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Cold Sands ch 41 & epilogue
XLI Unconcluded
Everything is blurry as the alcohol kicks in. The candlelight becomes a
reddish haze.
He throws me onto some soft blankets
laid on top of a thick rug. I sink into them very quickly and Murong Yu piles
on top of me while his hands work on undressing me. I bite down trying to hold
in my moans as I glare at him—he had obviously planned
all of this, the feast, the dancers, the exquisite wine, the woods and finally
this small tent.
His lips are tightly pursed, appearing
a bit frustrated. My clothes are getting more tangled the more he tries and
after a moment of thought, he pulls on both side to outright rip it apart.
“No!” I yelp. “What do you want me to
wear if you rip it?!”
He leans in. “No one told you to wear
so much. You’re just asking for it!”
My clothes are ripped as we trade
retorts. The outer robe, the inner layers and then the pants are all yanked off
and cast aside. I shiver from the direct contact with cold air. He presses
himself on me, kissing my lips roughly like an angry storm. Our naked bodies
stick to each other. His knee wedges itself in between my legs out of nowhere
and rubs against my groin sometimes lightly and sometimes hard.
“Murong Yu, you’re just like a sick
pervert.”
He laughs, a husky sound emitting from
his throat. “Not ‘like’. I am.”
“Xin, I just wanna tear you apart and
eat you up, not leaving a morsel behind. I’ll hide you in my heart, bury you in
my stomach and after you spoil and dissolve, you’ll be with me forever. I
really want to…haha. What say you?”
He holds me tight in his strong arms
and it’s as if I’m getting squished into pieces by them. I lean back without
even knowing as his lips ravage mine and breathing becomes an extremely
difficult task. He follows me, looming over me like a mountain. I circle my arms
around his neck and do my best to keep my head up and withstand his tongue
kiss.
A kiss, a deep one, a kiss that
suffocates us, burning away all rationale and bringing only a storm of insanity
and lust. Our tongues dance and our lips play together. Our tongue tips hook
onto one another and gyrate in each other’s mouth, unwilling to let go.
I can’t lie to myself. My body thirsts
for his loving, for his everything.
I struggle to open my eyes against the
tide-like lust. Murong Yu’s eyes seem to be shrouded by a thin translucent
layer of mist and in its depth is a tinge of sorrow mixed with hints of madness
that not even the overwhelming lust can hide.
A pang of anguish hits me, stopping
even my kiss.
He and I both know what this
rendezvous tonight means.
His hand reaches down, pressing my
body onto his. A violent shudder runs through me when I feel that hard, burning
thing against my stomach. I look up into his eyes and all I can see is lust and
desire.
Before I can react, his member heads
straight for me, entering painstakingly.
He’s moving slower than ever before as
if to purposefully extend our lovemaking. The pain makes beads of sweat form on
my head and shivers run through me. It’s entering almost a fraction at a time
and it’s larger and hotter than usual.
I can’t help but let out a hoarse
weeping sound. It hurts. It hurts so much. He’s entering me without any
foreplay or caressing. I feel a burning sensation in my groins as if I’m being
torn apart.
The pain is a dose of medicine that
even brings joy in this moment.
Perhaps because the pain in the heart
will lessen if the body is in pain?
I hold onto his arms, digging my nails
into his skin. He’s buried inside me and starts rocking his hips without a
pause. I clench my jaw to keep myself from making too much noise. I feel sweat
forming on my forehead and dripping down.
I will take whatever he has to give me
right now. I am no longer the emperor. I’m just a young man who cannot control
himself in the face of his own lust and desire.
It doesn’t matter how much it hurts.
It’s fine as long as I’m with him.
He starts putting more power into his
movement. He holds down my hands and uses his agile tongue to play with my
chest. Unable to bear it, I pant nonstop and moan as I rise and fall along with
him. Satisfied, he smirks and plants kisses on my face, my neck and my chest,
and everywhere he goes he lights a fire.
Every time he reaches the innermost
spot within me, my body arches up on its own from the dizzying pleasure. That
spot continues to get stimulated and the insane pleasure brings spasms that
feel like I’m dying and then coming back to life. I can’t help but cry,
“Ple…please…go slower…ah!”
“I don’t care, Xin. I just wanna make
you mine.”
As his member is moving in and out of
me, my moans become louder and quicker. Murong Yu suddenly presses himself on
me as though he’s mad and starts to kiss, no, gnaw on my neck.
I grit my teeth, trying to withstand
his attack that sends a grinding pain out from deep within, but once my mouth
opens what comes out in stutters is, “Harder, Yu…I want you…more…”
He latches onto my earlobe and his
scorching breaths hit my ear. “Don’t you worry, I’m gonna screw you so hard
that your knees buckle.”
He says as he aims for that one
sensitive spot, igniting a rush of euphoria and making me shudder all over. I
cling onto him and bite down on his shoulder.
He grunts as he pushes his groins
down. I try my best to spread my legs as though inviting him to go in deeper
even if it means more pain for me.
I want him. I can’t even help myself.
He hasn’t relaxed for a single moment
as if all of his desires that have been pent up are being released now. I rub
myself against his waist, moaning through my clenched teeth, feeling agony but
also tenderness.
I think tears are rolling out of my
eyes. I can’t help but sob with my face in his chest and listen to his quick
heartbeat.
The next moment will be the end of the
road.
He knows that this is the last time.
That’s why he’s so reckless, right?
This impulse and insanity can be
forgiven, right?
The body on top of me is flexible and
hot with the temperature of flames. Even the drops of sweat are broiling hot,
searing my consciousness when they drip onto me. Our mouths become glued
together once again, sucking with the lips, playing with the tongue and biting with
the teeth. Soon, I taste rust.
The blood mixes into the tangle. I’m
not sure if it’s mine or his.
The ecstasy of being consumed by fire
is also the ultimate pain.
In this moment, there is no state,
there is no land, and there is no war. There are only tender lips, entangled
bodies and complete intimacy.
We’re so close that we’ve melted into
one, as if we were born this way.
I haven’t made love to such an extent
for a long time. The strength seeps out of me after the release and I fall
limply onto the rug. Everything in my vision is hazy. Even Murong Yu’s
complexion is unusually blurry.
Our eyes meet and neither of us bears
to leave.
We are able to have this night tonight
but perhaps we’ll be on separate ends of this world tomorrow.
The tears are about to escape their
confines. He pulls a bitter smile and licks away my brimming tears. “What’re
you crying for? Is it because I was so good that you can’t handle it?”
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
some more so I just scold him, “You bastard. Asshole!”
“You just never say what I wanna
hear.” He hasn’t pulled out yet and rocks his hips spitefully. I gasp for air
as a burning pain spreads through me.
He studies me quietly. Our faces are
so close that our breaths merge and our lips are almost touching.
In that instant, the anguish comes
crashing down and buries me.
I start to pound on his broad
shoulders. “Why did I have to meet you, Murong Yu? Nothing good’s ever happened
to me since I met you. I either get beat up by you or topped by you–”
The rim of his eyes turn red and his
lips clip together. He seals his lips on mine and stuffs all my complaints back
into my mouth.
