For a fleeting moment, Gu Mu, who was numb from waiting, had this absurd idea pop into his mind.
......
Finally, I saw His Majesty.
A happy smile appeared on Shen Ling's face.
Above us, the bright moonlight shone.
And beneath the crack in the tile was the back of Gu Muyuan's head.
She sat quietly on the roof, parted a tile, lowered her eyes, and looked down.
The bright moonlight shone on her, making her look as if she were coated with a layer of silver light.
Shen Ling used to be terrified of full moon nights; the day she died happened to be a full moon.
That shadow lingered in her heart.
But she knew she had to face her fears, so she always looked up at the moon.
But the more I looked, the more alarmed I became.
"It turns out that some fears will eventually dissipate with time," Shen Ling said, looking up at the sky.
But when she looked down again, the person who had been sleeping quietly in the study was gone.
A voice, seemingly mocking yet not laughing, sounded from behind: "Ling'er, what brings you here in the middle of the night to spy on me?"
Shen Ling turned around abruptly and saw Gu Mu standing in the moonlight, right behind her, looking somewhat divine at first glance.
Gu Mu's amused tone and playful expression made Shen Ling's ears turn red: "I wasn't spying on you, I just came out for some fresh air!"
She held her head high and stubbornly retorted.
"Isn't the Kunning Palace a big enough place for you to get some fresh air? Why do you have to come to my imperial study?"
Gu Mu pointed to the tiles that had been torn off: "They even tore off the tiles in my study."
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