He fled in defeat. Mu Jiulu stared at his retreating figure, her eyes playful.

Still the same as before.

Pretending to be experienced, but actually pure beyond words.

*

At the Grand Court Session, all the officials noticed one thing — the Regent seemed to be in a good mood today.

Her usual sharpness was lessened, and she wasn’t as sinister as before.

But she still handled matters decisively and efficiently.

The little Emperor sat on the dragon throne, her small face tense, her mind full of worries.

Ninth Royal Aunt was still so domineering, not even waiting for her to speak before resolving the matters presented by the court officials.

Although her methods were indeed more thorough than what she herself could think of, she wasn’t the Emperor for nothing. Shouldn’t she at least ask her?

The little Emperor’s eyes shifted. That young man in the ranks of the martial officials was particularly conspicuous.

But after observing for a while, the little girl sighed like an old soul.

Still the same as before, like a puppet. It was said he couldn’t even speak.

What was the point of marrying someone like that? Not as cute as her obedient cousin at all.

How worrying.

The Grand Court Session lasted the entire morning. Gu Sui felt a bit bored, so he went to observe Mu Jiulu.

Then he discovered that his ex-girlfriend looked really good when she was working seriously.

Capable, decisive, neither too fast nor too slow.

As if there was nothing in this world she couldn’t handle.

Hmm… He really needed to get rid of that ‘ex’ prefix as soon as possible.

The Regent stood on the steps in front of the dragon throne, her field of view wide open. She could naturally sense that gaze in the crowd.

She allowed that gaze to wander wantonly over her body, not looking sideways, only glancing over inadvertently when turning to look at the little Emperor.

He had a wooden expression, as if pretending to be Gu Suizhi.

He looked a bit dull, foolishly cute.

The corners of the Regent’s lips curled up slightly, but flattened instantly when facing the little Emperor, her words full of complicated state affairs.

The little Emperor listened until her head spun, but one thing put her mind slightly at ease.

Although the Regent had snatched the embroidered ball, she didn’t seem to pay any special attention to Gu Suizhi, so the situation didn’t look too bad.

After the Grand Court Session ended, the officials dispersed.

Gu Tingsong was just about to take her precious son to eat something delicious when news came from the inner palace that the Empress Dowager wanted to see Gu Suizhi.

With the Empress Dowager summoning him, Gu Tingsong had no choice but to let him go. Gu Sui followed the palace servant with a head full of question marks.

As Mu Jiulu passed by Gu Tingsong, she narrowed her eyes.

“Is General Gu not worried about her son?”

Gu Tingsong immediately became fully alert, clearly more wary of Mu Jiulu than anyone else.

“The palace guards are impenetrable. My son will naturally come to no harm.”

Mu Jiulu quietly looked at her for a moment, then laughed after a few seconds.

“Let’s hope so.”