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"This King wants to ask you, are you serious about working with Misty Rain Pavilion?"

Duan Cheng Xuan withdrew her gaze without a trace.

Just now, it should have been the first time he felt that he was attracted to a woman other than Su Yu Wan.

"Of course, I don't want to be manipulated by the prince with his money. The Misty Rain Pavilion's business is a type of temptation to me." Gu Danyan also lowered her legs from the bed, allowing her to sit in a seated position to face Duan Chengxuan.

"Misty Rain Pavilion is providing information for me. If you believe them, I can help you." Duan Cheng Xuan sat on a chair to the side and stared fixedly at her.

"Then what price do I have to pay?" Gu Danyan stood up. She continued packing up the broken things and put them back in their original places so that no one would find out what had happened here.

"It's a secret." Duan Chengxuan continued to look at her silently.

"No problem, but I am already prepared to leave the Qi Residence. I will only hold Qi Rou in my courtyard. Would Your Highness be able to do this for me?" Gu Danyan put the last bottle back and tidied up his hair a bit better.

"Alright." Duan Cheng Xuan nodded.

"In that case, I wish Your Highness a good dream." She pulled the door open.

Duan Chengxuan had no choice but to stand up and leave, and the bitter smell of her room still lingered in his nose. Suddenly, he recalled that she had given some medicinal materials to Third Prince and Xiao Hai, and he felt slightly baffled in his heart, but he still pretended to leave as if nothing had happened.

The next day, Qing Dai, who was standing beside Gu Daiyan, brought a piece of paper to his study.

The smell of the herbs and the smell of the ink in the study were out of place, but it was written on it that Jade Dragon Snow and Phoenix Gall were incompatible. She needed to personally visit Hundred Herb Cliff after leaving for a period of time during the summer.

"Why didn't she come herself?" Throwing the paper in his hand onto the table, Duan Chengxuan stood up straight.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Princess has caught a cold and is afraid of infecting Your Highness or Miss Wan'er." In reality, she just needed to go into seclusion for a period of time to develop the antidote. She could not let what happened last night happen again.

Gu Liuyan didn't want to lose face in front of Duan Chengxuan in the slightest.

Duan Chengxuan was also able to guess a few things, but he only told his, "Then let her rest well, but regarding this matter, this king will go with her."

"Yes, Your Highness." Qingdai left quickly, sighing softly.

It seemed that the prince was still worried about the wangfei.

At the same time, since the last time Duan Chengyu paid his respects to the Third Prince, he had very rarely seen Duan Chengxuan. Today was the day he returned to the palace, so he arrived outside Phoenix Cry Garden early, but was stopped by Silver Wing. "Princess is still sleeping, what's the matter with Fourth Prince?"

"It's fine, I'll ask her when I get back." Duan Chengyu looked at the clock and left in a hurry.

When he arrived at the entrance, Duan Chengxuan was already standing by the door and had prepared a carriage for him to give to Consort Xian. He instructed, "Concubine Xian has been waiting for you for too long. Now that you're this old, you shouldn't make her angry."

"Understood, Imperial Uncle." Duan Chengyu nodded with a smile as he climbed onto the carriage and slowly entered the Imperial Palace.

Cheng Shan had already unknowingly descended beside Duan Chengxuan and asked, "Prince, if the Fourth Prince also treats the throne …"

"No, Yu'er is different from the other princes. These few days, keep an eye on the movements of the Qi Residence, especially Qi Lin." Duan Chengxuan sent the carriage off with his eyes, then he turned around and returned to the estate.

Gu Liuyan, I want to see your eyes. Can this Qi Lin really be reborn?

Consort Xian is gentle and refined, skilled in kuda to touch the zither.

Duan Chengyu walked into the palace. Sage Consort Xian was wearing a golden-edged purple robe as she strummed the zither with her slender fingers, and the corners of her eyes drooped slightly as she appeared even more gentle. When she saw Duan Chengyu, her bright eyes immediately filled with dust as she beckoned to him, "Quickly come and let Mother see."

"Mufei." Previously, when he returned to the Sky Flame Country, he was already entangled with matters of the military camp. Furthermore, the Emperor wanted to pull some connections for him, which was why he was unable to enter the palace.

"My son is handsome and handsome, he is tall and sturdy." Consort Xian quickly had someone bring over a lot of pastries and preserves, treating him like a child. The mother and son duo had not seen each other for a long time, so they talked about a lot of trivial things.

In the middle of the day, lunch was served.

Consort Xian then dismissed the crowd, leaving behind a trusted aide by her side. She continued, "Mufei has already investigated the matter regarding the siege earlier. It's one of the secret guards under Duke Jing's command. It's a pity that mufei's subordinates didn't have enough manpower to capture him."

Duan Chengyu's movements paused as he felt mixed emotions in his heart. "Has mufei investigated thoroughly?"

"The investigation is clear. Not only did Duke Jing entrap you, even the third prince's horse was tricked." The consort's gaze was grave as she said, "It's just that the Third Prince didn't mount his horse at that time, thus he managed to escape calamity. Be careful while you're in Prince Jing's mansion."

"But Imperial Uncle, he …"

"In front of the throne, there is no such thing as kinship. If mufei didn't have an ironclad proof, she wouldn't have believed it either." Concubine Xian's gaze turned cold as she sighed softly, "Not to mention Su Yu Wan who is with Prince Jing, that woman is not simple either. She actually contacted people in the martial world to follow you and mufei even sent people to help you shake off a lot of your enemies, but she still hasn't stopped."

Duan Chengyu's heart thumped, at this moment, he didn't believe it at all.

He had wanted to find Gu Danyan in the morning and ask her how she missed his uncle, but it seemed that it was no longer necessary.

"Yu'er, look at the truth. Mufei only hopes that you'll be safe." Before he left, Consort Xian rubbed his shoulder with the corner of her eyes.

"Your son will definitely not worry mufei." Duan Chengyu cupped his hands and left the palace.

When he returned to the estate, Duan Chengyu was distracted. When he returned to the courtyard, he instead saw a person that should not have appeared here.

"His Highness the fourth prince." Su Yu Wan stood up, bowed, and smiled sweetly.

"Miss Su, why have you come here?" When Duan Chengyu thought about Su Yu Wan sending people to follow him, he felt extremely dissatisfied, and his movements became even more impatient.

"I don't have anything important to do. It's just that Sister Gu is in seclusion and does not receive guests. I am alone in my residence and a little lonely. So I have come to talk to the fourth prince." Su Yu Wan quickly poured some tea for him and raised her eyebrows. "In the past few days, I've been seeing that the Fourth Prince and Sister Gu are very close."

"Princess Hua-Yang's character suits me very well." Duan Chengyu replied casually.

"His Highness the fourth prince might not know of this, but Sister Gu is usually very arrogant and despotic. Now that she's behaving so cutely in front of him, I'm afraid it's not because she wants to make use of him …" Before Su Yu Wan could finish her sentence, Duan Chengyu had already stood up, scaring her into taking two steps back.

Unexpectedly, the stone chair behind him fell to the ground. Duan Chengyu glared fiercely at her, "That's still better than sending someone to follow me! Miss Su, what exactly is your intention?! "