“Like this……” Feng Qingtian positioned her feet and smiled. “Lulu, remember, if you want to tempt me, just do this with your feet. I guarantee that I’ll surrender, no matter how angry I am.”

  Gu Bailu’s cheeks puffed up. “What are you trying to say?”

  “That I won’t be angry no matter what you do, and that I’m always yours no matter what we become…… Oh, this feels great. Good girl, Lulu.”

  Gu Bailu blushed and felt embarrassed since she was doing this for the first time.

  However, seeing how he was enjoying herself, she wondered if she had found a new way to tame him.

  She had no idea why he had suddenly revealed this weakness to her.

  Soon, Gu Bailu had no time to think about that. She was busy with Feng Qingtian until the sun was high in the sky.

  Gu Bailu was so exhausted that she didn’t get up. Though her body was exhausted, her heart was excited because incessant power was flowing inside her.

  She deduced that she was probably going to level up.

  She never expected her path of advancement to lie in having sex with Feng Qingtian.

  But it was a good thing that she and Feng Qingtian could both be satisfied while she leveled up.

  Gu Bailu lay on the bed with her eyes closed, waiting to break through the last barrier.

  Wearing a loose robe, Feng Qingtian walked into the room. “Lulu, what do you want to eat? I’ll cook for you?”

  Gu Bailu opened her eyes. “Huh? You’re cooking today?”

  Why was Feng Qingtian being so considerate today?

  But he had never been inside a kitchen before; she doubted if he could make any sort of food.

  “I’ll roast some fish for you.” Feng Qingtian indeed wasn’t capable, but he did know how to roast things, which was the only way to cook food on the battlefield.

  “Alright, I want fresh fish.”

  Feng Qingtian quickly ran to the deck and waved his hand to raise a tide. Immediately, the deck was full of flopping fish.

  “Lulu, which one do you want to eat?”

  Gu Bailu sat up and looked at him. She had never seen Feng Qingtian so delighted. What was he happy about?

  “Just catch a fish that looks like you. I like to eat you.”

  It was meant to be a joke, but Feng Qingtian rushed toward her and kissed her madly, almost suffocating her.

  She decided not to mess with a crazy man.

  “I like to eat you too. I’ll choose them.” Feng Qingtian went out to screen the fish again.

  Through the window, Gu Bailu watched him carefully examine the fish, exactly like he said he would.

  She couldn’t help but smile.

  At that very moment, she stiffened, and a power rose up and exploded in her head. She felt the world become brighter, and she could see the fish swimming at the bottom of the ocean on the horizon.

  Nothing blocked her sight any longer. She could see the whole world clearly from every angle.

  She could even see the anatomy of the fish in the water, as well as an enormous shark that was swimming toward their boat.

  “Shoot! Something’s attacking us!”


  386 Taking a Beating

  She had barely shouted the words when the shark crashed into the boat, which started to shake.

  Did the shark want to get itself killed?

  Naked, Gu Bailu fell from the bed.

  Feng Qingtian flashed over to her and picked her up. “Are you hurt?”

  Examining her, he took the chance to grope her, and Gu Bailu complained in his arms. “You……”

  “I would take you if this wasn’t the wrong time to do so.”

  Gu Bailu was lost for words.

  Didn’t they just finish two hours earlier?

  “I’ll check and see what’s going on.” Feng Qingtian covered Gu Bailu with a blanket, not because he disliked her nudity, which he actually preferred, but because he was scared that she would be sunburnt.

  “A shark crashed into our boat. It looks ferocious.”

  Feng Qingtian looked at her strangely. “How do you know that?”

  “I saw it. I can see it! I leveled up,” Gu Bailu said delightedly, her hands around his neck.

  “That’s great. Here’s your reward.” Feng Qingtian lowered his head and kissed her for a long moment.

  Gu Bailu said angrily, “Is that a reward for me or for you?”

  “Isn’t it the same?”

  The boat shook violently again. Gu Bailu lowered her head, only to see the shark sticking to the bottom of the boat.

  The boat would break if the shark didn’t give up.

  “I’ll kill it.” To Prince Zi, nothing in the ocean was a threat. He could easily kill them.

  Gu Bailu shook her head. “I’ll ask the shark why it’s attacking us.”

  Feng Qingtian looked at her, finding that odd. “You speak the language of fish?”

  Gu Bailu glared at him and cast a spell. Immediately, she heard all sorts of voices. “Release my son! Release my son, ruthless humans……”

  Gu Bailu looked at the shark, only to see that it was followed by an assortment of fish and even shrimp, which were so small that she hadn’t noticed them earlier.

  It looked like a mob fight.

  “Not good. They’ve surrounded us. They’re attacking us because you caught their children.”

  Gu Bailu was somewhat speechless as she had never been surrounded by fish before. She saw that most of the fish on the deck were still struggling and shouting, “Mother, help me……”

  The voices were childish and sounded helpless.

  She could understand them, which immediately upset her.

  “I’m not scared of them.” Feng Qingtian wasn’t bothered. He could easily kill all the fish with one attack.

  “Don’t…… They’re lives, too. Just let them go.” Gu Bailu’s heart softened.

  It didn’t matter when she didn’t know their pain and couldn’t understand their language, but now that she could perceive their pain, she found it impossible to eat fish anymore.

  Feng Qingtian looked at her strangely. “Really? Didn’t you want roasted fish?”

  “I don’t now. They’re screaming miserably. I can’t eat them,” said Gu Bailu pitifully.

  The screams were too wretched. She wouldn’t be human if she could still eat them.

  387 Underwater Palace

  “Okay, don’t listen to them then.”

  Gu Bailu shook her head and looked at the shark. “You think you can force us to release your child by doing this? My husband can easily sink you with one punch.”

  The shark looked at her savagely. “I have to save my son even at the cost of death.”

  “You don’t have to die. You can negotiate with me.” Gu Bailu grinned.

  “Negotiate…… negotiate what?” The shark was stunned, not expecting to hear that.

  “We can let go of your children, but you have to give us something in return. Doesn’t that sound fair?”

