Dance Of The Phoenix
134. Ye Suanwu's Ambition

"Mother, I got this from Auntie!"

Ye Mi ran towards Gu Yueli who was relaxing on the terrace accompanying her sleeping baby. He had heard of Jin Xiao's arrival from the maid, but could not go welcoming for some reason. He will come to Jin Xiao directly tomorrow.

Seeing her little daughter coming with a small wooden box of jade hairpins, she was confused. Who would want to trick his daughter into using a night-night hairpin?

"Which aunt gave you this?" Gu Yueli was full of suspicion, so he had to secure every item received, especially from the 'aibis.

"Aunt Yuena," Ye Mi replied. He turned around and pointed towards the door, where a black-robed female figure stood while leaning against the door.

Gu Yueli was surprised. He immediately moved and saw clearly who was coming at night. Beautiful face as white as snow accompanied by red color on the eyes and hair. That alone was enough to make Gu Yueli flinch in shock.

"Gu Yuena's? Why are you here?" He approached the woman with a question mark.

Gu Yuena tilted her head, "If I said I wanted to take revenge, would you believe it?"

Gu Yueli looked at him vigilantly. He brought Ye Mi behind him and away from Gu Yuena, as if Gu Yuena was a monster to avoid. "You don't fuck around."

Gu Yuena shook her shoulders indifferently. "During this place, you're getting smarter. You used to be so stupid that you could accept something I threw away."

Gu Yueli whispered something to Ye Mi. Ye Mi nodded, then went inside obediently. Gu Yueli did not want their conversation to affect Ye Mi.

Gu Yueli watched Gu Yuena carefully. There is a memory that previously lost, now returned after he tried to remember something that was lost. The fact that Gu Yuena was the Princess of Linghun Palace, as well as the fact that the woman was once in Tianshuang Palace.

Earlier there were some people attacking as he was on his way home. After the attack, he woke up in a state of forgetting some important things. Now, it seemed like the influence was gone thanks to Gu Yuena herself.

"You're here alone?"

Gu Yuena chuckled. "Come with Jin Xiao. We were pretty close after the trouble at the inter-palace meeting a while ago."

"What about your son?"

Gu Yuena's smile faded slowly. His gaze seemed puzzled for a moment, before finally returning to normal. "What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend not to know. You made me forget about it on purpose, then remember it after a year has passed."

"What do you care?"

"Because the Ye Clan won't let him live if it knows the truth. You know, who the Ye Clan works for." Gu Yueli gave a warning.

"You're giving me a warning?" Gu Yuena laughed blankly. "You should be worried about yourself."

"Gu Yuena, you shouldn't be causing trouble here. Aren't you thinking about what dangers are coming when you—"

"Why should I think about it? Gu Yueli, congratulations, your worries are in vain." Gu Yuena glanced at the sleeping baby, then smiled wryly. "Perhaps, he'd be that big if he were alive."

Gu Yueli was surprised. So it turns out Gu Yuena lost her son. He shouldn't have brought that up. "Sorry."

"You want to use that as a shield to commemorate, but I love you for failing. I won't let anyone be my weakness."

Gu Yueli looked at Gu Yuena suspiciously. Based on his words, he suspected a few things. "You can't possibly intentionally get rid of him so as not to become your weakness, can you? You won't be that cruel."

"I'm so cruel." Gu Yuena approached the woman. "Let's just say I'm the cruel woman who killed her own child."

Gu Yueli could barely calm her heartbeat. He looked at Gu Yuena like he was looking at a demon, filled with fear. In his eyes, Gu Yuena was completely insane.

"You ...."

Gu Yuena chuckled at how scared Gu Yueli was. "Whatever how you judge me, the worse the better, so I won't hesitate to kill you."

"Why did you come? There's no way you've come to take revenge for what happened to the Duke's Residence. They treated you badly." Gu Yueli started to think quickly in order to avoid a catastrophe. He must protect his children.

Gu Yuena smiled obliquely. "Since that man tried to kill me, I've been thinking of dragging him into hell with his entire family. Just chill. As long as Ye Suanwu does not give me a reason to kill him, I will not drag you into death. You can prepare yourself, Fifth Brother."

"Gu Yuena .. You shouldn't be like that." Gu Yueli was very scared. He had once treated Gu Yuena badly, as did his mother. He will not be free from this disaster.

"I am like this."

"At least you can let go of my children."

"Give me a reason."

