The Word of Heaven

Chapter 310 The Little One Under the Fur Coat

Inside and outside the imperial city, and on and off the gatehouses, there was only silence.

Gu Zhuo's figure appeared and disappeared in the bright sunshine, seeming real and illusory.

He waited politely, looking at the Queen quietly, without showing any sign of anxiety.

After an unknown amount of time, the silence on the city gate tower was broken.

"Your appearance was not completely unexpected to me. I thought you would come into my sight. To others, you are extremely unfathomable, but I always think you are an extremely boring person."

The Queen paused and said coldly, "But I really didn't expect to be able to come and go freely."

Then she suddenly laughed and said mockingly, "But you actually want to chat with me, and you put on such a gentle and kind face. Don't you feel stupid?"

Gu Zhuo didn't get angry when he heard this, and asked, "Do you want me to kill you?"

The Queen smiled, her smile full of toughness, and said, "You and I are only concerned with life and death."

Gu Zhuo looked at her and said calmly, "You are scared."

The silence in the field became heavier, and the atmosphere was depressing as if it was the deep sea before a storm, making the light from the midsummer morning sun seem false and unable to bring any warmth.

Many people were so nervous that they even forgot to breathe. They were in an extreme fear that gradually became heavier and heavier, and their bodies began to feel cold and tremble.

The most nervous people were not the civilians in the square, or the young people, but the nobles standing on the city gate tower, because they were in deep despair, thinking that even the great formation of the Divine Capital could not restrain the Demon Lord, so what possibility was there for them to survive?

Yes, and His Majesty the Emperor.

But how could they not understand the principle that when the city gate is on fire, the fish in the pond will be affected?

"Are you scared?"

The Queen seemed to have truly calmed down, and said with a smile: "Of course death is something worth fearing, but since it is not fear itself, it is not worth my fear."

Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "But you are afraid of losing."

The Queen's smile froze and she didn't have time to speak, or perhaps she knew that words were meaningless.

"Xie Yinglian cannot prove the relationship between you and Yingxu."

Gu Zhuo said: "I can."

The Queen Mother stopped smiling and asked expressionlessly, "Who believes it?"

This is indeed the fact. When people listened to what Gu Zhuo said, they felt it was extremely absurd and ridiculous.

Even if we return to the peaceful days a hundred years ago when Taoism had not yet gone to war with the Qin Dynasty, no one would accept this statement, because this is the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty and no outsiders are allowed to interfere!

This has nothing to do with the facts.

This is the bottom line of an empire.

From the square came the vicious curses of the people, all of which were about who you think you are and so on.

Ye Yilan, who was standing at the front, looked up at Gu Zhuo with worry in her eyes.

Even Xie Yinglian couldn't understand it.

The reason why she accused the queen was ultimately a forced choice after she was left with no other options.

This should not be Gu Zhuo's choice.

Whether it's killing someone or something else, it's better than this.

No one could understand this decision.

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

The person who was speaking should have been extremely haggard and weak, but the crazy smile revealed in his voice made it impossible not to look over.

Just one glance, and the whole world fell silent.

"I believe."

Bai Langxing climbed the steps to the city gate tower and said these two words to the people of the world.

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Over the past hundred years, the White Emperor was in his prime, and his realm was undoubtedly the best in the world.

Unless he has the idea of ​​abdicating on his own initiative, who in this world is qualified to make him give up his throne?

Therefore, the issue of succession, which is most important for political stability, never appeared in the Qin Dynasty under the rule of the White Emperor. When his few descendants were first enlightened at a young age, the education they received from their mother was only two words - do not fight.

Both the eldest and second princes had the word "not competing" engraved in their lives. They decided early on to find beauty while enjoying a luxurious life and were unwilling to have even the slightest connection with state affairs.

Until the appearance of Bai Langxing, the third prince, due to his mother's early death, had extremely high expectations and demands on his birth. With the tacit approval of the White Emperor, he even went to the wilderness to temper himself in the wind and snow, showing a very clear enterprising spirit.

If he had not been defeated by Gu Zhuo in the last summer festival, his life would not be what it is now, and he would not be so haggard.

So much so that after a long period of silence and shock, people hesitated to confirm that it was him.

