"I have a premonition she will appear."
Lu Jingxing looked into the distance, his brow furrowed slightly.
Yu Mingyue heard a resolute tone in his words. What was he planning to do?
Before she could guess his intentions, Lu Jingxing waved his hand and coldly said, "Bring it up."
Yu Mingyue didn't understand what he meant, but when she looked back, she saw a coffin, and in front of it, someone was holding a memorial tablet. It was for Old Madam Gu.
Yu Mingyue was immediately shocked, "Lu Jingxing, are you insane!"
The deceased are to be respected, and Old Madam Gu had already been laid to rest.
"Are living people not more important than the dead, Sixth Daughter Yu? Do you want to see more heads hanging at the palace gates?"
Yu Mingyue suddenly understood what Lu Jingxing meant by his earlier words, "Lu Jingxing, do you think this will make Youyou come out?"
"There's only one way to find out. Even if she doesn't show up, I'm going to kill Gu Bohao today anyway. It's perfect, killing two birds with one stone!"
Gu Bohao had gone mad due to the Gu family's misfortune, but Lu Jingxing was even crazier than him.
However, he had a point. The living were indeed more important.
...
Gu Bohao and Feng Qirui's Northern Army had the palace gates tightly surrounded, waiting for Emperor Yong'an to finish writing the imperial decree so that the officials could present it to the new emperor.
Otherwise, those inside would not be able to get out, and the entire imperial palace would become a dead city.
"Junior Xie Jiayan requests an audience with Uncle Gu." Xie Jiayan stood outside the military tent.
Gu Bohao was not surprised by his appearance. A city gate could not stop him. Gu Bohao dismissed his guards.
If he wanted to kill him, he would have done so already.
Xie Jiayan saw that Gu Bohao's hair was completely white, a stark contrast to the composed, refined, and spirited man he had met before.
"What, you don't recognize me?" Gu Bohao smiled, but it couldn't hide the ferocity in his eyes.
The Gu family had been loyal and diligent, with his father working alongside the late emperor from the very beginning, paving the way for Emperor Yong'an's reign.
He knew Emperor Yong'an's resolve to eliminate the five great clans. Although he had tried to mediate and ease the tensions, the Gu family had always believed that the emperor was the emperor and the minister was the minister, and they had always supported Emperor Yong'an.
Yet, in the end, the Gu family had become his stepping stone. He had used the entire Gu family as bait to set up a scheme.
The Lu family had indeed been wronged back then, but the main culprit was not the Gu family, but Emperor Yong'an himself.
Yet, he had pushed the Gu family into the abyss. The men were exiled to the army, and the women were sent to the brothel. His mother had died and was almost left unburied in the wilderness. It was a tragedy that the loyal Gu family had suffered such a fate. How could he not hate him?
"Uncle Gu, no matter how you have changed, in Jiayan's heart, you are still the same as before. Uncle Gu has been kind to my father and me. Jiayan will never forget it." Xie Jiayan cupped his fists and bowed to Gu Bohao.
Gu Bohao was silent for a moment, then let out a cold laugh, "Never forget? Then what are you doing now? Don't tell me you're here to surrender."
"The Sage has already issued an edict of abdication for the Crown Prince to ascend the throne. Inside the palace, there are the Qianniu Guards. Outside, besides the Northern Army led by you, there are also Lu Jingxing's Five City Military Camps. If it truly comes to a conflict, do you have absolute certainty, Uncle Gu? When the capital is drenched in blood, how can you bear it?" Xie Jiayan tried to persuade him earnestly.
"So what if it comes to conflict? So what if blood flows like a river? What does it have to do with me? I just want to see the Xiao family's empire crumble and be engulfed in war!" Gu Bohao said with almost cruel indifference. "You cannot persuade me. If you leave now, I will not stop you out of respect for your father. But if you insist on being a mediator, I am afraid I cannot let you go."
As Gu Bohao spoke, he waved his hand, and dozens of arrows were aimed at Xie Jiayan, putting him in a life-or-death situation.