Shen Ling looked at the evidence of the crimes she had committed with her own hands.
Gu Mu appeared behind her so suddenly that she didn't have time to cover the tiles.
But her eyes darted around and she quickly came up with an excuse: "Your Majesty, I am only worried about your safety."
"Then why did you peep from the rooftop instead of coming down to keep me company?"
The two argued back and forth on the rooftop.
One was unforgiving when he was in the right, while the other was stubborn and refused to admit anything.
Just then, many footsteps suddenly echoed through the palace, accompanied by a eunuch's shrill shout: "It's terrible! It's terrible! His Majesty's bedchamber is on fire!"
"Help! Help! Help!"
"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!"
From the rooftop, Gu Mu saw a group of armored guards and palace maids carrying buckets of water toward his bedroom.
Gu Muyao glanced in the direction of the fire in the palace and smiled mockingly. He knew tonight would be an unsettling night.
After court, he returned to his study, lit a candle, and stayed there for a while.
Sensing that someone was following him, but knowing that alerting them would allow them to escape, Gu Mu remained calm, pretending not to notice anything, and pushed open the study door, heading towards the bedroom.
The candles in the study remained lit after Gu Mu left, as if they had forgotten to be blown out.
Back in his palace, Gu Mu lit a candle. Then, by the light of the candlelight casting his shadow on the door, he changed his clothes, lay down on the bed, and then used a hidden weapon to extinguish the candle.
When the room was pitch black, Gu Mu summoned Deadpool and had him lie on the bed in his place.
He then changed into another set of black clothes that would be more suitable for nighttime outings.
From another direction, we returned to the study.
As for the scene outside the palace, he had the sheepskin scroll keep a close watch.
The small parchment scroll lay listlessly on a tree branch outside Gu Mu's palace, looking like a tattered piece of cloth that had been accidentally blown to the branch by the wind.
This is the season with the most mosquitoes.
The small parchment scroll was surrounded by many mosquitoes, and because it carried the scent of blood, the mosquitoes were persistent and would bite it repeatedly.
When has the parchment scroll ever suffered such injustice?
It's bad enough that it can't do anything to its master's master, but now it has to put up with this mosquito's rudeness.
But there's no way around it; as a sycophant, it has to diligently and meticulously complete the tasks assigned by its master.
This humiliation is nothing compared to the pleasure of licking.
Gu Mu looked in the direction of the fire in the palace without any worry. The assassins could enter the hidden city in an instant when the fire broke out.
Since the other side set a fire, and such a large one at that, it's impossible that they didn't reveal any trace of their actions. Presumably, the parchment scroll has already been discovered by now.
But Shen Ling is different.
She quietly walked behind Gu Mu and looked at the fire.
A hint of murderous intent gradually surfaced in his eyes.
But when Gu Mu turned to look at her, she lowered her eyes slightly to conceal the murderous intent in them. When she raised her eyes again, she looked frightened and worried: "Your Highness, thankfully... you are not sleeping in the palace, but in the study."
"This is why I didn't spend Mid-Autumn Festival with you."
Gu Mu smiled faintly.
The next moment,
Shen Ling's expression froze for a moment.
Then, he revealed a smile that seemed genuine.
"If things could continue like this, letting go of the hatred from the past life and living a new life wouldn't be impossible..."
"After all, the person I hated has completely disappeared from this world, so why should I reject the sunshine of this moment because of some dark past?"
Shen Ling thought to herself silently.
But she didn't know that she was the protagonist of this female-oriented novel.
Both of her past lives were meant to give her experience and trials.
Just like a phoenix rising from the ashes, reborn from the ashes.
This world will only bring her more and more suffering...
Having subdued the parchment scroll and grasped the bug in this world, Gu Mu is the biggest variable in this world, and also the only variable for Shen Ling.
Gu Mu gave the order to the parchment scroll this time.
If necessary, a deal can be made with that person.
After all, the parchment scrolls are still, for the time being, on our side.
But the big fish in the capital not only covets Gu Mu's throne, but may also be a male lead candidate.
Therefore, Gu Mu must kill him.
While the palace maids and guards were putting out the fire, Gu Mu projected his consciousness onto the Hidden City.
The parchment scroll looked satisfied, its center bulging out like a small belly, as it lay lazily on the roof of the main city.
Upon seeing Gu Mu, it raised its four corners, sprang to its feet in a somersault, and bent its lower body as if imitating the officials who were bowing to Gu Mu: "There are three arsonists. I will make a deal with one of them as you command."
"According to the laws of nature, a transaction must be executed before it can be concluded."
“Even if he commits suicide, he has to rise from his grave and make a deal with me… no… with this slave.”
Gu Mu has kept me locked up for too long.
Only then did the parchment scroll regain a sliver of dignity as a former candidate for villainy.
But even this kind of dignity pales in comparison to Gu Mu.
Since the parchment scroll has made a deal with that person, it can appear on that person's person at any time, unless that person has a place like a hidden city that can trap the parchment scroll.
Otherwise, there's no way to stop the parchment from appearing around it.
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