He is the Third Prince of the Qin Dynasty.

"I believe."

Bai Langxing repeated, staring into the queen's eyes.

Some people came to their senses from their stupor and tried to denounce his stupidity, questioning whether he knew who he was, and then realized that he made such a decision precisely because he knew who he was.

The queen was silent.

Gu Zhuo said: "It seems we can continue."

Bai Langxing turned around, looked at him with extremely complicated eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then continue."

"You were a nun at Ganye Temple, practicing Buddhism with your hair uncut. Your master was a monk named Du Hai."

Gu Zhuo looked at the queen and said, "And all this was arranged by Yingxu."

The queen remained calm and composed.

As early as the spring of that year, she had heard about Ganye Temple and the monk Duhai from Gu Zhuo, and judged that they were traces deliberately left by the head of the department in the files of the Patrol Department.

To this end, she secretly read the relevant files as Xie Yinglian had imagined, and when she failed to find the relevant words, she took the initiative to tamper with or add to them, leaving a false record of her collusion with Yingxu and Tianming Sect.

The reason for doing so was to guard against Gu Zhuo, who was in charge of the Sky Patrol at the time, from trying to deal with her...but at that time, she could never have imagined that Gu Zhuo was actually the Demon Lord himself.

Eunuch Cao opened his eyes wide, looked at Bai Langxing angrily, and shouted: "I can always say a lot of nonsense like this. How can you, as the most valued heir of His Majesty, be so stupid as to believe such words?"

Bai Langxing sneered at him and ignored him.

Gu Zhuo looked at the queen and said, "After Yingxu sent you to the Divine Capital, you and Wanyi's biological father fell in love unexpectedly. For this reason, you asked Yingxu to abandon the original plan, that is, to send you to the White Emperor and marry that Young Master Lin instead. But you also promised that you would still be loyal to the Tianming Sect. In the end, Yingxu agreed..."

The Queen suddenly said, "Is this the story you want to tell?"

“Is it a bit too boring?”

She smiled and asked, "You can put the same plot on anyone who has a close relationship with Your Majesty. I thought you should prove the collusion between me and the Tianming Sect, and how we work together to deceive the superiors and the subordinates."

Gu Zhuo said to himself: "It's a pity that the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop. After you gave birth to Wan Yi for Mr. Lin, you found that the happiness you had became false day by day."

"And then?" Xie Yinglian asked seriously, "What happened then?"

Gu Zhuo paused and said, "Later one day, she killed her husband with her own hands."

The queen's smile seemed unchanged, but her eyes had changed slightly.

Gu Zhuo sighed and said to Xie Yinglian: "After she died, she found out in sorrow that this seemingly heartfelt choice was actually a path that was arranged in advance, and she only realized the existence of this fact at the end of the road."

There was dead silence in front of the imperial city.

Of course people were unwilling to believe what was said, but they couldn't help but remain silent and nervous, subconsciously wanting to know more.

This should be the text that remains in unofficial history thousands of years later.

Someone asked, “Who is that person?”

Gu Zhuo looked at the queen and suddenly asked, "Who do you think that person is?"

The Queen did not give an answer, but said sarcastically, "Is this the story you want to tell? In this story, I have too many things that deserve sympathy. I can even be a holy avenger."

"Revenge is holy, but the means you use are not."

Gu Zhuo said calmly, "He leaked the security arrangements for the summer festival and sold out all kinds of information in exchange for Yingxu's trust, allowing the Tianming Sect to linger on in the world. Then he used the flood that caused the Yunmeng Lake to reappear in the world to get himself promoted, until he sat in the chair in the imperial study."

The queen shook her head and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Show me the evidence or come and kill me."

Gu Zhuo said nothing, but casually snapped his fingers, causing some past events to emerge in the queen's mind.

That was the reality that he and Si Zhu saw when they were fighting for life and death in Cangzhou.

——The Queen saw the Lord Si looking at her back with a look of extreme disappointment, and she understood.

Only the Queen could hear what Gu Zhuo said next.

"Full and empty consent is the real consent."

"Of course, you can accuse Yingxu and Sizhu of being close friends, and since he handed you over to him, it makes sense for him to bear the relevant responsibilities."

