Moon frost snow

Chapter 200 Years of Secrets

The space behind the door is very small, only about one meter wide, giving people a feeling of oppression.

The surrounding walls looked somewhat gray, as if they had lost their original color due to erosion by time.

At the innermost part of this small space, a wooden box lay quietly on the ground.

This wooden box looks a bit old. The paint on the surface has signs of peeling, and there are some wear and tear on the corners, as if it has gone through many years.

Gu Wenbo squatted down gently and slowly opened the wooden box.

With a slight "creaking" sound, the items in the wooden box came into his sight.

On the top was a booklet. The paper looked a little yellowed and the corners were slightly curled, revealing traces of time.

Under the booklet, there lay a set of clothes and some jewelry.

The dress looked like women's clothing, and the material looked very exquisite, but the color had faded a little due to time.

Those jewels are shining with a faint light, as if still telling of their former splendor.

Gu Wenbo first picked up the booklet and opened it with an inquiring attitude.

He began to read it page by page. The first few pages were all about what happened written by Concubine Xu.

Concubine Xu recorded her initial thoughts with delicate brushstrokes. She didn't want to enter the palace at all. She was full of fear and resistance to the palace, a place full of power struggles.

However, fate did not give her the chance to choose, and she was sent to this bottomless palace.

As the days in the palace increased, she found herself gradually falling in love with His Majesty.

In those words, she described how she was attracted by His Majesty's temperament and demeanor, and the nervousness and joy in her heart every time she saw His Majesty.

At the same time, she also recorded many trivial things in the palace, including small frictions when getting along with other concubines, as well as some interesting stories between her and the palace maids and eunuchs.

Those happy moments, like seeing a particularly beautiful flower in the palace garden or receiving a compliment from His Majesty.

And those unhappy moments might be when she was bullied by the queen, or when she was ridiculed by other concubines at a court banquet.

Gu Wenbo seemed to see every detail of Concubine Xu's life in the palace through these words.

However, as Gu Wenbo read page by page, he felt more and more that something was wrong as he read to the end.

His brows gradually frowned, and his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

Written on the booklet was this: "Ayan, I'm sorry. Please don't blame me. Only when you disappear can His Majesty see me. Don't worry, I will take good care of Bo'er for you."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in Gu Wenbo's heart.

He never imagined that Concubine Xu, whom he had always regarded as his adoptive mother, might be inextricably linked to his mother's disappearance.

Gu Wenbo flipped through the notes in his hand with a serious expression, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.

When he finally finished reading all the text, he stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning. Then his legs went limp and he involuntarily collapsed on the cold ground.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Gu Wenbo stared ahead with eyes wide open in disbelief, but his thoughts had already drifted back to the long-forgotten past.

It turned out that Concubine Xu had secretly hired a group of ruthless people while His Majesty and everyone else were out, and quietly took A Yan, who was already more than three months pregnant, out of the palace and imprisoned her in a remote place.

Poor Ayan lost her freedom and was trapped in a dark cage.

And in the cold winter of that year, heavy snow fell continuously.

Ayan, who was pregnant and about to give birth, perhaps felt the desire of the fetus in her belly to survive, or perhaps her yearning for freedom became stronger in her heart, so she seized the opportunity and tried her best to escape from the place where she had been imprisoned for many days.

However, since then, no one knows where Ayan fled to.

Concubine Xu's original intention was just to hope that A Yan could leave the palace forever and no longer become a stumbling block in her fight for favor.

But who could have imagined that this plan would eventually lead to Ayan's mysterious disappearance, and even to her tragic end with no body left!

Gu Wenbo seemed to be immersed in a bottomless vortex of emotions. After a long time, he slowly came back to his senses.

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, he instantly became like a ignited rocket. Without hesitation, he grabbed the notes on the table and ran towards Gu Mingbai, rolling and crawling.

Along the way, he had only one thought in his mind: to hand this important evidence to Gu Mingbai as soon as possible! However, he ran so hurriedly that he completely ignored everything around him.

At this moment, Gu Wenzhi happened to pass by. Seeing his normally steady and composed elder brother in such a state of panic, he couldn't help but shout, "Brother...Brother!"

But no matter how Gu Wenzhi called out, Gu Wenbo seemed to be deaf to his calls and continued to gallop towards Gu Mingbai's palace without stopping.

Gu Wenzhi's heart tightened, and he thought to himself: What happened to make my brother lose his composure like this?

Could it be that He Yue had met with some accident? Thinking of this, he did not dare to delay for even a moment and hurriedly followed closely.

After a while, Gu Wenbo rushed to Gu Mingbai, panting.

Almost at the same time, Gu Wenzhi arrived right after him.

At this time, Gu Mingbai was sitting at his desk, dealing with a mountain of government affairs.

When he raised his head and saw Gu Wenbo with messy hair, untidy clothes and a frightened face, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

You know, this eldest son has always been known for his calmness and restraint, but now he rushes to him without caring about his own image, which is really surprising.

Before Gu Mingbai could even ask, Gu Wenbo couldn't wait to hand him the notebook he was holding tightly in his hand, and stammered, "Father...Father, please...please take a look at this...This is written by Concubine Xu."

Gu Mingbai took the notes doubtfully and looked at them carefully.

After just a few glances, his face instantly became extremely gloomy, his eyes widened, and his mouth slightly opened, obviously shocked by the content recorded in it.

He stood there like that, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Seeing this, Gu Wenzhi, who was standing by, felt more and more uneasy.

He took a cautious step forward and gently took the notebook from Gu Mingbai's hand.