He had fought with the Evil King, though he didn't know his name.
Now, he dared to appear before her again. What else could he be doing but provoking her?
With his current spiritual power, controlling the Evil King was already difficult. Now, he had been harshly thrown by Gu Qianying.
He could also feel the physical pain of the Evil King.
His pale face grew even paler. As he tried to get up, before he could speak,
a sharp dagger was held against his throat.
A cold voice sounded in his ear, "Ugly thing, you seem to have grown weaker in this fight."
"..."
The tip of the dagger drew a bloodstain on his neck, and blood dripped onto her hand.
Originally attached to another body, the physical torment should not have harmed him in the slightest.
But now, it was different. The Evil King's blood would awaken the Evil King's soul within his sea of consciousness.
If the Evil King's soul were to be reawakened, not only would he suffer a backlash, but his soul would also be severely injured.
"Girl, it's me."
He spoke urgently.
Gu Qianying's body trembled.
This voice... was unfamiliar, but this address... was very familiar.
Her grip on the dagger did not falter. She asked darkly, "Who are you?"
"Flowers fall as they will, water flows as it must; one loves in vain, two suffer sorrow. My shadow accompanies you, you are my only one. In dreams, I long for you, a thousand cups intoxicate my heart. Recognize me after many days, girl, do you miss me?"
Gu Qianying stood frozen.
"Clang!"
The dagger in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
A mist of tears veiled her beautiful eyes, her lips trembled. The name she thought of day and night, at this moment, she was too overwhelmed with emotion to speak it.
The tears that traced her cheeks fell onto his bleeding neck, and were absorbed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Nangong..."
After a long while, she finally found her voice, but...
A basin of water, mixed with too many impurities and not very clean, was directly thrown onto Nangong Mo's face.
Following closely was Nangong Li, disguised as a servant, who cursed loudly, "Damn it, who the hell are you, trying to assassinate my Ninth Imperial Uncle's woman? You dog, die!"
A long sword was thrust directly at Nangong Mo.
Gu Qianying's beautiful eyes turned cold. She instinctively reached out to grab the sword with one hand.
But the person beneath her was much faster than her.
Suddenly getting up, as one hand embraced her slender waist, he flicked his sleeve, using only a little internal force, and snapped the long sword in Nangong Li's hand.
Nangong Li was instantly stunned.
He prepared to use his fists, but a voice stopped him.
"Stop, he's one of us!"
Gu Qianying spoke.
Nangong Li frowned.
"?"
One of them? Who was he?
"I am your Imperial Uncle, Nangong Mo."
Given that they were in the palace, Gu Qianying did not want to expose Nangong Mo's identity.
But Nangong Mo directly revealed his identity.
Emperor Lian appeared, disregarding everything, fearing no one. Naturally, he did not fear the present situation.
"What? You are Ninth Imperial Uncle?"
Nangong Li looked shocked, staring at Nangong Mo in disbelief.
What about the donkey meat body he was promised? How could it be? In the blink of an eye, he had possessed someone else?
This speed... was too formidable!
Nangong Mo recounted all of Nangong Li's childhood events.
However... the next moment, Nangong Li hugged Nangong Mo and began to wail.
His snot and tears were all smearing onto the white robe Nangong Mo was wearing.
Nangong Mo, with a darkened face, was about to knock Nangong Li unconscious with a palm strike.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Southern Barbarian Princess quickly grabbed Nangong Li's ear and kicked him away.
The doors of the sleeping quarters in the Jiaofang Hall were closed.
Outside the hall, Lu Zhu was standing guard.
Inside the room.
Nangong Mo sat by the edge of the couch, and Gu Qianying sat opposite him.
The two, reunited after a long separation, had much to say.
But... "Girl, this king cannot embrace you, this is not this king's body. This king longs to kiss you, but this king cannot, this is not this king's mouth..."
Gu Qianying listened from the side.
The tears in her eyes could not be held back.
"This king cannot remain in the Evil King's body for too long. This king's true body is about to awaken. This king needs to go into seclusion for forty-nine days to allow the true body to be reborn, to see the daylight, to see the night, to see you."
"This king will speak briefly. What happened that day in the small thatched hut with you, that person was this king."
Gu Qianying looked shocked.
"Girl, if you want the Eastern Victory Kingdom, this king will personally give it to you upon his return. Girl, be good, do not take risks. Nan Rong Qi is not a threat, but Empress Dowager Wula Nara Yixiu, she is no ordinary person. Do not confront her head-on. When this king returns, he will personally take her dog head and give it to you to kick around."
