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"If I lose the bet, she will be the scapegoat, but if I win the bet, I won't let her die so easily."

It wasn't painful but was rather itchy, as if she liked to see Duan Chengxuan suffer from the pain. She only continued, "No matter how you put it, if you obediently accept the punishment, you will still need to torture her to the point where she's ugly. Bring her to your Master's wife's tombstone to repent and atone for his sins."

Duan Chengxuan didn't even know if his heart was sweet or bitter.

The two of them spoke as if they were the only ones in each other's eyes, and it was even harder for Yun Qu to understand his daughter's feelings. Even Qu Li was curious about the relationship between the two of them, and from the looks of it, there didn't seem to be any dissension between their daughter and Duan Cheng Xuan.

After clearing his throat a few times, he called his daughter back to wake up. Yun Wan walked forward and pulled her apart a little, "In broad daylight, you actually even tore off a man's clothes, but you didn't blush at all."

"As a physician, I'll just take a look at your injuries." Gu Yue Yan stood obediently beside Yun Qi. Qu Li's face was dark as she said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I have indeed seen the bodies of many men and women. As a doctor, these are nothing."

Qu Li felt his head ache even more, while Yun Qi wished that he could cover his daughter's open mouth.

"You can't talk about this in front of your parents." At this moment, Duan Chengxuan was also looking at her seriously as he tidied up his clothes.

Gu Liuyan could only shut her mouth. She really didn't know what to do with her elders.

He sat down and told her everything that had happened to him in Jiang Yan. In the end, he even asked, "Why did you come here?"

"For the peace treaty, and even more so for you." "When you faked your death to leave, you could be considered deceiving the Emperor, but your status is different now. If possible, Royal Brother only hopes that I can bring you back to the Palace."

"To be honest, you have changed too much. I thought that you were treating me well for Su Yuwan." Gu Liuyan finally said what he was thinking.

Cracks had already appeared on the cup in Qu Li's hands as he stared coldly at Duan Cheng Xuan.

The latter was initially stunned for a moment before her pale colorless lips curled up into a faint smile.

"So you're still suspicious of me."

However, when we meet again, you are deeply in love. In addition, after so many years had passed, even if Su Yu Wan is not sick, she has to pretend to be sick.

Gu Daiyan poured a cup of tea for himself and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Being suspected of such a feat, Duan Chengxuan remained unmoved. "That makes sense."

Only then did Gu Liuyan nod his head, while Yun Xiao became even more confused. Luckily, the ghosts outside the door could no longer listen, and could only quietly explain.

"Since the two of them met, they have always been this way. Madam, there is no need to worry."

This caused her to worry even more.

"Yan'Er." Yun Dian could only lightly open his mouth and wave his hand at her. "What exactly is the relationship between you and Duan Chengxuan like?"

"I've fallen for him, but I'm not willing to believe him. Moreover, before the Third Prince ascends the throne, I definitely won't help him recruit military merits, and I don't believe that he will really give up the throne for me."

His every word and sentence was not faked, but from the bottom of his heart.

Qu Li still wanted to say that such a man wasn't the best candidate, but Duan Chengxuan followed up, "Aunt, I've treated her the same way. Although she hasn't interacted much with the Third Prince, she's still the Third Prince's person after all. Even if Prince Zong Ping suggests something, she doesn't believe me now, but her heart will be hers from now on."

"If that's the case, then we should keep to ourselves. Mother, there is no need to worry."

Gu Liuyan leaned on Yun Wan's shoulder ingratiatingly as she hugged her arm, "Mother, it's best if you settle the matter between yourself and His Majesty. Your daughter will handle her own matters."

Now that the conversation had come to this point, even if Yun Que worried about it, it would be useless.

He could only sigh lightly and instruct her not to do anything bad to Duan Chengxuan when the situation was extremely tense. Only then did he leave with Qu Li and the ghost, leaving the study to the two of them.

Duan Chengxuan intended to give up his seat, so Gu Liuyan walked over to take a seat as well. She looked at the words written on the document, but after a while she became slightly lost in thought: "Sixth Prince, you recovered so quickly. What exactly does the Emperor want to do?"

"Forced the third prince to conceal his true power." After Duan Chengxuan finished reading the documents in his hand, he handed one of the books over to Gu Daiyan. "The Third Prince will be bringing troops in a short while to pressure Jiang Yan. Are these also what you've prepared?"

"Just left a note to remind you." Gu Mingyan embarrassedly coughed lightly, "If he were to become king in the future, she wouldn't need outstanding battle merits. But now that there's a new Sixth Prince, she shouldn't just sit there and wait for death."

"You don't believe that the Sixth Prince is uninterested in the throne?" Duan Chengxuan smiled lightly, then stealthily moved his hand behind Gu Danyan's back to pull her into his embrace. "I thought you liked her and trusted him even more."

Gu Liuyan did not resist his intimacy, she only put down the book in her hands, "I know what the private and public alike are. On that day, I did not really like him, but in that situation, only he was willing to give me a promise. How can I not be happy?"

Duan Chengxuan's actions froze, and he didn't speak anymore.

The old story was just like a whip that repeatedly flailed around their wounds.

He waited until the sun set before he left. Cheng Shan hurriedly called for a doctor to bandage his wound, but he was reprimanded, "Since this is a punishment, there is no need for these."

In the past, how could Gu Danyan's slim body withstand such a cold?

As night fell, Gu Pingyan finished his shower. Yun Xiao then brought some soup, medicine, and pastries to recuperate himself as he softly said: "Don't push yourself too much. All of the Yun clan's people are coming over these few days, it would be inconvenient for me to step in …"

"I'll stay for a few more days. I won't need to go next time when I make a trip to Jiang Yan." Gu Danyan wiped his long, wet hair and sat next to Yun Qi. He held his mother's cold hand and said, "I will take good care of Madam Yun. Mother can rest assured."

Only now did Yun Xiao relax. If too many people found out that Yun Wan was still alive, for the sake of that immortal medicinal formula, who knows how many more tricks they would have to pull.

Unexpectedly, he was relieved. Only then did Yun Dian leave, not noticing that Gu Danyan's fingertips were still trembling.

Carefully suppressing the trembling of her hands, her forehead was not wet with sweat. She looked at the soup in front of her, and in the end, she did not drink it. She only took a few pills, and her heart rate returned to its normal rate.

His body was becoming more and more unable to withstand the torment.

Now that she lacked the resources, she didn't know if it was because her chest had been injured before, but the poison gradually seeped into her bone marrow, causing her to have a headache. Sometimes, she would wake up with a sharp pain in her chest.

He fell asleep in pain.

In the dead of night, a figure quietly fell from the wall.