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The leaves rubbed against each other as a cool breeze blew past Gu Pingyan's hair, bringing with it a tinge of sadness.

As for Duan Chengxuan, his heart felt as though it was being sliced by a knife. He could only think of the day when he was in front of her tombstone, and he could only think of the misunderstanding that had caused her to want to compensate him.

But he had hurt her.

"Since you've seen through my identity, I presume that I won't be able to help Third Prince in the future, so you don't have to worry."

Gu Danyan raised a hand to hold onto the side of the carriage's door as he brushed past Duan Chengxuan. He nimbly jumped off the carriage and walked over to those familiar subordinates of his to rescue the soldiers under Lai Xuan's command.

How can you be so relaxed?

Duan Chengxuan had a calm expression as he stood by Gu Danyan's side, and a hand lightly clasped her shoulder. "Let's talk."

"Talk about love, talk about the Third Prince's plan, or maybe, talk about my plan?" Yun Yi even pressed his neck against Gu Xuan's, "If I leave you, I have more important things to do. If you do anything here that is inconsistent with your status, I believe that the Emperor will not forgive you."

"Indeed." This time, Duan Chengxuan lightly grabbed her hand, but there wasn't a trace of friendship in his voice. "Of course, I can't just watch as the imperial family is kidnapped by Jiang Yan's people."

"I'm not being kidnapped, I'm …" "Ugh!"

His mouth and nose were covered by Duan Chengxuan, and Gu Pingyan opened his eyes wide in disbelief as his back practically merged into one with Duan Chengxuan's chest.

Duan Chengxuan's powerful arms grabbed her waist and tightly pulled her into his embrace, and those soldiers that were rescued were once again sent flying back into the carriage, all their weapons taken away.

This was the first time Gu Liuyan regretted so much. She regretted being too impulsive and wanted to know the answer behind Lai Xuan.

If Lai Xuan was still able to put up a fight, the situation definitely wouldn't be so passive.

When she was thrown onto the horse's back by Duan Chengxuan, her hot chest wrapped around her, followed by the oncoming cold wind and the bumpy ride of the horse beneath her.

"I will send you back to the Eldan."

"Duan Cheng Xuan, you're a madman!" Gu Danyan resisted the urge to struggle and hit her opponent in the stomach with her elbow.

In exchange for a soft grunt from the person behind me and a calm voice after a while, "After knowing that someone has tampered with that coffin, I was so angry that I wanted to tear you to pieces. But now, I am relieved."

The woman in his arms stiffened. She could only bite her lower lip and remain silent.

Perhaps it was due to the untimely arrival of the rain outside Sky Flame City. It was rather heavy.

However, Gu Liuyan still remembered the warm and steady hand Duan Chengxuan had extended in the cold rain, a hand that was enough to make her forget his previous pain.

Perhaps, it had been the biggest mistake since then.

"Even if your words soften my heart, it will be of no use. "Since we won't talk about the old matters again, we'll settle our old debts in the future. Since you've come, why don't you do something for me? From now on, you and I will be even."

Gu Liuyan only took out a scarf from his bosom and wrapped it tightly around himself as he waited for Duan Chengxuan's response.

"In that case, I can't help either." Duan Chengxuan lightly pulled on the reins and slowed down his speed. "If I'm cleared with you, then this trip will truly be a wasted one."

Gu Liuyan only felt as if the words were stuck in her throat, and she fiercely glared at Duan Cheng Xuan. "Now I'm not the medicinal catalyst for you to raise in the prince's estate. You ought to know who my biological father is."

"Then I should go over and propose." Duan Chengxuan raised his hand to hold her in his embrace. "Do you know that you're a woman that follows the Third Prince around with men all day? You really aren't afraid of others looking at your face."

"Not everyone likes pretty faces." Gu Liuyan could only use his elbow to push it away and asked: "So you went to look at my coffin?"

"Your performance was too obvious, that familiar feeling made me doubt it."

Duan Chengxuan stubbornly released his hand that was holding onto the reins. As the horse beneath him slowly moved forward, he raised his other hand to press Gu Danyan's hand. "You started to work for Third Prince, is it to take revenge on me, or is it for your own father?"

"From the very beginning, it was all to avenge you." Gu Danyan was almost pressed into Duan Chengxuan's embrace, and the sounds of horse hooves gradually drew closer behind him. It seemed like the person from before had already caught up.

But Duan Chengxuan didn't care, and Gu Daiyan was never afraid of enraging Duan Chengxuan.

"But after that, I think he was better suited to be emperor than you." He turned his head to the side, but all he could see was the side of Duan Chengxuan's face and his tight cheeks. His voice carried a trace of ridicule as he said, "You should have done better, but you shouldn't have touched a beauty like Su Yuwan."

The arm at his waist tightened, but Gu Pingyan chuckled and said: "Don't be like this. It's not good for you to hurt me."

"You always try to infuriate me." Duan Chengxuan's voice carried a trace of warning.

"Because I'm happy to provoke you, just as you used to torment me." Gu Danyan held his hand and turned her head to look at Lai Xuan who was being escorted over. She said in a low voice: "Where did you hide the ghosts?"

"He's a traitor." Duan Chengxuan hated Gu Danyan looking at the other men.

"I thought you had already let him go. Ghosts are like my elder brother, you don't have the qualifications to decide whether he stays or leaves." Gu Danyan suddenly became angry, and began to struggle like a cub whose mother had been taken away.

In order to prevent her from harming himself, Duan Chengxuan could only relax his grip.

He watched as she jumped off the horse and ran to the back of the carriage. Both the ghosts and children had their mouths gagged and were tied with ropes.

Gu Danyan quickly untied the ghost. Looking at the hesitation in his eyes, he said in a low voice, "Take care of the good kids, his appearance was just an accident."

Phantom comforted her by stroking the back of her hand lightly, "I …" Sometimes I still don't dare to disobey him. "

"I know." Gu Danyan relaxed a little. Since Duan Chengxuan was outside the carriage, she could only slowly leave and once again raised her head to look at him. "I don't need your protection. I have more important matters to attend to."

"You going to work for Eldan?" Duan Chengxuan jumped off the horse and pulled her into his embrace, "I know what you can do. Even though the Third Prince will march and fight, he won't have so many tricks up his sleeve. How can a single prince subdue a city and take it back?"

"But I helped him make the right choice, and I didn't expect you to even use the gutter."

The two of them looked at each other, and the excitement in Duan Chengxuan's eyes was lit ablaze. "You're indeed a good opponent."

"Not only can the Third Prince be my backer, with my status, I can even do more." Gu Danyan pushed Duan Chengxuan aside and followed behind those people.