Chapter 877: Chapter 696: Discussing Life?
The Southern Emperor entered the Capital City and was accommodated in a luxurious traveling palace.
The restless Gu Changsheng had just entered the residence when he took a group of people out for a stroll. Only after wandering enough did he quietly return to the palace.
Just as Gu Changsheng predicted, no sooner had they returned to the Heavenly Palace Traveling Palace than a female official came to announce that someone was requesting an audience.
But the person requesting an audience was not whom Gu Changsheng expected; it was Zhou Hao!
The youngest son of Madam Zheng, the Wife of the Former Crown Prince, and the evildoer younger brother from Gu Changsheng’s family, Zhou Hao!
Upon hearing that the visitor was Zhou Hao, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but think of the small figure at the city gate that carried a hint of timidity but was unable to hide his arrogance. About fourteen or fifteen years old, adorned in clothes made of pearls and jades, he wholly appeared to be pampered and spoiled.
“Your Royal Highness, will you meet him or not?” Hongyan Jiaojiao asked carefully while standing at the lower end, prompting in a low voice. She felt that the expression on her Sovereign’s face was not very good.
“Am I just any Tom, Dick, or Harry who can be met at will?” Gu Changsheng, upon hearing this, immediately cast a cold glance at Hongyan Jiaojiao.
She truly had no good feelings towards Zhou Hao. At fourteen or fifteen, while Zhou Hao was being pampered and enjoying the title of Commandery Prince, what was her family evildoer doing? He was suffering from the residual poison of Qianji, with both body and mind hurt, and was exiled to Liuzhou City…
Of the same mother, yet treated differently. Her family evildoer had already become detached and cold-hearted towards Madam Zheng and the Zhou Family Imperial Family, but she could not let it go!
At the time of the Eastern Palace upheaval, Zhou Hao was but two or three years old. It wasn’t that she was venting anger on him; she just didn’t want to see him or face someone who clearly had the same origin yet a different fate from her family evildoer!
In comparison, she truly felt aggrieved for her family evildoer!
Thinking like this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but feel a little angry.
“My love, are you feeling sorry for me?”
Unknowingly, Hongyan Jiaojiao had quietly withdrawn, and a purple-gold proud figure slowly emerged from behind the bead curtain in the grand hall.
“Evildoer, you’re so narcissistic, stop trying to flatter yourself.” As soon as Gu Changsheng saw Zhou Mu, she realized that Zhou Hao must have been turned away by Zhou Mu and had come to her instead.
“Hehehe…” Zhou Mu chuckled softly at her words.
The next instant, Gu Changsheng’s body fell into a familiar embrace.
A faint scent of ambergris lingered at the tip of her nose, ingrained and unforgettable; the warm embrace carried his unique warmth, instantly soothing the bit of annoyance in Gu Changsheng’s heart.
“Evildoer…” Gu Changsheng leaned sideways into Zhou Mu’s arms, rubbing her little face against him.
“Hmm?” Zhou Mu looked down, his bottomless eyes filled with depth.
“By convention, you and I aren’t supposed to meet before discussing marriage, right?” She remembered that the female officials had repeatedly warned her about this, and didn’t her foster father remind her several times as well?
Gu Changsheng felt that since the evildoer had someone return the little bun to the residence, he must have known that it wasn’t convenient for the two to meet, right?
How could it be that only a day hadn’t passed, and they were meeting again?
“The gentleman has already rested.” Zhou Mu replied naturally.
“…” Gu Changsheng was at a loss for words, rolling her eyes. She just knew that her family evildoer was used to taking the road less traveled, surely sneaking away without a doubt!
“Evildoer, my birth father will arrive in the Capital City soon.” Gu Changsheng thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth.
“I’ve already heard about it.” Zhou Mu nodded slightly.
Gu Changsheng looked up, smiled at the handsome face within reach, and spoke with a gloating tone, “What I want to say is that my old dad isn’t as easy to deceive as my foster father. If you want to steal fragrances and jades under his nose, it’s a bit difficult.”
Her old dad, though his Kung Fu was ruined, his skills in fortune-telling the heavens and the earth remained, clearly not someone easy to fool.
At her words, Zhou Mu, whose face was as if carved by a divine residence, stiffened, sighed, and stared intently at the little woman in his arms, “Others only need to deal with one father-in-law to marry, but I must handle two!”
Moreover, each one is more difficult to handle than the last, which truly made Zhou Mu feel particularly sorrowful.
He decided that once he returned to the palace, he’d better seek some advice from Yuan Bao.
Gu Changsheng had no idea what he was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely be furious!
Yuan Bao, that Er Que, was undoubtedly just a useless think tank, totally unreliable!
“However, since you accused me of stealing fragrances and jades, if I don’t actually steal some, I’ll be wronged for nothing!” Zhou Mu’s lips curved slightly, a smile playing on his chiseled face.
“What are you planning to do?” Upon hearing this, alarms rang in Gu Changsheng’s heart, and she wanted to escape, only to find herself still in someone’s embrace.
The ground situation was very unfavorable! Escaping would be quite difficult!
“My love, I’ve heard that you intend to select an Imperial Consort?”
