Chapter 175 Reincarnation of a Vixen
“Lord Gu, come to visit Commander Gu again!”
“Heh heh, the cookies made by Lord Gu are simply the most delicious in Linfeng Kingdom, they’re just a little scarce!”
“Go, go, go, it’s good enough that we have something to eat. If you keep asking Lord Gu for this and that, I’ll go tell Commander Gu later.”
“Hmph, you only know how to snitch, what else can you do!”
“Thank you for your hard work, Lord Gu, always coming to deliver cookies. This is a small token of my appreciation, I hope you don’t dislike it.”
When Gu Yu arrived at the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Guards he saw along the way greeted him enthusiastically, making Gu Yu smile all the way until he found his little wife, his mouth almost frozen from smiling.
Ever since Gu Yu started mass-producing energy cookies, he didn’t hide it. Instead, he directly sent the cookies to the Imperial Palace, letting Gu Mengyao distribute them to ensure these Imperial Guards were full of energy.
When Gu Yu added Space Spring Water to the cookies, their extraordinary effect was already determined.
And indeed, the Imperial Guards recovered very well and didn’t feel tired even when they were on night duty.
Even Bai Qian wanted to order a batch of cookies from Gu Yu, which immediately made Gu Yu feel the infinite business opportunities!
The Imperial Guards’ cookies couldn’t be charged for, but Bai Qian’s ordered cookies could!
After pondering internally, Bai Qian finally nodded in agreement with a pained heart after seeing the effect of the cookies with her own eyes.
At the same time, Bai Qian thought… if Gu Yu were to serve in the Ministry of Revenue, the national treasury would probably be profitable every year!
Unfortunately, Gu Yu didn’t want to be an official.
Once, when Bai Qian extended an olive branch to Gu Yu, she directly promised any official position in the imperial court that Gu Yu could choose freely.
Such a generous temptation would make anyone’s heart flutter.
After all, it was any official position.
As long as Gu Yu wanted it, he could immediately become the Prime Minister.
It was only because Gu Yu had good abilities and was Gu Mengyao’s husband that Bai Qian would graciously promise, to prevent encountering greedy guys who would want more.
However, Gu Yu refused without even considering it.
When Bai Qian asked for the reason, Gu Yu just smiled slightly, stating that he had no intention of being an official and that a life of reclusion was the best.
While saying this, Gu Yu’s words were quite suggestive, wanting Bai Qian not to overuse his wife and to let the two of them return to be hermit masters.
He even offered to pay a huge sum of money as a price.
Bai Qian didn’t answer Gu Yu’s words directly, but changed the subject, finally dropping the matter of Gu Yu becoming an official.
If Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao had to choose, Bai Qian would directly choose Gu Mengyao.
Not to mention, Gu Yu was thinking that neither of them would serve in the imperial court, but such a thing could only be dreamed of at night!
She would absolutely not let go of a good seedling like Gu Mengyao!
“Alas, wife, you’ve lost weight.”
“Lost weight? Why do I still feel like I’ve gained weight? You send me snacks and cookies every day, and I’ve eaten quite a lot.”
“No matter how much you eat, you can’t keep up with the consumption! How is Bai Qian ordering you around, I always see you so busy you can’t stand still.”
“Don’t you know? There have been quite a few ‘guests’ coming to the Imperial Palace recently, it can’t be helped.”
Seeing Gu Mengyao’s increasingly dark eye circles, Gu Yu couldn’t help but feel heartache, thinking about when his wife had ever suffered such hardship!!!
Bai Qian and those coveting the throne had nothing to do with it, but it was Gu Mengyao and other subordinates who were exhausted.
Just a few days ago, the alliance suddenly said they were looking for an inside traitor, causing a lot of commotion.
And then, they really caught one.
I don’t know what methods Bai Qian used, but all these caught traitors confessed, directly revealing the contacts and secret codes all at once.
After that, it was the open and secret struggle between the alliance and the Royal Support Squad.
Gu Yu didn’t understand the specifics.
It felt good to be an observer, and if he didn’t curb his curiosity in time, he might be pulled into the vortex and become passive.
Anyway, it was enough to know the outcome.
Compared to the alliance’s skilled killers, the Royal Support Squad was no match, but they didn’t headbutt the alliance. Instead, they directly spread the news that Zhou Li was a prince.
After proving that Zhou Li was not from the Zhou family and presenting the white jade chess piece as evidence, some old officials who knew about the imperial court struggles from years ago had no doubts and directly believed that Zhou Li was of royal blood!
Although Zhou Li was a bit ugly… but with the token, they couldn’t help but believe it.
And under the persuasion of the old officials, some officials also started to have some doubts.
Currently, the situation in Linfeng Kingdom was not good.
But with the appearance of Prince Zhou Li, the situation could be reversed.
This news was truly timely rain for Linfeng Kingdom.
In addition to the struggle between the alliance and the Royal Support Squad, another group of troublemakers appeared, making the already tense atmosphere even more serious.
After the Emperor fell seriously ill and died, and thinking that the Empress Dowager had also been attacked and died earlier, some officials began to wonder… if the royal family had encountered malevolent spirits, disturbing the royal luck.
And as this idea grew stronger, Bai Qian’s beauty became the fuse, causing everyone to turn their attention to her, and accusing her of being a reincarnated fox spirit.
Because she had become the Empress, she had caused the deaths of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
When this statement reached Bai Qian’s ears, she immediately issued an order and dispatched the alliance’s killers.
After the massacre, they were to bury cloth dolls in their courtyards.
Yellow talismans with birthdates drawn in blood were nailed to the backs of the dolls.
When a massacre occurred in the capital, especially during this turbulent time, the government office naturally dared not be negligent, but following the very obvious clues and finding the dolls buried in the ground, they couldn’t help but sigh.
The dolls were wearing imperial yellow clothes, so even a fool would know who was being cursed.
The Emperor.
It seemed that there was more work to be done…
And after knowing that their accomplices had been branded with such a bad reputation, those who escaped the disaster were furious and directly sent assassins to the Imperial Palace, preparing to kill Bai Qian, the culprit.
At this time, the Imperial Palace was not united… after the Emperor’s death, everyone was in danger and not as attentive as before.
As long as Bai Qian died, Linfeng Kingdom would return to normal.
Unfortunately, they had kicked into a steel plate.
The Imperial Palace, with Gu Mengyao as the commander, not only did not disintegrate, but became even more stable than before.
Nourished by the cookies, the Imperial Guards were full of energy, as if they had inexhaustible strength.
However, although the assassins could not commit murder in the Imperial Palace, they did increase a lot of trouble for Gu Mengyao.
This made Gu Yu feel extremely pained, and he secretly came up with an idea.
He didn’t care about the alliance and the Royal Support Squad.
But he did care about these people who wanted to kill Bai Qian.
