The Rise of Phoenixes Novel Translation #233

Behind the rear window is a lotus pond, which is connected to a nine-curved corridor. Even though the man was wearing the eunuch uniform, his movement was especially graceful as he glided past the top of the water under the moonlight with an alluring lightness and rhythm. 

Seeing the man’s movement, something was triggered inside Feng Zhi Wei, giving her a vague feeling that she have seen this sort of graceful movement before. Naturally, this was not the time to ponder the question. The person leap past the lotus pond onto the corridor and rushed into another room that was used for resting and tea brewing. The person seemed to be very familiar with everything in the palace, there was no hesitation at all with every step he took. 

However, Feng Zhi Wei wasn’t slow either. She rarely used her internal energy but it doesn’t mean she is not proficient. A person like her will never allow any opportunity to polish herself to escape. Mobilizing the energy inside her body, Feng Zhi Wei leap past the lotus pond, onto the corridor and grabbed the man’s shoulder “Hand it over!”

*BANG!* Without looking back, the man kicked open the door to the tea room and slammed his shoulder against the wooden door. The wooden door bounced back right at Feng Zhi Wei’s face. Feng Zhi Wei stopped the door with one hand and reached out with lightning speed to grab the person’s waist. The person suddenly turned his head and smiled at her. 

The smile was mesmerizing.

The cool breeze on this spring night has seemingly suddenly begun to slowly and gracefully dance because of this alluring smile. 

Even as a woman, Feng Zhi Wei was bewitched momentarily by the smile. The person raised a hand and threw something over, it was the gold bag she had taken from Gu Nan Yi. 

Feng Zhi Wei immediately went to catch it. Flashing another smile, the person turned around and left. 

The gold bag flew over.

Feng Zhi Wei reached out a hand to catch it but there was suddenly another hand that appeared from behind her and easily caught the bag. 

At the same time, Feng Zhi Wei’s back stiffened and she could no longer move. 

Unable to move, Feng Zhi Wei silently cursed herself for losing her cool tonight. She was too impatient and focused on getting back Gu Nan Yi’s bag that she failed to notice that there was someone following her all the while. 

Now that she has lost the item and had even been restrained, Feng Zhi Wei was filled with anxiety. They are in the palace right now, if something is to happen, it’s fine that she dies but it would drag Gu Nan Yi down with her! 

The moonlight shone lightly. The hand under the moonlight was white and slender. The shadow on the ground was long and slender, hard to tell what the person’s figure was like under the wide robe and there seem to be some sort of handkerchief covering the face. 

The man snatched the bag, raised his hand to tap her voice and sleep acupoints before stuffing her underneath the daybed in the tea room. 

With her face down towards the ground, Feng Zhi Wei was smeared with a faceful of dirt and dust. Unable to raise her eyes to look around at her surroundings, she took a deep breath, ignored the dust she had sucked in, and tried to calm herself down first. 

The person really moved extremely fast. The person went with the three-pronged approach in order to make her lose consciousness. Unfortunately, the last sleeping acupoint lost a bit of strength and the pressure didn’t penetrate the acupoint to the end. She did manage to move her body slightly (so the tap wasn’t right on the acupoint) so she didn’t fall asleep. 

She then heard the sound of footsteps. It seemed that someone came in through the back window. There was an “Eh?” when the person landed. Judging by the sound, it was the eunuch with the alluring smile. 

Listening to the voice again, one could hear the intentional lower of the voice but the tone was still that of a woman. The voice was not disguised, the eunuch was indeed a woman.  

The person returned and saw that Feng Zhi Wei wasn’t in the room but was replaced by another masked person. Taken aback, the person subconsciously wanted to leave but the masked person suddenly asked “Did you lose something?’ 

The voice was hoarse, but it was altered by internal energy. Feng Zhi Wei could hear a slight sound of something being shaken and remembered that Gu Nan Yi’s gold bag was in the person’s hand. 

It seems that the fake eunuch had come back for the gold bag as well. 

The fake eunuch stopped, was silent for an instant, and seemingly also laughed slightly before saying immediately, “Ah, yes, I had lost it, thanks for waiting to return it to me.” 

