The Word of Heaven

Chapter 311 The Imperial Dao Sect Finally Meets

There was dead silence.

After Gu Zhuo stated this fact, there was naturally no need to continue the conversation.

The White Emperor has always been reluctant to show up, which is enough to prove his attitude and even opinion towards the current changes - if the Queen cannot solve this problem on her own, then so be it.

Yes, this was the common opinion of all the courtiers present.

No matter how well the couple is doing and how much they love each other, compared with those truly important things, they are ultimately insignificant and can be discarded, not to mention that the couple may not necessarily love each other.

Many people's eyes fell on Bai Langxing, and they couldn't help but have a strong idea in their mind.

Over the years, although His Majesty the Emperor has shown grace to the Empress in many matters, and even allowed her to sit in the position of the Mother of the Country, he has never allowed her to leave any bloodline.

In the past, no one had ever seriously thought about this issue. People just thought that the Emperor would definitely ensure long-term peace and stability in the world and had no interest in this.

Now it seems that perhaps it is because His Majesty himself is unwilling.

The queen's eyes were colorless.

Gu Zhuo stopped looking at her, turned around, and said to Xie Yinglian, "Let's leave here."

Xie Yinglian said hello.

Then she raised her head, her eyes bright as stars, and asked earnestly: "Where should I go to follow you?"

Gu Zhuo said, "Wait until the day when you are able to kill Qiuzhi without sincerity."

Xie Yinglian's face was as gloomy as water and he remained silent.

At this moment, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be recuperating from illness, came to the city gate tower with the support of many officials.

The old man first bowed to Gu Zhuo in silence, then turned to look at the pale queen, and said seriously with a sigh: "The children below have been waiting for so long. Today is the summer festival, the sun is very hot, and others are not here to see us old guys. Isn't it inappropriate to do this now?"

It seems like nothing has been said, but in fact everything that needs to be done has been done.

Didn't stop Xie Yinglian from leaving.

Treat Gu Zhuo with courtesy.

Only face the Queen.

How could the queen not understand what the prime minister meant?

After a brief silence, she tried to raise the corners of her lips as usual, revealing a decent and charming smile, but found that she couldn't even do this extremely skillful thing.

Her breathing became rapid and difficult, and she said in a slightly hoarse voice: "It is inappropriate."

"That's good."

The prime minister turned around and looked at the pale-faced eunuch Cao not far away, and ordered: "The queen is not feeling well today, please send her back to the palace, and I will take care of the summer sacrifice this year."

Eunuch Cao stared at the old prime minister with great anger.

Now that you have stood up with great dignity, do you think you are really clean?
As the Queen's confidant, how could he not know that all the arrangements made against Xie Yinglian today had been approved by the Prime Minister in advance?
Just before he tried to fight to the death, the queen finally pulled herself together and came to her senses.

"time to go."

After hearing these words, Eunuch Cao suddenly lost all his strength, fell to the ground, and was in a daze.

The prime minister said expressionlessly: "Go and help."

The queen did not refuse and accepted the fact.

She knew very well that this was her only chance to retain her dignity.

But when people's eyes fell on her, looking at her face that seemed to be getting thinner in an instant, thinking about her bright and beautiful face not long ago, thinking about the fact that she was actually high and mighty not long ago, they gradually couldn't believe that this person who was so weak that even makeup couldn't cover it up... was actually the Queen Mother. How could they feel the existence of the word decency from her decision?
Those eyes gradually showed pity and sympathy, causing the queen's body to stiffen again.

She suddenly felt angry for no reason and thought that such pity and sympathy were ridiculous. She wanted to scold these stupid idiots in a cold voice.

However, she ended up doing nothing but closing her eyes for a moment, accepting it all in silence, and leaving.

On the way out, when she passed by Gu Zhuo, she suddenly asked, "Being forced to get involved in these mundane affairs with your own hands, don't you feel even a little disgusted or bored?"

Gu Zhuo's attitude towards her has never mattered. After thinking for a while, he said, "Not bad."

The Queen was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud and said self-deprecatingly, "How interesting."

After saying this, she walked away in the gaze of everyone.

People knew that the cold palace might be her final destination for the rest of her life.

But no one understood why the queen said those four words at the end and what the meaning was.

Even Gu Zhuo didn't understand it all.

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……

The summer festival went on as usual, and Ye Yilan's name was sung loudly.

After a brief silence, people began to applaud.

