There's a short distance between the wedding procession from the An family mansion and the Southern Country Villa, but on this auspicious day, almost everyone in Shengjing has come out to celebrate this joyous occasion.
The wedding procession was long and congested, but the crowds made it difficult for the carriages to move quickly.
The bustling and festive street seemed normal, but Yi Chenli gradually sensed an undercurrent of tension.
I had imagined there would be a crowd, but I didn't expect there to be so many.
Moreover, some beggars stood out in the crowd, dressed in tattered clothes, jumping and leaping about.
Yi Chenli increased the number of people protecting the bridal sedan chair, not allowing any accidents to occur.
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From his private room at the No. 1 Restaurant in the world, Gu Chuzhi could see the entire street clearly from his vantage point.
He held the wine jug in his hand and took several large gulps. After not seeing him for a while, this once most powerful and influential minister of the imperial family suddenly collapsed.
His eyes were fixed on the young prince at the head of the wedding procession, a feeling that was both familiar and strange to him.
All his plans and troop deployments were thwarted one by one after the arrival of this so-called prince of the Southern Kingdom.
That prince seemed to be his destined nemesis, stealing the woman he had always longed for but could not have. Moreover, Emperor Tiansheng trusted him greatly, and on his advice, he joined forces with court officials such as Lan Jingtang to investigate his years-long collusion with the former crown prince Yi Chenxuan.
Yi Chenxuan is heartless. Before Emperor Tiansheng could thoroughly investigate the matter, Yi Chenxuan, in desperation, took the initiative to shift all the blame onto Gu Chuzhi, absolving himself of any responsibility.
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Gu Chuzhi, who was once all-powerful, suddenly fell from his high position. Emperor Tiansheng was furious and launched a thorough investigation of the Gu family. Within three days, all the evil deeds that Gu Chuzhi had committed over the years would be discovered.
Gu Chuzhi reaped what he sowed. He originally chose Yi Chenxuan because he thought Yi lacked talent, was impulsive and easy to manipulate. But it is precisely such people who are the most ruthless. If it weren't for Yi Chenxuan's betrayal, Gu Chuzhi wouldn't have fallen so quickly.
Gu Chuzhi had lived two lives, and even in his previous life, far from Shengjing, he had never been in such a sorry state.
In his anger, Gu Chuzhi crushed the cup in his hand, the shards of the cup piercing his palm and drawing blood, but Gu Chuzhi felt no pain.
Overwhelmed with anger, Gu Chuzhi suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.
The loss of power in the court had already overwhelmed Gu Chuzhi, but what he didn't expect was that his health was starting to decline. He would often vomit blood, and despite seeing countless imperial physicians, none of them could find the cause of his illness.
Silently, his body began to wither and decay. If he continued to lose blood like this, the imperial physician said he would not live for more than a month.
Gu Chuzhi thought: Could this really be divine retribution for all the sins I've committed in this life? In his previous life, he had always been in good health and had never experienced anything like this before.
His mind was a complete mess; he couldn't figure out what had gone wrong.
Someone pushed open the door to the private room; it was a familiar face.
An Piao'er gently wiped away the blood from the corner of Gu Chuzhi's mouth with a handkerchief, her gentleness exquisite, and whispered, "Chuzhi, Miss Pearl just came to report that everything has been arranged according to plan, and we can take action at any time."
Looking at the bustling scene below the restaurant, Gu Chuzhi grinned menacingly: "What I can't have, no one else can have either."
As Gu Chuzhi looked at the figure of the Southern Kingdom's Crown Prince, for some inexplicable reason, it suddenly overlapped with a figure in his mind.
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