My mind goes blank. The tears finally
break through the dam. I use all my strength to hug him as if I was drowning
and clinging onto the only piece of wood.
“As if anything good has ever happened
to me after meeting you. I fall in love with this punk for some goddamn reason
and then this punk goes and turns into the emperor of the other country.”
I stay nested in his embrace as I cry
quietly, clinging onto his shoulders feebly.
“If only… If I died before meeting
you, it wouldn’t hurt this bad now.”
He immediately tightens his arms
around me without a sound.
“You think I have it easy?” He closes
his eyes and sighs. The sorrow in his voice is painfully obvious. “If I hadn’t
let you go and made you stay by my side, or sent you back to Yongjing,” he
pauses, “it wouldn’t be like this now.”
“You!”
“Then you’d legitimately be mine and I
wouldn’t have to be sneaky just to see you and sleep with you.”
He ducks down and plants a kiss on my
forehead before heaving a deep sigh. I take the time to wipe the tears away. I
hold him with all my might, not wanting to be apart from him even a fraction of
an inch.
Our eyes connect and even time seems
to fade into oblivion in this moment. No one says anything to upset the beauty
of this moment.
“Yu,” I whisper in a cracked voice, “I
love you.”
He cracks a smile of sorrow and
touches his chin to my forehead. Our fingers interlock. “I love you, too.”
I struggle to lift myself up and kiss
away the tears peeking past the rims of his eyes. They are salty and bitter. I
rub my lips together before kissing his lips. There are the remnants of my own
tears and the bitterness of it.
And it reaches my heart.
Our mouths are filled with the essence
of one another. We gasp for air as the points of connection seem to reach the
melting point. I suck up his scent greedily like I can never get enough.
The fires of lust seem to have burned
his vocal chords, making his voice even huskier. “Let’s go again, and again and
again.”
I don’t know how much time has passed.
I don’t know how many positions we’ve been in or how many times he’s taken me.
Every part of me, inside and out, has lain wide open for him to see as my body
is twisted into all sorts of humiliating positions. But even so, our lovemaking
does not show any sign of ending, rather it’s getting more and more intense.
My groin hurts so much that it’s numb.
The pleasure is burning strong like a forest fire on a dry summer day. I don’t
know how many times I’ve reached the climax; I just know that I’m on the edge
of insanity.
Our bodies join and threaten to melt
together in the blaze, never to part again, never to be on different ends of
the world.
“Ah… Ah! Yu…”
“Uh, uhn…bear with me…”
“Go harder…Yu…I…Ah!”
I want his touch. I want his kiss. I
want to be intimate with him. I want to be right next to him, closely, very
closely, entangled with him. I want to be devoured by him so that we have
nothing separating us. I want to be with him for the rest of my life so no
drama, no misunderstandings and no trouble will be between us.
Under wave after wave of pleasure, I
can’t think of anything else or stand firm on anything else. Who cares about
the state or the land? Who cares about status? Who cares about the social norm?
Who cares about war and retribution? They can just… They can all just go to
hell.
♚♔
I
blink open my eyes to find myself lying on my stomach on the rug with a soft
wool blanket on me. He’s lying beside me with his arm around my shoulders, deep
in sleep.
He’s just sleeping there. Those brows
that usually look strong and the lips that are usually pressed tightly together
are more relaxed now. For some reason, I reach out, wanting to touch his brows
but his eyes snap open. Shocked, my hand falls on his neck. He flips over and
pushes me under him.
Ripples of desire are apparent in his
eyes. I ask quietly, “You can’t be thinking of going again.”
He chuckles, “Why not?”
Only the sound of our breathing can be
heard in the tent. I hug his neck and stay motionless. A while later, he
reaches out and pushes away the loose strands of hair that are wet from sweat.
“Why so reckless?” Even though I know
his answer, I still want to ask.
He doesn’t look at me but instead at
the top of the tent. “Why ask when we both know the answer to that?”
I feel my throat clenching together
before he even finishes.
The affair between two emperors, no
matter how dear it is to us, can never be recognized.
The darkest of nights are the only
times that we can meet.
He doesn’t speak and just regards the
ceiling. Only after a long, very long time, does he turn to me with something
wet in his eyes.
“Honestly, Murong Yu, if you knew it’d
be like this today, would you have done what you did? Not killing me, saving me
and even letting me go?”
In the silence, I catch the tears
glistening in his eyes.
I touch his face with shaking hands
but he grabs it.
“What about you? If you knew it’d be
like this today, would you have saved me and promised me to help me get the
throne?”
I laugh, tasting the bitter tang that
seems to spread from my heart to my mouth. Finally, I reply steadily, “I
would.”
He caresses my cheek. “As would I.”
If time were to turn back on itself
and let us return to the moment we first met, let us have another chance to
choose, I would still take the throne and he would still lay siege to my city
without a doubt.
Our present was chosen by us. We can’t
blame anyone else.
I observe the face mere inches away
from my own. His eyes, his hair, his lips; I love every part of him.
He plants a kiss on my lips, a light
one, a shivering one, one that lingers on my lips, bringing an overwhelming
despair.
This love has always been doomed. Yet,
knowing that it’s perpetual doom, that it’s infinite destruction, the moths
still throw themselves into the fire until they meet their very deaths.
If only we could have met in some
other way.
He lowers his head, closing his eyes,
and touches his nose with mine. His hand gently massages my neck and he says in
a wavering voice. “You’d lose consciousness in an instant if I struck right
here.”
I stop dead in my tracks. I don’t
understand why he said what he said. He goes on casually with a mysterious
glint in his gaze. “If I do that, taking you away amidst the dark of night
shouldn’t be too hard.”
I shudder and even my breath seems to
have stopped. I watch him with disbelief. He kisses my lips again, whispering,
“Do you believe me, Xin?”
I feel the chills. “You…”
He laughs and takes me into his arms.
“I could do it. It all depends on whether I want to or not.”
I hold my silence for a bit before
sliding my hand away from his neck. “You wouldn’t initiate another war. You’re
not that kind of person.”
He lets out a long sigh. “There once
was an emperor in Yan who unleashed his wrath for a beauty and destroyed two
smaller kingdoms for her. When I read this part when I was young, I burst out
laughing, but when I think about it now, he got what he wanted by doing that.
He was a happier man than me.”
I pull a bitter smile. “What do you
want me to do after you take me away? You’re the emperor and I can only be
the…” The word concubinus reaches the tip of my tongue but I stuff it back
down. “You really think I’d just let you do what you want with me? And how
would I face Xiao–”
His eyes flash dangerously and he covers my
mouth. “Don’t even try mentioning that little girl right now.” My vision has
gone fuzzy. I clench my jaw and rest my head on his chest. For a while, no one
says a thing and the quietude is almost eerie. The warmth coming from him
envelops me, so soothingly and so tenderly.
I think to myself a little bitterly: having an
empress and consorts, bearing and raising children to continue the royal
lineage, these are things neither of us can escape from.
