Rebirth of marriage

Conquering the Lu family, mining the coal mountain, and trying to establish Jiuxiao Pavilion, these things he did were all under Gu Xiao's nose. Xie Jiu expected him to ask this question.

Xie Jiu wanted to tell him that she did all this just for revenge, and then she would marry him, give birth to their daughter, and live a good life as a family of three.

But all I could say was, "Live."

Gu Xiao's deep eyes were filled with darkness. He knew that Xie Jiu had not told the whole truth. Ever since he saw her killing the guy, he had vaguely noticed that Xie Jiu was burdened with many things.

Her enemies might not be just the Yang family. If she just wanted to take revenge on the Yang family, she could just kill the Yang family just like she killed that guy. She knew he could take care of it for her.

But she just forced them to go to a desperate situation, as if waiting for a more appropriate time to harvest their lives.

She didn't say that she had concerns that she couldn't say. As long as what she did didn't harm the people, he would just pretend that she didn't know.

Moreover, what she said was not a lie. Living is indeed not easy.

She knew that it was actually a good thing to plan for herself. Everyone has their own path to take. Others can help but cannot take her place.

He suddenly thought of his mother-in-law again. If she had not pinned all her hopes on men, but had her own life plan like Xie Jiu, maybe they would have a different life.

Thinking like this, Gu Xiao's pity for Xie Jiu gained a hint of respect.

On the way back from the mountain, Xie Jiu was not with Lu Zhuo and the others.

Gu Xiao left her behind, and Xie Jiu asked Feng Zhilan to escort Lu Zhuo and the others to leave first. Before leaving, Lu Zhuo looked at Xie Jiu and hesitated to speak, with complicated eyes. Get things done on the mountaintop as soon as possible.

Feng Zhilan didn't have so many complicated thoughts, but she boldly agreed with Gu Xiaodao, "Your Majesty, my boss will be left to you. Please protect her safety, otherwise I can only follow her inseparably."

Gu Xiao was not disgusted by her threat, but was rather relieved.

Regardless of whether her relationship with Xie Jiu was an employee or a friend, she was somewhat sincere towards Xie Jiu when a fugitive could threaten her as a prince for Xie Jiu.

He nodded to Feng Zhilan and agreed.

As long as the female prisoners in Yuyouguan are not self-destructive, they will be grateful to His Highness Prince Xiao. In the beginning, her father begged his former colleagues to save her from being sent to the military camp when she reached her age.

Her father passed away and the old love was gone. Her name was listed on the list of military prostitutes. It was Gu Xiao's rectification that saved her from disaster and allowed her to stay at home to take care of Wu Xin. He saved both their sisters' lives.

Feng Zhilan respected and trusted him, and after receiving the promise, she turned around and walked out of the mountain first.

Gu Xiao and the others didn't stop either. He took Xie Jiu to the garrison border and then directly entered Prince Xiao's Mansion through the secret passage.

As Xie Jiu had guessed, it only took more than an hour to get from the secret passage to Prince Xiao's Mansion. She was slightly curious, "Did it take a lot of effort to dig out such a secret passage?"

It had only been five years since he came to Yuyou Pass. At that time, the war in Yuyou Pass was in chaos. Fengzhou and Qianzhou were in separate affairs and were not harmonious with each other. Di Rong outside the pass was probing and harassing from time to time.

How did he make Dijon dare not invade for many years, consolidate the two cities into one city, and dig such a secret passage underground at the same time.

Xie Jiu felt that if Gu Xiaoruo was the son of Daxia, he would be a very good emperor and a blessing to the people of Daxia, but he seemed to have never revealed this idea.

When she came back from rebirth, she regretted that she was entangled in her own sadness in her previous life and didn't know more about him.

"One year." Gu Xiao replied.

Xie Jiu guessed that there should be many secret passages like this. She asked her doubts, "Your Majesty, it seems that you have never suspected that I am a spy sent to you by others?"