The applause was sparse, not like thunder, and it was clear that people were still immersed in the complex emotions brought about by the Demon Lord.

Instead of feeling disappointed or lost, Ye Yilan's eyes were extremely bright.

She raised her head high and stared at Gu Zhuo, whose figure became ethereal among millions of eyes, like a speck of dust in the vast ocean, and suddenly disappeared.

It feels like floating away as if ascending to heaven.

Ye Yilan clenched the fist hidden in her sleeves, her chest suddenly filled with pride, and she thought with great pride and regret: I didn't even believe that my senior brother would stand up, but instead expected to gain recognition from outsiders. How stupid is this?

The little girl took a deep breath and raised her hands to hold the hair on both sides of her face, allowing the sunlight to shine on her youthful face without any obstruction, just like a hibiscus flower that is reborn after being washed by rain.

Without even turning her head, she shouted to her peers and the elders on the city gate tower, "The first place in this summer festival will be mine, and it will be won by Changzhou Academy, just like four years ago!"

then.

The summer festival officially begins.

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……

The departure happened in a moment and Gu Zhuo didn't hear those words, but he never doubted Ye Yilan.

That spring, the little girl had been taught the path of spiritual practice by him, so there was no reason for her to be inferior to others.

Unless Ye Yilan’s opponent is someone like Yu Sheng.

But how many old people in this world are there who are willing to retrace their steps from the old days?

The outcome of this year's summer festival has already been determined.

When Gu Zhuo's consciousness returned to Baidi Mountain, the morning light had already risen completely.

The lake reflects the morning sun of midsummer. The water surface broken by the mountain breeze looks like tens of thousands of golden leaves from a distance, intoxicating the heart.

The picture is as beautiful as yesterday.

The atmosphere in front of the stone house was extremely solemn and cold, like ten thousand year old black ice that could not be melted by the scorching sun.

Reaching straight into the sky, the beam of light with thousands of magnificent colors still exists realistically, being the only bridge between heaven and earth.

The eunuch leader looked at Pei Jinge.

Pei Jinge stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes always fixed on the bridge between heaven and earth that looked like colored glaze and a rainbow. He regarded the pedestrians on the bridge as scenery and was unwilling to look back for a long time.

Yu Sheng is not here.

Not long ago, she asked as a matter of course where the ingredients were, and then returned to the stone house alone to prepare breakfast.

This is something no one expected.

This calmness will of course make people feel obvious discomfort.

However, considering Yu Sheng's true identity, everyone present decided to turn a blind eye after a brief contemplation and pretend that they saw nothing.

There is a little smoke rising from the kitchen and the sun is scorching.

The eunuch leader finally couldn't remain silent any longer and said slowly, "Master Pei, what do you think now?"

Pei Jinge didn't look back and said, "Being safe and sound is the best thing."

The eunuch leader looked at her back and said seriously: "At least you need to give me a reason for peace."

Pei Jinge said self-deprecatingly: "Of course I want to give you this reason, but it's not my turn to decide."

The eunuch leader was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "You didn't deny my address to you before."

Pei Jinge smiled calmly and indifferently, and said, "The Sky Patrol Division is the result of half of my life's hard work. I have been called Division Master Pei for almost a hundred years. How can it be easy to forget it?"

The chief eunuch said, "I believe that His Majesty also misses the Sky Patrol when you were here."

The words were true, from the bottom of my heart. As the only close minister of the White Emperor, the power he possessed was far beyond the imagination of most people. How could he not see the current corrupt situation of the Sky Patrol?
Pei Jinge suddenly stopped smiling.

"But you know..."

She turned around, looked coldly at the eunuch leader, and said, "I am very annoyed with the queen."

The eunuch leader remained silent.

For those living within the vermilion palace walls, this had long become an open secret after the confrontation outside the imperial study.

Pei Jinge said with a half-smile: "It's a coincidence that the person I hate the most right now happens to be in power. When she is deposed..."

The words stopped abruptly.

"Then you've been waiting."

Gu Zhuo's voice sounded beside her: "Today."

Pei Jinge was stunned.

The eunuch leader was also stunned.

When these words floated to the other side of the stone house, even Yu Sheng was stunned.

Gu Zhuo floated to Pei Jinge's side and said, "I just went to the Divine Capital and chatted with Xie Yinglian and Qiuzhi for a while."

Pei Jinge didn't know how to understand what he heard, so he asked, "And then?"

