Eight Treasures Trousseau

Chapter 108 (END)


Chapter One Hundred and Eight: Epilogue











“Princess, we have arrived.”




















They all knew that the Empress might not truly pay attention to the praises, but they had to be complimentary, had to be respectful. Everyone knew the position the Empress held in the Emperor’s heart. Who dared to displease the Empress?

They had heard that yesterday, a daring palace maid wanted to get imperial favour but enraged the Emperor. No one knew what happened in the end, but some people who had other thoughts gave up now and didn’t dare to think more.

Princess Rui He was slightly surprised that the Empress suddenly hosted a banquet. Empress Hua never liked to host banquets like this. If the other didn’t have a goal in hosting this flower-admiring banquet, she would not believe it.

“Ben gong had them plant these flowers here a few days ago.” Hua Xi Wan’s voice was forever soft. “Ben gong likes these beautiful things the most.” Finishing, she suddenly saw a flower stem that was reaching the path. She couldn’t help but frown. “How come this flower has grown here? Come, cut this.”

Then the women saw some taijian come with scissors to cut the entire plant. They looked at the flower that had fallen to the ground with thoughtful expressions.

“Such a pity.” Hua Xi Wan glanced at the branch on the ground and then turned to look at the womenfolk. “Let’s continue.”

Princess Rui He looked at the flower that was completely destroyed by everyone’s footsteps and slowly exhaled.

Even the most beautiful thing, if it was disobedient, would not be kept.

Just like when the new emperor ascended the throne, and that young Empress Dowager Zhang had dared to act like a mother-in-law in front of Empress Hua. Within a hundred days, she had died from illness.

Sometimes, a person’s greed was enough to consume them.

The Empress did not say anything, but anyone smart should have understood that the Empress did not have a soft personality. She just did not like to manage these matters. If they touched her bottom line, her actions would be enough to give them an unforgettable lesson.

This was also very good.

After they had admired flowers for a time, Princess Rui He heard again the sound of clapping from up front. She raised her head slightly and saw the Emperor’s carriage coming this way. The women saw this, bowed their heads and moved back, not looking directly at the dragon carriage.

However, the Emperor’s carriage stopped when it was about ten paces away from them. The Emperor clearly did not plan on coming forward due to the women present.

A taijian quickly came up to bow to Empress Hua. It was Chief Steward Mu, whom even those in favour with the Emperor had to treat respectfully.

It was unknown what Chief Steward Mu said. The Empress smiled and walked towards the Emperor’s carriage.

When the Empress stepped onto the stool, an arm that was covered in a dark dragon-patterned sleeve reached out of the carriage. The Empress handed her hand to the other and was pulled into the imperial carriage.

When Princess Rui He saw this, she suddenly smiled. She turned to look at the female official who was preparing to see her out of the palace. She lowered her head slightly and then left this sumptuous palace without another look back.

Some people were fated to become those who were to be admired and envied. While she could not become a main characters of legend, at least she was fortunate enough to see a legendary love.

She was born in nobility and wealth, the remaining of her life would be wealthy, and she had no regrets.

Thousands of years later, countless dramas and novels about Emperor Shengkun and Empress Shengde were created. However, some emphasized Emperor Shengkun’s extraordinary qualities, some emphasized Empress Shengde’s beauty which caused countless men to fall in love. It caused Empress Shengkun to never have a concubine and only hold her his entire life.

Some said that Empress Shengde was a successful woman, some said that Emperor Shengkun was a successful emperor. But the only thing they could not deny was that the two of them were an emperor and empress who had been in love their entire life.

The history books recorded how Empress Shengkun had said in front of the court that he would be together with the Empress forever. He had managed to do it.

In the forty-fifth year of Emperor Shengkun’s rule, when he was sixty-eight, he abdicated to the crown prince to become an idle emeritus emperor. He and Empress Shengde were in love their entire life and had three sons and a daughter. He recruited those talented, conquered foreigners, changed the way of farming, and developed a navy. This caused all the surrounding countries to fear and respect his country, and he was called a great and wise ruler by the historians. At least, every year during the high school examinations, this Emperor Shengkun would come out to remind people of his existence and torment high school students year after year.

Some even said in forum posts that this Emperor Shengkun was a time-traveler. Otherwise, how was he so capable and even had the mindset to be monogamous?

However, no one thought seriously of this explanation. Even the poster was just joking.


Who would believe that!

Translator Ramblings: The end!

Thank you, Adnana and Vivie, for helping me edit this, correcting mistakes, and trying to make sense of what I meant from my mish-mashing of cliched but incorrect phrasing and illogical sentence structure, as well as remaining patient as I repeat the same mistakes over and over. I am especially grateful to Adnana for keeping an updated glossary, adding definitions and notes for every chapter as necessary, and her explanations when correcting my grammar mistakes. Unfortunately, she did not see any improvement over this entire time as I had mostly finished translating before she came in.
