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Chang Yiqin could tolerate Duan Chengrui's neither warm nor cold treatment towards Yue Qing, but she could not tolerate Duan Chengrui's obsession with Gu Tinyan.

The second floor of the Third Prince's estate was practically uninhabited, but after Duan Chengrui led his troops out, he still left his servants to clean up the place every day. Even from her courtyard, she could see the eaves of the small building.

Gu Zixian was similarly a loner, and his pure love for Duan Chengxuan had already turned into unease and resentment that he had no place to vent. She, who was crowned as the daughter of a sinful subject, had met Chang Qin often.

Strangely, even though this matter had been exposed, no one had been able to truly tear off the face of Yun Chen, revealing Gu Pingyan, who had faked his death and left. They had only used this relationship to form an alliance.

The truth was in the balance of power.

When Gu Danyan returned to the border camp, the first order he received was a secret message from the current Emperor Duan Cong and more than twenty secret guards.

"The twenty-four of you will be safe. "When the war is over, I will send someone to escort you back to Er Dan."

Back to Erdan?

She had never even truly set foot on that land before, and her family, the Yun Family, was all in Navy Tide. They had spent more than twenty years here, but because of the bloodline in her body, they wanted to send her to a place they weren't familiar with.

"Why does the emperor know who I am?" Gu Danyan calmly refused to tear the decree into pieces. He knew in his heart that if he wasn't the daughter of Emperor Dan, Duan Cong wouldn't have sent her a secret decree. Instead, he would have directly chopped off her head for deceiving the Emperor.

But she wasn't grateful that someone didn't cut off her head.

She still wanted to say a few words of consolation, but Yue Qing had to stumble her way in at this moment. When she saw the decree in Gu Daiyan's hand, she was slightly stunned and called Duan Chanrui out.

"What is it?" Duan Chengrui asked.

"It was the Madam who told Gu Zixian her identity. Although Wind Listening Pavilion had sent people to keep an eye on Gu Zixian, they were unable to guard against the Madam who took out some of her prescription from the second floor. Her words can't fool people." Yue Qing said anxiously.

Duan Chengrui's expression immediately collapsed.

Gu Danyan also walked out of the house at this moment, but it was as if he did not hear Yue Qing's words. He only turned his head to return the decree back to Duan Chengrui: "Where are the slaves placed?"

"It's in the west side of the city. Moreover, there are only a few thousand slaves left in the two cities that were just taken down. However, it seems that Duke Jing is determined to kill them, so there's a need for discussion." Duan Chengrui said as he lightly raised his hand towards Yue Qing.

"I'm going to get someone right now." As Gu Liuyan spoke, he pulled the cloak over his shoulders and said, "Please help me hide this matter, Your Highness. I have never considered myself to be a person of the pills."

"Naturally." Duan Chengrui smiled indifferently. "It's just that I can't rely on you alone to convince them to serve you. I'll send people …"

No need, you just need to send someone to take care of them in the deserted border city. In a few hours, Jiang Yan's side will probably attack the city as we planned. Gu Danyan raised his face slightly, a faint smile on his face.

The anger from before was gone.

He lowered his voice and said, "Even if Madam does not know about this matter, he is your biological father after all. Along the way, I even know that he is extremely powerful, that his younger brother is the crown prince, that his harem is empty, and that you and Madam are the only ones who care about him."

But as long as I stay by my mother's side, I can naturally see the regret and loneliness in her eyes. When he was the proton that provoked my mother, this married woman, it was as if he had never thought that my mother would be scolded by all sorts of people.

When he said this, Gu Danyan's expression became colder and his words became sharper.

Ghosts kept quiet. They only felt that what she said wasn't wrong. If one only cared about falling in love sincerely, then one day, they would definitely point at the tip of one's nose and pour dog blood all over the place.

What's more, she had only half a foot into the Prime Minister's mansion back then, and he had only sent her the proton.

Even though Gu Liuyan was angry, she knew that the battle was at stake. Before the corpses outside the city could be resolved, Duan Chengrui wanted to avoid Duan Chengxuan's spies and give up a city. After that, he would cut off his retreat and think of a way to capture a few generals alive.

This way, there would be merit points, and only then would he be able to intimidate Jiang Yan and negotiate conditions if they were evenly matched.

When she reached the courtyard where the slaves lived, she took only a few deep breaths before ordering the door to be opened.

There was a small courtyard, two rooms, a kitchen, a woodshed, and a latrine.

In the end, Duan Chengrui didn't dare to actually release their shackles. Ping Chuan was leaning on a corner washing her clothes, and the water was dyed with blood. When he saw Gu Danyan enter, he laughed lowly: "I didn't expect that Jiang Yan would actually have some ability."

"Are you hurt?" Gu Danyan looked at him helplessly: "We shouldn't have let you bring them back by yourself."

"It doesn't matter, no matter how powerful they are, I still dealt with them cleanly." Ping Chuan smiled without a care in the world, but his arm was still wrapped in a heavy cloth.

After a while, Zhang Liangshan, who had heard someone talking at the door, also walked out. "These kids are all in poor health and aren't in high spirits. They'll be fine after a few days sleep."

"That's good." Only then did Gu Liu Yan let out a sigh of relief. She chatted with Zhang Liangshan about the current situation, and only then did the latter take a look at the wounds on Pingchuan's body while Gu Liu Yan walked into the room.

The slaves had not slept at all. When Gu Panyan entered, there was even a little girl who asked in a soft voice: "Are you our new master?"

The slightly older child beside her quickly pulled the little girl into his embrace and covered her mouth.

After counting it, he actually found that there were more than ten slaves that she had previously bought. All of them were hiding in the shared house, and those that had seen her before were not too afraid, but the others were staring at her viciously.

"Did you escape in the chaos?" Gu Liuyan asked softly. She looked at the empty space on the bed and asked, "Can I sit down?"

No one would question a slave, so the children just stared blankly, not daring to make a sound.

Only the waiter had hurried over, and the girl had thrown herself into his embrace, burying her head into his shoulder.

"It's quite embarrassing to say that, but she even made that lord take a detour. That girl is my cousin, and she escaped with those people in the chaos. I was afraid that they would be beaten to death if they returned, so I asked that lord for help without authorization and even let that lord be injured …"

"He is not seriously injured, but I hope that you can do me a small favor." Gu Danyan raised his hand and cut him off, his eyes burning with anger.