"I wasted so much time talking to you, mainly to clear my eldest disciple's relationship, and secondly, to tell you a fact."

"Your vision is really not that good. Although you have already entered the realm of enlightenment, it is only by relying on the accumulation of elixirs and various external objects. The gap between you and Pei Jinge is immeasurable. But the strange thing is... you are always inexplicably paranoid and self-confident, and always think that you must be right."

"Actually, I don't really hate this kind of confidence. The question is, have you ever been correct in your confidence?"

"As long as you are willing to ask Yingxu in person, you can keep the things you cherished in the past."

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In the eyes of the world, Gu Zhuo's silence was speechless.

Bai Langxing is indeed too stupid to be worthy of having the blood of His Majesty the Emperor flowing in his veins. He should let the Empress give birth to a true descendant for the Bai family, so that the Great Qin can enter its third millennium.

But in the next moment, all these thoughts were shattered.

"As for the evidence you want."

Gu Zhuo looked at the queen and said calmly, "I met Qing Xiaoyue earlier and told him about the things that happened in the past years. With his ability, he should be able to confirm everything soon. Even if you do whatever it takes to kill Qing Xiaoyue, Bai Langxing will follow these clues to investigate. That's why I was able to get him to come forward."

The queen said nothing.

Gu Zhuo said: "Of course, you can continue to hold on, but I don't recommend you to do so."

The queen remained silent.

The difference is that her eyes are no longer bright and hard to look at.

It's like being covered with a layer of frost and fog, becoming visibly dim and silent, and the luster of the past can no longer be found.

Gu Zhuo looked at her quietly.

The queen suddenly asked, "Do you think you won?"

Hearing this, Gu Zhuo felt a little disappointed, but not surprised.

The Queen looked up.

In the sunlight, her face was so pale that it could not even turn red or warm, which was shocking.

Many people realized that what Gu Zhuo said was very likely true. Otherwise, with the queen's cold and hard mind, how could she allow herself to show such an embarrassed expression that she would never have had in the past?
"You think too much."

Gu Zhuo looked at the queen and said, "If you were not almost accepted as a disciple by Yingxu, you would be more or less my half-disciple, and you would not be qualified for me to talk to you so much today."

The queen's body became stiffer.

Gu Zhuo thought about it and told the truth again.

"The words Victory and Loss are never between you and me."

The queen stared into Gu Zhuo's eyes, seeing the gentleness and calmness in those eyes, and suddenly she had a strong feeling of being naked, as if all her past that she had tried so hard to hide was now exposed to the light of day.

Although it was midsummer, she felt extremely cold and could not move either physically or mentally.

A voice was heard from the city gate tower. It was the angry rebuke of the ministers whom she regarded as waste.

She listened to these words, as if she had gained unparalleled strength from them, and spoke again firmly.

"No matter how much you say, no matter how impressive it may seem, the Divine Capital Formation is connected to my mind today."

"I can't kill you, and I have no way to keep you in this city, but what about the people you care about?"

"You care about Xie Yinglian, you care about seeking knowledge, and you care about these idiots and fools, but I can destroy and kill these people you care about."

The queen raised her head proudly, her eyes shining again, and said, "You can try to see if you can stop me. I am happy to hear the morning and evening bells ring again, but this time I will still stand."

When she said this, her voice was hoarse and filled with deliberate calmness.

For some reason, the entire imperial city fell silent at this moment.

All the sounds from moments ago faded away from her.

The queen remained proud and unmoved.

She looked into the Taoist's eyes, as if she was about to win everything.

Even if victory will be followed by destruction.

Countless eyes fell on her, without the usual awe and hope, only surprise, bewilderment and disbelief.

A sigh sounded.

"Why are you still so stupid? You don't even want this little bit of decency?"

Gu Zhuo frowned, looked at the queen and said, "Or you haven't discovered the obvious fact yet?"

After she finished speaking, the queen finally realized that something was wrong, and she could no longer suppress the trembling of her body.

Gu Zhuo understood, looked down at her with pity, and finally said: "No matter how much time passes, the White Emperor will not stand up and stand by your side today."

(End of this chapter)