Coming Kingly Son-in-Law: Don't Provoke the First Daughter - Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Won’t Let Go
Ye Mu’s mind was in turmoil, and only calmed down in an instant, saying to Zi Yan, “I already know your heart. If I pursue Court Lady Gu to no avail, or if I finally give up one day, will you still be waiting for me where I am?”

Zi Yan quietly raised her eyes to look at Ye Mu, his face was still scarred, it seemed to have been left over from the previous fight with that unknown man, and it really had affected his appearance.

If that was really the case, Zi Yan believed that she would be very happy, but Zi Yan unexpectedly shook her head and said in a very strange tone, ”What are you thinking? Although I, Zi Yan, like you nowadays, it doesn’t mean that I will always like you, let me wait for you to forget about Court Lady Gu or give up on her? How long would that need to wait, for something like this that has little to no definite time, do you think I would really agree to it?”

After Zi Yan finished speaking, although he was still a bit drunk, he still restrained himself and staggered towards Changning’s courtyard.

You can’t go back to the palace when you’re drunk like this.

Plus the Empress Dowager is feeling very sad because of the death of the late Emperor, if she sees Zi Yan drunk again, she is bound to educate her properly, she doesn’t want to be educated by this kind of thing, it’s better to go back to Changning’s courtyard outside the palace.

She had thought that Ye Mu could at least catch up and explain something to herself, but she had thought too much, he had never liked her from the beginning, and since she had never liked her, she didn’t seem to be qualified to ask for too much.

The evening wind was sluggish, Gu Qiang’s whole body was shivering, when she came out she wore too few clothes, she felt very cold.

There were beggars in the corners looking at her, then hastily ducking into even deeper corners, seemingly unwilling to come into contact with the people outside.

Her mind was very much up, just at this moment. A group of people suddenly appeared right behind her, these people were wearing black clothes, and they came from all directions, and surrounded her.

She was shocked in her heart, because of the wine she drank, her movements were not really sharp, plus she really didn’t have any martial arts skills, the sudden appearance of such a large number of people seemed to make it clear that they wanted to kill her.

“What man?”

Court Lady Gu asked in a cold voice.

The man in black didn’t seem to want to say who he was and charged at Court Lady Gu.

Her brain instantly mobilized the most powerful nerves, dodging left and right, but she was a woman after all, and had no martial arts nor much strength, and saw that she was already going to be unable to dodge.

Just then a man came rushing in screaming.

This is Yemu.

Ye Mu’s wine sobered up a bit, and he shook off Zi Yan to try to catch up with Court Lady Gu and head for Gu’s house together, but he didn’t want to see Court Lady Gu blocked halfway, and his blood rushed to him.

Court lady Gu yelled out to be careful, but Ye Mu’s movements were not so nimble, was knocked hard from behind, fell to the ground, his head was bleeding, this time it was a solid, court lady Gu realized that these people in front of them were not fooling around with themselves.

She held Ye Mu’s head in her arms, but those men in black didn’t give her a chance to catch her breath and then rushed up.

Just then, a group of people dressed in red fell from the sky.

These people all covered their faces to death, unable to tell if they were male or female, as if they were afraid that people would recognize them. Even when they appeared, everything around them was quiet, as if there were flutes coming up from all around them, their appearances were too subtle and too magnificent, like some kind of ceremony.

The man in black also had a strange look on his face, so he turned his head to look at the people behind him, at this look they looked as if they had gone crazy, and said loudly, “Quickly go, it’s the people from Yew Dream Pavilion, quickly go!”

But just as they finished their words, a knife was stabbed in their throats, blood splattered everywhere, and all the black-clothed men instantly collapsed to the ground, silent.

The movements of these people were too fast and too capable to be accepted, as if they were a group of ghosts.

As Court Lady Gu sat there, the long-lost memories from before slowly flooded her mind, the owner of the Yew Dream Pavilion was a stunningly beautiful young man who liked to wear red, and he had once dispatched a maid called Fuling to himself, but when he hit Fuling with his own hand, she went back, and she didn’t know if she was still there now.

The bodies of the men in black were taken away by all those who wore red, and then these men disappeared as if they had never been there.

Not far from the top of the house, a man dressed in red raised his hand to Court Lady Gu and said with a smile, “Long time no see Court Lady, by the look of you have you recovered your memory?”

The man’s voice was beautiful, like a masculine voice that made all the difference.

Court Lady Gu raised her eyes and saw the man fly down and stand in front of her, and what seemed to be a floral scent on him just split his head and fell down, smelling good.

Court Lady Gu nodded her head and said to the man, “Thank you for saving me, but there is no way to repay this life-saving favor, so it is better not to repay it.”

Was she trying to renege on her debt? But that was kind of her usual style, and the man knew it well.

“This palace has told you many times to let you practice martial arts to be able to protect yourself, why don’t you listen? Look at you, if there is no words from this palace this time, what are you going to do?” The man then said.

