It's all ruined, who cares about the chastity arch

"During that period, poison became my daily routine. My body became weaker and weaker, but they were still not satisfied. They sent their men to break my legs and burn my face in an attempt to destroy my last bit of dignity."

"Finally, Zheng Chengyan personally brought my father's head to me. It was a cold night with wind and snow. I came to the end of my life in endless pain and despair."

She narrated calmly, as if she was telling someone else's story, and the sneer on the corner of her mouth was a satire on her past ignorance.

"Am I so stupid that I could be manipulated by someone like that?"

"Gu Linjun, I have regained my life, and the only thing on my mind is revenge. I hope that those I love deeply can be safe and sound. I rescued you not out of love, but because you can restrain the Zheng family and make my road to revenge smoother."

Her tone was calm and indifferent, but her eyelashes trembled slightly, hiding the unspeakable sorrow in her heart.

"Of course, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you for the warm orange you gave me on such a cold winter day."

The moment she finished speaking, she lowered her head slightly. When she raised it again, Gu Linjun had already opened his broad palm and held her tightly in his arms.

His body was shaking, conveying endless grief and self-blame.

"Sorry……"

Gu Linjun's low voice echoed in her ears repeatedly, and his body trembled more and more violently, as if every apology was draining all his strength.

Time seemed to stand still. Su Wanyu felt her shoulders gradually getting wet. Were they tears? She tried to look up in astonishment, but Gu Linjun hugged her tightly again, not allowing her to break free.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault. I was so incompetent that I didn't find you sooner."

Gu Linjun's voice became intermittent due to emotional fluctuations, and his body's tremors were almost out of control.

As the powerful regent, he could remain calm even if an arrow pierced his heart on the battlefield. But at this moment, he was overwhelmed by regret, his eyes were blurred, and his whole body was shaking.

Guilt, anger, heartache, all kinds of complex emotions intertwined and surged in his heart.

"I'm going to the Zheng family now. I want to kill him myself!"

His words were fueled by anger, his eyes red with desire for revenge.

Although Su Wanyu was surprised by his violent reaction, she did not push him away. Instead, she said calmly, "If I only take his life, how can I talk about revenge? I want him to be infamous and be pointed at by everyone. I want him to suffer so much that he would rather die than live!"

"Okay," Gu Linjun responded firmly, "I will do my best to help you with your plan."

He hugged her tighter, as if to pass all his strength and determination to her.

"Wanyu, do those injuries still hurt you?"

Gu Linjun's voice was hoarse and heavy.

Su Wanyu smiled gently, with an unnoticeable bitterness hidden in her smile: "It doesn't hurt anymore. That was the pain of my previous life. It doesn't belong to me now."

She lied. In fact, the scars still gnawed at her in the dead of night. Her legs and her back were often so painful that it was heart-wrenching in the silence.

This pain is the mark of her past life experiences, reminding her of the real sufferings.

Upon hearing this, Gu Linjun's expression relaxed a little, his tense body relaxed a little, and his embrace became softer.

Su Wanyu gently withdrew from his arms, holding a pair of exquisite tiger-head shoes in her hands.

She brought them here specially, intending to tell him the secret after the banquet.

The moment Gu Linjun saw the shoes, he was stunned for a moment, and his usually calm face showed a rare look of surprise.

Su Wanyu slowly said, "My Lord, maybe I will have to call you brother in the future."

She and the current emperor are actually twin siblings, and the eldest princess is her aunt.

The Regent, as the eldest princess's biological son, is naturally also her cousin.

Although the Great Qi Kingdom did not prohibit cousin marriages, such blood ties were still hard to let go.

Gu Linjun's eyes penetrated the shoes in front of him, as if he could see the dusty past. His voice was low and firm: "Where did you get these shoes? I want you to tell me the story yourself."

Su Wanyu's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible sadness, and she replied softly, "This is what my mother asked someone to send to me before she died, hoping that I could know my life story."

Her fingers gently stroked the shoe surface, which carried not only memories, but also endless longing and unfulfilled wishes.

Gu Linjun put away the sharpness in his eyes, and his tone was indescribably gentle and cautious: "Do you know the original owner of this pair of shoes, our biological mother, the imperial concubine who once held a high position but had a tragic fate?"

His words were like drizzle in the wind, moistening the subtle and complex emotional space between the two.

Su Wanyu nodded gently, with complex emotions flashing in her eyes: "Yes, I know. That year, my biological mother Song Yuling retreated to Jiangzhou to recuperate. It happened that the royal family was in turmoil. She saved me on that stormy night and then brought me into the Su family. In her own way, she gave me a new start."

Her narration was like a series of pictures slowly unfolding between the two of them, and every word contained deep affection and difficulty.

"So, in this sense, the relationship between you and me is much more than that."

Although Su Wanyu's voice was small, it echoed in Gu Linjun's heart like a bell, adding a bit of entanglement to the already chaotic emotions.

Gu Linjun's embrace was as solid as a mountain. His eyes were deep, showing both pain and relief: "You and I are connected by blood. This brother-sister relationship cannot be severed no matter how the world changes."

There was warmth in his strength, as if he wanted to make up for all the losses of these years with this hug.

Su Wanyu looked particularly gentle in this strong embrace. Her usual coldness in front of Zheng Chengyan melted into tenderness and dependence at this moment.

This reliance seemed like the harbor she finally found after years of wandering.

"There is something I have never told anyone."

Gu Linjun's voice rang out in the silence, like the brightest star in the night sky, "Although I bear the surname Gu, I am not actually the eldest princess' biological son."

Su Wanyu was shocked, but she also felt deep sympathy for Gu Linjun.

"My biological mother was a brave but unfortunate woman from the northern border. She was involved in the palace struggle by chance and became my father's concubine."

Gu Linjun's voice was a little heavy, but it could not hide the determination in it.

"In that magnificent prison, there were three women with different destinies: the eldest princess, my biological mother, and Mr. Song. The bond between them was thicker than blood. They supported each other and overcame difficulties together. I grew up in such an environment."

Every word Gu Linjun said was a deep memory and emotion about the past.

When the emperor's identity was mentioned, Gu Linjun's eyes became complicated, but also revealed an unquestionable determination: "You, as Mr. Song's daughter, are the emperor's biological sister.