In a remote palace room late at night, the two had a conversation as if they had met in broad daylight as the real owner of a lost item and a helpful stranger. The very normal yet bizarre conversation went on for two more sentences, then Feng Zhi Wei heard the fake eunuch take two steps forward, seemingly about to take the gold bag. 

*Bang.*

*Oof*

There were two muffled noises mixed in with the sounds of footsteps, two figures under the moonlight quickly flashing, followed by the fake eunuch’s laugh “Alright…alright…you are good. Giving back as good as you got.” 

The masked person said leisurely, “Anything that has been through your hands is of course formidable.” 

The fake eunuch was silent for a bit. The moonlight cast her long shadow on the wall. She seemed to have brushed the hair by her temple and then smiled seductively, “Who are you? How do you know me so well? How did you know I had already poisoned the bag? How come you are not poisoned?”

The person smiled and said, “Since I know you would poison it, then why would I get poisoned by it?”

Feng Zhi Wei’s heart skipped a beat– the bag was already poisoned when that fake eunuch threw it back? She didn’t notice at all. She was chasing after her so closely and that fake eunuch had to deal with her every step of the way yet she managed to poison the bag anyway. That was truly impressive sleight of hands. 

In other words, the masked man had saved her life by snatching the bag from her?

Her thoughts were coming in like waves but the conversation on the other side still continues. There came a vague sound above, it seemed that someone had sat down on the daybed, followed immediately by the masked person’s laughter directly above, shaking the daybed slightly.  

A fire of irritation burned within Feng Zhi Wei– Hey, you are sitting on my head!

“You went to all that trouble to get close to that man, wasn’t it just to see what’s in his pouch?” The masked person sitting on the bed pointed at the gold bag in the other person’s hand, “Why don’t you open it and take a look.” 

The fake eunuch sneered, opened the bag, and let out a low “eh?” 

The moonlight reflected the shadow of the object in her hand, and it was vaguely in the shape of a Ruyi shape (in the shape of a long S). 

Feng Zhi Wei was surprised. It was a jade Ruyi in Gu Nan Yi’s gold bag? That can’t be right. If she remembered correctly, it should be a weapon Gu Nan Yi had only used once previously. It was a short jade sword carved with a blood-red pagoda. 

Obviously, the moment the masked man took the bag just now, he had switched the thing inside. 

And who is this fake eunuch? Why so interested in this thing on Gu Nan Yi? To the point of risking getting close to him to steal it? And who is this masked person that seems to know all the ins and outs but is seemingly unwilling to reveal it to the fake eunuch? 

Feng Zhi Wei’s eyes widen in the darkness, vaguely feeling that she had somehow chanced upon some dark hidden secrets, something that seems completely unrelated to herself on the surface but might in fact have a lot to do with her. 

The fake eunuch held the Ruyi jade in hand, seemingly a bit baffled, and finally muttered after a while, “Did I… guess wrong…” 

The masked man was silent and did not say anything. 

 The fake eunuch tossed the Royi jade back and said, “I don’t want this thing. You keep it.” and turned to leave. 

The masked man sat unmoving, not stopping her. 

The fake eunuch walked to the door, suddenly turned around, with her armed crossed, and looked the masked man up and down. The masked man remained silent, letting her look her fill. 

After a bit, the fake eunuch chuckled, “You really don’t have to be like this…I say, why do you have to…”

Her last sentence suddenly turned seductive and alluring, as if someone was using a velvety soft flower to tickle one’s palm. 

The masked man leaned back on the day bed and laughed, “Oh? I don’t understand what you mean.” 

Jumping over quite a few paragraphs of description of how sexy and seductive the woman is as she approached the masked man. 

Feng Zhi Wei stared at the pair of almost overlapping shadows on the wall, pondering if the disgusting pair above her started to do the deed, should she forcefully break through her acupoint to flip the bed or should she just bear it and listen under the bed? 

Seeing the woman leaning closer and closer, pressing almost her whole body down. The only thing Feng Zhi Wei could see was her exquisite curvy shadow on the wall. 

Feng Zhi Wei sighed inwardly. It looks like this guy will sooner or later give in to the beauty. How many men can pass up such a temptation? Any that does, probably have problems down in that region. She should not put too much hope in this guy’s self-control. 

Feng Zhi Wei closed her eyes and started to direct her internal energy toward her acupoints.

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