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Red walls and green tiles, yet the winding road looked exactly the same.

The only person who led the way was not the eunuch by the empress's side, but was instead a white-haired eunuch whom Gu Mingyan had met before. Although the white-haired young man was young, he did not look too sinister.

"The emperor said he wants to meet with the eldest young miss. He'll wait until dinner before sending you to the empress."

Bai Yu still remembered the mischievous look the little girl had when they first met. Now, when she jumped down from the wall, she looked like a beautiful beauty.

Gu Mingyan also liked this good-natured eunuch.

His mood a little better, he asked in a low voice, "Why did the emperor want to see me?"

"First Miss knows when she's gone. The Emperor has been constantly asking about her these past few days."

Bai Yu gave two soft coughs and introduced her to the surroundings in the palace, acting as if nothing had happened.

Gu Mingyan understood in his heart, it was just that the emperor believed that he had urged Xiao Qiran to do many things.

They were even more worried that Xiao Qiran would use their power to steal from him.

As the sky darkened, the emperor inexplicably asked her to go to the imperial garden.

On the way, Gu Mingyan saw a few concubines who were bowing obediently to him. On the other hand, when the concubines saw her bitter and vengeful look, they spoke a few more words of ridicule before leaving.

"Why do those emperors hate me?" Gu Mingyan was ridiculed to the point of being baffling.

"The most important women in the palace are their appearances and their temperaments. You alone have both of them, so naturally, there will be people who worry."

Seeing Gu Mingyan suddenly coming to a realization, she nodded her head too. This young miss was very clever.

After entering the pavilion in the imperial garden, Gu Mingyan was unable to shift his gaze away from the handsome uncle dressed in the dragon robe.

But when the emperor glared at him, the majesty of the Son of Heaven immediately dropped down like a giant boulder. It shocked Gu Mingyan to the point that he returned to his cage and bowed along with the White Desire — — This time, the emperor was not as amiable as when he saw the emperor.

"No need to stand on ceremony." After a long time, the Emperor finally spoke.

When Gu Mingyan stood up, Bai Su pointed out the position for her.

He then smiled in return and sat down. He could not help but take a few more glances at the king but did not dare to say anything.

"You've been looking at me and haven't spoken?" The emperor suddenly suppressed the serious expression on his face. His hoarse voice was much better than before, but his voice was getting deeper and deeper, causing Gu Mingyan to be stunned.

"Daddy said we can't speak carelessly in front of the emperor." Gu Mingyan's tongue was tied, he had almost blurted out the words to praise the Emperor's looks.

Seeing her cautious appearance, the Emperor could only shake his head helplessly. "Then how did Qi Ran teach you?"

"Teach me what?"

"The Emperor is saying that His Highness the Seventh Prince has never taught you how to speak to the Emperor."

Bai Chao whispered from the side and secretly ordered people to serve the pastries. He didn't want the emperor to wait for too long.

Seated awkwardly, Gu Mingyan bit her lips, but she still shook her head in the end: "Seems like … "I've never taught her. I only said that I should not be rude."

"How did you win against Xia Ziji?"

The emperor was not angry, but he looked at Gu Mingyan with interest.

Gu Mingyan thought for a while: "Because I wanted to kill him, but he didn't move."

"What's the difference?"

"He wanted to spare my life, but I chose to gamble with my life." Gu Mingyan pinched the handkerchief in her hand, seeing that the emperor had not spoken for a long time, she opened her mouth and whispered, "Your majesty, I have something to say."

The Emperor lightly coughed and nodded.

"Your majesty, Ming Yan is alone with only his mother supporting him. To me, anyone within the Shengan is a stranger." Gu Mingyan slowly raised her head. Her seductive charm had been completely dispersed by the cold aura from her body. That voice also gently spoke, "Only His Highness is extremely good to me.

The emperor's eyes slightly narrowed, while perspiration dripped down from Bai Chao's forehead.

Gu Mingyan quickly kneeled down and lowered his head, not continuing to speak.

She had thought about it for a day today, and now that she was before the Emperor, she finally understood the strangeness of all these matters.

It would be good to let National Duke's Mansion participate in the Academy's matters, let Xia Ziji pretend to accidentally kill someone, and in the end, even though he was clearly angry at Gu Zhiyuan for knowing the secret decree today, he still tolerated and even handed the matter to Gu Zhiyuan to continue handling.

All sorts of things were controlled by the emperor from behind the scenes. And the only person who really wanted to probe her out was her alone.

However, the Emperor was right in front of her. She didn't dare to say that she knew of the Holy Will.

"It was you who told the Prime Minister to come forward and advise on the secret decree."

The Emperor's words were resolute and decisive, but all the servants had already knelt down, Bai Yu was kneeling behind Gu Mingyan, his forehead was already covered in perspiration, and only hoped that she would not continue speaking.

Gu Mingyan gritted his teeth, "I got myself a future for my brother, so I had no choice but to please father."

"By passing on the secret decree, I can sentence you to death."

The emperor scolded angrily as everyone kowtowed.

Gu Mingyan knelt with her back upright from beginning to end. After an unknown period of time, her fingertips began to tremble.

"Have you already guessed what This Emperor is going to do?" The emperor's voice came from the top, but behind him, the sound of footsteps could be heard. It sounded like the sound of a group of eunuchs and palace maids being chased away.

Gu Mingyan could not see the expression on the emperor's face, and did not know what happened either. He could only bite his lips and not speak.

It wouldn't be right to say that he guessed it, but it wouldn't be right to say that he didn't guess it either.

Since the two of them had said that it was wrong, why not not say it out?

After gnashing his teeth for a long time, there was only silence by his side. Suddenly, he heard a few laughs.

"Get up." The Emperor laughed and called to her.

Gu Mingyan carefully raised his head, he didn't know why the emperor started laughing, so he slowly moved back onto the chair.

"Although Zhaoran's legs are injured, he's my most beloved son. With your intelligence, you naturally know that I don't agree to the marriage. However, I can't help but test you when I see how deep your love is for each of you."

The expression on the Emperor's face was carefree, but it didn't have the slightest awe-inspiring bearing from before.

Gu Mingyan was slightly taken aback, but immediately said: "Your Highness has helped me, I will not harm him. However, the secret message that I have sent over today is something that I wish to please father. "

"No need to be in such a hurry to get rid of them." The emperor lazily waved his hand and his eyes became cold instead. "You clearly know that National Duke's Mansion is involved in this matter, yet you still insist on telling the news to the prime minister. Are you really not afraid that I will reprimand National Duke's Mansion?"

"I didn't think of so much …"

"I'm afraid it's not that you haven't thought of it. but instead, to know that you are close to National Duke's Mansion, and intentionally act out such a show for us to see, and to tell us that you have already drawn a clear line between your profound strength and ours, this way, we can be at ease and use the Duke of Zhenguo. " The Emperor said coldly, seeing the panic on Gu Mingyan's face, he said: "You are too cunning, you are not fit to be a Seventh Prince."

Gu Mingyan clenched his fingers. "Your Majesty is right."

"If it weren't for the news of death that came with you that day, this marriage contract wouldn't have fallen on you. We can use our National Duke's Mansion and won't make things difficult for you in the future as long as you agree to two conditions. "

As if he had a bone in his throat, the bad premonition in Gu Mingyan's heart slowly dissipated.

"One, break the engagement with the Seventh Prince."

"Secondly, you no longer advise your father."