Murong Yu’s hand wanders up to my neck and picks
up the white nephrite. He observes it for a while before cracking a grin. “Very
good, you still have it on you.” I smooch his hand and open my mouth to say
something when a thought pops up in my head.
“Let go of me first. I need to look for
something,” I instruct quietly.
“What?”
I push his arm away without answering
and just as I try to move, a dull pain creeps up my waist and even my knees are
shaking when I lift my legs. I shoot a dirty look at the culprit and struggle
as I crawl out, spread the lump of clothes out and start searching.
“What is it you’re looking for?” He
props his head up and looks over. “Just wait ‘til daybreak if it’s nothing
urgent.”
Slowly, I crawl back into his embrace
and he yanks the blanket over to completely cocoon us. I hug his neck. “Don’t
move,” I say as I hang the jade twin panlong
around his neck and carefully tie a knot.
He looks down and appears puzzled for
a split second before realisation hits. “This is the one from before?”
“Even if we…” My eyes start watering
as I look at him. “It’ll be nice to have something…” I take his fingers and
place it by my lips before snuggling into his embrace and hiding my face. He
regards me with a thoughtful gaze and takes me into his arms silently.
“Yu.”
“Yeah?”
“It’s already the middle of the night.
If they can’t find me…”
The tips of his fingers brush across
my forehead and then he pats my lower back. “Don’t worry about that stuff. This
night belongs to us.”
Wordlessly, I nod and intertwine my
fingers with his.
This love of ours is just a sinful
love that can never be told to the world.
Daybreak means separation; it means
farewell for all of eternity.
But at least in this moment, we have
each other completely to ourselves. No more misunderstandings. No more
guessing.
He holds me tight as if he’s afraid
that he’ll lose me once he lets go. I kiss his cheeks and he purses his lips
before sealing our lips together. He enters shakily, and softly and slowly, his
aura surrounds me once again.
In that reassuringly warm embrace, I
fall into a light slumber. I have another dream. In the dream, my hand is being
tightly held by someone’s tender hands and the warmth exudes into my very
being.
I don’t want to move again or open my
eyes. I just want to fall asleep and never wake up.
♚♔
Eventually, the sky lights up. After some sleep, I feel much more
energized. The two of us hoist ourselves up, shake out the clumps of fabric and
start to put them on the appropriate body. I spot a ring of small teeth marks
on his shoulder that is a purplish-blue hue when I’m helping him dress.
Murong Yu turns to me with a
half-smile. “It’s your masterpiece from last night. There’s more.” Then he
undoes his undershirt and in that moment, I feel all my blood boiling and
gushing to my cheeks.
The olive-coloured skin on his shoulders
is littered with half-ovals of teeth marks and below those are numerous deep,
bloody marks. My cheeks burn furiously and I can’t bring myself to keep looking
so I hurriedly pull his shirt back and dress him in a rush. He chortles as he
teases me, “So you’re afraid of this?”
As if his gaze could scorch me, my
face along with the rest of my body seems to be ablaze. Embarrassed, I avoid
his hand and slip on my outer robe. He hugs me from behind and places his cheek
against mine.
“My Xin is so pretty when he’s shy,”
he remarks in a tender tone.
“How inappropriate.” Not knowing how
to cover up my alarm, I blurt out a random reply.
“Oh my missus, why are you blushing
now?” He gazes at me with a smirk. “You’re looking prettier by the second from
my loving last night.”
He just has to bring up what I do not
want to hear. Hearing that makes me furious because my lower half is still
aching and I have to try very hard to not be obvious when I walk.
He brushes his lips against my neck.
“Do you like it, Xin?”
The anguish that had just gone down is
rising up again. It’s good. It’s wonderful. I’ll take it even if what he gives
me is incredible pain.
“Looking like that…it’d be strange not
to fall for you…” he mumbles as he kisses me. “If those eyes of that Duke of
Huai Nan were hands, you’d be stark naked on the bed underneath him.”
I shudder as my stomach clenches
tight. I feel all my blood rushing to the crown of my head but my back feels
chillingly cold. He seems to have sensed my stiffness as he straightens himself
before turning me around by the shoulder to face him.
He wipes the joking expression off of
his face. “Xin, will you betray me if we never see each other again?”
My mouth opens but nothing comes out.
I just shake my head.
He squeezes my shoulders. The pain
digs deep into my flesh. “You say you love me, Xin, but how much do you
really?”
I feel a pang of agony in my heart. I
cover the back of his hand and press it tight against the left side of my
chest. I smile tenderly at him but the tears won’t stop rolling down my face.
“As much as this world is large, as much as nature is beautiful; for the rest
of my life, there will only be one in Han Xin’s heart.”
He stares at me, a bit dumbfounded,
and tears seem to shine in his eyes. The next thing I know, I’ve been pulled
into his arms. His arms constrain me by the waist so that I stick tightly to
him.
“I searched for more than twenty years
for someone who can share my feelings, who can support me and understand me,
and vice versa, but right when I’ve found him, I have to lose him the next
second.”
A tiny warm thing hits my forehead.
It’s his tear.
“Why must the Heavens be like this? If
we were going to be apart forever, I’d rather that we never met.”
I sob in silence as the tears keep
flowing.
“I don’t care if you’re Han Xin or Lin
Xin. You must remember that you’re mine. Always and forever.”
I nod furiously, getting his shirt wet
with tears.
“May we meet again in the next life
and never be apart.”
I take his hand and look into his eyes
with tears in mine. “And may we join hands in this life and regard the beauty
of this land.”
Our foreheads touch. Our breaths join
as one. Our tears flow in silence.
Our lips brush together lightly,
mixing each other’s auras in one, not for lust but for the intimacy of lovers.
After a long, long time, both of us
let go at the same time and back away.
I clutch at my chest and crack a smile
at him as something seems to be ripped away from the innermost crevice of my
heart. The pain is so much that I can’t make a single sound.
Every step I take towards the entrance
feels like I’m stepping over blades; the pain suffocates me.
Then I hear his voice from behind,
each syllable making me tremble. “My friend, let us join hands and haste away…”
The next line… The next line should be
“Let us join hands and leave for aye” but he didn’t say it.
Murong Yu, are you blaming me, or are you begging or are you merely
lamenting?
If I hadn’t known you then, you never met me and we never joined hands, we
wouldn’t have to bear the torture of not being able to be together, right?
But I don’t want that. If this was meant to be, even if I had known that it
would be like this, I would still want to meet you and get to know you, even if
what lies ahead is unpredictable and we end up on different ends of the world.
Murong Yu, even though our farewell is imminent, I, Han Xin, from my heart
to my body, will be yours totally.
I love you, Murong Yu, and I will never betray that, with the heaven and
the earth as witness and the sun and the moon as proof.
♚♔
I’ve made orders to pack the equipment and supplies in anticipation of
decamping and returning to the capital. Everybody has been busy moving all
sorts of things with a look of excitement.
