I Married Female Lead's Crush Chapter 27

Su Qing's mouth trembled as she turned her back looking away from him, and slowly slid down her body squatting next to the pillar.

Outer coat drenched with blood, a sword, and the glistering smile under his eyes.

It's exactly the same image when she first met him.

Gu Zifu smiled and took note of Su Qing's action in his eyes. He retracted his gaze, then glanced at the expression of the crowd, and said casually, "Say it, what else needs this lord to do? It's unbearable standing here with the smell of blood."

Everyone in the hall was shaken again.

He said so casually, as if it wasn't him who killed those people, nor the one talked presumptuously was not him.

A few years ago, it was Gu Zifu who led a large army and drove the northern barbarians out of the border, forcing them to sign a 100-year peace agreement. It was also Gu Zifu who used his crafty strategy and was able to kill tens of thousands of enemy's troops overnight. The blood spread everywhere like a sea of blood. For the people of Nanjiu, what they remembered most about him is his cruelty and ruthlessness. Killing people without blinking his eyes and an expert in making the fan from human skin and bone.

Others may care about this bad reputation, but who is Gu Zifu, he doesn't care about what others think of him. In his own freedom doing whatever he wants and not doing the things, he doesn't want to. Why bother to think too much, wouldn't it be tiring?

Like this time, he clearly knew that the crown prince and prime minister Chi are borrowing his hands to purge the court officials that against them, invited him came to the audience hall to kill those important court officials, each of his actions today are considered as the capital crime that can be resulted in the extermination of his entire clan. But in the eyes of people of Nanjiu Kingdom, only Gu Zifu dares to do such things. Who made him owe the previous emperor a favor.

After waiting for a while, Gu Zifu's good temper was gone. He lifted his leg and kicked the cold sword on the ground to the wall. The sword bounced back and dropped to the ground with a loud "clang". With a sneer, he advanced his steps toward the pillar in the distance where Su Qing is at.

When he got nearer to her, he saw the little girl was squatting on the ground, her entire body was trembling uncontrollably because of fear. Looking pitiful like a little bird.

"Huh?"

Gu Zifu also squatted down, poking her head with his slender fingers.

No reaction.

Su Qing squeezed herself tightly into a ball, burying her head in her legs, without a slightest movement. 

Gu Zifu knew he had gone too far and frightened the little girl again. Sighed lightly as he tilted his head. Because he has a tall body, it blocked the light coming in from the outside hall. Looking from the angle, they could only see his huge shadow, under the obscurity of the light the little girl's neck as white as snow under her hair is messy. 

Guzifu's eyes were fixed on her back neck momentally, and then his eyes flashed, licked his lips and rushed over directly to bite on her neck. 

Feeling a sharp pain on the back of her neck, Su Qing's mind became clearer, before she could scream, and struggled to move away, but Gu Zifu seemed to be aware of her intention, he quickly covered the little girl's mouth with his big hand, wrapping her waist with his other hand and dragged her into his embrace.

Because their distance is approximately very close, Su Qing could smell the strong smell of blood rushing toward her face, causing her body shaking again. The sense of gnawing between her neck and moist licking sensation became clearer to her.

Su Qing's eyelashes trembled, and big drops of tears started to fall down. 

Feeling the wetness on his hand, Gu Zifu was stunned for a moment and then let go of his mouth. He pressed his face forward to Su Qing's ear and softly bit her on the earlobe.

"Why did you cry again?"

The moment he asked, the little girl's tears came like the flood gate opening, crying more fiercely with a slight whimper.

Gu Zifu gently patted her face a few times and said a few words of comfort but still didn't get a response. He had no choice but to give up. 

He stood up and lifted her out of the hall just like what he did when she carried her out of the Old Madam's place last time. 

Su Zizhuo stood in the main hall, looking at Gu Zifu's figure that gradually disappeared in a daze. After a long while, he finally withdrew his gaze and shouted sternly at the crowd: "The guards come, Minister Liang and his people were attempting to assassinate me in the main hall, thanks to the Zhenbei great general who came in time to save me.  Passing my order to have the Ministry of Criminal to investigate this matter thoroughly, clean up the rebellion, and stabilize the court. Giving justice to the world."

Everyone looked at each other at loss, and no one dared to speak up. In the end, the prime minister Chi came out and saluted: "The crown prince, rest assured, this minister will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly."

"The minister will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly." Everyone in the hall shouted in unison. 

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At the Jian Zhi Palace.

"Bang" Gu Zifu lifted his foot and kicked open the door. Because his kick was too powerful, the door bouncing back from the wall. He strode inside and placed Su Qing on the table. 

"Really scared?" He lowered his head, and asked with a rare voice of soften and careful.

Su Qing covers her face with her hands as her head bowed down. Her shoulders shaking uncontrollably from crying of fear. Gu Zifu really suspected that she could cry all the way and recite it in one breath in the next second.

Gu Zifu moved closer and placed his hand on her neck where he bit her earlier, gently rubbing on her soft skin a few times.

Su Qing froze and wards off his hand. She lifted her head, the tearful eyes turned red from crying, the tears still kept falling down as she looked at Gu Zifu and wept silently.

But the next second, she suddenly pounced into Gu Zifu's arms, clutched his collar tightly, and buried her crying face in his bosom, "Gu Zifu, don't be like this!"

