"Yesterday, I don't know what happened to me." Xu Nian scratched her head shyly. "I was probably angered by the Third Prince's actions. That's why I used so much magic power without thinking. I won't do it again."

Gu Zhan was completely helpless against her. The anger he felt at the time faded away when he saw the girl's weak and helpless appearance, which was also trying to be charming and obedient.

Fine, I'll just take better care of her from now on.

While they were enjoying themselves, the group that had been tormented by the flames and thunder slowly awoke and dragged their wounds back to report was already the next day.

Xu Nian's magical power was insufficient, and besides, she never intended to kill them. Although the group had been burned to a crisp, it didn't hinder their movement.

"Useless!" A set of plain white porcelain cups worth over a hundred taels of silver was slapped to the ground. The Third Prince glared at the crowd in front of him, who could barely kneel, his eyes blazing with anger!

Whoosh!

Another set of teaware shattered into pieces. The Third Prince, Jiang Yuan, roared, "A bunch of useless trash! You couldn't even catch a woman who couldn't even kill a chicken, and you got beaten up like this. What use are you to me?!"

The guards dared not speak, searching their bodies for the excruciating pain in the places where they had been burned and struck by lightning.

Having been sick for a long time, they became experts themselves. They knew without a doctor that the festering wounds on their bodies were probably fused to their clothes.

I wonder what kind of pain I'll experience when I go back and apply the medicine!

The person standing at the head of the table ignored all of this and paced back and forth. Whenever he thought about what these people had reported truthfully, he was furious!

He wished he could tear that ungrateful country girl to pieces right now, but even that wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred in his heart!

"You!" Still feeling unsatisfied, his anger grew with each turn of his head. "Tell your men, no matter what methods you use, if I don't see Xu Nian within three days, you will all come to me with your heads!"

this……

This would have been worse than dying in that nightmare yesterday!

The strategist wearing a square scarf received the guards' pleading looks and, seeing their injuries, knew they were telling the truth. "Third Prince, please calm down. I think it's a good thing that girl has such abilities."

"Good news?!"

"Don't be anxious." Facing Jiang Yuanlang's burning gaze, the strategist neither dodged nor avoided it. "That girl has the ability to torment the experts in your household to this state, which proves that the rumors that were circulating before were true. If we can use such a person for our purposes, how can we not have a powerful ally when dealing with that person in the future?"

yes!

Jiang Yuanlang paused, his agitated and angry expression subsiding slightly. "So, according to you, we still have to win her over?"

"Let's put aside whether we try to win her over or not," the strategist shook his head. "Just the fact that she's on good terms with Gu Zhan now makes it difficult to succeed easily. What we need to do now is cultivate a good relationship with her, while she doesn't yet know that we were behind all of this. Sow discord between her and Gu Zhan, like this..."

A gentle breeze stirred, and the cautious, subtle sounds couldn't even penetrate the door and window, echoing around the room a few times before dissipating.

When Xu Nian woke up, most of the villagers, whether they were at work or not, took leave and sent one person from each family to visit her.

The main hall was piled high with the things they had brought. They weren't valuable, but the sentiment behind them was truly precious.

The streamer's kindness over this period has finally paid off.

In reality, people are still quite simple-minded; they know who treats them well. It's just that a very small minority are ungrateful.

Xu Nian, who was already able to walk, wandered aimlessly around the house, feeling that she was almost fully recovered. Gu Zhan, for some reason, wouldn't let her step out of the house.

They said she could only go when she was fully recovered. Someone who could normally travel all over the capital was now confined to this small area. At first it was fine, but after these two days, she was so bored she felt like she was going to rot!

"Nian Nian!"

She was sitting on a round stool, idly swinging her legs and looking around, when she suddenly heard a shout from outside. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she rushed to the door, "Wanting?!"

"Come in, come in!" She waved her hand gleefully, and shooed Gu Zhan, who was sitting at the table, to the side. "You sit over there, I want to talk to Wanting."

Gu Zhan: ...

The person who was inexplicably disliked felt a little wronged, but he didn't say anything and obediently sat down in the empty seat on the other side of Xu Nian.

While listening to the girls gossip and stories he couldn't understand, he flipped through the files in his hands and handled official business.

When Jiang Yuanlang stepped in, dressed in a magnificent brocade robe, this was the scene that greeted him. A young woman, barely in her early twenties, sat hand-in-hand at a round table, with Gu Zhan, dressed in a black outfit, keeping her company.

This woman is actually on good terms with the Prime Minister's family?!

Before anyone could even notice him, Jiang Yuanlang had just taken a step and then pulled one leg back. The Xu family's courtyard was directly opposite the gate, and he didn't even need to look to see the whole scene inside.

Although the Su family and Jiang Yuanlang did not openly break off relations after the incident with Deputy Liu, they had secretly drawn a line between themselves!

Xu Nian's friendship with Su Wanting means that the Crown Prince's side is involved!

As he pondered, his expression shifted repeatedly before he quickly left. Gu Zhan seemed to sense something and glanced towards the door the instant he was gone.

The place was deserted, and the open gate meant that passersby had to bow to him when they saw him.

"The resettlement of refugees in the north of the city is quite good." A few more days passed, and Xu Nian's health was fully recovered. Unable to stay idle, she set up her stall again in the same place in order to gain more customers' faith power.

She hadn't been seen leaving the house for several days, and fortune tellers had surrounded the place in layers, which even boosted the business of the snack vendors in the surrounding area.

At the other end of the street, a middle-aged man wore a dark green embroidered auspicious patterned outer garment over a long robe with subtle silver-white silk thread patterns. His air of nobility was evident in every gesture he made.

The person who always lagged half a step behind him had a fairer complexion than the average person, and was bowing down to talk to the middle-aged man.

The two walked from one end to the other. "By the way, isn't that the little girl Gu Zhan mentioned setting up her stall around here?"

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency, this is the place."

They didn't even need to look for it. As Gu Zhan said, they could just go to the place with the most people on the whole street and they definitely wouldn't go wrong!