C53

In November, the imperial city was filled with a sense of joy. First, the entire country was exempt from taxes for a month, and the commoners in the capital were given six trays of imperial food by the emperor, along with two silks.

In the Zi Chen Palace, Su Yue Wu was putting on her formal attire, as she softly and gently drew her eyebrows for her maidservants. When one of Gu Xiluo's concubines saw the beautiful woman in the mirror, she praised her in admiration and envy, "Yue Wu is really a good beauty. With such a high head and thick earlobes, she must be blessed."

Another concubine, who was combing Su Yuewu's hair, said, "That's right. If you don't have good fortune, how could you marry the Emperor and become the emperor of this world?"

The young palace maid with makeup also interjected, "That's right. The Empress has the greatest fortune in the world. If only she could give birth to a little prince for the Emperor as soon as possible, that would be even better."

The originally lively atmosphere suddenly became eerily silent. Su Yuewu thought about how the same thing had happened last time. Could there be some hidden ailment in Gu Xiluo, or why was she still setting up Tiantian as the crown prince? She evilly smiled as she thought of this.

After that, no matter how warm it was, the atmosphere in the room remained silent.

Finally, Su Yuewu had finished dressing herself. The few of them carefully put on her phoenix coronet and put on her head. Then he silently left.

Su Yuewu quietly stayed in the room by herself. Suddenly, she felt the breathing of another person in the room, not too far away from her.

Gu Qishao probably feared that he'd run away, so he came here specifically to look for him. She couldn't help but laugh as she said, "You came specially to take a look because you were afraid that I wouldn't be able to escape the marriage."

That person didn't say anything, causing her to be puzzled. "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Suddenly, her head was lifted and she saw a pair of eyes that she thought she would never see again.

Leng Fanyun had a face full of stubble, and a face full of fatigue. The white robe on his body was wrinkled and dusty, completely unlike the handsome and elegant him. Leng Fanyun looked at her, who was clad in luxurious bridal robes. There was a phoenix coronet on her head as smooth and round pearls dropped down, covering her incomparably beautiful countenance.

Remembering that she had asked her to marry him not long ago, she had answered "yes" gently, but now she was happy to marry someone else. He had come here, worn out, to save her. Did she need his help?

Leng Fanyun's voice was a little hoarse as he asked, "He …" Is it good for you? "

Did Gu Ximing treat him well? Su Yuewu was thinking, if it wasn't for the relationship between a man and a woman, the two of them were like good friends, then she would treat him well. She nodded, the pearl chain swinging in front of her face, his heart sinking again.

Leng Fanyun continued, "Actually, I wanted to explain it to you that day. However, there are urgent matters within the Demon Palace that I have to rush back to, so … "I know it's too late to say all this, but I still want to say, Little Wu, what happened is not what you saw. I didn't tell Qingwan, she wore the clothes I bought for you, I just wanted to go and stop her."

When Su Yuewu thought of this, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart, "Leng Fanyun, I've been tricked by you for so long, do you still need to lie to me?" I'm soon going to marry Gu Ximing, and I have nothing to do with you anymore. Stop being like this, you'll only make me feel disgusted. "

Leng Fanyun looked at Su Yuewu who was treating him coldly, and a part of his heart began to hurt even more. The wounds on his body had been ripped open while he was fighting against the shadow guard outside. Now, a warm liquid flowed out and he didn't even feel any pain.

He said, "Little Wu, tell me, are you really marrying him?"

Before Su Yuewu could reply, another voice came from outside the door. It was Bing'er, Tian Tian, and six other men in black.

When Su Yitian saw Su Yuewu, he immediately threw himself into her arms and cried out, "Mother, I've missed you so much every day." She hugged her mother tightly. When Su Yuewu saw her own child that had never left her side since birth, her heart felt as if it had been cut by a knife.

The two of them cried for a long time before they finally started to talk properly.

Bing-Er looked at the girl in the wedding dress and said, "Lady, you …" "Voluntary?" Su Yuewu nodded, she knew that it was Qing Wan who informed Bing'er, and Bing'er had notified Leng Fanyun to such an extent.

She felt a slight headache coming on. Based on their attitude towards Gu Ximing when they were together, they definitely wouldn't agree to be with her. After all, he was as cunning as a fox. But how could she have the nerve to tell them about Gu Ximing's childhood and his loneliness? They were now like friends, but how could that man look at her face and not even treat her as a girl?

Su Yue Wu embraced her son and asked: "Mom and Uncle Gu are very happy together, are you willing to stay at the Imperial Palace with mom?"

Su Yitian looked at his mother, whom he hadn't seen for half a month. He was so surprised that his jaw almost fell down. He looked at Leng Fanyun who had remained silent, then looked at his mother and asked, "Mother, don't you like your father?"

Su Yuewu looked at her son and shook her head with a wry smile, "So what if you like it? You can only increase your own pain." It's very easy for me to be with Gu Ximing. "

As Leng Fanyun heard this, his heart was filled with grief. His vision went black and he was about to fall over.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and Xue Yue and Gu Ximing walked in. Bing'er, Leng Fanyun, and the others had already grasped their weapons and were ready to move at any moment when they saw Gu Xi Mu enter.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xi Mu walked in without anyone looking and walked straight in front of Su Yuewu. She sat on a stool and he squatted in front of her, watching her in her phoenix coronet and gown.

He touched the pearl curtain and softly said to Su Yuewu, "Yuewu, what should we do? I'm breaking my promise."

