Wouldn't Shangguan Yunying be the perfect person to take you out of here?
Before Gu Chengyin could voice the doubts in his heart, the door to the room was pushed open from the outside.
Shangguan Yunying, dressed in a crisp, neat martial outfit, strode inside.
When she saw Gu Chengyin standing perfectly fine in the center of the room, wearing a helpless smile on his face, the worry and tension in her eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by a bright gleam of relief.
She closed the door behind her, walked straight up to him, opened her arms, and gave Gu Chengyin a tight hug.
"It's so good to see that you are alright!"
Shangguan Yunying buried her face in Gu Chengyin's shoulder, her voice still trembling with lingering fear.
Despite having various procedures and safeguards in place, she had still endured immense psychological pressure.
Gu Chengyin raised a hand and gently patted Shangguan Yunying's back in a soothing gesture.
At the same time, his gaze drifted involuntarily toward the bed. Through a gap in the brocade quilt, Cui Zilu was secretly peeking out.
The corner of Gu Chengyin's mouth twitched.
He decided not to expose this 'little thief' for the time being; business came first.
"What could possibly happen to me?"
Gu Chengyin gently pulled Shangguan Yunying from his embrace and led her to a chair by the table.
"What is the situation outside right now?"
Shangguan Yunying allowed herself to be seated, her mind and attention completely focused on Gu Chengyin.
She didn't notice the anomaly on the bed at all.
Knowing that business was paramount, Shangguan Yunying immediately began to explain:
"After learning that you were taken away by the Qingli Department, Her Highness immediately took me and rushed to the Cabinet."
"She forced the Cabinet to issue an order requiring a joint dispatch of special envoys from six parties to station at the Ministry of Personnel. They are to supervise the entire interrogation process to ensure everything is legal and compliant, without any lynching or shady operations."
Gu Chengyin nodded; this was within his expectations.
Shangguan Yunying continued, "Afterward, Her Highness reached an agreement with Yuan Zhengqing. The Censorate will officially merge their case with the Crown Palace."
"Right after that," Shangguan Yunying lowered her voice, a hint of excitement lacing her tone, "Her Highness used that stack of documents to persuade Cui Shifan, and they entered the palace together to seek an audience with His Majesty."
Hearing this, Gu Chengyin's gaze became focused.
"After His Majesty saw those things, he was furious."
Shangguan Yunying described with lingering fear, "He immediately ordered Lyu Fang to intervene in the case, mobilizing all the forces under the Imperial Household Department to take charge of collecting and securing the key evidence."
"His Majesty also issued a clear decree, requiring Her Highness to complete the collection and organization of all evidence within three days, and then present it at the morning court."
Having said all this, Shangguan Yunying looked at Gu Chengyin, waiting for his reaction.
Gu Chengyin nodded thoughtfully. Looking into Shangguan Yunying's expectant eyes, he smiled and praised,
"You all did very well. Her Highness truly lives up to her title. Even if I were the one doing it, I couldn't have done it any better than her."
Hearing these words, a radiant smile bloomed on Shangguan Yunying's face.
She nodded vigorously, "Mhm! I will definitely pass these exact words on to Her Highness!"
"If Her Highness knows you praised her like this, she will definitely be overjoyed!"
However, Gu Chengyin abruptly changed the subject, his tone turning serious:
"Well, there is one thing. When you go back, tell Her Highness that she must be careful of the Xiao family."
The smile on Shangguan Yunying's face froze, and she asked in confusion, "Be careful of the Xiao family?"
Gu Chengyin's eyes grew profound. "Xiao Jie had a private chat with me today."
He briefly recounted his conversation with Xiao Jie and then analyzed,
"Reading between the lines, it seemed like he was admitting defeat and yielding, only seeking self-preservation, but I always felt things weren't that simple."
"Xiao Song has been in control of the court for so many years; he would never willingly accept defeat just like that."
"Otherwise, there would be no need to drag me into the Qingli Department. This shows they must be planning to do something, but they are afraid of my interference."
"So I guess Xiao Song might be trying to drag someone down with him as a scapegoat."
Hearing this, Shangguan Yunying instantly became extremely nervous and pressed, "A scapegoat?! Could it be the Cui family?"
Gu Chengyin shook his head, his brows slightly furrowed.
"I'm not sure. It could be the Cui family, or it could be Her Highness, but I need more information to judge."
"And right now, I'm trapped in the Qingli Department, completely unable to see the Imperial Household Department's intelligence network."
"But it must be a very important figure. Only then can they make people hesitate for fear of collateral damage and avoid being completely wiped out."
He looked at Shangguan Yunying, his tone solemn. "Therefore, you must remind Her Highness to be extra careful."
Shangguan Yunying nodded repeatedly, firmly memorizing every word Gu Chengyin said.
A sharp glint flashed through Gu Chengyin's eyes as he proposed a bold suggestion:
"If worst comes to worst, have Her Highness find an excuse to bring my case up for trial at the morning court."
"Ah?!"
Shangguan Yunying gasped in shock, her eyes widening. "But if that happens and it's publicly tried at the morning court, there will be no turning back!"
"I've already found your original file. It's not the one I made at all; it was filed under a humble origin."
"The only person who could do this in the Imperial Household Department is Lyu Fang. This must be His Majesty's intention!"
Gu Chengyin, however, appeared very calm. "It doesn't matter."
"If His Majesty really wanted to deal with me, he wouldn't need to find an excuse."
"He actually just wants to throw me away from Her Highness's side."
"So that Her Highness can independently drive this storm against the Xiao family."
"So that's how it is..." Shangguan Yunying thought aloud, deep in thought.
"Therefore," Gu Chengyin nodded, "my case is not the key."
"The key lies in whether the Xiao family will throw dirty water on Her Highness and catch her off guard."
"If I can be at the morning court, at least I can try to think of a way to block them."
"It's better than sitting here waiting to die."
After listening, a look of realization dawned in Shangguan Yunying's eyes. She said with a serious face:
"I understand! I will definitely relay everything to Her Highness exactly as you said!"
After speaking, she abruptly stood up, ready to immediately return to the Crown Palace.
"Wait!" Gu Chengyin grabbed her wrist.
Shangguan Yunying turned around in confusion. "?"
Gu Chengyin showed a helpless expression and pointed to the bed. "Help me take someone with you."
"Take someone?" Shangguan Yunying became even more confused. Was there someone else in this room besides the two of them?
Then, she watched as Gu Chengyin walked to the bed, reached out, and pulled off the brocade quilt.
"Ah!" A short gasp.
A figure curled up into a ball, holding her head with both hands, wishing she could hide herself into the bed boards, was exposed right before Shangguan Yunying's eyes.
Shangguan Yunying: "...???"
She froze at first, then her eyes widened as she cried out involuntarily:
"Cui Zilu?!"
Caught red-handed, Cui Zilu knew she couldn't hide anymore. She sheepishly released her hands from her head.
Forcing a flattering smile onto her face, she guiltily greeted the dumbfounded Shangguan Yunying:
"What a... what a coincidence, Sister Yunying..."
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
