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Watching Zhang Liangshan leave, Gu Danyan walked Qi Rou to the gate of the Qi Residence. The servant of the Qi Residence handed a lantern to Qing Dai. The housekeeper instructed, "Crown Princess Jing, it's getting late. Why don't I send someone to follow you back to the Residence of Crown Prince?"

The housekeeper of the Qi Residence, Uncle Li, was quite respectful towards Qi Rou. Previously, Qi Rou had been unfavoured in the mansion because of Uncle Li's refusal to allow anyone to deduct her uses, so Qi Rou had great respect for him.

"No need." Gu Liuyan waved his hand. How could he be so delicate?

"We should call some people to follow us. There are always ghosts coming and going in Sky Fire City at night. We can't let anything happen to them." Uncle Li tried his best to persuade him.

Qing Di could only agree. However, Gu Daiyan frowned.

Could this so-called ghost be the group of black-clothed women that the ghost had seen before?

Qi Rou, on the other hand, was able to tell that Gu Pingyan seemed to be very concerned about this matter with a single glance. She asked Uncle Li: "What other ghosts could there be in Sky Flame City?"

"It's true. When I went out this morning, I heard them say that the new husband had run into ghosts and fainted on the spot. They said there were several of them, but they were really scary." They believe that.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to trouble Uncle Li to send some people to follow me. Otherwise, my heart won't be able to move at all." Gu Daiyan smiled.

"Sure." Uncle Li heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.

When he returned to the manor, Gu Liuyan did not dare to speak carelessly and act without thinking. She was just indulging in her fantasy about the ghost lady and recalled the words of the man in white.

Could it be that these words of the gods and ghosts were all meant to frighten Gu Cheng?

When he thought here, Gu Daiyan took advantage of the fall competition to return to the Prime Minister's Estate to take a look.

On the morning of the second day, before Gu Daiyan had even left the house, the embroidery around Su Yu Wan ran over. Her expression was a little ugly, and there was a red mark on her wrist as well, probably because she had been punished by Su Yu Wan. I have saved up a lot of silver, can you let me leave the manor? "

"Do you have someone you like?" Gu Daiyan asked her.

Embroidery shook her head like a rattle. However, her hands were twisted into a grimace as her face paled. "I just want to go home. My mother has been suffering from a serious illness recently …"

"But since you're Su Yuwan's man, I can't make up my mind." Gu Danyan sighed lightly. Seeing her trembling face, she did not know if her mother's story was true or not. She gave her some silver coins and said, "I'll give you a leave of absence. Just come back before the Autumn Festival and settle your mother down."

After he finished, Gu Liuyan turned around and walked forward, but she heard a small sound coming from behind and turned around.

Embroidery shockingly kneeled on the ground, her entire body trembling. "My mother is not sick, I just want to return to my hometown! I beg the wangfei to grant my wish! "

Gu Dingdang was still having a headache when Qu Dai lightly tugged on her sleeve and said in a low voice: "I'll go ask what happened, it's too obvious that you're staying here."

Looking around, quite a few people looked over.

Gu Danyan thought for a while, then nodded: "Go, I'll deal with this matter when I get back."

"Yes, when the young miss returns to the Prime Minister's Estate by herself, you must not act rashly." Qing Dai smiled as she gave the instruction, then walked to Jin Xiu's side and pulled her up. She said loudly, "I'm not sure if she's sick, but I'll go to the wangfei's room to get some medicine for you."

As if she was talking to someone else, Jin Xiu was stunned. She softly thanked Qing Dai and told her not to tell Su Yu Wan about this.

Gu Danyan went to the Prime Minister's Estate alone.

When he arrived at Gu Cheng's study room, he saw that Gu Cheng was not in charge of the matters regarding the Autumn Festival. Instead, he was rather entranced by the painting of the Winter Plum Blossom on the wall.

Gu Daiyan walked all the way in front of Gu Cheng before finally seeing him regain his senses. He immediately stood up and asked, "Why are you here?"

Gu Cheng's eyes were wide open as he stared at Gu Daiyan with a hint of fear.

"Daughter is for the Autumn Examination, what is father looking at?" Gu Liuyan's face was expressionless as he scrutinized Gu Cheng's actions.

The latter embarrassedly coughed a few times, as if confirming that he had looked at her carefully a few times.

After a long silence, Gu Danyan awkwardly said, "Father, the Autumn Examination …"

"Right." Only now did Gu Cheng regain his senses, pulling out a booklet from under the table, instructing her, "In a while, write a letter to the prince, telling him all about this Autumn Examination."

Gu Liuyan nodded earnestly as she discussed in detail with Gu Cheng about the Autumn Examinations.

There were even more talented people than the previous year's Spring Test. The two whom they had taken a fancy to, Zhou Da and Xu Gui, were both in the book, but Xu Gui's essay was rather plain. Gu Cheng did not like it, so in the end, he only left Zhou Da to choose other talented people.

Gu Liuyan nodded her head in agreement, only to see Gu Cheng pointing out a name: "I think he's not bad. He's a talent."

"He is indeed a genius. If he can serve the prince, that would be quite good." The corner of Gu Danyan's mouth twitched. She had seen this person before on the road. He was quite eloquent, but his heart could not be shaken.

Gu Cheng clearly knew how to judge a person, but the talents he had pointed out along the way were either good or bad. Gu Liuyan could only pretend not to know as he continuously agreed, but his heart was already in turmoil.

Gu Cheng wasn't willing to wholeheartedly select talents for Duan Cheng Xuan. Could it be that he had really secretly pledged allegiance to the Second Prince?

After spending four hours to settle the issue of the Autumn Competition, the father and daughter naturally went to the hall to eat. Gu Zixian's stomach was bulging and his body was heavy. He hadn't been able to sleep well for the past few days.

But when he looked at Madam Gu again, he hadn't seen her for half a month and had lost a lot of weight. He was quite calm when he saw Gu Daiyan, but his heart was still a mess.

Seeing this, Gu Danyan's heart skipped a beat and he opened his mouth softly, "That's right, I went to the Yin Mountain yesterday to look for mother's tombstone, but more than half of it was washed away by the rain. Something dropped out, I don't know if it has anything to do with mother."

As she spoke, she took out the rusty knife wrapped in a handkerchief.

"Crack —"

Madam Gu's bowl fell to the ground as she stared wide-eyed at the rusted blade.

Gu Cheng followed suit and stood up. He didn't care about the soup at hand and directly took the blade out of Gu Daiyan's hands, shouting loudly: "Butler! "Go to my study and take out the hidden box!"

"Yes, master." The butler hurried off.

"Daddy, this is just a rusty knife, why are you guys reacting like this?" Gu Zixian was shocked, he felt a little uncomfortable, and he kept rubbing her shoulders to make her feel better.

Gu Cheng glared sullenly at Gu Zixian, while Gu Danyan raised his eyebrows, "Not only is there this item, but there's also bright yellow talisman paper on the side. It's quite new …"

"She-" Madam Gu sucked in a breath of cold air as she completely fainted. The group of people frantically carried Madam Gu back.

However, Gu Cheng received the box with a darkened expression and opened it.

It was empty.