Gu Yunran quickly got up, reached out and pushed Taohua, but she didn't respond. She picked up a stick and hid behind the door.
With a creak, the door was opened from the outside. Gu Yunran held his breath nervously, raised the stick and hit the man on the head.
"Want to murder your lover?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Gu Yunran's heart skipped a beat. She threw away the stick in her hand and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Do you know this is the Lu Mansion?"
"Of course I know." Mu Qianchen took out a tinder, lit the candle, and sat on Gu Yunran's bed like the man of the house.
Gu Yunran took a deep breath and asked, "Master Mu also likes to climb walls?"
"Climbing a wall?" Mu Qianchen looked at Gu Yunran as if he were a fool. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who can climb a wall?"
"Then how did you get in?"
"Of course I walked in openly."
Gu Yunran's heartbeat instantly accelerated. She felt that Mu Qianchen had the ability to scare people to death without any compensation.
"Are you crazy? You come to my yard so openly, what if someone sees you?"
"What did you catch?" Mu Qianchen stood up, put his arms around Gu Yunran's waist from behind, and rested his chin on her shoulder. "An affair?"
"Don't worry." He kissed Gu Yunran on the cheek, "They are all sleeping soundly, no one will disturb us."
"What on earth do you want to see me for so late at night?" Gu Yunran pried open Mu Qianchen's hands that were hugging her waist. She felt hot all over and uncomfortable being hugged like this.
"A secret love affair."
Mu Qianchen answered very readily. Gu Yunran took a deep breath and said, "You really never stop until you say something shocking."
"I took it as a compliment."
As he spoke, he kissed Gu Yunran on the face again. He turned her head, ran his fingers through her black hair, held the back of her neck, and covered her with kisses.
Gu Yunran's heart trembled.
After thinking about it, she reached out and pushed him away, "No, no."
"Why not? It's not the first time." He put his hand on her cheek, rested his forehead against hers, and said softly, "Lu Qingzhou doesn't love you at all, why bother yourself?"
"Wait for me, I will marry you."
The words "marry her" made Gu Yunran's heart skip a beat.
How long had she waited for Mu Qianchen to say this? From the age of five until she turned fifteen, a full ten years.
However, he only had Gu Qingyue in his eyes.
She was disheartened and went to Lujia Village to hunt, but unexpectedly she met Lu Qingzhou. After just ten days of getting along, she was determined to marry Lu Qingzhou.
She didn't know what was going on in her head at the time. Maybe it was because there was nothing more sad than a dead heart, so she just wanted to find someone to marry.
What’s funny is that not long after she got married, Gu Qingyue suddenly married the current emperor and became the queen, second only to the emperor.
But Mu Qianchen has never married.
Now that he wants to marry her, is it because he feels pity for her, or is it because his lonely soul has nowhere to go and he wants to find a temporary place to stay?
What do you take her for?
Gu Yunran pushed him away fiercely: "Master Mu, are you kidding me?"
"I have a husband."
"I don't care."
"But I care."
"You can tolerate him treating you like that. Do you like him that much?" Mu Qianchen's eyes suddenly turned cold and his voice rose a few degrees.
Thinking of Mu Qianchen's previous rejection of her, Gu Yunran closed her eyes and said, "Yes."
"Oh! So that's really the case."
"You approached me and won me over for him, just to help him complete his mission and rise to prominence?"
"You can't, so you start letting Lu Jiajia take over?"
"Heh~" He chuckled, "The Lu family really went to great lengths to get through to me."
What task?
Gu Yunran was stunned for a moment.
She knew that the Lu family wanted to get close to Mu Qianchen, but she really didn't know what the hidden story was.
How could a treacherous minister like Mu Qianchen be willing to be plotted against?
Gu Yunran felt a chill down her spine, and her face turned pale. She explained, "I don't know what Lu Qingzhou is going to do. I really don't know."
"Really?"
Gu Yunran nodded quickly: "I swear to God, I really don't know."
As she spoke, Gu Yunran's tears had already flowed down her cheeks. She cried hard and felt very wronged. "I am innocent. I really didn't know."
It was this sentence that he kept repeating over and over. Mu Qianchen had a headache from crying. He rubbed his throbbing temples and said, "Don't cry."
He stood up, walked to Gu Yunran and held her in his arms, "He wants to drag me into the rebellion."
"rebellion?"
Gu Yunran was so frightened that her face turned pale. "How could Lu Qingzhou be so bold?"
She really underestimated him.
At this point, Gu Yunran almost understood that in the previous life, Lu Qingzhou must have secretly pulled his father and Mu Qianchen together to rebel.
However, that was a trap he set, which successfully killed his father and the treacherous minister, and he, Lu Qingzhou, became the ultimate winner.
Thinking of this situation, Gu Yunran's heart skipped a beat. She tightly grasped Mu Qianchen's wrist and said, "He wants to harm you. Don't fall for it."
Mu Qianchen bent his slender fingers and flicked Gu Yunran's forehead. "Am I such a fool in your eyes?"
Gu Yunran pouted and chuckled twice: "That's right."
Otherwise, how could Lu Qingzhou have plotted against him to death in his previous life?
She pouted her pink little mouth, which was very cute and shiny. Mu Qianchen couldn't help but lower his head and kissed her. This kiss was unstoppable.
After putting her on the bed, he reached out and untied the string of her coat, touched her jade-like waist, and slowly moved upwards. Gu Yunran's body stiffened.
"Did he touch you?"
He suddenly asked in a hoarse voice.
"No." Gu Yunran hurriedly recovered. Worried that Mu Qianchen didn't hear clearly, she repeated, "No, we didn't consummate the marriage."
Mu Qianchen paused, and his mood inexplicably improved a lot, and he became much gentler towards her.
"Promise me you won't let him touch you anymore."
"Why?" Gu Yunran asked subconsciously, but she regretted it as soon as she said it.
There is no possibility for her and Lu Qingzhou anymore.
She nodded again: "Okay."
"Master." Qianli's voice sounded outside the door. He hesitated for a long time before he dared to speak.
Mu Qianchen let go of Gu Yunran, straightened his clothes, lowered his head and kissed Gu Yunran on the forehead: "Wait for me."
He walked out, looked at Qianli with a murderous look, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Qianli shuddered, lowered his head, and said with a stiff upper lip, "The Empress is seriously ill. The Emperor wants you to enter the palace immediately."
Soon, he added, "I will go and accept the punishment right away."
Mu Qianchen frowned: "She got sick at the perfect time."
He turned back into the house and said to Gu Yunran, "I have something to go to the palace for."
Gu Yunran paused. Qianli's voice was not loud, but she still heard it. She reached out to untie his belt as if by some strange force: "Can I not go?"
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