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Madam Liu had a pair of children with him, and their faces were pale.

Before she could speak, Gu Mingyan tilted her head, a faint smile sweeping across her face, and in the next moment, she wiped the smile off her face and lowered her head. She then took a few small steps towards Gu Zhiyuan, and looked up at her father with red eyes.

If the Seventh Prince did not die today, then his eldest daughter would be his future wife in the future.

"Mingyan did not die, Seventh Prince also woke up, it's truly a good match."

Gu Zhiyuan was in a good mood as he ruffled Gu Mingyan's hair, his fingers caressing the red scar on the side of his face, looking at the timid daughter whose eyes turned red, and actually pinched the sleeves of her clothes until it was creased.

"Don't be afraid, Ming Yan. There's still one year before you mature. In this year, you must study and write with your younger brother and sister. Don't be a country girl again."

Gu Zhiyuan's voice was soft and gentle. She was only prepared to put aside all the filthy things that her daughter had done before.

Gu Mingyan nodded obediently, and called out for his father in a low voice. Then, he tidied up the clothes on his body and slowly walked towards the Han courtyard.

Before he left, Madam Liu clearly saw the provocation in those eyes, and his face immediately changed.

This girl knew how to change her face!

Gu Mingyan could not be bothered with whether his snobbish father would put the crime of assassins on the shoulders of the aunt and the second lady.

This body was dead, and now she was in its place.

And the dead Seventh Prince was found by someone, and came back to life. In a sense, it really was a perfect match.

With the wind and snow swirling around her body, she raised her hand to catch a sparkling frost flower. The corner of her mouth curled up into a faint smile.

In the end, he had managed to escape from death. In the future, his life and death would be in the hands of others, and he would be the one to have the good fortune and disaster.

However, this mansion was like a wolf and tiger, and all eyes were focused on her, the eldest daughter. Today, she was weak, and in the future, she would inevitably be bullied by others. Today, she would leave a few looks to Madam Liu as a warning, because if she did not beg her children to come for revenge in the future, she would not turn a blind eye.

Not to mention, he would be in this mansion in the future.

The only person she wanted to deceive was her father. With his protection, the thoughts of others had nothing to do with her.

At this moment, the white cloth and red cloth completely flew down from the sky and engulfed the various families within the city.

The black carriage entered through the city gate, and on its roof hung the dragon's bells. On the carriage's curtain, there was a golden pattern of phoenix feathers, with a single word engraved on it.

The surrounding citizens all retreated, but before they could see the snow falling into the carriage, it had turned into water droplets in the hands of the Seventh Prince.

"There's still one more year before he reaches his prime."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, carrying a hint of indiscernible coldness.

Gu Mingyan could only hear the sound of the wind and snow outside through the high wall, but the rolling wheels could only make sounds of crunching snow.

The Han Courtyard was a secluded courtyard of the mansion, and although it was usually tended, it was mostly prepared for the guests. The Han Courtyard was only one wall away from the street, except for the tranquility of the night. There was a small pond in the courtyard, where the living water flowed underground, so deep that one could not see the bottom, and it was desolate and cold that not even the lotus flowers had been planted.

She stretched out her hand to pull off the red cloth and raised her chin. "It's impossible for me to marry someone I don't love!"

There was still a year left before she would find a reason to get out of this marriage contract.

He threw the red cloth on top of the pool water, only leaving behind a dark glint in his eyes.

Stepping into the Han Courtyard, she picked up a few books and read them. With her memories of this body, she knew a lot about the characters here.

The window was wide open, and the snow was falling in a mess on the table, but she didn't know it.

When Gu Ziyan brought his servant over, he only saw the wild girl seated in front of the window. Her eyes were serious, her fingertips reaching over the layers of paper and slowly flipping it, her mouth had a faint smile, her eyes were like peach blossoms.

He carried his skirt and walked in, and the two maidservants behind him knelt down in front of Gu Mingyan.

Startled by the two's actions, Gu Mingyan put down the book and slowly stood up. Inadvertently stroking the folds of her skirt, she didn't look like the weak and helpless little country girl just now.

"Is little sister Ziyan here to deliver a servant girl to big sister?" Gu Mingyan smiled brilliantly as he sized up the two maids.

She was only fourteen, but these two maids seemed to be much larger. One of them was clearly twenty years old, and her fingers were covered in a thin cocoon. The corners of her eyes were curved, and she was smiling.

The other was a bit younger and looked to be around seventeen years old. There was a hint of age between his brows, but his pinky seemed to be injured.

"Chun Ying, Qiu Mei." Gu Ziyan called out their names.

"This servant Chun Ying, under the order of the old mistress, has come to serve, and only wishes to help Young Miss share her worries." The older Chun Ying immediately bowed and greeted him, her smile extremely pleasing.

"Servant Qiu Mei, former servant girl from the backyard, come and help Miss with some chores." Qiu Mei was extremely respectful.

Hearing Chun Ying's words, Gu Mingyan finally remembered the old woman in the manor.

She grew up under her grandmother's protection when she was young, and her grandmother treated her extremely well. Unfortunately, she had no power in this house, and her father only treated her as his mother and did not have any actual authority. It was likely that she was stopped by her father again this time, so she did not come forward to plead.

She couldn't help but blush. Many years later, her grandmother would still miss her.

"Elder sister has just arrived and is still unaware of many things in the mansion. Mother and younger sister are currently grounded. If you let your younger sister bring you around, it would be better to not disturb your father's meeting by walking around." Gu Ziyan saw that Gu Mingyan was standing there in a daze, she did not know what to do with the two maids, and immediately threw in two taels of silver, each of the servants had one.

Her eyebrows raised as she glanced at Gu Mingyan, laughing without saying a word.

He really treated her like a country girl.

But he didn't need her money anyway.

Speaking of money, Gu Mingyan took advantage of the few people's inattention to swipe his finger across his wrist, but what fell into his hand was only a heavy pile of ashes.

Sprinkled on the ground.

Gu Ziyan thought that she had taken out some black dust from her sleeves and took a cautious step back: "Elder sister, this is …"

It seemed that what was not here could not be taken out.

Gu Mingyan regained his senses, and sprinkled the ashes onto the ground. He thought about the assassin from last night, and shook his head.

Observing that Gu Ziyan's face did not change, Gu Mingyan pretended to be stupid and placed the dust on the paper on the table.

Gu Ziyan looked at Gu Mingyan a few more times. Was there really an assassin yesterday?

Gu Mingyan was thinking, if this was not done by the Madam Liu and Gu Ziyan, then the person who sent the assassins behind the scenes, was it her, the future princess consort, or the Seventh Prince that they were talking about?

Let alone the fact that someone saved him last night and then realized that Seventh Prince was not dead just now, there might be a connection between the two of them.

When she thought of this, she could only blame herself for being scared of ghosts so much that her mind became muddled. She had actually rushed back before she had even figured out what had happened.

If the Seventh Prince pretended to be so shrewd, she would definitely escape early.

Not knowing what Gu Mingyan was thinking, Gu Ziyan only looked at Gu Mingyan's pretty face and suddenly laughed: "Big sister escaped from death, I'm afraid there aren't any clothes yet, if it wasn't for Zi Yan bringing big sister to the clothing shop, I wouldn't have gone there."