  The other fish all circled the shark. They usually regarded the shark as their greatest enemy, but they were all counting on it now.

  “I know a place that you’ll be interested in. I can lead you there,” said a beautiful blue hairtail, which glimmered dazzlingly.

  Gu Bailu smiled. “Okay.”

  She turned to Feng Qingtian. “It seems that we can’t have fish today. I’ll make something else for you.”

  Feng Qingtian kissed her and asked, “Do you dare eat any sort of meat again?”

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “We’ll see. After all, I won’t be the one killing the animals.”

  She didn’t think that she could completely stop eating meat. Besides, even if she could, there was still Ah Luo, who would go crazy without meat.

  “Silly girl.” Feng Qingtian kissed her again, reluctant to let her go.

  He turned around and threw the fish on the deck back into the ocean.

  Gu Bailu sighed at the various family reunions happening in the ocean, and wondered why people said that fish only had memories as long as seven seconds.

  They obviously remembered their children and their promise.

  The blue hairtail led the way, and Feng Qingtian sailed the boat under Gu Bailu’s direction.

  Soon, the blue hairtail stopped and said, “It’s right down below, but you need to take it yourself, because it’s too heavy for us.”

  “There’s treasure down below. I’ll take a look. I’m good at swimming.”

  Gu Bailu struggled to get out of Feng Qingtian’s arms, but Feng Qingtian simply took her into the cabin. “Just stay in bed. I’ll take a look.”

  “You can’t swim, right?” Gu Bailu teased him.

  “I can’t, but I can make the water disappear.” Feng Qingtian pinched her cheek and left.

  “Just follow the blue hairtail.”

  Gu Bailu then put on a simple outfit. Since it was early winter, the ocean was actually quite cold, which was why Feng Qingtian didn’t let her go down.

  However, she certainly wouldn’t miss the chance to watch.

  With her advanced skills, she could see places far away. It was very convenient.

  When Gu Bailu put on her clothes and ran to the deck, Feng Qingtian was hovering in the air. His hands unleashed overwhelming power, and the ocean was slashed in half.

  Feng Qingtian turned out to be strong enough to change nature.

  Gu Bailu wanted to be as strong as that someday.

  After the ocean parted, an enormous palace at the bottom of the ocean was revealed. It was surrounded by glittering sand, which gave it a magnificent appearance.

  388 King of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers

  Was it a royal palace which sank in the ocean a long time ago?

  There had to be treasure inside it.

  Feng Qingtian spread her arms toward Feng Qingtian. “Take me down there. I want to have a look.”

  She hated to ask for help, but she wasn’t really good at flying.

  She was scared that she might get herself killed if she jumped down.

  Feng Qingtian descended to the boat, then jumped into the ocean with her.

  The moment they landed at the bottom of the ocean, Gu Bailu sensed the enormous power of specters around them.

  A lot of creatures must’ve died when the palace sank.

  Gu Bailu gripped the Soul Collecting Bracelet that was around her wrist. Did any of the specters intend to attack her?

  “Don’t worry, I’m here.” Feng Qingtian felt her suddenly tense up, and knew that she had probably sensed something.

  “I’m not worried. Normal ghosts aren’t a problem for me.”

  Nothing had ever gone wrong in her soul collecting career.

  In the end, soul collectors had an overwhelming advantage over ghosts.

  “Lulu is so great.” Feng Qingtian was a lot sweeter today.

  Gu Bailu sensed that he was particularly ardent today for some reason; he was practically burning her with his enthusiasm.

  What was he feeling so passionate about?

  They walked around the ruins, and didn’t find anything particularly useful.

  Of course, there were plenty of treasures and antiques, but Prince Zi simply declared, “My house is full of these things.”

  Gu Bailu asked the blue hairtail, “Where is the thing you mentioned?”

  The poor hairtail had been blown up above by Feng Qingtian’s power, and couldn’t come down. It could only shout pitifully, “I can’t lead the way. It’s right behind the throne in the palace.”

  Feng Qingtian didn’t think it was a big deal. “I don’t think there’s anything more valuable than the gold and jewelry here. I’ll send a troop to transport them back someday.”

  Gu Bailu looked at him in amusement. “But isn’t your house full of these things?”

  She thought he was so rich that he didn’t care about these treasures anymore.

  “But it’ll be too wasteful to leave them here,” said Feng Qingtian matter-of-factly.

  Gu Bailu walked to the back of the abandoned throne, which was as good as new despite being buried at the bottom of the ocean for so many years.

  The throne could be worth a lot of money if it could be brought up.

  Gu Bailu looked around and did see something colorful in a corner.

  She would have missed it without the blue hairtail’s tip-off.

  Gu Bailu crouched down and wiped off the mud that covered the item, only to see that it was a flower blooming at the bottom of the ocean. It looked like a peony, but had multi-colored petals, and was most dazzling.

  It was practically an upgraded version of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  “Take a look at this.” Gu Bailu didn’t dare touch it, as beautiful things were often poisonous, and she didn’t want to get herself killed so easily.

  Feng Qingtian’s eyes glowed. “It’s the King of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers. Why is it here?”

  “Where should it be?” Gu Bailu was relieved to see that Feng Qingtian knew what it was.

  389 Red-Haired Specter

  “I only saw it once on Heavenly Palace Cliff. The Heavenly Emperor wouldn’t have survived his last trial without it.”

  Feng Qingtian plucked the flower.

  Gu Bailu shouted nervously, “Is it really okay to just pluck it? What if it dies?”

  “Don’t worry, it’s very sturdy. We can keep it in water later, and that water will be able to cure all kinds of diseases and even enable you to grow a spirit root.”

  Gu Bailu was elated. “Really? It can help me grow a spirit root?”

  “That’s not a problem for the flower at all.” Feng Qingtian gave her the flower and said, “Let’s go up. It’s cold down here. It’s bad for your health.”

  Gu Bailu was about to go, when she sensed an unusual fluctuation. “There’s a ghost here.”