Gu Yueli kept quiet for a while, then emphasized her words, "You're also going to be a mother—"

"I've only ever killed. I'm so indiscriminate." Gu Yuena felt sensitive. Why did Gu Yueli always bring up that? Is he tired of living?

Gu Yueli did not believe Gu Yuena killed her own child. Not even a lion will kill his flesh and blood. As bad as Gu Yuena was, she never thought that woman could do evil to something weak.

Unless it wasn't the real Gu Yuena.

"Forget it, I won't be making trouble right now either." Gu Yuena distanced herself from Gu Yueli, releasing the pressure she exerted.

But Gu Yueli still could not breathe a sigh of relief. "Why did you tell me? You're not afraid I'm leaking it?"

Gu Yuena smiled obliquely. "When you leaked it to Ye Suanwu, that was the right time to change the name of the Ye Clan. Ye Suanwu would definitely not keep quiet. You can only blame yourself for everyone's death."

Gu Yuena left from the courtyard where Gu Yueli was. Gu Yueli was still hard to breathe, too shocked and unable to accept it. This Gu Yuena was more brutal than the usual Gu Yuena.

"can't. I have to warn Ye Suanwu." Gu Yueli hurriedly brought her son inside, then went to look for Ye Suanwu.

However, not until she saw her husband, again the same thing repeated. Passionate voices from inside the room stopped him from opening the door. Gu Yueli's hands clenched tightly.

It's free. Who would believe it? If he barged in now, it would also only make Ye Suanwu angry and ignore him. Ye Suanwu would not believe it either, assuming he was jealous.

He could only make sure the man did not make trouble for Gu Yuena. Well, that's all he had to do. For children's sake.

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"I feel like I'm in a brothel." Gu Yuena sighed while sitting on the tree boredly. The scene in front of him was not a sight of a handsome man or a good nature, but rather a drama of eccentric and strange concubines in open clothes.

If this was in the modern world, he would not be surprised. But this is in a place where people have an old-fashioned way of thinking. Such open clothing would only be worn by brothel women to tempt striped men.

Gu Yuena had faced many striped men during her life, and ended them with blood. Even during his time in the brothel, he killed all the men who 'booked it'— except a certain king.

Jin Xiao from a distance looked at Gu Yuena who was sitting bored on the branch of the tallest tree. His forehead creased, before finally approaching. His body was like a flying kite when it arrived near Gu Yuena.

"It seems Miss Gu really enjoys the view here?" Jin Xiao said cynically.

Gu Yuena chuckled, without distracting. "The views are pretty good, enough to find inspiration."

"So less work."

"You're more or less working by reprimanding me here. Want to hang out?"

Jin Xiao snorted. "Sorry, my dress is too precious to be littered with tree branches full of insects and dust."

"Oh." Gu Yuena was in complete displeasure, not welcoming Jin Xiao's arrival at all. After all, the plan had already succeeded in coming here. He did want to go to the Capital City, but after his affairs with the Ye Clan were done.

"I'll leave later in the afternoon after my conversation with the Clan Chief is over."

"Just go home now, don't make any adverse transactions. See you in the capital." Gu Yuena leaned back against the tree lazily.

"I actually suffered a lot of losses just to serve you as much as he wanted" Jin Xiao sneered.

"I'm just giving advice. Don't regret the gap. Ye Suanwu was definitely not a good person."

"The King of Tianshuang Palace is not a good person either."

"At least reliable."

"I'm telling you, he's just a cunning, masked wolf. When I was at Tianshuang Palace, he not only ignored me, but also made use of the situation of Luye Palace to connect with the Tianshuang Palace medicinal hall. His contract was even problematic, only benefiting the Tianshuang Palace side from all aspects."

"That shows that you're less cunning. Good thing about handling Bai Youzhe, you need to be more cunning." Gu Yuena looked at him thoughtfully. "Forget it, you're just gonna fall worse."

Jin Xiao's face darkened. Well, a good woman will definitely support her fiance. No wonder Gu Yuena sided with Bai Youzhe and blamed her for lacking cunning.

"You got any other plans here?" ask Jin Xiao.

Gu Yuena instead asked back, "Why should I tell?"

"I agree you're coming with me to protect the members of the palace in exchange for a ride. Your previous destination was the Capital City, instead stopping at the Ye Clan. It's against the contract."

"How much compensation should I pay?"

