Though that was what she said, Gu Long Xiu always felt it was cruel. She had a very close relationship with Gu Long Jun and Gu Long Chi; she did not even call them Imperial Brothers, addressing them directly as Big Brother instead, which showed just how close they were. But perhaps that was also because she had never regarded herself as the Gu Long Emperor.
But she had forgotten that Gu Long Jun had not protected her as she had protected him. At critical moments, he had even intended to sacrifice Gu Long Xiu, which was why I had always been deeply disgusted by his conduct.
Of course, Gu Long Chi was not necessarily much better than Gu Long Jun. As members of the imperial family, they either had to be exceptionally shrewd or possess a powerful sense of crisis and the ability to solve problems. Otherwise, they would have long since been dragged down by the other heirs. The fact that Gu Long Jun and Gu Long Chi stood head and shoulders above the rest naturally meant they each had their own way of conducting themselves. Especially when facing countless lineages and all kinds of tangled webs of relationships, they displayed the decisiveness unique to imperial descendants.
Gu Long Xiu was different. She was pretty and sweet-looking, with a harmless mentality. Under the protection of Gu Long Jun and Gu Long Chi, she had survived the struggle for power within the lineage until now. However, her current identity as the Gu Long Emperor was indeed an extremely awkward one.
"Let the two brothers each have a try. Gu Long Jun needs power, but does Gu Long Chi not need it as well? Both of them are far more powerful than you imagine. One has already secured the foundations