I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 227 - 157: Where the Heart Leads

Gu Lan sometimes wondered what it would be like if she hadn’t become the original host but had instead ended up in the Wei Country or among the Qiangrong on the Snowfield.

Perhaps, Bian is bustling, full of talented scholars and beautiful ladies, songs of longing from the women’s quarters, and poets brushing shadows with ink;

Perhaps, the Snowfield is vast and unrestricted, where one could light a bonfire outside a tent and sing and dance freely.

It seemed that such a life was also wonderful, so lively.

But none of that was Yan Country.

There, there was no Dingyuan Marquis Mansion of Yan Country, no Imperial Family School of Yan Country, no one from the school, and no...the people of Yan Country.

She might spend two days as an unmarried young lady of a prominent family, unable to endure the stifling etiquette and constraints, she would wield a sword and roam the world until, years or decades later, when Yan Country is trampled under iron hooves, the nation falls, the Female Sword Saint of Wei Country emerges, fighting to the death with the Regent King of Yan Country;

Or she might ride freely on the Snowfield, return to her tribe, and before she could draw her sword, be pierced through the chest by the audacious Dingyuan Marquis of Yan Country.

But she had come to Yan Country.

Without much romance, before her was a towering, deep and profound nation.

Bit by bit, the threads of fate entangled into a vast web, and she came, becoming the Young Master Gu.

She witnessed the rise and fall in Yan Country, saw the merchants tirelessly transporting grains day and night from thousands of miles away after floods, saw the young girls guarding the city with their black hair dyed white by snow, saw the wisdom-filled eyes of the elders, and witnessed the light in the eyes of the entire city’s people at the great victory in the Northern Territory. She knew she could no longer leave. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

If she couldn’t leave, she had to do something.

She wanted to protect the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion,

She wanted to see Rong Heng commanding a vast army, displaying his formidable prowess,

More importantly, she wanted,

to let those girls who were not Commandery Princesses or Princesses, those women whose lives were spent in deep courtyards, and those females struggling in the fields, witness what she could see!

She wanted to dispel the prejudices in people’s hearts, to shatter the prison of this world!

Marquis Gu gazed at Gu Lan, and amid his deep eyes burst an unusual light, softly saying:

"Lan, this road is challenging, full of ignorant people, men and women alike, who will become your adversaries."

"If it’s challenging, should it not be done?" Gu Lan responded calmly, "Even the most difficult tasks must start from doing."

She suddenly recalled something, looking into the gentle eyes of the Dingyuan Marquis, she brightly smiled and said, "Moreover, am I not the legitimate child of the Dingyuan Marquis? Marquis Gu’s daughter? Surely not everyone in the world will be my enemy?"

At this moment, Gu Lan seemed like an ordinary little girl, unafraid of the vast world.

In the cold winter courtyard, the sunlight was dazzling but not as vivid as the gleam in her eyes.

In the next moment, Gu Lan’s hair grew warm.

Marquis Gu’s palm fell on her head, abruptly ruffling it, her hairband twisted, and her soft black hair turned into a bird’s nest.

Gu Lan was involuntarily stunned because, apart from the old lady, no one would ever tousle her head.

And she didn’t notice that only in front of Gu Chengzhao would she say these things so freely.

"Alright, I shall wait for that day,"

Marquis Gu’s voice was clear and warm, his dark eyes rippling with a gentle spring-like wave, extraordinarily tender, and his voice all the more proud.

"Waiting for you to actively tell the world, Gu Lan is a woman, but never inferior to any man."

Gu Lan did not know how much her words today had shocked Marquis Gu.

She then curiously asked, "Instead of restoring my identity, I’m more curious why you and mother made me dress as a boy initially?"

Marquis Gu gritted his teeth, his eyes reddened as he shouted, "You’ve called Qing’er your mother and won’t call me father, I’m so angry I’m gonna die."

Gu Lan laughed more brightly, "That’s exactly to annoy you."

Marquis Gu: "..."

Seeing her father deflated, Gu Lan couldn’t help but keep her lips curved upwards, suddenly blinking her eyes, lazily, and softly called out:

"Dad, tell me."

Her tone softened significantly, no longer the usual sharpness but warm, like a little raccoon cat gently scratching his heart.

"You, you, you, what did you call me?"

Just now furious, Marquis Gu’s face instantly turned red, his eyes bulging like copper bells, stuttering as he spoke.

Gu Lan let out a laugh, "Never mind if you won’t say it."

"Say, say, dad will talk!" Marquis Gu hesitated for two seconds, quickly nodding, "This, it’s a long story."

Gu Lan: "Make it short, no stalling."

"...Your mother and I were married for years, yet we had no children; the old lady was anxious, wanted to persuade me to take a concubine, but thankfully Qing’er finally got pregnant, and the old lady reluctantly dropped that idea. But during Qing’er’s pregnancy, I saved a woman."

Gu Lan’s entire demeanor shifted, "When your wife was pregnant, you saved a woman, you fell in love, how could you be such a Dingyuan Marquis, a scumbag!"

"No, no, in my heart there’s always only your mother!" Marquis Gu immediately humbly explained, "I was unbeaten in the Capital City back then, just happened to help when seeing an injustice—"

Gu Lan: "A hero saving beauty, huh? I know this trope, it’s overused."

"At that time, someone was harassing that woman in the street, and I stepped in to save her." Gu Chengzhao spoke in a deep voice, his eyes profound and deep.

"That woman said she was in the Capital City seeking relatives. I saw that she indeed lacked any martial arts and didn’t suspect anything.

A few days later, she used her horse-riding skills to tame a mad horse, saving the old lady who was caught on the road by a mad horse when exiting the mansion for ancestral rites. The old lady saw she had nowhere to return, and brought her back to the Marquis Mansion to settle down."

"Because I had saved her, I had some understanding of her, so I simply went to express my gratitude, not expecting the old lady to misunderstand and believe I was drawn to her beauty and wanted me to take her as a concubine."

Marquis Gu spoke with more grievance:

"Lan, why do you look at me like that, of course, I righteously refused this."

Gu Lan looked at him with suspicion, "These things seem unrelated to me having to dress as a boy, Marquis, you might as well tell me everything was just to make the old lady happy."

Gu Chengzhao shook his head, a shadow crossing his eyes, his gaze gradually turning cold, murmuring softly:

"Looking back now, that woman initially harbored impure intentions, that horse was a warhorse, how could it have suddenly gone mad..."

Gu Lan’s gaze sharpened, thinking of something, "Did she harm mother?"

Gu Chengzhao gently nodded, a trace of guilt and remorse in his eyes.

"That woman knew how to use herbs, causing Qing’er to give birth prematurely. The doctor said Qing’er’s body was damaged, making further childbirth nearly impossible afterwards.

At that time, the old lady was eagerly awaiting a legitimate grandson in the Marquis Mansion, in the army, your grandfather and the hundred thousand Dingyuan Army also hoped for the Marquis Mansion’s inheritance.

Out of desperation, Qing’er and I thought of the potion Chengluan once playfully asked for."