Chapter 221 You haven't answered me yet, how are you these days?
There was no incense burning in the room, but the smell of incense burning on weekdays remained, and the air was filled with the light aroma of mugwort. Seeing that Gu Siqing didn't even look at him, Bai Ziyu sat down beside her hesitantly.
"Don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt because of me. I owe you an explanation. I deserve it if you ignore me. As for why I concealed my identity, it was really a helpless move. I just wanted to save my life. You may not know..."
Bai Ziyu smiled ingratiatingly at Gu Siqing and glanced at her nervously, afraid that she would not give him a chance to explain.
Fortunately, Gu Siqing did not interrupt him. Bai Ziyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued speaking.
"My brother was afraid of me back then, so he sent people to hunt me down all the way to Yue State, and several of my close followers died because of this. You saved me at that time, and I am grateful, but I am really a little paranoid and dare not act rashly."
Some secrets are safest if they are not spoken out loud. Bai Ziyu does not want to bring disaster upon himself due to a momentary carelessness.
Listening to Bai Ziyu's talk about the past, Gu Siqing remembered the situation when he rescued Bai Ziyu. He was lying in the bushes with disheveled hair and dirty face, his clothes stained with blood, and he looked horrified and miserable. Only when he found that he was still breathing did Gu Siqing save him.
When talking about the touching part, Bai Ziyu himself was a little dazed, and said with a bitter smile: "Back then, I didn't know if you had another identity. When I was sure that you were just Liu Mingyue, I didn't find an opportunity to speak naturally."
After saying that, Bai Ziyu shook his head and chuckled. It would be somewhat strange and inexplicable if he said for no reason that he was the King Xiaoyao of Qi.
"How have you been recently? I have written many letters to you, but I have not received any reply. These days, I miss you very much."
Bai Ziyu said the three words "I miss you" very solemnly. His serious expression made Gu Siqing stunned for a moment. She subconsciously wanted to mock him and said: King Xiaoyao, who is busy with all kinds of affairs, actually has time to miss her?
Then he thought about the difficult journey Bai Ziyu had to escape to the Kingdom of Yue, and finally swallowed back the sarcastic words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"I have received all the letters you sent to me." Gu Siqing's answer was irrelevant.
Bai Ziyu concealed his identity to protect himself, so she couldn't blame him. But when she thought about how he had kept it a secret from her for so long, she couldn't help feeling angry.
"You haven't answered me yet. How have you been these days?" Bai Ziyu kept asking her the same question.
"It's okay, just a little busy." Gu Siqing held the book and seemed to be reading it seriously, but in fact he didn't read a single word.
Although Gu Siqing answered nonchalantly and ignored him, Bai Ziyu was happy: "What are you busy with?"
Gu Siqing turned a page of the book in her hand and ignored him. Bai Ziyu was very satisfied that she didn't chase him away.
Seeing Gu Siqing reading a book, he took another oil lamp and lit it to provide light for her so that she would not hurt her eyes by reading at night.
"During the time since I returned to Qi, apart from the bloody storm in the court, there were actually some interesting things. In the previous dynasty, there was an old minister who had always been dissatisfied with Xuanyuan Yu. One day, he deliberately sneaked over in the middle of the night to scare the minister, and almost broke his leg when he climbed over the wall."
Xuanyuan Yu is a person with a polarized personality. He is deep-minded, but also has the innocence and playfulness of a teenager.
Thinking of Xuanyuan Yu climbing over the wall with that bright and cheerful face and nearly falling down, Gu Siqing almost couldn't help laughing.
She pursed her lips tightly, and seeing that she did not show any impatience, Bai Ziyu continued speaking with great interest.
"Also, because I temporarily took over the power of regent, I lived in the palace for the convenience of handling state affairs. Xuanyuan Yu lived outside the palace to avoid suspicion. However, occasionally when he needed to discuss important matters, he would quietly enter the palace in the middle of the night. One time, when he was climbing over the wall, he stepped on bricks and tiles, causing quite a commotion."
Bai Ziyu was talking about Xuanyuan Yu's embarrassing things. At this moment, the new king, who was reviewing memorials in the imperial study of Qi State, sneezed. The palace servant in the palace looked at the closed window and asked carefully, "Your Majesty, do you need a heater?"
Xuanyuan Yu wiped his nose with a handkerchief and frowned, "No need, I'm not cold. Maybe it's the uncle who misses me."
Poor Xuanyuan Yu had no idea that his uncle was using his jokes to tease his sweetheart.
Bai Ziyu talked endlessly about the past of Qi State. Gu Siqing caught a strange point from what he said: "You Qi people seem to like climbing over walls. Is this a special skill of you Qi people?"
Xuanyuan Yu, the prince of Qi State and now the emperor of Qi State, climbs over the wall every now and then, which is quite funny.
Bai Ziyu felt a little embarrassed, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He defended himself, "The situation is special."
"So the situation today when King Xiaoyao climbed over the wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion was also special?" Gu Siqing said with a smile.
Before Bai Ziyu could speak, Gu Siqing immediately said, "Your Highness has told me many interesting stories about Qi State. I also have an important matter concerning Yue State. According to the current situation, it won't be long before Chi Hongyuan ascends the throne."
Speaking of Chi Hongyuan, Gu Siqing put down the book in his hand that he had not even read.
"Chi Hongyuan mentioned it to me at the beginning and asked me if I was willing to marry him. I have always been worried about this matter. Once he ascends the throne, it will only take an imperial decree for me to become his concubine."
Therefore, Gu Siqing had been paying close attention to the developments of the previous dynasty, fearing that if she missed something, once Chi Hongyuan ascended the throne and her marriage was undecided, she would have no way of escaping the fate of entering the palace.
"Can you choose a suitable person to marry?" When Bai Ziyu asked this question, his tone was so cautious that he didn't even notice it.
Gu Siqing shook her head, then nodded, and said with a complicated expression: "After a lot of selection, there is still no one that suits my taste, but in an emergency, I can't care about so many things."
After that, she raised her eyelids and met Bai Ziyu's eyes which seemed to contain a clear stream of light: "Your Majesty is really good at catching up."
Bai Ziyu's breathing stagnated, and he tried to guess the meaning of Gu Siqing's words with some trepidation, but he didn't dare to think about it.
"Me?" Bai Ziyu pointed at himself uncertainly, thinking that he had stumbled upon some lucky thing that had fallen from the sky.
Gu Siqing nodded: "Of course, I am ready to get married, and the Xiangfu can start preparing at any time. The prince has returned just in time to drink my wedding wine. Such an honor is not something that everyone can have."
Gu Siqing heard the sound of something breaking in the air. Bai Ziyu's smile froze on his face. He was not smiling, nor was he not smiling. The changes on his facial expression were really spectacular.
"Looking at the prince's expression, it seems that he is unwilling? That's such a pity." Gu Siqing sighed in a fake manner.
When she glanced at Bai Ziyu out of the corner of her eye, Gu Siqing snorted in her heart. She had to vent her anger!
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