Chapter 953: Chapter 758: Let’s Elope!
Zhou Mu looked at the red figure sprawling on the ground, turned around, and swept her into his arms with his long arms, bowing his head in silence.
"Evildoer, the coffin is very cold, and my mother, in this life and the last, has been buried for countless years, with her beauty faded and bones decayed, the grave desolate, no one accompanied her. I enjoy the glory and riches, she cannot see it; I stand high among the nine layers, she cannot see it; I marry and set up a family, she cannot see it!"
"She gave birth to me, and then lay here herself, away from the cheer and liveliness in front. I got married, no one put on for me a little white flower to mark leaving the family, no one heard me cry as I married, no one sent me off to my new home. Evildoer, tell me, why is it so joyful in front? What’s there to be happy about?"
Saying this, Gu Changsheng lowered his head, "Evildoer, I’m unhappy, I’m really not happy at all! Do you know, for two lifetimes, the reason I’ve tried so hard to climb upwards is just to prove that I’m alive, that there’s a reason for my existence, even though I haven’t even seen the one who gave birth to me! But I’ve still tried my best to prove I existed!"
"Evildoer, ruling alone, achieving grand ambitions, is not what I desire. All I seek is merely having my parents both present, having elders to honor, kin to cherish, juniors to support, that’s all, haha... I’m just this greedy, the more I get, the more I want, insatiable... Shang Xie was right, ultimately, it’s incomplete, I’m still not happy, so, evildoer, let’s not get married, okay? Let’s not leave mother alone in this place, okay?"
Gu Changsheng said this, hastily reached out, tightly grasped the clothes of the person before him.
"Okay."
"Do you know what my old dad plans? He knows there’s danger in the Divine Demise Land, he never intended to let me risk going there to find the chance to bring mother back to life. He planned to take mother’s coffin away after our wedding, to find a resting place..." Gu Changsheng spoke, suddenly lifted his head, looking incredulously at the man leaning on the coffin holding him, "You... what did you just say?"
"Okay!" Zhou Mu’s lips slightly curved, raised his hand to wipe away her tears from her cheek, said aloud, "You aren’t happy, then we won’t get married. You want fullness in having both parents, then we’ll wait until you have both parents to cherish, then we’ll marry. Changsheng, your desires are my desires, I ultimately cannot tolerate you being even a bit unhappy."
"You... you... but... I..." Gu Changsheng’s face still carried the remnants of the alcohol smell, yet at this moment, looked somewhat wooden, staring blankly at the man before her.
This man can always say the most untimely words of love!
Leaving her speechless!
Also not knowing how to bear it!
"What are you saying? Changsheng, wanting those in front to cancel the wedding now is impossible, we both will become targets of public criticism, so, Changsheng, let’s elope!" Zhou Mu said humorously, flicked her little nose, spoke aloud.
"Elope? Elope?" Gu Changsheng swallowed hard, repeated the words with difficulty.
"Exactly! You and me! Let’s elope!" Zhou Mu nodded, pointed at her, then pointed at himself, "This way, they can’t catch either of us, if they want to release their anger, they won’t find us! Isn’t it fun?"
Gu Changsheng looked at the deep-pool-like black eyes before her, looked at the sparkling light within, intuitively nodded along with him.
Elope!
Elope!
In broad daylight, known to all, elope!
Why hadn’t she thought of it?
Ah! No! It was she who was bound by the identity of the Southern Emperor, dared not think in that direction!
Unhappy, then nothing is possible!
This isn’t the life she wants!
She wants to live freely and recklessly, never thought, at this moment, she’s even less free than the evildoer before her!
Escape!
Escape!
To do what she wants to do!
To do what makes her happy!
Who is she?
She is Gu Changsheng!
The unruly and wild Gu Changsheng of a lifetime! Since she’s unhappy, then let others be unhappy too!
Gu Changsheng was pulled by Zhou Mu, dodged Han Qiu and Xiao Cui guarding outside the side hall, let him drag back to the bed chamber, changed a set of clothes, then the two of them simply packed a small bundle, found a magnificent horse, sneaked out of the Heavenly Palace...
In Capital City, numerous citizens were still looking expectantly towards the direction of the Heavenly Palace, while on the wide street, a horse carried two leaning figures swiftly galloping past...
"Hyah!"
Waved the whip, urged the horse, the dark purple figure carefully protected the woman in his arms.
"Evildoer, will my two dads and your old man go crazy if they know? Does this count as leaving without notice?" a low female voice came from his embrace.
"They will go crazy! It doesn’t count! We’ve informed your mother." The man under the dark purple felt hat chuckled aloud.
"Uh... alright! Then where are we going?" the woman that looked like a quail in his embrace asked, confused.
In the blink of an eye, they’ve already eloped from the Heavenly Palace, looked like they’re about to leave the city, seems this marriage is properly escaped, but where are they going to elope to?
"North of the desert, Northern Mongolian!" Above, the man responded in a low voice.
"But there’s a power struggle within the Northern Mongolian, and if we interfere now, even if Nian doesn’t disappoint, it won’t be justified in name or reason, so we can’t go..."
