With his hands slightly clasped at his sleeves, Wei Hanzhang nodded softly and walked out quickly.

His steps were steady, but he was already panicking inside.

She had agreed to come to the Prince of Yan's villa in the beginning in order to ask the prince to plead for the Jiang family in front of the crown prince and save the Jiang family.

It was also agreed at that time that the job of 'grinding ink and serving tea' would only be done until the Jiang family case was judged.

But now, Wei Hanzhang panicked. Judging from the attitude of this Xiao Shizi, he seemed to treat her as...

Once the Jiang family is safely out of danger, will he really allow her not to go there again as he promised?

After Wei Hanzhang left, only Xiao Junzhan and his servant were left in the room.

Ning Hai even slowed down his breathing, and did not dare to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He felt a chill in his heart.

Xiao Junzhan stood there for a long time without saying a word. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand to hold the window, letting the cool breeze of early summer blow away the murderous desire surging in his heart.

"Go and vent your anger on Changle. Qi Yuxiao has violated my taboo. Only by marrying into the Gu family can her guilt be forgiven and her status as a princess be restored."

Ning Hai bowed quickly: "Yes!"

"Wait..." Xiao Junzhan turned around, lowering his eyes with murderous intent that had not yet disappeared, and said, "Tell Changle that the deadline is within one month. If you miss the deadline... Father can't save her daughter."

Ning Hai wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, murmured a promise, and walked out, thinking to himself, what is going on?

He really couldn't figure out what His Highness was worried about.

As the crown prince of the current dynasty, it is rare for him to meet a girl he likes and whose status is also suitable for him. He only needs to issue an order to recruit her into the Eastern Palace. Isn't it just a matter of a word from him to make her his wife or concubine?

Why so many twists and turns, watching the sweetheart go to meet her 'fiancé', and letting the Qi family be the villains who break up this 'marriage'?

Not to mention His Highness, even if he was a castrated eunuch, he would feel so angry that he would die.

Ning Hai thought about it for a while, maybe he was afraid that Miss Wei would find out and blame him later...

Or is there some deeper meaning behind this?

In short, no matter why His Highness did this, his purpose was to take Miss Wei into the Eastern Palace.

Thinking of this, Ning Hai suddenly realized that the decisions made by their prince had never been wrong. He did not bother about anything else and took the order to leave.

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As soon as Wei Hanzhang walked out of Tingfeng Pavilion, he ran into Nanny Sun who came to deliver a message.

Seeing that the young mistress who had been staying in the attic for the past few days finally showed up, Nanny Sun bowed slightly and said, "Miss, would you like to invite Young Master Gu in?"

Wei Hanzhang's yard was not small, and he and Gu Yunran were discussing marriage, so it wouldn't be a problem even if they invited someone to sit in the yard.

But she shook her head and said, "No need, I'll just go out and meet him."

Gu Yunran, who had not appeared for many days, stood on the bluestone-paved corridor, facing this side. He saw Wei Hanzhang coming out of the courtyard gate from afar, and his anxious heart slowly calmed down.

It was not until he came closer and saw the red marks on the girl's face that his expression finally changed and he asked in a cold voice, "Who hurt you?"

"I thought you came here for this, but it's not the case?"

Wei Hanzhang stared at him, and seeing that he didn't look fake, he said angrily, "You've attracted such bad luck in love, you really don't know what happened yesterday?"

Gu Yunran was startled, anger flashed across his brows: "She hurt you?"

"Don't you know? You should have some idea of ​​what kind of personality that Miss Qi has after visiting your house so many times." Wei Hanzhang mocked, "If you had sent someone to give me a tip yesterday, I would have avoided her and wouldn't have suffered this unprovoked disaster."

"Don't get me wrong, Ranran, I don't know anything about her." Gu Yunran's expression was completely unstable. He stood straight with his waist slightly bent, and explained carefully: "She came to me on her own, and I never paid any attention to her. I didn't know that she would target you because of this."

"It's all my fault. Ranran was bullied because of me." Gu Yunran's gaze stayed on the girl's face, his voice became low, and he reached out his hand to hold her. Wei Hanzhang took two steps back, realizing that she reacted too late, and pursed her lips uncomfortably to avoid his sight.

It’s not like we haven’t shaken hands before, but this time…

Wei Hanzhang tapped her fingertips lightly. Was she influenced by Xiao Boqian? Gu Yunran didn't feel anything wrong. He just thought she was jealous. He was afraid that she would not listen to his explanation and would make trouble with him again, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and blocked her against the pillar of the corridor.

"I don't know when I was caught by that Princess Chengyi, and I was chased home for no reason. Ranran, believe me, I haven't looked at her straight in the eye once in these days." He kept explaining: "You are the only one in my heart. I will never dare to make you angry for another woman. Don't misunderstand me."

Wei Hanzhang looked at the eager young man in front of her. Her childhood sweetheart was indeed good-looking, with a pretty face, an upright figure, and fine clothes and a handsome appearance. He was in no way inferior to those noble young men in the capital. It was normal for Qi Yuxiao to fall in love with him at first sight.

He got closer and closer, and Wei Hanzhang couldn't help but put his hand on his shoulder, "Move away, it's not good for people to see us."

Gu Yunran's anxious expression paused, not understanding why all his explanations were met with such a calm and composed attitude from her.

It was as if she wasn't angry at all because other noble ladies were pestering him...

After looking at her carefully for a while, Gu Yunran's eyebrows gradually showed annoyance, and he said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with that? Both of our families have tacitly agreed to our marriage. We are just waiting for my father to come back and propose marriage. Who would think that it's wrong for us to be closer?"

"Is it okay if I think it's inappropriate?"

His tone was so aggressive that Wei Hanzhang immediately became annoyed: "You had two concubines in front of you, and the princess fell in love with you later. Who knows if our marriage can be successful? In the future, you can marry another noble lady, and I still need to marry with a good reputation."

"Marry? Who else do you want to marry besides me?"

Gu Yunran's chest rose and fell violently, imagining the scene of the girl in front of him marrying someone else. His eyebrows were full of anger. He raised his hand to hold her shoulder and said angrily: "Wei Ranran, you can only be mine in this life."

"Gu Yunran!" Wei Hanzhang reflexively broke free of the hand on his shoulder and shouted coldly, "What do you think this place is? Who are you threatening?"

She knew that this childhood sweetheart was not a good person, but she never thought that he would learn to threaten her! Gu Yunran's arms froze in mid-air, and then slowly dropped them. His eyes stayed on her red face, and he moved his lips as if he was hurt: "Ranran, don't be angry with me. I feel very uncomfortable these days. I can't sleep well, I can't eat well, and I think about you every day, thinking about you..."

A trace of tears appeared in his eyes, and then quickly disappeared. He said aggrievedly: "Don't treat me like this. I was wrong to have a concubine. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."

(End of this chapter)