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The Hanshan Courtyard was located in a remote area of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and one wall away from it, one could even hear the shouts of passersby and vendors outside during the day.

This kind of courtyard should be the residence of a servant in any of the residences of the Shengan.

However, Gu Mingyan was able to see that his own clothes were arranged neatly, even the bedding and clothes in the cupboard were too neat and tidy.

This was clearly called swift and decisive.

Even the bedding was tidied up so well that not a single fold could be seen on it.

One of the servant was the one who was guarding the outside of the courtyard called Wei Bai, who was considered the little son of the rich and powerful Shengan businessman. When he ran away from home and joined the army, although he was not valued highly in the Seventh Prince, he was still very happy.

Wei Bai heard the noise outside the wall, and said respectfully: "For Young Miss to be living here, is truly not compatible with your identity."

"No worries. When you want to contact me, you don't even have to enter the manor. Just toss a note in."

Gu Mingyan, however, laughed nonchalantly. These voices wouldn't affect her for the time being.

Moreover, if she wanted to go out, she could find a way to climb over the wall faster.

Wei Bai did not speak anymore, and led his people to prepare to leave.

"Why don't you two stay for a cup of tea?" A faint female voice was heard.

He saw Gu Ziyan, who was half dead that day, standing in front of the door in a gentle, watery long skirt. Her gentle gaze was so soft that any man would unconsciously look at her.

Beside her stood Gu Zhiyuan and Madam Liu. The two of them were dressed in brocade attire, but Gu Mingyan seemed out of place.

The two servants immediately bowed to the prime minister and his wife, and Gu Mingyan also walked forward, and lightly patted his two attendants' hands as he bowed. He then smiled and said to Gu Ziyan: "No need to be like this, the two of them still have many things to take care of, it is not appropriate to stay in Prime Minister's Mansion for long, Wei Bai, did I say?"

Wei Bai's expression did not change, he only cupped his hands and nodded: "What Eldest Miss said is correct, my two subordinates' statuses are low, how can I stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion to drink tea?"

"It's not just that, it's just that His Highness is waiting for the two of you to return and report. If he misses the envoy, Sister Shuang Hua will reprimand the two of you again." Gu Mingyan broke into a faint smile, then looked towards Gu Zhiyuan, walked up to pay his respects and laughed: "Father, it's better if we let them go as soon as possible, Your Highness' temper hasn't been good lately."

"Since that's the case, I'll leave the two of you behind."

Gu Zhiyuan carefully sized up his daughter before him. He couldn't help but think of what Divine Doctor Yan had said that day, or whether Gu Ziyan and the two maidservants had accused her of having different hearts and mouths, and that she wasn't a good person.

From the looks of it, this little girl had jumped out a lot. She did not seem like she was using poison or a small knife to threaten him.

With the Prime Minister's consent, Wei Bai and the servants by his side left. In the end, they only smiled lightly at Gu Mingyan.

Gu Mingyan waved his hand slightly, seeing that the two of them had disappeared around the corner, he put his hand down and walked in front of Madam Liu to pay his respects. A hint of ridicule appeared in a place where Gu Zhiyuan could not see, and he said in a low voice: "Just now, forgetting to pay respects to aunt was Ming Yan's fault."

"It's fine." Madam Liu was so angry that his face turned green.

That day, she had heard from her daughter about what had happened that day. Even though she was old and she didn't believe it, she believed that Little Waves was deliberately pretending to be innocent in order to deceive the old master, and was also bullying her pitiful daughter.

But because Gu Zhiyuan was by her side, she could not do anything, so she pretended not to see the mocking smile.

When Gu Mingyan intentionally straightened his back, he waved his sleeves to sweep Linglong, who was on his waist, and looked at Gu Zhiyuan innocently: "What is father bringing aunt and sister for when daughter returns today?"

How could Gu Zhiyuan not know that Linglong was a personal item to the Seventh Prince? Back then, she did not leave's side, and now, she hung it around his waist as an ornament. She walked forward happily: "Was this jade ornament given by Your Highness?"

Pretending to see Ling Long on his waist, Gu Mingyan nodded: "Your Highness said that I have lived in the wilderness for a long time, I do not recognize your etiquette, if you have accidentally ran into someone, Ling Long can protect me, and will accept it."

Madam Liu's eyes were wide open as he gritted his teeth.

Gu Ziyan had not seen this thing back then, so it was likely that it was something that he had given over the past few days.

"Then the matter between Chun Ying and Qiu Mei is also as Zi Yan said? Knives and poisons? " Gu Zhiyuan asked again.

"Yes, Sister Shuang Hua said that my control was not strict, so she called for me, and said that if I let her teach me, I'm afraid that they will not listen to me in the future."

Gu Mingyan nodded in agreement before turning back to look at Gu Zhiyuan with a slight smile. "Father, do you think that your daughter is able to afford poison and blades?"

After saying that, Gu Mingyan opened the empty money pouch on his waist and showed it to Gu Zhiyuan.

She didn't believe that Gu Zhiyuan could still suspect that she had stolen the poison from Seventh Prince's residence!

Gu Zhiyuan immediately calmed down, but as the Prime Minister, he was still furious when he saw the empty purse, "Has anyone else seen this purse before? Why didn't anyone send you some silver? "

"Your Highness has seen it. Later on, you said that if there's anything I want to tell Shuang Hua, he even told me not to hang an empty money bag …" Gu Mingyan shrugged his shoulders a little, and as if he had been frightened by Gu Zhiyuan to the point of retreating a step without leaving a trace, he clenched the empty money pouch in his hands tightly: "But this money pouch was prepared for me by daddy that day, so I didn't throw it away."

Gu Mingyan praised himself in his heart.

As expected, the Gu Zhiyuan in front of him softened his heart. Although this daughter had returned from the countryside, she didn't have any complaints towards him, the father who had abandoned his wife and son.

Raising his hand and stroking Gu Mingyan's hair, Gu Zhiyuan's voice became much softer as he said, "My good daughter, today Father will bring you to the restaurant to eat. How about it?"

"Really?" Gu Mingyan obediently avoided Gu Zhiyuan's hands, went over to his side and held his sleeves tightly: "I have never been to a restaurant with Shengan before. During these few days, Your Highness had only taught me etiquette and told me that you need to inspect it during the Winter Palace's banquet."

After he said that, Gu Mingyan was worried that this father wouldn't be willing to bring a country bumpkin like him.

As expected, Gu Zhiyuan's expression changed and he immediately replied, "Father will bring you there. When you return, ask your aunt to teach you some manners.

Why did he still need to be taught by the Madam Liu?

Gu Mingyan gritted his teeth in his heart, and immediately shook Gu Zhiyuan's sleeve while pinching it: "Your Highness said that in the future, Big Sister Shuang Hua will teach you my etiquette."

His daughter being so spoiled and also being desired by the Seventh Prince, had only made it so that Gu Zhiyuan could not say anything to refuse, and brought her out to eat.

Madam Liu felt a lump in his throat.

"This little b * stard!" Madam Liu was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Gu Ziyan could only walk forward and comfort her slowly, "She will have many days in the future in the palace. If mother wants to teach her lesson, she will naturally have the chance."