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Chapter 284 - Chapter 284 Chapter 171 My Wife is Slightly Unwell

Chapter 284: Chapter 171 My Wife is Slightly Unwell Chapter 284: Chapter 171 My Wife is Slightly Unwell Gu Changsheng was just about to discuss with Zhou Mu whether to accept the imperial edict or not when he heard this sharp cry.

Complete silence fell, and the abruptness of the cry startled Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng looked towards the source of the sound and saw Han Qiu, disregarding everything, leap off the eaves, stepping on the shoulders of the onlookers to quickly make her way over.

Anxiety and concern were clearly visible on her face.

“What’s happened to her?” Is appearing before the Emperor in the Capital City so terrible that it could even change the expression of the usually aloof Han Qiu?

Gu Changsheng asked Zhou Mu, puzzled.

Zhou Mu shook his head slightly and concealed a trace of darkness in his eyes.

In the span of a few breaths, Han Qiu, gasping for air, had already reached them and, bowing slightly, said urgently, “Lady Changsheng, you must not go to the Capital under any circumstances!”

She had hurried over from the guesthouse upon hearing the news of the imperial edict, and from afar, seeing her Lady pondering whether to accept the decree to enter the Capital, she panicked instantly.

Lady Changsheng must never go to the Capital!

Having just gone through the ordeal of suppressing bandits, Han Qiu hadn’t even had the time to change her muddy, tattered clothing. Disheveled, her hair unattended for four days and clumped together greasily.

Gu Changsheng looked at Han Qiu with amusement and helplessly shook his head, “What is there to panic about? The Emperor is not some wild beast; facing him in the Capital, can he really devour me?”

“The Emperor is indeed a wild beast! Lady Changsheng, under no circumstances should you go to the Capital!” Han Qiu, who had never contradicted Gu Changsheng before, was insistent, beads of sweat forming from her anxiety.

“Alright, alright!” Seeing her like this, Gu Changsheng quickly tried to soothe her, “Even if the Emperor is a beast, am I supposed to be afraid of him? Have you forgotten how capable your lady here is?”

Seeing that Gu Changsheng was still considering accepting the decree to go to the Capital, Han Qiu grew even more anxious. Being not good at articulating her thoughts and in a moment of desperation, she drew her longsword and placed it against her own throat.

“Lady Changsheng, if you insist on going to the Capital to appear before the Emperor, Han Qiu will take her own life right before your eyes!”

Gu Changsheng, seeing this, immediately turned pale and rushed forward to take the longsword away, “Han Qiu! What are you doing? Is it necessary to threaten me with your life over such a trivial matter?”

Han Qiu dodged Gu Changsheng’s hands, her face a mask of determination, “I am not joking! If you accept this imperial edict, I will die right in front of you!”

After struggling unsuccessfully for a bit and fearing that the sword could harm Han Qiu in the struggle, Gu Changsheng had no choice but to stand a step away, her palms sweaty with anxiety, and surrender, “Alright, alright! I was just considering whether or not to go to the Capital! Since you are so against it, then I won’t go! Put the sword down!”

“Are you serious, Lady?” Han Qiu looked doubtfully at Gu Changsheng.

“I, Gu Changsheng, have always meant what I say and never speak falsely!” Gu Changsheng looked pleadingly at the sword in her hand, the sunlight glinting off the slender blade, resting so perilously against Han Qiu’s slender neck, a sight both heart-stopping and formidable.

“Han Qiu, you know me, I am naturally lazy and enjoy ease; the hardships of the Southward journey still weigh on my mind. Why would I seek out difficulties by traveling far again? Take the sword down, and I promise you, I won’t go anywhere. I’ll just live a good life in Liuzhou City.”

Gu Changsheng again tried to snatch the longsword from Han Qiu’s hands.

But Han Qiu, ever vigilant of Gu Changsheng’s every move, dodged the extended hand with a turn.

The sharp blade, in this tug and dodge, left a thin blood mark like silk on Han Qiu’s neck.

“Han Qiu, you’re mad! Don’t you trust my word anymore? I said I will not go to the Capital, and I will not! Do you think I’m eager to appear before the Emperor? What place is the Capital? It is the place I, Gu Changsheng, least want to set foot in my entire life!” Gu Changsheng suddenly became desperate, shocked and not knowing what to do.

Han Qiu, still doubtful, shook her head.

“Han Qiu, though we are officially master and servant, we are no different from sisters. I know you worry about what dangers might befall me in the Capital. I won’t go, isn’t that enough? You can even forbid me from ever going to the Capital, and I’ll agree!”

Gu Changsheng spoke urgently, trying to persuade. Han Qiu, stubborn as ice, once she set her mind to something, it was like trying to pull back ten oxen. Right now, she was just short of swearing an oath to heaven and earth!

Han Qiu looked at her own Lady in front of her, her eyes flashing with deep concern.

Then she turned to Zhou Mu standing aside and said, “Prince Mu, if you want the Lady to be safe and sound, if you still want to be with her, do not let her set foot in the Capital City Region!”

Zhou Mu relaxed, his splendid purple robe billowing, embroidered with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon so lifelike it seemed ready to soar through the heavens at any moment.

“This prince promises you, I will not let her step foot in the Capital City Region, put the sword down.”

