Chapter 7 Destroyed by the Jiaofang Palace. She was a rather unruly little girl.
Under the flowering tree, Li Yuheng walked from afar, a forced smile on his face, to greet the group of people opposite him.
"Third brother, what brings you here?"
The man opposite him waved his folding fan. Despite being a burly man, he was dressed in a scholar's robe, which looked out of place.
“Brother, what are you saying? Of course Kaiyang will come to the banquet at your residence.”
Li Kaiyang smiled and glanced behind him. The slick-haired, powdered-faced Young Master Sun walked forward tremblingly, holding a treasure box.
"Your subject, your subject Sun Panxian..."
He couldn't even get his tongue out properly for a while. Li Kaiyang seemed disgusted and kicked him to the ground, pointing his fan at Sun Pan's face, which was covered in cold sweat.
"You good-for-nothing, why are you trembling over offering a gift? Could it be that you've secretly done something disrespectful to your elder brother behind my back!"
Li Kaiyang scolded, his eyes wide with anger, like a good younger brother punishing a villain for his elder brother.
Li Yuheng's eyes turned cold. Under his and the Yu family's instructions, no word of Sun Pan's harassment of Yu Jingshu had been leaked.
But Li Kaiyang clearly wanted to expose this matter, to embarrass him, and to insert a thorn into his marriage alliance with the Yu family.
How could Li Yuheng let him have his way? He lowered his head, his gentle face instantly turning sinister as he stared coldly at Sun Pan, who was clutching his stomach on the ground, not daring to cry out.
"Is that so? What did the young master of the Sun family do? Tell me."
"My lord, my lord..."
Sun Pan's face turned pale, and he was sweating profusely.
He had the audacity to pull Yu Jingshu aside and speak rudely to her, but he dared not utter a single word in front of Li Yuheng.
But when he turned his head, Li Kaiyang was looking at him with a sinister smile, his fist clenched, as if he would smash it down on him at any moment.
Speaking was not an option, nor was remaining silent; caught between a rock and a hard place, Sun Pan stammered, but in the end, the Crown Prince's power prevailed.
"Your subject dares not..."
"waste!"
As expected, Li Kaiyang punched Sun Pan, knocking him unconscious. Two streams of blood flowed down Sun Pan's bruised face from his nose.
He seemed unsatisfied and raised his fist to strike again.
Li Yuheng spoke up, saying, "He is, after all, an official in the court. Third brother is being reckless."
Li Kaiyang paused, turned back with a cunning smile, and said, "Your Majesty, you may not know this, but Sun Pan is incredibly audacious..."
Since Sun Pan couldn't say it, he decided to speak up himself and make a scene about this world-renowned wedding today.
But he was destined to have more to say than he suddenly heard a clear, resonant sword cry from somewhere.
A flash of light, as dazzling as a cold star, and before Li Kaiyang could react, a long, gleaming sword was pressed against his neck.
Li Kaiyang was dumbfounded, almost wondering if he was dreaming.
In the blink of an eye, a sword appeared at his neck.
A moment of silence followed, then chaos erupted.
Li Kaiyang's servants cried out in despair, yet dared not move rashly, fearing that the extremely sharp-looking sword would slash Li Kaiyang's neck.
Li Yuheng was slightly taken aback. Looking at Gu Shanyue blocking his way, he chuckled, "What are you doing, sister?"
Gu Shanyue glanced coldly at Li Kaiyang's deathly pale face. The blade approached an inch closer, and the flawless sword, capable of cutting through iron like mud, lightly severed a section of black hair, which fluttered to the ground.
Although the movements were silent, Li Kaiyang seemed to hear a sharp tearing sound.
Sweat beaded on the back of his neck. He swallowed hard, then stiffly forced a smile: "You dare touch me?"
Gu Shanyue's expression was extremely indifferent, and his gaze was not that of someone looking at a person, but rather as if he were looking at grass, trees, and stones.
"You have fists, so you can kill others at will. I have a sword, so why can't I kill you?"
