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The dungeon in the barracks was filled with the smell of blood.

Only one person was locked up at the place where the prisoners of war and the rebel army should have been interrogated.

In this gloomy dungeon, Duan Chengrui sat alone under the light of the candle, wearing a white robe, the surroundings empty and dark.

He should have been alone.

The sound of light footsteps came from the stairs as a woman in bright red clothes leisurely walked in from the door. She walked unimpeded as she supported a food box on her wrist with one hand, respectfully passing through this silent darkness. Only when she stopped outside Duan Chenrui's cage did she humble her head and half-kneel on the ground, passing the delicacies within the box through the railings.

Feng Yue's pretty face didn't have a trace of panic and worry on it. "That Your Highness really didn't agree."

Duan Chengrui sat cross-legged on the wet bed and slowly opened his eyes. After spending a moment digesting the one and only light, he finally extended his hand and picked up the bowl and chopsticks. He only ate a mouthful before chuckling, "It seems like she doesn't have any feelings for me at all."

If Duan Chengxuan is unable to become king, then she will never have to be so devoted in the future. Moreover, Your Highness only hopes that she can accompany you for a period of time. Feng Yue lowered her head and placed the empty food box by her side. She respectfully waited for Duan Chengrui to finish eating.

"If you can't do it by force in the future, then you can only take the initiative." Duan Chengrui carefully savored the delicacies before him, his voice calm. "Is the empress dead?"

"Someone has already been sent to assassinate me. In the future, I will arrive at Sky Flame and complete my mission." Feng Yue's fist was pressed against the ground, his soft voice even more biting: "It's just that Duan Yin has sent people to quietly surround Your Highness' mansion, it seems that they want to find that Your Highness. The reason is still unknown."

After a pause, Duan Chengrui's scholarly face revealed a ghastly and cold expression.

"Yue Qing will take care of it. First, get someone to find out about Gu Liuyan's whereabouts. If there's a chance, bring her away." In the end, Duan Chengrui didn't finish his meal and uneasily put down his bowl and chopsticks. "Although I can tolerate her giving birth to other people's flesh and bones, I can't see her together with Duan Chengxuan at all times … I've endured all these years of acting … "

Feng Yue wished she could bury her head into the ground. "This subordinate will do his best to do this."

"If you say so, I am relieved too." Duan Chengrui's face was covered with a smile that was as warm as jade, then she said, "If it wasn't for the empress coming at me, I never would have known that the empress was Duan Chengxuan's man. Now, she wants to borrow Duan Feng's hand to get rid of me, and then secretly get rid of Duan Feng to help Duan Chengxuan get on the throne, so I naturally can't let her stay. "

"I didn't expect the empress to be Duan Chengxuan's man. It's just that this subordinate is truly curious, why are you so sure?"

"Because the empress has never really supported Duan Feng, so I can't wait for him to die." Duan Chengrui once again closed his eyes, "Duan Feng's ambition is too great, not even royal father or Duan Chengxuan can accommodate him. The empress merely helped him in order to stabilize her position, she even didn't hesitate to pull her mother's family into the water."

However, Duan Chengxuan being able to hide it for so long instead caused Duan Chengrui to be unable to refrain from trembling in fear.

But as long as Gu Daiyan wasn't by Duan Cheng Xuan's side, he would be able to compete fairly with him.

Gu Liuyan was sometimes too sharp.

A moment later, everything in the dungeon became silent, while the guards at the door pretended that they had never seen Feng Yue before and only watched as the woman in the bright red dress left the border city under the control of Duan Feng, unimpeded.

Who, and who knows?

When he woke up, the only thing that remained outside of the window was a starry sky.

The man beside the bed was sitting up straight, his normally straight back slightly bent, and his eyes were filled with confusion.

Perhaps it was to prevent her from going through all of the suffering in order to protect her child, but due to her state of mind, she did not want to speak. She raised her hand and placed it on his back, "It's night, why aren't you sleeping?"

"You …"

"I'm not going anywhere in the future. I'm going to give birth here. What do you think?" Gu Mingyan supported herself up with her sore arms, causing Duan Chengxuan to quickly reach out with his hands as he maintained a half-hug position and helped her sit on the edge of the bed.

"It's just that Qing Zi is by himself. Let's go back and celebrate New Year with him next year, okay?" Gu Danyan moved over and grabbed Duan Chenxuan's arm before she could say anything. With sparkling eyes, he said, "I hope that's the case."

How could Duan Cheng Xuan have any reason to refuse?

Ai Qi had already said that her body was recovering well and that she could safely give birth to a child and then use something else to detoxify her body.

"Can I stay tonight?" Duan Chengxuan held her shoulders and lightly caressed the side of Gu Danyan's ear.

"A little." Gu Danyan pushed his head away with a smile and said, "I want to get a good night's sleep by myself. I won't need to work so hard for the next few days."

"How heartless." Duan Chengxuan had a stern expression, and his eyes even carried a sense of worry.

Gu Liuyan moved closer to him and kissed him on the lips. She said in a slurred voice: "I love you so much …"

Soft lips pressed together, the words blurred.

The cicada's cry had yet to appear, and the scorching summer heat had yet to even land on Duan Chengxuan's skin. In his ears were the murmurs of everything growing in the spring, and in front of his eyes was Gu Pingyan's long and thin, trembling eyelashes, as well as his half-closed eyes that carried a deep feeling he had never seen before. Her fingertips buckled onto the back of Duan Chengxuan's neck as he gently stroked the slightly protruding bones, causing them to tremble.

Their children would be born when summer came, and their cries would drown out the cicadas, but they would welcome the hot light of the sky, like the warmth of their chests.

Gu Poyan had sneakily felt into his sleeves, so he quietly pinched a piece of flesh and pinched it: "It was a thousand times more painful than this just now."

A few chuckles leaked out of Duan Cheng Xuan's throat, and it was comparable to holding onto her arm. "As long as you're fine, I'll promise you anything."

"Even if I sleep alone tonight, do you have any complaints?" Gu Mingyan separated from him a little and pulled back her hand to wipe her lips. She lightly smiled.

"I can get someone to move another bed. You have to let me watch you." Duan Chengxuan once again supported her down on the bed, as it seemed that the moment he touched her weak and sore hand, he would know that she was extremely weak.

Gu Danyan was too lazy to argue with him, so she lazily lay down: "Then what's the difference between you and ghosts?"

"He won't flirt with you after you fall asleep." Duan Cheng Xuan bent down and lightly pinched her chin before dropping down to give her a kiss.

Gu Liuyan smiled in relief: "Go to sleep, I will allow you to move in another bed."

"Yes, ma'am." Duan Cheng Xuan then kissed the tip of her finger.

However, she was mercilessly slapped away by Gu Daiyan: "Call me Miss, I'm not even married to you yet."

Yan'Er really had no affinity with the jade from her family. As Duan Cheng Xuan thought like this, she rubbed the back of her hand that was hurting, then bitterly left.

He slept soundly that night, while the stars outside the window were obscured by dark clouds.