  She turned around and surveyed the place with her Heavenly Eye, only to see a red-haired specter hiding behind a pillar.

  “Come out. There’s no point in hiding anymore, red-haired specter behind the third pillar!” Gu Bailu roared and threw out her Soul Collecting Bracelet, which glowed and turned into a bag.

  The red-haired specter shrieked regretfully, “Why would anyone come for me when I’m hiding in the ocean? No…… Don’t exorcise me. I’m waiting for someone.”

  “Who are you waiting for? You’re already a ghost. You shouldn’t wait,” Gu Bailu said ruthlessly, and the red-haired specter was immediately sucked into the bag.

  “I’m really waiting for someone. He’ll be here in ten thousand years. I have to wait.”

  Gu Bailu sweated hard. Ten thousand years seemed too long a wait.

  “You look too grotesque for anyone to recognize you. You better reincarnate into a human; he can still find you then if he wants to.”

  “No…… I’ve already waited more than 9,900 years. He’ll be here very soon. Please don’t take me away.”

  Gu Bailu scratched her head. Was she going to make a deal with a ghost again?

  If the ghost had indeed waited for 9,900 years, wouldn’t it be too ruthless if she prevented this meeting?

  “Who are you waiting for?”

  “The emperor of this empire.”

  “Why are you waiting for him?”

  “To ask him if he ever loved me.”

  “You’ve waited for so many years just to ask him that?”

  “It’s a thought that I can’t let go of. Please. This empire once ruled the whole world, and it has a lot of military strategies. Isn’t your husband a general? Those strategies will be useful to him.”

  Gu Bailu looked at Feng Qingtian, and Feng Qingtian raised an eyebrow in confusion.

  “I just caught a red-haired specter. She says that there’s a lot of military strategies in this place. Do you want them?”

  “Let’s take a look.”

  Gu Bailu set the red-haired specter free.

  The specter led them into a dilapidated house which nevertheless still had words in a weird ancient language on the walls.

  “This is it. If you don’t understand it, I can translate it for you.”

  Gu Bailu asked Feng Qingtian if he could read the writing, and Feng Qingtian simply nodded.

  Feng Qingtian focused his attention on the walls, while Gu Bailu found the writing too puzzling for her to understand.

  She chatted with the red-haired specter. “Who were you?”

  “I was the priestess of this empire.”

  “You foresaw that the emperor would be here ten thousand years later?”

  “Yes, it’s going to be very soon. Don’t take me away.”


  390 You Have a Talen

  Gu Bailu sighed. “I’ll let you go this time, but remember, after you meet the person you’ve been waiting for, you must go to the place you belong. I will not show you any mercy if you linger any longer.”

  “Okay.”

  Four hours passed as Feng Qingtian read all the stone walls.

  In the meantime, Gu Bailu learned something about this empire, which was founded in primeval times when human beings were still divided into different tribes. At that time, a monarch emerged and established the empire.

  Human beings didn’t have spiritual power back then, and the monarch relied purely on his wisdom.

  However, the emperor abandoned everything, including his favorite priestess, and disappeared one day.

  On the night he disappeared, the empire sank and was buried at the bottom of the ocean.

  Nobody knew where the emperor went.

  The red-haired specter was unwilling to give up. She foresaw in a prophecy that he would reappear ten thousand years later.

  So, she had been waiting here ever since, just to ask him if he had ever loved her.

  Gu Bailu had a lot of mixed feelings about the ghost’s doggedness when she returned to the boat. Ten thousand years was a long time, even for ghosts.

  She couldn’t imagine what it felt like to wait even a hundred years.

  Gu Bailu told Feng Qingtian the female specter’s story, and Feng Qingtian simply smiled. “Not just ten thousand years, I can wait ten million years.”

  Gu Bailu nodded. “You’ve been waiting for your former lover, except that you shifted your love to me halfway.”

  “You’re being silly again. What do you want to eat, if not fish?” Feng Qingtian changed the topic.

  Gu Bailu touched her belly. She was truly hungry after all that activity in the morning.

  “I’ll see what ingredients we have.”

  Gu Bailu was quite happy at being able to obtain the flower that could help her grow a spirit root, so she decided to cut him some slack.

  When she was stronger, she wouldn’t need to rely on anyone.

  Feng Qingtian stopped her and said, “I said that I would cook for you today.”

  “But I’m scared that what you make won’t be edible.” Gu Bailu would rather not cook, but she knew that Feng Qingtian had never been in a kitchen before.

  “You can teach me.” Feng Qingtian hugged her from behind and hustled her toward the kitchen. Seeing that he was in high spirits, Gu Bailu decided to teach the great Prince Zi how to cook.

  She saw a few carrots, cassavas and potatoes in a basket, as well as some tofu and meat in the freezer.

  Knowing that Feng Qingtian probably didn’t know what the ingredients of most food looked like, Gu Bailu decided to teach him the simplest dishes.

  She took out a carrot, some vegetables and some tofu.

  Then, she fetched some noodles.

  “I’ll teach you how to make noodles…… That’s the simplest.”

  Although Feng Qingtian had never been in a kitchen, he was truly smart and did everything that Gu Bailu instructed. Eventually, what he made was quite delicious.

  “You have the talent to be a great chef.”

  Feng Qingtian patted her and said, “It’s time to eat.”

  He too found the noodles quite delicious, but he knew that it was because of his teacher’s good guidance.

  391 Qin Shou Can“t Be the One

  “We’ll reach shore tomorrow.” After the meal, Gu Bailu enjoyed the warm sun and calm ocean on the deck.

  “Yes.” Feng Qingtian sat next to her and promptly blocked the sunlight for her.

  While the sun was warm, it might also give her a sunburn, especially when there was no shade at all on the ocean.

  Gu Bailu took a nap.

  Feng Qingtian returned to the cabin and wrote down what he had learned in the underwater palace.

  Gu Bailu didn’t wake up until it was almost evening, and Feng Qingtian had already heated the remaining noodles from lunch.

  Gu Bailu jumped into his arms and kissed him. “I didn’t know you were such a homey man.”

