《崔玉传中英对照版》KaylieLiu

26、Chapter 25 : Departure

　　"Do you think I can compare to the ladies from prestigious families and high-born daughters?"

　　“公子看我可比得那些名门闺秀，高门之女？”

　　"Of course, you can."

　　“自然是比得上的。”

　　"With my looks and knowledge, I would never marry a poor boy in this lifetime. If I marry, it will be into a renowned family or a wealthy household. So, there's no chance for us."

　　“我这样的容貌，我这样学识，此生我是绝对不会嫁给一个穷小子的。

　　此生我要嫁，就一定会嫁入名门世家，高门大户之家。所以我们绝无可能”

　　"No chance?... Just because I come from a poor background?"

　　“绝无可能？……就因为我出身贫寒？”

　　"Yes."

　　“对”

　　"I apologize for my presumptuousness." He turned and left.

　　“是在下唐突了。”他转身离去。

　　Little did I know, his heart was like a clear mirror. He understood I was afraid of being associated with him, so he closed his doors and kept to himself. In reality, I wanted to avoid any connection with him and to reject him. I was saying, "I don't think highly of you, and I don't want any rumors to spread about us."

　　我不知道其实他心如明镜，知道我怕和他扯上关系，所以就他闭门不见。其实就是不想让自己和他有半点关系，其实就是在拒绝他，就是在说：“我没有看上你，因此不想与你有半点流言传出。”

　　So, when he noticed my aloofness, he withdrew his feelings and stopped visiting me. He persisted in this way for over ten days, never expecting that I would be so heartless as to leave. When he heard I was leaving and would never see me again, he abandoned all reason and came to see me in the dead of night.

　　所以他发觉我的异常后，也收起了自己的心，不再来见我。就这样坚持了十多天，可是没有想到我如此绝情，要离开了。一听到我要离开，再也见不到了。他放下了所有的理智，于是他半夜三更独自来见我。

　　He wanted to give himself another chance, and he wanted to give me another chance as well. But he didn't realize there had never been a chance for me.

　　他想再给自己一次机会，也想再给我一次机会。可是他没有想到的是我这里从来就没有机会。

　　After leaving the village, I had no interest in visiting other estates. So, I returned to the Cui Mansion and resumed my life as Miss Cui.

　　离开那个村庄后，我没有了心情去别的山庄。于是就回到了崔府，做起了崔大小姐。

　　Having only been back at the Cui Mansion for a few nights, my aunt sent messenger after messenger inviting me to enter the palace.

　　才刚刚回到崔府住了不过几晚，姑姑派来传话邀请我进宫的来人是派了一批又一批。

　　Although she is my aunt, and I could willfully decline her invitation, she is not only my aunt but also the current Imperial Noble Consort, who manages the inner palace as a deputy empress.

　　她虽然是我的姑姑，我可以撒娇地不去。但是她不仅是我的姑姑，她还是现在位同副后执掌后宫的皇贵妃。

　　One could disregard my aunt's face, but who dares to defy the royal family?

　　姑姑的面子可以不给，但是皇家的面子谁敢不给？

　　So, I reluctantly entered the palace and reluctantly met my aunt.

　　于是我就不情不愿地进宫来了，不情不愿地去见我那姑姑了。

　　During this visit to the palace, I encountered a familiar face: the young man I had always had a soft spot for. As it turned out, Crown Prince Liu Hao shared many similarities with Zhang Guoying.

　　只是在这次的进宫，我遇到了一个熟人，就是那个少年，我一直对他有好感，原来他就是太子刘昊，他的身上有着很多和张国英相似的地方。

　　Although one held the title of prince, born into the royal family and representing the upper class, the other was a bandit who won the throne through his love for the people, popular support, and intelligence and strategy.

　　虽然一个是王爷身份，本就是皇亲国戚出身，代表着上层社会。一个是土匪凭借着爱民如子，百姓拥护以及自身聪明能干的头脑和谋略谋得的皇位。