"I'm afraid!"

The little girl's voice was soft and crisp but still could not conceal her frightened feeling. Her sudden action has made Gu Zifu's whole person stiffen in place. He was silent for a moment and his hand was also paused in mid-air. 

The little girl's soft body cling tightly in his arms that was the position of his chest and seemed like her speech with sobbing, word by word fell directly into his heart, and smashing his head into dizziness, making him feel flustered for no reason. 

Gu Zifu's body still stiffened, but his hand that stopped in the middle of the air slowly fell on the little girl's back, stroking gently and comforting her. 

Even himself didn't realize his voice has become lighter and softened than normal.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid…. The Seventh Lord is here, Qing Qing be good….be good ah….."

Su Qing clutched on his collar tightly, unwilling to let go and continue sobbing.

Maybe she was too scared, or she was too tired from crying, in her confusion she fell asleep in his arms, but her hands still clenched on him tightly.

Hearing the stable breathing sounds coming from the person in his arms, Gu Zifu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the tear stain on her face, the rim of her eyes are red, and the teeth mark on her lip as she bit on it earlier when she was crying, leaving faint blood on the surface. Gu Zifu's eyes stayed on that lips for a while, as he was about to touch her lips he found out that his hands were stained with blood. With disgust on the bottom of his eyes, he gave a slight hiss and withdrew his hand.

His fox-like eyes glanced around the room, and then held Su Qing up and walked past the screen. He put the little girl on the bed, and with extremely gentle action slowly removed her delicate fingers that clinging on his collar one by one.

At this moment, his whole was covered with blood and smelled incredibly terrible. When he lowered his head, he happened to see the little girl also had blood stains on her body that stained from his clothes.

Frowning, he bent down using his flexible fingers to open the front piece of her jacket. With a quick glance, looking at the fair tender skin that was exposed in front of him in blank amazement. 

"Eh, Isn't that good for this lord doing this….."

It seemed a little not appropriate. 

Forget it, Gu Zifu shook his head, and pressed on her sleeping acupuncture point, he then went out to call the palace maid to come in to change the clothes for her.

Chuntao stayed at the Gu Courtyard and didn't enter the palace with them. The palace maid that came in to wait upon Su Qing, the moment she saw Gu Zifu and his entire body covered with blood, her legs immediately softened, her eyes became dull and fainted on the spot. Finally, he had to call the old momo (old palace senior maid) to change her clothes instead.

Su Qing used to stay at Jian Zhi Palace before she married, so there are still some of her clothes left here, but as for Gu Zifu it is a different story.

Most importantly, he doesn't like to wear other people's clothes.

In the end, he ordered Si Ting to go back to Gu Courtyard to get some clothes for him to change. After using the towel to dry his body and found another piece to wrap around his waist, he walked toward the bed barefoot, lifted up the quilt and went inside.

The little girl was not aware of being hugged tightly in a warm embrace. Gu Zifu raised his hand and squeezed on her little face a few more times.

So soft….

He woke up very early today, it's not a bad idea to take a nap to make up for it.

Thinking like this, he then pulled up the quilt covering both of them.

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Easten Palace (where the crown prince lives.)

Su Shizhuo sat on the main seat with a gloomy face, the gentleness on his face at the main hall today has completely disappeared. He turned to ask his closest confidant who was sitting next to him: "How are things going?"

"Some of them we have already dealt with in secret, but they are just small chess pieces that didn't have much of an impact, as for the rests….this subordinate is still tracking…."

"Useless! What's the use of raising you!"

What a fine King Hong, being far away from the capital but still want to use his spy to try to shake my throne. Really overestimated his own capabilities! 

Su Shizhuo was able to sit on the crown prince position, mostly from his forbearance. After venting out, he was able to calm down quickly, rubbing his eyebrows and asked, "Where's the Seventh Lord?"

"He's at the Jian Zhi Palace with the Tenth Princess, until now none of them has come out yet."

"Go to the Imperial Hospital and have several Imperial Doctors go over there, then let the Imperial Kitchen make some delicious food and deliver it there.  Don't neglect it."

Someone said hesitantly: "…..Your Highness, although the Seventh Lord has a bad reputation in the hearts of the common people, he's holding a large number of troops in his hand. At present, it's not good for Your Highness at all, why don't Your Highness…"

Su Shizhuo sneered, "You think, I have never thought of it? But this Seventh Lord is not easy to deal with, one careless mistake would waste all of our previous efforts. The Imperial Father had devoted his entire energy and thought all these years, but why did he never show any special favor to his minister except Gu Zifu? It was because he knew that even if everyone would betray him, Gu Zifu would never. Otherwise, why would he let the Little Tenth marry him, even the date of the wedding was arranged secretly?"

Many people in the room are stunned from hearing this, "The Tenth Princess's marriage was not…."

"What, even you thought that it was me who was behind it?"

Su Shizhuo's handsome face full of nobility, but there was a sense of killing in his eyes, "Hah, the Imperial Father, that old man, the things in his heart are more than what we can predict."

"Then we are now…."

"Well, don't act rashly. There's been some chaos in the palace lately. You all should pay more attention to your movements. Also, send more people to inquire about the news from the border, report back immediately if there is any sign of movement."

"Yes, this subject will obey Your Highness's order."

Chapter end