I’m sitting quietly outside of my tent. The
cool breeze blows past, lifting my wide sleeves.
Picking up the xiao, I play the Cries of
Soaring Swan Geese once again. The crisp notes of the xiao levitate above the plains like emotional wails.
I’m playing it for him and I trust that he
would understand.
Heng Ziyu is standing ten zhang away, looking in this direction. I look down and pretend I
don’t see.
I’m not sure if he saw my secret rendezvous
with Murong Yu. It’d be best if he didn’t but it wouldn’t matter if he did.
The rulers of Great Rui and Great Yan, I and
Murong Yu—officially or personally, he has no right to
speak of our affairs. If he wants fame and position, I’ll make him a prince; if he wants the
company of beauties, I’ll give him the most beautiful of them all. I can summon
Heng Zixiang into the palace as a consort and bestow upon her glory and love.
His family can reach incredible heights and have major success.
This is all I can give you, Heng Ziyu.
But I will never be able to give you what you truly desire. I even
have to pretend to not hear, pretend to not see and pretend to not know.
Like I said, ‘as much as this world is large, as much as nature is beautiful; for the
rest of my life, there will only be one in Han Xin’s heart.’
♚♔
Everything
has gone according to plan and everyone has been working like bees. Soon, the
day of decamping comes.
The morning wind sweeps over the bare
grasslands while the early sun illuminates the earth. The long grasses sway
unenthusiastically while the eagle flags of Yan and the war flags of Great Rui
flap loudly in the wind.
The thousands of men and horses face each
other across a stretch of land. Camp fires burn bright in the empty lot in
front of me. The flames jump continuously and the heated air rises, blurring
the object behind it.
On
the black horse across from me is Murong Yu clad in a black cape embroidered
with gold. On the plate on his chest is the head of howling wolf carved in
relief. He’s looking straight at me with clipped lips and a collected
expression.
I jerk my head back and
face the sky. A lone swan goose glides past on the far side of the horizon as
it lets out a cry. My lips dance upwards in a light smile.
Deep, patterned steps of
metal hooves approach me and four heavy cavalrymen shouts, “A farewell for His
Majesty!”
Murong Yu spurs his horse
over and stops before the fire. As I urge my ride over slowly, I catch a glimpse
of a pair of anxious eyes; it’s Heng Ziyu.
He and I watch each other
on either side of the flames.
“I came to see you off.”
“Well, you really didn’t
need to.”
I flash a smile as my grip
tightens around the reins. Meanwhile, he stares at me fixedly.
Murong Yu’s hand suddenly
flies up and a Yan guard walks up holding a tray with two bowls of clear wine.
Within the rippling surface are our reflections. Afterwards, another person
leads a white horse over and slices its neck, letting the blood drain into the
wine.
He
picks up a bowl and holds it up to me. I instantly know what he wants to do and
I take it from him. His cool fingers faintly brush against mine. I pause as the
rites master reads out his passage and I raise the bowl up. I flick a few drops
out, up in respect of the Heavens and down in worship of the Earth. After, I
tilt my head back and drink it all down.
“If you want, you may
leave now.” He regards me as he says in a steady voice.
I shake my head. “I still
have something.”
As I speak, I draw out
Ding Guang from my waist. His soldiers immediately unsheathe their arms and
several thousand arrows point at me from every direction. The light dancing off
of the metal is enough to blind me.
The army falls quiet when
Murong Yu raises his hand. “What are you doing?”
I take a deep breath and
announce loudly, “Every battle, regardless whose victory it was, leaves behind
mountains upon mountains of bones. Today, for the lives of the realm, for the
peoples of the land, I shall form an
alliance with Your Majesty with my
own blood to provide the people with peace and safety!”
I press my right hand
against the blade and it cuts open my skin, covering my hand with blood.
A spark ignites in his
eyes like a droplet disturbing the peace of a secluded lagoon and raising
ripples, and chases away the cold.
For a long time there is
only the whistling wind.
Murong Yu pulls a smile as
he takes out his own sword and slices open his palm in the same manner.
He
spurs his steed closer while staring at me and the next thing I know, he’s
grabbed my hand.
Pain spreads from my palm.
Our ten fingers entangle with one another and curiously, the wound seems to
burn. Our blood mixes together. The red liquid flows out from the spaces between
our hands, dripping onto the field, and is quickly absorbed into the soil.
His expression is
nonchalant but a sliver of longing flashes in his eyes. “It is said that once
an emperor’s blood enters the earth, drought will plague the world.”
I look down for a second
before smiling again. “Then may our blood bring peace to the world!”
He hooks onto my fingers
tightly, pressing our palms together. His shoulder quivers slightly.
“Hear mine prayers, the
Heavens above! I swear on the blood of two. So long as I live, no soldier of
Yan shall invade Great Rui. Were I to break this promise, may I die under a
rain of arrows and fall into the pits of Avīci, never to reincarnate.”
I, too, cling onto his
hand and draw closer to him. “Hear mine prayers, the Earth below! I swear on
the blood of two. So long as I live, I shall never set foot upon the land of
Yan. My tribute to Yan shall never decrease until the day I die.”
We look into each other’s
eyes and speak as one, “With blood I form a pledge with him today to share happiness
and sorrow. Never shall I forsake this. Hear mine true heart, the Gods high and
low!”
His gaze penetrates
through my eyes like a roaring fire, illuminating everything.
The warmth seeping through
my palm seems to be the only temperature I have. My body starts to shake. I
just want to burrow into his embrace and never ever leave.
I grit my teeth to stop
the stinging in the tip of my nose and force back the tears. How could I possibly
lose my composure and how could I possibly depend on him and let myself go so
recklessly? Everything and
anything was my choice. I have to face the consequences of their results, no
matter good or bad.
Our fingertips
unintentionally brush together as I pull my hand back and the icy touch makes
me shudder. I jerk on the reins to turn the horse around while looking into his
eyes.
Murong Yu’s mouth slightly
hangs open and his bloody hand falters in midair before dropping down. He just
gazes at me as if he had a million things to say but no way to say them.
I crack a bitter smile as
I feel all my strength being siphoned away, as though I’m going to fall off the
horse.
His eyes are burning with
tenderness, intense and enigmatic with a bit of melancholy. Our eyes connect
and it’s as if his can hold within it my entire life’s worth of joy and
sadness.
Time is like water, Murong Yu. Meeting each other in this world of
too much war, too much chaos, was our misfortune, yet the single fortunate
thing is that we met each other.
We
have never betrayed each other and no matter the challenges or obstacles, we
will always be faithful to each other.
It’s
just that we have to pay the price for it; to be intimate but never close, to
be in love but never together.
I bring my right fist into my left hand. I say
to him brightly, with a smile despite the unbearable agony. “Goodbye and take
care!”
He closes his eyes and slowly a smile surfaces
on his face that exemplifies solitude and sorrow.
“Then I
wish Your Majesty a safe journey!”
The deep bellow of a horn sounds as the war
flags start moving. The soldiers beside me step forth and separate us. The horn
roars again, its notes charging into the azure. The Great Rui cavalry moves out
slowly, heading southward on their way home.
