Chapter 48 Do you still think I will shake hands with you and make peace?

At night, Prince Jing’s mansion was welcoming the host. The lights were bright and maids were coming and going like clouds.

Gu Xun sat at the top, watching the dancers below dancing, spinning and jumping, and flirting with him.

The lead dancer swung her sleeves, held a wine glass in her mouth, and her skirt spread out like a flower as she fell into Gu Xun's arms.

She said shyly: "Your Majesty."

Gu Xun looked down at her and didn't refuse. The dancer raised her head and tried to pass the wine glass to him.

At this time, an attendant came in with a treasure box in his hand: "Your Highness, it must be another minister who secretly sent it here."

Gu Xun pinched the dancer's waist. When the attendant came to his side and opened the lid, Gu Xun suddenly realized something was wrong: "Don't open it!"

But it was too late. The colorful triangular-headed snake, which had been accumulating energy for a long time, shot out, and Gu Xun pulled the dancer up to block it.

The dancer was bitten on the neck, but in an instant she turned pale and fell to the ground. The banquet hall was in chaos because of the snake.

The followers finally reacted and cut the snake in half with a sword! But the snake's head struggled and turned back to bite them.

The followers were sweating profusely. If it weren't for that dancer, their master might have...

Gu Xun's forehead was throbbing with veins. He looked at the upright human head in the wooden box. The bloody smell just now was him.

This is the secret guard he sent to contact Zhao Mingzhu, and the one sent here now is Gu Qingheng!

"Your Highness, please spare my life. It's all my fault!" The attendant who came in with the box kowtowed.

Gu Xun said nothing, and the people below immediately dragged him out. Soon the other party's begging for mercy stopped.

Gu Xun's personal attendant looked at it and said, "He disappeared before, and now he appears... Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Gu Xun waved his hand, and the box fell to the ground. The heads of the dead rolled all over the ground. "Find a way to bring Zhao Mingzhu here!"

The followers wanted to persuade him to give up Zhao Mingzhu, as she was now the Crown Princess. Since Gu Qingheng had killed the secret guards, there was no reason why he hadn't discovered it.

Gu Xun angrily said, "Gu Qingheng wants to snatch everything. How can she, a fool, still snatch it? If he knows, then what can he do to me?"

He had just returned to the capital. How dare he take his life right under his father's nose?

He believed that Gu Qingheng would not dare to do that!

The next day, Zhao Mingzhu arrived in front of the academy and Princess Jingning was already waiting there, obviously waiting for her.

"Royal sister-in-law."

"Princess, just call me Zhao Mingzhu. There is no distinction between high and low in the academy."

"Then I'll call you Mingzhu. After all, you're the emperor's sister-in-law, so you can't overstep your bounds."

Princess Jingning adapted quickly. She also said, "Mingzhu, my name is Gu Yan. You can call me by my name too."

Gu Yan was a little embarrassed: "Mingzhu, is the imperial sister okay?"

Zhao Mingzhu was confused: "Not bad." She saw Gu Yan's little movements.

"Didn't the princess go to Changle Palace?" She pretended not to know that Gu Yu didn't like her.

Sure enough, Gu Yan's face flushed: "The emperor won't want to see me, she hates me."

"Oh?" Zhao Mingzhu slowed down.

Gu Yan lowered her head, feeling somewhat guilty as she said, "You know, Father has few children, and we are the only two daughters. I'm the youngest, so it's inevitable that I'm a bit competitive."

Speaking of this, Gu Yan felt even more embarrassed.

"The main thing that bothers me is that I like to steal my sister's friends. Whenever she had a friend when she was little, I would snatch them away."

"But don't worry, I'm not like that now. After all, I was young and ignorant back then."

Zhao Mingzhu nodded without commenting. She and Gu Yan walked into the classroom side by side. Since there was a new person, everyone looked over.

Gu Yan had no princess's arrogance at all. She smiled widely and introduced herself generously:

"I'm Gu Yan. You may still remember me, but it doesn't matter if you don't."

