Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Chen looked at Guo Aotian's leaving back, a hint of obsession flashed in her eyes. It took her a while to retract her gaze, and she asked someone to push her over to look at Zhong Qingshan in the old lady's arms.

"Master, when did General Guo come back? Why did he hit you?"

Zhong Qingshan felt dizzy, glared at her, and then closed his eyes.

I used to think this woman was very good and capable of handling big things, but now I think she is too petty.

Chen lowered her eyes and said to the two concubines beside her, "My health is not good, so Master will trouble you two sisters to take care of me."

After saying that, she asked someone to push her away.

Only after returning to her room did she say to the maid beside her, "Yan Hong, go out and find out when General Guo will return to the capital."

Yan Hong responded softly and turned to leave.

Chen sat there alone, looking up at the blue sky with a fascinated look.

After Guo Aotian left the Marquis' Mansion, he asked the guards around him to find out what major events had happened in the capital recently.

Soon, the guard came back and told him with a complicated expression about the major events that had recently happened in the capital.

There have been so many major events recently, and each one of them has shocked the world.

Especially what happened yesterday, it was spread very vividly, with multiple versions.

The expression on Guo Aotian's face was very interesting. He paused for a long time before turning his horse's head and running towards the palace.

When the emperor heard that he had returned, his expression was complicated for a while before he asked someone to invite him in.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor!" Guo Aotian clasped his hands together and bowed deeply.

The emperor smiled and said, "When did Aotian come back? Come and sit down. It's been a long time since we've sat together properly. Stay in the palace and have a meal with me."

"Lao Gui, have someone arrange dinner and prepare a few more dishes that Aotian would like."

Guo Aotian didn't say anything, which meant he agreed with him.

Eunuch Gui had someone serve tea to Guo Aotian, and then went out to arrange dinner.

After going out to explain, he hurried back in to take a look.

This gentleman is an impulsive person who would hit someone at any time. He is really afraid that he will hurt the emperor in his impulse.

Guo Aotian sat down and explained calmly, "I shouldn't have come back, but I heard some time ago..."

The emperor waved his hand to stop him from continuing: "Aotian, the border is stable now, you can come back at any time. You are not young anymore, it's time to get married."

"The old general has come to the palace more than once to beg me to let you return to the capital to get married, but you still have the same temper as when you were young."

The emperor's tone was gentle, like a kind and gentle older brother.

Guo Aotian didn't say anything. He picked up the teacup and gently scraped the tea with the cup lid.

"You're not leaving this time, are you?"

He still didn't speak, just sat there with his eyes lowered, making it impossible to see his expression.

The emperor sighed softly: "Aotian, Qingran...if she knew you were like this, she wouldn't be happy."

Guo Aotian said coldly: "The emperor seems to be the least qualified person to say this."

The emperor was so angry at his rude words that his face froze and he really wanted to punch him.

"Come to think of it, that girl's temper is really similar to yours."

Hearing his words, the expression on Guo Aotian's face softened. Thinking of the things he had heard, he suddenly wanted to see that girl.

"Keep an eye on your children and women. If any of them dare to hurt me, I will be the first one to not let them go."

The emperor was furious and asked: "Do you want to rebel?"

Guo Aotian looked up, his eyes filled with fierceness and ferocity: "If you can't protect them, what if I rebel?"

"You..." The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved violently and he stared at him.

Guo Aotian also glared at him without any hesitation, and his aura not only did not diminish, but became even stronger.

"You...you succeeded?" The emperor sensed a different aura from him, and his anger dissipated a little, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Guo Aotian's aura also dissipated. He just responded lightly with "hmm" and said nothing more.

The emperor was silent for a long time before he said, "Have you seen her? She looks very similar to Qingran, but her personality is very similar to yours."

The expression on Guo Aotian's face softened, and he simply said, "She's not in the Marquis' Mansion."

If that was her, then he had seen her.

"How is she now? I want to see her." He suddenly spoke in a low voice.

The emperor remained silent. When Guo Aotian was about to go crazy again, he said, "She has been in seclusion, and I can't see her."

"I won't leave for now. When she's released from quarantine, have someone notify me so I can see her."

"If she knew you were back, she would definitely be very happy and would even come out of confinement immediately." The emperor had a faint smile on his face: "Aotian, how about you..."

"Shut up!" Guo Aotian's face was filled with anger and embarrassment. "Don't meddle in my business."

The expression on the emperor's face froze again, and he stared at him intently, wishing he could have someone come in and catch him and beat him up.

Eunuch Gui quickly slid down the emperor's back, his voice cautious, "General, please be quiet."

He was probably the only one in the whole court who dared to talk back to the emperor like this.

No, now there is another one.

Thinking of the little girl's sharp words yesterday, he didn't know what to say.

Guo Aotian didn't say anything else. The two of them sat in silence for a while. The eunuch brought dinner and the two of them sat together. After picking up their wine glasses, their attitudes changed again.

"Did you hit him?"

"Shouldn't he have fought?"

The emperor smiled bitterly, picked up a glass of wine and drank it all.

"If it weren't for my status, I would have wanted to pin him to the ground and beat him up several times."

Guo Aotian said calmly, "You just pay too much attention to these things. It's no wonder she didn't want to choose you in the first place."

Even if he is a backup, she is unwilling to choose him. This is her attitude.

The emperor's expression froze again, then turned bitter.

He came from a royal family and it was a critical moment at that time. How could he give up?

But he didn't expect that she was so strong-willed that she chose Zhong Qingshan directly.

"Aren't you still the same? If you don't change your temper, I'm afraid you'll have to..."

"I didn't intend to get married." Guo Aotian interrupted him.

His heart has long been occupied by that figure, so how could he marry someone else?

The emperor shook his head lightly: "Sometimes I really envy your temperament."

Guo Aotian's smile was somewhat bitter: "What's good about it? Isn't it the same as you?"

Back then, the three of them met Yun Qingran at the same time, but she would rather choose Zhong Qingshan, who seemed to have the least future, than choose them.

Thinking about it now, do you regret it?

Do you regret it?

If it were them, perhaps she wouldn't have died.

The two drank, and the emperor talked to him about some court affairs. Guo Aotian just said lightly: "If you continue like this, it will sooner or later foster the ambitions of those people."

The emperor smiled faintly: "Ning'er is back."