I hold in the tears, pressing my lips
together, and do not look back.
The wind sweeps over the plains, filling the
skies with sand.
I squeeze my right hand. The wound on my palm
is hurting more and more. The pain seems to go straight to my heart, leaving a
scar that will never ever heal.
I place my hand on top of the jade pendant
inside my shirt. It almost feels as though it is on fire, burning into my
heart.
This time there will be thousands of li
between us, so much so that even the winds will have difficulty traversing. I
wonder how long it will be before we meet again.
You want to be a heroic ruler who dominates
the land; I want to salvage this establishment of my ancestors’.
Destiny
is cruel, bringing us within inches of each other and then pulling us apart to
different ends of the world.
But
there is hope as long as we’re alive.
Let us wait, and wait some more, for that day when we can meet again.
For some reason, I catch the sound of
someone singing in the howling wind. It is originally a folk song from the Yan
and Rui borders, a song of a young woman longing for her enlisted lover. It is
supposed to be a gentle tune but now the melody has power and energy, breaking
through the boundless skies, grand and wistful.
“The Heaven and Earth feel my sorrows,
they sing for me; my sorrows have no end, ‘tis more than I can bear. But how
could I forget you, far as you may be? I think you the same, longing for me as
I do you. When we shall meet again I do not know and I cry for this may be our
last; return I shall if I am to live and if I am to die I shall think of you
for aye.”
---FIN---
Epilogue
In the latter half of September in the First Year of Yan Xing, the emperor
returned to the capital and announced the treaty signed with Yan.
The Yan cavalry retreated three
hundred li to the opposite side of
the Ye River. Five thousand soldiers were stationed on the north shore and a
protectorate general was erected.
The two countries, Yan and Rui, made
the pledge of upholding the border and not initiating warfare.
What was most surprising was the fact
that the two rulers both instituted the border area to be a land for many peoples,
moving the large amount of Yan herdsmen who had lost their herd in the war
south to the Ye River and the Rui farmers who had lost their farmland and
gardens in the war north to the fertile lands, instructing them on farming and
how to open up wasteland, constructing cities, inducing commercial growth and
allowing the different peoples to intermarry. The northern lands that had once
been barren due to warfare gradually began to flourish and change for the
better.
The ruler’s sword can divide the land
and bring upon it endless pandemonium but it cannot separate the common blood
that flows through the peoples of the North. The same, sharp sword can also
provide a world of peace for the tens of thousands of struggling civilians.
In the years of Yan Xing, one of the
most popular stories that was told in the tea houses and bars was the Blood Pledge of the Two Emperors at Rope
Hill Creek. The storyteller would pull exaggerated faces and speak
dramatically as though through his movements the audience could witness the
thousands of Blood Mounts charging to their graves, the two armies clashing at
sword’s point, the two emperors wielding their majestic swords and making a
lifelong pledge with their blood.
The children also enjoyed the epic
tale. They liked to listen to the two emperors, tall on their horses, looking
at each other without a word and swearing to never meet again. One of them
turns his steed around with determination and leaves behind him a cloud of
dust.
However, this pledge is rather
insignificant in the historical records left to the world. The historians were
extremely displeased with the cowardly actions of their emperor and with their
brushes, easily eluded the pledge that altered the fate of ten million people
and the lands of the North. It is noted as such in the History of Rui: The Basic Annals of Emperor Rui An: “The
twenty-first day of the Ninth Month in the First Year of Yan Xing, He formed a
pact with the Emperor of Yan before the two armies. He ceded four hundred li of grassland. The Emperor of Yan
agreed, withdrew his sword and left northward. Since then, the land north of
the river, Ye, has belonged to Yan.”
In the Fifth Month of the Second Year
of Yan Xing, the emperor married, bestowing upon the daughter of Shen, a family
of academics, the title of Empress; upon the daughter of Gu, a family of
nobility in the capital, the title of Consort Shu, for Benignity; and upon the
younger sister, Heng, of the Duke of Huai Nan the title of Consort De, for
Virtue. Furthermore, the emperor made a special decree against all voices of
dissuasion to take the capital’s famous courtesan, Wang, as Consort Yuan, for
First.
The romanticism of the emperor became
a fairy-tale in the training schools and bordellos. Meanwhile, the Confucian
disciples, utterly disgusted and bitter towards this, called the emperor
unrestrained and immoral for allowing a lowly woman into the palace as a proper
one, taking charge of the inner palace and disrupting order.
In the Sixth Month of the Second Year
of Tian De, the Emperor of Yan announced a decree naming the daughter of Xiao,
the Duchess of Zhaopeng, the empress, and selecting daughters from each of the
four noble families of Yan, Yuwen, Tuoba, Dugu and Helou, and bestowing titles
upon them in order to populate the inner palace.
The marriage of the Emperor of Yan was
made public and many tribes and smaller kingdoms rushed to Yongjing to present
their wedding gifts. When the emperor heard, he was silent in contemplation.
After some time, he took out a top quality xiao
from the Treasure Chamber and handed it to the Ministry of Rites’ diplomat who
was headed for Yan. He instructed solemnly, “You must personally deliver this
to the hands of Empress Xiao and say, ‘I
thank her very much.’”
The diplomat took the instrument and
left anxiously.
The emperor stood at Tai Qing Palace,
regarding the north in silence. In the end, all that was heard was a faint,
nearly inaudible sigh.
---FIN---
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dairytea: We've made it to the end~~~ ; A ; Wait, but there's more! Next release will be the extras~
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ReplyDeleteI cried so hard :"""((((
ReplyDeleteI CAN'T SLEEP NOW :((((((
;^; im crying.. so sad QoQ
ReplyDelete1st is was hot then so sad. What a bittersweet parting now & forever. No AZ's shoulder to cry on *ears falling*.
ReplyDeleteThank-you AZ for the sweet & bittersweet story. And, thank-you Dairytea for posting rest of the story.
I know it sad... North n south is like heaven n earth. I hate it
ReplyDeleteHuk huk huk .....why must they separate why murong yu didn't kidnap him ....hhhhhh. So bad hhhhhhhh 😐 thanx Az ....
ReplyDeleteRight now in our coutry 01:24 pm i am crying so hard in my bed can't sleep it's so hard to sleep
ReplyDeleteAhh... it's so bitter ╥﹏╥
ReplyDeletehiks hiks... so sad///
So beautiful.....
ReplyDeletei made it to this chapter, yaay
ReplyDeletei see everyone is crying, then i'l prepare some tissues first
*prepares tissues then goes to read the chapter*
i'll bookmark it today and read it tomorrow because i don't want to hear the sound of my heart breaking... yet 0<<
ReplyDeleteI almost cried when Murong Yu started to cry 😭 I feel like thag was the first time ever we have seen his tears! I felt like this whole chapter was pretty poetic. It was sad, but beautiful at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAhaha, I ,once again, was jealous when Han Xin was playing the xiao 😆 I have yet to purchase one for myself
I'm so glad they didn't die like I thought they would. I kept seeing the word "tragic" and immediately assumed death....whoops
I'm also surprised that Han Xin and Murong Yu weren't caught, haha. They were doing it for ages, it's practically a miracle no one found them 😆 And I know everyone was drunk, but wouldn't the soldiers start wondering where their emperors were in the morning? They were all up and about, packing the place up.