Everyone in the room was stunned as they looked at the person who had gone back on his word. Su Yuewu asked, "Can you tell me why?" Gu Xi Mu smiled bitterly as she recalled the scene from before.

He was tidying his clothes in his own palace when someone suddenly walked up behind him. He continued to tidy up his clothes as if nothing had happened, then he suddenly pulled out the dagger from his sleeve and stabbed at his opponent.

The man embarrassedly avoided the attack. He brushed away the mask on his face and gently looked at the bewitching and beautiful man in front of him. He said, "Ah Mu, is that me?"

The sabre in Gu Xiluo's hand fell to the ground with a clang. He slowly walked in front of the grey robed man. Tears were flowing out of his eyes. He asked in a trembling voice, "Are you Xi Chao's elder brother?"

The man looked at the man who dominated the world and looked at him in such a childish and pitiful manner. He sighed and hugged him to his chest. "Are you sure now?"

Amidst the familiar embrace that she had parted from for a long time, Gu Xiluo greedily breathed, "Big Brother, A Mu thought you had died." I was so angry I killed all the people around me who were in charge of capturing you. He didn't tell Gu Qishao about this.

Gu Xi nodded her head, "I knew that you were going to force the palace into submission, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. It's Yue Wu, she rescued me and settled me in a safe place that I'm not familiar with. "

He struggled out of his embrace and said with a sharp gaze, "In the past year, you've never contacted me, but now you've come to find me for her?"

Gu Xi looked at Gu Xi Mu, who seemed as awkward as a child, and sighed, "Ah Mu, why are you still so young? When I was young, you wanted to vent your anger when you saw me smiling at a palace maid. Yet you are still like this. "

He pulled his brother to the side and sat down on the soft seat. "You can't marry her, so don't glare at me," he continued. It's a long story, do you want to hear it? "

Like a little boy who had sat by his older brother's side and listened to his stories when he was young, Gu Ximing nodded. Gu Xicheng began to explain, "Did you know that when royal father was alive, he really liked a girl? You probably haven't seen her, and she disappeared soon after. " "Her medical skills are very good. Back then, when mother was pregnant with your mufei, she was the one who gave her the medicine, so I was born first."

Seeing that he paused and just asked, "And then?" Only then did he relax and continued, "Royal father loves her a lot, but she has long been married off to someone else. At that time, royal father pretended that he didn't want to use his body to lure her to the palace. After that woman found out that she was very angry, she requested to return. "

"In order to cut off her retreat, royal father took the opportunity to get rid of her husband. He had forcefully taken her in as his concubine and wanted to marry her as his empress. At that time, mother and imperial concubine were already pregnant. She knew that both women loved her father very much, so after drinking wine, she made a promise with her father. Gu Xicheng looked at Gu Ximing again when he said this.

He still did not speak. He continued, "And so you know what happened afterwards. The Imperial Mother gave me trouble and caused your mufei to live in the cold palace for so many years."

Gu Ximing asked, "What does Big Brother want to tell me?"

Gu Xicheng looked at him, slowly saying word by word, "Su Yuewu is our half-sister. Ah Mu, you can't marry her."

Gu Xi Mu was shocked: "What? That girl is not dead? "

Gu Xicheng smiled and said, "Ah Mu is still so impatient. The story isn't over yet." He continued, "After the Queen Mother gave birth to me, she requested for the Queen Mother's grace to disappear from the palace. Many years later, the Queen Mother suddenly received a letter requesting that I take care of her and the Emperor's child, Su Yuewu. "

Gu Xi Mu was still thinking about it. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"So, A Mu, don't marry Yue Wu, this is incest." Gu Xicheng concluded.

However, he didn't know that the relationship between Gu Ximing and Su Yuewu wasn't the love of an ordinary man and woman, and he definitely didn't know who was hiding in Gu Ximing's heart.

Gu Xi Mu then asked, "Alright, then I promise you, I won't marry her. What about you? "A year, okay? Where are you?"

When Gu Qishao saw that he believed her lie, a huge stone fell from his heart. The best lie was that the mix of truth and falsehood would make it impossible for anyone to find out.

When he thought of Gu Ximing asking him about his recent progress, he smiled and said, "I'm helping Yue Wu inside the Lunar Slaughter."

Gu Ximing asked again, "You like Su Yuewu?"

Gu Qishao thought about it for a moment. It seemed that he had gone to visit that woman again and again a long time ago in order to see her more. A wry smile flashed in his eyes. "I didn't expect that we both liked her. She's so good." There was love in her eyes.

A trace of hostility flashed across Gu Xiluo's eyes. He looked at his brother and was so jealous that he was about to go crazy.

Gu Xicheng suddenly thought of something. "Speaking of which, you and her are fated. The 'Letter of Inquisition' I gave you all those years ago was left behind by Su Yuewu's mother."

He pulled Gu Ximing's hand as if they were children. Their hands overlapped under their large sleeves, and Gu Ximing allowed him to pull her as he walked out. "Let's go, we're going to break off the engagement."

He came back to his senses and gently faced his weak and unloved sister, saying, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you the reason. But, Yue Wu, I want you to be my little sister and be the most respected person in the world other than the Queen. I swear that I will do my best to expand the Moon Shadow Merchant Guild and Moon Slaughter.

Su Yuewu couldn't help but feel touched that he still remembered what she had said that day.

She asked, "Then what about the wedding?"

Gu Xi Mu indifferently shrugged and said, "Then cancel it. I'll never marry again." His eyes deliberately strayed to a certain corner of the room, and there was a flash of hopeless sadness.