Gu Wuchen and Snow Empress walked out of the guest room side by side. As soon as they turned the corner of the corridor, they heard two sharp, confrontational voices coming from the main hall.
"Some people are up early, I wonder what they were busy with last night, their eyes are bloodshot."
Bo Saixi sat in a chair, holding a cup of hot tea, slowly blowing on it, his tone carrying an undisguised teasing tone.
Ice Empress, standing beside an ice pillar not far away, turned around abruptly upon hearing this, her cheeks instantly flushing red.
"What nonsense are you talking about! I slept perfectly last night! It's you who was up and wandering around the yard before dawn; anyone would think you had insomnia!"
She already had a guilty conscience; the image from last night had been tormenting her mind for half the night, and she barely managed to fall asleep just before dawn. Her eyes did indeed have a faint bluish-black tinge, and after Bo Saixi's words, she felt even more guilty and could only bite the bullet and refute him.
Bo Saixi chuckled softly, looked up at her, and a knowing glint flashed in his eyes:
"Oh? Really? I thought someone was up in the middle of the night, sneaking around doing something shady."
"You!" Ice Empress was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing at Bo Saixi, unable to speak.
She always felt that Bo Saixi seemed to know something, otherwise she wouldn't be acting so strangely.
But they clearly used hypnosis last night, Gu Wuchen was sound asleep. How could Bo Saixi possibly know?
Seeing this, Snow Empress immediately stepped forward, blocking Ice Empress's path, and coldly stared at Bo Saixi:
"High Priest, you should watch your words. What we do is none of your business."
"I was just saying it casually, why are you all so agitated?" Bo Saixi put down her teacup, looking at the two with a half-smile. "Could it be that I hit the nail on the head?"
Gu Wuchen leaned against a pillar in the corridor, arms crossed, quietly watching the scene unfold without stepping forward to stop it.
He knew in his heart that ever since Bo Saixi followed him, he and the Ice and Snow Empresses had been at odds.
The anger he had forcibly suppressed before needed an outlet.
Instead of letting them bottle up their conflicts and let them fester, it's better for them to have a little argument like this and let out all their pent-up frustrations.
In fact, he had a vague idea of what had happened last night.
When he woke up in the morning, he not only felt a dry throat, but his lips were also slightly swollen and sore, as if they had been repeatedly crushed by something.
Adding to this, the unusual behavior of Snow Empress and Ice Empress today—one overly enthusiastic, the other flustered and guilty—makes it easy to understand the situation after a little thought.
He neither exposed it nor got angry.
For so long, Snow Empress and Ice Empress have been by his side, risking their lives for him. He has long been aware of their feelings.
He simply didn't know how to respond, so he could only pretend he knew nothing.
Perhaps things are fine as they are now.
"We're agitated? You started this whole thing!" Ice Empress took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. "What we do is none of your business. If you can't stand it, you can go back to Heaven Dou City yourself. Nobody's stopping you."
"I was thinking of leaving first, but someone is worried and insists that I stay with him."
Bo Saixi raised an eyebrow and deliberately glanced in Gu Wuchen's direction. "Besides, if I leave, who knows what even worse things some people might do while I'm gone?"
"You've gone too far!" The Snow Empress's aura instantly surged, the temperature in the hall plummeted, and a thin layer of frost condensed on the ground.
"What? You want to fight?" Bo Saixi slowly stood up, a faint golden light emanating from her body, the Sea God's Power faintly visible. "I'll play along to the end. I also want to see how much your strength has improved after the First Trial trial."
Just as the two were about to start fighting, Gu Wuchen finally spoke up, "Alright, stop arguing."
He stepped forward, standing between the two, and said helplessly:
"Aren't you tired after arguing for so long? We still need to rush back to Heaven Dou City today; the Four Elements Academy is waiting for us to handle their affairs."
Snow Empress and Bo Saixi both snorted at the same time, turned their heads away, and ignored each other.
Ice Empress also withdrew the chill emanating from her, but her cheeks were still flushed, and she dared not look Gu Wuchen in the eye.
Gu Wuchen said helplessly, "Auntie, we're going back to Heaven Dou City now. We won't be able to see Sister Xue and Sister Bing for a while, so please don't be angry."
"Well, what can I do when Chen'er is so well-behaved?" Bo Saixi said with a helpless smile.
She didn't want to argue, but she just couldn't stand the Two Empresses of Ice and Snow.
Snow Empress and Ice Empress disliked Bo Saixi, but since she was Xiao Wuchang's aunt, it would be bad to take action rashly, as it would only put Xiao Wuchang in a difficult position.
They need to be reasonable and understanding, not like shrewish women who act irrationally.
Yes, we can't be like shrewish women who refuse to reason with anyone.
After packing their simple belongings, Gu Wuchen and Bo Saixi stood in front of the Ice Palace.
Snowflakes fell heavily on their shoulders.
"We're leaving." Gu Wuchen turned to look at Snow Empress and Ice Empress, waving with a smile. "I'll come back to find you soon after I've dealt with matters in Heaven Dou City."
After saying that, he and Bo Saixi turned around and walked out of the Far North, stepping through the thick snow.
The two figures gradually shrank in the wind and snow, eventually becoming two blurry black dots.
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress remained standing in front of the Ice Palace, gazing in the direction they had left, motionless for Jiujiu.
Only when Gu Wuchen's figure could no longer be seen did Ice Empress finally breathe a sigh of relief, collapsing completely.
She patted her chest, her face full of nervousness:
"What should we do? What should we do? Bo Saixi's look just now, and Little Wuchen's behavior this morning—could he really have found out what happened last night?"
Just thinking about what happened last night made Ice Empress's cheeks flush red again, even her ears turned bright red.
She barely slept a wink last night, her mind filled with all sorts of chaotic thoughts. Just now, when facing Gu Wuchen, she didn't even dare to lift her head.
"What's there to be afraid of?" The Snow Empress remained calm. She turned around, leaned against the cold palace gate, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "It's not a bad thing if they find out. Do you want to keep sneaking around like this?"
Ice Empress paused for a moment, then looked up at Snow Empress.
Snow Empress looked at her, her eyes serious:
"We've been with him for so long, he must care about us. It's just that he's sometimes too oblivious. Instead of waiting for him to take the initiative, we should try to win him over ourselves."
She paused, then leaned close to Ice Empress's ear and asked in a seductive tone, a voice only the two of them could hear:
"Don't you want Little Wuchen to take the initiative and kiss you domineeringly next time?"
Ice Empress's pupils suddenly contracted.
She imagined Gu Wuchen pressing her against the wall and kissing her, and a surge of heat instantly shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
She nodded vigorously, her eyes sparkling, her voice trembling slightly but incredibly firm. "Yes!"
Snow Empress couldn't help but laugh when she saw her like this:
"That's right. We'd find out sooner or later anyway, so it's better to know sooner rather than later. Let's go back to the Sea of Consciousness. I have a feeling Bo Saixi will definitely say bad things about us."