And dammit! Murong Yu married the dutchess 😣 And I see that Heng Ziyu's sister was taken in as a wife by Han Xin. It sucks that they both had to take wives to keep the bloodline going, noooo
I can't believe this is the end 😞 *sniffles* I eagerly await those last couple of extras!
Thank you so much!!!
~Michaela
I wanted to add that I liked how Murong Yu suggested what we all have been saying we wished he would do, which is to knock Han Xin out and spirit him away 😆
ReplyDelete~Michaela
cried so hard reading the finale.....hard being an emperor
ReplyDeleteI thought this was s HE novel? And then why am i crying so much!!! I hate it but then i love it so much. I f***** hate that they both cant be together but then admire the realistic ending of the story. Though i do wish that MY and HX have a tyrst somewhere from time to time :)
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! I was thinking of the same thing! How come no one notices them when han xing was moaning so loudly and the sound of MY moving inside HX without any restraints?
ReplyDeleteAnd then, didnt MY ripped HX's clothes? How was he able to present himself in the morning properly? ;) ;) ;)
Maybe HZ did follow them and knew. Or maybe he only has a suspicion because they very coincidentally disappeared together. I also thought one would die for the longest time xD I was hedging my bets on MY, because he wanted the throne and Rui. So he was going to put himself into danger.
ReplyDeletemy oh my.. all i can type is
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yeahh, that face again, now i looked exactly like that+ plus the fluides coming out of nose as well ! <.<
i cried so much that now i feel happy!
At least it wasn't what we were expecting, nobody died.. yaay.. and after forming an alliance, there could be a chance for them to meet again..
Anyway, thank you so much for woking so hard to translate this for us, thank you ayszhang so much :)
and the proofreaders too..
and of course dairytea for posting the chapter for us today ^^
can't wait for the extras, and speaking of extras, next is the third one, i wonder what will happen to Heng Ziyu, ayszhang made me so curious to read it..
Well, the orgy in the woods I hoped for didn't happen. Bummer :(
ReplyDeleteThis was really a farewell smut chapter. Appropriate for a BL story, but I found it a bit disappointing. I am not sure what I was hoping for. I guess a bit more story and involvement of other characters?
it wasa BE though >< we were all trying to figure out what would happen in the end, and thinking that they would die, or Heng Ziyu kills Murong!!
ReplyDeleteLucky us, this ending is not soo bad, it made us cry indeed, but there is hope for them to meet in the future :)
but it still hurts though ><
moral : no matter how much we want ....no matter how much we try....some stories just don't have a happy ending :'(
ReplyDeletebut thanx a lot for this translation :)
Ahaha, it really is shocking that Han Xin didn't die in Murong Yu's arms after all that love making XD And you'd think Murong Yu would be sad if something like that were to happen, but I think he'd actually be quite satisfied.
ReplyDeleteIt would mean that no one ever had the chance to make love to Han Xin as hard as he did, to the point of Han Xin dying. And with Han Xin no longer on earth, no one could have him, haha!
"Maybe HZ did follow them and knew". Omigosh, that makes it sound like Heng Ziyu was there the whole time and was just watching....does that mean Heng Ziyu is a BL fan?! XD
Or just a peeping tom
~Michaela
Hmm, your translation must've been off a bit XD
ReplyDeleteMaybe the orgy in the woods will happen in one of the extras? Crosses fingers and prays to the yaoi gods!
~Michaela
Damn this was a sad ending :(
ReplyDeleteWas a great journey.
Thank you for translating this.
even though I had already prepared myself for an ending like this, and would even be unsatisfied if things magically turned out okay, this doesn't stop my insides from feeling like they're being squeezed. And the epilogue just makes me sadder
ReplyDeleteit'd be great if he did. why didn't he >< aghhh, he was right below him, couldn't he just do it.. making us cry so bad :(
ReplyDeletemy god, i was crying before even starting to read the chapter, knowing that it was sad i couldn't help but let my imagination run wild, and then thought of all tragic possibilities that could happen to him, and i thought if it wasn't one of them dying, then it had to be Han Xin accepting Heng Ziyu!!!!!
ReplyDeletebut that line Xin told Murong made me feel so happy, about him loving only Murong Yu and nobody else :)))
ohh, you didn't get the Xiao yet? hope you do soon ^^ when youy do that, Xiao probably will stop beatingme and starts beating you instead? XDD
i agree with sorns, Heng Ziyu might have followed them and saw all that, but like Han Xin said, it doesn't really matter..
and i was thinkng that poeple must be searching for them by then, but who cares, as long as nobody interupted it's all cool :P
yeaa, it's kinda sad that they had to marry and all that but, at least the dutchess and Heng's sister are not evil (hope so)
Heng's sister is very cute, and the dutchess was not so bad, apart from her beig the reason why i met Xiao and i'm being beaten up by all the time ><
ohhh, dying in his arms.. that'd make it a happy ending XDDD
ReplyDeleteWHAT?!! Heng ZIyu's a fan too?!!!!!
well, guess we have to welcome the new banana ;p
but i kinda feel like he wouldn't control himself and go kill Murong Yu on the spot of he saw that !!
i was wondering about the clothes too, maybe only the ones inside got ripped and the one on top was fine, so the crime was covered??
ReplyDeletehmm *shrugs*
don't say forever, they must meet one day ><
ReplyDeletei actually felt happy after crying!!
ReplyDeleteOmg!! I forgot CS was released today and just read it now!! How could I forget!?!
ReplyDeleteWell... Good thing I read the spoiler or else my poor heart wouldn't be able to handle their final goodbye. Ironic how the emperors have unlimited wealth and power in their hands and yet can't get what they truly want.
I'm secretly hoping that the final extra would show Xin and Murong meeting again in their next life or their descendants falling in love or something. They need to reunite!!
that was sad but it's the logic ending of this story
ReplyDeleteI was sure it will finish like that. A bitter and sad end. T_T
ReplyDeleteaaaaw, such a heartthrobbing ending:-*
ReplyDeleteThe ending was not exactly bitter or sweet. It just leaves me with sort of a good feeling and relief for Murong and Han Xin. So, I like the ending but it would have been better if they were able to be together in the end.Anyway, their actions and pledge at the end seems more like a marriage vow than a treaty between two countries.
ReplyDeleteMuch thanks to Az and Dairytea for sharing and finishing this story. ;)
Why is the release for the extras moved to august? 😱😱😱😱
ReplyDeleteWaaaaaahhhhh
ReplyDeleteThat pulled at my heartstrings! Loved iiiiiit >.<
Wow... Can't believe it's almost coming to an end...
