Poisoning
Gu Youan was having pastries with the Fifth Princess at Fuxiang Palace. The palace rules were strict, and the five-year-old girl needed to be taken care of. Gu Youan was feeding her when Sheng Jingche rushed up and knocked over the food box. The Fifth Princess cried out in fright. Gu Youan hugged her and turned to look at Sheng Jingche, saying, "What are you doing?"
"You're coming back with me!" Sheng Jingche grabbed Gu Youan and pulled her over. The Fifth Princess clung tightly to her leg. Gu Youan glared at him, "What exactly do you want?"
Sheng Jingche tightly gripped Gu Youan's hand and pulled her out, leaving the Fifth Princess alone in the palace.
When they were alone, Sheng Jingche released her hand. "That's the Fifth Princess, a woman of noble birth. Even though she has lost her birth mother, she's not someone you should pity. Put away your saintly heart. This is the Sheng Kingdom's palace, and countless eyes are watching."
Gu Youan fell silent instantly. She suddenly turned to look at the doorway, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes. Just as she was about to enter the hall, Sheng Jingche grabbed her arm.
"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with the pastries." The Fifth Princess's birth mother had just passed away, and it would be unlucky for the Fifth Princess to die at this time.
Gu Youan looked up at him and asked, "How did you end up in the Imperial Garden?"
Sheng Jingche reached out and caught a fallen leaf beside him. Unlike his usual frivolousness, he was more composed. "Gu Youan, this is the Sheng Kingdom's palace, not the Dayong Kingdom's palace."
Sheng Jingche sighed deeply. He held Gu Youan in his arms, placed his hand on the back of Gu's head, and said softly, "Sheng Kingdom is not stable. I will take you to find your memories in a few days."
Gu Youan's memories were sealed, but in this world where martial arts reign supreme, how could someone without internal energy, someone who had lost all their memories, possibly protect themselves?
"The Emperor's Ship is an organization dedicated to maintaining peace and stability in the world. After the destruction of the Emperor's Ship of the Great Yong Dynasty, you were the only survivor. They sealed your memories and inner strength, hoping only that you could live a peaceful life. I originally thought that without your memories, you could live out your life in peace, but I realized that everyone was wrong. Jiannan can never come back, but you shouldn't be like this." Protecting someone shouldn't be like keeping her in a cage like a canary, but rather teaching her skills to stand on her own two feet in the world.
Young Gu Youan went to the Emperor's Mansion alone to learn martial arts. Seven years later, Gu Youan should not be a weak woman who cannot even kill a chicken.
Gu Youan looked into Sheng Jingche's eyes, listening to him say strange things, and said, "Sheng Jingche, you know what happened to me in the past, right?"
Everyone must bear their own destiny. Sheng Jingche is no exception, nor is Gu Youan. Having lost his memory, his perception of his surroundings has weakened.
He reached out and stroked her face, his gaze piercing through her as if he were looking at someone else. Gu Youan shrank back, wondering what had gotten into this foxy man today.
Gu Youan stroked his head and said, "What's wrong with you today? Who are you looking at through me?"
Sheng Jingche smiled slightly and said, "Looking back at you, Gu Youan, codenamed Xuanji, you were the Xuanji Envoy of the Emperor of the Great Yong. You were exceptionally talented and became the Emperor's number one assassin at a young age."
Gu Youan listened calmly as he recounted these events, as if he were talking about someone else's past. The number one assassin of the Emperor's Ship, she had never even killed a chicken, so how did she become the number one assassin of the Emperor's Ship? She had a lithe figure, unlike a young girl who had stayed in her boudoir for many years.
"Am I... really that amazing?"
Sheng Jingche looked into Gu Youan's eyes, which were clear and bright, without a trace of sorrow.
Gu Youan turned her head. His gaze was too intense as he scrutinized her, as if he were looking at a meticulously crafted object.
She lowered her eyes. The chapter of the Great Yong Kingdom ended, and the chapter of the Sheng Kingdom began. Everyone knew about her past, except for Gu Youan herself. She didn't know whether the Gu Youan of the past was herself or the original owner of the body.
A sense of fear arose in her heart. If she were the original owner of the body, Gu You'an, she would have already completed the ending in the original book. Why should she bear the fate of the original owner?
Xie Daoqing didn't want her to recall her past memories; she only wanted to regain her memories and didn't want to bear the original owner's fate.
Sheng Jingche reached out and stroked her face, smiling, "Come with me to the Emperor's Ship, I'll help you regain your memories."
Are you really sure that the me who regains my memories is the same me as before?
Sheng Jingche said calmly, "They sealed your memories to protect you, and I helped you find your memories to protect you as well. Gu Youan, you are meant to be a bird soaring in the sky, and you are not protected by anyone."
A mournful wail echoed through the palace, and Sheng Jingche stared in shock at the direction from which the sound came.
"Fifth Princess." The two looked at each other, sensing something was wrong.
Although the little princess was not favored, she was still Emperor Huaming's daughter, and no one could harm her.
In the midst of the chaos, Sheng Jingche placed a pill in her hand and said, "This pill can restore your memory. I know you have many questions. The Fifth Princess's life is in danger. Only by restoring your memory can you save yourself."