Gu Zhuo said: "The process was a little unpleasant."

The eunuch leader's expression was extremely ugly.

Pei Jinge laughed and said, "But the queen finally listened to your advice and accepted the fact that she was deposed?"

"Ah."

Gu Zhuo said.

There was a long silence.

Pei Jinge didn't speak for a long time, and his eyes became a little dazed, probably because he was lost in old memories.

She knew too well what kind of person her former friend was. There must have been some thrilling changes behind Gu Zhuo's careless and understated words.

"I won't say thank you to you."

Pei Jinge turned his head, looked towards the direction of Shendu, and said, "You are not doing this for me anyway."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and shook his head and said, "I should say thank you to you."

Combined with what was said not long ago, the meaning is clear.

The eunuch leader, who was about to take action, had a slightly changed look and stopped.

How could Pei Jinge not understand?
She smiled and asked, "Is this your thank you gift to me?"

“Yes, but not all.”

Gu Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "After all, I owe you a lot for all the journey we've been through."

Pei Jinge didn't say anything. He looked at the stone house where the smoke was still coming out. He suddenly thought of how his cooking skills had improved unimaginably in the past few days, and found it inexplicably interesting.

"strangeness."

She didn't look at him, raised her eyebrows and said, "Why didn't I know you still owed me?"

In the stone house, Yu Sheng glanced at the two people on the other side and said nothing.

Gu Zhuo thought that this statement was a bit too harsh.

Pei Jinge looked at the eunuch leader and said without changing his expression: "It seems that I have no reason to shirk my responsibility."

The eunuch leader followed her advice, bowed to her, and said sincerely: "I am very happy that Master Pei is willing to return to a familiar position."

"Don't be happy too soon."

Pei Jinge said: "In case you can't get excited later."

The eunuch leader was stunned for a moment, then vaguely realized what was meant by the words, his expression became unbelievable, and he asked in shock: "Could it be that you can break through the realm and become a fairy?!"

"Or else?"

Pei Jinge said nonchalantly: "I don't break through because I don't want to."

When the voice fell, many people thought of the same question after a brief shock.

——Why don’t you want to break it?

These people's eyes were all focused on Gu Zhuo.

The same is true for Pei Jinge.

She said to the eunuch leader, "I don't have the confidence to defeat the Demon Lord."

No one is an idiot. Everyone still remembers the conversation just now, so it is impossible not to hear the hidden meaning.

However, neither the eunuch leader nor anyone else could understand why Pei Jinge protected Gu Zhuo so much. They could only think that this was actually the intention of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"I understand."

The eunuch leader did not hesitate for too long. He accepted this fact with great calmness and reason, and said, "The Demon Lord is indeed an existence that only Your Majesty can defeat."

Pei Jinge was very satisfied.

But she didn't laugh. She walked calmly to Gu Zhuo and said directly, "Don't die."

Gu Zhuo didn't know what to say.

Pei Jinge said: "Next time we meet, it will be my knife that will speak to you."

Without waiting to hear the "OK", she turned and left, standing in front of the eunuch leader.

Gu Zhuo watched him go.

When he turned and walked towards the stone house, the familiar aura behind him began to change, indicating a breakthrough.

Yu Sheng stood in front of the door and asked, "Would you like a bowl of porridge?"

Gu Zhuo said: "Wait a moment."

"There's still one place to go..."

His eyes fell on the pillar of light that connected the sky and the earth, and he said calmly, "Otherwise I will feel uneasy."

Yu Sheng walked up to Gu Zhuo, straightened his shirt for him, and said, "Go early and come back early."

"Ah."

Gu Zhuo opened his arms and gently hugged his wife.

Pei Jinge watched the scene quietly.

Just like Yu Sheng who was standing in the distance that day.

Suddenly the wind started blowing.

Gu Zhuo's figure was blown away.

Leave some residual warmth.

The sun is just right.

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The dilapidated Taoist temple deep in Yunmengze.

The White Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, facing Xue Feng with an indifferent look in his eyes.

Beside him, countless dark-colored broken stones were floating.

Those were the remains of the Heavenly Dao Seal and the Mountain and River Plate.

It was like an abyss, and all light was swallowed up by these cold black stones.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

The White Emperor stretched out his hand, feeling the distant wind blowing from behind.

After a moment, he turned to look at Gu Zhuo and said, "Long time no see."

(End of this chapter)