Chapter 349 : Dai Yu’s Story End (1/2)

After dragging Gu Su away from Her Excellency’s wrath, I really felt like just chaining him up.

But he simply gazed at me pitifully. “Dai Yue, why should she get Senior all to herself?”

Me, “…”

Because Sir Ling Yue is Her Excellency’s legal husband ah!

I wrung the handkerchief dry and walked over to help him clean up his face. “Her Excellency already told you not to get too close to Sir Ling Yue. She told you to just stand away from him and speak. Why can you never remember this? Why do you always jump at him?”

Gu Su was even more aggrieved. “But he’s my Senior Brother ah.”

For a while, I didn’t know what to say. He had grown up with Sir Ling Yue, so it was perfectly natural for Gu Su to feel reliant on him.

I should just keep an eye on him more and make sure he doesn’t see Sir Ling Yue.

Our days on the mountain were very leisurely. Most of the time, we didn’t even know what was happening down below.

When we received word that the Empress had passed away, Ying Yue and I were rather startled.

It didn’t seem like the Empress would’ve had any problems living for at least a decade longer, so how had she died?

Though Her Excellency has been absent from the government these few years, most of the power is still in the hands of our Jun Clan’s people, who are very loyal.

Her Excellency has to be the first Prime Minister to keep her post stably, despite not turning up to court for several years.

The death of the Empress meant Her Excellency, as the Prime Minister, had to return.

I packed my things in preparation to leave the mountain with her.

Thinking that it might be about a month before we return, I couldn’t help but worry about Gu Su a bit.

I went to his room to look for him, and found him packing his things too.

During these few years, the young boy had grown into a handsome young man.

Perhaps because he practices martial arts, he’s much more dashing and attractive than the other men you’d usually find after leaving the mountain.

I was in a bit of a daze as I stared at him. At some point, he’d grown up this much.

“Dai Yue.” I heard him call me.

“So rude! Call me Dai Yue-jiejie.” I came to and walked in. “Why’re you packing your stuff?”

He deftly dodged my first statement by replying to my second. “Following you down the mountain ah! Senior Brother already agreed.”

Even after so many years, he was still as attached to Sir Ling Yue as before. And after training hard in martial arts, he learned to counterattack when Her Excellency wants to chop him up.

It always causes her to blow her top.

“We won’t even…” ‘…know what will happen down there.’

I wanted to convince him not to go. But upon seeing his expectant gaze, I couldn’t say anything.

We descended the mountain smoothly. Her Excellency and Sir Ling Yue continued to do their own thing and throw out dog food.

Ying Yue’s complaints provoked Gu Su into bickering with her.

It used to be that our lives seemed to teeter on a knife’s edge, but those days were fulfilling. Still, I feel like this current life is quite good.

Although Her Excellency has been absent from court for several years, she’s still as respected as before. Everything progressed very smoothly.

The new Empress was the third child of the previous one. She hadn’t revealed much ability before, and never had much of a presence. I hadn’t expected that out of all the imperial princesses, she would be the one to ascend the throne.

“Dai Yue, it’s the Double Seventh Festival today. She and Senior Brother have gone out. Let’s secretly tail them!” Gu Su rushed over and grabbed my hand with an anxious expression.

“Her Excellency and Sir Ling Yue go to the Eternity Tree every Double Seventh Festival. Why would we go there…” My voice turned softer towards the end, as my peripheral vision swept over him.

The kid who used to be trembling in my arms had already grown so much…

“Senior Brother wouldn’t bring me. You take me to go see.” Gu Su shook my hand, a very natural kitten-like pleading in his tone.

But he couldn’t be acting in such a way. It must just be my imagination.

I sighed. “If Her Excellency finds out, she’ll kill me.”

“She won’t, she won’t. We’ll just watch from afar.”

He wore me down to the point where I could only bring him out to have a look.

Every year’s Double Seventh Festival is always really lively. I brought Gu Su with me along the flow of the crowd as we arrived at the Eternity Tree.