Gu Youan quickly took the pills and hid them in her bosom. She didn't understand why Sheng Jingche had to give her the pills at this particular moment.
She suddenly remembered everything that happened in the Imperial Garden today. The Fifth Princess suddenly appeared, and her face turned pale. The difficulty of the Sheng Kingdom chapter increased.
Gu Youan looked up at the sky, feeling dizzy. When would her system reappear? This was a match between a novice and an expert.
The imperial physician rushed to Fuxiang Palace, followed by Empress Mingzhao and Emperor Huaming. She looked at Sheng Jingche, closed her eyes, and fainted completely.
Sheng Jingche frowned, then calmly squatted down and pinched Gu Youan's philtrum, saying, "Don't sleep, the Fifth Princess's life or death is still unknown."
Gu Youan closed her eyes, enduring the pain. If this was a setup, the Fifth Princess wouldn't have died. If it wasn't a setup targeting her, why would she have woken up? She was Princess Hezheng of Dayong, Sheng Jingche's fiancée. Sheng Jingche couldn't abandon her at this time.
Gu Youan held Sheng Jingche's hand tightly. This time, their lives were intertwined, and Sheng Jingche could not abandon her. She reached out and gently crushed the pill.
Sheng Jingche grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear, "You'll regret this."
Fuxiang Palace was in chaos. With a throbbing headache, she finally couldn't take it anymore and fainted.
She woke up to find herself locked in an abandoned palace, surrounded by dust. She gently got up, reached for the bag behind her head, and pressed it lightly, only to find it so painful she wanted to jump up.
She stumbled toward the door, but it was locked. She gently pounded on the door, pleading, "Let me out."
“Miss, I have already written back to Dayong,” Ye Qingchen said softly from outside the door.
Gu Youan sneered and said, "I am nothing but a princess in name only."
She looked at the shadowy figure outside the door, her eyes revealing a hint of coldness, and said, "Ye Qingchen, you should leave here."
Some people don't want her to marry Sheng Jingche. Why drag her into Sheng Jingche's messy love life?
Gu Youan sighed softly and said, "Emperor Zhaoyuan already knows about this matter."
Her spies from Dayong had already brought her situation back to Dayong. This marriage was originally sought by Sheng Jingche, and there were people in Sheng Kingdom who did not want her to marry Sheng Jingche.
Sheng Jingche wanted to take this opportunity to help her regain her memories, which she had been searching for for a long time, but now was not a good time.
The Kingdom of Sheng is in grave danger, and this is not a good time to regain her memories. She paused, then continued, "You should leave the Kingdom of Sheng as soon as possible. I am Princess Hezheng, and they dare not do anything to me. But it is different for these people who came with me. Ye Qingchen, take them away."
Ye Qingchen shook his head and said, "I can't leave you here alone, Miss. Whether you are a member of the Gu family or Princess Hezheng, you are my benefactor. I can't leave you here and let you escape alone."
Gu Youan paused for a moment, then asked, "How is the Fifth Princess?"
Ye Qingchen said, "The Fifth Princess is still unconscious and not out of danger." He paused, then added, "Lord Sheng Xiao is kneeling before Fengyi Palace."
Gu Youan coldly turned her head away. So what if Sheng Jingche knelt in front of Fengyi Palace for a day and a night? When he came to find her that day, he clearly already knew that someone wanted to kill her. But he would rather kneel in front of Fengyi Palace than reveal who that person was. Could this person be Xiao Junqi? She had only met Xiao Junqi a few times. A man who appeared in the desert, the only adult son of Emperor Huaming. The marriage alliance between Dayong and Shengguo had brought an end to the border war between the two countries. Could it be that this Xiao Junqi was unwilling to stop the war?
Gu Youan paused for a moment, then quickly dismissed the idea. To prevent her from marrying Sheng Jingche and to stop the marriage alliance between the two countries, he actually went after his own sister. He was not a vicious criminal.
Could it be... that she had a bold idea in her mind? The Fifth Princess, who had lost her birth mother, suddenly appeared behind her. Was it also premeditated? But why would she sacrifice a princess's life? She was a fake princess, but the one who was poisoned was a real princess. In order to bring down the fake princess, she killed a real princess.
There were very few concubines in Emperor Huaming's palace. After she was taken away by Sheng Jingche, the Fifth Princess was poisoned. All of this was too much of a coincidence.
Ye Qingchen hesitated and said, "The poison that the Fifth Princess was poisoned with came from Dayong."
Gu Youan's face paled. This attack was aimed at her. Who could poison someone in full view of everyone? And who could appear so coincidentally? She had also eaten the pastry. In such a short time, to be able to coax the Fifth Princess into eating a poisoned pastry, it must have been done by someone close to her.
She was perplexed. Who on earth was so resourceful as to know the Fifth Princess's whereabouts and habits?
Before Sheng Jingche came to find her, she had already fed the Fifth Princess a lot of pastries.
Ye Qingchen sighed and said, "Strangely, they haven't stopped us from sending messages back to Dayong these past few days."
Gu Youan's eyes lit up. There was probably more to the story than this. For now, all she could do was wait, wait for that person to come to her.
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