That night, the two of them walked until they were tired and sober. The two of them entered the grand hall and lay on the bed.
She said she was tired and asked him to massage her shoulders. He agreed.
It was quiet in the grand hall, except for their breathing.
She suddenly asked, "Have you made up your mind?"
He remained silent.
She said in Silence while looking at him, "If you keep doing this, I'll eat you."
He let go of her hand and sat on a chair a hundred feet away, drinking a cup of cold tea.
Nothing had happened indeed.
Yet, something had happened.
Not many days later, their hands were together again.
He would massage her shoulders once in a while, and she would stroke his head once in a while.
About ten years later, his mother passed away. Gu Qing went back to his home.
He came back to Zhaoge City. This palace was like his home, making him feel relaxed.
So he decided to drink some wine.
The wine made him miss his family even more.
She stayed by his side, quietly accompanying him.
The more he drank, the more energetic he felt, and the more tears came out.
All of a sudden, he felt something brushing against his face, wiping away the tears. It was as gentle and comfortable as the spring breeze, as if it could wipe away all the pain.
It was her tail, a furry tail.
"Is it fun?"
She looked at him nervously, trying her best to calm herself down. "I'll lend it to you to play. Don't be sad, okay?" she said in a trembling voice.
Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh out.
She looked at him embarrassedly, her face a bit red.
He suddenly felt it was a good thing.
…
…
Gu Qing had been with her for sixty years.
But he still couldn't calm down.
"I used to think I should learn from my Master and walk alone on the path toward heaven. It wasn't until I met you that I realized my path is different from his, and I need a companion."
He looked into Empress Hu's eyes and continued, "Since we can't walk to the end, then … we can't walk to the end."
"It's been one hundred years." Empress Hu stared into his eyes and said expressionlessly, "Even though I'm a devil, how many hundred years can I have? Can you just ignore it? "
Gu Qing said, "Sixty years ago, I told you that if you are willing to cultivate the Dao with me, I can give up the position of Regent or the leader of Aoyama. I will bring you to Penglai. If that doesn't work, we will go to the foreign land … But you said that you can't let go of His Majesty and asked me to wait for a few more years. So I waited for you for thirty years. When I asked you for the last time, you still can't let go."
Empress Hu said, "I know I'm sorry about this. I also promised that you can leave at any time if you want."
"I wasn't willing at the time, but since you said so, I'll accept," Gu Qing said after a moment of silence, "So what you said before doesn't count now?"
Empress Hu said expressionlessly, "I'm just a little jealous of her."
Gu Qing said, "It has nothing to do with her."
"But you also promised to take care of me for the rest of my life." Empress Hu took a deep breath.
"I will," Gu Qing said calmly, "until the day I die."
Empress Hu said in a trembling voice, "You're right. I can't let go of Yao, and you have to live your own life. I'm just … just a little sad."
From the beginning to the end, there was no change of expression on her face, but everyone could see her sadness because her eyes were very pale, so pale that there was no color.
Gu Qing walked forward and held her hand. He looked into her eyes and said, "I can't live without you. I feel sad when I think about it."
Empress Hu's eyes gradually regained some color. She said, "But I'll be jealous, I'll be jealous, I'll go crazy … That will cause trouble."
Gu Qing didn't say anything.
Empress Hu said in a trembling voice, "Okay, I'll get used to it slowly."
Gu Qing stroked her face with an apologetic and pitiful expression, but more than that, he was determined.
…
…
The Empress Dowager couldn't remarry.
It didn't matter if the other was the Regent of the State or the future Sect Master of Aoyama.
Thus, she and Gu Qing had always been very cautious.
Fortunately, the Great Formation of the Imperial Palace was under Gu Qing's control. No one could spy on them from the Imperial Palace, so he wasn't worried that this matter would be exposed.
But what he didn't expect was that someone had placed a talisman in this palace.
That talisman was of a very high grade, but it didn't have any destructive power, and it didn't leak any Qi. If it could be hidden on the Platform of Clouds for so many years, it could naturally be hidden in the Imperial Palace.
