First annul the engagement, then sever ties with the empress; the empress reigns supreme.

"Godmother, why don't we chase all these people away?"

Ning Hanshuang led Gu Junxi and the others to the gate of the mansion. Seeing the chaotic and disorderly crowd, Zuo Chengfeng's first thought was to drive them away. Out of sight, out of mind; they shouldn't get in Ning Hanshuang's way on such a joyous occasion.

After Ning Hanshuang and the others came out, Gu Konghao kept listening to their conversation. He felt extremely disgusted as soon as he heard Zuo Chengfeng's voice, feeling that Zuo Chengfeng had taken away his sister and mother.

As if he had finally found a handle, he turned around and rushed in front of Zuo Chengfeng, angrily berating him.

"Zuo Chengfeng, if you don't understand, don't give advice. These people came here specifically to congratulate Mother. If we drive them away, what will become of Mother's and the reputation of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion?"

Zuo Chengfeng rolled his eyes, unconcerned: "What do I care about face? What's face worth anyway? The important thing is that Mother is happy!"

This is probably the biggest difference between Zuo Chengfeng and Gu Konghao. Even though Gu Konghao has realized his mistakes and regretted them, deep down he still cares most about those external things.

Zuo Chengfeng, however, places more emphasis on inner feelings. This is why he is the most considerate.

Gu Konghao was speechless after Zuo Chengfeng's words. He looked up at Ning Hanshuang.

Just then, Ning Hanshuang looked over without any expression of joy or anger. Even though she wasn't blaming him, Gu Konghao still lowered his head guiltily.

Gu Yuanbai slapped Gu Konghao on the shoulder with a soothing gesture.

At this moment, Gu Yuanbai inexplicably became much more kind to Gu Konghao, as if they had returned to the beginning, when Gu Konghao's fingers were still intact.

Gu Konghao was taken aback.

Gu Yuanbai sighed and said, "Shuang'er, Qin Yue isn't even willing to give you a thoughtful wedding ceremony. Are you sure you still want to marry him? What's lost is lost, so don't cling to it anymore. Don't blindly believe that what you haven't had is a regret."

“Actually, I’m still here. Even if you want to marry another man, I still won’t mind. I’m always ready for you to come back into my arms.”

Gu Yuanbai spread his arms wide, pretending to be a devoted lover who would never regret it even if it meant dying a hundred times over.

Those who see through Gu Yuanbai's hypocritical behavior find him nauseating.

The others who had been deceived by Gu Yuanbai were genuinely moved by his deep affection and clamored for Ning Hanshuang to give Gu Yuanbai another chance.

Amidst the voices supporting Gu Yuanbai, Ning Hanshuang, dressed in a bright red bridal gown, walked step by step from inside the mansion gate toward Gu Yuanbai.

Gu Yuanbai thought his words had moved Ning Hanshuang. His infatuated expression remained unchanged, and a smug smile appeared on his lips, revealing what he considered to be the most refined and deceptive expression.

He mainly came to see Ning Hanshuang make a fool of herself, but if he could unintentionally win her back, then it wouldn't be a loss.

Couples fight at the head of the bed, but make up at the foot of the bed.

He didn't think there was absolutely no possibility of reconciliation with Ning Hanshuang.

Mu Lingxuan watched Ning Hanshuang approach Gu Yuanbai, his hands clenching nervously. He felt as if he saw his own reflection in Gu Yuanbai.

Both Gu Yuanbai and Ning Hanshuang are former lovers who have fallen out. If they can really reconcile, does that mean that he and Gu Junxi will soon be together as well?

Leng Xuanjue stood side by side with Mu Lingxuan. He noticed Mu Lingxuan's tense expression, arms crossed, and leaned closer with a wicked air.

"What are you so nervous about? Isn't there medicine in your hand? She doesn't dare to reconcile with you, just drug her to control her. If you want, you can also give one to Lord Gu and control both mother and daughter."

"No, this medicine can't be given to anyone else. If too many people are controlled, it will alert the enemy." Leng Xuanjue's voice was like the voice of a demon, sending a chill down Mu Lingxuan's spine.

