Yun Kou refused to show his face for a long time, but Wind Listening Pavilion had already sent over a letter, saying that they had invited a good Master Dim to invite a friend to come visit the lake in the spring.
The word 'friend' was used in secret, but Gu Mingyan had already understood and agreed to this matter.
On the second day, they arrived at the cruise liner, but there was no girl dancing on the zither, only Amethyst Jade Pearl sitting beside them. Liu'er poured tea for her at the table, and even placed exquisite snacks on the table.
"Ping Chuan and I were escorting you all the way to Ling Nan. I didn't expect that you would be ordered to leave. Now that you have returned, you actually haven't come to see us." Liu'er slowly sat down and said softly.
"I should have come earlier to invite you, but …" Gu Xuan Yan wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she did not. She lowered her head and thought: "If it weren't for some matters, I would not have wanted to return to Sky Fire City."
"What is it?" Liu'er slightly raised her eyebrows. In her heart, she already had a candidate that she suspected.
Could it be that the Third Prince had done something to Gu Meiyan, forcing her to return?
Seeing Liu'er frown and ponder, Gu Mingyan was actually happy. It seemed that they really cared about him.
Liu'er was intelligent, so she naturally would not ask too much. The few of them only chatted about the recent situation, and after a while, Gu Daiyan glanced at the sky and frowned: "It's time for me to go back."
"I've only been out for four hours. Why should I go back now?" After Liu'er said this, she raised her hand slightly towards Ah Zi. The latter quickly pulled up the curtain, obviously not allowing others to see Gu Daiyan.
Gu Pingyan waved his hand: "It's not that we're afraid of people finding out, it's just that the Third Prince …"
As she spoke to here, she didn't finish her sentence. She was so anxious that Ah Zi's eyes turned red. Like this, how was she supposed to explain things to Master Yun?
"If you don't want to stay in the Heaven Flame, I can bring you back to Ling Nan right now." Ping Chuan stood up and smashed the wine cup on the table with a bang. He drew Gu Daiyan's helpless gaze and said, "Third Prince is not that easy to fool."
After a long silence, Gu Liuyan said softly, "He came this time because he had some weakness in his hands, and he promised that if I could give him the Suicide String, he would let me go. It's just that …"
"Absolutely not." Liu'er said.
"I'll bring it to you tomorrow." But this was what Ping Chuan said.
They looked at each other, their eyes full of hostility.
Gu Liuyan's eyes darted between the two of them. He only patted their shoulders with a smile: "Of course I know that this matter of life and death is of great importance, there is no need to go through all this just for me. I have long known how to deal with a royal clan like the Third Prince."
After a while, the few of them still had to let Gu Danyan off the boat and return to the third prince's residence.
After entering the door, the ghost landed beside her. "This Liu'er disagrees with Pingchuan, perhaps he is not the same master."
"I can only bet on whether mother doesn't care about my life." Gu Liuyan sighed softly: "And now that we know that our mother and grandfather are not dead and the Yun family is in a difficult situation, they can't just sit in the dark and do nothing. Even if it's not the Wind Listening Pavilion, there must be other forces protecting them in the dark."
"What do you see?"
"I just thought of something." Gu Liuyan lay on the ghost's shoulder and said softly, "Tell me, did Gu Cheng marry mother back then for the sake of the Yun Family's position and secret formula, or for the sake of immortality?"
The ghost was stunned for a moment. Then, as he thought about it, since Gu Cheng was willing to let the Golden Cicada escape, having done so many wrong things, and coincidentally just happened to conceal his identity after the Lifeslip Chain appeared, the ghost hurriedly asked, "You mean to say that Gu Cheng actually didn't want to be loyal to anyone? Back then, the Golden Cicada had even pestered a few princes for the sake of immortality?"
"Therefore, I'm even more curious now whether I'm Gu Cheng's child or not." Gu Liuyan sighed, climbed up on top of the ghost's back and continued: "If that's not the case, then my father is very likely to be Emperor Na Dan. After all, if this is not Emperor Er Dan's eyes and ears, then it is my mother's, so long as we can find any one of them, it will be good."
On the other hand, Phantom Demon felt that this was a very believable reason, and Gu Danyan's intuition had always been very accurate.
The next day, before dawn broke, Ping Chuan sneakily went to the back door and handed the Lifeslip Chain to Gu Daiyan. He even instructed her in a low voice, "When the dust has settled, I will send you back to Lingnan and never come back."
"Thank you, and help me thank your master." Gu Liuyan returned with a suicidal string.
Liu'er hurried over, but the door to the Third Prince's residence had already closed. She angrily walked up and pulled Ping Chuan into a nearby alley, scolding him in a low voice, "Since you're so stubborn, aren't you afraid that Master will punish you? Do you know if Gu Cheng knows about that suicidal move …"
Gu Mingyan is so intelligent and doesn't need anyone to protect him. If master truly has a guilty conscience towards his daughter, then you should let her go and let her fight, and not let us think of a way to protect her. Ping Chuan also looked at Liu'er without fear.
Liu'er was speechless for a moment and then left. "I'll go tell Master right now."
Ping Chuan had no choice but to follow along. He could only return and report, and naturally could not avoid being punished by Yun Que once.
However, in the next few days, the third prince's residence suddenly became even more vigilant. It was so anxious that even Liu'er in Pingchuan was unable to get even a single piece of information from them.
This matter had similarly spread to the Residence of Prince Jing.
Duan Chengxuan learned from Cheng Shan that the third prince's residence was on high alert, but he was also curious. "The third prince hasn't been worrying about the matters of the country lately, so why is his guard suddenly raised all of a sudden?"
"It seems to be for an otherworldly expert." Cheng Shan took the booklet from his subordinate and read it carefully, "A few days ago, the third prince took back the two young masters by visiting people's affairs. One of them seemed to be reclusive, and no one has ever heard of him."
"Find out." Duan Chengxuan waved his hand and committed this matter to memory.
There was no longer Gu Daiyan's obstruction, but there was always Gu Zixian in the mansion, and it just so happened that Gu Zixian's servant, Lan Lan, had married into the rich man's estate, and there was even a pear by her side. She even made a few suggestions to lure Duan Chenxuan over, and now, she was learning from Gu Daiyan's appearance, occasionally lively, sometimes serious, and she was even something that Duan Chenxuan liked.
And since she had heard about the matters of the third prince today, she hurriedly said, "Since the third prince is so important to him, I'm afraid that he won't be able to find out. We might as well wait and see. One day, this expert will temporarily leave us, and we will be able to see him."
"Wan-Er is right, but it isn't wrong to send people to investigate." Duan Chengxuan embraced her and only placed the brush in his hand into hers. "Let Big Brother Xuan see if Wan'er's alchemy has improved."
Su Yu Wan smiled sweetly. Without Gu Qing Yan, her days were just right.