Qian Qiu felt an instinctive fear, but he couldn't understand, "What does it mean that Prince Qian said he wanted the Empress to see you injured?"
“Only when His Majesty sees with his own eyes that I am willing to die for her will she love me more and become more inseparable from me.” He smiled happily. “Commander Qian, you know that His Majesty is too heartless and too cold-hearted. What if decades later, when my beauty fades, she takes a fancy to another man? I need a chance, a glorious chance that will make her devoted to me.”
He understood the allure of life, and even if he aged and she no longer loved him, she would not leave him out of guilt.
"Just for this reason..." Qian Qiu said in a daze, "You...you just stabbed yourself twice so readily?"
"Just for this reason." Gu Yan's injuries had not fully healed, so his face was still somewhat sickly pale, but when he chuckled, this paleness added a touch of eerie beauty to him. "In my opinion, whether it's a broken hand or a broken foot, as long as I'm still alive, and I can gain Feng Guang's sincere love for me, these sacrifices are worthwhile."
Chief Qian was at a loss for how to react. Someone as talented as Gu Yan could easily obtain the throne if he wanted it, given his abilities. But his ambition was never for the throne; his goal was the person on the throne.
Qian Qiu still couldn't believe that, just for the sake of winning the Empress's favor, his grand ambitions had been so easily ruined by Gu Yan at the very last moment.
He found a loophole in his words, "How can you guarantee that the Duke of Zhenguo will help you? His grandson's life is in my hands. Didn't you ever think about what you would have done if I had ordered you to be killed?"
"Su Bi said she was willing to help Commander Qian because she had a blood feud with the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Commander Qian, do you believe her?"
Qian Qiu clenched his fist. "Su Bi is your person."
"Indeed, to be honest, Feng Guang is a clever child. She actually thought of using the Duke of Zhenguo to suppress you, but that's not surprising. After all, she's my precious child whom I raised myself. However, it's a pity I have to disappoint her, because I can't let you be the loser, otherwise how could my plan succeed? Fortunately, Su Bi's move to prevent trouble before it happens was quite good." Gu Yan slowly said, "As for how I can ensure that I won't be killed by you..."
He smiled without saying a word.
Qian Qiu suddenly realized, "It's Su Xu... Su Xu is your person too!"
"Commander Qian is indeed clever." The fact that he uttered the word "clever" was undoubtedly the greatest irony.
Su Xu walked in from the doorway. She stood behind the four of them and bowed to Chief Qian, saying, "This humble girl greets Commander Qian."
Qian Qiu said coldly, "Su Xu!"
"Why is Commander Qian angry?" Su Xu asked, puzzled. "You wanted to imprison the Empress, you wanted the Imperial Seal, and Su Xu has already done all of that for you, hasn't she?"
Su Xu also has another name, Seventeen. She was originally an orphan, and Gu Yan found her and raised her as a spy. Su Lingxuan, her name, was all given to her by Gu Yan, so that when the time came, she could approach Qian Qiu and tell him that his time to succeed had come. Qian Qiu was a superstitious man, and even if he had doubts about someone who was called a goddess by the world, he would still be unable to help but listen to a bit of what he heard.
However, the words she spoke when she first saw Fengguang on the street were purely out of resentment. She was resentful that her master would fall so deeply in love with such a willful little girl. She had been by her master's side for many years, and no one knew him better than her. Although her master appeared gentle on the outside, he was actually very cold at heart.
But his special privileges were given to that lazy, good-for-nothing little girl.
Are you unwilling to accept this?
No, from the very first day her master took her back, he said that she was just a pawn. At that time, she thought that being a pawn was fine, at least her master thought she still had value.
While Su Xu was lost in her own thoughts, Qian Qiu knew that the situation was hopeless, but he still wanted to understand more. "Your Highness Prince Qian is quite cunning... I wonder, when did Your Highness begin to plan all of this?"
Gu Yan chuckled, "Ten years ago."
"Ten years ago... just so that one day I could put on a show of self-harm in front of the Empress?"
"good."
Ten years ago, Xia Fengguang was just a five-year-old girl, but Gu Yan had already come up with such an extreme method, just so that one day she would fall head over heels in love with him...
Qian Qiu couldn't understand, "You're a madman..."
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