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The Sixth Prince died on the battlefield. He was loyal to the country and mourned for it.

After Duan Chengxuan returned to his residence, Gu Daiyan lazily sat up from the bed.

For the past two days, Duan Chengxuan had always been by her side, not leaving a single inch behind. However, it was unknown just how many loving words he had spoken while wearing a cold expression.

Qing Dai carefully carried the clothes and walked in. When she saw that there was no expression on Gu Meiyan's face, she whispered: "Your highness has already believed Miss, what else does Miss want to do next?"

Gu Dai Qing dressed herself in a daze while Gu Dai Yan let out a long sigh: "It's about time, Empress Xu should start looking for trouble with me."

With a dark face, she nodded.

The crown prince of the Empress had already been crippled. Now that the Sixth Prince had died fighting in public, she had no one to rely on. If she continued to sit at the Empress' seat, then she would have to take action.

The first was to find trouble with the Jing King's estate and try to rope in another prince.

Secondly, he needed to work with the King Jing.

Regardless of which one it was, she had a very close relationship with the King's Manor. And what she wanted to do was to attract the attention of these people to herself.

"Qingdai, go and take a look at Yin Gou. Also, ask Zhu Yan to help me buy a few things about Tongtian Yan and let them spread the rumor that Jing Wang is now a sole concubine who hasn't left the medicine house for two days."

"Miss, you …"

"Naturally, we have to take care of everything on our own. At that time, no matter who it is that wants to get King Jing, they must first start with me." Gu Mingyan poured a cup of tea and sat down.

Duan Chengxuan himself was like an iron board, if someone wanted to come and take advantage of him, then that person would definitely go and contact the nobleman by Duan Chengxuan's side. Normally, the nobleman was a senior official that Duan Chengxuan admired, but if he was the only one who cared about his imperial concubine and if she was someone who was easy to talk to, then things would be much easier.

Blue Dai understood, and quickly ordered the people to do it.

When the beautiful lady left, a green leaf fell into her cup. Gu Daiyan stared blankly, his eyes filled with desolation.

Her fingertips whitened from the increased force. In the end, she only put the red rope cat into her palm and clenched it unwillingly. She thought for a moment before bringing the item to Phoenix Cry Garden.

Raising his head to look at the tree, Gu Daiyan thought absentmindedly of Duan Chengye.

He always jumped from the window onto her desk, laughing and teasing her.

Of course, she still remembered the lantern festival from before. She had indeed sent a woman back to the mansion, but she hadn't expected that Duan Chengye would really fall in love with her at first sight.

She dug away at the soil beside the tree with her bare hands before putting away the wooden box containing the Red String of Fate.

As the spring breeze blew, she took the handkerchief and cleaned the dirt on her fingertips as she muttered to herself, "When I leave this place one day, I will come and find you again."

As she spoke, she casually left Phoenix Cry Garden. She followed the path in her memory and arrived at the empty Sixth Prince's residence.

The Sixth Prince spent most of his time outside, and the estate was not as luxurious as the other princes.

She only stood outside and sighed in her heart. He only cared about his merits and never married his wife. Now, he said that he died in battle, but no one in the palace mourned. Only Empress Xu heard of the news and fainted.

With a helpless smile, she turned around only to see a figure that should not have appeared.

Su Yuwan was dressed in green, with a snow-white muslin covering her body. Behind her, there were even a few pieces of cloth in her hands, not to mention the four servants following behind her.

Gu Danyan was wearing a long white robe. His gaze fell on her as he asked, "Is something the matter?"

"I didn't expect you to have such deep feelings for the Sixth Prince." Su Yu Wan smiled proudly, but she didn't dare to get close to Gu Liu Yan. She continued: "But why did you take away my brother Xuan?"

This time, it was Gu Liuyan's turn to laugh. She walked to Su Yu Wan's side gently and touched her shoulder with her slender finger: "Because of you."

After saying that, she slowly made her way into the crowd and instantly disappeared.

Su Yu Wan turned back unwillingly and clenched her fists tightly.

This woman was definitely not a good person.

Gu Liuyan had found Meng Xu and asked him to help his investigate the Sixth Prince's whereabouts.

Afterwards, as per their agreement, she went to the Hall of Relief to impart medical knowledge. As soon as she sat down, the doctor beside her hurried over. "Your Highness, two hunters have been attacked by wild beasts. We don't have enough manpower …"

"Let me do it." Gu Danyan nodded as if he understood, and his men started to get busy.

Su Yuwan followed her all the way to the Hall of Reparations and didn't see her come out even at night. She had an idea, so she only returned to the prince's mansion. When she saw Duan Chengxuan, she said, "Big Brother Xuan, I met Gu Ziyan when I was walking on the street today."

"Why?" Duan Chengxuan's eyebrows raised up as well.

Gu Liuyan usually did not go out? How could they have met?

"I saw her standing at the door of the Sixth Prince's mansion for a long time, and then went to the Hall of Appreciation. She still hadn't come back yet." As she spoke, Su Yu Wan moved closer to Duan Cheng Xuan and said in a low voice, "She's so cunning, don't you hate Big Brother Xuan for something you're about to do?"

Duan Cheng Xuan thought about it for a moment, and it wasn't as if such a thing had never happened.

In these past few days, Duan Chengxuan saw that she was obedient and didn't involve too many matters within the court. He only thought that she had become more obedient.

But could a Hall of Mercy keep her up until night?

Thinking up to this point, Duan Chengxuan called over a ghost before quickly rushing over to the Hall of Relief to see what exactly Gu Mingyan was doing.

Su Yu Wan looked at Duan Chengxuan's back and gently loosened his tightly clenched fists. "Forget it, there will always be a way to take care of you."

Embroidery trembled as she watched Su Yu Wan turn her head and finally let out a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gu Liuyan was sewing those horrifying wounds bit by bit. The conditions here were not that modern, and any movement could only be done with caution, not caring about the dirty blood on the upper half of the body.

The doctor beside him was already sweating profusely as he fell to the ground and sat in the corner. The assistant beside him was busy wiping the sweat off Gu Meiyan's face and taking out his things.

When the two hunters were brought here, they were covered in blood and one of their arms was almost severed. However, only Gu Pingyan said that there was still hope. During this entire day, she did not rest at all.

Only four hours later did she release a breath of foul air, wash her hands and carefully wrap him up. Then, she instructed someone to write down a list before she left the room with her entire body covered in blood.

Their gazes met. Gu Mingyan wiped her pale face with the back of her hand, puzzled. "Why are you here?"

"You've been busy all day." Duan Cheng Xuan looked at the piercing dark red color on her body and knew that she suspected her too much. "I'll send you back."

"No need, I can't walk anymore." Gu Danyan waved his hand and sat on the stone bench. He drank two cups of water in a row before finally calming down. His legs were shaking as well.

Duan Cheng Xuan sat opposite her as well.