First Lady of the Crown Prince

 Chapter 769 Take Back Everything (Update 1)

When Xiao Heng and Jing Erye returned to Qilin Hall after returning all the books, the conversation between An Guogong and Gu Jiao was almost over.

The second wife has been ill in recent days, so Mr. Jing had to go back early and pushed his eldest brother to say goodbye to Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao.

In the corridor, Xiao Heng looked at the leaving figures of the two brothers and said with emotion: "Although they are not from the same mother, the relationship between the two brothers is quite good."

 Er Master Jing is not very thoughtful, and the wife he marries is also gentle and virtuous. Duke An Guo is lucky to have such a younger brother and sister-in-law.

Of course, it is also a blessing for the young couple to meet such a generous brother as An Guogong.

 A family working together is actually more valuable than any glory or wealth.

Xiao Heng saw that Gu Jiao didn't say a word. He stepped into the house and saw Gu Jiao sitting in a wheelchair, quietly looking at the scene in the yard in a daze.

Xiao Heng took an orange from the fruit plate on the table and sat down on the stool next to her.

 “What are you thinking about?” he asked while peeling the orange.

 “I’m thinking about who I am.” Gu Jiao said.

Xiao Heng already knew that Gu Jiao was not the Gu Jiaoniang she used to be. She came from a very far away place, but she had never had such doubts before.

"Why do you ask so suddenly? Did the Imperial Master say something to you?" he asked.

 She felt something was wrong when she came back from seeing the Imperial Master, and then she wanted to talk to Duke An alone.

Combined with her question, Xiao Heng speculated that the Imperial Master had said something to her, perhaps related to her origin.

Gu Jiao was silent.

Xiao Heng didn't force her. He smiled and handed the peeled orange to her: "Actually, it doesn't matter who you were. What's important is that you are who you are."

Gu Jiao was slightly stunned: "I, that's me?"

"Hmm." Xiao Heng looked at her seriously, with all the weight and trust, "The name, identity, appearance, body... are all false."

As he spoke, his slender jade-like fingertips gently tapped her forehead, "What you have here is the unique reality."

Gu Jiao looked at him strangely: "You are talking more and more like an eminent monk. If you taste it carefully, you still have a sense of Zen."

Xiao Heng sighed: "Oh, I can't help it. Who asked me to raise a little monk at home? I will call him Jinzhuzhechi."

 Gu Jiao was amused by him and ate a piece of the orange he handed over.

 “Is it delicious?” Xiao Heng asked.

Gu Jiao nodded: "It's delicious."

 Xiao Heng understood that she still had something to say in her heart.

 She is not a mother-in-law, so anything that allows her to spend time thinking about her words must be no small matter.

He didn't have any impatience, didn't rush her, didn't walk away, he just stayed with her silently.

Just as she had accompanied him on his way to see the light of day again.

 The trust and tacit understanding between them need no introduction.

 Gu Jiao finished the last piece of orange and said, "I have one more thing to tell you, and this is even the focus of what I want to say."

Most people will subconsciously distance themselves a little when encountering such a serious situation.

Xiao Heng did not do this. Instead, he moved the stool towards her, looked at her delicate profile and said, "Okay, I'm all ears."

Gu Jiao glanced at him and said, "It's not a good thing. It doesn't matter if you don't listen attentively."

Xiao Heng smiled: "Then I want to listen too."

Gu Jiao paused and asked, "Do you know all the crimes committed by the Xuanyuan family back then?"

Xiao Heng nodded: "I saw the Xuanyuan family's archives in the library, which recorded dozens of serious crimes - colluding with the Jin Dynasty, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, ceding border cities, killing loyal people, embezzling disaster funds, privately manufacturing dragon robes, and rebelling... The 'sins' of the Xuanyuan family are too numerous to describe."

Gu Jiao said: "What I'm going to say next is related to the Xuanyuan family."

Xiao Heng looked at her gently and signaled her to continue talking without any worries.

Gu Jiao said seriously: "I want to vindicate the Xuanyuan family, and I want to defeat the King of Yan."

 This was not a decision she made after learning about Jingyinyin’s life experience. It was a seed that had sprouted in her heart from a very early age.

She said to Xiao Heng: "You don't have to join. King Dayan has no intention of hurting you. Even if your identity is exposed, you are still his true eldest grandson. He will not hurt you, nor will he hurt Shangguan Yan again. You guys The real enemies are only the prince and those who covet the throne."

Those people are much easier to deal with than the king, who is too powerful an enemy.

 Subverting his imperial power was something that even the Xuanyuan family, which had millions of soldiers, could not do it.

It was too difficult for Gu Jiao to deal with him.

This is something that has almost no chance of winning. Gu Jiao can die on her own, but she doesn't want to drag Xiao Heng to die with her.

