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"What's your relationship with Duan Chengrui?" Gu Mingyan swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"He is the son of my close friend. If you really like Rui Er, then follow me and let us pull down the current emperor together. This is faster than any plaything." Esteban giggled in her ear.

Gu Liuyan also laughed softly: "According to the current situation, this is indeed the fastest way."

But before she could rejoice, a silver needle pierced her temple, piercing a tiny drop of blood. "Who would have thought that I would do the same to a concubine I've never met?"

He had originally thought that he would be looking for the culprit within the palace, but he didn't expect that he would be the culprit's bait.

"Do you want Princess Er Dan to kill the Emperor of Navy Tide just because of his selfishness?" Gu Liuyan's other hand hit on the side of Hui Fei's waist. After a muffled groan, he reached out and grabbed her neck. The sabre landed at her feet and was ruthlessly stepped on by her. The three-legged cat martial arts that the ghost gave her was still quite useful.

For example, Esteban's blade couldn't be faster than her hand.

Hufei whimpered but didn't dare to shout. This was the blade of the sword in the palace. If anyone came over, they would know who had attacked first.

Gu Danyan carefully loosened his grip and squinted his eyes in hopes of seeing something, but it was all grey. He could only suppress his beating heart and coldly said: "Your purpose."

"I just wanted to kill Duan Cong, that schemer, and you just so happen to have her trust."

"What?" Countless possibilities flashed through Gu Liuyan's mind. Maybe there was an even bigger conspiracy behind her.

"The reason he kept me here was because he loved me before he met that descendant of the Yun family. Now, he only wants to exchange the trust between us by giving up your Yun family. Once he completely knows the method of immortality, he will kill me, his lover, to complete the final step." Her eyes filled with tears.

Gu Liuyan opened her eyes wide, releasing her completely: "You killed Duan Cong, just because you were afraid that he would kill you?"

Hui Fei coughed a few times as she held onto her throat, and miserably raised her head: "Don't you know? Although the process of becoming immortal is not clear yet, the first step is to consume a large amount of human blood. The final step is to consume the flesh and blood of the loved one in order to achieve the perfect compatibility of Yin and Yang and eliminate the secular world … "

The autumn rain outside the door suddenly grew heavier, and Gu Daiyan followed the young eunuch into the rain with a calm expression.

The battered Imperial Concubine Hui picked up the blade in her hand and watched as her trusted palace maid walked to her side. Only guilt remained in her eyes as the blade trembled in her hands. "I don't know if she will believe me …"

That palace maid walked up to Yue Qing, her similar face carrying a smile. "Your Highness has never met her before. If you speak so crazily, I'm sure Your Highness will believe you."

As long as Gu Daiyan doubted the true intentions of Duan Cong and Duan Chengxuan, then their goal would already be half accomplished.

The sound of rain falling on the umbrella and the sound of footsteps on water.

Gu Liuyan, on the other hand, was quite distracted. Her mind was filled with the crazy smile of Huaifei and her final sentence.

It was as if everything he had ever known was linked together.

Why did Duan Ku leave Waifei behind.

Why did Mu Qing insist on protecting the useless Su Yu Wan?

Why Duan Cheng Xuan's attitude towards her had greatly changed that time, and why she chose to be the guardian of loyalty and accompany her by her side.

And for what reason had she been born in this body — because the heavens wanted her to correct the mistakes made by that ancestor.

Thus, from the very beginning, her body had been linked with the word 'immortal'.

"Heh." Laughing lightly, she grabbed the eunuch's arm and spoke in a low voice, "Let's go to the imperial study. Tell the others that Esteemed wangfei was just a bit agitated and recognized me as the dead empress."

A short sentence was enough to make the young eunuch think that she had done something to the empress, which was why she was so guilty. However, this was exactly what Gu Daiyan needed to do.

Just like the rest of them, Duan Chengrui selflessly hoped that he would be able to live with the method of immortality. Could it be that he only wished to find the truth before consuming her flesh and blood?

She had never believed that human desire could surpass love.

Due to the ruckus caused by Hui-fei, she stepped into the house before the three of them could leave after receiving their orders.

After respectfully bowing to Duan Cong, Gu Mingyan expressionlessly opened her mouth, and her mind no longer had any plans she had discussed with other people. She only said in a deep voice: "I will break the engagement with Duan Chenrui, and I hope that I can personally go to the Falling Water Barrier to prove that I'm immortal and immortal."

Duan Chengrui looked at Gu Danyan in disbelief. She should have come today to check his father's pulse.

"Immortality can't be real …"

"There are no empty promises in this world. Since everyone in this world wishes to see it, why don't we let them give their lives to prove that this matter is real so that we can sound the alarm for future generations?" Gu Danyan slowly took a step forward, "In addition, Your Majesty, do you think that the Canglan Chaos today has nothing to do with these four words?"

The last syllable was accompanied by a light laughter that ridiculed himself. When Duan Chengxuan saw the seriousness on Gu Daiyan's face, he said in a low voice, "Even if it has something to do with longevity, we will still quell this chaos."

"Do you think that the Duan Clan paid no attention to this because they wanted to obtain this fictitious thing?" As an outsider, Duan Cong coldly opened her mouth, full of wariness when faced with Gu Pingyan who dared to speak such words.

Facing this question, Gu Danyan straightened her back, maintained her proper smile, and said in a calm voice: "I don't think so, but could it be that your brother and son truly loved me just because I was different enough?"

"Come to think of it, the people you have loved for generations are all descendants of the Yun clan."

When Gu Mingyan's last word fell, Duan Chengrui clenched his fist with a dark and cold gaze.

He had not expected that the plan would fall upon him.

However, Duan Cong had been on guard from the start, but now, it was as if she was facing a great enemy. As a king, he loved her loved ones, but now, faced with Gu Shenwei's aggressive questioning, he could not utter a word of rebuttal.

The Duan Clan's people were all like this, but he … He didn't have the right to say such words.

The Emperor's silence was the best answer to this answer scroll. Gu Pingyan had never imagined that the pain would be felt so quickly. Now, all she could see was darkness. Even the warmth from her fingertips disappeared in silence.

"It's exactly because I'm the Duan Clan and you're the Yun Clan that I can't fall in love with you. Is your brain tied up?" Duan Chengxuan's voice sounded from her left. "Then let Duan Changrui take you to the falling water gate and walk it once. Once I've proven the method of immortality, I'll do my best to prove everything."

"I will also prove that the so-called immortality is all nonsense." Gu Daiyan looked towards the direction of the voice.

Their gazes met, and Duan Chengxuan could clearly see the distrust on her face.

Just who was causing this mess!