Chapter 201: Ice Lotus's Mystery (1)

"Big Brother."

Su Ling and Gu Yun turned their heads at the same time and saw Su Ren standing not far away with a rather solemn face.

Letting go of the hand around Gu Yun, Su Ling asked: "What is it?"

Su Ren replied expressionlessly: "The Ministry of War sent some documents, waiting for you to look over."

Su Ling exchanged a glance with Su Ren, lowered his head to Gu Yun, and said: "They were tossed about by you, let's start the training tomorrow, you go and close your eyes for a while too."

Gu Yun smiled: "Mm, you go busy yourself." Su Ren was rarely this serious, it seemed the Ministry of War's matter was very urgent. Su Ling nodded, turned, and went out of the drill ground with Su Ren. Just walking out of the door, Su Ling asked immediately: "What is it?"

"Those men in black last night were from Juling Island. Their purpose this time was to capture Qing Mo and threaten you to release Ao Ji."

Su Ling snorted coldly: "Impossible." Ao Ji hurting her so badly, not tearing him into ten thousand pieces was already mercy. Su Ren's face remained solemn. If it were just this, he wouldn't be like this. Su Ling stopped and asked: "Is there anything worse?"

Su Ren said in a low voice: "Juling Island selects a clan leader every ten years, and only silver-haired descendants are qualified to participate. In Ao Ji's bloodline, only he and Ao Tian are silver-haired now. If Ao Ji dies, Ao Tian becomes the only hope of this clan. Most importantly, none of Ao Ji's children are silver-haired. To continue the silver-haired bloodline, one can only rely on Ao Tian and Ye Mei. In this way, they are definitely reluctant to kill Ye Mei and the others. To threaten Ao Tian, the only way is to capture Qing Mo." That is to say, attacks like last night would only become more and more frequent, and her little life would be missed by people at any time.

Su Ren didn't continue, but Su Ling already understood.

The fiery light in his black eyes became more intense as Su Ren spoke. His already distinct face had prism-like traces because of his clenched teeth. Su Ren swallowed secretly; those people were afraid they had pissed Big Brother off.

Sure enough, Su Ling's icy voice said word by word: "Send those captured last night to the Ministry of Justice, and tell Dan Yulan that on the day Ao Ji is dismembered, the General's Mansion will send an additional thousand people to guard. Once the time comes, execute immediately, no mistakes allowed." He hated being threatened the most, especially using her life to threaten him!

"Also—" Su Ling paused before saying, "Ask the Clan Leader to dispatch three shadow guards to protect her."

Su Ren's heart jumped violently. After a long while, he replied: "Yes."

Had Big Brother's heart for her reached this extent? The Su family's shadow guards only guarded Su family members. Qing Mo was definitely the mistress of the General's Mansion. This time it wasn't chosen by Ice Lotus, it was chosen by Big Brother.

A smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and Su Ren swept away the annoyance from just now. Actually, he had always been very worried. If Ice Lotus's choice wasn't the person Big Brother truly loved, according to Big Brother's temper, he would absolutely not compromise. Fortunately, the person chosen by Ice Lotus was Qing Mo!

Having been tired all night, she slept somewhat deeply. Waking up slowly, Gu Yun stretched, accidentally pulled her wounds, and gasped for air in pain. Supporting herself on the edge of the bed, she suddenly felt slight movement outside the courtyard.

Gu Yun got up extremely lightly, walked to the wooden box where Ice Lotus was stored, and then shouted loudly: "Who is outside?" She had wounds on her body and couldn't act rashly. If the other party wasn't coming for her, hearing someone shout would probably make them run.

"Girl, you're awake? Hurry out, I brought you good stuff." Outside the house, a vigorous shout sounded. Gu Yun was startled. This voice was that strange old man?

While feeling relieved, Gu Yun also had a feeling of scalp numbness. What on earth did he want to do?

Putting on her outer coat, Gu Yun opened the door. Su Yan was sitting on the stone stool, and seeing her, he immediately beckoned to her happily. Gu Yun walked over helplessly, and at a glance, she saw a bowl of golden, oily liquid on the stone table, so she took a step back instinctively and asked coldly: "What is this?"

Su Yan smiled proudly: "Red ginseng snow lotus stewed chicken! Taste it, it's delicious and nourishing! You are too thin, it makes Uncle Yan's heart ache!"

It was indeed very fragrant, but nothing good comes from a stranger. Gu Yun snorted coldly: "You aren't poisoning it, are you?" She hadn't forgotten his first palm when he saw her and the later standing by and watching her die.

Refusing to admit his evil deeds, Su Yan pouted and replied: "What are you saying, Uncle Yan's heart aches for you too late!"

Heart aches? Gu Yun got goosebumps again.

"Chicken soup is useless." Just when Gu Yun planned to move further away from him, another disdainful male voice sounded behind her. Gu Yun turned her head, and a mountain-like fat figure had appeared behind her, handing the thing in his hand to her like a treasure: "Uncle Quan brought you a Ten Complete Great Replenishment Pill, eat this and I guarantee your wounds will be more than half better immediately."

Gu Yun was secretly surprised. He could appear behind her silently with such a huge body; this person was also not to be underestimated.

Seeing Su Quan wanted to steal his limelight, Su Yan stood up hurriedly and shouted: "Your pill is too nourishing, people with weak bodies can't take it at all, better to have my chicken soup for gentle nourishment."

"Don't pretend to understand when you don't, the Great Replenishment Pill is the most effective for treating internal injuries!"