  Feng Qingtian patted her bottom and said, “Stop flattering me and eat.”

  Gu Bailu remembered the ghost and felt that something wasn’t right. “We wouldn’t have known where the palace was without the guidance of the fish. How can the specter be sure that someone will arrive after us? Was she waiting for you?”

  Feng Qingtian didn’t know what to say. “In case you’ve forgotten, I’ll be sending someone to collect the gold and jewelry in a few months.”

  There was plenty of gold and jewelry down there, so larger boats had to be built first, which would take a couple of months.

  “Is she waiting for someone from your house?”

  Feng Qingtian was stumped. “Maybe. I haven’t decided who to send yet.”

  “You must consider it carefully. The person you send is likely the past leader of this empire.”

  “It’ll probably be either Qin Shou or Ye Huai.”

  Those two……

  Both of them were still bachelors.

  “Do you think it’s Qin Shou or Ye Huai?” asked Gu Bailu curiously.

  “Ye Huai. He’s good at commanding and fits the specter’s description of the emperor.”

  Gu Bailu nodded. “I think so too. Qin Shou is too obsequious to be an emperor.”

  Qin Shou sneezed in the inn, and wondered who was speaking ill of him.

  His lord was returning the next day, so he had checked in at an inn near the port to welcome his lord upon the latter’s arrival.

  He then remembered the lady back at the house, and felt the onset of a strong headache.

  Gu Bailu put the King of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers in a basin of water, and drank a bowl of the water the next day. The water looked dirty but was sweet.

  However, she didn’t feel anything after she took it. She wondered if the flower was fake.

  The flower had helped the Heavenly Emperor pass a trial. Why didn’t it work on her at all?

  “You should have some of this too.” Gu Bailu poured a cup of it for Feng Qingtian, and Feng Qingtian drank it before he said, “My spiritual power has reached the peak. This is nothing but tea for me.”

  Gu Bailu said angrily, “You should’ve said that sooner. I’ll just keep it for Ah Luo then.”

  Feng Qingtian pulled a long face, clearly unhappy.

  Gu Bailu smiled. “I’ll give you something else.”

  “Your milk?” asked Feng Qingtian hopefully.

  Gu Bailu slapped his head. “Stop talking like that!”

  The boat reached the port while they bickered, and they saw Qin Shou waving at them servilely from a long distance away.

  “He definitely isn’t the emperor from ten thousand years ago. Definitely not,” said Gu Bailu affirmatively.

  She jumped off the boat and shouted, “My lord, you can take the ball of memories now.”

  She even took out a teleportation rune as she backed away.

  392 Someone Has Come to the House

  She could see through a lot of people’s hearts now, but not Feng Qingtian’s. So, in case she became his enemy, she had to be prepared to escape.

  Feng Qingtian shook his head and jumped off the boat.

  Gu Bailu stepped back and asked, “How…… do you feel?”

  “Same as ever.” Feng Qingtian grabbed her and said, “What are you scared of? I told you that you can’t be my nemesis. Your master was only bullsh*tting.”

  Gu Bailu was relieved. “That’s good to know.”

  One enemy less was definitely something to celebrate.

  “Your memories have really been restored?” But the man looked the same in her eyes.

  A man who had just regained his memories shouldn’t be so expressionless.

  There should be some kind of reaction, but there wasn’t any.

  “Yes.” Feng Qingtian led her to Qin Shou.

  Qin Shou had been waiting for them with a carriage, and he didn’t really look at Gu Bailu.

  Though he was very careful, Gu Bailu still caught him.

  “Qin Shou, why don’t you dare look at me? What’s wrong? Were you mean to Ah Luo?” asked Gu Bailu.

  Qin Shou shook his head. “No, of course not. I would never have the courage to do that.”

  That maid had enormous spiritual power, and it remained unknown who would win if they ever fought.

  “Then what’s wrong?”

  “Nothing’s wrong. Everything’s fine.”

  Qin Shou didn’t dare say anything to her, not until he reported to his lord first.

  Gu Bailu focused and looked at Qin Shou with her Heavenly Eye, only to see that his mind was a blur.

  It seemed that she was still too weak to see through Qin Shou.

  However, the guards nearby were different. Gu Bailu turned around and looked at a guard, and she read his mind this time!

  But it didn’t really help. The guard was simply wondering when he could go to the toilet, because he had been standing here for four hours, although he was absolutely fearsome and expressionless on the surface.

  It wasn’t easy to be a guard.

  “You…… are temporarily dismissed. Go now.” Gu Bailu pointed at the guard.

  The guard was confused. “Your instruction?”

  “Go when I tell you to go, but be back soon.”

  Feng Qingtian nodded, and the guard hurriedly ran off.

  He wondered why the princess told him to go without asking him to do anything. He decided to seize the chance to answer nature’s call.

  After he came out of the toilet, he suddenly realized that the princess must’ve known that he needed to pee.

  But how did the princess know that?

  Feng Qingtian led Gu Bailu into the carriage, but Gu Bailu still felt that something wasn’t right. “Is there anything that Qin Shou hasn’t reported yet?”

  “There are too many ears and eyes here. Let’s talk when we get back.” Feng Qingtian comforted her.

  Gu Bailu fell asleep in the carriage. Just before she slipped into deep sleep, she remembered in her drowsiness that she still hadn’t asked Feng Qingtian who his former lover was.

  The carriage drove all the way to Prince Zi’s house. Feng Qingtian put Gu Bailu in their room and then returned to the study with Qin Shou.

  He sat down and looked at Qin Shou. “What happened to make you so visibly anxious?”

  Qin Shou hurriedly knelt. “My lord, someone came to the house. I didn’t know what to do, so I simply let her stay here for now.”


  393 The Excitement of Exposing Infidelity

  It was already night by the time Gu Bailu woke up. After eating the food that Ah Luo fetched for her, she asked, “Where’s Prince Zi?”

  “He went to the garden with Qin Shou and never returned,” her new maid hurriedly replied.

  Gu Bailu nodded and looked at her. “How’s your marriage?”