Gu Changsheng looked at the gradually approaching handsome face, hurriedly shaking her head, and frantically explaining while flailing, “No! No such thing! It’s slander! Rumors! This is pure slander! Where did you hear that I intended to select an Imperial Consort? I did have that thought, but wasn’t it just…”
“Hmm?” Zhou Mu’s deep eyes narrowed.
“Argh, nope! I never even had that thought! An Imperial Consort or whatever, how can it compare to you! I can’t even handle having just you around, how could I possibly manage if there were more, I’d be doomed!” Gu Changsheng immediately corrected herself upon realizing what was wrong.
Zhou Mu’s expression softened, “Not keeping handsome men anymore?”
“No! Handsome men or whatever, just looking is enough, keeping them is too wasteful of food!” Gu Changsheng vehemently denied her former grand ambition, her heart bleeding three liters.
Her handsome men, sayonara!
In this life, they were destined never to meet!
“No more three thousand in the harem?” Zhou Mu pressed on.
The two of them were already so close that Gu Changsheng could clearly feel the warm breath of a certain evildoer on her cheek…
Boom!
Gu Changsheng’s face inexplicably turned bright red.
“No! No! Just you alone can make the entire harem of three thousand pale in comparison! Why would I need a harem of three thousand as mere green leaves!” Gu Changsheng was a bit incoherent.
Honestly, she couldn’t remember how long it had been since she had been with Zhou Mu like this!
The journey to the Southern Border was filled with dangers, where was the time for romance?
In the blink of an eye, everything had changed, and she had ascended to the position of the Southern Emperor, only returning after two years…
Her alone time with the evildoer had stopped back in those days in Liuzhou City, amid the intimate whispers and shared bed…
The magnificent hall, the majestic Dragon and Phoenix Chair, the silhouettes in purple and red, slowly overlapping…
“Hmm…”
The warm exchange of lips made Gu Changsheng involuntarily let out a low hum, her hands couldn’t help but grasp at the warmth beside her…
“Close your eyes…” Zhou Mu’s suppressed voice came through.
“There are people…” Gu Changsheng said mournfully, glancing timidly around the hall.
Where are they? Where are the female officials?
Usually, she’s followed by a whole bunch like a train, but at this crucial moment, not even a shadow can be seen?
Oh my god! Are they just going to watch her be ravished?
“Hehe…” The low laughter at her ear, along with the pressing lips, made the temperature in the magnificent hall rise instantly.
This kiss, deep and intense, Gu Changsheng felt like she was about to suffocate.
Oh my god, this Dragon and Phoenix Chair is designed way too big, it’s enough for two people to roll around on!
Gu Changsheng muttered a curse because that’s all she could do at the moment, as a certain evildoer had her pinned on the Dragon and Phoenix Chair.
He was on top, she was underneath…
Confused and overwhelmed by the kiss, a single thought echoed in Gu Changsheng’s mind, they weren’t married yet! They weren’t married yet!
Someone help! I’m going to need help! If no help comes, there will be trouble!
Can someone come and discuss life with her? She really doesn’t want to study human anatomy with the evildoer! The time isn’t right! She’s not mentally prepared!
At least give her a bed, instead of just a big chair to get through this!
Clothes disheveled, face blushing like a peach blossom…
“What are you thinking about?” The suppressed, deep voice of a certain someone came from above.
“Change the chair to a bed…” The delirious little woman underneath instinctively replied…
“Hehe…”
Gu Changsheng felt a shiver and a low laugh from a head pressing against her, nibbling on her chest.
“Ow!” The sudden pain jolted Gu Changsheng awake, and once awake, she regrettably bit her tongue, and her scream was truly earth-shattering!
“You! So wicked!” With his head buried in Gu Changsheng’s chest, Zhou Mu’s laughter was more unrestrained than ever before.
“I!” Gu Changsheng’s face had now turned from boiled lobster to pig liver…
What do you mean she’s wicked? She… oh my god…
That was not what she meant!
“Then as you wish!” Zhou Mu’s response was even more direct, leaving her no time to think or refute, he acted directly.
Gu Changsheng only felt the world spinning, then she was lifted up entirely, in her panic, she only remembered to wrap her arms around someone’s neck, “What are you doing? Where are we going?”
“To find a bed.” Zhou Mu’s reply was simple and direct.
Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng was utterly stupidfied, in someone’s arms, helpless and disoriented…
What do they mean by lifting a rock and dropping it on one’s own foot? This is it!
“Wait! Put me down! We haven’t talked about the issue with the mistress!” Gu Changsheng shouted.
“We can talk about it in bed.”
…
Outside the hall, a little dumpling clung to the door frame, pounding his chest, “Sister! My sister! Why did she leave? Why did she leave!”
Behind the little dumpling, Xiao Cui and Han Qiu were sweating profusely.
“Little Highness, do not look upon that which is not proper.” Beside the little dumpling, Little Han Mo with the Black Face said righteously, watching with great interest.
“My mother didn’t shout, so it’s okay to look!” The little dumpling replied confidently, then ran towards the back hall, not forgetting to call to the people behind him, “Hurry, hurry, to the bed chamber! The bed chamber has a bed! They must have gone to the bed chamber, quickly follow up, I’ve dug a dog hole in the wall of mother’s bed chamber…”