For several days, Sang Liwan hadn't seen Gu Huai. Instead, Ye Lan would listen to him and come to the main courtyard every day to check in, saying that the prince would not come today.

Jun Moyi didn’t think much about whether he would show up or not. He just nodded every time to show that he understood.

After doing it many times, Sang Liwan also figured out some of the taste.

She couldn't help but look at Jun Moyi and asked, "Isn't he really afraid that you'll ask him for marriage on behalf of Sang Yuyan?"

"Of course not." Jun Moyi lowered his eyes and stroked his sleeves, "He is just using this incident to avoid me."

Hearing him say this, Sang Liwan suddenly felt even more strange, "Why is he hiding from you?"

Jun Moyi chuckled and said in a half-hearted tone, "He's probably doing something bad and is afraid I'll see him."

…

In the pine forest garden, Gu Huaizhi was sitting at a stone table sipping tea. Soon, a man dressed as a guard appeared in front of him.

Gu Huaizhi's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to move slowly. The visitor kept bowing and waiting until Gu Huaizhi finished his cup of tea in three sips and placed the teacup on the stone table with a "tap" sound.

Only then did he slowly raise his head.

"Any clues?"

At this moment, Gu Huaizhi's face was cold, completely different from his previous look of smiling before speaking to people.

Even his aura is not much inferior to Jun Moyi's.

Upon hearing his words, the guard bent down even lower and whispered, "Not yet..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sneer.

The guard's legs immediately trembled, and he fell to his knees with a thud. However, Gu Huaizhi didn't even move his eyes, and the temperature in his eyes was still bone-chillingly cold.

He stared at the person kneeling on the ground with interest, playing with the folding fan in his hand without saying a word.

It was unknown how long it had been, so long that the clothes on the back of the guard kneeling on the ground were already soaked with cold sweat, and fine beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead. Only then did Gu Huaizhi gently open his lips.

"I've waited so many days, and this is the reply you brought back? You really disappoint me."

His tone was slow and leisurely, but his tone was so cold that the guard felt that he would lose his head in the next second.

Others may not know, but he knows it very well.

Although their prince always looks smiling on weekdays, his methods are no less ruthless than that of Prince An when it comes to getting things done.

The guard kowtowed quickly and racked his brains to find a way to survive.

Perhaps it was fate that allowed him to come up with a possibility. "Reporting to the prince, although I haven't investigated the matter thoroughly these days, I have found a clue."

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Gu Huaizhi's fingers, which were originally turning the folding fan, paused slightly.

He quickly opened his folding fan and held it across his chest. "Tell me about it."

The guard raised his head and saw the folding fan that could take off a person's head in an instant appear in front of him. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"I've found out that a midwife who delivered the baby realized the danger and immediately moved her family elsewhere. If we find her, we should be able to confirm the cause."

Hearing this, Gu Huaizhi narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, but did not speak.

The guard didn't know whether this ambiguous statement would be of any use, but at the moment there was really no other way and he could only wait in fear.

Fortunately, Gu Huaizhi was not an impatient person. He thought for a moment and then said, "Then this prince will spare your life. If this matter cannot be investigated clearly, then you can commit suicide outside and don't come back to bother this prince."

Hearing this, the guard knew that his life was saved today. He breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Your Majesty. I will do my utmost to fulfill my mission this time."

However, upon hearing this, Gu Huaizhi just sneered, "I hope you can do what you say."

The guard responded again, then kowtowed and flew away, leaving Gu Huaizhi sitting there alone with his eyes downcast, wondering what he was thinking.

At this moment, he heard light footsteps approaching from afar. He immediately put away the expression on his face and glanced sideways, and saw that the person coming was Ye Lan.

Gu Huaizhi's eyebrows moved slightly.

He knew that this woman was not an ordinary maid, but was most likely a spy placed by Jun Moyi by his side, so he always asked Ye Lan to go to the main courtyard to report to Jun Moyi.

However, according to the report from the person he arranged to watch in secret, every time Ye Lan went to the front yard, Jun Moyi never had any extra communication with her, and was even too lazy to give her a glance.

Sometimes I would just wave my hand without even saying a word to let her come back.

After this happened many times, Gu Huaizhi felt that maybe he was thinking too much. Maybe Jun Moyi simply didn't like this little maid, so he sent her to him.

Ye Lan didn't know how much Gu Huaizhi was thinking. She walked up to him with her head lowered and said, "Sir, this servant has already conveyed this message to the prince."

Gu Huaizhi nodded, indicating that he understood.

Just as Ye Lan was about to say goodbye, Gu Huaizhi suddenly asked, "Your name is Ye Lan, right?"

Ye Lan was stunned.

Ever since she was assigned to serve Gu Huaizhi, Gu Huaizhi rarely even spoke to her, let alone chatted.

So when she heard Gu Huaizhi's words, she didn't come back to her senses for a while, until she saw Gu Huaizhi frowned, then she quickly replied: "Yes, Prince, this servant is Ye Lan."

"Is it the Ye Lan from "Ye Lan Wo Ting Feng Chui Yu"? That's a nice name. How long have you been in the palace?"

"Reporting to the prince, I have been in the mansion for more than a month."

"Just over a month?" Gu Huaizhi was a little surprised.

He originally thought that Ye Lan was sent by Jun Moyi to monitor him, but no matter what, Jun Moyi would not send a newcomer to do such an important task. After all, the palace is not empty-handed.

Gu Huaizhi, who was originally a little skeptical, almost immediately leaned towards the second guess after hearing Ye Lan's answer.

This maid was sent by Jun Moyi to serve him as soon as she entered the mansion. It was probably not to Jun Moyi's liking, so he sent her to him with the idea of ​​out of sight, out of mind.

Then why did he never let Ye Lan follow him when he went to the front yard a few days ago? Doesn’t this exactly match Jun Moyi’s thoughts?

Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi almost immediately felt a pang of regret.

He actually missed so many opportunities to annoy Jun Moyi.

Gu Huaizhi thought for a moment and decided to go to the front yard.

But just as he stood up, he heard Ye Lan's voice, "Sir, are you going to look for the prince?"

Gu Huaizhi paused and tilted his head slightly, "What's wrong?"

Ye Lan immediately lowered his head and stepped aside, saying respectfully, "The prince is currently entertaining guests in the front yard, so it might be inconvenient for you to go over there."

Gu Huaizhi disagreed, "What kind of guest is it that this prince cannot see?"

"She's General Sang's wife."

Gu Huaizhi: ...