Fast Travel: The Hundred-Life Couple

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Gu Xiong, the Marquis of Yingwu, was stabbed in the back by his adjutant on the battlefield and was seriously injured. His adjutant, General Liu, followed Gu Xiong's plan and defeated the Huns. He made great military achievements and returned to the capital in glory.

At the celebration banquet, no one paid attention to Gu Xiong, while General Liu was surrounded by everyone.

The emperor asked General Liu in public what his wish was. General Liu said that his daughter Liu Bailian loved the prince of Yingwu Marquis and hoped that the emperor would grant them a marriage.

Although Gu Dongxu was already engaged to Ye Xiaoli, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Gu Xiong and Gu Dongxu tried their best to plead with the emperor, begging him to revoke his decision.

But the emperor said in a solemn manner that General Liu was the savior of Dayong, and he could not even fulfill his small wish, which made the meritorious official feel disheartened.

Since the Gu family and the Ye family have an engagement, it would be better to let Miss Ye marry Yingwu Marquis Gu Xiong.

When Gu Xiong heard the imperial decree granting marriage, he could not bear the shock of the imperial decree forcing him to remarry as he had missed his first wife for fifteen years. He passed out and when he woke up, he was lying on the bed, paralyzed by anger.

Everyone was sighing. Gu Dongxu and Ye Xiaoli had been childhood sweethearts and were in love with each other. No one expected that they would end up like this.

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In a teahouse, Gu Dongxu and Ye Xiaoli sat opposite each other. They were silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"Brother Dongxu..." Ye Xiaoli raised her watery eyes, which were filled not with despair, but with full relief that she could start over again.

In the previous life, the emperor only granted marriage to Gu Dongxu and Liu Bailian. Ye Xiaoli was heartbroken and worried, and she was bedridden. She did not get better until Gu Dongxu went to war.

In order to prevent her from dying in the Shangshu Mansion and letting the emperor bear the infamy of arbitrarily arbitrarily arranging a marriage and forcing a girl to death, Shangshu Ye quickly found a poor scholar's family for her and put her in the bridal sedan.

The scholar treated her well at first, but she had a cold face every day and refused to consummate the marriage with him. The scholar felt it was unlucky and gradually began to spend his time drinking and carousing outside.

Ye Xiaoli didn't care, but bad news from Yingwu Marquis's Mansion continued to come out. First, Yingwu Marquis Gu Xiong was inexplicably poisoned and had been unconscious in bed. Later, the two children of eldest brother Gu Dongxu fell into the Thousand Carp Pond in the cold winter and both died.

When Gu Dongxu returned triumphantly, all his family members were dead, and his loyal servants were either killed or sold.

There was no longer a single familiar person in the Yingwu Marquis Mansion, and it had become the most unfamiliar Yingwu Marquis Mansion to him.

On the day he returned to Beijing, Ye Xiaoli dressed up and went out, wanting to see her destined lover, but was seen by a scholar who was returning home drunk in the early morning.

He also heard the news that Gu Dongxu had returned to Beijing, and knew that his wife was going to see another man. In anger, he dragged Ye Xiaoli into the dormitory and tried to force her to consummate the marriage in broad daylight.

Ye Xiaoli struggled desperately, but was strangled to death by the scholar during the struggle.

Just like that, a pair of lovers were separated forever.

Later, Gu Dongxu followed the prince to force the emperor to abdicate, successfully drove the old emperor off the throne, and executed the entire Liu family.

With the support of the new emperor, he divorced Liu Bailian, who was about to be beheaded, and forced the scholar who was imprisoned to divorce Ye Xiaoli's tablet.

In the empty Yingwu Marquis Mansion, he invited many guests and held a lively and grand wedding banquet, and brought Ye Xiaoli's tablet into the house.

That night, he stood in the room hung with bright red silk, lay on the bed covered with bright red mandarin duck quilt, hugged Ye Xiaoli's tablet, and talked to her for a long time.

He just shared with her the joy of finally being able to marry her.

A grown man, crying and laughing.

Finally, he drank the poisoned wedding wine, hugged Ye Xiaoli's tablet, and fell asleep with a happy smile.

From then on, he never woke up again.

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Ye Xiaoli didn't expect that she would have a chance to start over after her death. She didn't want the ending of her previous life to repeat itself, so this time she must protect everyone in Yingwu Marquis Mansion for him.

But even though she was thankful to have a new life, she couldn't help but burst into tears in this situation. "Brother Dongxu, this is actually fine. I don't want to marry anyone else except you. Instead of my father forcing me to marry someone else for profit when I reach the age, I'd rather marry into the Yingwu Marquis's Mansion and help you serve our father."

This was after she came back a few days ago. She spent a large sum of money to bribe the eunuch in the palace and asked him to speak to the emperor's favorite concubine and let her marry into the Yingwu Marquis's Mansion.

It is not possible for her to be a concubine, as her status is lower than Liu Bailian and she cannot control Liu Bailian.

She could only become Gu Xiong's second wife and be senior to Liu Bailian in terms of seniority, so that she could have more say in the Marquis' Mansion after Gu Dongxu went to the battle, firmly control the entire Marquis' Mansion in her hands, and prevent Liu Bailian from causing trouble.

When the emperor was young, he liked Gu's mother, but Gu's mother resolutely married Gu Xiong. The emperor had always held a grudge against Gu Xiong. Since the imperial concubine had given him such a good idea to disgust Gu Xiong, he of course adopted it without hesitation.

Sorry, Marquis Yingwu, the father-in-law she respected in her heart.

She knew that this idea was inappropriate and unfair to Marquis Yingwu, who loved his mother deeply. But she had no other choice but to intervene in the inner house of Marquis Yingwu's mansion and protect everyone there.

As for what happened between her and Gu Dongxu?

In this life, we are just not destined to be together.

But it’s fine like this. As long as she can protect the people Gu Dongxu cares about, she will be satisfied.

God has been kind enough to her, so she dare not be too greedy.

She was afraid that God would take away her luck.

"In my heart, you will always be my beloved. Your father is also my father. I am just being filial to him in a different way."

She wiped her tears as she spoke, but the tears wouldn't go away.

Gu Dongxu subconsciously wanted to help her wipe it, but his hand stopped in mid-air. Things were different now. He was about to get married, and she would become his stepmother on the same day.

Although he doesn't care about worldly opinions, he is a man and she is a woman. The world is harsh on women. For her reputation, it is better for him to keep some distance from her.

Thinking of this, his eyes became dry and his heart ached. He knew that it would be impossible for him and her Xiaoli to be together in this life.

God's will plays tricks on people.

"Xiao Li, you are also the only wife I, Gu Dongxu, have chosen for my whole life."

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On the day of his wedding, the paralyzed Marquis Yingwu struggled to make everyone understand what he meant with his eyes. Even if he had to be carried and endured everyone's sympathetic, pitiful, sarcastic and mocking gazes, he still insisted on appearing at the wedding.

Don't let Ye Xiaoli be alone in this ridiculous wedding and be ridiculed even more.

That girl is the one my son likes.

Since her son cannot stand by her side openly, let this useless old father take some love to these two unfortunate youngsters.

If his wife Rumian had not chosen him, causing the Yingwu Marquisate to be hated by the current ruler, this girl would not have fallen into such a situation.

I believe that even if Rumian were still alive, she would definitely agree with him doing this.

When Yingwu Hou, dressed in red and lying down, appeared and pulled the other end of the red silk, Ye Xiaoli burst into tears.

There is no going back, she and Brother Dongxu can never go back.

On the day her lover got married, she became his stepmother.