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The moon was bright and the stars were dim. The night wind was cold.

Cheng Shan drove the carriage all the way to the courtyard outside the city. When the city gates were closed, he still insisted on escorting Meng Xu outside the city. This was sufficient to show Duan Chengxuan's respect, and it was easier for him to become the target of public criticism.

Meng Xu jumped down from the carriage. The red-haired girl in the yard was holding a lantern and holding a cloak as she walked out.

"Prince Meng, your highness is optimistic about you, but you'll still be so proud in the future. I'm afraid you'll fall head first."

These were the only words that were left behind when Cheng Shan left.

The little girl was puzzled as she covered Meng Xu with her cloak before stuffing a hot meat bun into his hands. She smiled at him with her nose slightly red as she said, "Princess Jing is truly amazing. You haven't even taken the exam and you don't have much written on it. They're actually fighting over you. When you reach great heights in the future, the eldest young master will definitely be happy to death."

"Little girl, what do you know?" Meng Xu patted her on the head and walked step by step into the courtyard of the three rooms. There was even a cute girl in the house. Seeing him, she stood up and greeted him, "Young Master Meng."

"You are …" Meng Xu was puzzled. He glared at the little girl beside him.

The little red girl quickly waved her hand. "What are you thinking, young master? This isn't a woman sent here by the madam's master, but rather the one that Crown Princess Jing mentioned earlier. You just left, and she came in through a nearby forest. You sure are bold."

Only then did Meng Xu understand. He could not help but worry. "It's already late at night. Why are you …"

"It was Qi Lin who sent me here. Young master Meng, there's no need to worry." With a smile, Yingzi walked to Meng Xu's side, her eyes becoming solemn. "I've come here tonight because the young mistress asked me to bring some news."

Meng Xu waved his hand and told the little girl to shut the doors and windows before sitting down.

"The young miss has asked me to contact the Third Prince, but the Third Prince has said that he is not going to recruit any court officials. Instead, he wants Young Master Meng to appear on his own. If he thinks that you can one day, he will personally look for you."

"These are the Third Prince's words, how is it your Miss' words?" The little red girl scoffed from the side.

Gou Yuzhan pursed her lips, "Miss, you asked me to pass on a message to you. Why not?"

"Aiya, angry, so cute!" The little girl stretched out her hand and smiled as she pinched her perky cheeks. It seemed that she really liked this personality of Yingtou's. She was even more annoyed, as there would always be people who liked to tease her wherever she went.

"It's already late, why don't you follow this noisy little girl for a night?" Meng Xu quickly pulled the little girl to something.

Yin Qiuyi glanced outside the window and hurriedly agreed. She then chatted with Hong Ling for a while before heading to a nearby room.

From the looks of it, the third prince was the one who truly wanted to please him. And today, the King Jing had asked a lot of questions. It seemed like he was inquiring about the things that Gu Daiyan had done in the Good Forest Town.

There was indeed a problem between Prince Jing and Gu Daiyan.

The next day, at breakfast time.

Gu Daiyan's appetite was not good, so she was too lazy to go to the hall to see Su Yuwan or Gu Zixian.

However, this morning, after Mu Qing checked Gu Zixian's pulse, he rushed over and told the prince that Gu Zixian was pregnant. Duan Chengxuan left the bed early, leaving her alone in the study yard.

When Duan Cheng Xuan wasn't around, Qing Dai would be able to start taking care of him.

"Yin Qiufu has already sent word that the third prince is not going to take any security measures for the time being. He'll just have to wait and see." As Fairy Qingdai rearranged her hair, she said in a low voice.

"I'll leave everything to Meng Xu to decide. I just need to take care of myself and everything will be fine." He yawned lazily and took a hot meat bun from the side.

If she was still able to stay behind the study room today, she would naturally have to properly listen to the powers around Duan Chenxuan.

Four hours later, Duan Chengxuan angrily returned to the study room. The people who followed him were Cheng Shan and the mansion's housekeeper. Gu Mingyan had only read a few pages when she heard the butler's voice and put the book down.

"Your Highness, I really don't know about the matter of the wangfei." The butler trembled as he knelt on the ground.

Cheng Shan, who was at the side, could only kneel on the ground. He lowered his head and said with a sullen face, "It is your subordinate who has failed in his duty."

"Forget it, send Gu Zixian to the other courtyard." Duan Chengxuan rubbed his forehead with a headache. Only after a while did he recall that there was still Gu Liuyan behind the screen, and his expression eased up slightly as he ordered the two of them to leave.

When there was no one in the study room, Gu Daiyan came out from behind the screen: "Why does the Prince want his sister to go to the courtyard?"

"If Wan-Er knew about this, she would be in a worse condition." Duan Chengxuan picked up the document beside him.

Gu Danyan pursed her lips, then asked a question that she shouldn't have.

However, if this was the case, even if Gu Zixian really wanted to do something to her, he wouldn't be able to do anything once he went to the courtyard.

He returned to the screen and looked at his fingertips.

Her eyes had almost recovered, but no one would be able to expose her now. Thinking of this, she also picked up a lot of books to read.

Most of the books in Duan Cheng Xuan's study were military history books, and they were able to let her know quite a bit.

For the next two days, she practically stayed by Duan Chengxuan's side, but she didn't accompany him to eat in the hall. She was rather happy to be locked up in the study room, and she could hear some differences from Duan Chengxuan's aides.

Duan Chengxuan was a martial artist, so he didn't care about the civil officials and officials in the mansion. Some of his good opinions were instead suppressed by Duan Chengxuan.

That was a good entry point.

It was a pity that she only cared about the political history and had long forgotten that Su Yu Wan was with her family.

It was a month later when he saw Su Yuwan again.

The stove was placed to the side, but the small room was arranged in a neat and orderly manner. This was also one of the few opportunities for Gu Daiyan to enter the main courtyard. She was wrapped tightly in her clothes, while Su Yuwan was half lying on the bed.

"Do you know why I called you here today?" Su Yuwan smirked as her slender fingers played with the empty medicine bowl.

Even though Duan Chengxuan had placed an incense burner here, it still couldn't cover the strong smell of the medicine.

Gu Liuyan choked and felt uncomfortable. He could only helplessly say: "You are putting on such a show. Not only did you not harm me, but you also made your body look like this. Do you feel comfortable?"

"Gu Liuyan, don't think that I really can't do anything to you." Su Yu Wan placed the medicine bowl to the side and got off the bed. She didn't look sick or weak in front of Duan Chengxuan at all.

Su Yuwan walked barefoot in front of her, her eyes overflowing with madness.

They looked at each other. Gu Danyan's face was grave as she looked at Su Yu Wan obsessively staring at her stomach. She then slowly spat out a sentence: "Your child will be my medicine, not some labor's Purple River Carriage."