I want to cry so bad, especially the part when Murong Yu said "My friend, let us join hands and haste away.." Their farewell just too ;___;
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to write anymore *snif*
Just thank you for letting me know this amazing story. 3 more chapter to go T__T
Wow I've stopped stalking this site with chinese bl goodies for a while and when I came back, there's a lot of content to read! The translators and proofreaders worked hard for us readers :-) ! Xie xie! Especially to Ayzhang and dairytea for translating 2 of my all time fav. novels! Now I'm gonna enjoy reading the novels now :-) (it's like early christmas for me now XD X) XD)
ReplyDeletejust noticed myself, but no need to be impatient, i'd love it ayszhang can be with us at that time :)
ReplyDeletei cried so much a really nice love story
ReplyDeletenice story but sad ending :(
ReplyDeletehellooo~
ReplyDeletei'd been waiting for this to finish and i would read it all the remaining 20 chapters in 1 go in hope the angst ended and there would be a happy ending...but but... *sobs* i know this is the logic ending of the story, but i just hope somehow they can stay together :'(
anyway there are still some extras, looking forward to read them XD
thank you for translating this story Ayzhang <3
I-it's so SAD WAHHHHH *sobs*
ReplyDeleteI didn't even thought of him just being a voyeur and watching the whole time xD Maybe it was like watch a romantic R-rated love story...who knows, maybe HZ wiped away tears in double sadness; because it was such a sad scene, but also because he wished he was the one on the rug with HX ;)
ReplyDeleteIt isn't my translation that was off, I am sure it was ayszhang! (She isn't here atm, so she can't disprove me, ha! So I am innocent until proven guilty! :P) It could of course be that I had been daydreaming, but I could’ve sworn that with my fast lack of knowledge of the Chinese language, I read the raws right :P
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, maybe you are right and my vision will come to pass in one of the extras ;)
what is the name of other story that was your favorite?
ReplyDeletewhy? why they cannot be togtrher, happy ever after :'( suh a ruel end, that is so not fair :(
ReplyDeleteLove Late, translated by Dairytea. Have you read it?
ReplyDeleteoh, this is so depressing! but it is a very very nice story. Thank you so much for translating. but it doesnt change the fact that my heart is broken :(
ReplyDeletenot yet, but I will. thank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteSomeone write a threesome please.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late reply!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :)
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ReplyDelete:((( I hope you got some shut eye
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ReplyDeleteYeah D: so far away from one another
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ReplyDeleteI know !!! They should just elope together ToT
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ReplyDeleteI hope you didn't stay up too late ToT
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ReplyDeleteTAT *wipes tears*
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ReplyDeleteYeah ToT the beauty of star crossed lovers
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I'm glad that crying made you feel better!
That face!!! Where in the world did you get it?!
Anyways...I have been lazy...T_T I haven't translated enough to post the next chapter... soweeee T_T
Travelling is exhausting and there's no time to myself TAT
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So what do you think?! :O
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ToT Dr Murong~~~ I can't bear to see him cry too :(
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Hahaha, yeah maybe the author gave a freebie on that one, leaving the two alone for their last(?) hours together.
You're welcome~ I finally found a good VPN service so you'll be seeing more of me!
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I think those are very good questions indeed ;) ;) ;) but I think only we can get the answer...from our imagination
I think some of the stuff were ripped but the cape he put on last covered everything so...
ReplyDeletebut that's just my guess
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ReplyDeleteTAT It says "BE" on the info page of this translation...sorry :(
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ReplyDelete:'( Yeah... It's very hard indeed
Hey which VPN you are using now please share with me as well. I am now using Ipvanish which is working good but still looking more good VPN so please let me know what are you using.
ReplyDeletewooooaah,; you're here >v< i 'm soo happyyyyyyyy
ReplyDeletei know how tiring traveling is, i'm not used to traveling so it's worse when i have to check my eyes in the city >< it's torture cause i go on bus with all that croud and just the smell of a bus makes me dizzy >< ... but it's all cool if i find a seat next a window (thats why i go very very very veryyyyy early!!) aghhh it's gonna get worse when i start university T^T having to go by bus everyday, i hate it :( but look at the brigt side.. i won't have to travel to check my eyes, i'll just go walking like everyone else...
nahh don't worry yourself, take your time translating who in the world would blame you?! You're the best of the best haha *pats your shoulder* just take good care of yourself since i didn't make it that day to nag at you to take care of yourself well, you're very precious, take goodcare of yourself ;p
oh and that face, i took off my face and stuck it to the screen, then sent it to you <.<
*pssst* not "she" ;D
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late reply!
ReplyDelete:( *sniff* The next translations will be HE!!! D:
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ReplyDeleteYou're welcome and thanks for sticking with us!!! Please stay tuned for the extras!
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ReplyDeleteD: then maybe the extras aren't for you :( cuz it's sadder
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ReplyDelete>u< I'm excited for the extras too!~
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ReplyDeleteYeah.. :(
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ReplyDeleteT_T goodbye sex is the saddest
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ReplyDeleteYeah D: *sniff sniff*
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ReplyDeleteOMG!! Yeah I feel the same way! It was totally a wedding vow ;DDD
That doesn't really surprise me... Thanks for the warning, but I'll steel myself :)
ReplyDelete!!! I think I will move the date forward cuz I can access the site now!!! :D
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late reply!
ReplyDelete>A< we're almost there
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ReplyDeleteTT^TT I cried when I translated that line...
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ReplyDeleteYou're welcome~
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ReplyDeleteThank you!! :)
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ReplyDeleteYea :( thank you~
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ReplyDeleteThe extras are coming soon!!! >A< please bear with me
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ReplyDeletewaaahhh *joins in the crying*
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ReplyDelete:(
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ReplyDelete:( I'm sorry for breaking your heart *pushes the pieces back into place*
YES PLEASE!!!
ReplyDeletePFFTTT YOU TOOK OFF YOUR FACE?!?! LMAO!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are too good XDDD
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*sniff sniff* QAQ thanks for the support <3 I really appreciate it. I will work hard the next couple of days when I'm in Chengdu and Chongqing bcuz I'll be staying with my grandparents = no tourism or sightseeing = plenty of time for translating.
*poke*
I've moved the release date forward!
Shush! Do not spread your gender based lies; this is an all-female harem (sort of..but lets just deny the truth for a while)!
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…..we are totally your harem are we not?
Ps, do we get consort names, like bestowing me with the title for procrastinator? =D
Between who? Too many combinations possible ;)
ReplyDeletedon't look at me *walks away*
ReplyDeletei remember i said that i'll write a fanfic about it buut.. who believes a nii_san <.<
nahh, i'm just being lazy, i write half, never finish >< i have a problem with finishing, i get excited to write at first but get lazy later !!!
it made me busy collecting my shattered heart.
ReplyDeletebut i kinda like this ending? it's quite reasonable and might happen IRL :'))
Goshh, that was so sad yet still so beautiful. I cried a bucket of tears even tho I was already prepared for the sad ending. And the bloody hand pledge scene was so freakin' beautiful and heart-wrenching. They loved each other so much, yet they had to part way. aww.. my poor heart couldn't take it.
