Chapter 5: A Bit Difficult

“Haha, now that’s more like fighting for the embroidered ball. Elder Sister is in a good mood today.”

A cheerful laugh came from not far away. Gu Sui looked over and saw a woman in a moon-white brocade robe, with a somewhat relaxed figure, coming towards them.

“Greetings to Your Highness Shu Wang,” Yan Wu said with a bow.

Mu Congfeng raised her hand to excuse the courtesy, then turned to Gu Sui with a smile, her eyes flashing with obvious admiration.

“It’s my first time seeing Young Master Gu up close. Such a beauty wasting away in the army for years is truly a pity.”

She sighed like this, making Gu Sui secretly roll his eyes.

Gu Shi was born beautiful. Not only did he inherit her looks, but he also had a pair of peach blossom eyes. Since childhood, he had been criticized for looking too delicate.

He never thought he’d still be called a beauty here.

He wasn’t sure if it was a compliment or an insult.

“You talk too much.”

A voice without much tonal inflection came out.

Mu Congfeng thought to herself that she hadn’t said much, so why was Elder Sister so impatient today?

“There are at least a dozen beauties in your mansion, which one isn’t a beauty?”

Mu Jiulu glanced at her sideways. Mu Congfeng was full of question marks.

Everyone in the capital knew of her flirtatious nature, why did Elder Sister suddenly bring this up?

Gu Sui didn’t know.

The bewildered Mu Congfeng didn’t notice that after Mu Jiulu finished speaking, the beauty’s gaze became meaningful, and he even silently moved away from her a bit.

Mu Jiulu was satisfied.

Mu Congfeng sensed that the aura around Elder Sister had eased somewhat, so she dared to speak again.

“Elder Sister, with you pulling this stunt, that person in the palace must be worried sick. Don’t you care at all?”

“Which one in the palace? The one in Zichen Palace, Cining Palace, or Yongning Palace?”

Mu Jiulu spoke unhurriedly, as casually as if discussing where to have lunch today.

Mu Congfeng couldn’t help but applaud her, admitting defeat.

“No wonder Mother Emperor favored you before. With your state of mind, no sister can compare to you. If not for those two years, sigh, who knows what the situation would be now.”

Hearing these words, Gu Sui’s heart stirred slightly, and he suddenly asked.

“Two years? Which two years?”

Mu Congfeng looked over in confusion: “Young Master Gu doesn’t know? Oh right, you should have been at the border at that time.”

This time was too sensitive, making Gu Sui want to ask for details.

But Sui Yu and Yun Mu hurriedly came over to relay a message.

“Young Master, news just came that the family head is rushing over now. It’s said she’s coming with a sword.”

Gu Sui: “???”

Mu Congfeng looked at Mu Jiulu with schadenfreude and said softly.

“Elder Sister, it seems this General is coming for you.”

Gu Sui suddenly remembered that Yun Mu had mentioned earlier that Mu Jiulu didn’t get along with his mother.

Although he didn’t know why, it seemed best not to let the two meet for now.

If they started fighting, he really wouldn’t know what to do.

“I’ll leave this embroidered ball in your care for now. We’ll meet again another day.”

Before leaving, Gu Sui gave Mu Jiulu a deep look. The latter raised her chin slightly and said.

“This thing is now mine. How to dispose of it is my business, no need for Young Master Gu to worry about it.”

Gu Sui: “……”

He suspected she was deliberately provoking him, but he had no proof!

Gu Sui kicked the railing and left with a sullen air.

Mu Congfeng watched the beauty’s behavior with surprise. No one noticed the fleeting joy in the Regent’s eyes.

*

“Sui’er, what’s going on? Tell Mother, did that Regent bully you?”

Gu Sui stopped Gu Tingsong, who was glaring angrily, in front of Yulu Tower. After much persuasion, he coaxed her into the carriage and comforted her, saying:

“No, no, you’re overthinking it. With you here, who could bully me?”

Gu Tingsong was very pleased by her obedient son’s sweet words, but still wanted to get to the bottom of it.

“Then tell Mother, what exactly were you thinking? Why did the embroidered ball end up in the Regent’s hands?”

Gu Sui blinked, those peach blossom eyes rippling with emotions, appearing more lively than his usual indifference.

Gu Tingsong couldn’t help but feel affection.

“Didn’t Mother say I could choose whoever I liked?”

The clean, soft voice rang out in the carriage. Gu Tingsong’s heart felt as if it had been struck by an arrow. She had never felt so conflicted before.

“But… but the Regent, she…”

She’s no pushover!

“Mother hopes Sui’er will have a smooth life. The Regent is not a good match. Sigh, it’s Mother’s oversight. I didn’t expect her to come to Yulu Tower today and bewitch my son!”

Gu Tingsong was both regretful and angry, explaining away his voluntary throwing of the embroidered ball to Mu Jiulu as the Regent’s seduction in just a few words.

Gu Sui felt he had witnessed true overprotectiveness.

“Mother, there’s something I want to ask. What exactly is the grudge between you and the… Regent?”

He might as well ask clearly, so he could mediate in the future.

Gu Tingsong sighed and slowly began.

“It’s a long story. Actually, when the Regent was still the Ninth Princess of Emperor An, Mother admired her.

Back then, the Ninth Princess was brilliant, excelling in both civil and military affairs. She was also the most favored princess. Everyone thought she would be the next Empress.”

Gu Sui hadn’t expected his ex-girlfriend to have such a glorious past. He furrowed his brow and asked, “Then what happened?”

