7 Chapter 6: Chaotic Times

Chapter 6: Chaotic Times

With tears in my eyes, I lowered my head and left the room. Now was not the time to cry or show weakness.

我含着淚，低着頭走出了房間，現在不是哭的時候，也不是該軟弱的時候。

"Where are you going" the gruff gatekeeper demanded menacingly.

“去哪裏？“守門的惡棍兇巴巴地喝道。

"Sir, I need to fetch some water for the young lady to cleanse herself."

“回軍爺，我要去給小姐打點水來洗身子。”

"Go on, then!"

“去吧!”

Thus, I crossed the first threshold. However, the final barriers were not something I could deceive my way through. Instead, the selfless sacrifice of our injured household servants allowed me to escape.

就這樣我踏出了第一道門檻，而最後那幾道卻不是我能騙過去的，而是我們家那幾位原本已經受傷的家奴的舍生忘死護出了我。也因此，我逃了出來。

Alone and helpless, whom could I turn to for support Who could help me Who could rescue my dear friend

孤苦無依，我要投靠誰？誰又能幫助我？誰又能救出我的心兒？

When I saw him again, he had truly become the Crown Prince.

再次見到他時，他已經是名副其實的太子身份了。

However, the kingdom his father had built was on the verge of collapse. Their competitors' power grew stronger, taking over the capital, but possessing the Imperial City did not guarantee the empire's stability. The nation was rotten to the core due to corrupt officials, and overthrowing these old corrupt officials had become a matter of life and death for the new Old Dynasty.

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但是他父親打下來的王國現在已經搖搖欲墜，競争對手的勢力正在一步步變強，占有了京城，占有了帝都不代表就守住了江山。因為貪官污吏，國家已經腐敗到了骨子裏，打倒那些舊的貪官污吏已經成了新的舊王朝的生死存亡的時刻。

I heard he had volunteered to tackle corruption and root out corrupt officials.

聽聞他自告奮勇，毛遂自薦地要辦貪污，反腐貪官。

Where could he be at this moment Cui Yu ran towards the place with the signboard that read "Ministry of Justice," gambling that he was not in the palace but in the ministry.

那麽他此時會出現在哪裏呢？崔玉朝着那塊挂着“大理寺”的牌匾的地方飛跑過去，她在賭，賭他此時不在皇宮，而是在大理寺中。

Arriving at the Ministry of Justice gates, she had no other choice and couldn't just wait around. Even if she were to reveal her true identity as Cui Yu, she most likely would not be granted entry. She glanced at her ragged clothes, which wouldn't convince anyone that she was the well-bred young lady Cui Yu. And even if she were Cui Yu, why should the Crown Prince of the great Old Dynasty grant her an audience

來到大理寺門前時，她別無他法，又不能幹等着，但是如果她說自己要見太子殿下，即使道出了自己崔玉的真名，多半也是進不去的。她又看了看自己破破爛爛的衣服，任誰見了也不會信自己就是名門淑女崔玉呀！就算是崔玉，他堂堂舊王朝太子，為什麽要見？

Why should he see her What was the reason

為何見？因何見呢？

But she was Cui Yu! She had grown up alongside Butterfly and learned the art of imperial strategy from a young age. The current political situation was like a chess game in her heart, just as it was in her aunt's when it came to the world's affairs.

但是她是崔玉！從小在崔蝶身邊長大的崔玉！她從小學的是帝王術，對于如今的朝堂局勢在她的心中也有一盤棋，也如姑姑心中的那副關于天下局勢的大棋。

"I am a witness, Cui Yu's maid, entrusted by Butterfly to present evidence to the Crown Prince!" Her aunt's reputation was far more outstanding than hers. Many in the capital did not know Cui Yu, but none were unfamiliar with Butterfly.

“我是證人，是崔玉的丫環，受崔蝶之托來向太子殿下舉證！”姑姑的名號可比自己大多了，京城中有很多不知她崔玉的，卻無人不識崔蝶。