At the same time, Duan Chengxuan didn't know what Su Yu Wan was doing.
However, when the heavy rain stopped, he could carefully observe what Gu Danyan was doing under the warm candle light.
Firstly, Princess Jing had been busy for several days with the plague, and secondly, she was not feeling well. She had already fallen twice, and had begged the prince for help.
Amongst all these letters, there was another letter hidden in the depths of the room. Gu Danyan had personally written this: "Even though water causes hardships, do not give up on the lives of refugees because of meritorious services. Treat them well and you will win people's hearts.
With just a few words, he'd immediately mentioned Duan Cheng Xuan.
If one were to say that during a war, as long as one was able to pacify the soldiers and kill the enemies for the country, then it was indeed right for them to win the hearts of the people over this flood.
Gu Mingyan was afraid that her body was weak and fake, so she told him that she was fine. She probably told him that someone from the imperial court had already done something to her, so she wrote him a letter and told him to find someone else to treat the plague. She didn't want to take the risk of being sneakily attacked.
Gu Daiyan, who had wholeheartedly treated other people's illnesses before, was now even more astute than before.
Thinking up to here, the corners of Duan Chengxuan's mouth curled up as he instructed in a low voice, "Send someone to hurry back to the Sky Flame. First, find a backup plan for the wangfei, and it would be best to have Mu Qing help as well. Secondly, conceal the matter of the flood in this place, and don't let anyone know, so long as the plague doesn't spread, everything will be fine."
"Princess Hua-Yang would like to know more about the flood?" Cheng Shan asked.
After pondering for a long time, Duan Cheng Xuan still shook her head. "Exactly what relationship did she have with Third Prince back then? Now it's better to keep it a secret."
"This subordinate understands." Cheng Shan quickly ordered some people to do it.
It would take at least two days for a horse to gallop forward. Two days later, the small door to the estate opened and Duan Chengxuan's orders were delivered one by one.
Gu Liuyan pretended to be sick on the bed and found some girls with good voices to take care of her. The people Cheng Shan sent could only talk through the door.
"Your Highness, your highness, you have rendered meritorious service. Your highness ordered someone to send twenty pieces of brocade silk, as well as three thousand taels of gold. The emperor specifically bestowed upon your exiled family members to return, and also bestowed upon them a thousand taels of silver and a plaque."
Gu Liuyan pretended to cough a few times: "Have you given all these to the ghost to help? What other words has the Prince sent?"
"Your highness didn't say anything else. I just hope that your highness can take care of herself in case you fall ill."
With that, Gu Liuyan signaled with her eyes. Ah Zi gently opened the door a little and said, "Imperial Concubine fell asleep just now. Don't kneel on the floor. Hurry up and get busy with your tasks."
"Why did he go to sleep? Wasn't it just …"
"Didn't you say that the prince didn't say anything? The princess didn't have any hope, and now her forcefully raised eyelids dropped. You told people to be careful and not disturb the princess' intimacy." As Ah Zi spoke, she took the box from the man and quietly closed the door.
The subordinate's face was dark. Could it be that the prince had guessed wrongly that Princess Hua-Yang was really ill?
Thinking about this, his subordinate didn't dare to stay any longer and returned early to report the matter as well as to tell him about it.
When Ah Zi pulled up the curtain and walked through it, the ghost had already returned. He was saying to Gu Daiyan, "Third Prince has sent people to say that Su Yuwan sought the credit of Duan Chengxuan for preventing the disease. She actually sent people to deal with people who might get sick …"
Before she finished speaking, Ah Zi's expression changed. Gu Daiyan put down the brush in her hands and said solemnly: "Su Yu Wan is really a failure! I've already offered a lot of advice to Duan Chengxuan, but he just can't control Su Yu Wan. Those generals actually listen to Su Yu Wan! This is ridiculous! "
A Zi, who was not yet angry, was pushed to the side by Gu Meiyan's angry look and watched helplessly.
However, the Third Prince had said that he would not be able to stop this matter, but Su Yu Wan's people were already somewhat angry. He had sent people to protect the people in the dark, but he still hoped that you could come up with some ideas on whether to treat them or not.
"What idea!" The people of the royal family are all bewitched by the meritorious service! " Gu Liuyan suddenly stood up and looked outside the door. It was possible that Duan Chengxuan's men had yet to leave, so she could only speak in a deep voice, "It's not good for me to talk about Su Yu Wan right now, but I'm afraid that Duan Chengxuan will see through it. Ah Zi, take the silver coins that you just gave to the people of Wind Listening Tower and let them do some business for me.
A'Zi Qi said, "This is not a business. Aren't you doing this for the common people? Liu'er will definitely not accept your money."
"You girls aren't bad, then treat this money as a gift to you." Gu Danyan, on the other hand, suppressed his anger in front of her. He smiled and treated her like a child.
A'Zi giggled and did not refuse. She quickly went to settle this matter.
On the other side, Gu Daiyan also looked at the ghost, "Tell the Third Prince that he must protect those civilians and prevent any trouble."
"I know."
She held onto Qing Ze with one hand and waved towards Gu Danyan with the other, "Princess, those letters you sent over were all for the purpose of helping Prince Jing's work. Aren't you afraid that the Third Prince will think that you're still Prince Jing?"
"Don't be afraid. Yue Qing Chang is wary of me, then the third prince must have feelings for me. As long as he has a word 'love', he would naturally have selfish motives." Gu Danyan said softly, but his eyes were a little lonely.
After all, in order to achieve his goal, he had no choice but to put in more effort.
Auntie Zhang sighed helplessly, "But to me, even though you and Duke Jing aren't together, you still know his thoughts and desires. If the two of you are ordinary people, then you two should have a mutual understanding."
Gu Danyan was slightly dazed and recalled the warm days he had spent with Duan Chengxuan. She smiled lightly and said, "We were once a couple who shared a mutual understanding. Now, we can only blame fate is not here yet. Although we can't stay together, we still have some memories."
"Princess Hua-Yang thinks too hard. If everyone else thought the same way, they wouldn't be so selfish." Auntie Zhang laughed.
Gu Danyan also laughed. He made a face at Qing, then chuckled softly: "If everyone is like me, then I will hide in the vast sea of people and not be able to find me."
The two of them looked at each other and laughed softly.
At this moment, outside the door, the emperor's plaque had only been given a single, ghost-like glance before being placed in a junk room.
Amongst the countless shelves, one could vaguely see a few words on the signboard that were as elegant as dancing dragons and dancing phoenixes — Unparalleled benevolence.