"A long needle piercing the heart?" Hua Yuanzhao subconsciously thought of Gu Ci and the bloody body of the jailer in the cell.

Rong Xiu saw through her thoughts and lowered his voice, "There are hundreds of guards outside the palace, and it's like an iron wall. Even a fly can't fly out."

Hua Yuanzhao clenched his fists and frowned, thinking about something.

"What if someone is fanning the flames and wants us to suspect Gu Ci?" Rong Xiu raised his hand and tapped Hua Yuanzhao's head.

Hua Yuanzhao was quite surprised: "Do you have a new suspect?"

It's not impossible. After all, how many people would do bad things so blatantly and without concealment?

"No!" Rong Xiu said firmly, and spread his hands: "But the emperor has already ordered the release of the Fourteenth Prince from his house arrest."

I just don’t know whether the person sitting on the dragon throne really believes Gu Ci, or is just trying to play hard to get.

"No matter what, the Fourteenth Prince is not an ordinary person. You must be careful." Rong Xiu said, crossing his arms.

When Xu Wanqing saw him coming, she had already moved away to avoid hearing their conversation.

But when Rong Xiu said this last sentence, he didn't avoid people at all, and even if Xu Wanqing wanted to remind her, it was too late.

"Prince Rong, it's really not kind to speak ill of someone behind their back!"

The two people who were saying bad things about others woke up at the same time and looked in the direction of the sound in astonishment.

Gu Ci, who was speaking, was still elegant in white clothes, but his fingers holding the folding fan were tense and the veins on the back of his hand were throbbing.

Gu Ci looked at the two of them, and then looked Hua Yuanzhao up and down before saying, "Since Miss Hua is getting married, it's better for her to have less contact with men outside of her family."

Hua Yuanzhao was puzzled. When was she going to get married?

How come she doesn't know?

"After all, the royal family values ​​rules. No matter what happened before, the marriage has been decided. Miss Hua still has to consider the reputation of the royal family." Gu Ci said in a bad tone and was obviously angry.

"What do you mean by getting married?" Hua Yuanzhao was speechless, secretly anxious.

Is it decided that she will be Gu Changsu's principal wife?

Gu Ci frowned, but when he saw that Hua Yuanzhao really seemed unaware, his expression softened a little.

"In the teahouse ahead, the storyteller was talking about the romantic affair in the Prime Minister's residence the other day..." Gu Ci said tactfully, "I heard that Miss Hua and Chang Su had an accident."

He glanced at Hua Yuanzhao and coughed awkwardly.

"I also heard that Miss Hua entered the prince's mansion. I thought that Miss Hua was about to marry into the royal family." Gu Ci coughed dryly and bowed to Hua Yuanzhao to apologize: "It turned out that I misunderstood. Please don't blame me, Miss Hua."

Hua Yuanzhao's eyes widened, and he suddenly asked, "You mean, after listening to the storyteller, you thought that Gu Changsu had ruined my innocence?"

Rong Xiu squeezed his wrists until they cracked, with an evil and sinister smile on his face.

"Where did this storyteller come from? He tells such a great story!"

Even if such a thing happened to a small family, it would most likely be kept secret, let alone if it happened to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Third Prince?

Gossiping about this and deliberately confusing the heroine...

Does this storyteller want to kill himself?

Xu Wanqing's heart was pounding. As a woman, she knew best the seriousness of the matter.

"Which teahouse?" Xu Wanqing asked hurriedly.

There must be someone behind this. If the storyteller continues to make up his story, who knows how things will turn out!

Gu Ci glanced at her, then rushed to the teahouse with a few people.

Several people hurried to the teahouse, and before they entered the door, they heard a lot of noise and screams.

Princess Lin'an stood in the middle of the teahouse, swinging the whip with great force, making the middle-aged man cry for his parents.

Someone nearby tried to persuade him and was also whipped a few times.