"good."
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. Su Ruojin went back into the house, leaned against the chaise longue, and picked up a book on Gu techniques to read.
Xiao Yanchu returned to his desk and picked up his pen to write something. The room was very quiet. Listening to the pitter-patter of the rain, Su Ruojin felt her eyelids begin to droop.
A moment later, the book in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell asleep.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yanchu put down his pen, stood up, and gently covered Su Ruojin with the blanket.
Ah Jin has lost weight again.
Sigh, if it weren't for waiting for Yuan Hong to ascend the throne, he would want to take A Jin back right now.
While Su Ruojin was enjoying Xiao Yanchu's thoughtfulness and falling asleep peacefully, Empress Wu was shivering from the cold in a cave.
Previously, Wu Xiong's guards led three people to escape from the palace through the tunnel of the Imperial Observatory.
Having just escaped the palace guards, they were chased here by the Black Armor Army.
It was pouring rain outside, and the mountain road was muddy and slippery. Empress Wu was running in a panic and fell. In addition, due to the long journey, the wound that Ji Yanzhuo had stabbed her with had reopened and was bleeding. Her hair was disheveled and she looked extremely miserable.
Gao Hongyuan was not much better off than Empress Wu; his clothes were mostly soaked, and he was cold and hungry.
"Go out and find some food!" he ordered the seven or eight guards who had been following them.
The guards obeyed and left, leaving two men to guard the cave.
Empress Wu, who had been pampered since childhood, had never suffered such hardship before, and was filled with resentment, her words tinged with complaint.
"Gao Hongyuan, didn't you say we would definitely succeed? How did it turn out like this!"
Gao Hongyuan was also in a bad mood and replied irritably, "It's all because your brother is useless."
If Wu Xiong had won, would they still have to suffer here?
Empress Wu was furious when she heard this, "My brother is useless? If my brother is useless, Gao Hongyuan, you would have died hundreds of times over."
Empress Dowager Wu was well aware of the things Gao Hongyuan had done in private; she even sent the guards to watch over his cave.
Gao Hongyuan told her that if she could cultivate the Gu, she could unify the world, but in the end, it was all destroyed by Su Ruojin!
Now, forget about the human poison, even Zhuo'er's kingdom is in danger.
She had escaped, but her brother was still in their hands, his fate unknown. Empress Wu was very anxious.
"You need to think of a way to rescue my brother. Don't you know how to use Gu poison? Put Gu poison on them all, and they'll all obey you, and that will solve the problem."
Gao Hongyuan, who was resting against the cave wall, was already tired and hungry. He became somewhat impatient with Empress Wu's commotion.
"I do know the art of Gu poison, but I'm not a god. How can I cast Gu poison on so many people? Do you think Gu poison is like a roadside stone, something you can have as many as you want?"
He lost several Gu worms in his efforts to deal with Su Ruojin. Those Gu worms were the result of his hard work in cultivating them for several years. He was heartbroken to see them gone.
"So what do we do now? We can't just let them take Zhuo'er's throne like this. Gao Hongyuan, Zhuo'er is also your son!"
“If he weren’t my son, would I have used ten years of my life to plan all this for him? If all else fails, let’s go back to Tangzhou first.”
Tangzhou is the ancestral home of Gao Hongyuan. He has killed almost all of the Gao family members there. Now, those who remain are Gao Hongyuan's confidants. Going there to temporarily avoid trouble should not be a problem.
Empress Wu looked at Ji Yanzhuo, who was so tired that he had fallen asleep on her lap, sighed deeply, and said nothing more, which was tantamount to acquiescing to Gao Hongyuan's suggestion.
Since her father's death, she could only rely on her brother. Now that her brother has been captured, what other better options did she have?
Just then, a guard covered in blood rushed in, shouting, "The Black Armor Army is here! Quick...run!"
After saying this, the guard collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.
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