ReplyDeleteomg *clutches stomach*
ReplyDeleteYes, you guys are my harem. But why are you procrastination? Ouo
Me too :') I only like reasonable endings~
ReplyDeleteT^T *sniff sniff* I'm just glad you liked it! Please continue to support us~
ReplyDelete*sniff sniff*.. thanks! i hope there's more goodies in the extras :) but it is really a beautiful novel that you translated.
ReplyDeleteNoooo~ Even though I knew it coming...I just couldn't stop reading X(
ReplyDeleteThe feels... man, but I love their cheesy yet romantic squabbles in bed. Especially wirh murong yu. Every time he utters his seductive lines to Han Xin, I too imagined myself squeeling with Han Xin, kyaaa XD
The ending was sooo beautiful, even though it was so melancholic T^T. I have read a lot of books with the same kind of ending like hua hua you long where they can never be truly together which is sad bad I like this kind of endings which is kind of more realistic and justifiable ones. And can also bring out the emotions on the readers.
Although I don't read these kind of heart wrenching stories often bcause my poor achy breaky heart can't take the angst.
And I have sufferred again from 'Falling in love with the side character dumped by main character' syndrome ever since that jerk Heng Ziyu started become caring and protective towards Han Xin.
That kind of guy is a foul play towards a fujoshi like me u know! XD
really, would somebody write a fanfic for the poor guy and give him some love,
~he needs, need somebody to love,
sent from heaven above,
he's searching for that perfect situation,
perfect love~
That song is dedicated to Heng Ziyu ♡
I have more to say about this wonderful novel Ayzhang translated for us but it might be loong enough for one chapter of cold sands XD so I'll just say my thanks!
Thank u ayzhang and the proofreaders. ♡♥♡
Az..have u post your last update i was waitingfrom last night till now buuuuttt 😢
ReplyDeleteYeah! I'll be living out of a suitcase until Sept 26! D:
ReplyDeleteXDD TBH I procrastinate soooo much but only for school....x_x
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omg REM sleep XD takes me back to psych 101. I'm the complete opposite..... I wake up head facing the other way and blankets all wrapped around my limbs in a knot D:
Hiii~
ReplyDelete<3 Thanks for reading even though you knew it was a BE :')
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You're very welcome~ and I hope you will continue to support us! <3
QAQ I'm so sorry!!! I've been travelling so I couldn't finish the extras on time. I pushed the dates back. You can see the update schedule in the top right sidebar on desktop and on the top on mobile
ReplyDeleteHope you're having fun on your trip! I had a major change in plans yet again and will be in Kyoto from 9/16 to
ReplyDelete9/19! Haha if you get bored we can be travel buddies lol. I still have so much planning to do arg!
Heng xin murong obvs
ReplyDeleteadd Yuwen Yuan to the list XD
ReplyDeleteat least you're just sqealing.. i never mentioned this before but i actually had a dream, where i was Han Xin and i was with Murong Yu doing those stuff in bed O.O (what kind of dream is that?!!!)
ReplyDeleteUhhm, how embarrassing >//////////<
Yepp, i agree with you about Heng 2 >< he needs his happy ending as well, he isn't a bad guy, he's just a guy in love, and he happend to have fallen for reserved person, poor him, but i've been thinking of writing somehting about him, making him his own HE, but don't count on that so much, cause.. like i said before, i write half and throw the rest away ><
No update today? *withdrawal symptoms.....* :p Hope you're having lots of fun on your trip!
ReplyDeletewrite it niisan~ or else....*evil laugh*
ReplyDeleteOh you still on your vacation ..... Its ok enjoy your travell... Have a nice vacation ...
ReplyDeleteOmigosh, YES! We are totally your harem 😂 Oh oh! What should my consort name be? Hmmm
ReplyDelete~Michaela
There is no need for you to apologize for your late reply! 😮
ReplyDeleteI am just glad see you are able to access this site 😚 I flipped when I saw your first couple replies. I was like "No way....my eyes are lying to me! " 😆😂
But obviously from all the replies I am seeing, this is no allusion~
I hope you are doing well! <333
~Michaela
yeaaaa am also waiting for the scheduled update.....hahahaha bunch of waiting fans here....keep refreshing the page every minutes
ReplyDeletewhy still got no update for today? 😢😥😧😨😰
ReplyDeleteplease update T_T
ReplyDelete:O I'll get back to you about my plans in Japan! What's your email? I'll keep in touch ;)
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! I could never imagine!!!
ReplyDeleteOuo Xiao???
ReplyDelete>A< perverted nii_san!!!!
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, who wouldn't want someone like Murong Yu as their lover??? ;DDD
>A< I'm sorry!!! I had some internet problems but I have just updated the third extra!!! Sorry~
ReplyDeleteMwahahahahha or else we will chase her down with pitch forks!!!!!
ReplyDelete>A< I just updated the third extra!
ReplyDeleteReally ....thank u ...thank uu
ReplyDeleteXDDDD Your consort name ... hmmmmmm >_<
ReplyDeleteI choose Xin for fragrance ;) (this is the chinese character: 馨)
Love yaaa ....
ReplyDeleteThanks >u< <3 I found a good software to access this site but the problem was for the past three days I was in a small town where I had no internet access at home T_T so I couldn't post the chapter on time...
ReplyDeleteBUT IT'S BEEN POSTED NOW YOU CAN GO READ IT QAQ
Sorrrrryyyy I had internet access for three days so I couldn't post the chapter on time TAT
ReplyDeleteBUT IT'S BEEN POSTED NOW...>_< you can go read ittttt
QAQ I'm so sorry I had no internet connection for three days....orz it's been posted now go check it out!
ReplyDeleteTAT I'm sorry it's been posted now!!!
ReplyDelete<333
ReplyDeleteoh, sorry my bad! thanks alot for posting and translating it!! and bdw, don't say sorry.
ReplyDelete<33
ReplyDeleteyou guessed?!!!!
ReplyDeleteO.O
i'm so shocked ayszhang, what are you, reading my mind like that?
it is Xiao, who became suuuper handsome *nosebleed*
Since you guessed Xiao, can you guess his lover? (i bet you can)
my god, i'm dead !!!!
ReplyDeleteactually, mom took my pens and papers as a punishment for writing a lot, she said i must wait till the Eid is over, she got mad because i throw my books everywhere, if she was capable of speaking English, i'll probably be dead by now!!!
you can't imagine?! <.<
ReplyDeletecome on! i bet you were the first person to do that XDD
OH MY GOD!!
ReplyDeletedid i infect you? >< gaaaaah, internet ..
yeahh, i must never apologize to us.. come on, you're the best, i understand you especially because i went through all that before.. sighhh..
ReplyDeleteyou're the best in the whole wide world ;) we all love youu
Hi, I can't see the update...T_T Is it just me?
ReplyDeleteit's precious4e@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI can give you my main email later in private hahaha. I wish I was on vacation now. I'm so jealous you get to travel for the whole summer!