First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 964 Mu Qingchen reveals the truth (second update)

"Is he from the Tang Clan?" Gu Jiao came up with this guess based on what happened today.

A cold light flashed across Nan Shiniang's eyes: "Yes, they are from the Tang Clan! I asked a lot of information from that person's mouth, and then I found out that the Tang Clan has always been worried about my leaving. They and Qi Like Xuan, they all think that I secretly comprehended some incredible technique to acquire the highest martial arts in our sect, and they have always wanted to capture me."

Gu Jiao didn't ask Master Nan why she didn't tell them earlier. She understood Master Nan's temperament and didn't want to cause trouble to them.

She looked at Master Nan and said sternly: "Master Nan, leave the affairs of the Tang Sect to me."

Mr. Nan looked at her in astonishment: "What do you want to do?"

Gu Jiao said calmly: "Peel down the Tang Sect!"

There has always been no conflict between the Jianghu sect and the imperial court. Even Qi Xuan and his like left the Tang sect before joining the Han family.

Gu Jiao had no intention of making things difficult for the Jianghu sect, but whoever allowed the Tang Sect to flood the Dragon King Temple and bully Nan Shi Niang was the one who bullied the Tang Sect. Then don’t blame the Black Wind Camp’s cavalry for flattening the Tang Sect’s hills.

"Jiaojiao..." Nan Shiniang didn't want to trouble Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao looked into her eyes: "Sister Nan, the Gu family asked me for twenty taels back then to buy out their relationship with Gu Xiaoshun. Gu Xiaoshun's parents personally received the two silver ingots, and they were very happy. None of them Zhongyong’s son can sell it for twenty taels, and they think it’s a good deal.”

Mr. Nan never expected that there would be such an unbearable truth behind Gu Xiaoshun's break with the Gu family.

“You and Master Lu treat Xiaoshun as your own son. I don’t want Xiaoshun to lose his parents who love him so much.”

Mr. Nan was silent.

Gu Jiao continued: "What's more, when Ayan was injured, didn't you come to Yan country regardless of everything?"

 The kindness that Master Nan and Master Lu had towards their two younger brothers cannot be described clearly in just a few words.

 Gu Jiao will not allow anyone to harm Master Nan.

The two sat for a while, and Master Lu came over in a hurry.

Mr. Nan waved to him from the second floor. He looked up and saw his wife. There was no doubt that he saw him first, but which girl was opposite her?

 He came to the side room.

 “Are you not injured?” Nan Shi Niang asked.

 “I don’t have it, what about you?” Master Lu said.

“I’m fine too, let’s see who’s here?” Nan Shi Niang looked at Gu Jiao with a smile, “You must not recognize her.”

Master Lu’s eyes fell on Gu Jiao’s flawless face, and after a long while he stammered: “U-could it be Jiao Jiao?”

 “Master Lu.” Gu Jiao greeted with a smile.

 Master Lu stumbled and hit the wall next to him.

　　Is she really cute?

Is this a different face?

　　 No, if you take a closer look at your facial features, they are no different from before. But without that birthmark, your whole person is like a completely different person.

 “Jiaojiao’s face is healed.” Master Nan didn’t mention the matter of Shou Gongsha.

Master Lu just thought that Gu Jiao was a skilled healer and he was very pleased that he was cured.

 He doesn't judge people by their appearance, and neither does Gu Jiao. But as an elder, he still doesn't want those bad eyes to fall on Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao asked: "Master Lu, Master Nan, where do you live now? Is it still the same courtyard as before?"

Mr. Nan said warmly: "We have moved to the inner city, to Liucui Lane."

Gu Jiao said happily: "It's in the same direction as the Duke's Mansion. If you don't mind, go to the Duke's Mansion for a quick meal as soon as the evening comes. Jingkong will be very happy to see you."

The two of them couldn't resist the warm welcome, so they rented a carriage from a nearby car dealership and went to the Duke's Mansion with Gu Jiao.

 The three of them went to An Guogong's courtyard first. They didn't see Xiao Qingkong, but they met another familiar figure first.

Wearing white clothes, he has a tall figure, a handsome face, and is unparalleled in nobleness.

If it’s not Mu Qingchen, whom we haven’t seen for a long time, then who is it?

When Mu Qingchen heard that Duke An Guo had returned to Shengdu, he immediately put down his official duties and came to visit him as soon as possible.

 He had just come out of An Guogong's courtyard, and he never expected to meet... Gu Jiao at the door.

Even Master Nan has heard that the young commander of the Black Wind Cavalry is actually a woman. As a member of the top ten aristocratic families, how could he not know?

 Gu Jiao is wearing a blue long skirt with narrow sleeves and a waist. She has a light body and a slender waist. The material is made of fine shark gauze and soft smoke. When the sun shines, it can reflect a thin layer of hazy light.

This kind of soft tobacco is a specialty of the Jin State, which was paid tribute to Her Majesty the Empress by the Jin State.

The Empress did not keep any of them for herself, but sent them all to Duke Anguo's Mansion.

