This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me - Chapter 52
Chapter 52: Dongfang Dumdum
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The sun was setting in the west.
The pleasure boats on the river gradually dispersed, and the horizon was dyed red.
Ye Jingtang was standing in a river pavilion and using his fingers as a saber. He slowly pondered over the saber technique his foster father had taught him.
The bird raised its claws to the sky and used the bushes as a rocking chair. It lay on the leaves and swayed as it hummed a tune leisurely. “Chirp- Chirp-”
At noon, he came to wait for the Prince of Jing to summon him. He thought that, just like before, he would only have to wait for a moment. He didn’t expect to wait from noon to the afternoon.
Although the wait was a little long, it wasn’t boring. The Prince of Jing was quite considerate. After lunch, she even arranged for a beautiful palace maid to be a tour guide and allowed him to visit the scenery around Clear Water Villa,
Clear Water Villa was a famous scenic spot in Yun Province. It was said that the Dragon Cleansing Pool inside had the miraculous effect of maintaining and beautifying the appearance, but those who weren’t royalty couldn’t come here at all.
Ye Jingtang was lucky enough to visit. He originally wanted to go to the Dragon Cleansing Pool to take a look, but the female tour guide refused. He didn’t know why.
When it was almost dark, Ye Jingtang felt sorry for the palace maid who had accompanied him for a long time, so he went to the river pavilion to rest and ponder over saber techniques.
Not long after, footsteps came from the villa at the back.
He looked back and saw the Prince of Jing, who was dressed in a silver python robe, walking our of the villa with a procession of maids in colorful clothes.
The Prince of Jing had a supermodel-like figure, and she was a head taller than the gentle palace maids behind her. Her legs were long, so her strides were naturally large. The accompanying palace maids had to trot to keep up. As she walked, the extremely eye-catching fat dragon shone brightly under the rays of the sun, and the waves were undulating. Coupled with her calm and dignified appearance, she looked very imposing, like a noble and aloof young queen… It seemed like she was a proper queen to begin with, and she just didn’t have a fief.
Ye Jingtang didn’t size up her figure. Keeping his gaze straight, he walked out of the river pavilion and cupped his hands from afar. “Greetings Come back!”
Before he could finish bowing, he saw the bird lying in the flowers flip over and flap its wings to land in front of Dongfang Liren. It raised its head and looked at Sister Fat-Headed Dragon with its bright black eyes. It opened its beak to beg for food. When it heard Ye Jingtang1 s voice, it even turned its head 100 degrees. “Chirp-”
Dongfang Liren walked to the lawn. Seeing the bird blocking her way, she raised her hand and hooked it, letting rhe bird land on her arm. While walking, she tilted her head and sized it up. “This snow eagle is really good-looking. It’s just that its bloodline isn’t pure, and it’s a little fat. What is its name?”
Ye Jingtang approached and took the bird. “It’s called White King. It likes to freeload, so I casually gave it a name.”
Freeload… This was the first time Dongfang Liren heard this term. But seeing the intention in the word, she felt it meant not paying after prostituting’. It wasn’t a good word.
Dongfang Liren didn’t say anything about this to Ye Jingtang. She raised her hand slightly and took a saber with a green jade sheath from a palace maid. “This name is too vulgar. You’re mistreating such a beautiful bird. What do you think of changing its name to Noble Consort Snow?”
“Chirp! ” The bird generously expressed: As long as you feed me, you can even call me the Kitchen God.
Ye Jingtang would never accept this name. He followed Dongfang Liren to the river bank. “As long as Your Highness is happy. Your saber looks…”
“This saber is called ‘Qing Yi’. It’s a saber that the old master of the Water Cloud Sword Pool made for me. Although it’s not one of the top ten famous sabers in Jianghu, its craftsmanship is even better.”
Dongfang Liren handed the saber to Ye Jingtang. “I will lend it to you to observe.”
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To be honest. Ye Jingtang was at a loss for words. He had wanted to say: This saber looks flashy but useless.
The saber was the overlord of short-range weapons. Its characteristics were that it was durable and easy to carry. Its practicality far exceeded other short-range weapons.
There might not be a second saber that looked better than Dongfang Liren’s saber in the world, but in terms of practicality, he would probably be committing suicide and dying like a rich noble if he used it.
But Dongfang Liren was an imperial princess. Whether it was in the past or in the future, she would never have the chance to fight with her life on the line. This saber was indeed suitable for her.
