A long sword swiftly flew past Gu Sui’s eyes, carrying a cold sword light, mercilessly piercing the assassin’s chest.
The fierce force sent her flying, heavily crashing in front of the approaching guards, surrounded by them.
Mu Jiulu jumped down from the palace wall, her entire being as if soaked in ice water, devoid of any warmth.
Gu Sui, who had narrowly escaped death, watched as she walked towards the groaning assassin lying on the ground, pulled out the long sword, and pressed it against the assassin’s throat.
“Who sent you?”
The assassin’s face was full of resentment and unwillingness. She didn’t say a word, knowing there was no chance left, and simply bit a poison to commit suicide.
Blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, the dark color making Gu Sui’s heart tremble repeatedly not far away.
Just what deep hatred made this person so determined?
Mu Jiulu’s expression turned even colder. She used the sword tip to lift the assassin’s collar, the black tattoo on her collarbone making her eyes narrow.
“Winter Province Poison Wolf.”
Gu Sui stepped forward and immediately saw the prominent wolf fang tattoo, his brows furrowing.
Mu Jiulu turned to look at Gu Sui, examining him up and down.
“Are you alright?”
Gu Sui shook his head. Mu Jiulu then looked at the group of guards around, sneering coldly.
“For something like this to happen right in front of the palace gate, what use are you!”
“Please forgive us, Wife-master.” The leading guard spoke in a deep voice, “It was our negligence that allowed the Winter Province Poison Wolf to infiltrate the palace. This subordinate will thoroughly investigate this matter and give Young General Gu an explanation.”
Mu Jiulu waved her hand with a cold expression. The group of guards dragged away the assassin’s corpse.
After everyone had withdrawn, Gu Sui looked at Mu Jiulu, whose brows were filled with coldness.
“Just now, were you concerned about me?”
Mu Jiulu’s chin was tense, her red lips tightly pressed. At his words, she let out a disdainful laugh and averted her gaze.
“Master Gu thinks too much. This King just didn’t want a bloody incident to occur in front of the imperial palace.”
“Is that so? What a coincidence that you were also here?”
Mu Jiulu nodded expressionlessly. Gu Sui looked at her side profile and lightly clicked his tongue.
“But your reason for saving me is insufficient. Based on what you said before, you can’t let the Gu family army fall into anyone’s hands, and you don’t want to marry me. Wouldn’t it be best if I died then?”
Gu Sui asked calmly. Mu Jiulu glanced at him sideways.
“If you died, Gu Tingsong would go mad.”
“You don’t seem afraid of her though.”
Gu Sui said with a smile, his peach blossom eyes curving into a beautiful arc.
“You were just concerned about me.”
“Lulu, don’t you agree?”
Gu Sui said to the frightened white kitten in his arms. A dark look flashed in Mu Jiulu’s eyes.
“What did you call this King?”
Lu and Lu sounded the same, so Mu Jiulu unconsciously thought he was calling her.
Gu Sui looked up at her with mischief, chuckling inwardly.
“I wasn’t calling you. I was calling it.”
Mu Jiulu looked at the innocent white kitten nestled in the young man’s arms, her teeth feeling a bit itchy.
“Look at its eyes. Aren’t they as clear as the morning dew? That’s why I named it Lulu.”
Faced with Gu Sui’s explanation, Mu Jiulu indicated she didn’t want to hear it and just wanted him to change the name.
“No way. It’s my cat, I’ll call it whatever I want.”
Mu Jiulu: “The Empress Dowager gave it to you?”
Gu Sui responded unhurriedly: “Yeah.”
“Don’t you understand the meaning behind it?”
Mu Jiulu said, exasperated by his denseness. A hint of success flashed in Gu Sui’s eyes.
“I know. See, this young master still has a market. If you don’t hold on tight, you’ll miss your chance once this opportunity passes.”
Mu Jiulu: “……”
She felt all her composure was worthless in front of him. He could always easily stir her emotions, just like now.
Mu Jiulu had to use great effort to suppress the urge to tie him up and take him back to the manor right now. She snorted and said in a mocking tone,
“Is that so? If that day really comes, Master Gu will have to call this King ‘Royal Aunt’.”
Gu Sui: “???”
He froze in place, not expecting their conversation to develop in this direction.
If she couldn’t win the argument, she pulled rank on him!
Not playing fair!
“Let’s not talk about this. That assassin just now, what Winter Province Poison Wolf?”
Mu Jiulu: “You don’t know?”
Gu Sui: “I should know?”
“What do you think? The Wolf-Slaying General famous throughout Winter Province.”
Gu Sui: “……”
That title, was it referring to him?
“Winter Province is located on the snowy plains, with sixteen cities divided among three forces. The Poison Wolves occupy eight of them. They are vicious and insidious, living by plunder.
Three years ago, when you went on an expedition to the snowy plains, you massacred the Poison Wolves’ main city, Wugui City, killing tens of thousands. There are less than a hundred Poison Wolves surviving in the world now, and every one of them hates you to the core.”
Mu Jiulu still explained a sentence or two for him. After listening, Gu Sui fell silent.
Unexpectedly, this Gu Suizhi was quite brutal.
But he didn’t feel he did anything wrong.
The Poison Wolves acted against the laws of heaven and earth. Gu Suizhi’s act of massacring the city, his only oversight was not being thorough enough.
Gu Sui felt that since he now occupied his body and his loved ones,
Then he would also bear this hatred.
It seemed he still needed to think of a way to take control of this inner strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he encountered the Poison Wolves seeking revenge in the future, it would be hard to handle.
Mu Jiulu wouldn’t always be by his side.
“Why aren’t you talking?”
Mu Jiulu said indifferently, thinking he was scared, pondering how to comfort him without breaking character.
“Oh, it’s nothing. Just hungry. Have you eaten?”
Mu Jiulu raised an eyebrow and looked at the white kitten in his hand.
“Is Yongning Palace so poor that it can’t even provide an extra meal?”
It would be a laughingstock if word got out.
Gu Sui tugged the corner of his mouth: “Didn’t eat well.”
He had only eaten the empty promises the Empress Dowager fed him. He barely had a few bites of that meal, and after fighting just now, he was already hungry.
Mu Jiulu let out a light laugh, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes. She said to him: “Then let’s go.”
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Synopsis:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
He even had his eyes on another woman.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
Su Mu expressed her disdain.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
She also wanted to embrace Xie Yi, who had silently stayed by her side in her previous life and committed suicide by taking poison after her death.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
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Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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