C159 (1/2)

”Liang Xiang Guo, this isn't the place to talk. If you still care, then come with me.” Chu Yunge left these words behind before she turned around and left. Behind him was complete silence, Chu Yunge walked away with her head lowered, a few minutes later, the sound of footsteps came from behind him.

This place was still in the Imperial Protector Princess's memories. When she was young, whenever she was unhappy, she would go to the interior of the bell tower and sit on the broken window sill, letting her feet out to wander in the air.

In less than a year, when Chu Yunge took a step forward, a footprint would appear on the ground. The corner of the floor had already become a living area for the spiders, and when the sunlight shone through the empty window, it made the dust that filled the room look exceptionally clear.

”What did you bring me here for?” Yang Guozhong stood outside the door and stopped in his tracks. This was the Imperial Forbidden Area! He didn't know this person, but neither her words nor her actions made her seem like a pretty girl.

”This place is just a convenient place to talk, that's all.” Chu Yunge walked halfway up the wooden stairs, turned her head and said to Yang Guozhong, ”What? ”Does Liang Xiang Guo not dare to come up, or do you think that my intentions are wrong?” Chu Yunge only smiled. She continued to walk up the stairs.

As he slowly walked to the end of the stairs, his eyes lit up. The air was refreshing and the sun was shining brightly. The rooftop of the second floor had already flown off to an unknown place. This clock tower was located at the northernmost part of the Imperial Palace. Ever since she could remember, this clock tower had been like this. Later on, she said that it was a taboo that no one was allowed to enter, let alone repair by descendants.

When Chu Yunge was young, she practically insisted on doing whatever it was she wanted to do, so it was difficult for this bell tower to escape her demonic claws. It was very quiet here and no one had ever disturbed her before.

The second floor's stone wall was as tall as a person's leg. Chu Yunge found a place to sit cross-legged and blocked her head. The sound of footsteps from upstairs was getting closer and closer, while Chu Yunge was lying on her stomach on the gap in the brick wall, looking at the Chu Palace.

Liang Guozhong walked out from the staircase, ”Just what do you want to say?”

”Liang Xiang Guo, you should sit down first.”

Liang Guo sighed, he raised his own wide robe and sat down half a meter away from Chu Yunge, ”Who are you? you dare trespass into this forbidden grounds of the imperial family! ”

Chu Yunge turned her head slightly, a gentle breeze blew through Chu Yunge's hair. Chu Yunge parted her lips slightly, ”Didn't the Lord Prime Minister come in as well?”

”You dragged me in there.” Hearing that, Yang Guozhong was about to stand up, but was pressed down by Chu Yunge's shoulder.

”Before this, I didn't do anything. How can you say that I was the one who pulled you in?” Chu Yunge placed her hand on his shoulder. She had come to find Liang Guo Zhong alone among the people in the imperial court for her own reasons. As the Prime Minister, he was only one of them.

Although Yang Guozhong was a scholar, he would usually practice martial arts and temper his body at home. Although his own martial arts were not good, he still had the ability to differentiate good from bad. Chu Yunge's palm definitely was not the kind of palm that a woman should have.

Separated by a thick layer of autumn clothes, Yang Guozhong used up almost all of his strength, but Chu Yunge's hand was almost unmoving.

”Who exactly are you? What are you trying to do by sneaking into the palace? ” At this moment, Yang Guozhong was covered in sweat.

Chu Yunge loosened her hand, removed her hand from Yang Guozhong's shoulder, and helped wipe away the wrinkles on his shoulder, ”These are all not important, the important thing is that I only want Chu Feng to be safe, I want Chu Ankang to be safe, I will not do anything that would harm Chu Feng. I think that at least for this point, our goal is the same.”

Yang Guozhong, as an elder of two dynasties, first owed his life to the previous emperor, then was discovered by his father. Step by step, he walked to his current position, and followed his father, the Emperor, to immediately enlist Rongdi, to come up with a plan to protect Jiang Shan.

In the imperial court, they were monarchs, but in private, they were brothers. She had seen her father and Yang Guozhong drinking and talking merrily, imagining the future. That kind of tone of voice was something her father had never used against anyone other than Yang Guozhong.

Yang Guozhong was also very loyal and did not forget to repay the debt of gratitude. Even though the two of them had been arguing for decades, they had both settled the dispute one by one.

Because when she was young, Yang Guozhong would always come to the palace to look for her father. She still remembered that she always played with his beard.

”Liang Xiang, look at this Great Chu Imperial Palace, don't you feel that it's a little strange?” Even though it was still the trees, and still the buildings, it might have looked the same, except for the atmosphere.

Yang Guozhong followed the direction that Chu Yunge was pointing towards and looked down from the cracks in the bricks. The palace maids and eunuchs were wandering around, appearing at all the places where they should not appear and stopping at places where they should not appear. He had noticed them over the last few times when he entered the palace.