Ye Jingtang received the saber and pondered for a moment before praising, “It’s indeed beautiful. If I held it in my hand, 1 wouldn’t be willing to use it to cut people.”
Dongfang Liren took back the saber and hung it at her waist. She stood by the river and asked calmly, “How’s your saber technique learning these few days?” “I have learned a little. I came here today to teach Your Highness/’
Ye Jingtang got straight to the point. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, he kept his distance, unsheathed his saber, and held it in his hand. He began to replicate the move taught by Qiu Tianhe.
Dongfang Liren stood elegantly by the river and seriously observed Ye Jingtangs actions. Just as she was about to say, “You’re quite good. You’ve practiced well…”
Ye Jingtang put away his saber and asked, “Has Your Highness learned the Heaven Equaling Saber?”
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Dongfang Liren was baffled. “You just taught me the move. 1 haven’t even memorized it. How can 1 learn it?”
Ye Jingtang nodded slightly and taught her again earnestly. Then he said, “How about now?”
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Dongfang Liren thought that Ye Jingtang was asking her if she remembered the move. She was a little speechless. She immediately unsheathed her saber and began to repeat Ye Jingtang s actions, showing off her ’outstanding’ memory.
Unfortunately, Ye Jingtang didn’t exclaim and praise her for having a good memory like the other old teachers and masters.
Ye Jingtangput his saber away and stood with his hands behind his back. He watched the princess practice the saber seriously. He wanted to praise her, but he immediately realized that she was just drawing a tiger using a cat as a mod el©’.
She did remember the movements, but there were basically no details. It just looked like it.
Uhm… Ye Jingtang s heart turned half-cold when he realized that rhe princess was so slow-witted yet so confident.
As the other party was a princess, Ye Jingtang couldn’t say anything. He nodded and said, “Your Highness has an extraordinary memory. Hmm… I’ll demonstrate again. Your Highness, please take a good look.”
Then he rehearsed the move again.
Dongfang Liren was diligent, studious, and not ashamed to ask questions. She observed Ye Jingtang’s actions seriously.
After four or five demonstrations, Dongfang Liren finally remembered the details of the body movements.
Actually, this speed was already very fast. It could be said that her talent was extraordinary.
But in Ye Jingtang’s eyes, he could only sigh secretly. Finally remembered…
He breathed a sigh of relief and stood at the side with his hands behind his back again, waiting for Dongfang Liren to figure out the hidden path of qi circulation in the move.
In the end…
The sun sank into the river, the clouds rose and fell, the moon rose above the branches…
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Dongfang Liren was very earnest. She held her saber in her hand and practiced methodically on the grass. Her movements were accurate as she repeated them over and over again without showing any frustration.
Ye Jingtang s initial patience slowly turned into confusion, then into disbelief!
His impression of the Prince of Jing also changed from a supermodel with a stellar figure and a fairy-like face to a big-breasted and hardworking stupid sister…
Damn, it’s been more than a hundred times, and you still haven’t learned anything? Could all the nutrients have gone to your chest…
Seeing the palace maids in the distance were dozing off, Ye Jingtang couldn’t help reminding, “Your Highness, this Heaven Equaling Saber can’t be practiced according to the rules. Ummm… you have to find the feeling…”
Dongfang Liren believed that she was studying very seriously. When she heard his guidance, she asked in confusion, “What is the feeling?”
“Just don’t stick to the move to the death. Find the feeling. It’s that kind of feeling. You should use the saber the way you think you should. Hmm… the sense of the saber!”
Ye Jingtang tried his best to explain, but what he said sounded like telling a tone-deaf person about absolute pitch.
Dongfang Liren was proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She really had a sense of sound’, but how could she have a sense of the saber without practicing the saber for ten to twenty years?
Dongfang Liren was slightly dissatisfied when she saw that Ye Jingtang was having a hard time explaining the saber technique. She put away her saber and shook her head. “Forget it. Go to Qiu Tianhe for guidance again and ask him to explain the technique clearly. You don’t even know how to practice it, so how can you teach me?”
That’s how I practiced it…
But it was indeed useless for Ye Jingtang to learn it himself. With his method, he couldn’t teach Dongfang Dumdum at all.
Ye Jingtang estimated that he had to break the move into pieces and feed them to the princess one by one. He immediately stopped trying in vain. “Alright, I ll go to the dungeon tomorrow and ask Qiu Tianhe to explain the practice method clearly. In two days, I have to discuss some business matters with my family. I ll think about how to practice the Heaven Equaling Saber these few days and come back to teach Your Highness after a while.”