Big deal is death.

Such was the thought in the mind of Court Lady Gu, who did not yet know how precious her life was, or how much someone had paid in order to keep her alive and let her have everything she wanted.

“Who sent these men in black. Do you know?” Court Lady Gu asked after she thought of a crucial question.

The man shook his head and said to Court Lady Gu, “This Palace’s people are only responsible for protecting you, as for who wants to harm you. This palace is not clear, this palace thought about it, this matter is still for you to think for yourself, observe and pay more attention to the people around you.”

He seemed to be in a hurry, and after saying this he intended to leave, but he still turned his head and asked, “Qiang’er, the last time this palace sent a maid to your side, did you beat her?”

When Court Lady Gu thought back, those things in the depths of her mind appeared all at once, and the maid called Fuling, who really didn’t know the rules, nodded her head.

The man grinned and just said, “Hit it and hit it.”

After saying that, he flew away.

At this time the sky has darkened, Ye Mu unconscious on the roadside, good to listen to the wind worried about Gu Qiang over the road to see, otherwise this Ye Mu with Gu Qiang two people will have to stay on the roadside at night.

The two people wasted nine cows and two tigers to bring Ye Mu back to the Gu family, and so all the things are all dealt with, has been close to dawn.

In the middle of the night, Shen Zhongbai quietly stood on the edge of the lake in front of the Third Prince’s Mansion, with his hands behind his back, looking at the lake without a ripple.

In the darkness, a man whose movements were as light as a cat’s dropped down and knelt respectfully before him.

“How are things doing?” Shen Zhongbai then asked.

“Lost …… failed.” The man then returned awkwardly.

“You said it failed?” Shen Zhongbai turned his head to look at the person kneeling on the ground, bit his lip, and let out a long breath.

This woman, Court Lady Gu, can’t be kept any longer.

When Shen Zhongbai couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night, he thought left and right, if Court Lady Gu couldn’t marry herself-now it seemed inevitable.

Previously, on the grounds that he was the future Emperor, he had acted as a bully and was bent on marrying Court Lady Gu.

The Gu family also seemed to be afraid of this future monarch and worked hard to set him up with the Gu court ladies.

But I don’t know why, from one day onwards, Prime Minister Gu seems to have suddenly thought that he is the Prime Minister, holding the power in the court, it should be him holding Shen Zhongbai instead of Shen Zhongbai holding him.

So he toughened up at once.

In the days when Court Lady Gu was separated from the Gu family, Prime Minister Gu had placed all of the Gu family’s energies on Gu Zhiying’s body, and all of the people in the court respected Shen Zhongbai, Gu Zhiying’s husband, three times more.

It was only at that time that Shen Zhongbai realized that this respectful-looking Prime Minister Gu had actually coiled his private power all the way to the middle of the dynasty.

What a powerful kind of power this should be, if one could pull in Prime Minister Gu, one’s position in the dynasty would be stabilized.

The only thing he could do to get these rights and support was to be good to Gu Zhi Hua.

But the Gu family didn’t just have Gu Zhi Paintings, they also had Gu Qiang.

I had thought that according to the character of Court Lady Gu, she would not come back after breaking away from the Gu family, and that the Gu family would give up on her.

But it didn’t occur to me that she had come back and still refused Shen Zhongbai’s marriage proposal.

Because of Prime Minister Gu’s obstruction and hints, Shen Zhongbai knew that it was already difficult for him to marry Court Lady Gu.

If he couldn’t have Court Lady Gu, then why should anyone else be able to? Why should Shen Qianshan?

If it wasn’t for his own mother’s care, Shen Qianshan wouldn’t have been able to live to such an old age, and instead of being grateful, he even snatched a woman with Shen Zhongbai?

Since it’s an unavailable woman. Why don’t you just destroy it?

Once this idea came out, Shen Zhongbai was surprised that he dared to think such a thing. But this idea appeared from time to time, like throwing in a small stone in a calm lake. It caused layers of ripples on the surface of the water.

His heart was like the surface of that lake, it could not be calmed anymore.

But doing it to the woman he loved was supposed to be a torturous thing, and he thought he could do it, but he thought wrong. Regardless, he was still heartbroken.

Knowing that his men had missed, he had expected to be disappointed, but why did he let out a long breath of relief?

“Why did you miss?” Shen Zhongbai asked after the silence.

The subordinates shivered, they all knew that Shen Zhongbai’s character was violent, and if there was no acceptable reason for this miss, they were probably going to die here.

“It’s the Yew Dream Pavilion, the Yew Dream Pavilion has appeared.” The subordinate then said.

The Yew Dream Pavilion? Shen Zhongbai thought about it, and then thought of that legend, to say that the authenticity of this legend is still to be proved, and even has some relations with his mother and father, it does not sound like true.