The sword tip trembled slightly, Li Kaiyang's eyes widened, a sharp pain shot through his neck, and a thin line of blood oozed out. He looked at Gu Shanyue in horror.
Gu Shanyue said coldly, "And what are you?"
She sheathed her sword and swept it across Li Kaiyang's face, leaving a red mark.
She didn't even deign to glance at him, displaying extreme arrogance.
Li Kaiyang stood frozen in place, staring wide-eyed as Gu Shanyue turned and left, her clothes fluttering gracefully.
The servants swarmed forward, nearly driving him mad.
Li Kaiyang was exhausted and his legs went weak, so he fell down. He covered his neck with both hands and dared not let go, fearing that he would really lose his life for no reason.
Li Kaiyang, who had always been arrogant and haughty because of the emperor's favor, was in such a sorry state for the first time.
Li Yuheng smiled and praised, "Third brother is truly a brave man."
Li Kaiyang often brought up Li Yuheng's poor health, both openly and subtly, and the word he mentioned most often was "bravery."
Today, Li Yuheng returned this character to him, and he felt incredibly happy.
Gu Shanyue is Gu Shanyue; she is more cunning than anyone else in Shengjing.
Li Yuheng ignored the distraught Li Kaiyang and turned to chase after Gu Shanyue.
"Sister! Wait for me, sister..."
Li Kaiyang, supported by his servants, hurriedly fled the place.
Everyone dispersed, the flowering trees stood still, and a figure walked out. Yu Jingshu looked in the direction Li Yuheng had left, her expression complicated.
Li Yuheng followed Gu Shanyue all the way. She walked very fast, until she reached the area outside the stage where the guests were gathered. She stared blankly at the crackling fire on the stage.
Li Yuheng, slightly out of breath, caught up.
Gu Shanyue has a beautiful profile, with upturned corners of her mouth that seem to be smiling.
Li Yuheng called out to her, "Sister?"
She turned to look at him, her gaze as sharp and bright as a sword, piercing Li Yuheng's heart.
She has a delicate and gentle face, but just looking into her eyes tells you that she is not a girl with a soft and gentle temperament.
Man is like sword, sword is like man.
If the sword is sharp, the person will naturally be even sharper.
Li Yuheng was speechless for a moment. Gu Shanyue turned his eyes away and continued to watch the show, his tone indifferent: "You've changed your mind. You want me to kill him?"
"...Of course not."
Li Yuheng took her hand, blocking her gaze from the stage, and smiled affectionately at her, revealing two small tiger teeth.
“Sister, I know you feel sorry for me, but I can’t let you put yourself in danger because of me. I’ll deal with Li Kaiyang when the time comes.”
Li Yuheng spoke with conviction.
Gu Shanyue stared at him for a while, then suddenly raised her hand and gently touched his face.
"Yu'er, if you want anything, just tell me and I will help you."
Her voice was very soft, as soft as a distant sigh from the past.
Li Yuheng smiled even more brightly: "I know, my sister is the best to me."
Gu Shanyue frowned slightly and released her hand: "I'm going back."
Li Yuheng was about to follow, but Gu Shanyue stopped him with a look.
She is often not a very patient person.
Even when facing Li Yuheng.
Gu Shanyue returned to the small, square courtyard. Qi Baitong silently followed behind her, watching her silhouette sitting quietly through the window, and then watching her take out several jugs of wine and fly onto the roof to drink while gazing at the stars.
He drank the wine too quickly, and the intoxication hit him hard. Gu Shanyue let his head spin and squinted at the night sky.
The stars in Shengjing are not as bright as those in Zhuoguang Mountain.
As she gazed at them, the stars blurred into a hazy dream, drawing her into a dreamlike state.
Many years ago, the young senior sister, in the prime of her life, took her, who was still a child, down the mountain.
Bandits roamed the foot of the mountain, and starving corpses littered the land. The senior sister fought her way through, rescuing others as she went, her face filled with sorrow.
Gu Shanyue followed her senior sister as she drew her sword. She didn't understand anything: why people starve to death, why people steal from others, and why ordinary people down the mountain were more terrifying than the villains she had ever seen in the martial arts world.