"She isn't suffering from internal injuries!"

"No matter what, it's better than your chicken soup!"

"You—"

"Stop!" Seeing the two were about to argue, Gu Yun pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Two, please sit." The two looked at each other, snorted coldly, and turned away, but still sat down obediently as Gu Yun said.

Gu Yun sat opposite them, pushed the chicken soup and the so-called Great Replenishment Pill on the table toward them, and said straightforwardly: "I have never believed in such good things as pie falling from the sky. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Hearing her say this, Su Yan was unhappy in his heart, but couldn't bear to roar at her, so he could only mutter to himself: "You child, your suspicion is too heavy, is it wrong to be good to you?" Her frame was like a bean sprout, and the first time he saw her she was like a sickly beauty, really not likable. If he had known this girl was so suited to his temper, he wouldn't have been willing to hurt her! Why was this child so vengeful?

"Fine!" The ready answer made the two smile, and then, Gu Yun's face sank, and she continued to force: "Why do you want to be good to me?"

Gu Yun's persistent forcing made Su Yan somewhat impatient, and he replied bluntly: "You are our Su family's daughter-in-law, who else should we be good to if not you?" Su Quan nodded and agreed with a smile.

Gu Yun frowned: "Who said I am your Su family's daughter-in-law?" Their expressions were natural, and they didn't seem to be lying, and being good to her didn't seem to have any other purpose. But what did they rely on to conclude that she was a Su family daughter-in-law? Su Ling absolutely couldn't have told them these things.

Su Quan laughed: "That goes without saying, Ice Lotus is following you."

Ice Lotus?! Gu Yun seemed to have found a breakthrough. They had indeed become strange after she picked up Ice Lotus. Without changing her expression, Gu Yun asked with a smile: "What does Ice Lotus following me have to do with it?"

"Of course..." Su Quan had only said two words when a large hand slapped his shoulder hard. Su Yan's loud voice interrupted his words abruptly: "Oh, it's almost dark, and I'm hungry, let's eat first, eat, eat!" While speaking, Su Yan winked at Su Quan. He finally remembered Su Ling's warning last night. This girl had a lot of heart. If she knew about Ice Lotus and made a little temper, Ling would definitely be furious.

Gu Yun couldn't laugh or cry. Would Su Yan's eyes go blind if he kept blinking like this? Fortunately, Su Quan received this obvious "hint," so he stood up and chuckled: "Eat, eat."

The two pulled and dragged each other out of Yitian Courtyard. Gu Yun stared at the things still left on the stone table, her expression gradually becoming solemn. Su Yan and Su Quan's intentions were definitely not fake, and the sudden concern made people even more suspicious, and all this abnormality seemed to stem from Ice Lotus. There was a vague guess in her heart, but she felt it was somewhat ridiculous.

Gu Yun sat alone in the courtyard, filtering through everything related to Ice Lotus, only to find that the Su family's attitude toward Ice Lotus was indeed very different, seeming to treasure it very much but also giving it to her casually. Just because she didn't feel cold when picking up Ice Lotus, they gave their family's supreme treasure to someone else? This didn't seem to make sense. What was the reason then? She couldn't find a clue for a while. A servant called outside the courtyard: "Miss Qing, the General invites you to the flower hall for dinner."

Snapping back to her senses, Gu Yun replied: "I know." Sitting for a while longer, Gu Yun wrapped up the Great Replenishment Pill on the table and stuffed it into the interlayer of her waistband, but didn't drink a drop of the chicken soup.

Walking into the flower hall, she saw only Su Ling at the dining table full of dishes. The few old men of the Su family were not there, and Su Ren and Su Yu were nowhere to be seen. Gu Yun walked over, and a small boy in green clothes suddenly bowed hard to her: "Congratulations, Miss Qing."

The sharp voice sounded a bit strange. At his age, he should have passed the voice-changing period, and the voice shouldn't be like this. And, he just said congratulations? What joy was there? Gu Yun looked at Su Ling in confusion, and Su Ling smiled heartily at her, looking in a good mood.

Observing words and expressions was the specialty of a little eunuch. The little boy hurriedly said with a smile: "Concubine Qing gave birth to a dragon son for the Emperor at the first quarter of the noon hour today."

Born? It had only been eight months since they arrived in Qiongyue. Even if they had a relationship as soon as they entered the palace, it was impossible for this time to be a full-term birth. Gu Yun said urgently: "Was it a safe and smooth delivery?"

The little eunuch nodded and smiled immediately: "Yes, mother and child are safe. This slave came specially to report the good news to you."

Gu Yun put down her hanging heart. Premature birth was premature birth, as long as the person was safe. Gu Yun only cared about being happy and forgot that the boy was still bowing there.

Su Ling lifted his hand gently, and Ming Shu behind him handed the prepared bag of silver to the little eunuch, smiling: "Thank you, Imperial Eunuch."

"This slave takes his leave." Weighing the weight of the money bag secretly, the little eunuch laughed happily. General Su was truly generous.

The little eunuch left the flower hall happily. Gu Yun was also in a good mood, walked to Su Ling's side, and sat down, asking: "Can I go into the palace to see her?" Last time at the family banquet of Lou Xiyan, she had seen Qingfeng once. The two didn't say much that day, but Gu Yun remembered that firm woman. The stubbornness in her bones made one tremble for her and ache for her. She and she were no longer sisters, but it didn't prevent her from caring about that different woman.

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