The sky suddenly became overcast.
At this moment, within a radius of a hundred miles, the awakened evil spirits were approaching step by step.
The sealed soul body within the Evil King's sea of consciousness seemed to show signs of awakening.
"Pfft!"
Nangong Mo spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Nangong Mo!"
Gu Qianying was startled. She reached out to grab his hand, but he stopped her.
"Don't touch him, he's dirty!"
"..."
Gu Qianying sniffled and did not step forward.
Nangong Mo clutched his chest, his eyes, which were full of her, gradually blurred.
He supported himself with one hand on the table, stood up, and opened his palm. A faint light appeared in his palm. As the light dispersed, a spiritual pearl the size of a palm appeared in his hand.
"Girl, this item is a spiritual pearl that can deal with evil spirits. If this king returns, the Evil King will surely awaken. If he tries to harm you, use this item to kill him directly."
As the spiritual pearl fell into Gu Qianying's hand, the soul body attached to the Evil King's body seemed to be drawn out.
"Girl, forty-nine days will pass quickly. Wait for me."
As he left the Evil King's body, the flowers and grasses covered by spiritual energy around them instantly lost their color.
The soul body within the Evil King's sea of consciousness was awakened.
He finally woke up.
Upon waking, he was met with a pair of cold eyes.
"Get out!"
"What?"
"Scram!"
The Evil King did not leave.
Gu Qianying raised the spiritual pearl in her hand.
The Evil King's eyes narrowed.
He quickly retreated several paces.
"Don't be angry, I can help you."
Gu Qianying looked at him, "Either get out, or die."
"I can help you kill the Empress Dowager!"
Gu Qianying narrowed her beautiful eyes, "What did you say?"
"My purpose is not to destroy you and him, but to capture my unworthy disciple, the Evil Spirit Child. This person is the current missing Empress Dowager. If I'm not mistaken, she is now on her way to Yunling Peak. If the matters here are resolved quickly, perhaps we can stop her before she arrives. The thousand disciples on Yunling Peak, as well as your master and your mother's names, are all in your hands."
"In addition, I can also help you deal with the current Concubine Rong. This person is not ordinary; she is not someone ordinary people can deal with. How about it, we cooperate? I'll catch my person, and you do your thing. As for your man, he might worry about what I will do to you, but conversely, with my abilities, I can protect you from harm by non-human beings. When he returns, you won't need my protection, and I will leave. Of course, by then, our cooperation will remain. Whether you want to continue then, you can ask your man's opinion. How about it?"
His words calmed Gu Qianying down.
"You can stay, but you must cut off your third leg."
The Evil King: "..."
A moment later.
Gu Qianying and the Evil King emerged from the room simultaneously.
The Evil King continued to disguise himself as a woman and remained by Gu Qianying's side as a maid.
Gu Qianying also accelerated her current plans.
As for the Evil King's third leg, it was ultimately kept.
But he still paid a price, drinking the Poison of Severed Love and being subjected to ač poison.
If he felt love, he would die.
The Mother-Child Gu!
If his heart held any evil thoughts towards Gu Qianying, he would be tormented by the child Gu, bleeding from all seven orifices and dying.
At this time, Gu Qianying, through a letter sent overnight, summoned the elite soldiers sent by the Empress of the Xia Kingdom, the Gu family army, and the disciples personally selected from the Poisonous Doctor's Pavilion.
At the same time, she also sent Nangong Li and the Southern Barbarian Princess away overnight.
However, Nangong Li returned again.
"Gu Qianying, what this prince should face, he should face!"
Gu Qianying agreed to let Nangong Li stay.
That night, when the Southern Barbarian Princess was sent away, Nangong Xuanning was also sent away by her.
It was also on that day that Ouyang Qinglin brought news of Du Chun's place of confinement.
And there was news from Hu Biao.
However, the person who came was Hu Biao's confidant.
When he arrived, he brought two corpses, one was Hu Biao's, and the other was the former emperor's.
Hu Biao was shot to death by arrows while trying to bring out the former emperor, and the former emperor had already starved to death while imprisoned by Nan Rong Qi.
Hu Biao was buried by people Gu Qianying found, and the former emperor was personally carried back and buried by Ouyang Qinglin.
The next day.
On this day of heavy snowfall,
the Eastern Victory Kingdom ushered in a grand palace coup.
Gu Qianying, dressed in red, stood at the city gate with tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
She rode on horseback, her red robes fluttering, looking heroic and valiant...