Shen Hechuan raised an eyebrow.

"I thought that the last confrontation had made the Great Qi more restrained, but I didn't expect them to dare to infiltrate our Great Cheng again."

"Give the order to tighten the lockdown throughout the city and arrest the spies from Dacheng."

******

Meanwhile, in a secluded private residence in Tiandu.

Several men huddled together and whispered among themselves.

"We ruined the so-called surprise that the Crown Prince had carefully prepared, preventing him from giving Miss Luo a chance to express her love. Will our monarch praise us?"

One of the men spoke up happily, only to be slapped on the head by the other man.

"What Miss Luo? Her surname is Gu now, and her name is Gu Jingchun."

"I know, I just got used to it!"

“Our monarch ordered us to keep an eye on Miss Gu, but Miss Gu has been staying in the palace and rarely comes out. If it weren’t for this, how could we be sure that this Miss Gu is Miss Luo!”

That's because you're stupid!

"The monarch clearly instructed us to keep watch in secret and wait for his news at any time, but your rash action may arouse suspicion from the other side."

“That Crown Prince of Dacheng is clearly not someone to be trifled with. If our identities are exposed because of this, wouldn’t that be troublesome?”

"You're the stupid one!"

"I used a fully mastered sword technique when I made my move, so how could they have noticed?"

“I will write to the monarch now. He will be pleased to know that we have ruined the prince’s declaration of love.”

Several days later.

Far away in the palace of the Great Qi.

As the smoke from the incense burner curled upwards, Mo Junxing read the latest contents of the letter, his slender fingers gradually tightening.

His thin lips curled into a sneer of anger.

"A declaration of love?"

"joke."

A flash of anger instantly appeared in his narrow eyes.

"Shen Hechuan!"

"You dare to steal my woman!"

As he spoke, he stood up, his cold eyes sweeping over the person kneeling on the ground.

"Get up, I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself."

******

The Eastern Palace.

After Gu Jingchun returned, he was restless and uneasy.

This familiar feeling made her feel as if she had returned to the time when she was trapped in Daqi.

Therefore, she went to Gu Jinxi's room to make sure that Gu Jinxi was sleeping soundly in bed before she went back to sleep.

Perhaps it's because of today's sudden change.

Even after falling asleep, Gu Jingchun remained restless and began to have dreams.

The dream was filled with all sorts of bizarre and fantastical scenes, with the images flipping back and forth several times, from the days I spent with Shen Hechuan at the inn at the beginning to Shen Hechuan leaving.

Then she went back to Mei Xueli's village while heavily pregnant.

Then there was the guidance and companionship from her mentor, Guan Zhixin.

It was eventually discovered that Guan Zhixin had ulterior motives.

He further discovered that Guan Zhixin and his adoptive mother also knew everything.

So she fled at all costs.

Finally, he took Gu Jinxi and a few of his trusted subordinates and fled to a small village on the border of the Great Qi.

At that time, she concealed her identity, named herself Luo Yunchu, and saved Lanxin and Xiaoman.

After that, he embarked on his business career.

However, at that time she kept herself behind the scenes and lived in a small village.

Living a carefree life with her child.

Life is relatively peaceful and affluent.

But just then, Gu Jinxi brought her a surprise.

Because of his strength, he actually dragged a man back from the woods.

A man who is good-looking enough.

Gu Jinxi was still young at that time. When he dragged the person back to look at him, he said with a naive look, "Looks good, be a daddy."

Gu Jingchun was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

But since Gu Jinxi had already brought the person back, she decided to go all the way and rescue him.

At that time, the man was seriously injured, and if she did not provide treatment, he would surely die.

However, the first thing this man did after waking up was to kill someone to silence them.

Looking into his dark and cold eyes, Gu Jingchun immediately began to explain.

"I saved you. Your injuries haven't healed yet, so you can't kill me now."

The man stopped moving and then let Gu Jingchun go.

But this also led to various tests and clashes between the two.

Because of his initial hostility and murderous intent, Gu Jingchun remained wary of her.

To prevent him from killing him after he recovered, Gu Jingchun added a little something to his medicine so that his wounds would slowly heal and not heal as quickly.

However, they always treated him with gentleness and kindness.

In the man's eyes, Gu Jingchun was just an ordinary peasant woman, and he gradually lowered his guard.

One day, Gu Jingchun said he was taking Gu Jinxi to gather herbs, but he never returned, and his wound began to fester and become inflamed.

If his trusted aides hadn't arrived in time, his entire leg would have been crippled.

Gu Jingchun fled that small mountain village and moved to the county town to live.

At first, everything went smoothly at her shop, and business was booming.

However, because it was so popular, it aroused the dissatisfaction and targeting of her competitors, who forcibly sent people to cause trouble at her shop and shut it down.

Having no other option, Gu Jingchun could only try his best to befriend relevant officials in order to seek justice for himself.

However, their collusion between officials and businessmen left Gu Jingchun with absolutely no room for maneuver.

Therefore, when Gu Jingchun learned of the new emperor's trip, he took a big gamble.

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