to be an ordinary citizen and share the happiness of family with my brother and mother!”
“Brother Emperor promises you…” Jing Yuan said in a low voice.
Jing Yuan’s gaze gradually became deep.
Yes, if there was an afterlife…
Even if it meant risking his own life, he would ensure his mother’s safety throughout her life.
….
After an unknown amount of time, outside of time, in a room drifting in the void universe, a door slowly opened.
A short-haired woman walked out slowly. She was wearing combat trousers and a short sleeves shirt, with a rifle butt tied around her waist. She had bandages on several places, and there was some dirt all over her body. There was also some dust on her delicate cheeks, but it couldn’t stop the dazzling light from the pair of black eyes above her high nose.
She was carrying a modified rifle, looking sharp and dangerous.
“Congratulations, reincarnation book-traverser No. 154800, Jiang Shining. You have successfully completed the mission in five books and survived.”
A robot came to her side, flipping through the records.
“Now let’s check the relevant records.
Name: Jiang Shining.
Your identity in the book that matches you: supporting villain mother.
Basic mission: Survive the first three years.
Official mission: To raise a child who was originally a cannon fodder/antagonist/villain and teach him the correct worldview that suits his world.
Clearance conditions: 1. Defeat the protagonist according to the rules of his world. 2. Leave the original world within the specified time. 3. After the book traverser leaves, the descendants left behind can still replace the protagonist and bring a better future to his world. 4. The book traverser must gain the respect of the descendants.
Bonus points option: After the book traverser leaves the original world, if he is still remembered by his descendants every ten/twenty/thirty years, he will be given extra points according to the time period.”
Looking at the densely packed records, the robot couldn’t help but look up at her several times.
“Not only did you exceed your mission, but…” the robot waved its hand, “In all five worlds, you dumped your original lover five times.”
“They were all scumbags.” Jiang Shining said calmly.
“From the five worlds, you have personally defeated the protagonist in three of them. You even unified the world in the Doomsday Book.” The robot’s voice stuttered a little.
“Basic operation.” Jiang Shining still held the gun without even raising her eyelids.
“But, but normally, the book traverser in your quest line should let his offspring defeat the protagonist…”
Jiang Shining finally raised her head.
At this moment, she no longer had to pretend to be the gentle and kind Concubine Xiao, nor was she the original wife of the head of a large family who was submissive during the wartime period of the Republic of China. She was a woman who had just survived the doomsday environment, exuding a cold, free, yet dangerous aura.
“Did I break the rules?” she said calmly.
The robot didn’t even doubt that if it said no, Jiang Shining might really shoot it with the gun on her shoulder.
“No……”
“Then send me to the next world.” Jiang Shining said. But the robot still looked at her motionlessly. She frowned, “What’s wrong?”
“You haven’t reacted yet?” the robot said, “Dear Book-Traverser No. 154800, you have successfully completed the mission of five lifetimes. You can be freed from the cycle of book-traveling.”
The author has something to say:
The heroine in the emperor’s eyes must have a filter bonus 2333
Let me explain the setting of this article. Just like the end of this chapter, the heroine has travelled through the worlds of five books (but the beginning chooses to cut into one of the stories). The official plot will begin in a world of a white-text comprehensive version. It is probably the feeling of a top boss opening a small account to replay the novice fish pond area_(:з」∠)_I will write it slowly below
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