"I do not celebrate my birthday."
Gu Lin just smiled like that, and Jiang Yu avoided his gaze, her heart pounding.
"You don't celebrate your birthday?" Gu Lin's smile widened. "That year I was out of the capital on business and missed your birthday. Tell me, how long has it been since you last spoke to me?"
Gu Lin directly exposed Jiang Yu's true colors, while Granny Ling tried her best to suppress her laughter.
"Gu Lin, don't you dare slander me!"
Gu Lin ground his back teeth, and there he saw Ayu again, so vivid in his eyes.
"Brother, take him away!"
Jiang Yu ran straight to Jiang He's side, pointed at Gu Lin, and said, "You're not allowed to bring him here again."
Even Jiang He was stunned for a moment. He had never seen his sister like this since he entered the palace.
Why is Gu Lin getting more and more shameless?
"I'll say it again, I'm not angry, I just..."
"I know, but he was very busy at that time and didn't have time to see me."
Gu Lin nodded seriously, "It's all my fault, I misunderstood."
"you!"
Fearing he might really anger Jiang Yu, Gu Lin quickly begged for forgiveness.
Jiang He pursed his lips; this scene had occurred countless times before.
Ah Yu, did you really not want to marry into the royal family back then?
Or is it that you can't marry into the royal family for the sake of the Marquis of Dingyuan's family?
Here, pastries.
Gu Lin conjured up another bag of pastries and handed it to Jiang Yu with both hands, saying, "There's been a long queue."
Jiang Yu's cheeks flushed red, clearly she was quite angry, and even the way she took the pastries was tinged with anger.
Jiang Yu calmed her breathing as a gentle breeze blew, ruffling the hair on her forehead.
“Ayu, I am not like Gu Heng.”
With the wind blowing, Gu Lin voiced his deepest worry.
He could see through Ayu's feigned indifference, and he could also see her despondency.
"This is the tiger tally of Da Ning, which can mobilize all of Da Ning's troops." Gu Lin took off the sachet tied to his waist, inside which was a tiger tally.
Slowly, the tiger tally was placed into Jiang Yu's hand.
"If I could, I would offer the entire country as my dowry."
For a moment, Jiang Yu felt her mind go blank.
"Anything I have, I can give you, including my life." Gu Lin emphasized again, "I am really different from Gu Heng."
"You're joking. I am the Empress of Daqing. You should keep your tiger tally safe."
Jiang Yu returned the hot tiger tally to Gu Lin and fled into the house.
"Is this truly the Tiger Tally of Da Ning?" Jiang He's cold, hard voice rang out.
"Genuine or genuine."
Gu Lin weighed the tiger tally in his hand and deliberately raised his voice, "If you don't want it, give it to Ayan."
inside the house.
Jiang Yu could clearly hear her own heart pounding like thunder.
Is Gu Lin really different from Gu Heng?
She dared not gamble again.
She lost her whole life last time.
On the way back to the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence, Jiang He turned to look at Gu Lin behind him several times. It wasn't until they arrived at the residence that Jiang He couldn't help but speak:
"Why?"
Why is it that even though he has already achieved great success and is above everyone else, he still revolves around Ayu as before?
"If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be alive today."
Gu Lin regained his original appearance, and the scars on his face were shocking.
Seeing that Jiang He still didn't understand, Gu Lin pressed his tongue against his palate. Indeed, why was he talking to a blockhead like that?
From the first moment he saw Ayu.
He got caught up in it.
In countless seemingly endless days, he survived only because he wanted to see Ayu again.
......
The next day.
"Your Majesty."
Jiang Yu sat in the courtyard in a daze. Ling Mama paced back and forth anxiously for a while before finally approaching her and saying, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is furious at the Hall of Supreme Harmony."
Jiang Yu was startled by Ling Mama's voice and realized that she had been in a daze for a long time.
She subconsciously picked up the pastry that Gu Lin had brought yesterday; it melted in her mouth and was her favorite.
"But did the wizard confess?"
She was somewhat aware of Deng Yu's methods.
The wizard's tendons have been severed, so he probably won't last long before he gives in.
Ling Mama nodded, and Jiang Yu steadied herself, "It's estimated that the Emperor will go to see Gu Qingling soon."
The pastries were hastily wrapped up, and Jiang Yu got up and walked into the room, saying, "Tell everyone in the palace not to go out unless necessary."
A short while later, Wanji also hurriedly returned.
"His Majesty has sent Lord Deng to take the First Prince to the Imperial Prison."
"Is he being held captive or...?" Jiang Yu unconsciously leaned forward.
"It doesn't look like that; it looks more like they're escorting the eldest prince to the imperial prison."
"That's a standoff."
Jiang Yu chuckled a few times, "Now you know about the royal family's reputation."
Inside the imperial prison.
The wizard was beaten to a bloody pulp, and Gu Qingling stood in front of him, her legs trembling.
"His Majesty said that some testimonies need to be verified by you, the First Prince."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingling suddenly looked up, "How dare you! Don't you dare slander me."
A burst of laughter rang out, and the wizard stared intently at Gu Qingling, whose face was full of guilt. "The worst thing I've ever done in my life was to bet everything on you."
"Forming cliques for personal gain, repeatedly killing your brothers, and even harboring thoughts of rebellion... Which of these things is an injustice to you?"
"When have I ever had any thoughts of rebellion?"
Gu Qingling's eyes were bloodshot with rage. The sound of Deng Yu drawing his sword rang out, and tears streamed down Gu Qingling's face.
But the wizard still smiled. All the people of his Di Kingdom had been killed, and the Queen... was not as harmless as she appeared.
Thinking of Jiang Yu, the wizard felt even more pain in his limbs.
He would never forget the voice that echoed in his ears when his tendons were severed: "If I hear even a single word of dissent against the Empress from your lips, I will capture and kill any remaining remnants of the Di Kingdom, no matter where they are in the world."
I, the King...
Today, the only one in the world who can call himself "I, the King" is that one.
"Hahahaha!" The wizard's laughter grew even louder. "Even now, you still don't know who you've offended. Foolish! Truly foolish!"
Gu Qingling looked at the seemingly insane wizard, quickly turned around, snatched Deng Yu's sword, and pierced the wizard's chest.
He died from a single arrow.
“Lord Deng…” Gu Qingling said, trembling, “I…I will remember your great kindness today.”
If Deng Yu doesn't let go, he won't be able to take the sword away.
Gu Qingling had no idea how she got to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
All he knew was that Gu Heng slapped him hard across the face and called him an unfilial and disobedient child.
"Father."
With blood still on her hands, Gu Qingling rushed forward and hugged Gu Heng's leg without hesitation. "Father, I really didn't, I really didn't have any rebellious intentions."
"You didn't? Your frequent association with courtiers, isn't that a sign that you're eyeing this chair?"
Gu Heng grabbed Gu Qingling, pressed her head down, and forced her to look at the dragon throne.
"I appointed you as Crown Prince and have devoted myself to teaching you for eleven years. Gu Qingling, have you done right by me?"
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