Duan Chengxuan had a rare good night's sleep.
When dawn broke, Sang Ning was no longer in the room. Gu Daiyan was sitting with one hand on his cheek and the other holding a book. He was staring at it with a slightly dazed expression, as if he was not the least bit addicted to sleep.
This was slightly different from the pregnant women Duan Chengxuan had heard of.
He got up and changed his clothes, walking all the way to Gu Danyan's side. When he saw the look of concentration on his face, he started to panic.
"You're awake?" Gu Danyan put down the book in her hands and spoke to Qing Shui with a gentle tone, "Come here, I'll give you the medicine on your back. Change it to another medicine."
Duan Chengxuan sat down, took off his clothes, and allowed Gu Danyan to fiddle with him.
His hands were as dexterous and as rational as ever.
Seeing that he was lost in thought, Gu Liuyan helped him put on the clothes and instructed the maidservants outside to bring the breakfast. She helped him to straighten his clothes: "Since it's settled, you can go back now."
"No." Duan Chengxuan's expression instantly became serious.
"Don't be willful, you're Navy Tide's prince, what are you doing here?" Gu Danyan was also looking at him seriously, patting his wound in return. Seeing his furrowed eyebrows from the pain, she said, "There's no need for you to do this for me …"
"Back then, for the sake of my mother and my safety, my elder brother succeeded the throne. His lover, who was held as hostage, was killed and he died without a complete corpse." Duan Chengxuan extended his hand to pinch Gu Liuyan's chin. "Since I don't want the throne now, I absolutely won't lose a beauty."
"Is there any difference between you treating me now and the Su Yu Wan from before? Now that you clearly know that your brother has shown you great kindness, you actually left him alone in Sky Flame. " Gu Liuyan's jaw hurt, but he didn't seem to want to struggle. There was some disdain in his words: "So it looks like you haven't changed at all."
Perhaps in normal times, Duan Chengxuan would carefully ponder over her words.
But now, he let go of her hand. Before Gu Meiyan could react, he had already ripped off half of her thin clothes, and those black vines were incomparably dazzling.
Gu Daiyan's pupils contracted slightly. He wanted to hide it, but it was already too late.
Duan Chengxuan's voice was like his own shadow as he continued, "It's like a woman going to the gates of hell to give birth. Your body's poison hasn't even been reduced by half, yet you still want this child? Do you really think I would be deceived by your words? "
Instead, he sized up the cloud characters that should have appeared, and then said: "On the way here, I was curious as to why you didn't tell this good news to Qingze. All the letters that were delivered were, without exception, to report their safety, but then I recalled that night …"
"Do you still want to take my second child?" Gu Danyan slapped his hand away and said, "If you really have that kind of intention, then kill me too."
Duan Chengxuan clenched his fist, and his bones creaked.
"Do you really care about your own life?"
"Now, the first thing I have to do is to protect this child." Gu Danyan stood up in panic and retreated all the way to the door before stopping. The pain in his chest came again.
She shouldn't be nervous. The spread of the poison was also related to her state of mind.
Duan Chengxuan stood up as well. He still wanted to say something to calm her down, but the door was knocked.
"We'll talk about it later." Gu Danyan shook his head, one of his hands was arranging his loose clothes while the other opened the door.
Sanning, who was still standing on the spot and knocking on the door, opened his mouth when he saw Gu Daiyan's pale face: "There's someone called Fan Feng outside the door looking for you."
Gu Daiyan nodded, brushed past Sanning's shoulder and walked out quickly.
Duan Chengxuan rubbed his forehead with a headache, then took two deep breaths before saying in a low voice, "I don't understand why she's willing to throw away his life just to give birth to this child and leave the battlefield. When everything is settled, we still have a lot of time …"
Even before he finished speaking, Duan Chengxuan had already quivered and stared blankly at Sang Ning.
The latter seemed to have just reacted, "Maybe she doesn't have much time left."
"Damn it." Duan Chengxuan angrily smashed his fist on the table and followed up with a jog.
Why was she so impatient to deal with Su Yu Wan? Why did she always hide everything and come to the front line?
Maybe it's not all about the big picture...
Outside of the courtyard, Gu Pingyan was carefully looking through the things that Fan Feng had delivered, but he was just thinking about the map he had studied in the past few days and using it as an intelligence report. After thinking for a moment, he returned these things to Fan Feng, "Since Old Xu has already shown some sincerity, and these things seem to be similar to my previous research, I can give it a try."
"General Lai Xuan thinks that if one believes too much in this moment, it might be a misunderstanding." Fan Feng lowered his voice.
Just open one of the entrances, and after that it would be best to use another eight thousand people to surround and annihilate them. There was once an unmarked cemetery in the northwest part of the forest, cleaned up by the emperor of Jiang Yan a hundred years ago, and was originally prepared to use it as a tomb. However, due to Feng Shui giving up on using it as a graveyard, the collapse of the rocks in these years has not yet been completed. Gu Liuyan said.
"But, the other side definitely knows what you know." Fan Feng felt slightly awkward.
"Of course, but there will be a fierce battle in the northwest forest. The best way is not to seize the initiative, but to make a move later and invite the Lord into the Urn. However, we still need to be careful when seizing the opportunity. Also …" Gu Danyan was talking to Fan Feng in detail. As he spoke, he asked the maid to go to his room and bring out the papers that had been written yesterday. He then handed them over to Fan Feng.
After standing still for an hour, Fan Feng left at top speed. As he left, he even instructed the people in the city that these Navy Tide Soldiers were here to help. Although they had to be on guard, they had to treat Gu Danyan well before leaving.
When he turned around and was about to go back, two children rushed in from the street and stopped in front of her. The brother and sister gave her a basket of sweet potatoes and smiled: "Mother wants us to thank you for saving big brother's hands and legs."
"You're welcome. On the contrary, I should thank you for your sweet potatoes." Gu Danyan could only bend down slightly and rub the two kids' heads. He watched the two kids leave and then walked back with the basket of sweet potatoes.
As he stepped into the long corridor, a chilly wind blew.
After leaving the main matter, her mind was in chaos, but she did not know why Duan Chengxuan was so persistent. Not only that, he was as meticulous as before and knew a lot. She seemed to have no secrets.
A hand lightly fell on her shoulder, and Duan Chengxuan's outer garment also rested on her shoulder.
Duan Chengxuan took out his hair from behind her back and lightly kissed the back of her neck. "I won't take away your child, so you have to promise me as well. You can't take away my lover."