Gu Lingze suddenly felt as if a big hand had grabbed his heart hard, and he felt so heartbroken that he could not express it in words.

Seeing him crying, Xie Qingwan was a little flustered. She raised her sleeves to wipe his face, "Ze'er, don't cry. Is it hurting somewhere?"

Gu Lingze choked up and held her hand against his face, "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Xie Qingwan felt the warmth and moisture in her palms, and looked at Gu Tianhua in a daze, only to see her husband nodded at her with red eyes and said, "Qingwan, Lingze is back, it's true."

Xie Qingwan suddenly hugged Gu Lingze into her arms, but before she could say anything, her whole body relaxed and she fainted.

Gu Lingze was startled and hurriedly used spiritual energy to condense needles to insert needles into her Taichong, Xingjian and Sanyinjiao acupoints in turn. Then he mixed spiritual milk with water and fed it to Xie Qingwan to drink.

Gu Lingze covered her with a blanket. He had just taken her pulse and luckily she had a good foundation so there were no serious symptoms. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking out of the room with Gu Tianhua, Mother Zhang gently closed the door.

Gu Lingze went to the next room and wrote a recipe for medicinal food. When he came out, he gave it to Zhang's mother and asked the kitchen to prepare it for everyone in the evening.

Gu Tianhua went out to the Taifu Mansion to pick someone up. Just as Gu Lingze walked into the main hall, Mu Taoyuan's family members arrived.

Several aunties were crying together, the uncles also had red eyes, and Lingzi was crying too.

Gu Lingze comforted him again. Aunt Tao and the others, as well as Mr. Xu, looked him up and down several times before they were completely relieved.

"Next time you do this, I will never make scallion pancakes for you again."

Gu Lingze was holding Lingzi in his arms and was about to beg for mercy when two more people came in.

Huang Shulang lay on Xu Mingyan's back and waved at him proudly, "Senior Brother!"

Xu Mingyan placed him on the chair expressionlessly, and quickly walked to Gu Lingze. He wanted to say something but didn't know where to start, so he just patted his shoulder and said, "Glad you're back."

Gu Lingze knew that the other party was always a reserved and self-restrained person. Although it was not visible on his face, his slightly trembling hands revealed his inner excitement.

He smiled and nodded at Xu Mingyan, "Brother Xu."

Then he turned his head to look at Huang Shulang, who was actually sitting on the chair and eating an apple properly, without any trace of his previous casual look.

Gu Lingze handed Lingzi to Aunt Tao and walked over to look at Huang Shulang, "Are you injured?"

The other party made a "tsk" sound, scratched his ear nonchalantly, and was about to speak, but unexpectedly Xu Mingyan spoke first.

"At that time, Qi Yixuan sent people to Mu Taoyuan. He was seriously injured in order to protect us."

Gu Lingze frowned, grabbed Huang Shulang's wrist and began to examine it.

After sending the spiritual energy into the opponent's body and circulating it around, I indeed discovered that there were quite a few hidden injuries. I guess this was the result of drinking the spiritual milk, otherwise it would have been much more serious.

Gu Lingze tilted his head to look at him, Huang Shulang still looked indifferent.

"Thank you very much." After thanking you solemnly, Gu Lingze took a bottle from his sleeve and said, "Come to me if you run out of it next time."

Huang Shulang's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"

Gu Lingze smiled and nodded. Just because he saved everyone in Mu Taoyuan, he wouldn't feel sorry for giving him more spiritual milk.

Moreover, after knowing each other for such a long time, although Huang Shulang is a demon, he has a simple and straightforward mind, otherwise he would not have been so easily deceived by Cao Xingteng.

Huang Shulang was so happy that his two fangs were revealed. Seeing this, Xu Mingyan also curled the corners of his lips slightly.

"Brother." A hoarse boy's voice sounded, and Gu Lingze suddenly became a little stiff.

Turning around, I saw Jin Zi standing next to Zhao Chengmo. It seemed that she had grown up a lot in just half a year.

He thought Jinzi would be disappointed in him, just like last time, thinking he had abandoned them.

Unexpectedly, Jinzi came over and hugged him directly, "Brother, I missed you."

Gu Lingze curled up the corners of his mouth and was about to speak, but he suddenly felt a wetness from his chest. Jinzi's back was shaking violently, but he didn't make a sound of crying.

Gu Lingze touched his back lovingly and waited patiently for him to calm down.

After crying, Jinzi seemed a little embarrassed and turned around and left under the pretext of washing her face.

After everyone sat down, what they wanted to ask most was where Gu Lingze had been for the past six months.

Gu Lingze was still considering his answer when he heard an imperial edict from the palace. He had no choice but to go into the palace with Zhao Chengmo first.

As soon as they saw the gate of Taichu Palace, Eunuch Gao ran over nimbly and welcomed the two in with great respect.

As soon as Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo entered the hall, everyone stood up and looked at him.

Qi Yuanjing walked down from the dragon throne and looked him up and down several times.

The Queen and the eldest prince all frowned, and Li Jin even shed tears.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."

"I greet you..."

As soon as Gu Lingze bent down, Qi Yuanjing helped him up personally, but still looked at him without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, the Queen coughed, which relieved Gu Lingze's embarrassment. Qi Yuanjing turned around and walked towards the dragon throne somewhat uncomfortably.

The moment Emperor Jing turned around, Gu Lingze's pupils suddenly shrank, and he saw Xie Xiru standing behind Emperor Jing.

Previously, because of taking the spiritual milk, both the Gu and Xie families looked a lot younger. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, Xie Xiru's hair had completely turned white and he looked much older.

Gu Lingze's heart was greatly shocked. He took a few steps forward and stood in front of his grandfather, but he stammered and could not utter a word.

Xie Xiru patted his shoulder kindly, "I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back."

After the Emperor gave her a seat, the Queen spoke first, "Lingze, that day..."

In fact, everyone understood that if there had been other choices that day, Gu Lingze would definitely not have died together with Cheng Jiao in such a tragic way.

But at that time, Gu Lingze was lying on the ground covered in blood and completely dead. His death was like the collapse of heaven and earth to Zhao Chengmo and others who were present.

Zhao Chengmo tried his best to force the spiritual milk into Gu Lingze's mouth, but it had no effect. Emperor Jingdi called all the imperial doctors as a last resort, but they all shook their heads after examining him.

Finally, even the body temperature disappeared.

But Zhao Chengmo still held him tightly and even sat motionless in front of the door of Taichu Palace.

When Gu Lingze heard this, he looked at Zhao Chengmo deeply.

He imagined that if he were in the same situation, he would not know what irrational thing he would do.

After Gu Xiuyi rescued Gu Tianhua and the others, he rushed to the palace, only to learn of Gu Lingze's death. He was unable to accept it for a moment.

Zhao Chengmo said nothing and carried him back to the General's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, the moon was eclipsed that night and a strong wind blew over, blowing out all the candles in the house.