Just as Zhou Ranzhuo thought, Dugu Shuning was just naive, and she was not stupid. She quickly thought, how could her loyal brother Chu Yi murder the old emperor and ascend to the throne? A terrifying answer came to her mind:
The real Chu Yi has died a long time ago! Now this one is fake! And I have been deceived for so many years, and even got pregnant with the murderer's child!
Gu Zheng happened to come back at this moment, with a coldness that Dugu Shuning had never seen before. When he saw that the lights in the dormitory were not lit, he frowned.
"Why don't you light the lamp?"
When Dugu Shuning saw Gu Zheng come in, she was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat and tightly grabbed the scissors hidden behind her back.
"Tai...Brother Prince, Shu Ning saw that it was getting late and wanted to rest. With such a big event tonight, I...I thought you wouldn't come back..." Dugu Shuning stammered.
"Go to sleep." Gu Zheng had already seen through her little thoughts and followed her words, then took off his coat and walked forward quickly.
Sure enough, when Gu Zheng approached, Dugu Shuning raised the scissors and stabbed him, but Gu Zheng grabbed her wrist.
"What is Shu Ning doing? You are plotting to kill your own husband. Aren't you afraid that you will be punished alone?" Gu Zheng forced Dugu Shu Ning into the corner and sucked the warmth from her body.
Dugu Shuning panicked and tried desperately to push Gu Zheng away, but Gu Zheng held her down so tightly that she couldn't break away at all.
"Let me go!" Dugu Shuning pushed, her clothes were torn, "You are not brother Chu Yi... you are not at all, who are you!"
Gu Zheng stopped, raised his head and smiled at Dugu Shuning, his piercing eyes making Dugu Shuning's back feel cold.
"I am your husband, Shu Ning. We have been married for two years, how come you don't recognize me?"
Dugu Shuning couldn't stop shaking her head, and pushed Gu Zheng away tremblingly, retreating, and kept retreating, almost falling, but was caught by Gu Zheng again.
Dugu Shuning shook him off. She felt sick hearing these words.
"You married me... you slept with me... and I was pregnant with your child..." Dugu Shuning's words were trembling.
"Yes." Gu Zheng's expression was unusually relaxed, but in fact his heart was also tightening.
"Who the hell are you!" Dugu Shuning couldn't hold it any longer and fell to the ground crying bitterly.
"Gu Zheng of Nanjiang Gu family." Gu Zheng took off his mask.
After two years of marriage, Dugu Shuning finally knew the name of the husband who accompanied her day and night, and what he looked like.
"Where did brother Chu Yi go..."
"Whatever he does."
"Is he already dead..." Dugu Shuning was so painful that she almost lost her voice.
Gu Zheng was silent for a moment and replied: "Yes."
Dugu Shuning's heart suddenly hurt as if it was broken into two pieces. She covered her heart, her expression distorted.
The person she loved most was dead, and she had been married to the murderer in front of her for two years. He had insulted her innocence, and now she still wants to give birth to his child.
"Shun Ning, Chu Yi doesn't love you at all. I am the one who has loved you for so long. How can I be inferior to Chu Yi?" Gu Zheng came closer.
Is it possible that my deep affection is really not as good as Chu Yi's cold eyes for more than ten years?
"Go away! Go away!" Dugu Shuning cried and slapped Gu Zheng on the face.
Gu Zheng stopped.
"You insulted my innocence, harmed my beloved, destroyed my nation, and now you still say you love me... Now that the matter is over, you have got everything, why bother to pretend to be with me!"
Dugu Shu was in pain as if her heart was about to burst. She picked up the scissors and stabbed herself, but was stopped by Gu Zheng.
"Be careful of the whole family being buried with you!" Gu Zheng's eyes turned red.
"The Dugu family is not afraid! Our Dugu family has been loyal to the emperor for generations and will never surrender to a villain like you! We would rather follow the emperor with the lives of our entire family!" Dugu Shuning roared.
"Do you really think that everyone is willing to die with that Chu Yi?" Gu Zheng poured a basin of cold water on him.
Dugu Shuning was stunned.
"Shun Ning, the Dugu family has long been different. Your father only cares about power. He told you that your eldest brother is resisting Beijiang, right?"
"What do you mean?"
"He is actually at the border of Dongjiang. He helped King Ling capture Dongjiang and gained King Ling's favor..."
The Dugu family respected the royal family, so how could they help rebellious officials and traitors like King Ling?
But Dugu Shuning didn't have the confidence to say what she said. After all, her father really hesitated and couldn't explain clearly where the eldest brother was. He asked many times but didn't get a specific answer. Dugu Shuning began to be afraid. She was afraid of Gu Shuning.
What Zheng said is true.
"Shun Ning, you can't deny it. Also, maybe there are loyal people in the Dugu family, but this is a serious crime that will destroy the nine clans. Your second sister is pregnant with Liujia... Does she really want to die...
"
"You want to kill me! Don't touch my second sister!"
"Also, your eldest sister's nephews and nieces are only three years old now. They are still children. If you say one wrong thing, they will be finished..."
Dugu Shuning had no words, she just shed tears and looked helplessly at Gu Zheng beside her.
A family, a clan, this is their destiny.
Dugu Shuning understood that Gu Zheng was threatening her. As long as she didn't obey, the Dugu family would be doomed.
"Shun Ning, as long as you live a good life with me and give birth to the child, the Dugu family will be as stable as before! I promise... you will soon be the queen of the mother world..."
Gu Zheng's expression looked scary. He stared at Dugu Shuning tightly, as if he wanted to eat her.
"I beg you...don't hurt my family..."
Dugu Shuning still gave up her resistance.
"That's natural." Gu Zheng smiled.
Gu Zheng grabbed Dugu Shuning's wrist and humiliated her. Dugu Shuning could only watch helplessly. What was even more terrifying was that she could not resist and could only obey the devil in front of her.
Just like you would treat the husband you were supposed to marry.
There is always a cold feeling on the tip of the tongue in front of me.
Itching and nausea.
I feel cold all over my body and my heart.
Gu Zheng carried Dugu Shuning to the couch.
Pain, deep pain, in my body and in my heart.
"Shun Ning, when there are no outsiders in the future, can you call me A Zheng?"
Dugu Shuning did not speak.
"Shun Ning..."
"pain!"
Gu Zheng laughed again.
"That's all, that's all, it's enough for you to be by my side."
Gu Zheng buried his lips into Dugu Shuning's arms.
"Our child, shall we give him a name?" Gu Zheng kept bringing up the topic.
But Dugu Shuning never answered. She only frowned and said something about pain when she felt extremely uncomfortable.