Quick Transmigration: After Fake Death, All the Protagonists I Flirted With Went Crazy

Mu Chun strode into the Imperial Study. Xi Yue, who was too busy with state affairs to offer his congratulations in person, was leaning against the couch, holding a notebook in his hands.

Sensing Mu Chun's entry, Xi Yue's expression remained unchanged. Without even looking up, he asked, "Did you send the gift? Did he like it?"

Mu Chun was increasingly unable to understand what Xi Yue was thinking. He couldn't directly tell Gu Yao that he didn't like the perfunctory gift, but if he said he liked it, it would be deceiving the emperor.

I could only reply with a more flexible approach, saying respectfully, "It has been sent over, and Lord Gu also sent a gift back to His Majesty."

Xi Yue seemed somewhat interested. He put down his notebook and said, "Oh, what gift? Let me see this Minister Gu's gift."

Mu Chun respectfully presented the brocade box, praying that Gu Yao's gift would make Xi Yue change his mind.

Xi Yue opened the brocade box, raised his hand and took out the contents, which was a green jade pendant.

Xi Yue casually hooked the jade pendant with one finger, his eyes dark and unreadable.

He seemed to have thought of something funny, a smile playing on his lips, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, making one inexplicably uneasy.

After staring at the jade pendant for a long time, Xi Yue seemed to lose interest and casually put it back in the brocade box, letting Mu Chun put it in his private treasury, and continued reading the miscellaneous notes in his hand.

He seemed focused, but his eyes were unfocused; it was obvious he was daydreaming.

His mind had wandered off somewhere else entirely.

Mu Chun sighed inwardly, resignedly stepped forward, put away the brocade box, and placed it in a corner to prevent Xi Yue from seeing it and breaking it.

He was afraid that Xi Yue would regret it.

Xi Yue looked at the notes in his hand, but couldn't understand a single word. He just laughed at his own foolishness.

He remembered the white jade pendant he gave to Gu Yao, the only thing his birth mother left him, saying she wanted to entrust it to her beloved, but now it was in Gu Yao's hands.

Thinking of this, Xi Yue clenched the book in his hand, his eyes sharpened, and the coldness in his eyes vanished in an instant.

Never mind, we'll get it back soon.

In December of the second year of Tianhe, as the year drew to a close, red lanterns were already hung in the Gu family mansion, and the capital was filled with a festive atmosphere for the New Year.

The entire household was very happy this year, but Gu Yao felt no relief despite seeing the joyful scene.

After all, this is the calm before the storm.

Gu Cheng walked over and saw his younger brother staring at Fei Xue with a worried look on his face, not even bothering to dress warmly enough.

In Gu Cheng's eyes, Gu Yao is Gu Yao, weak and unable to take care of herself.

She took off her fox fur cloak and draped it over Gu Yao's head, her voice tinged with reproach, "How can someone your age still not know how to take care of themselves? As your personal servant, Qingzhu, don't you know to remind your young master what kind of health he has?"

Qingzhu obediently lowered her head and listened to the instruction.

Gu Yao felt embarrassed first, explaining that he had lit the charcoal fire in his room too brightly and had come out to get some fresh air.

"Brother, please don't blame Qingzhu. I came out to get some fresh air and found the snow scenery so beautiful that I lingered for a while."

Looking at his younger brother's obedient appearance, Gu Cheng sighed, raised his hand to help him straighten his clothes, and tapped Gu Yao's forehead with his finger.

"If you don't want to implicate others, take good care of yourself. Consider this a small punishment as a warning."

Gu Yao raised his hand to cover his forehead, his eyes looking incredibly pitiful.

Knowing the limits of his strength, Gu Cheng, though aware that Gu Yao was faking it, still couldn't bring himself to be ruthless. Resignedly, he raised his hand to rub the red marks on Gu Yao's forehead.

"Le'an, this year our parents are away, so it's just the two of us brothers celebrating the New Year together."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yao's eyes dimmed.

He knew he would be spending the Lunar New Year alone this year.

Tomorrow, an urgent report from the border will arrive in the capital: the Xianbei have invaded the frontier and occupied the important trading town between Da Xuan and Xi Ling. With no generals in the court, Gu Cheng will have to lead the troops into battle.

After a great victory, Gu Cheng's prestige in the army grew even higher.

Next April, on their way back in triumph, they were ambushed and killed by men arranged by Xiyue.

In June, someone accused the Gu family of treason. The Imperial Guards found a large amount of evidence of "treason" in the Prime Minister's residence. The original owner of the body was not satisfied and wrote a letter requesting a thorough investigation, but all his efforts were in vain.

In July, the Ministry of Justice listed the original owner's numerous crimes, thus finalizing the verdict with an imperial edict ordering the execution of the entire Gu family.

The original owner was secretly sent to the palace and eventually died on his twenty-fourth birthday.

I couldn't understand why the original owner was left alone to be tortured by Xi Yue before, but our conversation during the Mid-Autumn Festival last time cleared up this mystery.

It turned out to be nothing more than an emperor's resentment, fear, and anger at feeling that he had been made a fool of.

Unfortunately, the original owner never knew why people's hearts could change so easily until his death.

And Xi Yue will never know that every time the original owner was in a daze, what she remembered were the bits and pieces of their childhood friendship.

The person I know and the person I see before me are always the same person, and also the person I love.

He wouldn't let Qin Chen, who used the vague truth to fuel the situation and climbed to power by stepping on the original owner of the body, get away with it.

Let's wait and see how things unfold!