Chu Lang frowned.

He did not refute Concubine Xie's words, but at the same time he was a little confused.

Was Xie Yunqi's attitude towards him just now really what his mother said?

Xie Yunqi, is he exploring a way forward for himself?

"But today, I clearly saw him and Chu Qingluan..."

"It's just a show." Concubine Xie chuckled, "Chu Qingluan just returned to the capital after her divorce, and she has already lost her innocence. Even if she is a princess, your grandmother and others will never agree to Xie Yunqi marrying a princess."

After hearing this, Chu Lang's expression lightened up a little.

"Mother is right. My sister just divorced, and my cousin moving into the Princess's residence is likely to attract criticism. What's more, I heard that the newly crowned number one scholar Qi Che also entered the Princess's residence today. I think he must have come for the defense map of the Princess's residence."

Concubine Xie nodded, "As for Qi Che, given Chu Qingluan's personality, I don't think there will be any good results. As for your cousin, just wait for his good news."

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At the same time, Gu family.

It was already very late at night, and the light was still on in Li's room, making her shadow very long.

At this time, the maid came in with water and helped Li wipe the sweat off her forehead, saying:

"Madam has had nightmares for three consecutive nights. Would you like to call a doctor to see her tomorrow?"

Li raised her hand to block the maid's suggestion, "I'm fine, I just need to rest for a while."

She got up, put on her clothes, and quickly sat at the table beside her, looking at the moonlight outside the window with empty eyes.

"What time is it now?"

"Madam, it's just past midnight."

"The hour of Hai..." Li murmured, thinking that Yanran should have fallen asleep.

For several days in a row, she had been having the same dream. The time in the dream was exactly the day when she had a difficult delivery in the Buddhist temple. The whole room was stained with blood. In the dream, she struggled in pain. But she could not see the face of the midwife clearly.

Only the voice of "Congratulations, ma'am, it's a daughter" kept echoing in my dream.

She vaguely remembered that before she fell into a coma, she glanced at the child she had given birth to. It was indeed a pretty girl with delicate features, just like her own when she was a child.

But when she tried hard to see clearly again, she could not control her consciousness which gradually slipped away. In her coma, she seemed to hear someone walking quietly in the room, muttering something like "exchange life" and "huge wealth".

When she woke up again, the temple had returned to peace and everyone congratulated her. After hearing the news, Gu Tingyuan rushed to Longxi overnight and took the mother and daughter back to the capital.

In a blink of an eye, eighteen years had passed and Gu Yanran had grown up and got married.

But for some reason, after meeting Zhixia that day, she couldn't help but think of Zhixia's eyebrows and eyes in her mind, and described them over and over again. Finally, she was surprised to find that Zhixia's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to her own when she was young.

Coupled with her reaction when she saw Zhixia for the first time, the wonderful feeling in her heart became even stronger.

"Where's the eldest lady? Has she gone to bed?" Li suddenly asked.

The maid glanced in the direction of Gu Yanran's courtyard and replied, "Madam, the young lady went out tonight and just came back not long ago. I think she hasn't gone to bed yet."

Li stood up and pulled a cloak around her body, "Let's go and see Yanran."

However, Li didn't know that this sudden idea almost exposed Gu Yan's identity on the spot.