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She walked listlessly to the dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror, startled.

His once cold and proud eyes were now misty, resentful, and a bit hidden. Sad? She was once a golden killer who roamed the martial arts world. She never knew what emotions were, nor did she have the emotions or worries of a young woman. It was as if she had never experienced tears in her life before.

Could it really be because of that matter with Xiao Yi Xiu … Bastard?

Gu Qingli calmed down, tidied up her hair, pulled up her ponytail again, and stuck a stick of Blue Luan Steps into it. She put some makeup on to cover her slightly swollen eyelids, then started to recall every single move she had made when she had just entered the sect.

It was so similar to her. Other than the nose, lips and cheeks that could not be seen under the red veil, all the parts that the fake Li Yue revealed were too similar to her own. Not only her eyes, but also her eyebrows, eyes, and smooth forehead … If there was anything that was not similar, it could only be described as the charm of the eyes.

When Li Yue looked at Xiao Yi Xiu, her eyes were filled with gentleness, and she seemed to want to discharge all of her emotions at once. However, Xiao Yixiu didn't notice anything strange. Even someone as intelligent as him would have a blind spot when he was in deep love.

At this moment, regardless of whether she was sad, angry, or unwilling, the only way to get the fake Li Yue to leave him was to expose her true identity.

This thought lingered in Gu Qing Li's mind for a while before it was suddenly dispelled like a gush of air — exposing the fake Li Yue and making her leave Xiao Yi Xiu. Was this something that she, Gu Qing Li, should do? What was the point of such a thing?

She had been constantly struggling with herself until she reached the willow branch on the moon. It was as if his legs weren't listening to his commands. He quietly opened the window, climbed up the roof, and jumped over the wall. He arrived before the window.

As expected, Li Yue was sitting right in front of Xiao Yi Xiu. The two of them were having dinner together and even the servants, Suifeng and Jin Shu, were sent out.

This candlelight dinner was quite romantic. As the flames danced, Xiao Yi's jade-like face glowed with a warm orange light. The smile on his face was gentle and warm on the corner of his lips, and his eyes seemed to ripple as if they were about to melt.

Li Yue's manner of eating was overly refined. Because the red gauze covering her face was too inconvenient, she had to gently lift it with her left hand in order to put the food into her mouth. Maybe she was sick of the fabric, but she still had to maintain a good upbringing.

Gu Qingli suddenly remembered the man with jade-like warm face, dressed in red clothes, when she first met him. She slowly walked in and looked at her. Her distant gaze turned to one of pity.

She knew that he was only putting on an act at that time, but the pity in his eyes now was definitely not an act at all.

"Li Yue, this veil will forever cover your face. Is there any special meaning?"

Li Yue seemed to be startled, then she smiled sweetly. "You want to see what I look like?"

Before Xiao Yixiu could reply, Jin Shu came in and served a plate of sliced fruit. The dinner was already in its final stages.

Gu Qingli could clearly see that Jin Shu's eyes were filled with loathing as they swept towards Li Yue, so much so that when she put down the platter, she seemed to have lost her mind and knocked over a cup of wine in front of Li Yue. The blood-red colored wine spilled out and meandered in front of Li Yue.

The sudden panic caused her to be at a loss of what to do. She wanted to stand up, but she miserably pulled away the bowls on the table. With a wave of her wide sleeves, she flipped open another bowl of soup.

"Jin Shu!" Xiao Yi Xiu shouted.

Jin Shu panicked. She was just about to use the handkerchief to wipe Li Yue's stains, but after he shouted at her, the tears in her eyes began to flow. Not daring to say anything, she retreated a few steps and kneeled down, even kneeling on the broken shard of glass.

Soon, blood seeped from under Jin Shu's knees, staining her green dress, mixing with the wine's blood-red hue and making it hard to tell if it was blood or wine.

Xiao Yi Xiu didn't even look at her. He quickly looked at her and took out his snow-white handkerchief to carefully wipe away the dirt on her chest. However, he quickly realized that it was all in vain.

"Prince, Li Yue has lost her composure." She apologized shyly and looked embarrassed.

"Jin Shu, what are you still standing there for? "Prepare some hot water and help Lady Li Yue clean and change her clothes."

The neglected Jin Shu, her face pale, had been trying to get on her knees when she heard the order. She stood up, biting her lower lip, but her knees were trembling.

Only Gu Qingli saw the deep hatred in her eyes when she turned around.

"Do you have any more laundry?" Xiao Yi Xiu immediately knew that he had asked this question. When he had found her yesterday, she had obviously been fished out of a cold moat. She had nothing else on her body.

"Tomorrow, Suifeng will send someone out to help you purchase a few sets of clothes. This King actually neglected this matter."

Xiao Yi Xiu thought about it for a moment. No matter how anxious he was, tomorrow would come. Even if the clothing store opened for business now, it wouldn't be open for business. All of the female servants in the mansion wore maid clothes, so it wasn't appropriate to borrow them from Luo Yun since she was a guest.

"This King will go to find a set for you from Princess Hua-Yang. Go take a bath first."

Gu Qing Li's entire body stiffened as she listened outside the window. It was as if icy water had been poured over him, causing her anger to spread to the bottom of her heart. Xiao Yi Xiu, why did you bring such an obscure girl to the palace? Not only did you return, you even brought her clothes for Li Yue to wear?

Just as she was about to explode with anger, she heard Li Yue sigh softly. "Your Highness, you can't."

"Hmm?"

"Your Highness, what is Li Yue's identity? How could she wear Princess Hua-Yang's clothes? "If someone with ulterior motives were to speak of it, wouldn't that mean that I want to overstep my boundaries to act as a bullsh * t?"

Gu Qingli was even more angry in her heart. Didn't she just want to overstep her boundaries to act as a pimp? This sentence was obviously hinting at something for Xiao Yi Xiu to do.

Xiao Yi Xiu said, "Don't worry. Who dares to speak carelessly of my residence?"

"But I'm afraid that the only thing I'm afraid of is that the wangfei … What if she does mind? "

Of course I do, I do! Gu Qingli bit her lower lip. If this Li Yue was going to wear her clothes, she'd have to burn every single one of them.

Xiao Yi Xiu seemed to hesitate for a moment before he replied, "Wangfei isn't the kind of person to be narrow-minded."

Why not?! I am! She wasn't stingy when it came to others, but this Li Yue wasn't. She was … Gu Qing Li gritted her teeth as she glared at him from the hole in the window. If her gaze was a concealed weapon, it would have penetrated his body many times over.

How could any woman in this world not be stingy towards a love rival? What was he thinking? When this thought flashed through her mind, Gu Qingli was shocked. When... She had actually used the word love rival on that fake Li Yue?

Pooh, it's just a misnomer, she comforted herself.