  The maid looked happy and healthy. Ye Si must be nice to her.

  “Thanks to you, princess, my husband is nice to me.” Her maid knelt and thanked her.

  “Alright,” Gu Bailu responded casually; she was wondering why Feng Qingtian had taken Qin Shou away, when Qin Shou had important matters to report.

  Feng Qingtian had barely changed after he regained his memories, but it was this very lack of change which didn’t seem right.

  Gu Bailu thought for a moment before she said, “Ye Ying, take me to the garden.”

  Feng Qingtian followed Qin Shou to the garden and saw the person that Qin Shou had mentioned.

  She was wearing pink and standing among the flowers. Noticing the newcomers, she turned around and smiled. “You’re back, Prince Zi.”

  When she smiled, she seemed to outshine even the moon.

  “I knew that you would be willing to meet me…… We need to have a good talk, don’t you think?” She spoke softly, but wasn’t to be refused.

  Feng Qingtian narrowed his eyes. “What do you want to talk about?”

  “About who’s real and who’s fake, and what you’re going to do next. Now that your memories are restored, you should know whom you’re really looking for. I am Yan Anchun.”

  Yan Anchun walked over gracefully to Feng Qingtian.

  Standing before Feng Qingtian, she smiled and said, “Look, my lord, I can approach you too, both here and in bed.”

  Feng Qingtian turned around. “Come with me.”

  Feng Qingtian led her into a secret chamber in the garden, and Qin Shou was told to guard the door.

  When Gu Bailu reached the garden, the bright moon was blocked by clouds, casting the place in shadow.

  Her heart grew heavy.

  Her intuition told her that something big was about to happen.

  In fact, she could divine things with the arts she had learned, but she couldn’t calculate her own fate.

  Feng Qingtian was too powerful, and she couldn’t calculate his fate as well.

  So, it was rather embarrassing that she couldn’t use her family’s skills to divine anything around her.

  However, she was able to discover Feng Qingtian’s location, not through divination, but with her intuition as a woman.

  Qin Shou’s eyes almost popped out when he saw her. “Princess, why are you here?”

  “Where is Feng Qingtian?” Gu Bailu asked straightforwardly.

  For some reason, she felt excited, as if she was about to catch her husband cheating on her.

  Qin Shou tried to smile. “Princess, the lord is occupied; he’ll certainly explain it to you later. You should go back now.”

  “I’m already here. Why are you sending me away? Bring him out.”

  Gu Bailu sat down on a bench.

  Since Qin Shou was here, Feng Qingtian was definitely here. She tried to look around with her Heavenly Eye.

  Her sight wasn’t very good because the moon was blocked, but she could still vaguely see two people sitting in a stone room behind a wall.

  Without thinking, she rose and cast a rune at the wall. “Explode!”


  394 I“ll Go

  Part of the wall immediately collapsed, leaving a hole behind.

  Gu Bailu quickly barged in, and Ah Luo was even faster. “My lady, your husband is with a woman.”

  When Gu Bailu walked in, Feng Qingtian was talking to a beauty at a table. Both of them were holding cups of wine.

  Feng Qingtian frowned. “Lulu, what are you doing here?”

  “A private date with a beauty in the middle of the night?” Gu Bailu could see that they were only one foot apart.

  Feng Qingtian didn’t hate her, and they could approach each other.

  Who was she?

  “I’m discussing something with her. Go back now. I’ll explain to you later.” Feng Qingtian hadn’t expected her, and his mind was in turmoil.

  Yan Anchun chuckled. “You’re Princess Zi? You do look quite good.”

  She rose and circled Gu Bailu. “Don’t you think that we’re a lot alike?”

  Gu Bailu snorted. “Who’s like you? I don’t reek of a fox.”

  She despised the sort of woman who would meet with someone else’s husband in a secret chamber in the middle of the night.

  “Don’t be so hostile, please. Prince Zi wouldn’t have married you if you weren’t like me,” said Yan Anchun confidently.

  Gu Bailu looked at Feng Qingtian. “What’s this about? You’re not going to tell me?”

  Feng Qingtian pulled her hand and said, “I’ll explain to you. Let’s go……”

  Gu Bailu waved him off. “Let’s just clear everything up right here.”

  Yan Anchun smiled. “It’s very simple. I’m Prince Zi’s former lover, and you’re just an impostor. Although our souls are very similar, they’re not entirely the same.”

  Gu Bailu narrowed her eyes and used her Heavenly Eye on the woman, but she couldn’t see anything.

  She cursed that her skill proved absolutely unhelpful at this critical moment.

  Frowning, Gu Bailu looked at Feng Qingtian. “Is she telling the truth?”

  Feng Qingtian grabbed her hand. “Never mind that. Let me think of a solution.”

  “Feng Qingtian, she and I can’t coexist. You may have mistaken her for me before, but now that I’m here, she has to go.” Yan Anchun suddenly yelled at Feng Qingtian, as if he belonged to her.

  Gu Bailu suddenly felt pained.

  Her intuition had turned out to be spot on. What she had dreaded would happen had come true.

  The woman showed up just as Feng Qingtian’s memories were restored. It was all so natural.

  “Feng Qingtian, just tell me if she is the person you’ve been looking for,” said Gu Bailu calmly.

  Feng Qingtian’s face was pale, and he didn’t dare face her.

  Gu Bailu got it.

  “There’s no need to hesitate. I’ll go.” Gu Bailu turned around and left.

  She had known that he cherished her because of her resemblance to someone else, but she still felt horrible when faced with that fact.

  The previous day, he had cooked for her and enjoyed her feet, but his attitude had completely changed after this woman showed up today. His gentleness turned out to be all for that woman, and she was just a replacement.

  Feng Qingtian was about to reach out to her, but he eventually clenched his fists in his sleeves, and he tried to stop himself from looking at her back.

  He knew that she had feared this day, and he had still let it come for her.

  395 Midnight Homecoming

  “My lady, where are we going?” Ah Luo was furious at Prince Zi meeting with another woman.

