C43

In the dead of night, candles burned in every room of the medicine house.

Duan Chengyu half leaned against the bed and closed the door. Only a personal attendant was left kneeling on the floor and opened the bag on his back. There were two hidden arrows, a feather arrow, and some other things that had shattered into pieces.

"Have you investigated properly?" Duan Chengyu withdrew his pure appearance from the day, his brows knitted and his gaze cold.

"The investigation has been made. These are all things that belonged to the Jing Wang's sect, and right now, the only disciples left are him and his junior sister." The attendant lowered his head.

Gripping the back of his horn tightly, Duan Chengyu had a pained expression on his face.

He had fought alongside Duan Chengxuan since he was young, and in the past, he was an unparalleled rebel. However, it was also Duan Chengxuan who taught him to be polite, honest, and shameless, and taught him to do things and not do things as he wished. He was an existence that was even closer to him than his Imperial Father, but now, why did he want to put him to death?

"In addition, esteemed wangfei guessed that Prince Jing went to save you long ago in order to remove him from this matter. It's just that, this Imperial Concubine Jing …"

"Princess Jing is a variable, right?" Duan Chengyu interrupted him.

"Yes!" "The Concubine Xian thinks that Princess Consort Jing cannot stay. If Princess Consort Jing saves King Jing next time, then things will get out of hand." The servant lowered his voice, not daring to raise his head.

Duan Chengyu rubbed his forehead and replied, "Go back and tell mufei that I still need to probe King Jing's side. Although I've been living in the army for a long time, my brothers are not easy to deal with."

"Yes." The attendants wrapped everything up and left while it was still dark.

Duan Chengyu was left alone in his room with no sleep.

In the pharmacy, Gu Danyan suddenly woke up from his dream and panted heavily. He randomly swept the items on the table to the side and looked at the candle flame in the room. Then, he suddenly stood up, pushed open the door and stood in the thin courtyard.

She was alone when she came here.

The streets of Sky Flame City were completely empty, and only a few stores' doors were still lit up by lanterns. She casually strolled until the dawn broke and there were more and more people walking on the streets before she went to the store to buy some breakfast.

She seemed to have forgotten that the way back was exactly the same road as the one Duan Chengxuan went to court in the morning, and that when he met her at the corner, he was riding a horse. The morning light covered him with a layer of gold, and his handsome face was a sight to behold, causing her to be unable to help herself from glancing at him a few more times.

She straightened her back and brushed past his horse.

Duan Chengxuan didn't expect to meet her at this time as well. He only thought of the quarrel yesterday, and only held tightly onto the body of the horse as he slowly walked towards the Imperial Palace.

Why did he have to be so stubborn about Gu Meiyan? To him, Gu Mingyan was just a chess piece and a tool.

The two of them walked away from each other. When Gu Danyan pushed open the door to the medicine house, the people inside had already started making a ruckus. She only placed the food box on the table and hid it back in the pharmacy.

As for the iron bell, it untimely rolled out of the handkerchief and fell at her feet.

"I almost forgot there are two more iron bells." Gu Daiyan smacked her head and used her handkerchief to pick up the iron bell again. There was only a small hole in the middle of the iron bell. She frowned as she looked at it for a long time and felt that the opening of the iron bell was a bit strange.

After putting away the iron bell, she began to flip through the ancient book, looking for a leaf similar to this one.

In the early morninghehe was lying on the stone table, chewing on a dessert that he had gotten from some unknown place. When he turned around, she saw Qi Lin had changed into a new set of clothes, holding a folding fan in his hand, he smiled at her and said, "Today's weather is just right, let's go to the lake."

Gu Danyan looked at the noble young master and raised his head happily: "Great."

After changing into a set of clean clothes, the few of them brought Duan Chengyu onto the carriage. Qi Lin really didn't treat him as the Fourth Prince, except for Cheng Jing and Yin Gou, who were trembling with fear and deference.

After renting a pleasure boat, Qi Lin and Cheng Er carefully brought Duan Chengyu to a chair. Gu Daiyan was already sitting by the window of the pleasure boat, and when she saw the few boats scattered with stars, singing and dancing, she was rather confused. "Why are there still sounds of bamboo coming from them? It looks so lively."

"Pfft." Qi Lin merely waved his fan and chuckled, then hooked his arm over her shoulder. "As expected of Miss Li who never stepped out of the house. You don't even know this?"

Duan Chengyu also shook his head, "I don't know either."

"That's because you rarely stay in Sky Flame City. If you want people to make some sound, I can immediately call them on board. However, if you want them to be so lively, I will not be able to do it." Qi Linlang laughed and gestured to the boatman. The boatman only chuckled and left right away.

Duan Chengyu and Gu Daiyan looked at each other, but they didn't understand.

Within the time it took for an incense stick to burn, a few women dressed in green got on the boat with a guqin and flute. The leading lady was dressed in a plain white dress, and upon seeing Qi Lin, she casually sat down, with delicate features and clear eyes. Finally, her gaze landed on Gu Daiyan, "Young Master Qi, long time no see, is this your new soulmate?

"No, no, brother." Qi Lin waved his hand and the woman in white had already poured some wine for him, raising her eyebrows slightly. The other women in green covered their mouths and chuckled, then whispered something to each other before sitting down, playing the flute with the guqin. The other woman also cleared her throat and said with a smile, "Young Master Qi, what do you want to hear today?"

"I won't listen to Qu'er today. I still like your Danqing. How about you paint a picture of my friend today?" Qi Lin pointed to Gu Danyan at the side and said, "This friend of mine doesn't remember to get some rouge. It's so rough, you guys have to take her along."

"I'm not rough, I'm just too busy." Gu Liuyan pursed her lips. The people beside her all chuckled. The green-gowned woman covered her mouth and laughed. She took some ink and paper from the box beside her and sat down at the small table. The woman who played the flute also went over to study the ink for her.

Gu Danyan looked at his casual posture and raised his eyebrows.

She was indeed different from these women. She was gentle, virtuous, and well-mannered.

"Young master Qi, I saw that Miss Gu Zixian was on the pleasure boat just now. Maybe I'll bump into her later." As soon as the white-clothed woman finished speaking, Gu Danyan saw Gu Zixian at the window of the pleasure boat not far away. He looked over and smiled at her: "Elder sister, I didn't expect to meet you here."