Both diving back to the bedside, Zhi Wei quickly kicks the fire basin under the bed while Ning Yi ripped the bed sheets apart and makes sure all the chairs are scattered around on the floor instead of standing upright.
Confused by Ning Yi’s actions of making the place a big mess, Zhi Wei looks up only to see Ning Yi casting a look towards the backyard before promptly diving out of the window.
Stunned, Zhi Wei looks around in surprise- Did he just abandoned her and ran off by himself? But they are surrounded so where is he going?
By the time Zhi Wei followed Ning Yi out of the window she could hear the guards coming in the outer gates but Ning Yi is still calmly searching the garden for something as he tells Zhi Wei “Get your disguise on your face again.”
Hastily taking out the various makeup and fake eyebrows she often has with her, Zhi Wei quickly turns her face back to the yellowish and ugly appearance.
“Found it!” Ning Yi suddenly lets out a low cheer as he grabs a small red fruit from a half dead plant, “Eat it!”
Taking the fruit, Zhi Wei swallows the fruit without asking a single question.
A gush of heat rushes through her body the moment she swallows the fruit, making her face flashing bright red even as she gives Ning Yi a reassuring smile.
Taken aback, Ning Yi froze for a moment before reaching out to grab Zhi Wei’s hand to take her pulse. Frowning, Ning Yi says “We are a bit short on time…” before sending a burst of energy into Zhi Wei’s body.
Getting a general gist of what Ning Yi is planning now, Zhi Wei leaves her body completely unguarded and allows Ning Yi’s energy to course through her vein causing havoc.
Behind them someone pushed the door open, followed by a clatter of sounds as someone yells “It looks like someone was here before!”
Her lips forming into a small smile when she sees Ning Yi searching all over his own body for something, Zhi Wei suddenly grabs a rusted garden shovel that was by the wall.
“I am going to kill you!” Letting out a loud strange sounding howl, Zhi Wei swings the shovel towards Ning Yi’s head.
Ning Yi dodged out of the way as a hint of laughter flashes across his face followed by amazement.
This woman…is smarter than he could have ever imaged. Her intelligence is almost frightening!
Hearing the commotion, the guards all rushed over and someone yells “There are people in the garden!”
Princess Shao Ning, Fifth Prince, and Helian strolls into the garden past the long line of guards. Fifth Prince laughs “Sixth brother, you were here? Why are you dallying about when the party is about to begin. Come quickly with me, Father has been asking after you.”
Her eyebrow raised, Princess Shao Ning’s eyes gleam with excited anticipation.
Far from amused, Helian’s brow knitted into a deep frown- he had originally been planning to go searching for Zhi Wei at Royal Concubine Zhang’s place when he heard she was being bullied but then a palace maid said she went over to the Princess’ place so that’s where he went instead. However, he didn’t find Zhi Wei and ended up getting dragged by Princess Shao Ning over here.
Mighty pleased with herself, Princess Ning Yi commands “Why are you all just standing about! Go get that…” before her voice suddenly trails off.
Inside the tattered garden, things have just heated up. A woman with dark yellowish skin with a big mess of hair is chasing Ning Yi around with a rusted garden shovel while yelling “I am going to kill you! You disgusting reprobate!”
It is obvious from the woman’s hacking and chopping movement that she is just an ordinary person without any skills in fighting. With his hands at his back, Ning Yi frowns as he gracefully avoids the woman. The ground is littered with all the flowers and branches, victims of the woman’s wild hacking but she has yet to touch even the corner of Ning Yi’s robe.
His brows knitted in deep displeasure, Ning Yi warns in a low shout “Enough! Stop! Cease your crazy antics! What is going on?!”
“What’s going on?” Stunned by the sight, Princess Shao Ning asks.
“Zhi…” Equally stunned, Helian promptly joins the chaos “Fong Zhi Wei! Why are you here! What are you doing!”
Her hand pulled unexpectedly by Helian, the shovel in Zhi Wei’s hand jerked back and makes a loud “Bang” sound when it makes contact with Helian’s head.
“Ahh!” Remembering to keep hold of Zhi Wei with one hand while putting his other hand on the bump that had instantly formed on his head, Helian asks nervously “What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
Seemingly as if she hasn’t heard him, Zhi Wei continues to wield the shovel around “Kill him! Kill him!”
Coming up with a story to fit the scene in front of him, a bright eyed Fifth Prince asks gleefully “This is Prince Helian’s fiancée? Why would Prince Helian’s fiancée be chasing my Sixth brother around trying to kill him? Could it be…”, then turns to look suggestively at the messed up bedroom and ripped bed sheets.
Helian’s expressed turns dark while the shock expression on Princess Shao Ling’s face is replaced by one of glee “Sixth brother doesn’t look well. Is there something wrong?”
She had only planned on catching Ning Yi at this place to rouse her father’s dissatisfaction against him, but who would’ve guessed a much better surprised was waiting for her.
“Demon! Demon!!!!” Her eyes vacant of expression, Zhi Wei wildly waves the shovel around before suddenly brings it down on top of Helian’s head “Death! Go away!”
Jumping out of harms way in shock, Helian quickly darts back to try to catch Zhi Wei again but she has already run off and is pointing her shovel at a guard yelling “Death, you want to catch me too don’t you? Die!”
Wielding the shovel around erratically, her movement obviously that of one who is not only untrained but perhaps even deranged, everyone speedily dodged out of Zhi Wei’s way.
By this point Princess Shao Ning and Fifth Prince belatedly figured out something is not quite right as they exchange a glance. With Zhi Wei chasing someone else, Ning Yi finally has a chance to stop darting around and says “This woman is plain crazy! I had ducked into the palace garden to avoid the rain and this woman suddenly showed up. I didn’t want any trouble so I tried to avoid her but who knew she would chase me all the way to here…is she Prince Helian’s companion? That’s great, please take your thing away.”
