Chapter 243: Maze-like

Gu Junqing had no idea what Qi Yunjin was thinking at the moment. He just saw that he seemed to have lost interest in the Imperial Garden and left here. Then he asked the group of people following Li Yuan not to follow him, and only allowed Gu Junqing and Li Yuan to follow.

Li Yuan wanted to tell the emperor that this was inappropriate, but after the emperor glanced at him as a warning, Li Yuan shut his mouth. In the end, he did not dare to disobey the emperor.

After this group of people dispersed, Li Yuan's expression was the same as Gu Junqing's just now, cold and serious, as if he was afraid that something unexpected would happen in the next second.

Gu Junqing looked at it and suddenly realized what the emperor was laughing at. This made her mood, which had just calmed down, become a little confused again.

He just followed Qi Yunjin's footsteps, turned left and right after leaving the Imperial Garden, and passed many palace courtyards. Gu Junqing saw Qi Yun, who was leading the way in front, stop and stand on the big rock in front and then stopped moving.

Gu Junqing walked forward a few steps in confusion, thinking that Qi Yunjin might need his help, so he consciously stood beside Qi Yunjin, looked at the fake stone standing in front of the three people, and did not find anything wrong. He turned his eyes to look at him and asked:

"Your Majesty, do you have any instructions?"

After Qi Yunjin heard Gu Junqing say those familiar words, he finally kept his eyes on her. There was nothing he couldn't say, but there was no need for her to help.

"There is nothing for you to do, just stand aside and watch."

After saying this, Qi Yunjin did not hesitate in front of Gu Junqing. After groping among the stones of the rockery, he pressed on an unknown stone, and suddenly, there was a series of slightly harsh sounds of the mechanism door opening automatically behind the rocks of the rockery.

Qi Yun let go of his hand, turned around and looked at Gu Junqing and said:

"Go, go."

But after he said this, he seemed to remember something. He stopped and did not move forward, but turned around again.

Gu Junqing in front of him was looking at him with puzzled eyes. Qi Yunjin smiled, then stretched out his left hand and placed it in front of Gu Junqing. Seeing her lowering her head and staring at his left hand with an almost dazed look, he explained:

"Hold it, so you won't get lost when we go in later."

Gu Junqing seemed to think that this was a bit absurd, and he pursed his lips, trying to refuse politely:

"Your Majesty, I'm not a child anymore, how could I get lost?"

Qi Yunjin smiled and said, "Li Yuan has walked this road more than a dozen times, and got lost in it several times. Once he was even locked up in there for two days. If he got lost in there, wouldn't it take me two or three days to find you?"

"Is it really that serious..."

Gu Junqing muttered softly.

Qi Yunjin didn't quite hear what was said, so he bent down and came closer to Gu Junqing and asked again, "What were you talking about just now?"

Gu Junqing was startled by Qi Yunjin's sudden approach. She was distracted for a moment as she looked at his handsome face that seemed so close to her. After she came to her senses, she hurriedly said, "Nothing. I'll listen to the emperor next."

After saying that, Gu Junqing stretched out his hand, and then carefully held the left cuff of Qi Yunjin with his thumb and index finger. It looked like he was afraid that she would touch his skin.

Qi Yunjin looked at the hand holding his left sleeve with some helplessness. All he could see was the white back of the hand and five slender and distinct fingers.

He knew that he couldn't push his luck too far, so he didn't say anything about Gu Junqing's careful actions to keep the distance between them, but just let him do it. Qi Yunjin turned around and focused his eyes and attention on the winding maze in front of him.

Li Yuan looked at Gu Junqing holding the emperor's sleeve, and then the two of them walked forward as if they had forgotten about him. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he thought that he should not have followed these two people. He inexplicably felt like he was suffering.

Just now, the emperor told General Gu all about his embarrassing past.

He sighed and watched the two of them walk away, as if they had forgotten that they were supposed to follow behind them.

Without time to feel sad, he raised his foot and hurriedly followed.

After Li Yuan entered, he did not forget to gently close the stone door. At the same time, he felt a little comforted in his heart. After all, the emperor still remembered that he was following behind them.

Qi Yunjin and the other person had no idea what Li Yuan was thinking as he was following behind them.

While Qi Yunjin was looking at the road, he did not forget to pull Gu Junqing closer to him. However, Gu Junqing did not notice these details. All she had in her eyes was the huge maze-like journey.

"Your Majesty, what is this place used for?"

Gu Junqing asked this, but his eyes were looking at the road ahead.

It was obvious that Gu Junqing was now concentrating all his attention on studying these mazes.

Qi Yunjin was somewhat helpless, but still answered truthfully: "For entertainment"

As if he had not expected the emperor to give this answer, Gu Junqing turned his head and looked at him with his starry eyes:?

"Of course, this way of entertainment is different from other places, and there are no treasures or fun things hidden in the deepest part of this path. This is another path out of the palace, and the exit of this road is a good place for fun and entertainment."

Gu Junqing listened to the emperor's explanation, and his eyes, which had been somewhat curious, flickered for a while, and then he said nothing more.

Gu Junqing was not a talkative person, and Qi Yunjin didn't mind him talking too much, but it was a bit inappropriate to talk too much now, so after a few words, he began to focus all his attention on this road. Because he knew that the tighter Gu Junqing was holding him, the more lively his eyes were. It was obvious that Gu Junqing was now concentrating on remembering where to go next and memorizing the road in his mind.

So for a moment she forgot that the person in front of her was the emperor, and also forgot that she was now holding the emperor's sleeve, holding it tighter and tighter.

When she came to her senses, she subconsciously lowered her head to look at the emperor's sleeves, which were full of wrinkles caused by her pinching.

Gu Junqing's heart skipped a beat, and she hurried to see what the emperor looked like. Seeing that his expression remained the same, as if he hadn't noticed or bothered at all, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The road was indeed quite long, and it took her nearly an hour and a half to barely see the bright light ahead. She was led forward by the emperor for a long time.

The two finally walked out of the maze-like place.

Gu Junqing was still standing there, recalling whether the emperor had taken him to turn left, go straight, or turn right when they came here just now. The road was indeed quite complicated, and the more he thought about it, the more he could not remember it clearly.

She had to put her thoughts elsewhere.

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