Gu Qing: "If you can't match that, I'll seriously suspect you've been body-snatched."
Gu Sang: "Master math, physics, and chemistry, and you'll fear nothing in the world."
"Imperial jade liquor, one hundred and eighty per glass."
Gu Qing stared into Gu Sang's eyes for several seconds before looking away, wearing an expression that suggested she thought herself a little genius. "Correct, you're still Gu Sang, not body-snatched after all."
Gu Sang: "......"
Having finished viewing the Tang Dynasty's history, Gu Sang and Gu Qing walked up to the topmost floor.
The ancient commoners and officials all widened their eyes, ready to see the history of the next dynasty. However, they were surprised to find a box tied with a bunch of balloons at the entrance.
What were these colorful floating things?
All the ancient people were extremely curious.
Gu Qing walked over, pretending to look shocked, and then pointed at the box: "Gu Sang, come quick! It has your name on it."
Gu Sang finally lowered her head to look at the box, only to see three words written on it: "For Gu Sang!"
Receiving a gift unexpectedly in the history museum? Gu Sang found it strange no matter how she thought about it.
Seeing Gu Sang frowning in confusion with no intention of opening the gift, Gu Qing grew anxious. Why wasn't her sister following the script?
At this crucial moment, it was up to her to take action.
Gu Qing grabbed the box and held it out to Gu Sang: "Well... I have no idea what's going on here, I swear this isn't from me."
"You, you should open it and take a look."
Gu Sang looked at the guilty-looking Gu Qing with a complex expression.
Judging by that look, it was clear that this gift definitely had something to do with Gu Qing, and not just a little.
To avoid spoiling the mood, Gu Sang very cooperatively opened the box.
Inside the box lay a pair of crystal shoes.
The crystal shoes weren't some cheap online purchase. At a glance, Gu Sang could tell these were custom-made and couldn't be found anywhere else on the market.
Such custom-made items, due to their high price, were each a unique creation.
Gu Sang silently closed the box and carried it a few steps forward.
Around the corner stood a woman holding a rose.
As she got closer, she realized it was Chen Yun, who was looking at her with a smile of blessing and congratulations, sincerely saying, "Sang Sang, I wish you happiness."
Chen Yun smiled as she handed the rose to Gu Sang.
Gu Sang reached out to take it, feeling confused, surprised, and perplexed all at once. "Yun, didn't you say you were going back to your hometown? Why are you here?"
Chen Yun smiled with genuine well-wishes: "Before I leave, I wanted to witness your happiness. Sang Sang, there are more surprises ahead, keep going forward."
Gu Sang didn't feel surprised at all, just increasingly bewildered.
She could only be pulled along by Gu Qing to continue forward. Not far ahead stood another person holding a rose.
Gu Sang vaguely recognized her as a classmate from her class.
For the next stretch of the path, Gu Sang saw her good friends taking turns to appear, even middle school classmates had come.
It was also strange that Gu Sang had relatively few friends, and it took some effort to gather just 11 of them.
The ancient cameras livestreaming followed Gu Sang's figure towards the end, where Lu Mufei was seen holding a bouquet of red roses, kneeling on one knee to confess to her.
"Gu Sang, I like you!"
"From the moment I first saw you, it was love at first sight. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Lu Mufei said these words very carefully and nervously, gripping the flowers tightly in his hand, gazing at Gu Sang with an intense look.
Before Gu Sang could say anything, the surrounding friends and classmates immediately started to create an atmosphere, clapping and shouting:
"Say yes!"
"Sang Sang, say yes to him!"
Chen Yun stood to Gu Sang's left front, watching Lu Mufei's carefully prepared confession ceremony for Gu Sang with eyes full of envy.
For this confession, Lu Mufei had gone to great lengths to find the contact information of their classmates, inviting them to be witnesses, and even reimbursing all their travel and accommodation expenses.
Chen Yun suddenly remembered that she had no ceremony at all when she agreed to be with that scumbag.
Comparing the two, it was clear to see the difference between true feelings and false intentions.
Back then, the scumbag was tutoring her in the classroom after school. Seeing that they were alone, he had cornered her against the wall and asked if she wanted to be his girlfriend.
Chen Yun was nervous at the time, but somehow later, rumors spread in the class that she and the scumbag were a couple, and as the rumors spread, they just ended up together.
She had never cared about the ceremony of confessing, and even often saw posts online saying that girls who demanded such ceremonies were being pretentious.
But seeing Lu Mufei confess to Gu Sang, she suddenly understood.
It turns out that if a man truly loves you, he will confess to you solemnly and sincerely.
Not with a perfunctory confession.
A relationship that begins perfunctorily will only end perfunctorily.
Chen Yun's lips curved into a smile, revealing a mix of bitterness and envy.
The gaze of all the court officials suddenly turned to Pei Changying.
Such a romantic and thoughtful confession, wouldn't any woman agree?
But, but Gu Sang was the Emperor's woman, she was the Noble Consort! How could she accept someone else's affection and love in front of the Emperor?
Sure enough, the next second, Pei Changying suddenly stood up, his whole body filled with a violent and furious aura, shouting at Gu Sang:
"Gu Sang, you can't!"
"We won't allow it!"
"You are Our woman, if you dare to accept him, We, We will..."
"You can only be Ours, you have served Us for seven years! We order you to reject this man immediately, now!"
Pei Changying wanted to threaten Gu Sang with methods like exterminating nine clans, killing Consort Li, sending troops to raze the Plague City, and so on, but in the end, he realized none of these would work.
The Gu family was different from the Zhao family.
Without a good reason or excuse, he simply couldn't exterminate the Gu family's nine clans, otherwise, the court would surely fall into chaos.
As for Consort Li, those consorts in the harem were strangers to Gu Sang, so this threat held no weight.
And as for razing the Plague City, he simply couldn't do it now.
In the end, Pei Changying could only plead with Gu Sang, hoping she might still have some feelings left for their past relationship as husband and wife: "Sang Sang, We were wrong, We know We've wronged you, please don't accept him, alright?"
Zhou Qichen, in the Plague City, was feeling very conflicted at this moment.
He knew that Gu Sang wasn't from this place and wouldn't come back here again.
But he didn't want to see Gu Sang accept another man. A trace of unwillingness and unacceptability in his heart was at work, and he didn't want to think about what would happen next.
Zhou Qichen opened his mouth, wanting to speak and persuade Gu Sang to think it over carefully, not to rush into agreeing.
However, as his lips moved, General Qin beside him seemed to guess his inner thoughts and gave his shoulder a forceful pat.
The impact-laden pat instantly brought Zhou Qichen back to his senses.
"Old Zhou, Miss Gu deserves to be happy! This man seems to be genuinely caring towards her."
"Besides, women are meant to marry and have children eventually. Miss Gu isn't getting any younger either - she's already twenty-one or twenty-two. It's about time she found someone to spend the rest of her life with."
