“But…” Lu Xiaoyao expressed her concern: “I’m a cripple now, and I made a lot of enemies when I was young and reckless. If they find out I’m in trouble, many people will definitely want to kill me.”
"Moreover, I haven't mastered the forging technique yet, so I'm not worth keeping. I'm afraid that even if I had enough money, I wouldn't be able to protect myself."
You should know that even a young man in a blue robe, fearing being hunted down by his enemies, never reveals his true face.
Moreover, now that Lu Xiaoyao has lost all her martial arts skills, once the news gets out, there will likely be many people seeking revenge against her.
"That's not a problem. The second floor of the Hidden City Lord's Mansion is not open to the public. I can get the Hidden City Lord to grant you access. You can focus on developing your forging skills there without being disturbed," Gu Mu said calmly.
Lu Xiaoyao's eyes widened suddenly—Gu Mu had so casually suggested that she stay on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion, which was not open to the public.
What exactly is his relationship with the Lord of Hidden City?
No wonder it's rumored that the Southern Kingdom's Emperor has the Hidden City Lord firmly under his control, while the Hidden City Lord is eager to kill Gu Mu, yet has no choice but to protect him from being killed by others.
How wonderful!
With her worries resolved, Lu Xiaoyao finally felt at ease.
Although her martial arts skills were crippled, Lu Xiaoyao didn't feel she was at too much of a loss because she had latched onto Gu Mu's coattails. After all, even if she had earned her martial arts skills for ten years or so through the shops in Hidden City, it wouldn't be as much as the little bit Gu Mu had secretly given her.
Lu Xiaoyao was well aware of this, thanks to her keen sense of money.
Gu Mu was originally traveling much faster than the carriage, but Lu Xiaoyao was injured, and only by sitting inside the carriage could she prevent her injuries from tearing open again.
While the Resurrection Pill can repair fatal wounds and accelerate the healing process, it cannot completely heal a wound.
Although Gu Mu had already planned to have Lu Xiaoyao stay on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion in Hidden City to focus on cultivating her forging skills, he also needed to let her wounds heal first.
Ten days later, Gu Mu drove his carriage to the North City.
At this moment, General Meng had already led some soldiers back to the Southern Kingdom, but Shen Chao and others remained in the Northern Frontier, waiting for Gu Mu to return and rebuild the Northern Frontier.
"Summon the imperial physician," Gu Mu said as soon as he entered the palace.
Putting aside the fact that he bears some responsibility for Lu Xiaoyao's injuries, Lu Xiaoyao now has other uses to him.
Therefore, Gu Mu will definitely heal her injuries.
A maid helped Lu Xiaoyao into one of the rooms to rest.
Soon, Su Linle received Gu Mu's order to summon the imperial physician and hurriedly carried her medicine box to Lu Xiaoyao's resting palace.
Su Linle was stunned for a moment as soon as she stepped inside.
The maid who reported the incident did not explain clearly, and Su Linle assumed that His Majesty had been injured during this trip.
This caused her to walk along in constant fear, lest she delay His Majesty's treatment of his injuries.
But to everyone's surprise, the person lying in bed was not His Majesty at all.
Instead, she was an extremely cute girl who looked somewhat youthful, but with an exceptionally beautiful appearance.
The Emperor, whom she had been longing for all along, was standing perfectly fine in front of her bed.
Could it be that His Majesty asked her to save this girl in front of her?
Su Linle's grip on the medicine box tightened instantly, but she remained outwardly calm and asked, "Your Majesty summoned me in such a hurry, is something wrong?"
Su Linle secretly glanced at Gu Mu again.
In a way, it was a relief for her—thankfully, His Majesty was not injured.
However, when Su Linle saw the girl on the bed again, her heart sank once more.
These days, she heard that His Majesty had sent people to search for a person who had been assigned by His Majesty to assassinate the Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom, but the person assassinated was a double.
However, she still escaped the pursuit of the Queen Mother of the Eagle Kingdom, and her whereabouts are currently unknown.
At the time, Su Linle didn't take it to heart; in her view, it was just an ordinary assassin.
But now that she actually saw the person His Majesty had found, Su Linle's heart still ached uncontrollably.
This assassin was so handsome that Su Linle felt a sense of crisis.
Moreover, she was brought back by His Majesty himself.
Then, this person must be very important to His Majesty, right?
Su Linle secretly glanced up at Gu Mu, only to see that Gu Mu was expressionless. Although the super beautiful girl on the bed was seriously injured, His Majesty did not show any sign of heartache.
Looking at Lu Xiaoyao, her eyes were cold and devoid of any extra emotion.
Su Linle secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Take a look and see how badly she's injured." Gu Mu didn't answer Su Linle's question directly, but said coldly.
Gu Mu was very perceptive. Although Su Linle had remained calm and collected since she entered the room, he could still guess seven or eight parts of what she was thinking from her slightly lowered head, furrowed brows, and increasingly deep eyes.
In Gu Mu's previous life, there was a term called "straight man".
Straight men often find it difficult to find girlfriends because they don't understand women's feelings. Even if they do find a girlfriend, their straight-man remarks and behaviors can make her angry.
But Gu Mu is different; he received the system's "eagle eyes" reward.
Now you could say you have a complete grasp of what girls are thinking.
Even if a girl doesn't say it aloud, he can guess pretty accurately what she's thinking.
But Gu Mu is currently in a female-oriented novel.
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