Chapter 891: Chapter 708: You Stole My Love and Still Want to Run?
“These ministers of the Southern Country, truly are…” The Dowager Empress Xiao shook her head with a face covered in sweat, glanced in the direction Gu Changsheng left, then looked in the direction Hongyan Jiaojiao and her troupe departed, and continued with a face full of sighs, “truly foolishly adorable!”
“Imperial Grandmother, the Southern Emperor she’s…” Jin Zhuer, blushing, supported her grandmother and shyly asked, “Is the Southern Emperor really going to conscript men to fill the harem?”
This is too… too unconventional!
Even though the Southern Emperor is an emperor, she’s still a woman. How can a woman have many men? This completely overturned the worldview of noble-educated Jin Zhuer, and she found it hard to accept.
“Silly girl, the world is vast and full of wonders. At the Southern Border Bashu, it’s common for a woman to marry multiple husbands. You were born and raised in the palace, your experience is ultimately limited. After the Southern Emperor and Crown Prince Mu’s marriage, your marriages with Jiang One and others will naturally be arranged by them. By then, you must learn a lot from Jiang One and the others!” The Dowager Empress Xiao instructed her two beautiful granddaughters with a kind face, “Those young men of Jiang One’s generation, although born as soldiers, are not exactly elegant, but they are skilled in martial arts and have traveled far and wide with Crown Prince Mu, seeing much of the world. Even in my Liaodong of the Northern Country, they would be esteemed generals, more than worthy of you, though overshadowed by Crown Prince Mu. Do not underestimate them, ruin your own good marriage, and then regret it. You should learn a lot from them in the future, broaden your horizons.”
“Imperial Grandmother… look at what you’re saying! How could your granddaughter think less of him…” Jin Zhuer’s face immediately became vividly blushing upon hearing this.
“Imperial Grandmother, you’ve deviated from the topic. You still haven’t said if the Southern Emperor is really conscripting men to fill the Heavenly Palace as husbands!” Jin Miaoer, too, blushing, tugged at her grandmother’s sleeve persistently.
“Hehe…” The Dowager Empress Xiao was amused by her two granddaughters’ bashful looks, raised her hand to point at their heads, laughed, and turned to walk in the direction where Gu Changsheng disappeared, “I said the ministers of the Southern Country are foolishly adorable, and you are just as foolishly adorable! You will know whether it is true or not in the future. Come, come, we are considered Gu Girl’s household servants. Usually, the two of you should learn more by staying by her side…”
“But Imperial Grandmother, Jiang One said that granddaughter should stay away from His Majesty the Southern Emperor!”
“Exactly, General Er said, following the Southern Emperor would lead to bad habits.”
Hearing this, the two sisters, Jin Zhuer and Jin Miaoer, immediately brought up the words of their favored men with a conflicted expression.
“Hmph! Those two cowardly boys, if they dare, let them say this in front of Gu Girl!” The Dowager Empress Xiao snorted before continuing, “They don’t have the guts! Silly granddaughters, don’t listen to those two boys. Think of how Crown Prince Mu is infatuated with Gu Girl, so much so that he forgot his status as Crown Prince of Great Zhou and sneaked into her bed at night. You should understand, this Southern Emperor, truly is a woman of utmost talent. To capture one’s heart entirely is not something an ordinary woman can achieve. You two are far from her!”
Upon hearing those words, the two sisters, Jin Zhuer and Jin Miaoer, bowed their heads in silence.
“Even I once stood unrivaled in the world, yet in your Imperial Grandfather’s harem, there was no shortage of Three Palaces and Six Chambers. So to say, as a woman, even I am far behind Gu Girl…” The Dowager Empress Xiao reminisced with nostalgia on her face, shook her head as she spoke, “To have one’s heart, and to never part until old age, is enough for a woman! You must learn more!”
The grandmother and granddaughters slowly walked towards the depths of the traveling palace as they spoke…
Meanwhile, at the front of the Council Hall, just after Gu Changsheng left, Yue Xilou’s face changed. With anger that couldn’t be concealed, he slammed his folding fan onto the carved dragon pillar beside him, “Nonsense! That girl is too reckless! How can she attack Madam Zheng just to vent her anger? This concerns Zhou Mu’s life…”
“Gu Changsheng may be a bit unreliable, but she never fights a battle she can’t win.” Nearby, Borjigin Nian, returned to her senses from the shock, felt relieved, and with a relaxed demeanor, fiddled with her long ink-black hair, looking at Yue Xilou with a deep expression.
Yue Xilou, who seems unconcerned with trivial affairs, actually really cares about his relatives, doesn’t he?
Borjigin Nian thought silently to herself.
“It’s a matter of life and death. How can this be a matter of impulse?” Yue Xilou glared, his eyebrows and eyes showed displeasure as he looked at Borjigin Nian, “You heartless fellow, aren’t you worried about your senior brother’s life and death? Doesn’t it scare you that he might die because of this?”
“I…” Sudden rebuke sank Borjigin Nian’s face.
This accusation was a bit much and indeed hurtful…
“Hmph!” Yue Xilou glared at Borjigin Nian again and turned to walk out of the Council Hall.
“Where are you going?” Borjigin Nian snapped out of her anger and saw Yue Xilou’s colorful back hastily leaving, hurriedly asking.
