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Moonlight poured in, falling on Xia Huxin's cool face.
Gu Xuanhong quietly gazed at her, their eyes intertwined. Gu Xuanhong truly could not see through the deep meaning in her eyes.
This Xia Huxin was like a mystery.
She was completely different from the reckless and overbearing youth he had known before.
Although he had not interacted much with her previously, whenever they encountered each other once or twice in the Imperial Garden, she had always displayed a flamboyant and arrogant demeanor, looking down on others, dressed in red and green.
"You shouldn't be Xia Huxin," Gu Xuanhong muttered to himself.
"But you can't find any evidence to prove that I'm not," Huxin replied with a smile.
At any moment, she possessed a calmness that remained unfazed even when faced with great danger.
This kind of calmness, Gu Xuanhong had only seen in Liu Yuren before. Xia Huxin's occasional calmness surpassed Liu Yuren's depth.
"Nalan Mingqing's path has also reached its end. However, what remains unknown now is what his final trump card is! What he desires may be the destruction of the entire Vast Continent. If that is truly the case, then every step we take now undoubtedly aids him."
Now, only Huxin and Gu Xuanhong remained.
Gu Xuanhong finally revealed his true thoughts to Huxin.
This speculation was something even Liu Yuren might not have considered.
Huxin's eyes flickered slightly.
She had been here for less than a month, yet she had experienced countless storms and trials. Did heaven allow her to traverse this journey only to take her back so soon?
Perhaps there was no way back at all.
It was already a miracle to have crossed over once.
For the remaining miracles, she hoped to create them herself.
"If you don't want to help Nalan Mingqing, then there's only one path to take: go against him. Ignore him and let him struggle; if no one cooperates with his act, then Nalan Mingqing will naturally have times when he can't hold it together, right, Master Hong?"
Huxin spoke eloquently.
She rarely called Gu Xuanhong by name, and the sudden mention of "Master Hong" made Gu Xuanhong narrow his eyes.
"Is it so distant between us?" Gu Xuanhong's tone was flat, revealing no emotion.
Huxin pouted and replied lightly, "Are we that familiar?"
"Familiarity comes with time."
"Even the closest people can become strangers. This kind of familiarity is better left for naive young girls who are inexperienced in the world," Huxin showed no respect for Gu Xuanhong.
To others, he was the renowned Gu Family Hong Ye, but to her, he was just a grasshopper tied to the same rope as her, temporarily joined together to deal with Nalan Mingqing.
The expression on a certain lord's face changed slightly; this girl was neither easily swayed nor predictable, making it hard to find her weaknesses.
"Did you learn that sharp tongue from Xuan Yuan Ling?" The voice of a certain elder suddenly turned icy to the bone.
Huxin scoffed and replied coldly, "That guy learned from me, okay?"
"Fine! That's good enough! As long as you didn't learn from him! Don't let just anyone get too close." Gu Xuanhong's words made Huxin twitch her lips in irritation.
The dignified Gu Family Hong Ye, who would have thought that he could be so sharp-tongued, speaking ill of others without a hint of shame.
"Master Hong, have you finished speaking? If you're done, you can leave. I need to rest now."
Huxin yawned as she said this, not even glancing at Gu Xuanhong, and walked straight to the bedside to sit down.
On the cold stone bed lay a layer of straw, with a mat on top. Although simple, this was already a rare exception for the Ancestral Hall Prison.
However, Gu Xuanhong furrowed his brows and called for Azure Eagle.
"Bring the silk quilt and the warm jade pillow."
"…Yes, sir." Azure Eagle was momentarily taken aback but quickly realized that his master was not joking. He hurriedly turned to return to the Gu Family to fetch these two items.
Yet inside, he couldn't help but wonder…
The snow domain silk quilt gifted by the desert eagle, and the warm jade pillow crafted over ten years, are both being given to Xia Huxin?
If it's not her ears that are malfunctioning, then it means the master considers Xia Huxin to be extremely important!
It was important enough to surpass the people and matters that Grandfather cared about the most.
"Take a good rest," Gu Xuanhong said, not saying anything more.
Smart people know when to stop talking.
But for Huxin, he was at a loss for words at that moment.
Little Xia Huxin seemed determined to turn the established patterns of the Vast Continent upside down.
After Gu Xuanhong left, Huxin thought he had finally found a rare moment of peace.
Lying on the pillow and silk quilt sent by Gu Xuanhong's Azure Eagle, Huxin was just about to doze off when suddenly, a pitiful voice came from next door.
"Huxin, isn't the silk quilt and warm jade pillow very comfortable? These two items are treasures that Gu Xuanhong usually cherishes. I want to see for myself."
Xuan Yuan Ling clearly meant to come over to Huxin's side.
"Not comfortable."
Huxin unceremoniously crushed someone's thoughts right in the cradle.
Xuan Yuan Ling fell silent.
After a while, the Xuan Yuan Heir came up with a new tactic.
"Huxin, this silk quilt and warm jade pillow are really good things. How could they not be comfortable? Let me go check if Gu Xuanhong is fooling you and gave you a defective product."
The flattering voice of Xuan Yuan Ling reluctantly broke the silence.
Huxin closed his eyes to rest, coolly saying, "No need to look. It has nothing to do with you."
Xuan Yuan Ling fell silent again.
After a while, Xuan Yuan Ling's pleasant voice sounded once more, "Huxin, I'm still worried. Gu Xuanhong is full of tricks; who knows what scheme he has this time? You should let me..."
"If you come over, I'll leave! You handle it!" Huxin's voice was cold, devoid of any warmth.
Xuan Yuan Ling was completely silent.
He thought of how he, as the Heir of Xuan Yuan, could command the Vast Continent and have everything he desired; when had he ever felt so powerless?
Yet Huxin was unyielding.
And yet he, Xuan Yuan Ling, was the one who took the initiative to approach him.
In the late hours of the night, Xuan Yuan Ling finally stopped making noise.
However, Huxin had no intention of sleeping.
Thinking about the current situation, there were too many inexplicable aspects amidst the strangeness.
Perhaps Gu Xuanhong is right.
Every step they take now may indeed be helping Nalan Mingqing. If they do not want that, they must go against the current.
The next day at dawn, the prison of the Royal Ancestral Hall swung open, and Huxin and Xuan Yuan Ling swaggered out of the Royal Ancestral Hall.
Since proceeding step by step is helping Nalan Mingqing, the first step in going against the current is to thoroughly stir up the waters, preventing Nalan Mingqing from acting according to plan.
...
Once outside the Royal Ancestral Hall, Xuan Yuan Ling was not happy.
She had originally thought she would have a chance to be alone with Huxin today, but who knew that early in the morning, Gu Xuanhong had her released with the Scarlet Edict.
The so-called Scarlet Edict is a blank imperial decree reserved by the Former Emperor.
It can be used to execute the Tyrant or the Slanderous Minister.
Such a precious item, Gu Xuanhong used without any hesitation.
It is well known that there is only one Scarlet Edict. The Gu Family is already notorious; it will surely be useful in the future. However, Gu Xuanhong's use of it at this moment is truly baffling.
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