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Bai Song laughed at himself.

Gu Mingyan felt that after everything that had happened, it was still a dead end, and he could only helplessly say: "Cousin wait here, I'll go speak to His Highness first. Even if we have to cooperate, we can't let National Duke's Mansion go out and block the blade."

Without waiting for Bai Song to speak, Gu Mingyan had already stood up and changed his clothes, so he could only leave.

When Gu Mingyan was changing clothes, his heart was in a mess.

She should have been Xiao Qiran's lobbyist, but today, she was worried about whether Xiao Qiran would harm National Duke's Mansion or not.

It was not only because Xiao Qiran was a person from the Shengan, and did things step by step.

Furthermore, it was because the National Duke's Mansion in his eyes was a vile character that possessed power, and he had only come here to link the two of them together. If that was the case, Xiao Qiran could only distrust and make use of National Duke's Mansion.

He hurriedly left the Dusk Courtyard and arrived at his study.

Wei Bai had been following them closely the entire way, unhindered.

Inside the study room, she saw Xue Zhu and Jing Peng standing together. When the two of them saw her, they had different expressions.

Gu Mingyan only turned a blind eye to the two, and walked straight to Xiao Qiran's side, and asked in a low voice: "That day, did you ask me to stay behind to treat your illness to keep me, or was it to force them to come and serve you after I borrowed the name of National Duke's Mansion?"

After being questioned in such a manner, Xiao Qiran did not even have the time to activate his Qi, and what he just said was even heard by the people around him.

Xue Zhu coughed profusely as he was unable to swallow the tea in his mouth.

Jing Peng on the other hand, had a disgusted expression as he stared at Xiao Qiran with his broken blade.

However, Xiao Qiran, who was questioned in such a way, merely glanced at her indifferently: "Using the name of National Duke's Mansion to plan for your reputation, how will the ladies who haven't left the pavilion live everyday in the residence of their future husband?"

Gu Mingyan suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. "Since that's the case, I'll go and advise my cousin."

He watched as she hurried over, and now she was gone like the wind.

Xiao Qiran's expression did not change from start to finish, he only raised his hand and took out the map of the mountains and rivers from the bamboo tube. It seemed that he did not even look through the thick and heavy manuscript beside him, and he only said coldly: "The map has not progressed at all?"

Xue Zhu could not help but cough, and looked at him sideways: "Stinking brat, your future wife might be suspicious of you, but you, on the other hand, are only thinking about the Mountain River Diagram, and like this, you will not be able to marry that girl."

"I'll marry her, not you."

Xiao Qiran looked at him with disdain. What do you know?

Xue Zhu covered his chest in frustration and smashed half of the manuscript onto the table. "Damn brat, no wonder that old brat Xu Chang didn't even want to play with you."

Looking at the half scroll, Xiao Qiran smiled.

"Even if she would rather learn some martial arts from me, she wouldn't want to learn the eight trigrams mechanism from you. So why is that?"

When he finished speaking, Jing Peng raised his hand, as if he was used to it, and dragged Xue Zhu, who was about to jump up and beat him up, back up as he helplessly said, "If it wasn't for the fact that there's no one stronger than him, I wouldn't have asked him to be my master!"

"You unfilial son!" Xue Zhu slipped out like a mud fish and jumped onto Jing Peng's back to grab his hair. The master and disciple duo played around in the study room, and only after smashing a cup did they calm down. Jing Peng covered his head and squatted on the side while holding onto a cup of water, feeling indignant.

"The little girl who is able to see through your formation is one of a kind."

Jing Peng glared at him, then turned his eyes back to Xiao Qiran: Furthermore, she has thin arms and thin legs, only those who can learn martial arts would be able to do so, girls should be pampered, how can she endure the pain of cultivation.

He felt a faint sense of enmity.

Xiao Qiran could not help but look at his disciple Xue Zhu a few more times.

Xue Zhu looked back and forth between the two of them, and in the end, patted his belly and laughed a few times, "Forget it, it's not easy to find a girl like that, I don't want to waste years betting on another one."

Xiao Qiran's hand paused, he looked at him and said: "You are trying to protect this disciple of yours."

"Fair competition." Xue Zhu rubbed his disciple's head meaningfully, but his eyes that was laughing all day darkened, and said softly: "People are not playthings, if you look down on others, they will look down on you in the future, do you understand?"

Xiao Qiran only raised his eyebrows in disdain. Then, he smiled widely, hugged his own disciple and left while making a ruckus.

Gu Mingyan had only met Jing Peng once, but he owed him a favor.

On the other hand, he himself treated others sincerely, but in the eyes of Xue Zhu who was protecting him, he was the one who was unforgivable.

If she thought about it carefully, it seemed that the fact that Gu Mingyan was able to obtain Xue Zhu's true inheritance, was exactly what she wanted.

He was so shocked that Wei Bai wanted to reach out his hand to bring her back, but due to the difference between man and woman, he did not dare to go forward. Instead, he feigned to shake his hand and asked softly: "Big Miss, do you want to rest for a while?"

His body was getting weaker and weaker!

She felt angry in her heart, but when she thought of the leftovers that her aunt had sent her, her heart calmed down.

It seemed like she wasn't weak for no reason.

She slowly exhaled and took out a bottle of tonic from the space. Her actions seemed to be taken out of her sleeve and no one noticed.

She only opened the bottle and swallowed the pill inside.

Bitterness spread out in his mouth, it had been a long time since he had tasted something so bitter, Gu Mingyan almost vomited, but his face was tightly knitted, and he said softly: "No need to rest, I will walk slowly."

Wei Bai was slightly more at ease and continued to follow.

When they were almost to the twilight courtyard, Gu Mingyan looked around and pouted: "Where did Sister Shuang Hua go?"

"Big Sis wants to help His Highness with the paperwork. I'm afraid that she has been too busy these days to even touch the ground and won't be able to come."

"Fine."

If Big Sister Shuang Hua really has deep feelings for your Highness, then this time she promised your Highness that she would become his wife, wouldn't that mean …

With his heart thumping, Gu Mingyan hurriedly turned around and took out a jade bottle from his bosom, placing it in Wei Bai's hands, "Hand this tonic over to cousin brother, and then make some food for him. I'll go look for Big Sister Shuang Hua first!"

Wei Bai only had enough time to ask a few people to lead the way, so he could only stiffen his face and meet Bai Song.

Shuang Hua was initially processing the official documents in the study room of the side courtyard, but just as she raised her head, she saw that the young miss, whose vitality was fading, had already barged into the room. She only had enough time to see a large area of pink and white before she was pounced on by the young miss.

"Sister Shuang Hua, it's all my fault."

Gu Mingyan buried half his face into Shuang Hua's shoulders, afraid that he would feel embarrassed to continue talking to Shuang Hua.

As a person from two lifetimes, she didn't expect to be moved for the first time.

He had become a mistress!