Chapter 77 Return to the Palace
Gu Jinyan felt extremely sad as he looked at An Zhi, who was crying in his arms.
He didn't know what scared An Zhi, nor did he know how to comfort her.
His Majesty is here in person, and An Zhi, as "Etheran", will eventually be taken back to the palace.
That's where she should be.
In any case, His Majesty is her only relative.
These words, like a thousand-pound stone, weighed on Gu Jinyan's heart, preventing him from speaking no matter what.
He wanted to persuade An Zhi to return to her family and accept her fate, but when he thought of the rumors about Aiden Eslan, he bit his tongue silently.
According to rumors, Aiden Eselan killed his father, the former Emperor Ivo Eselan, with his own hands.
He ascended the throne by stepping on his father's blood, and then ruthlessly killed his most competitive brothers, Derek and Theophilus.
In the following years, the remaining members of the Etherland royal family also died.
Aiden Etherland neither confirmed nor denied the rumors about his struggles with his siblings. Rather, he simply ignored them, allowing rumors to spread freely on undisclosed websites, claiming the Etherland family was cursed with sins so deep that every generation of Etherland would suffer misfortune.
After all, there is only one fact in front of us, that is, Aiden Eslan is still alive.
Those who came to assassinate him, those who held opposing views, and those who attempted to challenge the imperial power all turned into piles of bones under the throne.
With noble blood, cold-bloodedness, and crazy nature, the last Emperor of Etherland still rules the entire empire.
However, rumors are just rumors. They only circulate on the dark web and no one dares to bring them to the surface.
Gu Jinyan was skeptical about this.
But how could he push An Zhi into such an unknown abyss with his own hands?
Will Aiden Eslan turn his sword against Anzhi just as he killed his brothers and sisters?
But the more he spoke, the more mistakes he made, so he could only slowly chew up these thoughts and swallow them deep in his heart.
Can’t tell An Zhi.
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Gavin Gray quickly came back from the crowd and saw Gu Jinyan holding An Zhi. Both the big and the small were silent, and the atmosphere was a little solemn.
He walked forward considerately and straightened An Zhi's wrinkled dress without asking any questions.
An Zhi stared at the elevator numbers closely. The numbers on the display kept decreasing and finally stopped at the "1" floor.
She held her breath, her heart beating like a drum.
Soon, with a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened again.
Aiden Esserland walked out of the elevator alone.
Behind him, there was no figure of Gu Changfeng, nor A'mo.
The atmosphere in the hall became more solemn with his appearance.
An Zhi's heart instantly rose to her throat, and she nervously grabbed the corner of Gu Jinyan's clothes.
Gu Changfeng and A'mo were both absent, and she didn't know whether this was a good sign or not.
His Majesty walked towards them step by step with steady steps.
Finally, he stopped in front of them.
He spoke.
The voice didn't sound like what An Zhi guessed, it felt like that of an old man.
After all, when she watched the news in her previous life, the leaders were generally very old grandfathers.
Emperor Eselan was unexpectedly young, and his voice was a few decibels lower than Gu Changfeng's. He didn't sound like the type who loved to laugh, but rather like a gurgling undercurrent beneath the ice.
He said in a calm voice, "An Zhi?"
An Zhi suddenly heard his own name, which was a thousand times more terrifying than being called by the teacher for being absent in class.
She froze, raised her head in fear, and looked cautiously at the majestic emperor.
However, Aiden Esseran didn't look at her. He turned his gaze to Gavin Gray and said briefly and directly, "Return to the palace."
Gavin Gray immediately nodded respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."
After Aiden Eslan finished speaking, he seemed to notice that An Zhi was still standing there in a daze. He half turned sideways and his eyes finally fell on An Zhi.
His eyes were also indifferent.
An Zhi wasn't sure whether his eyes were on her.
Gu Jinyan felt His Majesty's silent urging and gently pushed An Zhi: "Go."
An Zhi trusted Gu Jinyan's strength and took two steps forward, just like when they were queuing, Gu Jinyan would push her forward a little so that she could get the sweet marshmallows.
But this time, there was no sweet marshmallow or novel snack in front of her. Instead, she was pushed by Gu Jinyan to the side of Aiden Eslan.
An Zhi couldn't help but look back.
Gu Jinyan didn't look in her direction.
He placed his right hand on his chest, making a gesture she had seen in a documentary - the highest etiquette for the imperial subjects to pay eternal loyalty to the royal family of Eselan.
An Zhi blinked slowly, and his shoulders suddenly felt heavy.
Aiden Esseran's long, bony hand was now resting on her shoulder, carrying a weight that she could not ignore.
Afterwards, the people around him did the same thing, and the only sound in the entire hall was the slight friction of clothes.
Everyone bowed their heads to her with the utmost respect.
But no one spoke.
An Zhi realized that she was also an Eselan.
She has no real position, so she cannot start with "Greetings".
But Gu Jinyan took the lead, and then Aiden Eslan confirmed, or tacitly agreed to this action.
At this moment, her identity is about to be revealed.
She is also a member of the Etherland royal family.
An Zhi heard Aiden Eslan say something.
The emperor's voice did not need to be very high because no one ever interrupted him.
Everyone present was very nervous, wanting to look up at the newly appeared little Eslan.
But they didn't dare to do so without His Majesty's order.
So everyone who pricked up their ears heard clearly what was said: "The Gu family is really good at raising children. They are very smart."
An Zhi couldn't help but look up at Aiden.
Emperor Eselan had a smooth and perfect jawline and a high nose bridge. At this moment, he was looking straight ahead, probably not looking at anyone.
Noticing An Zhi's gaze, Aiden Eslan lowered his eyes slightly and glanced at the cub.
He saw the word "blank" written in big letters on An Zhi's little face.
Thinking that she had just gotten off the spaceship and was blocked by heavy snow, Gu Changfeng and the others probably didn't say much. Aiden rarely asked:
"What's wrong?"
“You…you…”
The cub stammered a few words, and finally asked in a low voice: "Can I not go?"
Aiden looked at her speechlessly.
An Zhi regretted it the moment she said it, even though she didn't know who her parents were.
But according to records, when Aiden Esselan was asked by reporters about his relatives two years ago, his answer was "no".
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