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When Misty Rain Pavilion sent people over to Zong Ping's Palace, Duan Chengxuan wasn't there.

He brought his men to live in a house outside of Meng Xu. Xiao Hong, who was with Meng Xu, was in charge of watching over them. At the same time, he helped to pass on the message.

Duan Chengxuan should write a letter to the White Horse Temple and ask the empress dowager about her current situation.

"That Your Highness has never been a good person. If she truly wants to rebel, or is obsessed with longevity, then everything he did before was to make use of you. Now that a living person has been kidnapped, the other party has not put forth a condition, and after several months, he has not made use of even the slightest bit of it. Whether he was coerced by someone, or was just faking it to lure you in, is still unknown."

Cheng Shan's suspicions were not without reason.

However, when he looked out the window at the drizzling rain, he would often think of how Gu Pingyan usually sat down and did not leave his house. Back then, he had only gone to the Hall of Healing and the Imperial Physician Hall, where he would put down his brush to look at the rain when it was quiet. However, there was only one big dead tree in Phoenix Cry Courtyard.

Cheng Shan hurriedly walked in as he was about to write, "Someone sent little young master back. There was also news that Old Man Yun was found in other towns. I sent someone to pick him up just now."

"Crunch."

After the brush in his hand was snapped into two, Duan Chengxuan abruptly stood up and asked, "Does anyone know about this matter?"

"Miss Qi has already concealed this matter. No one knew that the young master had returned. The horses are ready." As Cheng Shan spoke, he followed the hurrying Duan Chengxuan out, lowering his head.

Although he suspected that Gu Danyan had ulterior motives, he did not suspect that this little kid was Qing Ze.

The red girl saw Duan Chengxuan walking out aggressively from afar and hastily walked up to him. "Your Highness Duke of Jing, it's still daytime right now. If someone were to see you going out, it wouldn't be good."

"Qing Ze is back. Find a reason." Duan Chengxuan rather liked the red girl, and her temper was similar to Gu Mingyan's.

The little girl's eyes immediately turned red as she covered her mouth. After taking a few steps, she jogged, "Just say that you want to send the patient to the infirmary. When the time comes, I'll go to the Qi Mansion and take the rouge. I'll have to trouble Your Highness Jing."

Duan Cheng Xuan nodded, then she watched as the red girl rushed out in a flustered manner without the slightest bit of delay in her actions.

Meng Xu was very decisive when it came to his work. Back then, it was indeed the right decision for her to nurture Gu Daiyan.

Thinking like this, in order not to be discovered, Duan Chengxuan took a walk around and found out that Qi Rou had already brought Qing Yi to the Zong Ping Royal Mansion, so she could only change directions and return to the Zong Ping Royal Mansion.

When he arrived in the hall, the little fellow who was eating at the table immediately jumped down and walked into Duan Chenxuan's embrace. At this moment, Duan Chengxuan held onto Qing Qing painfully, "Are you hurt?"

Qing Qing laid quietly in Duan Chengxuan's embrace and sobbed, narrating everything that Yun Qingyang had instructed his to to do one by one. At the end, he sobbed even more deeply, "Grandfather even said …" Mother only stayed awake because of our safety. I just gave her a sniff, but I didn't know … Is she awake? "

As he spoke, Duan Chengxuan tightened his grip on Qing Ze's arm, even his heart had tightened. It seemed that Gu Daiyan had also discovered the matter that Zhang Liangshan had told him about, but if that was the case, who knew what the poison in his body would be.

This woman, on the other hand, wasn't doing anything safe at all.

Just as he was lightly patting Qing Ze's back, Duan Chengyu, who was at the side, frowned and came over. "The people behind all this are actually Gu Cheng and Duan Feng. Imperial Uncle, shouldn't we …?"

"It's unknown whether Gu Cheng really betrayed Duan Feng." Qi Rou hurriedly interjected, then extended her hand to hold the slightly older child in her embrace. "Sleep with father tonight. First, accompany Aunt Rou for a good meal, okay?"

The youth looked at Duan Chengxuan with red eyes.

At first, Duan Chengyu wanted to go up and comfort his child, but Duan Chengxuan walked up to Qi Rou first and helped him wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Qing Shan, eat well. We'll go and bring mother back in a few days, alright?"

"But …" Mother, she's in danger. " The youth looked like he was about to cry again.

Duan Cheng Xuan laughed softly. "Mother was just using a trick, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to tell you the reason. Mom just sent you news saying that she's fine and told Father to take good care of your living arrangements. When the time comes, I'll have to bring you back to visit your little brother in the pill furnace."

Qing Qing blinked and tilted her head. "But mother is in the hands of bad people …"

"Mother is teasing those bad guys. Do you still remember how mother taught you before?" As Duan Cheng Xuan spoke, she wrote a single word in Qing Yi's small hand — Deceitful.

Qing Qing actually recognized that word and obediently nodded her head before withdrawing it into Aunt Rou's embrace. "Then Daddy will bring Mommy back. I don't need Mommy to sleep all the time."

"Alright." Duan Chengxuan helped him tidy up his hair before leaving.

The blue veins on his tightly clenched fist bulged out, making him look extremely terrifying. He even said in a deep voice, "I don't know what Gu Cheng's goal is now. In this way, it'll be difficult to determine who he's with."

"Didn't we say that we must stand together with third brother?" Duan Chengyu frowned.

"If this is all just Duan Chengrui paving the way for himself, then it's not impossible for him to personally let Gu Cheng become the inner court disciple." Duan Chengxuan took a deep breath, then he seemed to have thought of something, and the haze in his eyes instantly vanished. "If Yan'er was here, I should have directly sent someone to get to the bottom of this."

However, Duan Chengyu hesitated at this moment: "If Gu Cheng really is one of Duan Chengrui's men, won't he alert the enemy?"

"So what if you alert the enemy? The throne of Navy Tide is here, and there's only one Inherited Kingdom Jade Seal. Whoever wants to take it, they also need to come and take the risk." As he spoke, Duan Chengxuan lightly pushed Duan Chengyu's shoulder from the side. Seeing his nephew, who had once gone to war on the battlefield, shrink back like a mouse seeing a cat, he immediately got angry and said, "Hurry up and send someone to ask."

"Got it." Duan Chengyu quickly instructed Ruo Ruo to leave and find someone.

When he turned around, he noticed that Duan Chengxuan had already walked back and he quickly followed behind him. "However, I'm curious as to why you wrote a fake word in Qing Yi's hands, so he stopped crying. Rou'er and I coaxed him for a long time before you came."

"Because I had taught him that there is nothing to be afraid of, and now that he's back, it's probably because Yan'Er had taken the risk and used her aura to oppress him. Gu Cheng didn't want to make me his enemy in the future, so he took a detour, but this goal …"

"Oh right, there's another letter that came with him." Duan Chengyu hit his head.

The veins on Duan Chengxuan's forehead popped out as he slapped the back of Duan Chengyu's head. "Speak!"

Duan Chengyu held his head, thinking that he had just forgotten about it for a moment. As he dug out the letter, he muttered: "You are becoming more and more similar to Gu Pingyan, don't you know that beating your head will make you stupid?"