Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 383 Princess's Skirt 29

Four years have passed in a flash.

The seventh prince's wife had just died of illness in the first half of the year, and in the second half of the year, Prince An married the youngest daughter of the Xue family, the family of the Minister of War, as his second wife.

It was so fast that even the Queen didn't have time to take action before Prince An and the Minister of Rites submitted the memorial.

No one cared what illness the deceased princess had. She died quietly without even calling an imperial physician.

Gu Li sighed. Li Jun had not given up yet and was deliberately trying to replace the crown prince.

Prince An's second marriage was held before the New Year. During the New Year, Gu Li met the new princess in Fengyi Palace.

She has a delicate appearance, not beautiful, but she has a pair of smart and calm eyes. She is indeed much better than the original wife of the Wu family. The Xue family behind the new princess can even make the Wu family look like dust.

Li Jun's intention of marrying her is self-evident.

The Queen couldn't stand the Seventh Princess and made her stand alone on the side, but she didn't get angry and just stood there until the banquet started. When everyone went from Fengyi Palace to Qiankun Hall, she followed them calmly to the front hall.

Gu Li didn't expect him to be so patient.

She was even more worried about the prince who was far away in the imperial mausoleum.

Li Jun's next move was very aggressive. The previous dynasty had divided up a lot of power that once belonged to the prince, and in the backyard there was a capable helper like the daughter of the Xue family.

In order to suppress Li Rong and Li Jun, the Queen begged the Emperor to transfer Li Luan, who had been guarding the border for many years, back to the capital. However, Li Luan was delayed on the way and could not make it to the New Year's Eve dinner tonight.

At the lively family dinner, Gu Li felt lonely. She was getting more and more tired of the intrigues and schemes in the palace. If it weren't for her father, the emperor, and her mother, she would have left the capital long ago.

Gu Li found an excuse and left early.

She did not return to the Chaoyang Palace prepared for her by the Queen, but wanted to return to the Princess's Mansion.

When she was about to leave the city gate, she turned and went up to the city wall.

Standing high and seeing far, outside the city wall, there are lights from thousands of houses, dotted with stars, so lively; inside the city wall, it is brightly lit, and people are toasting.

There is never a light that belongs to me.

Ever since she finished doing what she wanted to do, Gu Li always felt that time was passing slower and slower, as if it was blurring into a sticky paste.

The road is long and seems to have no end.

The cold winter wind made Gu Li's gorgeous palace dress rustle. Caiyi stepped forward with a cloak, but Gu Li waved her hand to refuse.

The coldness on her body made Gu Li feel that she was still alive.

Sanliang, who had been lurking, couldn't bear to see Gu Li's world-weary look. She exuded a dejected look, as if to say, "Don't mess with me, or I'll jump off the building."

Sanliang spoke worriedly: "Gu Li, don't be upset! It's New Year's Day."

Gu Li blinked in the darkness, as if she hadn't heard San Liang's voice for too long. She seemed to have forgotten San Liang's existence.

Immersed in the task.

Oh no, her mission was accomplished.

It was completed in the previous life.

This life is just because of her unwillingness.

"Three or two, can I go now?"

"If Gu Li really doesn't want to stay here, just wait for the death of the original body in two years. Then this body will die of natural causes!"

"Can't we leave now?"

Sanliang tried to persuade him: "Don't you want to see him again?"

"No. I don't like him here. It's not good at all." Gu Li covered her chest with her hands. She could never forget the feather arrow that pierced through his body and hit her heart.

"Don't you want to spend more time with your father and mother?"

"But what should I do? I'm really tired!"

"It will be soon. It won't take more than two years."

Gu Li knew what Sanliang meant and remained silent for a long time before saying, "I understand."

Gu Li stood on the city wall for a long time, until Caiyi couldn't bear it anymore and was about to persuade the princess to come down by holding her cloak, when Gu Li finally walked down from the city wall in the darkness.

"Let's go back." The palace banquet was almost over.

Suddenly, Gu Li turned around and looked at a dark corner of a tall building outside the city wall.

It was as if there was a pair of eyes glued to her, and she felt a chill down her spine. She looked carefully but saw nothing.

"Let's go." Commander Hu was waiting below. She wanted to see which desperate lunatic would dare to target her.

She would make sure he never came back.

Gu Li did not encounter any accidents until she returned to the princess's mansion. Gu Li thought she was wrong, washed up and fell asleep.

After being exposed to the cold wind for so long, Gu Li fell ill the next day.

As expected, the cold wind caused Gu Li to have a fever, so she finally didn't have to go to the palace today. So she didn't know that Li Luan had rushed back to the capital and entered the palace in the middle of the night.

In the afternoon, Li Luan brought the imperial physician to the princess's mansion.

Gu Li, whose face was flushed with fever, rarely smiled and insisted on getting up, but Li Luan pushed her back onto the bed.

When the imperial physician finished taking the princess' pulse through the curtain and went out to write a prescription, Gu Li pulled aside the curtain and smiled as she looked at her twelfth brother whom she hadn't seen for five years.

"Brother Twelve, you're back!"

The girl who used to be his little tail is now a 19-year-old girl. Seeing her pulling away the veil of avoidance as unashamedly as she did when they were children, Li Luan felt a little embarrassed.

"Twelfth Brother, you've turned black!"

Li Luan was stunned and said angrily: "Why does a man need to be so white? I am just fine."

Gu Li sat on the bed, covered her lips and coughed softly, "Yes, yes, Twelfth Brother is more handsome and more manly now!"

"You---" Li Luan wanted to accuse her, but seeing that she was ill, he had to swallow his words, "How can you, a beautiful girl, speak more vulgarly and bluntly than the women in the border areas? No wonder you are still unmarried at such an old age."

Gu Li grabbed the pillow beside her and threw it at Li Luan.

"How dare you say that to me, you black-haired guy? How old am I, you ask?"

"Hey, how come you've become so rude after not seeing each other for so many years? You even dared to hit your own brother!"

"Hmph, not only did I use my hands, I even dared to use my feet." Gu Li took advantage of the moment when Li Luan was dodging the pillow, stood up and quickly stepped on Li Luan, then crushed him hard with bared teeth.

He was already sick and had little strength, and he was only wearing soft-soled embroidered shoes for indoor use, so that kick was just like a drizzle to Li Luan.

Until Gu Li withdrew her foot, Li Luan stood there without moving an inch.

The two of them suddenly forgot the strangeness between them after not seeing each other for many years because of the quarrel just now.

"Okay, stop making trouble. You're still having a fever." Li Luan supported the shaky Gu Li and sent her back to the bed. "How could you make yourself sick during the New Year? Your mother is worried about you!"

Because of the violent movement just now, Gu Li covered her lips and started coughing again.

He pushed Li Luan away while coughing, "Stay away from me, don't, don't cough, cough, cough, don't let yourself get sick!"

"I, your twelfth brother, have a body of iron. I'm not afraid of this little cold!" Li Luan patted his chest, making a loud noise, causing Gu Li to cough and laugh, feeling very uncomfortable.

After Gu Li finally suppressed the itch in her throat, she wiped the tears from her eyes and complained to Li Luan with a red nose: "Twelfth brother, I miss you!"

As he spoke, tears began to fall.

Li Luan was so frightened that he stood there in a daze. It took him a while to frantically wipe away Gu Li's tears.