Evil Emperor his wild consort (Regular Updates)

Enemies On A Narrow Road

Dongfang Shaoze suddenly regretted his decision of having his father meet Gu Ruoyun. Honestly, the temperaments of both parties were equally stubborn. If one of them would actually be willing to soften up, perhaps the situation would be far more harmonious. Unfortunately, both parties were not the kind of people who would give in.
Perhaps only one person can help them...
...
Sunrise.
In the Dongfang Family's rear courtyard, Gu Ruoyun slowly opened her bedroom door. A familiar figure fell within her sights.
The man's features were gentle, his lips were raised into a smile as he greeted her, "Yun'er, did you sleep well?"
"Not too badly." Gu Ruoyun nodded, "Uncle, why are you here so early in the morning?"
"Yun'er," Dongfang Shaoze paused gracefully, then replied with an even pace, "I want to take you to a place to meet someone. That person had always wanted to see you..."
Gu Ruoyun fell momentarily silent before she asked, "Is that person related to the Dongfang Family?"
"That's right. She is indeed a member of the Dongfang household but I think you might get along very well with her."
Ever since big sister's death, he thought, she had become a hermit in the mountains. No matter how much father had pleaded with her, she refused to set one foot off the mountain. Perhaps, the only person who can persuade her to leave the mountain would be Yun'er...
She certainly would be very happy to meet Yun'er.
"Alright," Gu Ruoyun raised her head to look at Dongfang Shaoze, "I'll follow you and have a look. As long as her temper isn't like that old fart's, I shouldn't have any conflicts with her."
Hearing this, Dongfang Shaoze smiled bitterly, The personalities of both this young one and that old one were far too similar. It's impossible for them to not be maternal grandfather and grandchild.
"Let's go, Yun'er, I think you'll like her very much."
Ever since Dongfang Yu's death over ten years ago, this mountain at the back had become a forbidden strip of land in the Dongfang Family. Aside from the Master and the Young Master, anyone who set foot in the mountain will suffer a severe punishment.
Hence, in the land surrounding the mountain, there wasn't a single soul in sight.
At this moment, in a lonely cottage within the mountain, a beautiful woman in blue robes was sitting in front of a table as she gracefully sipped on the fumes of a dazzling tea.
It goes without saying that this beautiful woman was stunning. She had the kind of beauty that could cause the downfall of cities. However, there was a freshness and a sense of purity about her beauty, it was hard to imagine that someone could mix such opposing auras together. It was a sight that both warms the heart and delights the eye.
Perhaps, due to good self-care, the beautiful woman had no wrinkles on her face. Her graceful and unhurried air displayed the maturity of her age. However, her white hair still exposed her true age...
"Ze'er, you're here to pay me a visit?"
Sensing the presence at the door, the beautiful woman curled her lips into a smile as she raised her beautiful eyebrows and turned her eyes, like clear autumn waters, towards the outside area of the cottage.
But when she saw the young girl next to Dongfang Shaoze, the smile on the beautiful woman's face froze in place. She rose from the rattan chair and stared at Gu Ruoyun as her eyes welled up with tears.
"Yu'er, Yu'er, you've returned?"
The beautiful woman's hand was pressed tightly onto the table, causing its surface to shake. Her eyes remained glued to the face which had filled her thoughts every minute of the day as if she feared that the person would disappear like a hallucination when she blinked.
Gu Ruoyun stayed silent as she watched the beautiful woman's excited and nervous expression. Something stirred from within her heart.
It was the kind of sensation that felt as if something in those eyes connected deeply with her...

"Mother, she's not big sister. big sister has passed away."
An unbearable disturbance flashed across Dongfang Shaoze's face. Ever since the news of big sister's death had reached her ears, their mother had locked herself in the mountain and refused to leave.
"Yes, Yu'er has passed away, how could a dead person return to life?"
Pu tong!
The beautiful woman's legs gave way and she crumpled back onto the rattan chair. Her luxurious, jade-like hand clutched her chest tightly, it hurts so much that she could barely breathe!
After so many years, this was the kind of pain that has become her companion, it never ceased.
"Ze'er, this young lady must be Yu'er's daughter? Whom you've mentioned to me? My maternal granddaughter Gu Ruoyun?" The beautiful woman calmed herself and her alluring eyes stared foolishly at the features that greatly resembled those of Dongfang Yu, "Alike, far too much alike. She might be younger than Yu'er, more innocent, but from her outlines, I can see traces of Yu'er. Yun'er, please come here and let me have a good look at you. I've heard about your predicament from Ze'er. My poor little darling, you've been through so much over the years."
When faced with the woman before her, Gu Ruoyun was not as headstrong as she was when she had met with Master Dongfang. She walked towards Lan Yuge obediently and smiled gently, "Maternal grandmother, I'm here to visit you."
"Aih."
Lan Yuge pulled the young woman into her embrace and exclaimed tearfully, "Yun'er, my good child, these years must have been troubling for you. It's all our fault, your maternal grandfather and grandmother have been useless, unable to help you and caused you to suffer such bitterness. It must not have been easy for you to have journeyed so far."
As she spoke, Lan Yuge felt a pang a hurt.
This child was only a little over ten years old, she thought. A child just over ten years of age, having to wander the world all alone, enduring dangers that not many would have had to face. Such a young lady at her age should be spoiled in the arms of her parents. Yet she had lost both her parents at such a young age.
"Mother, I'll leave you and Yun'er alone to chat. I'll take my leave."
Seeing how Gu Ruoyun did not reject Lan Yuge, Dongfang Shaoze felt a weight lift off from his heart and left the space to the two of them. He turned around and left the lonely little cottage...
After he left, the cottage fell into silence.
Gu Ruoyun lay quietly in Lan Yuge's arms. In that moment, she felt her heart relax and she slowly closed her eyes as she enjoyed the warmth from the beautiful woman.
"Yun'er, do you blame grandfather and grandmother? We had left you in Azure Dragon Country for so many years and never even came to meet you."
Blame?
Gu Ruoyun smiled. Actually, she was no longer the original Gu Ruoyun. But if the previous Gu Ruoyun had found out that she was actually the maternal grandchild of the Dongfang Family, after her death, she would probably blame them for sure.
Because these people had never come to see her while she was still alive, not even once.
"Aih."
Lan Yuge sighed gently, "I know that deep in your heart, you must be blaming us. I believe you've already met your maternal grandfather yesterday but I don't know if he had told you the true reason why the Dongfang Family had severed our ties with Yu'er."
The true reason? Gu Ruoyun raised an eyebrow as she wondered, could it have something to do with that incident all those years ago?
"Yun'er, your maternal grandfather has always had a far too straightforward personality. He likes putting everything in his heart. I know that you're blaming him, blaming him for not protecting your mother and blaming him for not protecting you and your brother. Actually, I blame him too. But I blame myself most of all."
"Our Dongfang Family has far too many enemies. That year, many forces wanted to form an alliance to besiege the Dongfang Family. Coincidentally, your mother and father had fallen in love and had gone off to a faraway place. So your maternal grandfather did not tell your mother about this, especially since many powerful forces wanted to find your mother's whereabouts. So your maternal grandfather prodded your mother on purpose. Honestly, the matter of the Gu Family was only an excuse to allow your mother to change her identity and severe her ties with the Dongfang Family. It was all only an excuse. Your maternal grandfather thought that this would give your mother a more peaceful life."