  Gu Bailu lifted her head and looked at the moon that was covered by clouds. “Let’s pack up and go home.”

  “My lady, do we have a home?”

  “Of course we do.” Gu Bailu patted her.

  Her home was the Gu house, which belonged to her mother and her grandfather before that, and certainly not to Gu Zongxiong or Ye Yunshu.

  She would take it back from them.

  She had had no time for them when she was living in Prince Zi’s house, but now, she had plenty of time.

  Gu Bailu soon packed up all her own stuff, including her clothes, the King of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, and plenty of gold, silver and jewelry.

  She needed money, and she knew that there was plenty more in the underwater palace than what she was taking away.

  She was only taking her share of the loot.

  She took with her Chen Yi and Chen Mu, who belonged to her.

  She tossed the badge to the vault, which didn’t belong to her.

  Then, she left the house with her bags.

  Ah Luo had called for a carriage. They moved the stuff into the carriage, and were about to leave, when her maid shouted, “Where are you going, princess? Please take me with you!”

  “You’re from this house. I can’t take you.” Gu Bailu waved her hand.

  Ye Ying also knelt and said, “Princess, my lord told me to follow wherever you go. You have to take me.”

  “Don’t worry, he’ll tell you the same later, except that you’ll be serving someone else. Go back. I’m leaving.”

  Gu Bailu dropped the curtain and lay down, leaving the house as easily as she had come before.

  But she wondered what she was going to do about the Sky Splitting Mirror. Feng Qingtian probably wouldn’t be of much help any longer.

  Chen Yi asked in confusion, “What happened? Why are you moving out in the middle of the night?”

  Gu Bailu sighed. “His legitimate lover is back. I’m only making room for her.”

  “What are you talking about? You’re the legitimate princess that’s on the list of royal family members.”

  “And I can always be removed from the list. Anyway, I’m now single again, and I have a great life ahead of me. Thankfully, I don’t have any……”

  Gu Bailu suddenly sat up. Any children!

  She had had a lot of sex with Feng Qingtian recently without any birth control. What if she got pregnant?

  She touched her belly, praying that she wouldn’t be so unlucky to find herself pregnant immediately after a divorce.

  However, her intuition had seemed very accurate lately.

  Gu Bailu knocked on the gate of the Gu house in the middle of the night. The guards were shocked, but didn’t dare refuse Princess Zi at all.

  “Why have you come so late, princess?”

  “I can come back home any time I want,” Gu Bailu simply snapped, and the guard didn’t dare say anything else.

  Gu Bailu swaggered to her yard and tossed her bags aside.

  “Get some rest tonight. We’ll unpack tomorrow. Chen Yi, you’ll sleep in the room over there with Chen Mu. Ah Luo, stay with me.”

  “Okay, I’ll keep you company, my lady.”

  Ah Luo knew that Gu Bailu wasn’t in a good mood, but she didn’t know how to comfort her.

  396 The Gu House Is Truly Hers

  Gu Bailu tossed and turned but couldn’t fall asleep.

  She felt angry, but she didn’t know whom she should blame.

  Was Feng Qingtian wrong? No. He was gentle and sweet to her because he thought that she was his lover from his previous life.

  Was she wrong? No. She had been protecting herself.

  But she had indeed been wondering all this time if she was the person he was looking for, until it turned out that she wasn’t.

  Thanks to her wariness, he hadn’t become essential to her, and she wasn’t grieved.

  However, her heart was still empty, and she would be lying if she said that she didn’t feel bad for losing such a great husband.

  Then, was the woman wrong? Of course not. She was the person least at fault, and she must feel even more horrible because her husband had been claimed by some random woman.

  Those two were supposed to be a couple.

  Nobody was wrong, but Gu Bailu was still angry!

  She felt awful that she couldn’t find anybody to hate.

  The thing that annoyed her was that Feng Qingtian forgot all his promises the moment his former lover showed up, when he had sworn so confidently that Gu Bailu was his former lover.

  He didn’t even bother to pretend to ask her to stay when she left.

  That’s really not okay, Feng Qingtian!

  Gu Bailu sat up; Ah Luo was already sound asleep.

  Gu Bailu smiled. Thankfully, she still had Ah Luo, who was always by her side no matter what.

  She got off the bed and left the room in a cloak.

  Since she couldn’t sleep, she decided to train.

  She was on her way to the back garden, when she overheard Gu Zongxiong and Ye Yunshu talking to each other.

  “That piece of trash is back. Why did she suddenly come back? Did she find out about the title deed for the Gu house?” said Ye Yunshu.

  Though Gu Bailu was some distance away, her ears were keen enough for her to hear them.

  “How could she? She would be demanding the house if she knew.”

  “In any case, we have to change the deed at the office tomorrow in case anything happens.”

  “Of course, but Pale Emperor City is Prince Zi’s, and those people will certainly report the change to him.”

  “I think she must’ve come home because she had a quarrel with Prince Zi. We should do it tomorrow. Prince Zi won’t help her if they’re fighting.”

  “Let’s go to sleep and see what she does tomorrow.”

  Gu Bailu’s ears pricked up. She never knew that her name was on the deed for the Gu house.

  Right, when her grandfather passed away, all the assets were transferred to her mother.

  She was her mother’s only daughter, and those assets were now lawfully hers!

  Gu Bailu smiled and trained under a tree.

  Although her skills had advanced, she could still only read the minds of regular people.

  She had to get stronger.

  Thankfully, she had never stopped pushing herself to grow even when she was with Feng Qingtian.

  Gu Bailu meditated under the tree. When she opened her eyes again, it was bright and sunny.

  She felt like cursing again.

  Why was the weather so great when her mood was so foul? It should be raining cats and dogs!

  397 You“re Still Laughing?

  She didn’t see any rain, but she did see Ye Yunshu’s face.

  “Lulu, why did you come home at midnight? Won’t Prince Zi be anxious? You should go back.” Ye Yunshu spoke as if she were a caring mother.

  Gu Bailu didn’t even bother to look at her. “Why didn’t you care about me when you pushed me into the fire pit? You’re only scared that Prince Zi will vent his fury on you, aren’t you?”

