C142 Struggle for

Although he already had the support of Yuwen Di and Prince Mu's husband and wife, Mu Chuyang was still unable to guess what Duan Yunfei was thinking.

If it was three years ago, Mu Chuyang would definitely not have dared to make such a request to Yuwen Di. The reason was not only because Duan Yunfei was not yet at the age of marriage, but also because Duan Yunfei only had Xiu Heng in her heart at that time. Even if Xiu Heng had done such an unbearable thing to her, Duan Yunfei would still be able to forgive him, and even plead for him.

What kind of proud person was Mu Chuyang? How could he allow his heart to be ignored because of Xiu Heng?

But now it was different. According to Zuo Yuan's words, Duan Yunfei had long completely forgotten about Xiu Heng. No matter what Mu Chuyang did now, it could not be considered as taking advantage of someone.

It was just that he could not bear to see Duan Yunfei marrying a person that she did not have any feelings for.

After pouring his heart and soul into it for so many years, silently protecting it for so many years, how could Mu Chuyang just watch helplessly as Duan Yunfei dressed in red and married off without a single happy expression on her face?

"Your majesty is right, then Chu Yang will just wait here for Yun Fei." Mu Chuyang still decided to take a gamble. Even if the result was not what he wanted, he had won, so he didn't regret it.

"Alright then." Yuwen Di called Xiao Gui, who was waiting outside the house, to tell him to do this.

As Yuwen Di intended to give Xiao Gui to Duan Yunfei, he thought that it would be better to let Xiao Gui walk around the Red Luan Palace a little more at this time.

Xiao Gui, who was wholeheartedly guarding the imperial study outside the palace, didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest when he heard Yuwen Di's words. He immediately entered the imperial study, and his speed was practically as fast as the free steamed buns he saw on the streets when he was still outside the palace.

"Is there something His Majesty wishes for us to do?" Xiao Gui first knelt down to pay his respects, but Yuwen Di did not let him get up, so he could only kneel.

Xiao Gui thought to himself, this is the only problem in the palace. Whether it's the emperor, the imperial concubine, or even the court officials entering the palace, they always make people kneel.

But Duan Yunfei was different. Duan Yunfei had told Xiao Gui that if no one was watching, Xiao Gui would not bow when she saw Duan Yunfei.

However, Xiao Gui Zi did not regret it at all. After all, in the past few days, the Eunuch Li seemed to have become even more concerned about Xiao Gui. Xiao Gui felt that if he continued to serve Yuwen Di, perhaps the day where he made a name for himself would come true.

"Go to the Red Luan Palace and invite the Thirteenth Princess. You must do it as soon as possible." Yuwen Di gave simple and concise instructions, but he did not explain to Xiao Gui why he had summoned Duan Yunfei today.

"Your servant obeys the decree." Xiao Gui thought about the scene where he went back to invite Duan Yunfei. She almost lost her life that day, so he quickly left the imperial study.

Xiao Gui ran back and forth until he reached the entrance of the Red Luan Palace. He was sweating profusely and gasping for breath, unable to even speak clearly.

Xiao Gui calmed down and walked into the Red Luan Palace.

Unfortunately, the path of enemies is narrow. This time, Xiao Gui was the first to encounter Xiao Ya.

"Why are you here again? Could it be that His Majesty ordered you to invite the Thirteenth Princess again?"

Hearing Xiao Ya's sarcasm, Xiao Gui knew that his trip today would not be easy. However, he was just a errand runner, what could he do? Moreover, Xiao Ya was one of Duan Yunfei's men, even if Xiao Ya had done anything to him, Duan Yunfei would probably protect her.

Xiao Gui did not see Duan Yunfei as someone who would not help others, but Duan Yunfei saw the people of Red Luan Palace as her own family. If his own family made a mistake, no matter what, protecting his family was human nature.

"Big Sister Xiao Ya is truly intelligent. Today, my son was indeed ordered by His Majesty to invite Thirteenth Princess. I wonder if the princess is currently in Red Luan Palace?"

Since Xiao Ya didn't like her, she could only say good things about Xiao Ya. Furthermore, she had already said that she had the imperial orders, so Xiao Ya shouldn't ignore Yuwen Di's orders.

Sure enough, Xiao Ya didn't respond to Xiao Gui Zi's words. Instead, she turned around and walked into the room.

Although Xiao Gui called Xiao Ya "Big Sister Xiao Ya", Xiao Ya was actually slightly younger than Xiao Gui. This reminded her of her own younger sister outside the palace.

On the day of Xiao Guizhi's departure, his sister hugged his legs and refused to let him go. Although both Guizhi and his parents had told her that she was just going out for a while and would be back soon. However, that young girl seemed to have guessed that her brother would not come back after he left. She kept crying, and she couldn't stop herself.

At that time, when Xiao Gui saw his sister crying so miserably, she even thought that it would be better if she didn't enter the palace. However, in the blink of an eye, she saw her weak and sickly mother on the bed and steeled her heart.

"I wonder how dad, mom, and sister are right now?" Xiao Gui's heart ached as he thought about his parents and sister who were separated by the palace wall but would never see them again.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed since Xiao Gui had entered the palace. He thought that he must slowly save up this amount of silver, and when he had collected a certain amount, he would secretly find someone to hand it over to his parents.

Just as Xiao Guizi was thinking about this, someone suddenly poured water over him.

"Who is it?" Xiao Gui, who had suddenly become drenched, could not help but shout.

It was Xiao Ya.

"Big Sister Xiao Ya, what are you doing?"

Xiao Gui clearly felt that he had given in time and time again, but why was Xiao Ya so unreasonable? This made him very angry.

In the end, this was different from the last time Guizhi was ordered to fish a handkerchief in the water by his second wife. At that time, Xiao Guizi was also extremely resentful, but who told the other party to be an imperial concubine? However, Xiao Ya was the same as him, she was just a servant. Xiao Ya's actions were simply going too far.

"Sorry, I didn't see you just now."

How could Xiao Ya not see that? She was purposely making things difficult for Xiao Gui.

"Xiao Ya, what are you fooling around for?" Duan Yunfei came out of the house and saw the scene in front of him. This made him extremely angry.

Xiao Ya had already been in the Red Luan Palace for half a year. Other than being forced to ruin the Growing Age Ceremony's gown by Duan Liusu, Xiao Ya had also been strictly following her duty. Duan Yunfei had always treated the people of the Red Luan Palace very well, but this did not mean that she could indulge them.

"Princess …" Hearing Duan Yunfei's angry voice, Xiao Ya was so shocked that she couldn't even hold the washbasin in her hands.