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As the sun set, Gu Mingyan sat alone in the pavilion outside the courtyard.

The ghost stood by her side and saw Gu Daiyan, who was scattering fish food on the lake in boredom. He said softly: "The prince has already left with the horse, aren't you going to send him off?"

"I just want him to leave." Gu Danyan finally stopped what he was doing.

It had already been several days since she last spoke with Duan Chengxuan. The empress dowager would soak for an hour in the hot spring whenever she felt unshakeable. When she came out, Gu Danyan would personally massage her for an incense stick of time.

There was no way Duan Cheng Xuan would stay here for a long time.

She turned her head, and with a flick of her finger, she buckled the belt under her cloak. She had three knives of varying lengths around her waist, and said to the ghost: "The third prince's men have already come, and he has brought the news."

"When?" The ghost opened his eyes wide again. "You still don't believe me?"

"It's just a coincidence." Gu Mingyan rolled her eyes at him as she handed him a letter from her pocket. "I just told you to send off Qi Yanbai and the prince, and the Third Prince's men gave the letter to me."

It seemed that no matter how high his and the prince's martial arts were, they could not avoid the mysterious and careful actions of Gu Liuyan and the Third Prince. They only opened the letter, and this time, their faces completely darkened: "So, the one who took a fancy to this piece of land was the late emperor."

"Back then, the late emperor indeed wanted Duan Chengxuan to inherit the throne. No wonder the Longping Village and the fortress of this Yue Shan City were established. Even today, the Emperor has yet to be informed of this matter." Gu Liuyan laughed: "Even a grandchild like the Third Prince knows about it, but the Emperor himself doesn't. Don't you think it's funny?"

The letter in his hand was pinched to the point that it was creased. His ghostly eyes turned cold. "So, the Prince is planning to gather troops here?"

"Indeed. Moreover, after the third prince investigated this matter, he believed that this piece of land was for the fourth prince's use."

Gu Danyan slowly stood up, put the letter into her pocket from the hands of a ghost, and lightly patted his shoulder.

Before Phantom Demon could even react, he saw that on the nearby pathway, Qi Yanbai was already slowly walking over.

"Your Highness Princess." Qi Yanbai already knew that Ghastly Fiends belonged to the imperial concubine, and so he no longer addressed them as' Lord Ghost '.

"Lord Qi is looking for me here for something?" Gu Liuyan smiled lightly. He saw that Qi Yubai's shoes had some mud on them, and there was a thin layer of sweat on the side of his ears. He must have rushed back from the mountain.

He glanced left and right, then lowered his voice and said, "Before you leave, Prince, please allow this official to bring you to a military camp hundreds of miles away."

"Why?"

"His Royal Highness knows that you have a lot of doubts about us, so he told you to go take a look and see why you are here gathering troops to guard us." Qi Yanbai's voice was lower, but after thinking for a bit, the fact that he could get his to go to the military camp proved that the prince trusted his enough.

Gu Mingyan raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Of course you can. After dinner, you can send someone to tell the empress dowager that I'm bringing people up the mountain to gather herbs."

"This official understands. When the sky turns dark, this official will definitely send someone to fetch Her Highness wangfei."

Qi Yanbai chuckled, then hurriedly left.

After Qi Yanbai left, Gu Danyan and the other ghosts slowly walked into the yard.

"I feel that the prince would not be so good to the fourth prince." Ghosts lowered their voice and said.

"If he is truly good to the Fourth Prince, then he will only openly give him military authority." Gu Liuyan clenched his fist.

Obviously, in Sky Fire City, Duan Chengxuan's love for Duan Chengyu was known to almost everyone. As long as Duan Chengyu didn't make any major mistakes, Duan Chengxuan would turn a blind eye. Even in the matter of Su Yuwan, Duan Chengxuan would not go all out against the Fourth Prince.

It was enough to be called doting, but why did he need to gather troops in the name of the fourth prince?

"Let's not talk about this for now. Do you know what's wrong with the military camp outside Yue Shan City?"

"I don't know. Chengshan was the one in charge of the news around Yue Shan city, so I usually do as I'm told." Only now did he realize that he didn't seem to be able to obtain Duan Chengxuan's trust.

Gu Daiyan sighed softly. He had no choice but to take one step at a time.

By the time the sky turned dark, Qi Yanbai had already arranged for a carriage to be prepared, and that night, he brought her to the military camp.

However, in the middle of the night, the long army camp was still organized and orderly. If one were to walk forward, one would see cliffs and rocks on both sides of the camp, while on the right was a dark and damp place, while on the left was a large road. If anyone wanted to attack from this direction, they would have to pass through this road.

Qi Yanbai personally helped Gu Danyan off the carriage. "Your Highness, do you know what lies beyond this path?"

"I don't know." Gu Liuyan pretended not to know.

"Outside of this path are the other races." With a dark face, Qi Yanbai spoke out in a low voice.

Even though those four small nations bowed before Navy Tide, when Navy Tide's foundation was not stable yet, these four small nations were well-known to be powerful. Now that several hundred years had passed, these small nations were still stagnant, unable to bring out anything new, and were unable to compare to Navy Tide in prosperity.

"However, they have already spent several hundred years to recharge their strength with brute force. In recent years, they had been probed several times by the prince himself. He had personally sent people to repel them, and it was only because of the relations between several countries that it was never revealed." As Qi Yubai spoke to here, she let out a soft sigh.

Gu Daiyan, on the other hand, did not know that these small countries were actually this powerful.

Er Dan and Jiang Yan have occupied as much land as they can in recent years. Although they can't compare to Navy Tide now, if they try to rope in some of the smaller foreign races, they'll eventually become a hindrance to Navy Tide." As Qi Yubai spoke to here, she let out another sigh. "This is a pity that her Imperial Majesty can only see a peaceful and prosperous world." As Qi Yubai spoke to here, he let out a sigh.

Gu Danyan chuckled.

Navy Tide's several hundred years of peace and prosperity were only a layer of skin.

But, for the emperor to distribute troops, what was wrong with stopping Navy Tide?

If Qi Yubai wanted to avoid her, she probably wouldn't be able to. "Lord Qi, let me ask you something."

"Your Highness Princess, please ask." Qi Yanbai immediately turned to look.

"Lord Qi thinks that since I, Navy Tide, cannot come out as a good general, I can only wait for Your Highness to settle whatever matter I encounter?"

Qi Yanbai pondered this and that, then smiled. "Naturally, Your Highness is the pillar of support for my dynasty."

"Then if a Martial Immortal were to ascend to the throne, how could this pillar change places and fully protect Navy Tide?" Gu Liuyan's fingertip lightly fell on Qi Yanbai's shoulder, and his voice was like a clap of thunder that struck Qi Yanbai's heart.

"The soldiers were hot-blooded and eventually became the pawns of the royal power. Naturally, there would be no military generals to protect the country."