Gu Mu felt a lightness in his body and woke up from his deep sleep.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Ling sitting by his bedside, her hands supporting her body on either side of him, her beautiful eyes filled with joy as she intently examined him.
This is a dangerous distance.
Shen Ling's face was less than twenty centimeters away from Gu Mu's face.
In fact, the moment Shen Ling bent down with her supporting hand, she would kiss Gu Mu.
At this distance, Gu Mu could even feel Shen Ling's breathing and see the white down on her face.
The girl's face was pink and delicate, incredibly smooth, and she had a pair of beautiful, expressive eyes.
For a moment, Gu Mu's heart skipped a beat.
It feels like his elaborate self-inflicted injury act was worth it at that moment.
"Your Majesty is awake!" Shen Ling was still immersed in the joy of Gu Mu waking up, completely unaware of how destructive her action was.
Shen Ling smiled happily, her eyebrows and eyes curving upwards, making her exceptionally beautiful.
But because I cried for so long last night, my eyes are still a little red.
It is both endearing and incredibly moving.
Gu Mu couldn't help himself for a moment.
Raise your hand and cover the back of Shen Ling's head.
With a little effort,
Shen Ling's posture was not very stable to begin with, and when Gu Mu pulled her, her hands immediately lost their support, and her whole body pressed down on Gu Mu.
Her pink and tender lips covered Gu Mu's lips.
The two people were entangled together.
After a long while, they reluctantly parted ways.
"You don't hate me anymore?" Gu Mu asked, looking at the genuine worry on Shen Ling's face.
He went to such great lengths to stage this elaborate scheme, not just to get Shen Ling to spend the night with him.
Rather, it was to make Shen Ling realize his importance, so that they could forgive and forget each other, and he would also collect evidence of Shen Chao's crimes.
In the end, Shen Chao's death was justified, so much so that the prime minister's entire family was grateful to him for sparing their nine generations of relatives.
So how could he allow his empress to hate him now?
Shen Ling gently punched Gu Mu's chest: "At a time like this, you still have the mind to talk about this? Do you know how worried I was about you last night?!"
"I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
"But the imperial physician said... the imperial physician said... you almost died last night..."
At this point, Chen Ling's voice trembled slightly with emotion.
In this life she has been reborn, her only reason to live, whether out of hatred or love, is Gu Mu!
Gu Mu could have the whole world, and he could make a name for himself for the entire Southern Kingdom and its people...
But Chen Ling... only wanted to be entangled with Gu Mu for a lifetime...
Whether this entanglement stems from love or hate...
For her, Gu Mu was her whole world.
Because nothing else in this world meant anything to her.
The only person she truly cared about, the one who could make her happy or sad, was Gu Mu.
"How could I possibly die?" Gu Mu turned to the side and pulled Shen Ling off him. The two lay on their sides facing each other, with Shen Ling resting her head on Gu Mu's arm.
He raised his other hand and wiped away Chen Ling's tears: "I am so strong, how could I die so easily? I promised you that I would protect you. You must believe me. I always keep my word."
Shen Ling looked at Gu Mu intently.
This moment exposed her vulnerability.
When she was reborn, she thought that as long as she was hard-hearted, she would not get hurt.
Love arises without warning, and deepens with time.
Falling in love with Gu Mu was beyond her control, regardless of her rationality.
She originally wanted to push Gu Mu away, close her heart again, and build a thick wall around it.
But it turns out... she can no longer do it...
She herself didn't realize how much she cared about His Majesty, how afraid she was of losing him...
"Then promise me," Shen Ling said, her nose and eyes red, "that you... will never die before me..."
Don't leave me alone in this world.
You are truly all I have left, Your Majesty.
'Okay, I promise you.' Gu Mu gently kissed Shen Ling's eyes, wiping away the tears that were about to fall.
Then he held Shen Ling tightly in his arms.
Seemingly understanding her thoughts, Gu Mu added in a low voice, "I won't leave you alone, don't worry."
"I will never abandon you."
Shen Ling also reached out and hugged Gu Mu's waist.
She nestled in Gu Mu's arms, her breathing gradually calming down.
Gu Mu knew that Shen Ling was gradually calming down.
The two of them held each other tightly, neither of them saying a word.
After half an incense stick's time,
Just when Gu Mu thought Shen Ling had fallen asleep again,
He suddenly heard Shen Ling say in a muffled voice, "Your Majesty, I have never actually resented you..."
"In fact, because my brother harmed you, I hated my own brother..."
"Therefore, I made him suffer the consequences he deserved..."
"I'm just scared..."
I'm afraid this world will prevent us from being together.
Shen Ling didn't say the rest of her sentence.
She didn't dare.
If it really comes to that, Your Majesty and her family will have to kill each other.
Although she has become extremely distant from her family in this life.
But to witness them die again in front of you, killed by the people you love most.
Is there really no crack in the relationship between Shen Ling and Gu Mu?
Besides... will His Majesty still accept me then...?
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