Song Qingshu's heart stirred. It seemed Zhou Botong and Hong Qigong really had come to Karakorum City to search for Guo Jing. He just wondered whether Da Wu and Xiao Wu had come as well. During the Western Xia marriage contest last time, they had left midway through, apparently to prepare to come to the Mongol Empire in search of Guo Jing.
"Guo Jing?" Jin Bingyun clearly had not expected him to ask about that. "The Golden Saber Imperial Son-in-Law from back then?"
Before Zhou Botong could reply, Kublai Khan spoke in a deep voice from the side. "Miss Jin, you may not know this, but Guo Jing betrayed the Great Khan over a decade ago. He has long ceased to be our Mongol Empire's Golden Saber Imperial Son-in-Law. Moreover, the Great Khan recently arranged a marriage for my aunt. Her intended husband is Öchen of the Hongjila clan. Bringing up the Golden Saber Imperial Son-in-Law again may invite criticism."
"Aunt?" Yang Guo was extremely sensitive upon hearing those two words. He instinctively rose to ask who this Öchen was, but the Golden Wheel Monk hurriedly explained it to him. Only then did he realize that "aunt" did not refer to Xiaolongnü, but Hua Zheng. He sat back down in a daze.
Gongsun Lüe's eyes had been fixed entirely on him. Seeing this, her heart ached, yet she showed nothing on her face and maintained a faint smile.
"I misspoke." Jin Bingyun wore an apologetic expression. Combined with her ethereal, beautiful features, she looked so pitiful that no one could bring themselves to truly blame her.
"Miss Jin, there is no need to mind it." Kublai Khan inwardly called her a seductress and did not dare look at her further. He hurriedly shifted his attention to Zhou Botong. "I heard