If anyone in this world cared most about Gu Changsheng!

It was undoubtedly Zhou Mu!

Seeing him make such a promise, Han Qiu’s grip on the sword loosened instantly.

Gu Changsheng seized the moment, deftly snatched the longsword from her, and flung it forcefully to the side.

Then, without a second’s hesitation, she slapped Han Qiu fiercely!

“Han Qiu, you madwoman! Is your life so worthless? Have you lost your mind to blackmail me with your life?”

Han Qiu covered her slapped face, standing still, allowing Gu Changsheng to scold furiously.

“Haven’t you thought about your brother? The Han family only has you two left as roots, are you so reckless with your life? Swords and blades are blind, if you truly lose your life by your own sword, descending into Hell, would you have the face to meet your parents, the face to confront the ancestors of the Han family?”

God knows, when she saw the blade slashing across her neck, leaving that shocking trace of blood, her heart nearly leaped out of her throat.

She regarded Han Qiu as a sister, as family. She had mercilessly slaughtered Xiao Chengwen and his entire household for her, and yet she dared to threaten her life!

“Han Qiu, listen to me, no matter how great your reasons, even if it’s for me, you cannot joke with your life!”

“My life matters, and so does yours! In my eyes, no one’s life is more valuable than another’s! Only this once–if you dare do such again, take your brother and leave my side…”

By the end, Gu Changsheng felt somewhat drained.

Just now, she really almost scared me to death!

With a “thud!” sound coming, Han Qiu previously unrepentant and standing unyieldingly, fell to her knees without hesitancy.

“Mistress, your maid knows her fault, your maid will not leave!” She promised a lifetime of loyalty, that meant she would never leave Lady Changsheng’s side for a lifetime! Not even in death!

Gu Changsheng looked at her rigid back kneeling on the ground, and it took a long time for her anger to subside. With a helpless sigh, she stepped forward and pulled her up, “If you dare to do so again, even if you don’t leave, I will make you leave, understand?”

Han Qiu quickly nodded her head.

Gu Changsheng, seeing the smudge of blood on her neck, quickly called Elder Liang from a distance to help treat Han Qiu’s wound.

The entire day, with her anger rising and falling alarmingly, left Gu Changhseng utterly exhausted; she looked to Zhou Mu, who was always by her side, for help.

“What now? How should we handle this imperial edict?”

Having her enter the Capital City to face the court was out of the question.

Even if she wanted, Zhou Mu would surely not agree at this juncture.

Zhou Mu indulgently straightened her disheveled hair, his voice deep and soothing as if imbued with calming magnetism, “What difficulty is there? This is just an imperial decree, the old man is merely curious to see what his awe-inspiring granddaughter-in-law looks like, radiant enough to overturn cities, and couldn’t wait to meet her.”

Zhou Mu said this, glancing over at Han Qiu dressing her wound, his voice still deep and captivating, “Since my love has promised that girl not to enter the Capital City, then we won’t enter. If he truly wishes to see you, he can come to Liuzhou himself.”

Gu Changsheng of course knew that Emperor Zhoulin wouldn’t just be “impatient to see her”; she also knew the Emperor wouldn’t humbly come to Liuzhou to see her. Yet, under Zhou Mu’s gentle and soothing words, her initially restless heart strangely calmed down.

This feeling of having someone to rely on, Gu Changsheng deeply felt for the first time in her two lives.

The feeling was like having someone to share the journey with, even if the path ahead was thorny, she would no longer be walking alone…

After soothing Gu Changsheng, Zhou Mu gave her a reassuring look before turning to the Little Eunuch still tremblingly kneeling on the ground. His voice suddenly reverted to its usual stern coldness, “Go back and recount today’s events word for word to the old man!”

“Understood…understood!” Upon hearing he could go back, the Little Eunuch immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the imperial edict in his hands, he became troubled again.

With his face bruised and swollen from Gu Changsheng’s striking, the Little Eunuch gathered his courage, still terrified, and asked, “Then this imperial edict…”

Are we still accepting it?

Defying an edict and disrespecting the Emperor is a capital offense…

Not in a million years would the Little Eunuch dare to say such things.

Zhou Mu turned back to embrace Gu Changsheng, gently arranging her slightly tangled long hair, his voice carrying a hint of warmth, “Go back and tell the old man my wife is slightly unwell, unsuitable to travel to the Capital City.”

The Little Eunuch and the onlookers all gasped in shock.

Slightly… unwell?

Lady Changsheng?

Just a moment ago, Lady Changsheng had brutally overpowered Eunuch Gui and more than twenty Imperial Forest Army soldiers in the blink of an eye, then caught them off guard in a severe beating!

And now, Lady Changsheng is unwell?

“Slightly… unwell?” The Little Eunuch, holding the imperial edict, froze, speechless.

“What? Any objections?”

As Zhou Mu’s cold gaze swept over, the Little Eunuch immediately lay prostrate, not daring to rise.

Fine, if His Highness Prince Mu wants to invert right and wrong, bluffing with eyes wide open, what can a Little Eunuch who narrowly escaped death possibly say?

If Lady Changsheng is unwell, then she is unwell, but how could he dare to report those words “my wife”?