My senior sister said that because of the wars raging everywhere, the government was unable to keep watch.
Gu Shanyue asked, "What is the government?"
My senior sister said that the government is the parents of the people. If the people have no parents, they will naturally live in misery.
Gu Shanyue understood. She had her senior sister, who was like her parents, so she had food to eat and someone to take care of her.
But the people had lost their parents, so they starved to death everywhere.
They traveled a long way, killed many people, and helped many people up.
But it was to no avail.
Later, her senior sister sent her back to Zhuoguang Mountain and went down the mountain on her own. Gu Shanyue asked her where she was going, and her senior sister gently stroked her bewildered eyebrows.
"Moon, the Great Yong needs a family, and the people need parents."
For a long time, Gu Shanyue couldn't see her senior sister. Occasionally, she would sneak down the mountain and be surprised to find that there were no people starving to death by the roadside.
"Has Senior Sister found the people's parents?" Gu Shanyue thought, "She must have."
My senior sister is always so amazing; she can do everything.
When my senior sister returned, her eyes were still as bright as stars, and her smile was tired but gentle.
Gu Shanyue happily rushed into her arms, only to find that her senior sister's waist had become plumper.
Her senior told her that she was going to have a nephew.
Gu Shanyue wondered, where was her little nephew?
Her senior sister took her hand and placed it on her protruding belly.
Gu Shanyue was shocked: her nephew was inside her senior sister's belly! A person was actually growing inside her senior sister's body!
She talked to her unborn nephew for a long time, saying she wanted to pluck stars from the sky for him, hoping he wouldn't cause any trouble in her belly and make her feel uncomfortable.
The senior student was amused by her childish words and said while combing her hair that she would have a new playmate when her little nephew was born.
Those were their last peaceful days.
With the court situation initially stabilized, martial arts sects were in turmoil, engaging in open and covert struggles with local officials. The senior sister was caught in a dilemma, and even while pregnant, she had to kneel before the emperor to plead her case.
During childbirth, my usually omnipotent senior sister almost went to the gates of hell.
Gu Shanyue began to hate the wrinkled little baby.
Five years later, my senior sister died.
The child that my senior sister gave birth to with her life on the line is also dying.
Gu Shanyue couldn't save his senior sister, nor could he stand idly by and watch her child die.
Amidst the vast army, she took away a corpse and a frail child whose face was flushed from crying.
The Sword of No Wounds was destroyed in the Jiaofang Palace and was thus erased from the martial world.
Gu Shanyue no longer has a senior sister.
She loathed the imperial city so much that she assumed everyone else did too.
But as Li Yuheng grew older, the thread in his bloodline tightly connected him to the imperial city.
He didn't want to be a commoner; he longed for imperial power.
Therefore, Gu Shanyue sent him back.
In hindsight, she made the right choice.
He truly belongs here.
Gu Shanyue raised his cup to invite the moon, but the moonlight, hazy and silent, quietly shone upon her.
She pursed her lips, tilted her head back, and drank the entire pot of wine in one gulp.
Twelve years have passed, and she still often thinks of her senior sister.
When the wine jug was empty, Gu Shanyue casually tossed it aside, and the jug rolled off the eaves with a gurgling sound.
Gu Shanyue listened intently, waiting to hear the sound of the wine pot shattering on the ground.
But it didn't happen.
She finished another pot of wine and casually tossed it away.
It was as if a dog was crouching in the courtyard, silently catching the wine jug she had thrown out.
Gu Shanyue drank from one wine pot after another, tossing the wine pots aside one after another.
Finally, "snap!"
The wine jug shattered on the ground, and the moment the crisp sound rang out, a figure appeared in front of Gu Shanyue.
It is a white lacquer paulownia tree.
His tall stature blocked the moon, but when he crouched down, the hazy moonlight reappeared behind him, shining brightly.
He was backlit, so Gu Shanyue couldn't see his expression.
Her face was flushed from drinking, and she slapped away Qi Baitong's face, saying, "Get out of here."
She's actually quite a headstrong little girl.
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