"Haven't we been doing this all the time?" Xiao Heng held her hand and looked deeply into her eyes with a hint of astonishment, "Sending the young monk home is not your wish alone."

“It is not your privilege to risk your life for the one you love.”

“You are only allowed to go through life and death for me, but you are not allowed to walk through fire and water for you?”

 At the end of his sentence, his eyes were serious, as if he was hurt by her: "We are husband and wife, do you just...want to leave me alone?"

Gu Jiao is a soft-spoken woman who can't resist the look in the eyes of this little puppy.

She stayed in the wheelchair in a daze, forgetting what she was going to say next.

Xiao Heng sighed resentfully: "Do you have no confidence in me, or in our relationship?"

 Gu Jiao: "Ah, this..."

Debating is not Gu Jiao's strong point, fighting is.

 She had ten mouths but she couldn't speak to Xiao Heng.

Gu Jiao scratched her fingers: "But he is your grandfather."

Xiao Heng said: "The grandfather who slaughtered my grandmother's entire clan."

　　That's what I said...that's true.

Gu Jiao asked: "Are you really not going to regret it?"

"No." Xiao Heng looked at her and gently pinched her fingertips, "Then now, can I join you, my commander-in-chief?"

  What kind of flirtatious tone is this? Why does the style of painting seem a little off at the end of a serious conversation?

Gu Jiao smacked the big bear's paw and rolled her eyes: "I have to think about it carefully and review your qualifications as an ally."

"And I."

Shangguan Yan walked in with a cane.

Xiao Heng was about to use the beauty trick when he was frightened by Shangguan Yan. He was so shocked that he jumped up from his stool!

 “Mother! When did you come here? Why was there no sound at all?”

“I didn’t hear you and didn’t see you take action, so you still think you know I’m coming?” Shangguan Yan muttered in a low voice, came to the two of them, looked at Gu Jiao condescendingly, and said, “I want to join too.”

Gu Jiao looked at her: "Are you sure?"

Shangguan Yan looked at the blue sky outside the window: "I can't be more sure. Fifteen years ago, I didn't have the courage now. After losing the Xuanyuan family, losing the position of mother and princess, I was like a bird with its wings stripped away. I no longer have the fighting spirit to fly. I wholeheartedly hope that my two children can live a good life, but when I met you, I realized that I was wrong, how wrong it was."

“It’s not enough for a person to just live. He has to live openly and openly. He doesn’t have to hide in hiding to live, and he doesn’t have to rely on other people’s identities to live.”

 “I have failed, but I hope it is not too late for me to repent.”

Even if she sacrifices her self-esteem and destroys her pride, she will still accomplish what she did not have the courage to do fifteen years ago.

“Girl, you are very powerful.” Shangguan Yan said to Gu Jiao.

 “I know this.” Gu Jiao said.

Shangguan Yan’s mouth twitched.

I'm already very narcissistic, but I didn't expect this girl to be even more narcissistic than me... Such a touching moment, such an unforgettable speech, made me burst into tears, and made this girl hold it back all her life.

 Did my uncles and others feel this way before?

The way of heaven is good for reincarnation, no one will be spared by heaven.

Shangguan Yan glanced at the two of them: "Do you have any plans? I suggest you start with military power. Fifty thousand Black Wind Cavalry is far from enough."

Gu Jiao said to her: "Fifty thousand Black Wind Cavalry is just the beginning. I will take back all the Xuanyuan family's military power."

Although Shangguan Yan wears a cane, his royal nobility cannot be underestimated.

 She nodded domineeringly: "Very good, I'll wait and see. Then, you plan yours, and I'll deploy mine."

Xiao Heng asked: "What is mother going to do?"

Shangguan Yan tightened her grip on the crutches and her eyes turned cold: "Take back the position of the princess!"

 …

 At night, the family had dinner in Shangguan Yan's room. Xiao Qingkong lay in Gu Jiao's arms for a while, then went to play with Xiao Shiyi in the yard.

Yu He brought the prepared soup to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao looked at the decoction thoughtfully.

 “What’s wrong?” Xiao Heng asked.

Gu Jiao frowned and said, "I suddenly had a doubt."

Xiao Heng said in confusion: "What doubts?"

Gu Jiao said: "The Imperial Master's Hall provides medical treatment to all the disciples who participated in the selection. Han Wuye was so seriously injured, why was he not sent to the Imperial Master's Hall?"

"He was taken back directly by the Han family... Was he seriously injured?" Xiao Heng did not know this. The Han family did not announce the injury of Master Han Wu. He thought that Master Han Wu was only slightly injured. .

Gu Jiao recalled: "I injured him with my own hands. He didn't even have the strength to stand up at that time. With the injury to that extent, it would be safer to come to the Guoshi Palace for treatment, right?"

Xiao Heng frowned: "If this is really the case, then something is a little strange."

Gu Jiao touched her chin: "Han Ci... must have a secret!"

 (End of this chapter)