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

Leng Xuanjue looked at the crowd in front of Ningyuan Marquis's gate, where most of the onlookers had left in the blink of an eye, and yawned in boredom.

"This grand wedding ceremony is no different from ours in Yan. It's boring. I'm leaving now. Prince Xuan, would you like to come along?"

Mu Lingxuan stared blankly in the direction where Gu Yuanbai was being led away.

He seemed to see his own reflection in Gu Yuanbai.

It was as if I could see myself begging Gu Junxi for reconciliation again, only to be rejected by Gu Junxi and ordered to be carried away and thrown away.

The only way to get back to the beginning is to resort to medication.

Mu Lingxuan licked his lips and nodded absentmindedly to Leng Xuanjue: "I will go with you too."

"Crown Princess, I have something to say to you privately." Murong Yuan also squeezed into the crowd, finally finding an opportunity to speak with Gu Junxi.

After all, the situation just now was all about being anxious and worried about Ning Hanshuang's marriage, so it was really not appropriate to talk about other things.

Gu Junxi watched Leng Xuanjue and Mu Lingxuan leave, wondering why they left so readily after coming all this way.

But it's a good thing that the two venomous snakes, who could cause trouble at any time, have left.

We cannot allow any other unexpected incidents to occur at today's wedding banquet.

Gu Junxi pursed her lips, ordered her servants to keep an eye on things, and instructed them to report immediately if anyone caused any further trouble. She then followed Murong Yuan to a quiet place in the mansion.

Standing in the crowd, Su Li saw Murong Yuan looking for Gu Junxi and had a premonition that it was because of her.

She felt a little bit of anticipation, but also a sense of burden.

Su Li reached out and touched the beauty mark at the corner of her eye. When she looked up, her eyes inadvertently met those of Qing Yanzi, who was also standing in the crowd watching the commotion.

She looked as if she had been suddenly stabbed, and lowered her eyes to hide.

“This hidden knife needs to be used. Otherwise, it won’t be interesting!” Wei Ming noticed the interaction between Qingyanzi and Su Li and said thoughtfully to Qingyanzi.

“Yes, I think so too,” Qingyanzi agreed.

He enjoys that sense of control, especially the things he has personally trained. He feels most strongly about things that want to break free from his control but cannot escape his influence.

But recently, he noticed that Su Li's gaze towards him was becoming increasingly cold, yet she appeared too obedient on the surface, and no matter how he tormented her, she no longer resisted.

Given that Su Li would cause trouble every now and then to rebel against him, this is highly abnormal.

It made him feel that this was the calm before the storm.

Since Mu Lingye has already been poisoned, we might as well make the water even more turbid.

Under the quiet trees in the garden, Gu Junxi stopped and turned around.

Murong Yuan also stopped and kept a half-meter distance from Gu Junxi.

Looking at Gu Junxi's face, which resembled Su Li's, Murong Yuan's eyes flickered slightly as he looked away and spoke first.

"I think someone is controlling the Second Miss, and the person controlling her is among the guests who came to the wedding banquet today."

Murong Yuan recounted everything he had discovered recently, including the dilapidated temple he had been unwilling to mention to anyone.

“Your Highness, if my guess is correct, the Second Miss and the little girl in the dilapidated temple are the same person. The person controlling her must be a pervert. Otherwise, how could she kill people without batting an eye at such a young age? You don’t know how badly she was injured when I met her. Those injuries shouldn’t have appeared on a little girl.”

Murong Yuan was afraid that Gu Junxi would view Su Li with prejudice after learning about her past, so he did his best to exonerate Su Li in his own way.

Murong Yuan's emotions and thoughts were revealed unintentionally, and no matter how well he hid them, Gu Junxi could still see through them.

Gu Junxi stared at Murong Yuan, her heart clenching: "Su Li is my sister. If she is really the little girl you are talking about, I will only love her more and I will never despise her."

"Murong Yuan, you like Su Li, don't you? I can tell that Su Li treats you differently. If you like her too, I hope you can face your heart honestly and not let her down."

“I will take what you said to heart and have someone check all the guests who attended the wedding banquet today. With me here, I will never let anyone harm Su Li easily.”

"Yes!" Murong Yuan nodded, believing that Gu Junxi would keep her word to Su Li.

Gu Junxi has always valued relationships, and he has seen how much Gu Junxi has cared for and protected Su Li these days.

He just didn't expect that Gu Junxi would still see through his little feelings for Su Li, even though he thought he had hidden them well enough.

Do you honestly face your own heart?

Murong Yuan felt a pang of regret and inner turmoil as he recalled Su Li's previous flirting with him.

Meanwhile, Ning Hanshuang's wedding procession had arrived at the gate of General Qin's mansion.

Qin Yue had already made all the preparations and was just waiting for Ning Hanshuang to arrive. Therefore, the wedding procession went exceptionally smoothly.

The fact that a woman was marrying a man set a precedent throughout history, and the news spread like wildfire, drawing more and more people to watch the spectacle along the long street.

Most of the women expressed their admiration for Ning Hanshuang, while the men felt that Qin Yue had disgraced men, but due to Qin Yue's status, they dared not say anything more.

The most affected are the younger boys and girls.

The girls looked on with envy and longing: "When I grow up, I want to be a female general and marry my husband."

The boys no longer rejected the idea of ​​marrying into a family, treating women as commodities or possessions: "If I grow up and meet a woman I like, I would also want her to ride a horse to marry me."

The best way to change the deeply ingrained ideas of an era is to change the ideas of children, because they are the foundation and the future.

Mu Qingfu rushed back from the military camp, just in time to see Ning Hanshuang's wedding procession.

She mingled into the wedding procession and watched as Qin Yue, a grown man, confidently stepped into the bridal sedan chair. Ning Hanshuang lowered the curtain of the sedan chair for Qin Yue, her eyes also revealing longing.

She crossed her arms and couldn't help but say, "My aunt and uncle are such a perfect match. Now it seems that if you can marry someone who is willing to put aside their status and pride for you, getting married isn't so hard to accept after all."

Mu Qingfu didn't realize that she was right next to Zuo Chengfeng when she said this.

Zuo Chengfeng, also on horseback, heard Mu Qingfu's words clearly.

Zuo Chengfeng had been avoiding Mu Qingfu all this time. He originally wanted to ride away on horseback when he saw Mu Qingfu, but he couldn't help but be sarcastic when he heard her words.

He looked at Mu Qingfu, who was dressed as a man, from head to toe as if he were watching a joke.

"Hehe, Princess Qingfu, you make it sound so easy. The problem is, even if you want to get married, someone has to be willing to marry you. No matter how desperate you are, I doubt anyone would want to marry a tigress and have her beat them every day."

If it were according to her usual practice, Mu Qingfu would have punched Zuo Chengfeng long ago if he dared to speak to her like that. Today, however, Mu Qingfu merely glanced at Zuo Chengfeng, seemingly in a rather good mood.

Her face even had a touch of girlish shyness and blush: "That's none of Young Master Zuo's concern. If this princess wants to marry, someone will naturally want to marry her."

Zuo Chengfeng was reluctant, fearing being taken advantage of, and blurted out, "This young master does not want to marry you."

Mu Qingfu rolled her eyes: "You wish! You want to marry me but you don't want to marry me. The man who marries me must at least be highly educated, not some illiterate playboy."

"Heh, would a learned man marry a woman who only knows martial arts? Princess Qingfu is probably trying to bully her with her power!" Zuo Chengfeng didn't believe it at all, and at the same time, for some reason, he felt a little uneasy.