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Qu Li was caught unprepared.

After a slight pause, Qu Li coughed dryly and walked around the table with his hands behind his back, "I can take it, but it's not worth it."

"What if His Majesty doesn't move at all and keeps a few Fringe Cities in his possession?"

"A fool's dream." Qu Li subconsciously replied. He turned his head around and saw a face similar to Yun Dian's. His heart skipped a beat.

He had been an emperor for too long. How could he treat his daughter like this?

However, Gu Mingyan only flicked an indifferent glance at him, but her tone remained the same. "I want all of Jiang Yan's slaves to rebel, but that's only if Dan is willing to show his sincerity towards those slaves."

"Those slaves have knelt for too long. Even if they want to sow discord, they have to take care of their families." Qu Li's face darkened.

"But now, the person sitting opposite to me in the imperial court is Gu Cheng. Compared to being one of the emperor's trusted aides, I feel like he would rather like to ascend the throne himself." Gu Daiyan carefully sized up Qu Li's expression. Seeing that Qu Li had remained silent and seemed to be deep in thought, he continued, "Although Gu Cheng deserves to die, this ambition of his can be fully utilized. What does Your Majesty think?"

When he mentioned Gu Cheng, Qu Li's expression darkened. Now that he heard that Gu Liuyan still wanted to use Gu Cheng, he felt less favorable towards his daughter and kept his distance. He said coldly, "How do you want to use Gu Cheng?"

"When Gu Cheng is forced to rise, it'll be time for His Majesty to take advantage of the situation and enter." Gu Mingyan turned to face Qu Li and said in a low voice, "However, as I said before, I will also tell Prince Navy Tide about Gu Cheng's matter. In this Jiang Yan Fringe City, even if Your Majesty doesn't help, Duan Chengxuan and Duan Chengrui won't stay behind.

"Are you threatening me?"

"Ever since our tribes were divided, there have been no bystanders in this world. Whether or not we do something is all up to Your Majesty." After Gu Daiyan finished speaking, she bowed slightly, "I've already spoken. In the future, if Gu Cheng makes any moves, I'll tell him everything. His Majesty can judge the situation on his own."

Then, Gu Danyan started to walk out.

Qu Li raised his eyebrows and subconsciously grabbed Gu Danyan's wrist, "You don't have anything else you want to tell me?"

Gu Danyan looked at the hand that had grabbed his wrist and the deep scars on it. He was stunned for a moment before he said in a low voice, "Thank you, your Majesty, for writing me a letter to Jiang Yan?"

"You …" Qu Li was momentarily embarrassed.

"This wound doesn't look like it was caused by a sword or a knife. It's a wound caused by a piece of coarse hemp rope or a vine." Gu Danyan held Qu Li's hand and felt it was much bigger than his own. She dared to open the cuff of her sleeve and check his pulse: "You are strong, but you have been tired recently."

"Some …"

I'll write down Zhang Fang in a moment, and treat him for a few days. His Majesty won't be able to use it to wipe away his wounds, so I won't trouble you too much." Gu Danyan raised her head and looked at him. Seeing that Qu Li was still in a daze, she gently released his hand. "We are in His Majesty's study room now. There are some things that are hard to say. I will stay for a few days. Your Majesty, please take care of the matters first.

After saying that, she raised her hand and had the girl at the door take her away.

Qu Li stood there in a daze. He then smiled and turned around to return to his table. He muttered to himself, "It seems like it does look a bit like Yun Xiao."

The sleeping quarters of the imperial palace weren't magnificent, but they were also very clean.

The bed with the blue and white water pattern on it looked cold and lonely, but the pillow with the white jade weaved flowers had a unique style. The furnishings in the room seemed casual, but they were all done in a single breath.

Gu Mingyan took out the small puppet on the shelf beside him: "This puppet is pretty cute."

"This was personally made by the king himself. The rest of the furnishings on this shelf were either chosen or made by him. He has been waiting for you to come back." The quick-witted girl quickly came over with a smile.

Gu Danyan was silent. He only played with these things one by one before he came to the bookshelf. There were a lot of books that he had never seen before. He said: "I still want to read some medical books, do you have them here?"

"Yes, your servant will bring it to you right away."

The ladies hurried outside.

However, by the time they returned, the entrance to the palace had already been locked by the people inside. If the guards had not received Gu Danyan's message, they would probably have gone to inform the emperor.

Gu was allowed to take off his outer garments, which he could breathe under his scarf in the summer.

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Gu Tinyan frowned and looked at his legs. He could not help but pinch them.

She overestimated herself.

At this moment, his legs felt as heavy as lead, but he didn't know why he had to stubbornly continue walking together with Duan Chengxuan.

Back then, Su Yuwan had sent the fake death poison over and the ingredients couldn't disperse for a long time. In order to not delay the journey, she could only keep herself warm and rest, relying on the pill on her body.

When he stood before Qu Li, he had long since become swollen to the point that he was unable to endure the swelling. Needless to say, if one were to take a closer look, that terrifying appearance, which was as purple as a vein, had already extended from his knees to his ankles, making it difficult to conceal it.

She didn't want to stay two days, but she had to, unless she really didn't want those legs in the future.

The palace maids and guards outside did not dare to disturb her, so she calmly wiped the medicinal ointment off her legs. Even though she was sweating profusely from the pain, she still remembered that this place was not very trustworthy, so she could only grit her teeth and endure.

Unfortunately, she was wrong in the end and really thought that her father was someone who could remain calm.

Just as she ate the pills wrapped in the blanket and was about to take a nap, the door opened with such force that the pills in her hands almost spilled all over the floor. Before she could clearly see who was outside, the calm man from before had already rushed to the edge of her bed and shouted, "Call the imperial physician!"

Gu Liuyan was flustered. He wanted to stop them, but the guard with the agile body had already disappeared.

Then he remembered that he only had two bare legs under his blanket, so escaping was impossible. He pulled up his blanket and put the pills into his mouth without leaving a trace. "I just want to take a nap and take some tranquil pills."

Qu Li's taut face finally relaxed a little. He looked at the jade bottle with a strange look. "It is three parts medicine and three parts poison."

"But if I don't get enough rest, it will be even more troublesome." Gu Daiyan's expression did not change as he lied to Qu Li. He had expected the other party to not be able to lift up the quilt to look at him clearly, but unexpectedly, his wrist dropped down and Qu Li's eyes immediately turned cold: "You didn't even wipe the cold sweat on your forehead. Take a look at your pulse!"

Gu Liuyan's heart skipped a beat. This Emperor knew medicine!?