"We can’t go! Because the Southern Emperor of the Southern Country and the Crown Prince of Great Zhou can’t go! But the Divine Doctor Lady of Liuzhou City, Gu Changsheng, can go! The son-in-law of the Divine Doctor Lady, Zhou Mu, can go!"
The little woman’s mouth twitched; this was like covering one’s ears to steal a bell, and she liked it!
Indeed, she was the Southern Emperor, but putting aside that identity, she was still Gu Changsheng, a human!
"Moreover, as the friend of Borjigin Nian, Gu Changsheng can go, and even more so, as the senior brother of Borjigin Nian, Zhou Mu should go. Both emotionally and logically, it’s only natural for the two of us to go to the Northern Mongolian!" The man on horseback lowered his head, urged his horse again, and threw a waist token of the Southern Country’s Ceremonial Army to the City Defending Guard at the city gate, and rode through without hindrance.
"That’s true!" Gu Changsheng couldn’t refute Zhou Mu’s words. She suddenly realized that without the identity of the Southern Emperor, everything she did seemed so natural.
"Also, the Northern Mongolian is right north of the desert, isn’t the hope of our Mother-in-law’s resurrection in the Far North land north of the Northern Desert? After helping Borjigin Nian in the Northern Mongolian, we can go explore that Divine Demise Land. Maybe we’ll bring back the Goddess’s Acacia Tears and settle this gigantic concern!" Zhou Mu was proud as he urged his horse northward, "This way, it’s on the way; we can settle two concerns and still enjoy the Northern Country’s scenery. Isn’t this the best of three worlds?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Haha..."
The woman’s unrestrained laughter rang out on horseback.
Even the fine horse was startled, and its hooves moved more joyously, galloping even faster!
"Evildoer, did you bring enough silver coins? We won’t go hungry along the way, will we?"
"I brought enough; I took all the silver notes from your dowry box!"
"You! You’re shameless! Why not use yours?"
"I didn’t have time to go back to my residence!"
"Then you’re still shameless!"
"Hyah!"
"..."
The rider in splendid attire galloped off into the dust.
Until it was almost noon, the feast was set. Han Qiu and Xiao Cui went to the side chamber to call the two for a meal, only to find the side chamber empty, with just a coffin left!
"Oh no! Oh no! His Majesty is missing!"
"Quick, search! Search!"
The entire Heavenly Palace Traveling Palace was in chaos!
"Search! Go search! Southern Country’s Imperial Forest Army, hear my command! Search every nook and cranny within a thousand miles! Be sure to capture that unfilial daughter who dared to flee the wedding!" Gu Taitian roared at the chaotic feast, slamming the table.
"Search! Search for them! Five City Military Horse Administration, Imperial City Defending Army! Throughout the Great Zhou Territory, search for them! Be sure to capture that unworthy descendant who dared to flee the wedding!" Standing beside Gu Taitian, Emperor Zhoulin’s old face flushed with anger as he yelled.
Countless people obeyed orders and went to search in a hurry, naturally, to no avail.
"The Lord, His Majesty Emperor Lin, if those two are intent on escaping, even if we deploy all the troops in the world, we may find it difficult to find the slightest trace of them!" First-Class General Soh Wu, coming to report, almost cried as he looked for help from Mr. Ban Shan, who was casually sipping tea, but received no response.
"Little Monk!" Knowing the skills of his daughter and son-in-law, Gu Taitian didn’t bother venting anger on Soh Wu. He turned, glaring at the unperturbed Little Monk Bu Jie, "Didn’t you say the Hongluan Star was moving and this marriage would fall into place naturally? Didn’t you say the eighth of June was the auspicious day?"
"This poor monk did say so! This poor monk just omitted two words: next year!" Little Monk Bu Jie replied unhurriedly.
Next year, half a month later, next June eighth...
"You!" Gu Taitian and Emperor Zhoulin, upon hearing this, were instantly furious yet had no outlet for their anger.
The date for the wedding was set, with the streets bustling with troops. What began as a national celebration turned into panic and confusion. For a time, no one knew what was happening.
After noon, the Heavenly Palace finally announced the auspicious document to the world, stating that the Southern Emperor and the Crown Prince’s wedding was set for next year’s eighth of June!
Next year!
Next year!
This... the people were speechless; the long-anticipated national wedding’s date was set a year later?
What was going on?
Were they being fooled?
The people were perplexed, and the remaining leaders of the two countries seated in the Heavenly Palace were angry. Do you think they wanted this? The bride and groom both fled; how were they supposed to hold the wedding?
If only one had fled, at least one would remain as a scapegoat, but now both were gone, leaving them with no outlet for their frustration!
"That unfilial daughter! Bringing shame to the country, she dared to stage a wedding escape! When I catch her, I’ll surely give her a beating!" Gu Taitian vowed as he paced and swore repeatedly to the heavens and earth, his seasoned composure rarely seen so shaken.
"That unworthy descendant! He dared to escape the wedding too! When I catch him! I’ll... I’ll... I’ll immediately resign!" Emperor Zhoulin, following Gu Taitian’s pacing, also swore to the heavens and earth.