Every family had more or less heard about Princess Jingning's visit to the academy. She was more approachable than Princess Zhaohua and soon became friends with everyone.

After Zhao Mingzhu sat down, the seat at the back was still empty because Gu Yu had not arrived yet.

An Yun turned around and was about to ask Princess Jingning when she saw her walking towards her and about to sit behind Zhao Mingzhu.

Zhao Mingzhu stopped her when she was about to sit down: "This is Gu Yu's seat, there is an empty seat over there."

Gu Yan bent over in a daze, then nodded and smiled: "I see, thank you Mingzhu for reminding me."

She stuck out her tongue: "Otherwise, if the emperor sees it later, she will hate me even more."

When she stood up and left her seat, she saw Gu Yu standing at the door with an expressionless face. She hurriedly walked up to him and said:

"Imperial sister, you are here."

Gu Yu looked at her, then turned and left, and Gu Yan chased after him.

Zhao Mingzhu and An Yun also followed him out.

Gu Yan and Gu Yu were at the rockery.

"Go away! You hate me, and I don't like you either. Why are you pretending to be a sister?"

Gu Yu hugged his chest and said harshly, "What? Am I wrong and have I wronged you?"

Gu Yan sighed, "Eight years have passed. I'm no longer the Gu Yan I used to be, and my sister is definitely not the Gu Yu she used to be. Can't we just shake hands and make peace?"

Shake hands and make peace?

Gu Yu almost wanted to laugh out loud. She looked past Gu Yan and saw Zhao Mingzhu and An Yun coming from a distance.

Gu Yu was too lazy to say anything more. She grabbed Gu Yan and pushed her into the pool, splashing the water onto her skirt.

Gu Yu sneered: "So, Gu Yan. Do you still think I will shake hands with you and make peace?"

Such a big commotion quickly attracted the female officials, who ordered people to pull Gu Yan out.

"Princess Jingning, how did you fall into the lake? Are you okay? Do you need to call the imperial physician?"

Gu Yan spat out two mouthfuls of muddy water. She shook her head and stopped the female official: "No need, I just choked twice. I'll go change my clothes."

Gu Yan took the time to tug at the hem of her skirt twice, and then said to the female official:

"Do you want to hold onto the railing? If one of the girls falls into the water, it'll be really cold."

She did not mention Gu Yu at all, only telling the female official that it was she who fell into the water.

After hearing this, the female official couldn't help but think of Zhao Mingzhu who had pushed Princess Zhaohua down before. She nodded:

"I will report this to you."

Gu Yan smiled at Zhao Mingzhu who came over, and then followed the female official to change clothes.

Zhao Mingzhu and An Yun walked up to Gu Yu, who was still stern:

"Why, are you here to persuade me to just go ahead? Zhao Mingzhu, don't be too naive. Even though she's likable, she's destined to be your enemy. Her brother wants to chop everyone who has anything to do with Gu Qingheng into pieces.

You'd better be careful and stay away from her. You can't even beat Su Lu with your little brain, otherwise you'll be beaten to death with a stick and still count money for others."

Zhao Mingzhu held her forehead with her hand: "...I haven't even said anything yet, and you're as anxious as an orange being snatched away."

He was so aggressive that he was bluffing.

Gu Yu realized that she had lost her composure, but she would not admit it:

"You even took her bracelet, so it's normal for me to be anxious to persuade you not to do something stupid."

"Didn't you break into eight pieces?"

Gu Yu stopped talking.

An Yun squeezed in between the two of them: "Oh, is it necessary for us to do this for outsiders?"

An Yun thought very simply. They were not good people anyway, so there was nothing to persuade Gu Yu about.

"Don't wrongly accuse Mingzhu. She just defended your throne. She doesn't look like a fence-sitter who follows Princess Jingning."

Gu Yu became even more silent. She had just seen Gu Yan chatting and laughing with Zhao Mingzhu at her seat.

She was furious.