I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 368 - 286: How Could This Happen? (Two - s Combined)
"Pervert, who would want to have a future with you?"
The boy’s voice was clear and loud, making the already sour expression of the Empress Dowager even darker.
The surrounding imperial guards and guards who heard Gu Lan’s words looked at the Empress Dowager with a subtle expression.
The Empress Dowager went on retreat with eunuchs and male consorts, it was not impossible that she harbored ill intentions towards the young and handsome Young Master Gu.
Thankfully, Young Master Gu rejected her sternly, looking down on the aging and waning Empress Dowager.
In the distance, Rong Heng, who was bandaging a wounded imperial guard, paused slightly upon hearing this.
The determination to sever ties made the corners of his lips beneath the mask curl slightly.
Su Wenzhong and Su Xinyu were siblings, and over the years, the Empress had not concerned herself with worldly matters. Su Xinyu was the true queen of the harem. The Su Family’s deeds, yet she shamelessly claimed ignorance.
Gu Lan inwardly sneered and silently distanced herself from the Empress Dowager.
Zhao Cheng and Lu Ping wore awkward smiles, with the latter retreating timidly and weakly, while the former took a few steps closer to Gu Lan, saying, "Young Master, I truly do not want to go to Lu State, please take me in..."
"I don’t want you, does the Empress Dowager intend to force this on me?"
The Empress Dowager’s expression stiffened, and she made a gesture.
Qingzhi, who had been quiet and unarmed, suddenly stepped forward.
She had a faint medicinal fragrance about her, leading Gu Lan to suspect she knew medicine.
Qingzhi approached Gu Lan, bowed, and cautiously said, "Young Master, Qingzhi does not know martial arts and does not wish to endure hardships in Lu State with the Empress Dowager, I beg you to take me in."
Gu Lan maintained a polite yet cold demeanor, looking at the two girls, two eunuchs, and the Empress Dowager in front of her, wondering where all this nonsense suddenly came from.
The young master innately attracted romantic chaos, what did it have to do with her, Gu Lan, a person of noble character?
At this moment, a blaze lit up in the distance, accompanied by heavy hoofbeats.
Gu Lan looked out into the distance, her taut nerves relaxed a bit; it was the torchlight— the Mu City garrison had arrived to escort the Empress Dowager.
Her mission was complete, whether Su Xinyu survived the later journey was of no concern to her.
The Empress Dowager had also seen the arriving garrison, her long, narrow eyes fixated on Gu Lan, subconsciously clutching and tearing at her embroidered handkerchief.
Seeing the imperial guard nearly finished with their clean-up, Gu Lan prepared to mount her horse, paying no attention to Lu Ping and Qingzhi, who were already quite close.
Just then, Little Xu beside the Empress Dowager suddenly let out an extremely piercing scream.
"Ah, an arrow——"
The sound was indescribable, nearly deafening, startling birds in the trees.
Everyone was jolted by the cry, all looking towards the Empress Dowager’s Phoenix Carriage.
"Little Xu, do you wish to frighten me to death?"
The Empress Dowager clutched her chest, loudly reprimanding, her embroidered handkerchief fluttering down.
It turned out to be a false alarm. On the gold-painted wooden pillar supporting the Phoenix Carriage, there was an arrow that had unknowingly been shot there, its white fletching stained with blood, but nothing else.
Rong Heng, noticing the Empress Dowager’s expression, suddenly felt a surge of unease in his heart.
Gu Lan, irritated by the eunuch’s shrill cries, saw out of the corner of her eye the Empress Dowager’s handkerchief falling to the ground, soaking in the bloodied soil.
Just as she was about to speak, an unprecedented sense of danger surged from behind her, making her hair stand on end!
In an instant, Gu Lan harnessed all her inner strength, her toes pressing on the ground, leaping into the air!
"Gu Lan!"
Rong Heng’s voice, tinged with alarm, reached her ears.
Lu Ping and Qingzhi drew daggers from their bosoms, concealed for a long time, attacking her from both sides!
The two palace maids, who had just appeared gentle and timid, now had eyes filled with sinister, ruthless killing intent.
The two struck simultaneously, and just as Gu Lan was about to retreat, the sound of an arrow whistling through the air came from behind her——
Quickly turning around, she crossed her hands into claws, gripping Lu Ping and Qingzhi’s wrists tightly, yanking with all her might, the sound of bones cracking as the two women collided into each other.
Meanwhile, the arrow from behind shot straight towards her heart.
Gu Lan had already sheathed her sword earlier, her hands now capturing the arms of the two ladies, leaving her with no means to draw her sword to block.
Seeing the arrow about to pierce her from behind.
Rong Heng’s body transformed into a silvery streak, intending to pounce over, but his long sword clanged against Little Cheng’s knife.
Little Cheng had somehow positioned himself in front of Rong Heng, suddenly spitting a mouthful of blood from the force Rong Heng had exerted, his face turning ashen, yet still he mustered strength, swinging his curved blade down at Rong Heng, shouting:
