Chapter 1913

Inside the Imperial Study, he resigned resolutely, almost blocking all of Wu Zhao's steps, not giving Wu Zhao half a chance to maneuver.

Even in her rage, he indeed had not felt killing intent from Wu Zhao's voice.

On the contrary, the more angry and resolute she was, the more it represented how strong her desire was to be a monarch-subject pair for the ages with him.

But...

Gao Yang picked up a cup of hot tea on the table, looked at the steaming heat, and said to Chu Qingluan, "Qingluan, look at this cup of tea."

Chu Qingluan's gaze followed.

Gao Yang looked at the steaming heat and examined it: "This tea is boiling hot when it boils, and bone-chilling when it cools; it's just like the human heart!"

"The human heart is easy to change, and the heart of an emperor is even more so!"

Chu Qingluan's delicate body trembled, her beautiful eyes falling into silence.

Gao Yang continued, "The Empress, at this moment, perhaps truly has no heart to kill, but which emperor, at the beginning of their reign, thinks about slaughtering meritorious officials?"

"When the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked; when the birds are gone, the bow is hidden; it is not that the emperor is naturally cold-blooded, but that dragon chair... once you sit on it, you cannot help but change."

"I have seen too much of the ugliness of the human heart; a handful of rice is a kindness, a bucket of rice is an enmity; when the world is settled and Da Qian dominates, with power as great as mine, I am the most conspicuous bow by the Empress's bedside!"

"If you bet and win, you can enjoy your old age in peace, but once you lose, the price is too high; I cannot afford to lose, and the Duke of the State Prefecture cannot afford to lose."

When Chu Qingluan heard this, she was also quite moved.

She came from an imperial family and had more feelings about this; the human heart is fickle, who dares to bet on the future of an emperor?

But Chu Qingluan thought, this is not right!

"Gao Yang, you are only in your twenties, how can you have such insight into human nature and worldly affairs? It's as if you have experienced all the vicissitudes of life and seen all the ugliness of the world?"

Gao Yang's words paused.

He looked at Chu Qingluan, who was full of confusion; naturally, he couldn't say that Gao Yang was actually a transmigrator, and also a wicked capitalist, having seen more human hearts and means of setting up traps than Chu Qingluan had eaten meals.

He pondered slightly and changed his way of speaking, "Qingluan, do you believe in dreams?"

"Dreams?!"

Gao Yang nodded, "I have had many dreams since I was young; in my dreams, there is another world, strange and bizarre, yet incredibly real; the unpredictability of the human heart and the danger of the world are all vividly displayed in that dream world; what's more strange is... that world has no supreme ruler, and it talks about equality for all living beings!"

"Maybe it's because I've been dreaming since I was a child, dreaming too much, too truly, and being too deeply immersed, so I was born without much awe for emperors and imperial power."

"Although I know this is Da Qian and imperial power is high above, in my heart, I have always treated the Empress as a friend, as a confidant."

"My personality is lazy; money and power, in my eyes, are just passing clouds, of no importance."

"But the Empress is an emperor; she has a heart of pioneering, she holds the vast empire in her heart, and she walks the path of an emperor."

"Under two concepts, under two ideologies, moving toward a breakup is actually inevitable."

Gao Yang put down the teacup in his hand, his eyes deep, "I just made this storm accelerate a little."

Chu Qingluan heard this, her heart slightly shocked.

Gao Yang's words were extremely mysterious, like a fabricated lie, but Chu Qingluan didn't know why, she felt... this was Gao Yang's true words!

If this were true, the breakup was also reasonable.

"But the Empress is ultimately the Empress; aren't you afraid that the Empress will settle accounts after the autumn?"

"Settle accounts after the autumn?"

Gao Yang heard this, his gaze turned cold, and then he looked at Chu Qingluan and said: "Qingluan, do you know if Mu Mu Xue Yao is alive or dead?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Chu Qingluan was suddenly stunned.

Gao Yang was fine, why would he talk about Mu Mu Xue Yao?

She instinctively smelled an unusual aura.

"She... could it be she didn't die?"

"Logically speaking, after Zhao Gao's plan broke out, she should have died, but who let me be too emotional, so I let her go."

"On the surface, under the guard of the Duke of the State Prefecture, she went to a manor outside Changan to spend the rest of her life, but in fact... she wanted to return to Zhao to take revenge, wanted to save her family, and begged this Prime Minister to give her a chance to serve."

"She voluntarily swallowed the chronic poison Changwen gave her, using her body as a chess piece, and went to Zhao for me; the Mo Dao, gunpowder, grain and fodder, all secret support for the Ruthless Sect, all need to be scheduled through her hands!"

Gao Yang's voice was slightly cold, his eyes flashing with chill.

Boom!

Chu Qingluan was full of horror, her heart shaking violently.

She didn't expect that Gao Yang actually had such a dark hand, and that there was such a dark chess piece inside Zhao.

"Gao Yang... do you want to start your own business?" Chu Qingluan's phoenix eyes flashed with brilliance, her face full of excitement.

Gao Yang shook his head directly, his tone slightly mocking, "The supreme ruler, the lonely one, what's the fun in that?"

"I just want to spend the rest of my life safely, take advantage of being idle, do some free things, follow my heart, protect the entire Duke of the State Prefecture, and live a happy life!"

"I, Gao Yang, even if I fail the people of the world, I am the only one who is worthy of her, Wu Zhao; I don't owe her a single bit."

"Building schools widely, protecting the poor scholars of the world, this I will do, unless... the Empress doesn't let me do it."

Gao Yang put down the teacup in his hand, his tone extremely calm.

"Whether it's Bai Xinxin of the Ruthless Sect, or Mu Mu Xue Yao who entered Zhao, they are just backup moves."

"The one who really makes the choice is not me, but... the Empress!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Chu Qingluan's pupils suddenly contracted.

She understood Gao Yang's deep meaning.

"Then if the Empress doesn't have this intention, but the old enemies are restless?" Chu Qingluan asked.

Gao Yang smiled indifferently and said, "These people, when have I ever put them in my eyes? In this world, there aren't that many fools."

The next second.

Chu Qingluan began to untie the long dress on her body.

"Hmm?"

"Qingluan, what are you doing?"

Gao Yang swallowed his saliva, his pupils shocked, his tone extremely unsteady.

Chu Qingluan took a deep breath, her eyes rippling, her tone carrying a trace of indescribable heat, "I think, the anger in my husband's heart toward the Empress... seems far from subsiding!"

"No! I don't!" Gao Yang subconsciously retorted, but his gaze couldn't help but follow Chu Qingluan's movements, as if he had turned on an auto-aim.

"I think you do!"

"Qingluan, you can't!"

Outside the window, in the small courtyard.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who were responsible for guarding, almost simultaneously raised their heads to look at the dim sky.

"Brother Wu, although the sky is clear and the moon is bright, I suddenly sensed a heavy rain is coming, what about you?"

Chen Sheng said.

Wu Guang nodded, nodding with deep feeling, "What you and I brothers see is the same, my heart is also feeling it!"