Princess, Spare My Life - Chapter 1

—Volume 1: Prince Consort Wants to Escape from Home—

Chapter 1: Legend of the Prince Consort

(TLN: Yo, this is the translator for “Female Protagonist is a Blackened Villainess”. I started translating this novel a few months back, and I decided to drop it. I noticed that no one has yet to pick it up, so I figured I posted my translations to get things started. 

Note that I did not edit or proofread these chapters and I am aware of the many mistranslations and grammar errors, but I will not be fixing them since I do not have time anymore to translate because of various reasons (aka school, depression, etc.). 

Feel free to pick up the translations from where I left off without needing to ask even if 3 months haven’t passed. (How was this not picked up yet… ovo))

Who was the one whom no one wished to offend within the entire Yan Imperial court, except the emperor, queen, and crown prince? In the capital, everyone over the age of three, aside from idiots, knew that—it was Princess Minghui.

Princess Minghui, Gu Yuemin, was the daughter of the first wife and the Yan Imperial court’s little princess. At this time, she was only sixteen-years-old. This spring, she was engaged to Su Qi, the eldest grandson of Zhao country’s duke and brave military general, Su Feng.

The citizens of the country’s capital would pass on rumors about the marriage between the prince consort and the princess. There were many variations to this rumor, but the most widely distributed, most romantic, and most convincing version was:

As known to all, the Zhao country was a founding father of the current dynasty. From being born within a family of military generals, a descendant would follow in his ancestors’ footsteps. It was rumored that the eldest grandson, Su Qi, was extremely talented and intelligent. It was seldom spoken about, but he was taken in by someone from the legendary Tianyun Temple. His martial arts skills were superb and out-of-the-ordinary…but how? How would these commoners even know about his prowess? Where was the Tianyun Temple even located? To find out where Tianyun Temple was, one would have to be accepted as an apprentice by one of their masters! It was rumored that Tianyun Temple’s masters were Daoist immortals who could leap onto roofs and vault over walls. Furthermore, their disciples were all experts in martial arts!

On one certain day, the eldest princess, the national grace whose devastating beauty could cause the downfall of cities, went out in incognito to the White Horse Temple, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China. Little did she expect, she encountered a group of reckless assassins! And the heroic Su Qi, who was coincidentally heading in the direction towards the White Horse Temple, encountered the beauty in danger. Using his martial art skills, he leisurely saved the princess just as how heroes would save damsels in distress in those perfect stories passed down through generations. Hence, it was like a marriage predestined by fate! It was needless to say that the princess fell in love with him immediately and Emperor Longyan was also pleased by this and granted them permission to marry! Indeed, they were a lovely young couple! Simply, a match made in heaven!

At the beginning of spring of the eleventh year of the Emperor Mingda of Dayan’s reign, the incident was once popular in the imperial capital, Feng Mi City. This became an anecdote for all of the Dayan citizens to gossip about. Many young women and members of influential families admired Su Qi’s heroic and elegant mannerisms.

Everything said up to this point was the “truth” that spread amongst the populace.

However, what was the actual truth…