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Outside the window, the rain dripped in droplets, but Gu Pingyan only sat on the rattan chair and rocked gently. A book that had only been flipped through a few pages landed beside her, covered half of her body with a thin blanket.

Compared to before, when he was full of energy and vigor, Gu Danyan had less time to wake up these days.

From the beginning, when he took less medicine, until now, he still needed to take a large amount of soup to calm his pregnancy and expel the toxicity. Yun Wan and Zhang Liangshan had been busy in the pharmacy almost every day, and they had no idea that Er Dan's soldiers were already headed towards the Jiang Yan border city. Er Dan's and Yan Jiang's offensive was now enough to crush Ai Yan's fragile city.

Outside the city, the slaughter continued without end. The odds of winning the war had yet to be determined.

He only carried the food box in his hand and walked over, then put down the curtains on both sides of the long corridor and fixed them to the side. Only after seeing that the cold wind had weakened did he bring the books that she hadn't finished reading over, then sat down to read them carefully by the side.

The first thing he wanted to do was to find the book by his side, but unfortunately, it was empty. He raised his eyes and saw Duan Chengxuan sitting at the side, reading more than half of her book, and only lazily said, "It's only a child's book, so you should take it very seriously."

"I didn't expect you to read these too." Duan Chengxuan raised his head, seeming to lack interest in this painting book, and only opened the food box and placed it on the small table beside Gu Xiuyan. "Sleep here, you're not afraid of getting cold."

If I sleep in my room, I'm afraid that I won't be able to go down to the ground for even a few days. I might as well stay here and listen to the rain since it's just a place to store my tools. Gu Daiyan glanced at these sweet pastries. His mouth was full of a strong medicinal taste, and his forehead was also throbbing with pain. He could only turn his head away and not eat it.

These days, she could eat whatever she wanted.

Thinking about what Yun Qi had told him, Duan Chengxuan didn't force him. He only asked, "Have you finished investigating the matter that I did that year?"

"I did find out about it, but I didn't expect you to do so many things to me. Why are there so many things that you didn't do anything about?" Gu Liuyan raised his eyebrows and showed a confused expression.

At first, I was hesitant, but in the end, I didn't want to do it anymore. What I regret the most is that I've wronged Qing Di, causing a great mistake. When I return, I'll go with you to sweep the grave and apologize. Duan Chengxuan's voice was light, as if he was afraid of disturbing someone who had just awoken.

Gu Tinyan yawned and then said, "In the end, this is still Su Yuwan's problem. However, when Liu'er investigated, I realized that you were playing quite a few tricks."

"What do you want to know?" Duan Chengxuan was expressionless.

"I want to know why you gave up the throne when you were only one step away from becoming the emperor. Your mother even mentioned that the Jade Seal of the Legacy is no longer in Sky Fire City. I find it strange that it's like this. " Gu Liuyan shifted her body a bit, but she still managed to sit up. Clenching her arm tightly on the armrest, she pressed down half of her body's weight before looking straight at Duan Chengxuan: "If you really want me to say, you and Duan Chengrui both want to fight for the throne, you have quite the ambition."

"You don't believe me?"

"Of course I don't believe you, and I just remembered that the water in the Water Pass is flowing through the entire Navy Tide. Although there is an extra source of water, but as long as you go through the Water Pass, you can stay in any village near the river." Gu Danyan carefully looked at Duan Chengxuan's eyes, then continued, "The generals of your Righteous Water Pass are extremely good, and almost all of them listen to you. Those merchant ships that pass through the Sunset Water Stronghold must not all be traveling within Navy Tide, at least thirty percent of them come from another country. If these outsiders want to go to Navy Tide to do business, the waterway is safe.

Duan Chengxuan raised his hand. "So you think?"

"I thought that you had just turned a blind eye to the matter at the Sunset Water Branch. If it were not for the Tong Zhou incident, and the matter was beyond your tolerance, you would not have bothered." Gu Liuyan slowly stood up from the rattan chair and stretched her legs, "But the Sunset Water Stronghold can't only appear here. Blackwater Town is also located by the water, so is it possible that other places along the river have similar trades? This is where your information came from."

"Indeed, sometimes everything is either black or white." Duan Chengxuan didn't stand up. He only raised his head with a smile as he looked at Gu Danyan. "This is also the result of Liu'er's investigation."

"I guessed." Gu Danyan paced back and forth in the corridor and spoke in a low voice, "That's why most of the troops are sent by the waterway of the Water Pass, including the ones that pass through the border to send messages to the people inside."

"You're very smart."

"But at the same time, this water route is already more than a hundred miles away from Sky Fire City. If you really want your army to suppress your cultivation, it isn't difficult to force your way through the palace. At the same time, the Sunset Water Branch and other places have people who make and sell poisons. Following that, I looked through the recent battles and the big and small incidents, and the people who use the poisons are increasing. Although this has nothing to do with you, you must have investigated about it. " Gu Liuyan walked for a while before stopping. She didn't look at Duan Chengxuan and only raised her head to look at the droplets of rain that fell from the roof.

The silence that followed lasted for a long time, until he heard footsteps approaching. The man with his back against the man's chest finally opened his mouth. "This matter has something to do with me."

Gu Mingyan poked his waist with her elbow, indicating that he should continue.

"That year, I did indeed want to poison my brother to death and then borrow the water to raise troops and usurp power. However, this poison was all found in the Second Prince's estate that year and was left behind by your mother, but at that time, the thing I brought back was stolen by someone and disappeared without a trace. In the end, it appeared in every place, so I began to investigate."

"Who's so capable to take these things away from under your nose?" Gu Daiyan already had a choice in mind.

The man behind her hugged her and swayed a few times. He waited until Gu Tinyan impatiently patted him, so he stammered, "Now that I think about it, it's Su Yuwan …"

"Then why did you not kill her?" Gu Liuyan asked again.

"Because I haven't been able to find any trace of Mu Qing, and with Su Yuwan's ability, she still can't do so many things. Furthermore, I haven't been able to find out from whom Mu Qing learned medical skills since childhood, and normally she doesn't seem to be very good at it, but whenever Su Yuwan is mentioned, he would be able to explain everything." Duan Chengxuan simply bent down and buried his head into her neck. "Should we line up to catch a big fish?"

However, the person in his embrace slowly took two steps forward, and struggled free from his embrace, "Same logic, who knows if you're secretly protecting Mu Qing, then casually pulled out a reason to trick me?"

Duan Chengxuan looked at his empty arms, as he felt that it would probably take quite some time for him to obtain Gu Danyan's trust.