“I, as the Tower Master, am going to keep an eye on that treacherous woman in case she makes a mistake!” Yue Xilou said without turning back, his long legs striding impatiently outside.
“You…” Borjigin Nian in the hall was about to say that he was being redundant when she saw a streak of purple-gold clothing flash outside the hall, and her unsaid words got stuck in her throat. She quickly dashed out of the hall…
To catch a show!
“What? Little Uncle, are you trying to escape from battle?” Zhou Mu’s tall figure coincidentally blocked Yue Xilou’s path, his handsome brows slightly raised, hands behind his back, looking at the man in front of him who was dressed like a woman as always.
“Don’t stop me, Tower Master is busy!” At the sight of Zhou Mu, Yue Xilou’s face darkened even more. Impatiently waving his hand, he attempted to bypass Zhou Mu and continue his search for where Madam Zheng was being held.
“Busy with what? Busy stealing my thunder?” Zhou Mu spoke with a chilly tone upon seeing this. Clearly, the matter of Yue Xilou publicly flirting with his Changsheng had reached his ears.
“You!” Yue Xilou was caught off guard by the words, sighed at the man akin to a divine figure before him, wanted to say something but didn’t, waved his hand, “Don’t bother Tower Master with such matters, Tower Master has serious business to attend to!”
Madam Zheng absolutely cannot suffer any mishaps!
This person before him is the one those two old folks spared no effort to protect, even abandoning their family, and he is also… his only relative!
Thinking this, the anxiety on Yue Xilou’s glamorous face grew even stronger.
“Little Uncle, let’s have a fight, I’ll let you have one hand!” Seeing this, Zhou Mu raised an eyebrow and spoke with an air of inevitability, “In my eyes, loving Changsheng is serious business, even if it’s you, Little Uncle, I’ll gladly fight without hesitation!”
“You! You! You disrespectful!” Yue Xilou was tongue-tied, tried to stop him, but Zhou Mu had already attacked with one hand.
The figures of the two, as tall as Jade Tree of Qiong Branch, instantly clashed, rising and falling, exchanging dozens of moves in the blink of an eye. Zhou Mu only used one hand, a blatant show of contempt towards Yue Xilou. Even Yue Xilou, whose mind was elsewhere, was incited to anger by Zhou Mu, and their moves became increasingly fierce…
“Wow! They’ve started fighting again, they’re fighting again!” The little Meat Bun rushed over on his short legs, seeing the two become embroiled in combat, he was immediately excited, jumping around, “Peacock, Lion, and Tiger and Uncle Wood haven’t fought in a long time, my mom was still talking about it recently, now they’re fighting again! Wow! Wow! So awesome!”
“…” Borjigin Nian was speechless at the little Meat Bun’s enthusiasm for the spectacle, watched the two who were already fighting in mid-air, gritting his teeth a bit, “Humph! Brother, hit him! Teach him a lesson for being fierce with me earlier! Hit him hard! Punch that pretty face of his into a pig head!”
“Aunt Nian, I bet a chicken leg your wish won’t come true!” said the little Meat Bun on the ground, his big round eyes followed the two as they moved around, speaking with great interest.
“Why?”
“Because my mom says, you shouldn’t hit a person’s face, also, Uncle Wood and Peacock, Lion, and Tiger used to fight every day, but they rarely hurt each other’s faces because my mom hates ugly people the most…” said the little Meat Bun in a silly and adorable manner, with reason and logic.
Borjigin Nian was momentarily speechless, thought about it, it seemed to be true, “Brother, don’t hit the face, hitting the butt works too!”
To avoid harming his eyes, Borjigin Nian immediately chose compromise, shouting with fury towards the two deeply engaged in combat.
“What a disgrace! What a disgrace!” Mr. Ban Shan hurried over to see the two fighting, his old face turned dark, he shouted twice but no one paid him any mind, angrily puffed his beard, glared, and turned to leave.
“Quick, quick! Go call my mom to watch the show, my mom loves watching Peacock, Lion, and Tiger fight with Uncle Wood!” Seeing his foster grandfather being driven away, the little Meat Bun grinned at the female official beside him, “And also, bring my little wife here too, come and watch the show!”
Female official: “…”
Finally, unwillingly withdrawing her gaze from the majestic spectacle of the two fighting back and forth, she resigned herself to go find people to… come watch the show!
Hearing that the evildoer and Flower Peacock were fighting, and since her foster father wasn’t holding a broom to supervise, Gu Changsheng wasted no time rushing to watch the show. Soon enough, Wuchang Yue also appeared at the scene with a dark face, but stayed as far away from the little Meat Bun as possible!
“I can’t believe it, did these two eat gunpowder? How come they’re fighting like two fighting cocks?” Gu Changsheng was stunned by the fierce moves of the two, but her eagerness to watch the show didn’t diminish, she spoke naively.
“Love is a poison that corrodes the intestines, these two are deeply poisoned, no cure!” Borjigin Nian glanced at Gu Changsheng, speaking awkwardly.
Hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, “Look at you, acting like a resentful woman from the inner chambers, how shameful! Where is your invincible mentality of pursuing handsome men?”
“Gu Changsheng! Let’s have a fight!” Borjigin Nian glared at the woman before him, speaking straightforwardly, “You also let me have one arm!”
Gu Changsheng: “…”