All he cared about was profit, and Gu Che, this renowned war god, was precisely the perfect bargaining chip in his eyes.
With such a powerful princess by his side, his position was truly secure. Even his elder brother, the emperor, would have to show him some respect.
On the very first day he married Gu Che, he secretly gave her a potion to prevent pregnancy, since she was a war god and absolutely could not get pregnant.
What if there's a border invasion while she's pregnant?
In addition, she has a large number of soldiers under her command. If she has a child, will her rule remain stable in the future?
Therefore, the God of War cannot have children.
Gu Che knew about the infertility soup, but she still drank it, not for any other reason than for herself, since she didn't want children anyway.
So, going along with their wishes, I drank the bowl of the infertility-preventing soup.
At first, Prince Jing would put on an act in front of her, trying to make Gu Che fall in love with him. After a few times, he found that Gu Che was unmoved and gave up.
For Prince Jing, it was already a huge favor that he, a prince, had to humbly coax Gu Che. She should be grateful and thank him.
As a result, Gu Che didn't know what was good for him and continued to do his own thing every day.
The little bit of patience that Prince Jing had left was completely exhausted. Anyway, Gu Che was now Princess Jing, so he had achieved his goal and didn't care about anything else.
After that, Prince Jing stopped paying attention to Gu Che. He had countless beautiful concubines, so he spent most of his time with them and rarely went to Gu Che's courtyard.
This relieved Gu Che, and he gradually managed to settle down at the Prince Jing's residence.
If life had always been like this, we could have gotten by.
At that time, Gu Che had been the Princess Consort of Jing for several months. She heard from her maid that someone had sent another beautiful concubine to the Prince of Jing. This concubine was extremely beautiful.
Everyone who saw her said she was beautiful; even in the Prince Jing's mansion, where beauties abounded, she stood out exceptionally.
She gained Prince Jing's favor as soon as she entered the palace, and for several days in a row, Prince Jing stayed in her room.
Everyone thought this would be a formidable rival to the princess, and that they might soon hear news of her pregnancy.
At that time, Gu Che was indifferent to her. The concubines in the Prince Jing's mansion were jealous of each other and used all sorts of tricks, but they all tacitly agreed that none of them dared to show off in front of her.
Firstly, Gu Che has a good reputation, and everyone respects her to some extent. Secondly, Prince Jing warned her in advance that Princess Jing should not be offended.
After Gu Che excused everyone from paying their respects, he almost never saw those concubines again.
One morning, while she was doing her morning exercise, she suddenly noticed someone spying on her. Almost instinctively, she thrust her gun forward.
Fortunately, the girl reacted quickly and shouted.
She barely managed to stop when the gun was only an inch from her forehead. It was clear that the girl was terrified; her face was deathly pale, and her forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat.
Those beautiful eyes, filled with tears, stared at me without blinking.
Gu Che herself was also startled. Actually, she thought it was that bastard Prince Jing's men, so she thought she would scare him a bit.
Who knew she would be such a beautiful girl?
I shouldn't have scared her like that!
Gu Che felt a little regretful.
She subtly moved the hand holding the gun behind her back, looking slightly uneasy. She coughed lightly and said, "Who are you? Who sent you to this courtyard?"
Aside from his own people, the only people in this courtyard were those of that bastard Prince Jing. After being scared by him a few times, that bastard stopped sending people to sneak over here.
Lin Yu took a deep breath, trying to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes, and choked out, "I...I came to pay my respects."
Gu Che was taken aback. "Didn't anyone tell you that I don't like people coming to pay their respects?"
Lin Yu held back her tears and said haltingly, "I have said it before, but I still want to come and pay my respects."
Gu Che: "..."
Since it was voluntary, she stopped interfering and continued doing her own thing.
She thought that as long as she ignored her, the girl would leave soon, but she didn't expect that this girl was so persistent and didn't leave at all.
Even after she finished her morning exercise, the girl was still standing beside her, staring at her with starry eyes.
His eyes were filled with adoration.
From then on, she would stand by and watch every morning exercise.
Over time, Gu Che gradually got used to it.
Lin Yu's embroidery skills were quite good; a few days later, she actually made a set of clothes for Gu Che—a black fitted outfit with a red undershirt, which looked really good on him.
After that, Lin Yu made a lot of clothes for Gu Che without stopping, and even though Gu Che refused many times, Lin Yu didn't seem to listen.
Gradually, Lin Yu became a regular guest at Chunfeng Courtyard.
Gu Che also really liked the gentle and delicate Lin Yu.
Lin Yu is very delicate. She will cry because of drawing in her notebook, and she will be sad for a long time because of someone else's words. Gu Che did not understand this at first.
Why does Lin Yu shed so many tears? She's like a person made of water. She can cry for a long time just by looking at a picture book. Even though she knows it's fake, why does she still cry so bitterly?
Every time Gu Che said that, Lin Yu would righteously retort, "General, what do you know? I was crying for their tragic experiences. How do you know that what's in the sketchbook isn't something that's happening somewhere else?"
Gu Che: "!"
After that, she stopped buying Lin Yu picture books with tragic endings, thinking that this way she would no longer cry over lovers who couldn't be together.
She even cried, saying it was because the lovers had finally gotten together after going through so many hardships, and she was moved to tears.
Gu Che: "!!!"
Well, she eventually found out that Lin Yu was a crybaby who cried about everything.
Later, when her mother became critically ill, she hurriedly returned home and devoted herself to taking care of her mother's medicine. She was unable to return to the Prince's Palace for a long time.
During that period, she was entangled in trivial matters and could not get away from them. In addition, as Lin Yu was the favorite concubine of Prince Jing, she never expected that Lin Yu would have an accident.
That day, the sky was clear and blue, yet it became a nightmare that haunted her for the rest of her life. Qingtian, the maid she left in the Prince's mansion and a trusted confidante planted by Gu Che, rushed over in a panic to report that Lin Yu had been in trouble.
Upon hearing the news, she felt a chill run down her spine. Without thinking twice, she mounted her horse and galloped back to her residence.
When she arrived, the sight before her nearly made her faint. The once bright and cheerful girl now lay like a broken doll, barely alive, in a pool of blood.
All around, a group of elegantly dressed nobles were enjoying the scene of dehumanization unfolding before them.
They watched Lin Yu struggle, and each of them was as excited as wild boars about to mate.
Gu Che will always remember the look in their eyes back then.
They screamed and revelled with excitement, like untamed wild beasts in the forest, watching their girl struggle and crawl in pain.
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