Inside the room,
Bai Li Hongzhuang lay on the bed, her mind filled with thoughts of what had just happened.
How did she allow Emperor Beichen to lead her back like that, holding her hand?
No!
It must be because she's been too tired these past few days, causing her mind to be unclear.
While Bai Li Hongzhuang was contemplating this tangled mess, two furry balls, one black and one white, sat on the windowsill, emanating a sense of sadness and loneliness.
"Xiao Bai, do you think my intelligence is too low?" Xiao Hei turned his head slowly, looking at Xiao Bai, his round and watery eyes filled with self-doubt.
Xiao Bai shook her head, "Why are you asking that?"
"Why don't I understand what the master and Emperor Beichen were saying?" Xiao Hei looked dejected, "Can you tell me what they meant?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai sighed, lowering her head helplessly, "I'm not any better than you."
"Ah..."
The two furry balls sighed together, looking at the moon in the sky with helplessness. They had never thought their intelligence was this low before.
Just as the two furry balls sighed, a white lion, separate from the two, walked to the side of the windowsill and sat down next to Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei glanced at the white lion and angrily said, "Hey, what are you doing here? Are you here to mock us?"
The white lion shook its head and let out a sigh, "I don't understand either, sigh..."
"Ah..."
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai sighed together, feeling a sense of camaraderie as fellow creatures in the same predicament.
For the first time, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai felt a slight sense of connection with the white lion.
And so, the three animals, two white and one black, sat in a row on the windowsill, their heads hanging low, letting out a long sigh.
"Ah..."
The next day, news of Gu Cangyun's mysterious demise quickly spread throughout Canglan City.
Gu Cangyun, as an alchemist, was rarely known in Canglan City. Now, with his sudden and unexplained death, it naturally shocked everyone.
Alchemists were already scarce in number, and given the prestigious status of alchemists, it was rare for anyone to harm them.
Now that Gu Cangyun was dead, and on the same day his reputation was tarnished, his death seemed quite strange.
"In my opinion, Gu Cangyun probably couldn't bear the damage to his reputation and couldn't cope, so he committed suicide."
"That's right, think about it, a respected alchemist like him was falsely accusing Bai Li Hongzhuang for the sake of his disciple. But instead of framing her, his true identity was exposed.
With Gu Cangyun's temperament, it's natural that he couldn't bear it, so suicide is quite normal."
"It's not necessarily the case. Maybe someone killed Gu Cangyun and deliberately made it look like a suicide."
"Perhaps someone disliked Gu Cangyun, so they took matters into their own hands. After all, Gu Cangyun's character was not great to begin with. Every time someone asked him to help refine pills, he would demand exorbitant prices and act extremely arrogant."
For a while, people speculated and discussed various possibilities.
However, regarding Gu Cangyun's death, many felt that it was just retribution, as Gu Cangyun had offended quite a few people with his personality.
It wasn't until this news reached Bai Li Hongzhuang's ears that Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, and the white lion finally understood.
So, it turns out that their master didn't take action because Emperor Beichen had already taken care of Gu Cangyun in advance!
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