“Three years ago, the Ninth Princess, who was about to be named Crown Princess, disappeared on her way to Chaoyang City and couldn’t be found anywhere.

Emperor An, devastated by the loss of her beloved daughter and already in poor health, couldn’t withstand this blow and passed away not long after.

On her deathbed, she passed the throne to her eldest daughter.

The eldest princess was kind-hearted and usually didn’t compete or fight, but her younger sisters were not simple.

Seeing that the strongest competitor, the Ninth Princess, was gone, how could they be willing to submit to this honest and loyal elder sister? Disputes arose everywhere.

Mother received Emperor An’s entrustment and naturally supported the eldest princess’s ascension with all her might, but this struggle still lasted for half a year.

In the end, although the eldest princess ascended the throne, she was secretly harmed and poisoned severely. Although most of the poison was neutralized, she didn’t live long.”

Gu Tingsong’s expression became somewhat rueful. “Just a year ago, the Ninth Princess, who had been missing for two years, suddenly appeared in the palace again.

No one knew where she had been before or what exactly had happened. It’s said even she herself couldn’t remember.

At that time, the previous Emperor, who was on her deathbed, heard the news and summoned the Ninth Princess to the palace in the middle of the night.

They used to be the closest sisters, but in the end, their positions as monarch and subject were unexpected. Who knows what they truly felt in their hearts.”

After that night, the previous Emperor passed away, the young Emperor ascended the throne, and the Regent assisted in governance.

Although she had disappeared from the capital for two years, Mu Jiulu was still Mu Jiulu. In just a few months, she had gathered all the power in the court into her hands.

If it weren’t for Mother’s two hundred thousand troops keeping her in check, who knows what she might do.”

“Sui’er, you must understand, if it weren’t for me protecting the nine-year-old little princess that night with all my might, who knows who would be the Empress today.

The Regent must hate me to the core in her heart. How could she sincerely want to marry you?”

Gu Tingsong spoke earnestly. Gu Sui’s lashes trembled slightly, his heart already surging with huge waves.

“But wasn’t the throne supposed to be hers in the first place?”

Gu Tingsong was silent for a moment, and after a long while, could only sigh about the vicissitudes of fate.

“No matter how favored she was back then, the orthodox lineage is still the orthodox lineage. If the previous Emperor had no offspring, it would have been fine, there could have been a possibility of a sister inheriting from a sister. But who would have thought she happened to have a princess?”

Gu Sui felt a sharp pain in his heart. He couldn’t imagine what kind of feelings Mu Jiulu must have had when she suddenly returned here a year ago, only to find that her mother had long passed away and the throne that should have belonged to her was gone.

At this moment, he was somewhat glad that she didn’t remember him, didn’t remember that breakup call he made that night.

Not remembering meant one less bit of pain, right?

Gu Sui collected his jumbled thoughts, looked up to meet Gu Tingsong’s gaze, and asked.

“Do you two have to stand on opposite sides?”

Gu Tingsong was about to say yes, but when her gaze fell on Gu Sui’s peach blossom eyes filled with complex emotions, her voice faltered.

“Actually, Mother doesn’t want to either. But although the Gu family army bears the Gu name, it was born for the dynasty and guards stability. I have received deep imperial favor, how could I allow the young Emperor to be restrained by her?”

Gu Sui wrinkled his smooth sleeve, lowered his lashes, and said in a slightly hoarse voice.

“But, I can’t look at anyone else anymore.”

Gu Tingsong’s mouth fell open. She never imagined that her son, who had just developed feelings today, would be so quickly captivated by that woman Mu Jiulu. What a sin!

“Sui’er, if you like someone else, Mother can support you no matter what happens in the future.

At worst, we can marry first, break that bloody disaster, and then divorce. Mother will support you for life.

But there are only two places you can’t marry into: one is the imperial palace, and the other is the Regent’s mansion.”

Gu Tingsong was extremely anxious. If her son was wronged anywhere else, she could lead two hundred thousand troops to charge over immediately.

But she had learned loyalty to the monarch since childhood, how could she attack the imperial palace?

As for the Regent’s mansion, she and Mu Jiulu currently maintained a special balance. She couldn’t rashly send troops either.

If Sui’er was bullied, it would be difficult for her even to seek revenge for him!

Gu Tingsong couldn’t bear this anger, and even more so couldn’t let her darling son bear this anger.

“Sui’er, listen to Mother. Let’s choose someone else. Is there anyone you like in the martial world? If not, we can take in a son-in-law. You can take in as many as you want. I’d like to see who dares say anything.”

The doting General’s words were shocking. Gu Sui swallowed nervously.

“Mother, are you serious?”

Gu Tingsong straightened her back and spoke heroically: “As long as my son likes them, we won’t marry you off. You can marry as many as you want!”

Hearing this, Gu Sui’s mind stirred. He rubbed his hands.

He indeed didn’t really want to be married off.

“Then Mother, I want to marry Mu Jiulu.”

Gu Tingsong: “???!!!”

“Sui’er, what did you say? Mother seems to have misheard.”

Gu Sui repeated it once more.

The General, who could remain unperturbed even when facing tens of thousands on the battlefield, tremblingly picked up the nearby tea to calm herself. Her gaze towards her son changed significantly.

Sui’er really dared to think!

It’s just that, well, implementing it might be a bit difficult.

***

“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him. Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?” (Female-dominant)

Synopsis:

Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends transmigrates to a female-dominated country.

Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?

Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!

Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!

Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.

Day NNN:

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