  Ye Yunshu smiled. “Of course not. Everybody in Pale Emperor City knows that Prince Zi cherishes you.”

  “The more he cherishes me, the more likely I’ll forget my boundaries. You certainly won’t get away if I do something heinous.”

  Gu Bailu enjoyed her tea unhurriedly.

  Ye Yunshu didn’t look well. Had this woman really come back after infuriating Prince Zi?

  Or perhaps, had Prince Zi grown tired of her and kicked her out?

  “You…… haven’t really committed any crime, have you?”

  “I intend to live a long life and see how it ends for you and Gu Zongxiong, so I certainly wouldn’t do anything so stupid,” Gu Bailu snapped.

  “You!” Ye Yunshu exploded with anger. “You’re utterly disrespectful toward your seniors. No wonder Prince Zi drove you back.”

  Gu Bailu kicked her and said, “Mind what you say. I’m still Princess Zi. If you don’t want to die, watch yourself. Go bring Gu Zongxiong here. Tell him to bring the deed with him.”

  Ye Yunshu couldn’t get back to her feet after a long moment.

  Gu Wanqin happened to walk by. She roared angrily, “Gu Bailu, what are you doing? Why did you hurt my mother?”

  Gu Wanqin hurriedly helped Ye Yunshu back to her feet.

  “Why shouldn’t I?” asked Gu Bailu.

  “Even though you’re Princess Zi, my mother is still your senior, and you’ll be punished for disrespecting her if we report it to His Majesty!” Gu Wanqin raised her voice.

  Gu Bailu rested her chin in her hand. “You’re saying that she’s my senior? Why don’t I know of any senior who would marry their daughter off to a man with a venereal disease?”

  Gu Wanqin snorted. “You only deserve a man with a venereal disease.”

  Gu Bailu rose and slapped her in the face, and Gu Wanqin felt it practically turn numb.

  “Do you know why I slapped you?” asked Gu Bailu softly.

  Gu Wanqin was about to yell, but Ye Yunshu stopped her. “Why are you so rash today? Don’t let her turn what you said against you.”

  “I only deserve a man with a venereal disease? Are you referring to Prince Zi?”

  Gu Wanqin knew it was bad that she had said that. She had been so angry just now that she forgot.

  This garbage was different now. She was Princess Zi, and was on the list of royal family members.

  Gu Wanqin was about to kneel and ask for forgiveness, when a maid signaled to her. She hurriedly walked over to the maid and asked, “What’s wrong?”

  The maid whispered something to her, and Gu Wanqin immediately laughed.

  “My good sister, you’re still showing off here when Prince Zi kicked you out? Prince Zi openly received a beauty today.” Gu Wanqin burst into laughter.

  It felt great to not have to pretend to be obedient in front of Gu Bailu.

  She had been waiting for this to happen to Gu Bailu, and hadn’t expected it to really happen.

  Gu Bailu smiled mockingly. “You’re still laughing? I’m asking for this house precisely because I was kicked out, good sister.”


  398 Reclaim the Gu House

  Ye Yunshu’s face changed. “What do you mean? You’re already married off. Why do you want this Gu house?”

  Gu Bailu smiled apologetically. “Sorry, I was mistaken. I’m asking for my grandfather’s house.”

  Ye Yunshu’s heart tightened. Was this garbage really here for the house?

  Gu Wanqin snorted. “Everything here belongs to my father. Who do you think you are? You’re nothing when Prince Zi doesn’t want you.”

  “Ye Yunshu, I told you to bring Gu Zongxiong here with the deed. Did you not hear me?” Gu Bailu raised an eyebrow at Ye Yunshu.

  Gu Wanqin was too weak. Gu Bailu didn’t even want to argue with her.

  “W…… What deed? I don’t know anything.” Ye Yunshu quickly denied it.

  “It seems that you’ve never been beaten up before.” Gu Bailu signaled to Ah Luo. “Beat them up!”

  “Who gave you the courage to make a scene here?” Gu Zongxiong walked over with a roar.

  Gu Bailu said innocently, “I can beat up whoever I want in my house, and I’ll kick all of you out of here. My life isn’t happy, so I don’t want anyone else to be happy.”

  “Do you have any basis for your claim, you lunatic?” Gu Wanqin scolded her.

  “The fact that this place belonged to my grandfather and then my mother, and not to Gu Zongxiong or Ye Yunshu. Gu Zongxiong, you married into this family and lived in your wife’s house. Why do you think you’re qualified to claim the house as yours, huh?” Gu Bailu gazed at Gu Zongxiong coldly.

  Gu Zongxiong was gloomy, not expecting to be questioned by his daughter.

  The marriage was his humiliation, but after he became the master of the Gu house, he had enjoyed the privileges that came with the status and had forgotten his shameful past.

  Now that he was insulted to his face, he was so furious that he launched a streak of light at Gu Bailu.

  Gu Bailu stepped back, and Ah Luo blocked the attack easily and kicked Gu Zongxiong. “You’re just a general in name. Do you really think you’re good? I’ll kill you for trying to injure my lady.”

  “Gu Bailu, he’s your father. You’re getting your subordinate to attack your father?” Gu Wanqin looked at Gu Bailu in disbelief.

  “I don’t have a father who would send his daughter into misery.” Gu Bailu walked over to Gu Zongxiong and looked down at him. “How did my mother die? I’ll give you some dignity if you tell me that.”

  Gu Wanqin and Ye Yunshu hurriedly pulled Gu Zongxiong away.

  They knew that they weren’t as strong as Ah Luo, a strange maid that had come out of nowhere.

  Gu Bailu didn’t chase them, but simply said gloomily, “I gave you a chance, but you refused. Don’t blame me for being merciless.”

  Gu Zongxiong’s spiritual power was good when he was young, but he had been too busy enjoying himself to cultivate after he acquired the Gu house.

  Thus, he didn’t actually have a very high level of spiritual power, and Gu Bailu could see everything in his head clearly.