Leng Xuanjue relished Mu Lingxuan's fear, licking his lips with satisfaction: "Just kidding, it's no fun if Your Highness is so nervous. Shall we test the results and see if the medicine is working?"

What? Mu Lingxuan didn't react, staring at Leng Xuanjue suspiciously. He saw Leng Xuanjue staring intently at Mu Lingye with infatuated eyes.

Mu Lingye noticed the intense and uncomfortable gaze and looked over.

Their eyes met, and Leng Xuanjue gave a wicked smile, silently saying, "Go and pull Ning Hanshuang back!"

Mu Lingye frowned, feeling as if something was drilling into his temple, causing a piercing pain. Then he seemed to lose consciousness, and his limbs no longer obeyed his commands.

Mu Lingye's eyes became glazed over. He released Gu Junxi's hand and walked straight toward Ning Hanshuang.

"Ah Ling, what's wrong?" Gu Junxi blinked and grabbed Mu Lingye's sleeve again.

Mu Lingye mechanically brushed Gu Junxi's hand away and stepped forward to tug at Ning Hanshuang's sleeve.

Only after tugging at Ning Hanshuang's sleeve did Mu Lingye seem to have completed his mission; the childish pain disappeared, and the dazed look in his eyes vanished as well.

Ning Hanshuang's sleeve was pulled, and she turned around to look at Mu Lingye.

Gu Junxi then took Mu Lingye's hand again. It wasn't that she didn't care or that she was low on vigilance, but rather that the method of controlling the Gu worms was so exquisite that no one noticed Mu Lingye's unusual behavior.

Gu Junxi assumed that Mu Lingye was just too worried that Ning Hanshuang would fall for Gu Yuanbai's tricks again, and advised her, "A-Ling, don't worry, we should trust our mother, she must know what's going on."

"Hmm!" Mu Lingye looked blankly at the hand that had just pulled Ning Hanshuang's sleeve, frowned, and tried to recall everything. He found that he had no recollection of it at all and couldn't remember why he had pulled Ning Hanshuang.

He keenly sensed something was wrong with himself, but he assumed it was just a relapse of his old illness caused by Leng Xuanjue.

Mental illness is hard to cure. Even though Gu Junxi made him feel that Leng Xuanjue's influence on him had lessened, it was still not completely gone.

Fearing that Gu Junxi would worry, and knowing that now was not the time to talk about his illness, Mu Lingye subconsciously chose to remain silent.

This was just a minor incident.

Leng Xuanjue personally tested it, and the medicine had taken effect. Just as Mu Lingxuan said, once Mu Lingye was under control, he would stop and not cause any more trouble for the time being.

Mu Lingxuan had seen it with his own eyes; the medicine was truly effective. His eyes lit up, and he was itching to try it.

At the same time, with the last shred of his sanity remaining, he placed his hopes on Ning Hanshuang and Gu Yuanbai.

Every medicine has its side effects. If Ning Hanshuang can put aside past grievances and accept Gu Yuanbai's offer, then he will choose not to drug Gu Junxi for now and try to win her over.

Ning Hanshuang finally walked up to Gu Yuanbai. Instead of throwing herself into Gu Yuanbai's arms as he expected, she reached out and tapped Gu Yuanbai's chest with one hand, showing no mercy.

She did something she had wanted to do for a long time but had never done before.

"Gu Yuanbai, you want to go back to your arms? You wish!"

Gu Yuanbai frowned in disgust, but managed to suppress his feigned pain, saying, "Shuang'er, how did you become so vulgar after the divorce!"

"Vulgar? You call this vulgar, I call this direct. We, the people of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion, spend our entire lives in the military camp; we can't learn your Gu family's roundabout ways," Ning Hanshuang retorted directly.

After she finished speaking, she withdrew her hand, flicked her sleeve, and announced domineeringly to the crowd of onlookers: "Qin Yue will not be coming to fetch the bride today, because he will never marry into the Qin family. Instead, Qin Yue will be marrying into the Ningyuan Marquis's household!"