C160 (1/2)

The heavy smell of the water in the Hall of Clear Brilliance made Jin Xiaolou feel sleepy. She took a deep breath and forced herself to focus, causing the Queen to smile awkwardly and change the topic, ”Lang'er, you are already completely recovered, then you will have to consider getting married. You are not young anymore, and can't live alone like this forever.”

”Empress Mother is really ambitious.” Gao Lang laughed coldly, ”Third brother just left, the coffin hasn't even been buried yet, and Empress Mother actually has the mood to arrange a marriage for me?”

The empress's face turned ugly for a moment before she smiled gently like a loving mother treating a naughty child. She said softly, ”Your third brother has always been looking forward to your marriage. If you can marry a good wife and give birth to a child, I can comfort him.”

”Empress Mother need not worry about me.” Gao Lang stood up, ”We have already sat in the Clear Brilliance Palace for the time it takes to drink two cups of tea, motherly and filial, the people outside have seen enough, we will take what we need.”

She then bowed towards the empress. ”This subject shall take his leave.”

Seeing Gao Lang walk away without caring about the empress's expression, Jin Xiaolou quickly bowed to the empress and followed Gao Lang out of the palace.

After the two of them passed through the white jade wall, the empress suddenly flicked her hand and threw all the tea cups on the table onto the ground.

The porcelain cup shattered into pieces and the empress gritted her teeth as she said resentfully, ”I am the empress, head of the imperial palace. Even the emperor has to see my face. In the end, you still want to take his wrath? ”

”Please calm your anger, Empress!” Sui Gu hurriedly stepped forward to caress the empress's back. ”Empress, don't worry, the Seventh Prince is the emperor's grudge. The more efforts he makes, the more the emperor will feel that it's glaring.

”Hmph, that may not be so.” The empress was cold. ”He's been pretending to be a fool for twenty years. With his scheming mind and endurance, he's no ordinary person. Do you think he's a grasshopper that can't fly? Who knows, he might turn out to be a venomous snake!”

”And that girl by his side.” The empress soothed her anger and slowly approached. ”We've investigated the background and brazenly brought a nameless woman to the palace to see me. How audacious!”

”Yes.” Sui Gu immediately replied.

Just as she was about to leave, the empress stopped her again, ”What has Honorable Yang been busy with these days? ”I haven't seen her for a few days. She brought little 12 days to play in my palace. Since the palace is so lonely, I wanted to see more of her children.”

”Yes.” Sui Gu nodded, bowed and left.

Jin Xiaolou followed Gao Lang out of the Clear Brilliance Hall, and not long after, they saw a palace gate that was tightly shut.

Behind the broken door, one could see that the once prosperous palace was now only left with ruins. The garden had become a world of plants, and wild flowers continued to climb all over the place. Instead, it had become the place where the vitality of this silent and lifeless palace stood out the most.

Gao Lang stopped outside the palace gates, raised his head and looked at the gold lacquer signboard.

”These three words were personally written by the Emperor.” Gao Lang was expressionless. ”To put it another way, my mother is as beautiful and fragrant as pepper water, so virtuous and virtuous.”

Jin Xiaolou thought about Gao Lang's past and felt his nose sour. ”I believe your mother is definitely a person who is like capsicum and orchid.”

”How do you know?” Gao Lang lowered his head, his voice was slightly hoarse.

”Because you are such a person.” Jin Xiaolou gave a brilliant smile, ”My son's mother, you are currently as beautiful as jade. If your mother could see this, she would definitely be happy.”

Gao Lang took a deep breath and embraced Jin Xiaolou, ”It was here that she was killed by the Emperor.”

Gao Lang's gaze revealed a biting chill.

Behind this door, he had personally witnessed his mother, who was as red as a pepper, being buried in the blazing red light. At that time, he was still so young, and all he knew was fear. All he knew was sadness …

Jin Xiaolou turned around, and grabbed onto Gao Lang's other hand that was by his side. She looked into Gao Lang's eyes and said seriously: ”We will take revenge, no matter who killed your mother, we will take revenge for her.”

Gao Lang hugged Jin Xiaolou tightly and nodded his head deeply.

”Yes, we will avenge our mother and third brother!” Gao Lang said, ”Let's go, it's time to leave the palace.”

In a small alley not too far away from the Linlang Workshop, Jin Xiaolou pulled Gao Lang along as they moved forward. The alley was separated from Golden Ape Lane by a row of tile-roofed houses, and Jin Xiaolou could clearly see the people inside the golden alleyway on the other side.

Many of the people in the alleyway couldn't afford the tickets and wanted to watch the Pill Cauldron's performance. They would lean on the wall door by door, grab a handful of dried fruit and peanuts, and eat and read them as they did so.