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Duan Chengrui would always look at her with a gaze that contained heartache and helplessness, as if he was cherishing her.

However, in Gu Danyan's heart, there was only the Sixth Prince's burning sincerity and Duan Chengxuan's eyes that were filled with love. However, since she had already lost them, there was no need for such a substitute.

Duan Chengrui didn't even understand himself, and was even more unsuitable for himself.

In her entire life, she would never again have to talk about love and affection with the royal family.

All the way back to the Wind Listening Pavilion, the weather suddenly changed, as if it was about to rain.

But between the courtyard corridors, Yun Wanshan took off her veil and sat under the eaves, waiting for her.

Gu Danyan quickly walked forward. Without waiting for Yun Dian to say anything, he placed the hairpin in his pocket in front of Yun Que: "Mother is a beauty capable of toppling empires. How can she be so slovenly every day?"

Yun Xiao blankly stared at the hairpin as all sorts of feelings arose in his heart. "Mother, your face …"

"Mother always looks the best, but she's always looking down on herself, and she's always feeling guilty towards me." Gu Danyan sat next to her intimately. She wanted to muster up the courage to hug her arm, but in the end, she didn't. She looked up at the sky and said in a low voice: "It's going to rain soon. I'm going to go back and sleep."

Looking at the hairpin in her hand, how could Yun Dian still remember those scolding words? He only nodded his head, and she disappeared like a wisp of smoke. On the second day, she had already prepared a horse carriage and obediently waited for Yun Dian to take her to the Wind Listening Pavilion.

Although the Wind Listening Pavilion was a martial arts sect, they had their own territory.

Gu Liuyan initially thought it was far away, but from the sound of it, the Wind Pavilion was located in a courtyard house in Yan City. Gu Liuyan initially thought it was far away, but from the sound of it, the Wind Pavilion was located in a courtyard in Yan City.

"On the surface, this is just a place to raise pigeons, but in reality, it's a deceptive place. I can even intercept a lot of letters in private …" Yun Que brought her along one by one and even allowed her to bring along that arched jade pendant.

Gu Danyan only listened for a while before learning how to handle the messages.

Looking at the small, messy matter in his hands, Gu Pingyan could only feel that the Wind Listening Pavilion had studied a lot and had learned a lot.

Within the courtyard house in Yan City, Yun Wan was gradually getting closer to Gu Danyan. After half a month, as long as Yun Wan glared at him, Gu Danyan would obediently go to sleep, causing Gu Danyan to be unable to help sighing with regret over the grievances of having a mother.

While in Sky Fire City, the third prince had already secretly gathered a lot of evidence, including the names of the corrupt officials and the instigators behind them.

Duan Chengrui's reason for not making a move was: "Not only Prince Jing, when he stops holding power during the summer, I want to see who are the people helping him stabilize his position in the imperial court. They want to uproot him completely."

As Gu Pingyan read the message, he softly said, "It's impossible to uproot him by root. If we destroy his opponent, the Emperor will have his eyes on him. The best method is to maintain a balance between the two sides until he is completely trusted."

"The Emperor is even willing to hand over all of the government affairs to him in the summer. Is he still not trustworthy enough?" A hall master at the side asked helplessly. He then passed the information that he had organized into a book into Gu Daiyan's hands.

"Of course not enough. If you trust him enough, you won't bring Duke Jing away. Taking away King Jing only means that the Emperor doesn't believe in his ability. Although he wants to promote King Jing, he's still worried that King Jing will fight against him. " Gu Liuyan believed that she understood the Emperor quite well. He was not only smart, but also kind. The only downside was that he was not like a king, but like a father. He had messed up the imperial government and had people controlling him.

With an understanding expression on the hall master's face, Yun Dian was also slightly stunned. "Then do you think that after King Jing leaves, he will go back in and ask his subordinates to stand up for him?"

"Of course we have to stick our heads out. If the third prince had been riding on top of them for an entire month, then it would take more time to make a comeback in the future. But what they lack the most right now is time, and without the presence of the emperor, his subjects would instead launch a fierce counterattack. Gu Danyan raised his eyebrows lazily. After he finished speaking, he started reading the book in his hands.

Yun Xiao frowned as he looked at the pavilion master by his side. That pavilion master felt that this new young miss was extremely terrifying.

The Wind Listening Pavilion was only a place to receive information, but no one would analyze these matters one by one. Even if it was the imperial family's speculation, Gu Danyan seemed to know them like the back of his hand.

Moreover, she seemed to be adept at it and wasn't nervous.

Hearing this, Yun Que asked her, "Then, what do you think Gu Cheng will do?"

"I thought that Gu Cheng wanted to get rid of his golden cicada and wanted to live forever. Since he believed in something so illusory, he must have his reasons for doing so. Whether it's right or wrong, he definitely won't reveal himself right now. At most, he'll let his son out to block the spear. We have to be patient and not stab him." Gu Daiyan raised his head, deep in thought.

Yun Que and the hall master waited with bated breath.

After a while, Gu Liuyan rubbed the tip of his nose and frowned: "Let's find a way to send someone to Yue Shan City."

"What?" What does this have to do with Gu Cheng?

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. Earlier on, Yueshan City was investigated, but after thinking for a bit, the best place for Duan Chengxuan to garner troops is still Yueshan City. It was because the previous officials of Yueshan City had been exposed, so I just remembered." Gu Liuyan slapped the table and rose to his feet, saying coldly, "Gu Cheng hid himself so well, but it was only because he had something on the Third Prince, Second Prince, and Jing Wang. Although the Third Prince didn't say it, he definitely had done something with Gu Cheng in the past.

After saying so many things in a row, only then did Yun Dian react, "You're saying that since both the Duke of Jing and the Third Prince have a weakness for Gu Cheng, then if Gu Cheng has a change of heart, the Duke of Jing will also think of a way to get rid of Gu Cheng. We don't need to do anything."

"That's right. Gu Cheng doesn't need to worry at all. Our goal is still to stay in the hands of Prince Jing. Now that the evidence has been gathered and we've been unable to find a place to gather troops, I can't help but suspect." Gu Danyan nodded.

Yun Wan quickly ordered some people to investigate the matter.

A month later, a message was sent by a pigeon saying that none of the villages outside Yue Shan city could enter. Once the message was investigated, many soldiers had been stored inside and many officials had come to deliver silver.

However, there seemed to be one Jiang Yan among them. However, she was unable to keep up and could only give up.

"I don't think he's going to rebel against his country. It would be better if he just pulled out the issue of buying officials and gathering troops." Gu Daiyan shook his head, thinking about his master in Litchi Bay.

If what Litchi said was correct, then that master of hers had disappeared without a trace since she had recommended him to the Prince's Mansion. However, it was not necessarily Jiang Yan. Furthermore, it was also possible that it was Duan Chengxuan who was taking Jiang Yan's money.

"Things without evidence cannot be displayed." Yun Xiao nodded as well, keeping the news and passing it on to the hall master. "Inform the Third Prince of the matter of the army encampment."