  It was even easier for her to see through Gu Wanqin.

  They had to be running away to change the name on the deed with the authorities.

  Chapter 399 Here“s When Her Family’s Skills Come In Handy

  Gu Bailu flashed to Gu Zongxiong’s study with a teleportation rune, knowing that the deed was hidden behind a painting.

  Gu Bailu soon found the deed, as well as other deeds to a bunch of stores.

  More than half the stores had been sold, and Gu Zongxiong and Ye Yunshu had claimed the money.

  There was also a will that stunned Gu Bailu.

  Was this her mother’s handwriting?

  It was beautiful but unsteady, as if it had been written when she was very sick.

  According to the will, ownership of the house would go to Gu Zongxiong if Gu Bailu was properly married off to a good husband.

  Gu Bailu shed tears with the will in her hand. She had never felt the warmth of her mother, who tried to protect her even though she was sick.

  She probably set up the will because she knew that her daughter might get hurt, and she wanted to use the possessions in the house to ensure her daughter’s safety.

  Gu Bailu wiped her eyes, determined not to give anything to Gu Zongxiong and Ye Yunshu.

  Gu Bailu hurriedly copied the deeds and put a fake deed for the Gu house on the top.

  She wrote down random values in the deeds.

  Then, she left with the real deed.

  After treating his injuries, Gu Zongxiong returned to his study with Ye Yunshu. “Take the deed and let’s go change the name on it. That garbage is married anyway, and the will can take effect now.”

  Ye Yunshu took action fast enough, and they left the house within a quarter of an hour.

  Gu Bailu summoned everybody in the house after they left.

  She put the deed on the table and said, “I’ve gathered you here today to let you know who the real owner of this house is. My mother didn’t give Gu Zongxiong anything before she passed away. The deed is still under my mother’s name, and I’m my mother’s only daughter, so this house is mine.”

  Everybody simply looked at each other; they didn’t know that Gu Zongxiong and Ye Yunshu had been fake owners all along.

  Gu Bailu stood up and wept sorrowfully. “I also didn’t find out until recently that my mother died because of the two of them. When my mother was pregnant with me, those people cheated on my mother behind the screen in the room after my mother fell asleep, and my mother caught them when she woke up. My mother was so infuriated that she vomited blood and never got better since then.

  “After that, they begged for my mother’s forgiveness, and my mother let them go. However, instead of being grateful to my mother, they put chronic poison in my mother’s medication and eventually caused her death.

  “So, I will not allow them to stay in my mother’s place and enjoy my mother’s inheritance. Those two traitors must get out.”

  Gu Bailu stopped crying and declared resolutely, “I know that many of you have done a lot of bad things for them. For example, you……”

  She pointed at a maid. “You started following Gu Zongxiong when you were young. Back then, it was you who put poison in my mother’s medication under his orders.

  “You, you sent a letter to Wang Dachong’s aunt about me being married off to Wang Dachong.

  “You…… One of Ye Yunshu’s nephews was beaten up for sleeping with someone else’s wife. It was you who helped him take care of it.

  Gu Bailu pointed out the bad things that many people did, and their faces all turned pale.

  400 Be My Own Master

  “If your name was mentioned just now, get the hell out.”

  Gu Bailu sat down and had some tea. Her mouth was getting dry from all the talking.

  “How can you ask us to leave? We’ve worked dutifully for the Gu family for years……”

  If they were kicked out like this, they wouldn’t get any retirement fees, and there would be nothing they could do.

  “You did so many horrible things in this house; should I send you to prison instead? Worked dutifully? While you were helping Gu Zongxiong do bad things, your wife had a son with your neighbor, and you’re raising his son for him right now.”

  The butler, who was leading everyone, turned cold. “Nonsense!”

  “Nonsense? Maybe you’ll believe me after I point out the fact that you spent last night in her room.”

  Gu Bailu pointed at Gu Zongxiong’s eighteenth concubine, who used to be an escort.

  Flushing, the butler was struck by realization, and quickly ran off.

  “You’re running very fast. Not going to deny it anymore?” Gu Bailu wasn’t really interested in their disgusting private affairs, but she had to do it in order to take back the Gu house.

  “Are you going to leave or not?” She stared at the concubine who was having an affair with the butler, and the concubine snorted. “I’m not staying here.”

  She had thought that she could enjoy a good life with Gu Zongxiong, but almost all the things in the Gu house had been sold off.

  Gu Zongxiong had to think about it first before he bought her anything, and Ye Yunshu controlled all the money.

  So, the concubine simply walked away.

  Another one down.

  “Are you leaving or not? Otherwise, I can air your dirty laundry as well,” Gu Bailu said with a faint smile.

  Those whose names she had just thrown out didn’t dare stay any longer; they knew that even if they stayed, they would only be humiliated.

  This useless lady was uncanny in this regard; she seemed to know everything that they had done.

  Immediately, half the crowd disappeared.

  The whole hall fell quiet.

  Gu Bailu looked at those who were left and said, “You can stay since you haven’t done anything outrageous.”

  “Thank you, princess.”

  “I’ve been kicked out of Prince Zi’s house. You can call me miss in the future.”

  Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment. How did their lady have the courage to return to the Gu house when she had been kicked out?

  “Relax, I have the title deed. The Gu house is mine. Stay if you want to, but if you don’t, I can give you some money before you leave.”

  These people hadn’t done anything evil, so she was willing to compensate them if they resigned.

  “My lady, we’re not leaving.”

  Even if they left the Gu house, all they could ever be were servants.

  “Mrs. Li, go recruit some new maids and servants. In the future, there will only be two masters in this house: me and Ah Luo. Got it?”

  “Got it.”

  “Ah Luo.”

  Ah Luo hurriedly distributed red packets to the servants. “This is a tip from the lady. Go buy some meat.”

  Gu Bailu dropped her forehead into her hand. Can’t you think about something other than meat?

  You can tell them to get married with the red packets.

  She had put quite a lot of money in the red packets.

  By the time Gu Wanqin arrived, everybody in the front hall had disappeared.