After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

However, after so many things happened after he returned to Bianjing, he failed to notice that Wushuang's love for him had been completely worn away.

She felt like a prisoner confined in this back courtyard every day, and she became very unhappy, constantly melancholy.

When Gu Xuanye came to see her, she simply lay motionless on the chaise longue, not even lifting her eyelids, showing no sadness or joy, and refusing to eat.

Even when Gu Xuanye brought Nuonuo out, she didn't give him any response. Gu Xuanye got anxious and kept hugging her, shouting and begging her for "mercy".

She remained unmoved, but even so, Gu Xuanye would not be willing to let her go.

They tormented each other like this.

Things took a turn for the better just days before their wedding.

She met Xiao Lingran, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.

It turns out that Gu Xuanye insisted on taking Wushuang away, and Xiao Lingran naturally wouldn't stand idly by. However, Gu Xuanye was ruthless, and he could make Xiao Lingran have no chance to resist with just a flick of his finger.

Seeing Gu Xuan Ye's men grab Xiao Ling Ran and about to break his arms and legs, Wu Shuang knelt down and cried, begging Gu Xuan Ye to spare him, and that she was willing to go back to the capital with him.

The more Wu Shuang pleaded for Xiao Lingran, the angrier Gu Xuan Ye became.

Wu Shuang never expected that Gu Xuan Ye would agree on the surface and have Xiao Ling Ran released, but then turn around and have him captured and thrown off a cliff.

Fortunately, Xiao Lingran was lucky and survived, but her injuries were not fully healed. He rushed to Bianjing to save her. Later, he learned that she was going to marry Gu Xuanye. He knew that she was unwilling, so he tried his best to sneak into the mansion and find Wushuang, wanting to take her and Nuonuo away.

Xiao Lingran didn't leave blindly without a plan. He scouted the area beforehand, bribed people in the manor, and arranged a departure time with Wu Shuang.

When the time came, he disguised himself as a servant in the mansion and, with Nuonuo and Wushuang, planned to leave under the cover of night.

They left the cage through a secret chamber. As soon as they stepped out of the chamber and looked at the starlit moonlit night, Wu Shuang was filled with emotion and excitement.

Just when she thought she had escaped the cage, a commotion arose in the distance, and then a group of guards carrying knives and wearing armor surrounded them.

A familiar figure emerged from among a group of guards carrying torches.

Seeing this figure, Wu Shuang felt a sense of powerlessness against fate.

The man didn't just look at her; he reached out his hand to her and said, "Wu Shuang, come here to me."

Just like the previous scene, only this time she gripped Xiao Lingran's hand tightly, her eyes filled with determination. She and Xiao Lingran exchanged a glance, and Wu Shuang pulled a knife from her sleeve.

On her way out of the palace, Wu Shuang was prepared to die. Gu Xuan Ye would definitely not let Xiao Ling Ran go, and she couldn't let her be implicated.

"I'm sorry, Nuonuo, Mother has to break her promise." She pushed Nuonuo, who was in her arms, toward Gu Xuanye.

Then she looked at Gu Xuanye with despair. This was the umpteenth time she had called him by his name. "Gu Xuanye, what will it take for you to let me go? I just want a simple, free life."

When Gu Xuanye saw her holding a knife to his neck, panic flashed in his eyes. "Wu Shuang, put the dagger down!"

Nuonuo was crying for her mother at this point, so Gu Xuanye sent a nanny to coax her away.

Xiao Lingran, standing to the side, looked at her with a frightened expression, "Wu Shuang."

"I'm sorry for dragging you into this." Wu Shuang pressed the dagger against her, her eyes brimming with tears. She was smiling, yet it inexplicably made people feel sorry for her.

"Gu Xuanye, tell your men to throw away their weapons! Prepare the carriage and let Xiao Lingran go."

Fearing she might hurt herself, Gu Xuanye roared at the servants to throw their weapons aside and ordered a carriage to be prepared.

The carriage was quickly prepared, but Xiao Lingran was unwilling to leave. Wu Shuang threatened her to leave and headed to an open space not far away where the carriage was parked.

Wu Shuang watched him walk away. Just then, Gu Xuan Ye stepped forward and swiftly stopped her, grabbing her waist and taking the dagger from her neck.

Wu Shuang struggled hopelessly, Gu Xuan Ye's eyes turned bloodshot, and he said to his group of men, "Fire arrows!"

It turned out that there were his men lurking in the shadows. Upon hearing his command, a barrage of arrows rained down on Xiao Lingran.

Wu Shuang witnessed this scene and cried out in anguish, even begging Gu Xuan Ye for help.

But Gu Xuanye was already blinded by jealousy and only wanted Xiao Lingran dead.

Xiao Lingran was an ordinary person; even if he had learned martial arts, he could not possibly survive a hail of arrows.

Xiao Lingran is dead, and Wushuang's heart is dead too.

She reverted to her previous appearance, even more terrifying than before, like a puppet on strings, devoid of any life.

She hated Gu Xuanye to death, but she hated herself even more.

Her desire for Gu Xuanye to die grew stronger.

So she secretly hid a dagger. When Gu Xuanye came to find her at night, she looked at the unsuspecting Gu Xuanye and without hesitation took out the dagger from under her pillow and stabbed him in the chest.

Gu Xuanye didn't dodge, but just stared at her quietly, and said with a bitter smile, "Do you really want me to die?"

Blood stained his entire body, turning his white undergarment red, making him look like a demon from hell.

Unfortunately, he didn't die. Wu Shuang felt a little regretful that she had actually missed the mark.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xuanye, who was rescued, was neither angry nor furious. As soon as his wounds were bandaged, he ran to Wushuang's side as if nothing had happened.

He said, "If you want to kill me, then come on, don't hold back, I won't resist."

As he wished, Wu Shuang began to torment and torment him in various ways. His old wounds were compounded by new ones, and his lips turned deathly pale, yet he still went to her room at a set time every day.

But she never touched anything like daggers again.

One day, the person in her room suddenly disappeared, and a familiar figure appeared in her room.

It was Consort Zhang.

Consort Zhang looked much older, and the sorrow in her eyes was impossible to shake off.

She sent away the people and spies inside Wushuang's room so that she could let Wushuang go.

As Gu Xuanye's mother, she had seen his condition and knew that the injuries on his body were caused by this woman. Seeing her son so stubborn, she couldn't bear it any longer.

As long as Wushuang is willing to leave, she has a way to make her leave.

“I will let you and that child leave Bianjing, this place of trouble, and no one will be able to find you.”

Seeing Wu Shuang remain silent, Consort Zhang said slowly, "Don't worry, I know your concerns. I will arrange three carriages to go to different places. You can enter any of them. You can go wherever you want. I won't send anyone to kill you; that would be foolish."

Because Consort Zhang knew that if she really killed them, secrets would eventually come out, and if Gu Xuan Ye found out that she had killed them, then the relationship between mother and son would be irreparable.

Moreover… thinking of this, Consort Zhang closed her eyes in anguish before saying, “Even if you don’t leave, my son won’t live much longer.”