CHAPTER 1638: CHAPTER 1639: MOSTLY HEARTACHE

Gong Juechen wasn’t annoyed at all, he put his hand on Ye Zhi’s shoulder again, coaxing her, but after just a couple of sentences, Ye Zhi interrupted him.

"Don’t say all these sweet things, just tell me, did you really cure your own poison?"

Gong Juechen honestly replied, "When I told you I was a bit tired and wanted to sleep, I hadn’t cured it yet, but now it’s all gone."

It was clear that he didn’t actually sleep, but was curing his own poison.

Ye Zhi thought about how he’d been in the room by himself for almost four hours, and seeing how normal Gong Juechen looked, with no signs of fatigue, he must have truly cured the poison, which finally put her mind at ease.

An Jing and Xiao Changyi saw that Gong Juechen had detoxified himself and was fine, so they did not disturb him coaxing Ye Zhi and returned to the Xiyun mansion.

Ye Zhi was no longer angry in her heart, and after being coaxed by Gong Juechen for a couple more sentences, she reconciled with him.

Although she had been angry before, she still felt more concern for him.

Once reconciled, Ye Zhi hesitated for a moment before asking, "He treated you like that, yet you still saved him?"

Gong Juechen pulled Ye Zhi to sit down, embraced her, sighed first, and then said, "Actually, I didn’t want to save him, but when he fell, my body acted before I could think... Maybe, I really do see him as my brother."

"Are you stupid? He treated you like that and you still see him as your brother." Regarding Gong Juechen saving Su Chengyu, Ye Zhi didn’t think Gong Juechen had done wrong, after all, that was a human life.

Moreover, Su Chengyu is the Emperor of Xiyun, and if something happened to the Emperor, it would cause unrest throughout Xiyun.

Ye Zhi said this only because she was dissatisfied with Gong Juechen still considering Su Chengyu as his brother.

Upon hearing this, Gong Juechen immediately laughed, "I also think I’m quite foolish, I’ve scolded myself many times, and I’m still scolding myself in my heart, Zhizhi, please don’t call me foolish anymore."

Ye Zhi pouted her lips but really didn’t say anything more. Though she scolded, she actually understood his conflicted feelings.

After all, whether they admitted it or not, Su Chengyu was indeed Gong Juechen’s brother.

...

Su Chengyu was assassinated today, and the Military Officer responsible for the hunting ground’s security has been removed and investigated, and the assassins were either dead or escaped, with no clue as to who sent them, making Su Chengyu no longer dare to leave the palace casually.

And that night, Su Chengyu couldn’t sleep at all.

In the middle of the night, he sat up.

Ning Wenxian was sleeping beside him, and with him tossing and turning and sitting up, the lightly sleeping Ning Wenxian naturally noticed and opened her eyes, sitting up with him.

"Emperor, what’s wrong?" Ning Wenxian asked softly.

Su Chengyu just sighed heavily and didn’t answer.

Ning Wenxian hesitated for a moment, then asked again, "Is it because of Chenglin?"

Su Chengyu nodded and sighed heavily again.

"Emperor, what do you plan to do?"

Only then did Su Chengyu speak, "It was my mistake, I should have trusted Brother Yi’s judgment, he is actually a person who values relationships and loyalty. If he had died saving me today, I would never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life. Fortunately, he’s okay."

Pausing, Su Chengyu continued, "Brother Yi was right, the throne can easily cause one to lose themselves. Sitting on this seat has changed me to some extent; I once ridiculously thought it was Brother Yi and them who changed, but it turns out... it’s really me... it’s me..."

As he spoke, Su Chengyu even laughed at himself mockingly.