"You're not that weak either, you're gonna have to rely on me, are you?" Gu Yuena refused to tell. Then he had an idea. "You know I am the Princess of Linghun Palace. Being in the Ye Clan, what do you think I want to do with that identity?"

Jin Xiao thought for a moment. If he became Gu Yuena, other than for the matter of cooperation or visiting subordinates, then to complete the duties of the Queen. Which one is Gu Yuena?

If it was indeed to meet a subordinate, did the Ye Clan have anything to do with Linghun Palace? The reason Gu Yuena told him, was nothing but a warning.

"Knowing a lot isn't always good." Gu Yuena chuckled, then went down under the tree while biting the apple she picked.

"You're really not going to come?" Jin Xiao confirmed it once more.

Gu Yuena simply waved her hand as she went away. He really won't come. Jin Xiao who was looking at his back could do nothing. This trip was indeed not as dangerous as before, but he still wanted to get close to Gu Yuena so that her relationship with Tianshuang Palace was not awkward. It felt really hard, plus the two of them were very unsuitable to be friends.

While the sun was on the western horizon, Jin Xiao and his group actually went to continue the journey to the Capital City. Gu Yuena just watched from afar, then went out of nowhere..

On the other hand, Gu Yueli who had said goodbye to Jin Xiao returned to the courtyard. He looked at Ye Suanwu, and wanted to say something. However, the man looked very busy.

The affairs of the clan were not too heavy, let alone the inside of the clan had been taken care of completely by Gu Yueli. The problem was the task of the Linghun Hall.

The leader of the Linghun Hall had always troubled Ye Suanwu directly as if he had a grudge. Gu Yueli did not know what the cause was.

Arriving at the pavilion to take care of her baby, she sees a woman who is no longer young holding her grandson. Gu Yueli slightly smiled, then walked over.

"Mother" called.

The woman looked. Her beautiful face did not change from year to year, only having a slight frown on the face. If, it was in his early 40s.

Ting Le who for almost a year was cooped up in a cold place in the Duke's Residence had been living a comfortable life in the Ye Clan. As the mother of this hostess, she is clearly respected and still likes to curry favor with big lady—ibu Ye Suanwu. It was done so that he had a comfortable life as a hitchhiker.

"Li'er." Ting Le walked over to his daughter in annoyance. "Li'er, I heard Gu Yuena is here, coming with Luye Palace. Is he bullying you again?"

Gu Yueli shook her head. "Have you gone home?"

"Yinyang Palace is in trouble. No one can go home now."

Gu Yueli sighed. It would be best if her brother did not come home now. He looked at his mother, then said, "Mother, do we have to get out of here?"

"What?" Ting Le was surprised.

"That's ... Li'er has been feeling uncomfortable lately." Gu Yueli said hesitantly.

Ting Le sighed. "Li'er, what's wrong with you? We've got what we wanted for years, do we just have to take it off? Don't think too much about the concubines. You just need to look beautiful and tease Ye Suanwu to get more out of this. I see******-******* that's very good at attention seeking. Why are you being passive like this?"

Gu Yueli smiled wryly. "Will it work? Mom, come on, I'm tired."

"Gu Yueli, did I teach you to give up?"

"It's not so ...." Gu Yueli was at a loss to explain how. He was afraid of Gu Yuena and wanted to protect his family. What could he do?

"Is it because of Gu Yuena? I heard Ye Suanwu was trying to get close to him again. This Gu Yuena is very good at teasing people, you have to be careful."

"Mother—"

"Don't be weak like that. Gu Yueli, you are my only daughter that I rely on the most. If Gu Yuena oppresses you, tell me. I'll make it look worse than it did at the Duke's Residence!"

Gu Yueli was depressed. He took his little son out of his mother's hand, and left. Never mind, there's nothing to talk to. His own mother would not listen to him.

He can only rely on himself.

The thing that happened to Gu Yueli and Ting Le was seen by Gu Yuena who was watching above the tree. His smile did not fade from the beginning.

Poor Gu Yueli. It was even difficult to speak to his own mother who was more concerned with power and wealth than life.

Instead, victims like this are easy to catch.

Unfortunately Gu Yuena didn't just want Ting Le's life. Except the life of the entire residence.

Gu Yuena returned to her room to wait for the right moment to retaliate. So, he wouldn't kill for no reason.

The personal servant that Ye Suanwu had prepared served him well. Make tea and snacks, then give a massage on his shoulder comfortably.

Amidst such comfort, Ye Suanwu suddenly came to visit to see her. The man looked very fresh and had a good mood. It could be seen from her grin that was as if she was looking at a pile of treasures.

Gu Yuena rolled her eyes inwardly.

Without showing any disrespect, Gu Yuena greeted him and took him for tea together. Well, even though Gu Yuena had originally offered it only for pleasantries, but the man immediately agreed right then and there.

Perhaps he could look for the right moment on this occasion to provoke Ye Suanwu indirectly.

"We haven't talked like this in a long time. Lastly when in Wyvernia, there was a serious problem that made the clan have to experience a lot of busyness." Ye Suanwu chuckled as he said it.

Gu Yuena replied, "I was also busy back then, unable to accompany Little Sister-in-law conversing. Now that the busyness has been resolved, there is plenty of time to drink tea and enjoy the fresh air."

"Your way of talking is still the same. Gentle and courteous, truly a true noble."

"The Duke's residence is gone, I no longer belong to the nobility."

"Aren't you Princess Wyvernia?"

Gu Yuena silently looked at him, looking uncomfortable talking about it. It made Ye Suanwu feel wrongly speaking.

"When in Wyvernia, a lot was said about the characteristics of royal family members. Although not a princess, to me you are a princess."

Gu Yuena pulled the corner of her lips. Very clever guy with a striped nose is praising women. "really?"

"Of course."

"Did you say the same to Yueli?" ask Gu Yuena.

Ye Suanwu laughed at the words. "Yuelis? Gu Yuena, you don't misunderstand me. Even though we are husband and wife, we are nothing more than political partners. Lately our relationship has become colder and more formal."

Gu Yuena nodded in understanding. "You have your own busyness."

"Well, I need someone as understanding as you. It's hard to find." Ye Suanwu's gaze towards Gu Yuena was intense and full of desire. It was very noticeable that he wanted Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena looked silent for a moment. His face showed a feeling of objection, then looked at Ye Suanwu reluctantly. "Sister-in-law, I understand your intentions, it's all in the past."

Ye Suanwu sighed. "Can't you start from the beginning? Gu Yuena, I know in your heart there is still me."

Gu Yuena looked at him with a wry smile. "Since you've been married to Yueli, I've let it go. You guys be happy, I won't bother you."

"Yuena ...." Ye Suanwu wanted to persuade and immediately sat down next to Gu Yuena. "Are you still mad at me?"

Gu Yuena's smile became extremely bitter. Yes, he still could not forgive the humiliation and attempted murder that Ye Suanwu had committed. He felt like laughing at the ridiculous treatment of the man.

"Ye Suanwu, you already have a wife and children. What can I expect? You know my identity is unusual, you know my influence in Luye Palace and Yuansu Palace. We can't."

Ye Suanwu looked very disappointed. Gu Yuena was still not satisfied seeing that disappointment and wanted to hurt more deeply. His hatred has become ingrained.

"In addition, I already have a marriage appointment with the King of Tianshuang Palace," he continued.

Ye Suanwu looked at Gu Yuena with surprise. "King of Tianshuang Palace?"

He heard that the Tianshuang Palace King was the last descendant of the Bai family, their enemy—Linghun Palace. How did Gu Yuena get to be with that goddamn lick?

"Yuena, were you forced?" Ye Suanwu still could not believe it.

Gu Yuena's face turned flat. What is it with everyone in the world? Not his own servant, not Ye Suanwu, all assume that he was forced into marriage. Is he considered weak?

"If only I had the choice of—between the Ye Clan and Tianshuang— Palace I would still choose Tianshuang Palace. Ye Suanwu, don't misunderstand me." Gu Yuena straightened out this misunderstanding so that Ye Suanwu could reflect clearly. If necessary, bring glass from the room.

Ye Suanwu clenched his fists. "So that's it." He was rejected and lost his pride. He was indeed no match for the Tianshuang Palace King, but Gu Yuena was his!

The man left after saying goodbye with a disappointed face that was clearly imprinted. His heart was ambitious to obtain Gu Yuena completely by any means.

Gu Yuena, beautiful and intelligent, even had abilities that many women did not have. Who doesn't want it?

Ye Suanwu had an idea in his head. A wicked smile. Didn't Gu Yuena have a marriage appointment with the Tianshuang Palace King? What if he gets Gu Yuena dumped? It was easy and fun. He could obtain Gu Yuena and look for the weakness of the Tianshuang Palace King at once.

Once paddled, two islands were surpassed. He will get a big harvest for his efforts this time.