Title FGEP CH 101-110 ✅

女将军和长公主 Nǚ jiāngjūn hé zhǎng gōngzhǔ - Female General and Eldest Princess Author: 请君莫笑 Please Don’t Laugh Support the author | FGEP carrd Do not repost this translation anywhere else, do not share this as an epub. For better readability, use browser extension for dark mode or docs app for mobile. Jump to chapter... Chapter 101 | Chapter 102 | Chapter 103 | Chapter 104 | Chapter 105 | Chapter 106 | Chapter 107 | Chapter 108 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 110 Chapter 101: Though something may be lost in the beginning, a misfortune may be a blessing The northern border was not like the palace, hence etiquette would not be as strict here. The palace maids brought over a dining desk for Lin Feixing right away, then they placed the plates of freshly baked pastries on its surface. A small stove warmed the tea. A brazier was placed on the floor, while a trial of smoke rose from an incense burner. Lin Wanyue sat directly before Li Xian. The palace maids backed out in an orderly manner; in the blink of an eye, only Lin Wanyue and Li Xian were left in the entire parlor. Li Xian raised her tea cup to take a sip, then she slowly put it back down. She raised her wide sleeve to give an inviting gesture: “Feixing should try it while it’s still hot, how does it taste?” Lin Wanyue answered to her invitation; she picked up a jade dew linglong pastry to place it in her mouth. It was soft and glutinous, but not too sweet. It melted right away, and the fragrance of jade dew that grew only around the capital filled her mouth.
Li Xian looked at Lin Feixing with a slight smile the entire time, noticing that he went straight ahead to the jade dew linglong pastry without drinking any tea to wet his mouth first. When she saw how his eyes squinted in delight as if he was a cat that had stolen fish, a strange feeling suddenly rose in her heart: she had seen Lin Feixing command armies in battle, and she had seen Lin Feixing’s steel-blooded measures; but who would’ve thought that such a person would also have a gluttonous side? Even though she was accustomed to the strict etiquette of the palaces, when Li Xian saw the spontaneous manner in which Lin Feixing enjoyed these delicacies, she did not feel that it was crude at all. Instead, she liked to see it very much. Li Xian sat quietly like this before Lin Wanyue, watching Lin Feixing stuff his face. Her eyes held a smile the entire time: this person before her could be said to be entirely reborn after the past two years, but his appetite and table manners were still the same as ever. Lin Wanyue was accustomed to a frugal and simple lifestyle. Even when her conditions have improved, she rarely asked the kitchen to make different things from the usual: but this did not mean that she was not gluttonous. Lin Wanyue kept herself busily eating, shoving various kinds of pastries into her mouth. Both her cheeks were full and round, and there was an expression of satisfaction and enjoyment on her face; seeing her like this, it was easy to feel happy too. Lin Wanyue finally stopped once the plates before her were emptied. She used a finger to wipe away the crumbles on the corner of her mouth, then she took up the tea cup before her to gulp it down. She huffed a deep breath, looking quite content. Sitting before her, Li Xian could not resist it in the end. She called out: “Xiao-Ci.” “This maid is here!” “Go and fetch some more.” Hearing this, Xiao-Ci looked at the plates of untouched pastries on Li Xian’s desk, then she turned to look at Lin Feixing’s empty plates. She smiled as she gave her salutations, then she turned around to leave.
Lin Wanyue finally realized that Li Xian was looking at her. Her face turned hot as she explained lamely: “There were some urgent military matters before the sun had risen, I was busy until just now, so I had not eaten...” However, Li Xian interrupted Lin Feixing’s words, she smiled cheerily as she said: “It is not a problem. Seeing that Feixing is eating so happily, I am delighted too. But would just pastries be enough? Perhaps I should order someone to send in a meal.” Hearing Li Xian’s words, Lin Wanyue waved her hands in a hurry: “No no no, there’s no need to go through that trouble. It’s not the time for meals yet. It is already wonderful to be able to eat these pastries, I wouldn’t dare to cause for more trouble.” Li Xian smiled; she did not persist further. Xiao-Ci returned in a short while, followed by two palace maids holding trays. When the two palace maids saw Lin Wanyue’s dining desk, they could not help but curve up the corner of their lips. They snuck a few looks at this General who looked rather bookish and skinny. They cleaned up the table efficiently, then they placed four plates stacked tall with pastries. Lin Wanyue rubbed her nose abashedly. Xiao-Ci had probably specified this amount just for her; when she thought about how she had accidentally left such an impression to the people by Li Xian’s side, her heart blushed. Li Xian and Xiao-Ci had grown up together, their minds were synchronized; how could she not know that the eccentric and clever Xiao-Ci was doing this on purpose? She shot a look at the latter with her eyes. Xiao-Ci felt no fear at all, she smiled behind her dainty fingers. “General Lin has been very busy with military duties, he has yet to have a meal; go to the kitchen and bring a bowl of sweet lotus seed glutinous rice porridge.” “No, no... no need for the trouble, I... I can just drink some tea, it’s enough.” “How can that possibly do. Our Highness eats this sweet glutinous rice porridge every day. This maid sees that General Lin doesn’t look so good today, please have a bowl.” “Then... then I’ll, trouble Xiao-Ci jiejie.” Lin Wanyue gave a courtesy with her hands with some embarrassment.
Xiao-Ci smiled with squinted eyes, then she led the palace maids away. A short moment later, a hot and steaming bowl of sweet lotus seed glutinous rice porridge was placed before Lin Feixing. Lin Wanyue gave her thanks. Xiao-Ci turned as she was about to leave; but she was called to a stop by Li Xian. “Xiao-Ci, send up some pastries to Zhong Sizi’s estate personally.” The master and servant shared a look. Xiao-Ci gave her salutations, then she went to follow her orders. Lin Wanyue had been eager to start eating, but her heart clogged up when she suddenly heard Li Zhong’s name. She lost her appetite too. Lin Wanyue lowered her head. With a spoon in her right hand, she stirred the bowl of sweet lotus seed glutinous rice porridge slowly. She did not send any of it into her mouth. Li Xian looked at Lin Feixing. Naturally, she knew why he was so gloomy; even though she was not present, she knew everything that had happened today like the back of her hand. Even for what had happened to Lin Feixing on the street, a shadow had reported it all. Lin Feixing may seem like someone who could just let things slide, but Li Xian knew that: this person’s mentality was straight-forward, and he could not bend around. After that provocation from the soup dessert stall, he would most likely be secretly upset over it for a good period of time. That was why when she heard the shadow report that: Lin Feixing was walking gloomily towards the direction of her estate, Li Xian intentionally sent Xiao-Ci to keep a lookout at the gates. Since Lin Feixing was not willing to marry her younger sister Li Yan, Li Xian had to put the second scheme into motion. Li Xian had formulated this scheme herself. With it, she could approximately predict Lin Feixing’s future; she knew that he would have to experience many tribulations that he did not deserve to go through, and guilt had also risen up in Li Xian’s heart before. She does not know if her future self would be able to comfort Lin Feixing in time. All that she could do is to take advantage of the time that she still has now, to give him some reassurance and compensation.