Chapter 658 I dare not

A cool breeze blew through the night.

The dead branches in front of the pavilion swayed slightly, but Wu Lie remained motionless.

After an unknown amount of time, the person in front of the window withdrew his gaze and closed the window again.

Soon, the candles in the house went out.

Wu Lie lowered his eyes slightly, revealing a rare hint of regret in the darkness.

The next morning.

Gu Qingquan finished practicing a set of long spear in the yard, and then went back to the house to change clothes. When passing by the corridor, his steps seemed to pause, and then he gave instructions to the palace maid beside him.

"I'm a little tired and want to rest. Please leave first."

Ran Yin, the servant, seemed stunned for a moment when she heard this, then raised her head to look at her own queen who had just finished practicing with a gun and whose cheeks were still a little red, and thought to herself that the queen would get tired at any time.

But after thinking about it, he responded respectfully and retreated.

After everyone had left the yard, Gu Qingquan walked into the room without closing the door. He just turned his back to the door and said, "Come out."

There was no sound behind her, even the sound of footsteps was almost inaudible, but when she turned her head, the man was already standing steadily in front of her.

Gu Qingquan glanced at his brand new black suit. He didn't know if it was because he hadn't seen him for many days, but now that he saw him again, he felt that this suit made him look even taller and more solid.

A hint of envy flashed through her eyes, but her gaze soon moved from his tight outfit that indicated he was a secret guard to his handsome and deep facial features. At least this time she was not wearing a mask, and Gu Qingquan was satisfied.

"The person in the Moon Pavilion last night was you."

Gu Qingquan stared at him with a firm tone.

If she was just guessing last night, she was very sure when she saw this person standing in front of her today.

Since Wu Lie came to see her, he naturally didn't think about hiding it. He uttered a low "hmm" in his throat and then gave no further explanation.

Gu Qingquan looked at him with clear eyes and asked, "Since you came last night, why didn't you come to me directly?"

Gu Qingquan thought that after the two of them got to know each other again, Wu Lie should still treat her like their best friend in the past.

When she returned from Lingnan with her father, the first thing she did when she entered the palace was to look for him.

But he didn't come to see me because he was away from home, and he was hiding in the dark!

Gu Qingquan never felt that he should live in darkness, but she also didn't want him to think that she despised his current identity.

After thinking about it, I decided to soften my tone and explain.

"I mean..."

However, before she could open her mouth, Wu Lie explained softly, "It is against etiquette to come into your palace late at night."

What's more, she is still the Concubine Quan now.

He thought she should know.

Gu Qingquan seemed to be silenced by his explanation.

Previously, she only thought that he was hiding in the dark and forgot that she was the emperor's concubine...

"Ahem..." Gu Qingquan cleared his throat and pretended to be calm. "Of course I know it's not in accordance with etiquette. I just wanted to see if you had any other reason to hide from me."

Wu Lie was startled when he heard this, thinking that she was still upset about his refusal to recognize her before, so he said in a serious tone, "No more."

Having seen her angry and determined look, he would not hide it from her again.

I dare not.

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While Gu Qingquan was talking to Wu Lie, people in Yuxiu Palace were thinking about the news that Xue Sha brought back to the palace yesterday.

Yesterday, A Yue went to the Xuan Zheng Hall, and Xue Sha, Hua Yan and a few others also rushed back to the palace gate.

Xiang Tian had met his adoptive parents, so he naturally had nothing to say. After returning, he knelt down and kowtowed to her, saying only one sentence, "From now on, I will obey all the orders from the queen."

He looked like he was ready to give his life to her.

Si Linglong sighed inwardly but didn't say much because Xue Sha mysteriously pulled her aside and talked about her brother being followed by King Li.

Although she is not her original self and she and Si Jinyu are not real siblings, after spending time together along the way, she has come to regard him as her own brother.

Since he is my brother, I naturally have to protect him.

But she couldn't figure out what the connection between Prince Li and their family could be, and why Prince Li would be worthy of hiring someone to follow and monitor his brother?

There is no such paragraph in the original book.

After thinking about it in a daze all night, she finally came up with a clue.

When she first met her brother at Yutai Mountain, he told her something before he left, which made her very concerned at the time.

He said that he and his father were involved there.

At that time, she had even wondered whether she had entered the palace with a mission.

But her brother never mentioned it again, and she forgot about it.

[The side that my brother was talking about, was it the side of the King Li? ]