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"You can't do that. He only loves Su Yuwan single-mindedly. No matter how much he loves you, you can't win against Su Yuwan!" Qi Rou stood up and walked to Gu Tinyan's side. She bent down and used all her strength to hold on to her shoulder, hoping that she would wake up a little: "Leave here, just like how you stopped me before, those were just men's flowery words …"

"I can't accept it." Gu Danyan raised her head and looked at her. Her eyes were full of clarity and vigor that she had never shown before, "I've taken so many lives from Yama Minamiya. Now I just want him to take a look at Su Yuwan. What's wrong with that?"

She could not dissuade him.

Qi Rou drooped her shoulders in disappointment as she continued to look at Ye Ci in disbelief.

She sat back down on the bed and rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming on. "You have to understand that you are facing a man who is no more than ten thousand. Don't worry about the past …

"If I don't let him have a taste of my pain, his entire life will be smooth sailing." Gu Danyan suddenly held onto the handrail and stood up. The pain and the feeling of her stomach falling made her more clear-headed as she thought, "I want to break his good luck and past achievements, he deserves this."

Qi Rou wanted to stand up and support her.

However, Gu Mingyan only took out a piece of cloth and tied her hair behind her head. She helped herself to the edge of the table and poured herself a cup of hot tea: "This is also what I should do. No one will be talented for their entire lives and can enjoy the blessings of others."

Qi Rou blankly stared at him, and her blood started to boil.

She had never spoken such nonsense before, had never been so ambitious and persistent, and was even less able to understand how she was able to escape from her predicament so quickly.

"If only I could become a person like you."

"As long as you are willing to go along with me." Gu Mingyan looked at her with the corner of her mouth, but her whole body was in so much pain that she almost lost her grip on her teacup.

"Although this is shameful, I hope that everyone in Tian Yan knows that I am not a woman that cannot be married off. I am only good at managing things." Qi Rou smiled helplessly.

"Then do it. You and I are people of the same sort. One day, we will both be able to obtain what we want." Gu Danyan put down his cup with a tremble and sweat poured down like rain: "Now, maybe you can help me call Duan Chengxuan over."

Although she didn't know what she was going to do, Qi Rou was willing to follow in her footsteps.

Gu Liuyan was the strongest woman she had ever seen.

She wore a thin set of clothes as she left Phoenix Cry Garden, which was devoid of people. She arrived at the door to the study, her hands resting modestly on her stomach. She only said to the servant at the door, "I want to see His Highness."

"Your Highness is …"

"If something were to happen to the princess, would you be able to take responsibility for it?" Qi Rou glanced at the servant at the other side.

The servant swallowed a mouthful of saliva and patted the snow on his shoulder as he ran towards Su Yu Wan's courtyard.

Qi Rou was standing in front of the study room, allowing the snow to hit her face.

I don't know why my father would cooperate with such a heartless prince.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Duan Chengxuan finally walked over in a hurry.

Qi Rou bowed, her gaze stern. "Princess Consort is weak, but there's no one by her side to take care of her. Does Your Highness know?"

When he heard this, Duan Chengxuan was slightly stunned before realizing that he had only been concerned with Su Yu Wan's illness previously and had only sent a doctor to treat her. However, he had long since forgotten that he had already forbidden anyone to approach Phoenix Cry Garden.

He abruptly turned around and walked towards Phoenix Cry Garden.

Qi Rou only looked at his back, watching him walk lightly like Cheng Shan, only leaving a heavy footprint on the thick snow. She then murmured to herself, "You are right, your highness really does care about you."

Maybe Gu Daiyan really could pull Duan Chengxuan off his horse.

Whoever first fell in love would lose.

Duan Chengxuan's footsteps were swift as he arrived at Phoenix Cry Garden. There were no servants here to open up a path for his master to walk on. Even the small stove in the courtyard was tightly shut as it was locked by an iron lock.

"Why is no one here to take care of me!" Duan Chengxuan was extremely furious, yet he noticed that the main door was shut tightly. His heart sank as he asked, "Has anyone sent a charcoal brazier for Princess Hua-Yang?"

"The ghosts have sent it." Chengshan's breath caught in his throat.

Before he could react, Duan Chengxuan had already pulled out the long saber in Cheng Shan's hand and cut open the most vulnerable part of the door. Only now did he realize that the door was already latched on, and Duan Chengxuan jumped in without a care.

Duan Chengxuan felt as if something had dug a hole in his heart.

He rushed to the bed and picked her up along with the bedding. He wanted to bring her out of the room that reeked of coal, but the person in his embrace slowly opened his eyes. His hand by his side shook a few times. "Why did you save me …"

"You are This King's wangfei." Duan Chengxuan held the weightless person in his embrace tighter, then he pushed open the door and left this desolate place. He bent his broad shoulders to protect her from the wind and snow, but the person in his embrace was already breathing heavily.

There was no place for her to stay in other than the main house of Phoenix Cry Garden.

Putting the person on the soft couch, he saw the other doctors of the Ji Shi Hall rushing over to treat her. When he saw them sparing no effort to write down the medicinal formula for Gu Liuyan, Duan Chengxuan's heart sank.

Zhang Xuan clenched her fists tightly.

Cheng Shan walked over from the side. "Lady Wan-Er is already awake. Your highness, do you want …"

"Right." Duan Chengxuan only looked longingly at the person on the bed for a moment before hurriedly turning around and leaving.

Qi Rou stood in the snow like a statue in front of the door. Her eyelashes were covered with a layer of sparkling light. Although she was different from those who were busy coming and going, she could still remember the taste of Gu Liuyan's death.

The pungent smell of coal, coupled with the little bit of love Duan Chengxuan had, added on top of it all.

"You can even bet your life." Qi Rou only left these words before she came under the eaves. Because she was kidnapped by ghosts, she only wore thin clothes, but her heart had never felt so hot before.

Gu Danyan was willing to do whatever she wanted, and was willing to risk her life to gamble on the friendship between Duan Cheng Xuan and her. She had always been challenging him.

How could she not admire him?

"I have to do something." As she thought of this, she lifted her eyes and brushed past the servants. She returned to the Misty Rain Pavilion to put on some clothes and rouge before finally arriving at the third prince's mansion's back door.

"I want to see the third prince. Crown Princess Jing sent me over."