 Why did he know this? Because he was the one who counted the tributes sent by the Jin State.

 His eyes finally fell on Gu Jiao's face.

 Then, he froze.

Senior Nan noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere at the scene. She looked at Gu Jiao: "Jiaojiao, Master Lu and I will go first..."

 “Nan Shiniang!”

 Suddenly a small voice of surprise came from the yard.

Sister Nan smiled and glanced at Gu Jiao and Mu Qingchen, and said, "Let's go find Jingkong first, and you guys can talk."

 After saying that, she took Master Lu, who wanted to gossip, to see Jingkong.

Gu Jiao's reaction was calmer than that of Mu Qingchen. She tilted her head slightly and greeted Mu Qingchen as usual: "Mu Qingchen."

 Use your own original voice.

Mu Qingchen was stunned again.

 Gu Jiao put her hands behind her back and thought for a while: "Well... I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?"

　　We meet again after a long separation. How can we exchange greetings like this?

 It took Mu Qingchen a full minute to adapt to her identity as a woman, to her appearance, and then to her voice.

His eyes flashed with countless emotions that Gu Jiao couldn't understand, like disbelief or something else, in short it was very complicated.

“Mu Qingchen, what’s wrong with you?” Gu Jiao asked.

Mu Qingchen's hands hidden under her wide sleeves tightened little by little. He walked slowly towards Gu Jiao and said in a hoarse voice: "In addition to visiting Mr. An Guo, I came here today to see you for something."

 Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows: "Looking for me? What's the matter?"

Mu Qingchen looked around and said, "There are many people here, let me take a step to speak."

 The hidden troubles in the Duke's Mansion have been eliminated long ago, and those who are left behind are trustworthy.

Gu Jiao gave him a strange look: "Okay, wait for me."

 She entered the courtyard and arranged for Master Nan and Master Lu to meet with Duke An, and then she and Mu Qingchen went to a secluded pavilion in the Duke's mansion.

Gu Jiao stood in the pavilion and said to him, "You can speak now."

Mu Qingchen hesitated for a moment and took out a stuffed doll from his wide sleeves.

It was an extremely terrifying rag doll, with a big **** mouth, sharp teeth, blind eyes and bald hair.

 Memories that Gu Jiao had put aside came to mind—she had made such a doll in her previous life.

“Yinyin gave it to me.” Mu Qingchen looked into Gu Jiao’s eyes and said.

Gu Jiao was stunned for a moment, then took the doll and said clearly: "You know everything."

“The Imperial Preceptor told me.” Mu Qingchen clenched her fists, a layer of bitterness welling up in her heart. “So you didn’t lie to me. You said you would come back... You really came back...”

Gu Jiao's memory of Jing Yinyin is not comprehensive. She does not remember what Mu Qingchen said. The only thing that is certain is that Jing Yinyin can say this, which means that she has mastered the secret of time travel.

 She knew she could come back here.

"Yinyin's health has never been good." Mu Qingchen said, "Lithospermum poison has never been able to completely merge with her. Back then, the monarch sent people to assassinate Yinyin, but in fact, the real cause of Yinyin's death was Lithospermum poison."

The Imperial Master actually told Mu Qingchen all this.

Gu Jiao said: "What else do you know about Jingyinyin? For example, her other identities?"

 “You?” Mu Qingchen looked at her with a complicated expression.

 It seems that he doesn’t know about the Lord of Shadows.

 Gu Jiao returned the little stuffed doll to him.

“You won’t take it back?” Mu Qingchen asked.

 “It’s for you.” Gu Jiao said.

Mu Qingchen held the stuffed doll that had been with her for more than ten years, and a surging emotion rolled through her chest: "If...I mean if..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Jiao took a step forward, raised her hand and hugged him gently.

Mu Qingchen froze and opened her eyes in disbelief.

Gu Jiao said, "Yinyin gave this to you."

Mu Qingchen's body stiffened, but his arms trembled slightly. His eyes turned red unconsciously. He raised his head and forced tears back from the corners of his eyes.

 He raised his arms, wanting to hug his Yinyin.

 But his hand paused in mid-air, and he reluctantly stopped an inch away from her.

 After all, he was too late.

Gu Jiao retracted her hand, raised her eyes to look at him, and said seriously: "Mu Qingchen, thank you."

  Thank you for protecting Yinyin, and thank you for taking care of An Guogong.

Mu Qingchen collected her emotions in time and said softly: "I have finished speaking. You should go see Duke An as soon as possible. Don't keep him waiting. It's time for me to go back."

 Gu Jiao said: "I'll give it to you."

Mu Qingchen said: "No, you go first."

"Oh well."

Gu Jiao said goodbye to him, turned around and walked down from the pavilion.

Looking at the beautiful figure gradually disappearing in the twilight, Mu Qingchen finally couldn't bear it anymore, turned around, closed her eyes, and shed a hot tear.

  It’s so early to update today~

There is also a hard-working Fang Fangzai in the extra chapter!

 (End of this chapter)