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The silver moon hung high in the sky, yet she did not know that she had already stayed in the National Duke's Mansion for a few hours.

As he ate the pastries in his arms, he could almost hear the teasing of the maidservants and siblings.

However, there were only a few people on the streets, and they were all in a hurry. The only sounds that could be heard were the sound of the small vendors packing their things and returning home.

Retracting his neck, Gu Mingyan looked at the Prime Minister's Mansion inscribed board from afar and changed his direction.

After passing West Street, passing by the alleyway of the miscellaneous blacksmith, they arrived at the river bank of Shengan.

Even at night, there were still people washing clothes on the shore, muttering nonstop.

She put the last piece of cake into her mouth and found a dark corner to sit in. She felt the river wind whistling by, and all the hair on her ears hit her face, allowing her to wake up a little.

So it turned out that she was also a part of Shengan.

When she had just entered the National Duke's Mansion, she had already treated this group of family members as people who had climbed the ranks of dragons and phoenixes. When she later found out that they were sincere, but she still wanted to make use of them and tell them the answer, even she, the person who spoke out, felt a chill in her heart.

As he was lost in thought, he heard a faint sound coming from behind him.

He did not hear his voice, nor did he see him.

However, for some reason, he knew that it was him.

"Does Your Highness have any other orders?"

She let out a soft sigh and sat cross-legged on the shore, supporting her head with her black hair covering her face.

"It's cold by the river, so why don't you come to my residence and rest for the night? Then, you can take it as though you were staying on the National Duke's Mansion for one night."

Xiao Qiran sat on the wheelchair, and watched as she sat by the river's edge. He only wanted to step forward and embrace her, because his legs were crooked and sick, and he couldn't use his internal energy anymore. Behind him were only guards, and no one came up to take care of him.

Gu Mingyan turned his body over with one hand supporting the ground.

"Your Highness has nothing to do, why are you bothering me? I didn't see that I was being merciful here, and wanted to shed a few tears to comfort my battered heart. "

Hearing that, Xiao Qiran was silent, and only looked at her two beautiful eyes.

He really did look like he was about to cry.

The little girl spoke aggressively and acted in a domineering manner. However, her heart was very fragile, and even her tears were not worth money.

The two of them looked at each other for a long time, but Gu Mingyan lost in that pair of indifferent eyes, and turned his head.

"Your Highness, it's better if you have something to say. I still need to return earlier …"

"Your gold and silver are all under the beds in the Promenade." Xiao Qiran opened his mouth.

"Help me store it." Gu Mingyan's expression had already become somewhat relaxed.

"The kitchen is waiting for you to order, Shuang Hua also missed you."

As his voice fell, Gu Mingyan had already unwillingly stood up. His eyes had a tinge of a smile in them, but he still endured on the surface, and spoke in a muffled voice: "Public or private?"

"Not just public or private."

Xiao Qiran helplessly replied, and waved his hand at her: "Since the marriage contract is complete, you can act like Shuang Hua and accompany the woman beside me."

Receiving a promise, Gu Mingyan slowly walked forward and gave his hand to her.

"But I don't want to stay in Shengan."

"Since you have so many conditions, how about you agree to one of mine?" Xiao Qiran warmed the palm of her finger as usual and said in a low voice: "One year later, you will marry me first and take the place of a wife."

Gu Mingyan saw that he was pushing the wheelchair with one hand, and only had one hand empty, so he pushed the wheelchair for him awkwardly.

"Alright."

He endured the slight discomfort in his heart and agreed.

Although she didn't know why, she knew that it was just the name of the wife. It would be alright if she took it, but she didn't lose out at all.

Maybe she believed too much in her heart that Xiao Qiran would not lie to her.

Or maybe it was just a little bit of selfishness.

The two of them walked through the empty streets and returned to the Seventh Prince Manor. Shuang Hua happily wanted to take care of them personally, but he was interrupted by Xiao Qiran: "There are still many documents in the study that have not been processed."

"But in the end, Eldest Miss is still a woman …" Shuang Hua stared at Gu Mingyan.

"Wei Bai, wait outside." Xiao Qiran stepped forward to welcome him. "Most of the previous medicinal ingredients have arrived."

Gu Mingyan's eyes lit up, putting aside the matter of the two people quarreling with each other to ban their feet.

"Then today I will apply the first drug."

As she said that, she went on to tell the others to prepare some things.

Originally, they thought that they would go to the other side of the courtyard, but instead, Xiao Qiran said that the Xiang Mu Courtyard was very good, so they couldn't do anything about it. He brought a bamboo bed to the small house in the middle of the night, and got a charcoal bucket and a bucket.

Shuang Hua helplessly went to help with the official documents, while Wei Bai went to find the auntie from the kitchen to help him.

Although it was not the first time that Xiao Qiran was naked in front of a woman, he was still slightly dazed when he saw the two shining blades in Gu Mingyan's hands. Let alone lying on his back on the bamboo bed, the hot water that was boiling on his back right now made his back feel hot.

If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have said that he would need to use the first ointment.

When the two sabers neared his thigh, he subconsciously shuddered.

"Don't move, be careful."

Gu Mingyan's voice was slightly lower as her pinky pressed against his leg, as if he was not allowed to move.

Knowing that this girl was not shy, Xiao Qiran laid on the bamboo bed like a fish that had left its shore. He fed some medicine into his mouth, but he could still feel the sound of his skin being torn apart, and immediately after, intense pain crawled up his thigh.

Gu Mingyan seemed to have sensed it beforehand and extended his hand over while the clouds swirled.

Xiao Qiran felt a splitting headache as something entered his mouth warmly, following which the pain disappeared without a trace.

The feeling of the blade on his leg completely disappeared, and when Xiao Qiran propped himself up, drenched in sweat, his two thighs were perfectly fine, there were no signs of the blade, only a dense cluster of silver needles, and Gu Mingyan's hair was stuck to the side of her face, her eyes were red, but she did not forget to speak to him.

He lay back down. There were still four needles.

But it was only four needles, Xiao Qiran saw that both her hands were trembling uncontrollably, she tightly bit her lower lip and started to move slowly.

The cloud and mist from before seemed to be an illusion.

"Just now …"

"It's only a little bit of my poisonous blood, but it's been forced out along with the other poisons. The organs below your chest and abdomen still have remnants, so you still need to recuperate."

Gu Mingyan panted as he opened his mouth to speak. After an unknown period of time, the hot air finally dispersed a little.

Compared to the person who was lying on the bamboo bed, Gu Mingyan's face was even paler. It was unknown if her inner clothes were drenched in sweat or if she was just fished out of the water, with one hand on the side of his bed, she was currently looking at him curiously.

"Why are you still awake?"