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Gu Yue woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt an indescribable fatigue, and then his consciousness slowly returned to his mind. The first memory that came to his mind was...

He sat up suddenly.

Feeling sore all over, Gu Yue rubbed his legs and arms with a grimace, then looked outside the big red curtain.

The gauze curtain was still hanging, the outer door was tightly closed, and bright sunlight poured in through the wide-open window.

He got up from the bed.

A set of clothes had been placed next to the pillow. They were exactly the ones he often wore when he was in Bo's house. Gu Yue reluctantly put them on. When he raised his hand, his chest hurt and he hissed.

He opened his shirt and looked down. There were several teeth marks on the mole on his chest, which were all a little purple.

Gu Xu is a dog!

He cursed in his heart.

Gu Yue got out of bed in a twisted position and slowly moved to the main hall separated by a door. There were snacks and steaming hot tea on the table. He slowly sat down and planned to eat something.

He's starving to death!

As soon as I put a piece of sweet pastry into my mouth, the outer door was opened.

Wu Huo heard the noise in the room and pushed the door open.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Wu Huo seemed a little embarrassed: "...Boss Gu?"

"It's me." Gu Yue nodded vaguely.

Wu Huo had thought about the possibility of this matter as early as the day Gu Yue arrived at the Bo Mansion, but today, after receiving double confirmation from his master and Gu Yue himself, he was still a little stunned.

"How... did they do that?" Wu Huo was puzzled.

"Maybe there really are gods in this world." Gu Yue said, "When I woke up, I was back in my own body."

Last night, under Gu Xu's "torture and interrogation", he explained everything clearly, from making the plan to how he fell off the cliff, to waking up from the Taoist temple and heading to Luoyang.

Wu Huo said: "Anyway, Boss Gu, welcome back. You don't know that the master has been like a lost soul these days..."

He talked about Gu Xu's recent situation, but soon he noticed a cold gaze behind him. He seemed to sense danger and immediately shut up.

Gu Xu was standing behind him.

"Awake?" Gu Xu just glanced at Wu Huo and didn't respond to his talkativeness.

"Yeah." Gu Yue's cheeks felt hot when he saw him.

The impression of last night was so profound that he had not yet adapted to the change.

"I'm leaving first." Wu Huo left tactfully.

Gu Yue was embarrassed, very embarrassed.

"Are you okay?" Gu Xu walked to the table and sat down, "Last night..."

"Don't mention it!" Gu Yue shouted quickly.

There was a hint of amusement in Gu Xu's eyes, but he didn't say anything else that would make Gu Yue's ears hot.

"What time is it now?" Gu Yue asked.

"Just after noon." Gu Xu said, "I went to the palace in the morning to help the prince prepare for his ascension to the throne."

"Appointment?" Gu Yue immediately regained his sanity. He thought for three seconds, and then remembered that the prince in the palace was a fake one they had arranged.

"Probably next month." Gu Xu said.

"Then again, how can Qin Zhaohong legitimately ascend the throne?" Gu Yue asked, "I have read some history books here. Although there are precedents of women ascending the throne, there are still few examples. The resistance should be great, right? Even if those ministers support the Qin family, they will give priority to a few princes who have been appointed, or at worst, King Yin Qin Shu."

"That's right. Women are still not valued. Qin Zhaohong is in the same situation as my mother, so... she helped me and I chose her." Gu Xu said.

"She helped you?" Gu Yue was curious.

"In the beginning, I didn't have full control over Wumen, and I was short of manpower. I had no contact with the court officials." Gu Xu explained: "When she heard that I was Su Huaiyue's son, she lent a hand. She also contributed a lot to the affairs of Wuye and Wuyue's family."

Gu Yue had heard about this incident. It seemed that the Wuye siblings were descendants of the mayor of a small town in the south. Their family members were framed and died. In the original text, it was Gu Xu who helped to redress the injustice done to their family members.

Gu Xu continued, "The other princes are not powerful enough, and the Jing family has also been controlled. Now only King Yin is left in the court and poses some threat."

Gu Yue thought for a moment and suddenly realized: "Then the coronation ceremony is... a trap set for him?"

Gu Xu smiled: "Smart. The plan is this..."

After hearing this, Gu Yue's eyes were filled with shock.

"Really." He said, "In the previous life, it was Qin Zhaoyue who took action in advance and caught you off guard. Otherwise, who knows how things would have turned out."

Gu Xu said: "There are many lucky things in this life."

"For example?" Gu Yue raised his eyebrows.

"For example, you." Gu Xu said, "If you hadn't brought me back to Tongshan, I would never have set foot in a small and inconspicuous village like Tongshan Village in my life, let alone get clues about Zhou Qiong from the village chief and uncover the truth of that year."

"You found Zhou Qiong?!" Gu Yue was very surprised, "So, what happened back then..."

"It's basically consistent with your guess." Gu Xu's eyes were a little cold, but when he looked at Gu Yue, he became gentle again: "Finding Zhou Qiong is also inseparable from your discovery."

"Ah?" Gu Yue was stunned.

Last night he was only concerned with talking about his own experiences, but didn't ask what Gu Xu had been experiencing recently.

Gu Xu continued to serve tea.

"After listening to your narration last night, I was able to connect these events together." Gu Xu said, "Don't take Wu Fei's words to heart. He had such a misunderstanding because of the instigation of the traitor Wu Hun in the sect and various coincidences."

He looked a little guilty. "Since I took over the Wu Clan, I compiled a list of suspects from my past life memories, and Wu Hu was on the list, so I never transferred him to the core. He didn't know that the Ganzhou incident was all led by you in the investigation and reasoning, and he didn't know that I was secretly investigating the incident in the Prince Shen's Mansion. That's why he was seduced by Wu Hu's words."

"It's my fault, too." Gu Xu said.

"It's a good thing to be cautious. It's not your fault." Gu Yue smiled. After what happened, he had let it go. "What happened next?"

"Wu Fei is a man with his own ideas. He is not suitable to be a secret guard." Gu Xu said, "Because of your incident, he had some doubts about Wu Hu, so he set up a trap in Shili Village to test him. Wu Hu fell into the trap and came with people from Lingfeng Pavilion to capture or kill Wu Fei, but was captured by the people Wu Fei brought with him in advance."

"Oh..." Gu Yue understood.

This Wu Hun was a traitor, who used sweet words to mislead Wu Fei and let him come to provoke him. As a result, he happened to have some knots in his heart about this, so he took a risk and it was a disaster.

"The letter you sent to Zhen Suhang was intercepted by Wu Fei, who used his trick to replace the armor." Gu Xu said, "and thus killed you."

Gu Yue sighed slightly.

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