binnovel Chapter 84 Real World 8
Chapter 84 Real World 8
(A note at the beginning: Yesterday, the author spent the whole day showing clients new properties, and all the updates were written in the car while traveling between locations. The ending of the previous world was a bit rushed! Sorry! The author regrets again posting without a draft, especially for the first novel, it's really difficult! Dear readers, please forgive me! Thank you!)
When Liu Yuxi opened her eyes again, she was back in the real world. "Ugh!" Before she could even think, the hangover hit. She quickly went to the bathroom, finished drinking, and took a scalding hot shower. The effects of the alcohol finally wore off. She went back to her room and changed all the sheets and blankets. Seeing that the sun was already out, she took the blankets out to the yard to air them.
Before going out, she glanced around and, taking advantage of the absence of others, hung the quilt to dry before returning to her room. She still didn't know how to face the neighborhood aunties. At this moment, she desperately wished time could turn back, and that she couldn't think about it, because it gave her a headache.
Liu Yuxi decided to stay home for the day, hoping to avoid going out for as long as possible. Her parents weren't home, and the kitchen had left her some congee with preserved egg and lean pork. She didn't like bland food after her hangover, and her dear mother knew this perfectly well. After breakfast, she went back to her room for a nap.
I woke up in the late afternoon and was teased by my mom when she came home. My dad, on the other hand, was very disgusted with her, complaining that she couldn't hold her liquor. Everyone in her family drinks, but my mom has high blood pressure and hasn't drunk for a few years. My dad, however, still drinks more than three ounces of baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) twice a day.
When Liu Yuxi woke up in the afternoon, she still felt weak all over. Of course, given her current physical condition, this was just a thought in her mind. She felt that she would need to sleep again at night to recover. She guessed that it was because she was getting old, and after a hangover, she felt uncomfortable all over.
I invited some friends to go out for hot pot tonight, just a dinner party. Um, maybe we'll have a couple more bottles of ice-cold beer. In Hefei, this is called "resurrection wine," which means if you drink too much the day before and feel unwell, you can drink a little more the next day and feel refreshed. I guess this is a local specialty?
Sure enough, after sneaking out for hot pot and drinking two bottles of wine, Liu Yuxi felt energetic again. She went to sing karaoke with her friends until almost midnight before returning home. This time, she slept soundly after washing up.
I was still too embarrassed to go out the next day, but I couldn't keep hiding from people like a thief every day, could I? It was so annoying!
She was scrolling through Douyin at home, wondering what to do. Of course, running away wouldn't help, and she couldn't really move out because of this, right? Besides, the neighbors in the community were all nice, and her parents were happy living here. Maybe she should move out herself? But she also enjoyed having someone take care of her food and drink. Although there was food in the apartment, the meals at home were different.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, let it be! Whatever! I've done things like that when I was younger, so I'll just pretend I don't remember, I don't know, don't talk nonsense! Sigh~ My main motto is: as long as I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed! That's how good I am at convincing myself!
But she decided to skip going out today. While scrolling through Douyin (TikTok), she came across "Empresses in the Palace" (甄嬛传). Could she really say she hadn't watched the TV series? She'd only heard about it from colleagues and read the novel, knowing that Zhen Huan cheated on "Big Fat Orange" (a nickname for a man), and that the twins weren't his children! The Empress was a "miscarriage squad leader!" Shen Meizhuang was mentally unstable, completely unlike a proper lady from an ancient family. An Lingrong was a pitiful person struggling to survive, and ultimately met a tragic end! Xia Dongchun died as soon as she appeared. Well, Liu Yuxi thought she at least outlived Xia Dongchun, after all, she was pragmatic! Why did she seem a little proud?
Consort Hua is love-struck, her romantic feelings for Emperor Yongzheng are incredibly strong. Consort Duan is a cunning woman; after all, she deliberately caused Consort Hua's miscarriage after figuring out Yongzheng and Empress Yixiu's intentions, and at that time, she was Consort Hua's best friend. Consort Jing is a Buddhist-like woman, Fang Chunyi is a feigned naiveté, Noble Lady Fucha becomes foolish and arrogant after becoming pregnant, and as for Lady Borjigit, she's just a figurehead, appearing only once in the entire series, but even then, you can't pinpoint which one she is.
As for the other characters, Liu Yuxi only knows Yu Ying'er, an arrogant imposter, and Huanbi. In short, this TV series must have captured the essence of the novel in its adaptation, which is that Zhen Huan has the halo of a female lead and the halo of being stupid. Otherwise, how did those unreasonable things in the drama happen?
While scrolling through short videos related to "Empresses in the Palace," Liu Yuxi wondered who she would have to become in order to survive to the end if she were to transmigrate into the drama. After considering various scenarios, she decided that it should be Borjigit! This well-known "mascot"—no one would harm her, and no one would dare to neglect her, right? After all, her presence represented the close relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia.
This is a great character! If she could travel through time, she could watch the show live! When the female lead's aura appears, she could go out and give everyone a heads-up... wouldn't that be hilarious? How will things develop after that? Will the original plot continue?
Liu Yuxi found this increasingly interesting; she could definitely consider it! However, although she only appeared by name in "Empresses in the Palace," logically speaking, as long as she didn't stand out, didn't vie for favor, didn't cause trouble, and remained obedient, she should have lived to a ripe old age and died peacefully, and would have been guaranteed a high rank as a concubine. If that were the case, how could she borrow someone else's body? After all, she could only transmigrate using the body of the deceased owner!
After thinking it over, unless the original owner of the body gave up her life to be reincarnated for whatever reason, she had no reason to take over the original owner's body. But fortunately, this was a character with loopholes, which made her easy to manipulate. Since she hadn't been seen in the story, there was a lot of room for maneuver.
Liu Yuxi began to ponder again: what kind of reason would make the original owner voluntarily give up her life? She felt that as long as the logic was self-consistent, it was reasonable, and she could summon Xiao Liu to travel through time at any time.
Perfect timing! Lately, she hasn't wanted to go out either. Even at home, let alone in her neighborhood, she's constantly worried about being mocked. She desperately needs to escape. Unable to think of a suitable reason, Liu Yuxi can only pray that in this parallel world, the Borjigit clan can reasonably replace her, so she can live the life she desires—watching the drama unfold in the palace, and incidentally pointing out some obvious inconsistencies. Then she can see just how powerful this female protagonist's halo really is, and whether it can consistently steer the plot back to its original course.
Having made up her mind, Liu Yuxi couldn't wait to go back to her room to sleep after dinner.