"What exactly did you do to Longyou?"
Inside the carriage escorting him back to the capital, Pei Jian glared angrily. Despite having his hands bound, he still seemed somewhat oblivious to the current situation.
"Tch—" A snicker rang out, and Ling Ku, already annoyed because he was still feeling unwell and could only sit in the carriage, kicked Pei Jian without any politeness. "Do you really think you're still the high and mighty head of the Pei family?"
"The Pei family is gone."
"If that's really the case, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go." Pei Jian's eyes flashed with hatred as he thought of the situation in Longyou.
But the next second, Ling Ku's sword was already pressed against Pei Jian's neck.
"You won't let us go? Pei Jian, you should know that a quick death is a luxury for you now." Ling Ku's words made Pei Jian shudder violently. "To be honest, you're not only wicked, but you're also unlucky."
Do you know why?
Seeing that Pei Jian remained silent, Ling Ku revealed a bloodthirsty smile. "If you had attacked the Emperor Emeritus or the Emperor, you might have been crushed like an ant with a wave of their hand. But you chose to attack the Empress Dowager."
Do you know why Yun Zhi died?
After saying that, Ling Ku laughed loudly, reached out and patted Pei Jian's face, and then easily dislocated Pei Jian's jaw to prevent Pei Jian from biting his tongue and committing suicide.
Without Pei Jian chattering away beside him, Ling Ku felt as if the world had become quiet.
Pei Jian struggled desperately, unable to figure out where things had gone wrong. He had clearly used Gu Qingfeng to test the mother and offspring Gu beforehand, and had triggered the Gu poison's onset prematurely, so why...?
As the carriage drew closer to the capital, Ling Ku's heart began to tremble slightly for no apparent reason. Strangely, he had never felt this way before when returning to the capital...
Meanwhile, inside Zhaoning Palace, Jiang Yu and the others were reading the letter sent back by Chang Qing.
"Pei Ju is dead?"
Jiang Yu twitched her lips. "Could it be that Chang Qing went too far? For a family like the Pei family that pretends to be innocent, we should leave them alive to expose their true colors first."
"Ayu, you really misunderstood Changqing this time."
Gu Lin's voice suddenly rang out, and Gu Qingyan's eyebrows immediately drooped. How come this person returned from the military camp so quickly?
"Wrongly accused Chang Qing?"
Jiang Yu was clearly confused. If it wasn't Chang Qing, then who else would dare to take action without consulting a court official?
"If Ayu wants to know, she should ask her brother-in-law."
Gu Lin gave Gu Qingyan a sharp look when Jiang Yu couldn't see him. "But my brother-in-law was just trying to get revenge for A-Yu. I suppose he left behind the mother Gu's poison while drawing it out."
"You're just guessing?"
Gu Lin nodded. Based on his understanding of Jiang He, he was almost certain that Jiang He had done so.
"It's alright, as long as Pei Jian is left alive." Jiang Yu's eyes were full of smiles. "If the matter in Longyou is handled well, let Chang Qing come back, as well as the Qin family's secret guards."
“Ayu is right.” Gu Lin said slowly. “Ayan, as the emperor, you should know all about these things. Go and check with your uncle now.”
"Yingzhi, you..." Gu Qingyan was interrupted by Gu Lin before he could finish speaking about instructing Yingzhi to go to the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence.
"You should go there yourself."
......
Half an incense stick later, Jiang Yu gave Gu Lin a knowing look.
"Ayu, don't you think that brat has been getting a bit too much of a nuisance these past few days?" Gu Lin frowned. "He comes here every day after court and keeps urging me to go to the military camp."
"Ayan also wants to spend more time with Achen." Gu Qingchen was taken away by the wet nurse and put to sleep, so only Jiang Yu and Gu Lin were left in the room.
"Then let him go to the side hall to see Gu Qingchen."
Gu Lin had clearly accumulated a lot of "dissatisfaction" with Gu Qingyan. "Ayu, the removal of the Gu this time also caused you a lot of damage. You should take good care of yourself and rest quietly."
Gu Lin emphasized the words "quiet recuperation" very much.
“Mei Chu comes to check your pulse every day, aren’t you worried?” Jiang Yu reached out and rubbed Gu Lin’s head. “Alright, I know I’ve neglected you a bit these past two days. Let me see the injury on your hand.”
"It's just a minor injury, it's all healed now." Although he had always hoped that Jiang Yu's attention would be on him, Gu Lin suddenly felt a little embarrassed when Jiang Yu actually started to care about him so seriously.
But a few breaths later, Gu Lin's eyes turned a little red.
"My wounds are nothing compared to the pain you felt on the day you gave birth."
That day, he rushed into the delivery room and witnessed the entire process of Jiang Yu giving birth.
It wasn't until that moment that he understood why Jiang He insisted on not letting Bai Qian have any more children, preferring to have only Jiang Yao as his child.
"That day..."
“You looked especially beautiful that day.” Gu Lin grasped Jiang Yu’s hand in return. “It was a different kind of beauty from your usual self. I like both, but I prefer you as you are usually. I hope you suffer less.”
"I'm fine too." Jiang Yu forced a smile. "It's strange, I seem to have completely forgotten the pain I felt back then, and all I can think about is how cute A-Chen is."
Seeing Gu Qingchen change every day, becoming more and more fair and delicate, her heart softened completely.
Jiang Yu pulled Gu Lin's hand, the teeth marks from that day were still clearly visible. She gently brushed the teeth marks away and said, "You rushed into the delivery room that day, weren't you afraid of what others would say?"
"Who dares to say that about me?"
With her white hair hanging down, Jiang Yu couldn't help but chuckle. Indeed, who in the world would dare to say anything about the man before her?
"Ayu, promise me, we won't have any more children."
Gu Lin held Jiang Yu in his arms. Childbirth is like walking through the gates of hell for a woman. This time, he truly understood the meaning of that saying. He could not take A Yu's place to endure such pain.
"Okay, we won't have any more children."
Jiang Yu agreed very readily, "Although I don't have a daughter, I still have A Yao, so I can be considered to have both a son and a daughter."
"Alright, cheer up, stop having such a dark face, or you'll scare A-Chen."
Jiang Yu brazenly pinched Gu Lin's face. If anyone else had seen this scene, they would have been so shocked that their eyes would have popped out.
It's utterly shocking that Emperor Zhaoyuan, whose mere mention of the emperor could frighten children to tears, would allow another person to rub his cheeks!
......
Jiang Yu gave birth smoothly, and the Pei family was wiped out in one fell swoop, bringing everyone a sigh of relief.
In the cold palace.
"Did Mother give birth safely?"
Gu Qingfeng's voice was somewhat hoarse. Ever since he cooperated with his mother to pretend to poison someone at the flower viewing banquet, he had been imprisoned in the Cold Palace, which was exactly the same as the one in Qingcheng.
He always dreams about his past life.
In her previous life, her mother was also imprisoned in the cold palace.
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