Notwithstanding being preoccupied with pretending to be a crazy woman chasing random guards around with a shovel, Zhi Wei took the time to glare at Ning Yi– You are a thing! No, you are not even a thing!
Princess Shao Ning could hardly hide the look of disappointment on her face. Fifth Princess suddenly grabs Zhi Wei’s wrist in a lightening speed and frowns when he put his fingers on her pulse. This woman’s internal energy is indeed a mess with signs of madness.
Turning around, Fifth Princess gives Helian a questioning look. He of all people should know if his own fiancée has issues or not.
Instead of answering Fifth Prince’s questioning look, Helian’s attention was focused on Fifth’s Prince’s hand on Zhi Wei’s wrist “Your Highness, my fiancée has mistakenly put her hand in yours.”
Embarrassed, Fifth Princess’ face turns bright red and promptly lets go of Zhi Wei’s hand. Watching the whole thing, a few palace guards quickly swallow their laughter.
Paying Fifth Princess’ embarrassment no mind, Helian wraps his arm around Zhi Wei’s waist and pulls her to him. Standing across from them, something flashes across Ning Yi’s eyes before he quickly turns his head aside.
“Your Highness’ fiancée suffers from episodes of madness? It’s something she had in the past?” Not mincing words, Princess Shao Ning asks directly.
Still wielding her shovel around, Zhi Wei is mildly nervous. She is not certain what Helian would say. If he expresses his doubts then even if she and Ning Yi could cover this up today, they will still have more trouble ahead of them in the future.”
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Wish I had more to read!! Thank you for the hard work!
😍😍😍😍 thank you!!!!
Ahhhh love it! The smile That came on my face when I got the email for the new translation!😁 thank you!
!! Picturing Chen Kun and NiNi in this scene has me grinning so hard
Awesome translation, I love all the additional interactions between the main protagonists in the novel. Despite the omission in the TV series, I think the producers and writers still did a great job in character development on screen, especially making the Emperor’s character more complex and multi dimensional. I still wish there were more of these scenes in the series though. Keep up the great work. I really look forward to Mondays now!
What a great scene!!! Thank you so much for bringing this awesome story to us english readers. I get so excited to read each week. In the drama Ning Yi knows about Helian wanting to marry Zhiwei and finds it kinda funny. How does he find out in the book and how did he react to it?
I love the novel scene, it is so funny. I had wondered where Helian was when Zhiwei wandered off. Since they were on a date. That idea was really smart. The drama portrayed a different scenario. The fifth prince which one is that? And why would Zhiwei be worried about what Helian believe?
I can’t remember which one the fifth prince is in the drama either. If my memory serves me right, I don’t believe fifth prince showed up much at all in the show. At this point, while Helian has more or less figured out Zhi Wei=Wei Zhi but neither of them have verbally acknowledged it. Therefore, Zhi Wei is uncertain 1. If Helian could tell that her madness is an act. 2. If he did see through her act then would he play along. Both Zhi Wei and Ning Yi could get in tons of trouble if Helian decides to not play along.
Another guest had accidentally poured something on Zhi Wei’s dress so she left to change into something else which is how Zhi Wei ended up finding our hero after she had finished changing.
What a great scene! One of the things I love most about Ning Yi and Zhi Wei is how intelligent/cunning they are. Glad to see it reflected in the novel as well.
Thanks for this weekly spot of joy.
Um … since when did Zhi Wei become Helian’s fiancé ? did she consented or was it just falsely assumed by Helian and other characters ( fifth prince, princess Shao Ning and who know else) in the novel ?
Forever thank you for your awesome translations 😍
I am copying my answer to a previous question that is the same as yours:They are not officially engaged or anything. He went to the Qiu manor and asked for her hand…lost to Gu Nan Yi and the bet. Pretty soon after that, Helian figures out that Zhi Wei and Wei Zhi is the same person so he shows up at the academy as a student to get his daily beating by Gu Nan Yi. Prince Helian is invited to the Palace to attend the party and on his return RSVP he wrote that he will be attending with his fiancee Feng Zhi Wei. That’s why everyone kept calling Zhi Wei his fiancee. Sorry, I should have included that in the beginning of the post.
thanks for translating, it is fascinating to read the original novel (even just pieces of it) and then see what they did with it in the drama. i would love to read the whole novel, but well… and i still love the drama adaption.
thanks so much again for your translation it is awesome!
Thanks for the translations.
I found this place and your translations of TRoP just today and after finishing all 17 parts I am first of all immensely thankful to you for the hard work you have done with all the explanations and notes along with the great translations. I hope you will continue to post more of these as like many others I miss our hero and heroine characters greatly since the ending of the drama. Unable to read the original novel, I am really really happy to have found your works here. I will be waiting eagerly for each of your Monday post <3
I also found your blog today and read through all 17 translations! Your translations are ready wonderful . The last episodes of TROP broadcasted on Netflix Japan just last Friday and I cannot get out of the story and I am also left quite heartbroken….. Your original story helps me to move on! I cannot thank you enough!!!
That was so funny to hear that a guest had accidentally poured a drink on Zhi Wei dress. Was it one of the girls that bribed the servant to sit next to Ning Yi. That was the scene in the drama. The girl that wanted to be Ning Yi wife? That scene in the drama is one of my favorites. It is in the Novel, I wonder?
The set up of the scene is fairly different (as you will see in the next few posts) so I don’t think it’s the same girl. It’s actually a pretty interesting scene that shed some light on Mama Qiu’s background so perhaps I will translate that scene when I have a chance.
Gracias por tu trabajo