Chapter 70: Chi Yunzhou

Night Wind could only grit his teeth and say, “Master, it’s about Miss Tang!”

Gu Qingchen quickly got out of the bathtub, put on his clothes, and opened the door, “What’s wrong with Yao’er?”

It was late at night, and Night Wind suddenly reported about Tang Chuyao’s situation, which made him a little worried.

“Master, Miss Tang went to Jie You Pavilion to drink alone after meeting Princess Xiao Gui!”

Night Wind felt a gust of wind blow past him. When he looked up again, Gu Qingchen was gone. He quickly used his light skills to follow…

When Gu Qingchen arrived at the private room in Jie You Pavilion, Tang Chuyao was gone.

Gu Qingchen’s heart jumped to his throat. Where had the little one gone at this hour?

She had also been drinking. A young girl walking alone on the street at night was dangerous!

Gu Qingchen grabbed Manager Wang and questioned him. Manager Wang was also angry.

He was a servant, and he shouldn’t have interfered when their Young Miss came to drink alone.

Thinking about the rumors he had heard these past two days, saying that the Liao princess Wan Yan Liyue was out playing with the Regent, he felt a little resentful towards the Regent. He had already been granted marriage by the emperor, so why was he still out on the streets with a princess?

Now seeing the Regent appear here, Manager Wang didn’t want to speak.

Seeing Manager Wang’s attitude, Gu Qingchen’s anger grew even stronger. But thinking that Manager Wang was the little one’s person, he didn’t do anything to him.

Instead, he left in a huff.

The waiter wiped his sweat and came to Manager Wang’s side. He admired the manager’s attitude just now. That was the Regent! The manager was really a man!

“Come here, help me up.” Manager Wang’s legs were a little shaky. He leaned on the waiter and slowly cleaned up the restaurant. He didn’t dare to think about what had just happened. He had actually dared to contradict the Regent!

Tang Chuyao walked alone on the street. There were few people on the street. Night Wind followed not far behind. Suddenly, Tang Chuyao stopped, her footsteps halting. She didn’t turn her head, but her voice was cold, “Night Wind, you don’t have to follow this Miss anymore!”

Night Wind stumbled and almost fell from the tree.

The next second, Night Wind jumped down from the tree and knelt on one knee behind Tang Chuyao, “This subordinate has already been given to the Miss by the Regent. He is the Miss’s person!”

Tang Chuyao said coldly, “Is that so?”

“Then where did you go just now?”

Night Wind froze. He had been discovered by the Miss. He could only grit his teeth and say, “This subordinate went to find the King!”

“This subordinate knows he was wrong! He won’t dare to do it again!”

“Please don’t abandon this subordinate, Miss!”

Tang Chuyao felt that she already owed Gu Qingchen enough. She didn’t want to, and she didn’t dare to easily fall in love with someone.

She had thought about the marriage too simply before. She thought that marrying Gu Qingchen would repay his kindness, but now, hearing that he was with another woman, she felt very upset!

What if she really fell in love with him after they got married? What if he took another concubine? How would she deal with it?

Would she be trapped in the back house like her mother?

Maybe she would be persecuted by other concubines.

Then how would she choose?

This wasn’t the outcome Tang Chuyao wanted!

She was reborn in this life, first to take revenge, and second to repay her kindness.

The system told her that she had to become the female protagonist of this world!

Tang Chuyao sighed and leaped away.

Night Wind quickly stood up from the ground and followed…

Gu Qingchen flew to Wen Yong Bo Mansion and searched everywhere, but he couldn’t find Tang Chuyao. He panicked!

“Go and investigate!”

“This King wants to know where Yao’er went immediately!”

Night Wind left after receiving the order.

Gu Qingchen left Night Huan behind. If Tang Chuyao came back, he was to be notified immediately.

He himself flew away, searching for Tang Chuyao’s whereabouts. Unbeknownst to Gu Qingchen, Tang Chuyao had gone to the General’s Mansion alone.

She didn’t want Night Wind to follow her, so Night Wind could only guard outside.

The General’s Mansion had been empty for a long time. The entire family lived in the Northern Frontier. Only a steward and a few servants remained to maintain the mansion.

In her previous life, the General’s Mansion was implicated by her, leading to the entire family being executed!

Tang Chuyao looked at the unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar mansion in front of her, her eyes filled with a sour feeling.

Without alerting anyone, she flew directly to He Garden. This was where her mother had lived before she got married.

She sat on a ginkgo tree, overlooking He Garden. Seeing the layout, which was similar to He Garden in Wen Yong Bo Mansion, she felt a sense of familiarity…

Suddenly, a strange aura appeared. Tang Chuyao dodged a sword, and a branch where she had been sitting was cut off.

In the dark night, she couldn’t see who the person was. She only heard a man’s voice, “Who are you? How dare you intrude into my General’s Mansion at night!”

“Big Brother?” Tang Chuyao asked tentatively.

Tang Chuyao recognized the man’s voice. It sounded like her cousin, Chi Yunzhou, the cavalry captain in the army.

Chi Yunzhou couldn’t believe his ears. He seemed to hear a woman’s voice, and it sounded like his cousin, Tang Chuyao!

“Yao Yao?”

Tang Chuyao held back the urge to cry, “It’s me, Big Brother!”

The siblings went to the front hall. A servant brewed tea and brought it over.

The flickering candlelight illuminated Tang Chuyao’s appearance. She had grown taller and older…

Although she was wearing a veil, her beautiful eyes sparkled with life and were charming. Her pink dress made her look even more delicate.

Chi Yunzhou stared at Tang Chuyao’s veil for a long time. He remembered the rumors he had heard about Tang Chuyao on his way to the capital. The ugliest woman in the capital, she had a secret affair with the young master of Xuanping Marquis Mansion before marriage, she was incompetent in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting…

Chi Yunzhou’s eyes were filled with heartache. This younger sister had lost her mother since she was young and was sent out of the mansion at the age of three. Although everyone in the General’s Mansion knew that Tang Chuyao was sent to the Valley of Tranquility to learn martial arts, she was still forced to leave the mansion.

The General’s Mansion had always been stationed in the Northern Frontier and couldn’t take care of Tang Chuyao. They could only secretly send people to protect her, but the back house was complicated, and their hands were too short to reach into other people’s back houses.

The first time he saw Tang Chuyao was when she was three years old, just after she went to the Valley of Tranquility. At that time, his grandfather went to the capital to report on his duties, and he followed him. Before they returned to the Northern Frontier, they went to the Valley of Tranquility to see Tang Chuyao.

He vaguely remembered that Tang Chuyao looked like a delicate little doll at that time, even more beautiful than the jade maidens in paintings.

Since then, Tang Chuyao’s appearance had been deeply engraved in his heart.

He had been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, growing and honing his skills under the protection of his grandfather, father, and uncles. He could now stand on his own two feet!

But his longing for Tang Chuyao grew stronger with each passing day. He wondered if she had received the birthday gifts he had sent to the Valley of Tranquility every year.

And had she received the gifts he had sent to Wen Yong Bo Mansion these past few years?

Seeing her relatives again, Tang Chuyao felt as if time had stood still. The person in front of her was her cousin, alive and well!