Late that night, an old eunuch came to the washing station with his back bent, and went to the house through the back door.
Before long, he came to an extremely secluded house under the cover of darkness.
The formation of the house opened soundlessly, bringing him to the Reception Hall in the deepest part of the house.
A one-armed old man with graying sideburns sat on a chair and looked at him in Silence.
The old eunuch didn't dare to hesitate. He struck his abdomen with his palm and vomited out a round pearl.
This pearl was the most precious treasure of Zhongzhou School — the Retrieved Heavenly Orb.
The one-armed old man was the elder of Zhongzhou School, Yue Qianmen, who had lost his arm in the battle of Zhaoge City a hundred years ago.
Yue Qianmen took over the Retrieved Heavenly Orb and asked expressionlessly, "Is it all inside?"
The old eunuch said, "If anything has happened in the last half a year, it's all inside."
Yue Qianmen smiled faintly.
This Retrieved Heavenly Orb was very important for Zhongzhou School, but what was inside was even more important.
If what the Immortal had predicted was true, Aoyama would be tarnished, and the relationship between Aoyama and the Imperial Court would be ruined.
Of course, Zhongzhou School would try to use this Retrieved Heavenly Orb to make Gu Qing do something for them before that.
As he was thinking of all this, Yue Qianmen suddenly heard a faint flute sound in the night sky.
Recalling the flute sound in the royal palace one hundred years ago, the expression on his face changed abruptly. He exerted all of his Dao Source without hesitation and vanished from the original spot.
The Escape Method of Heaven and Earth of Zhongzhou School was unparalleled in the world. As long as he could leave this house, he would be able to flee in the darkness of the night. Even the owner of the flute sound wouldn't be able to find him.
Yet, the darkness of the night was not the real darkness of the night, but two black curtains.
They were the wings of the Dark Phoenix.
Yue Qianmen was forced to show up in the night sky by the Dark Phoenix. Before he could react, his head had been pierced through by the invisible small sword that came along with the flute sound.
Yue Qianmen was indeed a swordsman in the Lianxu State. He was still alive after suffering such a cruel injury.
It was then that a crack suddenly appeared in the darkness of the night sky above the house, swallowing him up.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect landed on the ground from the night sky, his mouth closed tightly.
A series of thudding sounds burst out in his abdomen, as if countless magic pills had exploded in the tripod at the same time.
It was the self-explosion of Yue Qianmen before his death. Even the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect felt a bit sad. His face was pale, his eyes blood-red. He had to summon the demonic energy to suppress the explosion.
Looking at the hair drifting down in the night wind, the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect revealed a heartbroken expression in his eyes. He sighed a few times and spat out the Retrieved Heavenly Orb from his mouth.
Seeing the scene, the Dark Phoenix said in a mocking tone, "I have no idea how many people's saliva you have tasted."
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect didn't pay any attention to the Dark Phoenix. He handed the Retrieved Heavenly Orb to Yin San with a gloomy expression.
Yin San caught the Retrieved Heavenly Orb with his sleeve and blew on it in disdain.
As he blew on it, the Retrieved Heavenly Orb emitted countless rays of light, projecting a scene on the wall, along with a sound.
Having seen the conversation between Gu Qing and Empress Hu that night, Yin San remarked sentimentally, "The affection is genuine; it's truly touching."
"He didn't bring shame to Aoyama," said the Dark Phoenix.
As far as he was concerned, Gu Qing's status was already established, regardless of whether he could become the sect master of Aoyama or not. Even if he wanted to have sex with a woman, he should find a woman who was worthy of him. The status of the Empress Dowager was not a bad choice.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect couldn't help but remark, "I always feel that your Aoyama Sect is the deviant sect compared to me."
"We don't eat people," the Dark Phoenix explained earnestly.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect found that the old eunuch was still alive. He smashed him into minced meat with his palm, saying in disdain, "The flesh of this kind of person is not tasty."
Yin San walked toward the darkness of the night outside the courtyard with a faint smile, as he said, "An interesting person like Gu Qing should be eaten slowly."
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