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South of the City, Tiandao Palace. Ding Suian was assigned the job of 'tile removal,' carefully taking down the glazed tiles from the old palace roof one by one, to be re-laid once the new palace was completed. Using the excellent vantage point from above, he overlooked the entire site. Tiandao Palace in Lanyang covered nearly a hundred *mu*. At this moment, most of the buildings within the sprawling five layers of palaces had been demolished, leaving only a row of meditation…-
3.3 M • Ongoing
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The New Year of the forty-eighth year of legitimacy arrived quietly. Starting from the first day of the first lunar month, market shops closed for business, and government offices were sealed for holiday leave. Every household either visited relatives and friends or stayed in their own courtyards, eating and drinking. Lin Hansu had no relatives or friends to visit; instead, managers from various industries came to her mansion in an endless stream to pay their respects. Without…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. Only one day remained until New Year's Eve. As soon as Lin Hansu's sprained foot could bear weight, she ignored Granny Xu's advice and insisted on leaving the estate to inspect the City's businesses. Ding Suian, who was escorting her, brought Zhisheng, who was staying in the front courtyard, along with them. Free labor—why not use it? They rushed about all day, visiting more than a dozen establishments, including the…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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"Cheng Ping'an... Cheng Ping... Cheng An..." A soul-calling whisper came from above, indistinguishable, like a mix of male, female, old, and young voices, all calling out the same name. At first listen, it sounded like "Cheng Ping'an," but a closer listen revealed it to be a reverberation of the two names, "Cheng Ping" and "Cheng An." Yet, due to the similar intonation and tone, it forcefully gave the illusion of calling the same person. "Drip, drop..." Amidst the human voices, there…-
7.0 M • Ongoing
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Pinshu Pavilion, a secluded elegant room. Ruan Guofan entered. Ding Suian rose and greeted him as Uncle. Just as he was about to report on the warehouse street incident, he noticed a woman following Ruan Guofan. "This humble one, Miss Ye Han, greets Young Master." Her figure was graceful, adorned with a light crimson gauze outer robe over a moon-white hezi skirt. Three floral hairpins were affixed to her temples, her hair was styled in a 'fallen horse' bun, and a…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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According to Granny Liu's confession, Shopkeeper Wu of the North-South Goods Store on Huocang Street was a distant relative of Madam Wu. He had been dependent on Madam Wu for twenty years, later receiving her financial support to open his goods store. In the 40th year of Zhengtong, he secretly harbored The Third Place Scholar Li and his band of bandits. On normal days, they would rob travelers on the road, attack the Prince's Estate's business competitors, and do…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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Cheng Xiaoyu marched at the front, a candy bulging in his cheek, swaggering like a child pretending to be a grown-up—an endearingly clumsy sight. Sun Dekuan trailed behind him, eyes glazed and vacant. After days of watching Qi Si's endless tricks, he'd given up trying to understand and resolved to lie flat like a salted fish. Qi Si slipped into the kitchen on the way, topped up the Candy Jar with a few more tadpoles, then sauntered to the rear of the little…
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7.0 M • Ongoing
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The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Early in the morning, Ding Suian sat in the Halberd Hall quietly waiting for the Jiang siblings to arrive. Yesterday, during Inspector Sun's interrogation, the sudden sharp pain in his Divine Court was identical to the one he felt back at Jintai Temple, leading him to suspect it might be related to a mind-control Divine Ability. He wanted to subtly ask Jiang Yuan whether this situation was due to…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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It was exactly You Shi (5 PM to 7 PM). Dusk gathered all around. Because Lin Hansu accidentally twisted her ankle when she got up last night, Lin Fuyao brought her son and daughter to the second floor of Ji Pavilion to eat dinner with her. After dinner, Lin Fuyao was in high spirits, recounting recent interesting anecdotes from the capital to amuse Lin Hansu. Lin Hansu usually paid close attention to the capital's affairs, but tonight she seemed…
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3.3 M • Ongoing
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By the time the three of them returned to the ward, it was already half past six. The floors and corridors they passed through were empty, shadows blurred in the thin morning light, and they didn't encounter any patients or nurses along the way. Sun Dekuan placed Lu Zimo onto the hospital bed, then went back to his own bed and sat down heavily. The two of them looked at the empty bed by the wall that Huang Xiaofei had left behind, and a moment of disorientation arose in…
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7.0 M • Ongoing
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