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"The fourth prince isn't married yet?"

Gu Liuyan looked around. Even the Fifth Prince had his wife by his side, but the Fourth Prince's side was empty.

"He has no time to get married in the border trials. In today's palace banquet, I presume the Emperor has already thought of betrothing some young lady to him. Perhaps, the water stronghold will be his wedding day once he returns." Duan Chengxuan had the palace maids by his side pour him a cup of wine.

Gu Danyan looked at Duan Chengyu in understanding. No wonder he had such a worried expression on his face.

Before long, the empress of the emperor walked in and everyone bowed. When they were seated, the empress was naturally at ease, while on the other side sat another imperial concubine and her three concubines.

The concubines started to chat and laugh in a short while. It was unknown whether or not the words they spoke with a smile held a knife within them.

Everyone offered their treasures, but Gu Daiyan only felt bored as he looked at the carefully prepared gifts. Unfortunately, there were no medical books by his side, and he couldn't even bring a needle bag in. He could only sigh lightly before being stuffed into a mouthful of pastry by Duan Chengxuan.

She returned a glare, wanting to ask what Duan Cheng Xuan's intentions were.

"Sigh, what a shame." Duan Chengxuan warned.

It was only after everyone had paid their respects that someone brought up the dishes.

Gu Danyan was absent-minded, but she didn't expect that Empress Xu, who was openly fighting in the dark, would look at her. "I heard that Crown Princess Jing took good care of the Fourth Prince. Why not listen to her opinion?"

"Me?" Gu Liuyan only focused on the conversation and did not notice it at all. However, now that everyone was looking at her, there was a trace of probing in Empress Xu's eyes.

Only then did Gu Daiyan recall that he had tried to please the empress before, but the empress had supported the crown prince and the sixth prince.

"Yan'Er is usually just messing around with Yu'er, how can it be considered as taking care of her." Duan Chengxuan directly embraced her waist, and with his other hand holding a wine cup, he continued, "Yu'er's marriage should be decided by the Emperor."

Duan Chengyu's face immediately darkened, he wanted to argue.

However, the Consort Xian could only shake her head at him. Only then did Duan Chengyu angrily sit back down.

How could he like a woman that others forced on him!

These words were thrown back to the Emperor, and no one dared to say anything else. After a long time, the emperor put down the cup in his hand and slowly said, "I do want to hear what Princess Jing has to say."

Duan Cheng Xuan's gaze went cold and the two brothers' gazes intersected.

What the Emperor was thinking about recently, Duan Cheng Xuan was unable to understand more and more.

"In that case, I'll say what I think." Gu Danyan sat upright in his seat and only smiled lightly at Duan Chengyu: "Fourth Prince has a simple personality and is adept at martial arts, so he naturally needs to find an intelligent and capable woman to look after him. Does anyone have any candidates?"

"Naturally, there are many candidates. Princess Jing wouldn't choose the best one, would she?" The Crown Princess couldn't help but laugh. The others also started whispering to each other. Now that the matter of the Fourth Prince had been brought up on stage, most of the people had already prepared their candidates.

However, Gu Liuyan smiled provocatively at the Crown Princess: "Of course not."

"Oh? "Tell me about it." The emperor laughed and looked over with interest.

"Women aren't things, so how could I allow you all to pick and choose? To be honest, the words of a matchmaker are the right way. I presume that esteemed imperial concubine and the emperor only truly know how to find a proper wife for their son." Gu Danyan chuckled and pushed the matter away.

She didn't speak up for Duan Chengxuan, nor for Empress Xu. Instead, she stood neutral.

"Yu'er, do you think that Princess Jing is right?" The Emperor nodded slightly.

"Your son believes that Crown Princess Jing is right. Everything will be decided by Imperial Father and Imperial Mother." Duan Chengyu let out a breath of relief, but it was Consort Xian's eyes that lit up as he stared at Gu Danyan.

She no longer wished to marry the girl she was looking for into the fourth prince, but after these few words from Gu Daiyan, there was some hope. She hurriedly said, "Your majesty, chenqie has indeed found a few candidates for Yu'er."

Without waiting for the empress to speak, Consort Xian had already handed over the chosen person's booklet.

The following words had nothing to do with Gu Danyan, but the crown prince's consort seemed to have some enmity with her, so she could only talk arrogantly to Duan Chengxuan, "Which girl did the consort choose for the fourth prince?"

When she was young, she was raised by the princess by her own hand. She originally wanted to push her into the palace so that she could become a concubine. Just now, after your words were accepted by the emperor, she might become the future principal concubine. Duan Cheng Xuan explained in a low voice.

"Litchi Bay? And this surname? " Gu Daiyan was curious: "And if we count it this way, then Litchi Bay has no power and no power. Then we might not be able to stand stably in this imperial court."

"Since the Concubine Xian was able to climb this far, naturally, there will be many powers. Right now, what Consort Xian needs to do is to not allow others to push people into the Prince's Mansion, and not find a woman with status to make enemies. " Duan Cheng Xuan continued to explain.

Gu Liuyan could not help but lower his eyes: "Would the fourth prince agree?"

"Since he is of the imperial clan, he should know that this is fate." Duan Chengxuan looked at Gu Daiyan as well.

Just like Gu Daiyan had the qualification to marry him, since the Jing King was so outstanding, a compatible woman naturally couldn't be any different. The only difference was that during the wedding, the two of them didn't respect each other as equals.

However, if he could return to that day, Su Yu Wan would be so ill that he wouldn't hesitate to pierce through her chest in order to save her.

Gu Daiyan looked at Duan Chengxuan and understood. "That's good. It's all a dream to be able to barely be friends with you."

"It's good that you know this." Duan Chengxuan took a sip of wine as well, but he felt that the smell of the wine wouldn't dissipate for a long time, transforming into bitterness.

Gu Danyan felt sad for no reason. After two lifetimes, she didn't know what she wanted. People were always passing by her, and she was used to no one coming by her side.

The two of them lowered their heads to drink their wine. Empress Xu still wanted to recommend the other women, but the emperor rejected them. "Crown Princess Jing is right. Since Consort Xian is Yu'er's birth mother, she can make the decision. I too am relieved."

In this way, it broke their reverie, and only Consort Xian was very happy.

After drinking a few cups, Gu Mingyan was already dizzy from reading the wine, so she simply leaned on Duan Chengxuan's shoulder and was about to fall asleep. At this point, the palace banquet was already more than half over, so Duan Chengxuan didn't say anything to her.