Bei Mingxuan answered irrelevantly, "Miss Chang'an, are you mocking me? Honestly, I'm truly ashamed. I've been playing chess with your father for an hour now, and I'm still stuck."
Gu Changan raised his eyebrows and was speechless. One hour?
I think Bei Mingxuan came back using Qinggong, and he didn't intend to let his father know what happened an hour ago.
"The Ninth Prince truly lives up to his reputation of loving chess but always losing every time he plays it." Chang'an was deliberately mocking him for pretending in front of his father.
"Don't be rude." Gu Qingfeng heard a hint of deliberateness in Chang'an's words.
Changan said respectfully to Bei Mingxuan, "Please don't blame me, Ninth Prince."
"It's okay." Bei Mingxuan smiled indifferently.
At the same time, he used his inner force to tease Gu Changan, "Are you so obedient and well-behaved?
But in this prince's opinion, you playing hard to get in the hot spring is still more interesting."
"..." Chang'an glared at Bei Mingxuan, but Bei Mingxuan was concentrating on looking at the chessboard.
At this moment, Bei Mingxuan's focused look seemed to be a pretense in Chang'an's eyes.
She thought unconvincedly in her heart, Bei Mingxuan asked you to pretend, and ended your game of chess, and I want to see how you can pretend.
Chang'an thought to himself, picked up the white chess piece held by Bei Mingxuan, and made a move.
White wins, Black loses.
Chang'an raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Bei Mingxuan, "One move determines the outcome. I wonder if the Ninth Prince really means it. Is he confused by the situation, or is he unwilling to be eliminated?"
Bei Mingxuan smiled casually and looked at Gu Qingfeng, "It seems that in the future, if you are not around, this prince can ask Miss Chang'an for advice."
"It's just a coincidence." Gu Qingfeng looked at Chang'an and said, "Everyone is waiting for you to have breakfast. Go and change your clothes."
"Yes." Gu Changan agreed obediently.
Gu Qingfeng, Gu Changan and Bei Mingxuan dined at the same table.
The three of them seemed very calm, in line with the rule of not talking while eating.
However, there was an undercurrent of conflict between Gu Changan and Bei Mingxuan. The two used inner communication to communicate with each other, and neither of them would spare the other.
Their eyes were exchanged with each other. If it weren't for their sharp gazes, Gu Qingfeng, who was standing by, would have suspected that these two people were flirting with each other right under his nose.
"You..." Gu Qingfeng put down his bowl and chopsticks, looked at the two of them with a smile in his eyes, and said,
"If you two have something to say, you can just say it directly. There's no need to waste your internal energy just to transmit. Although I, Gu Qingfeng, am disabled, I am not blind and my heart is not ignorant."
Gu Changan blinked, a trace of embarrassment on her face, "Dad...you, if you say that, your daughter will be embarrassed."
"I'm sorry." Gu Qingfeng pretended to be surprised, "Don't worry, I don't have any internal strength, so I can't hear what you said."
"Haha." Bei Mingxuan smiled, "It doesn't matter even if they heard it. After all, there are no outsiders here, so whatever they say is fine.
It's no wonder Chang'an is so strange. After all, she's not familiar with me, and she doesn't know that my friendship with you has long transcended life and death."
Gu Qingfeng knew in his heart that the two of them must have been embarrassed to let him hear what they had just said. How could Chang'an not know that his friendship with Bei Mingxuan was not ordinary? "The Ninth Prince is right. After all, Chang'an doesn't understand much."
"From now on, I will appear in front of Miss Chang'an more often." Bei Mingxuan said deliberately, "So that Miss Chang'an can get to know me better. Otherwise, one day, Miss Chang'an might mistake me for a lecherous little hooligan."
"I dare not." Chang'an smiled, but there was anger in his mouth. "Knowing the friendship between the Ninth Prince and my father, Chang'an will not treat the Ninth Prince as a little gangster.
Even if they are indeed ruffians, they are royal ruffians, much more noble than those ruffians in the market."
Gu Qingfeng shook his head helplessly. At this moment, he did not blame Chang'an for speaking properly and reasonably.
Privately speaking, he also hopes that his daughter can live a free and easy life, so that her heart will not be bound by useless things and live a tiring and unhappy life.
Through the long conversation with Changan last night, Gu Qingfeng knew that his daughter was a sensible and careful person.
Besides, he was facing the Ninth Prince at this time. Bei Mingxuan was not as concerned about status and rules as other princes.
More importantly, there were no outsiders around, so he just let the two of them do what they wanted, free and easy without any rules or regulations.
"Sir," Bei Mingxuan said, "I will return to the city in a moment. After all, I didn't inform my father before leaving, which is against the rules."
"Yes." Gu Qingfeng suggested, "After returning, you should report it to the emperor.
When you leave, pick a few branches of red plum blossoms for the Queen Mother to take back. She loves the red plum blossoms here the most."
"The Queen Mother loves the red plum blossoms here because she misses my mother." Chang An thought. It has been a long time since he last saw the Queen Mother. "It is also because she loves my mother that the Queen Mother treats me differently."
Thinking back to her previous life, in order to get Gu Shijia to marry the Fourth Prince, she really offended the Queen Mother. She can still remember it now.
After the Queen Mother agreed to this matter, she looked at her own stubborn appearance.
Even so, she did not blame herself, but told herself that she would regret it in the future.
"How about... Chang'an, come back with me?" Bei Mingxuan asked, "And visit the Queen Mother. She hasn't seen you in a while. Sometimes when she goes to see her, she can't help but mention you."
"No." Chang'an said, "If the Queen Mother asks about Chang'an, I hope the Ninth Prince will tell her that I have been staying in the Plum Garden with my father these days.
By chance, he met a famous doctor who could cure the scars on Chang'an's face that had appeared over the years.
I just don’t know if what that quack doctor said is feasible.”
Bei Mingxuan didn't say anything. He glanced at Gu Qingfeng and saw that Gu Qingfeng had a frown on his face, as if he was thinking about this matter.
"If you want to restore your appearance." Gu Qingfeng looked at Chang'an, "This excuse is reasonable, but..."
"Dad, do you think something is wrong?" Chang'an looked at his father hesitantly.
"No." Gu Qingfeng said, "There's nothing wrong with this matter, but as your father, I plan to write a letter to your grandfather and have him announce to the world that you are severing your ties with the Southern Kingdom's royal family.
For so many years, the Emperor has made no plans for you because of the huge involvement behind you, plus the thoughts of the Fourth Prince, the Crown Prince, and the First Prince. As a father, I only want you to live a happy and peaceful life."
"When did Dad come up with this plan?" Chang'an guessed, "Was it after the incident between the Fourth Prince and my cousin?"
"We've had this plan for a long time." Gu Qingfeng said, "The decision was made last night, and the letter has already been written."
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