Gu Nian: "Gu Erdan, stop flattering me and get serious."
Gu Ren glared angrily at Gu Nian: "Gu Nian, don't call me Gu Erdan. Also, don't threaten me with the fact that you used to be my aunt. Now that we've both transmigrated, I'm your brother, we're equals!"
Gu Nian: "If Sister Huihui can hit you, so can I!"
Gu Ren: "..."
Gu Shouxin spoke up: "If you're not going to tell me, I'll take you back to sleep!"
Gu Ren: "Second Uncle, no, no. Actually, what I wanted to say was that Grandpa has an extraordinary background; he is the current Empress Dowager's biological son!"
The time-traveling trio: "!"
Gu Ren said smugly, "Isn't his status impressive? Originally, in the book, I set it up so that he would see the Empress Dowager one last time before she passed away. But when I saw Xue Qianyu appear, I guessed the identities of the Emperor and Empress Dowager Jiang, and I heard Empress Dowager Jiang repeatedly testing my grandparents. I knew then that things might not go as I had planned in the book."
As he spoke, he began to recount Grandpa Gu's life story.
There's a rumor in the Great Zhou Dynasty that twins are considered unlucky. While twins of opposite sexes are better off, in the royal family and some large families, if they are of the same sex, they will generally only raise one, and the other will be sent away or killed off.
Grandpa Gu was one of the Empress Dowager's twin sons. Moreover, he was the one who was kept. However, when he was six years old, he fell ill and was on the verge of death. So the Empress Dowager brought back the one who had been raised outside.
Therefore, Grandpa Gu knew his own identity.
Not only was he replaced, but the Empress Dowager also ordered him to be sent far away. As a result, the place was hit by a natural disaster and a popular uprising occurred. In order to save his life, his guards sacrificed their own and his daughter's lives. Grandpa Gu triumphantly escaped to Sanchakou Village and became the Gu family's live-in son-in-law.
The Empress Dowager also suddenly lost contact with Grandpa Gu.
So much so that when the princes of the previous emperor's generation were vying for the throne, the crown prince died, and the Empress Dowager couldn't find anyone to replace him. She had no choice but to summon the unassuming previous emperor, who was also the current emperor's father, back to the capital and strongly support his ascension to the throne.
Gu Nian: "Your male lead is Lu Zheng, right? Why did you give my grandfather such a complicated backstory?"
Gu Ren: "To show how resilient the male lead is! After the female lead dies, the male lead goes crazy trying to resurrect her, wasting time and energy, and ultimately fails. Then, the Empress Dowager recognizes Grandpa Gu on her deathbed, and the royal family wants to help Grandpa Gu. When Grandpa Gu learns that his granddaughter has died tragically, he delivers a blow to the male lead, awakening him and making him stop obsessing over resurrecting the female lead. He then pulls himself together and continues to conquer the stars and the sea! Haha, but I hadn't even finished writing that when something happened to me. I only have the outline."
Gu Shouxin frowned: "Resurrection?"
Gu Ren nodded repeatedly: "That's right! For the resurrection, they gave him a powerful figure, a monk. They made him gather all sorts of girls who resembled the female lead, draw their blood, pluck their hair, and cut their nails to perform rituals! What a wild idea, right? Hahahaha..."
Gu Nian was speechless: "So, that mysterious person is actually a high-ranking monk? Lu Zheng wasn't looking for a substitute for Xin Xin, but rather he thought he could revive her?"
Gu Ren: "Yeah, yeah, you didn't expect that, did you! Gu Nian, did you just see that part? I wrote it for eight years! After eight years of trying to revive him, he didn't come back to life. Then Grandpa Gu appeared and scolded him awake. Then he started to conquer the stars and the sea. My final goal was for him to conquer all the places where people lived. Until he grew old, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was ruled by the king, he was all alone and died in the small courtyard where he and Gu Xin used to live."
The three time travelers were at a loss for words.
All I want to say is that Lu Zheng was wronged!
Gu Shouxin: "However, it seems he didn't follow the plot of your book, and he was reborn! How do you explain that?"
Hearing this, Gu Ren pouted: "Second Uncle, I also want to know why? Why didn't he follow my plot? And why did you guys appear? I only wrote up to the part where he was eight years old, and then Grandpa Gu would appear right away, and then I would scold him to wake him up!"
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