Gu Xiao's face was calm, "These secret passages are to guard against Di Rong, and also allow me to go to various hidden places in time. Unless you are a Di Rong spy, knowing these is of little use, and I know you are not."

They had always assassinated directly, so they were not willing to bother with spies. When they realized that the assassination was difficult and wanted to train spies to get close to him, he would no longer give them such an opportunity.

Their purpose was only to kill him, and if she were a spy, she would have many opportunities to do so.

Xie Jiu smiled, his eyes like stars, "Well, I'm not."

Gu Xiao looked at it, as if a ray of sunlight had penetrated into his heart. He hugged Xie Jiu in his arms without letting Xie Jiu take a few steps. By the time he arrived at Prince Xiao's Mansion, it was already noon.

The servants of the palace received the letter in advance and made preparations early. As soon as they arrived at the palace, they took a bath and then had lunch together.

Gu Xiao had been away from the house for a few days, and there were some things that he needed to deal with. Before leaving, he went to his room with a thank you wine, "Have a good afternoon, and the king will send you back in two days."

He asked Xie Jiu to spend the night in the palace.

Xie Jiu naturally understood the tacit meaning between adults. With a shy look on her face, she gently kissed Gu Xiao on the lips and said, "Your Majesty, please come back early after your work."

There was a ripple in Gu Xiao's heart, but he had business to attend to, so he just pinched her face and said, "Someone will bring you clothes and shoes later. If you need anything else, just ask them."

Xie Jiu nodded softly and watched him leave.

She sat quietly in the room for a while, sighed slightly, pinched her collar twice, then lay down on the bed and closed her eyes to rest.

About half a quarter of an hour later, there were footsteps and the door was knocked. There was no answer from Xie Jiu.

A few breaths later, the door was knocked again, Xie Jiu still didn't make a sound, and the knocking on the door began to be urgent and impatient.

The person outside the door didn't get a response for a long time, so he pushed the door open with a bang.

Xie Jiu woke up and sat up as if she was startled. When she saw the person coming, she looked a little unhappy, "Mother Wu, I was sleeping, why did you barge in like this?"

Aunt Wu walked to the bed with a straight face, "I knocked for a long time, but no one answered. I was worried that something was going on in the house, so I opened the door and came in."

She originally wanted to call her Mrs. Yang, but Xie Jiu was on the prince's bed at the moment. Calling her Mrs. Yang would humiliate her, but it would also put the prince down, so she simply skipped the title.

Who is she? How dare she sleep in the prince's bed with such a carefree attitude.

Xie Jiu then softened his expression and said, "I have been in the mountains with the prince these past few days. I am really exhausted and fell asleep a little deeply. Don't blame me, mama."

After saying that, she got off the bed, her feet were a little weak, and she stumbled as if she couldn't stand still.

She smiled shyly.

Aunt Wu's eyes darkened, but thinking of the punishment the prince had given her last time, she concealed her displeasure, "I brought my clothes and shoes..."

"Did the prince prepare it for me? I want to give it a try. Can mama help me?" The joy on Xie Jiu's face was undisguised.

In the eyes of Grandma Wu, this look was greedy. Thinking about the last time she accepted her things without even being polite, she felt very contemptuous of her, but she didn't refuse.

Xie Jiu led her to the back of the screen. He started to slowly loosen his belt and said with a smile, "I will remember what mama said last time. It's just that fate cannot be avoided. This is the case with the prince and me."

Aunt Wu was dissatisfied. A widow wanted to talk about her fate with my prince, "You can always avoid it if you want."

Xie Jiu took off his belt and found that the collar of his dress was slightly loose without the belt. Xie Jiu stopped changing his clothes and raised his eyes to look at Aunt Wu, "Auntie, you want me to leave now?"

Her skin was fair and fair, and the bruises on the collar of her lining were particularly obvious. Thinking of how she had been messing around with the prince these past few days, Grandma Wu couldn't hold back her anger, and coldly snorted, "No one has tied your feet."

Xie Jiu lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then picked up his belt, tied it up again, and walked out of the house without saying a word.