On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

The tone was just as contemptuous as it was in the front hall just now.

Only when she saw Liu'er being ruthlessly pulled up by two servants from Duke Gu's mansion, did a hint of coldness flash across her eyes.

"This is our business, and you, an outsider, are not allowed to interfere." The old nanny's tone became extremely cold, and she looked at Su Sui'an as if she was looking at an enemy, and every word she spoke was as clear as ice.

"Everything started because of you. If you hadn't asked me to grant you the marriage, I wouldn't have been poisoned and wouldn't have become the ghost I am now. It's you who ruined the Duke Gu's Mansion."

Some people are like this. No matter what happens, no matter how many evil things they have done before, as long as something bad happens, it is always someone else's fault.

Seeing that figure getting closer with the support of Cong Hui, the sneer on Su Sui'an's lips became deeper.

"Back then, I was able to make Gu Xiuyan cancel the engagement, so I naturally have the ability to make Gu Xiuyan let me go today. Do you want to make a bet?"

Madam Gu's face changed, "You dare?"

"Grandma, what are you doing?"

A weak voice sounded, and Madam Gu's face changed slightly.

"What are you doing out here?"

Just now, Su Sui'an couldn't see clearly from a distance. It was only after Gu Xiuyan came closer that Su Sui'an could see clearly what Gu Xiuyan looked like at that moment.

Compared with the last time, this time Gu Xiuyan looked more dead than before.

At this moment, he was hanging limply on Conghui, wearing a moon-white robe that was much looser than last time.

The hair on his temples was disheveled, and his usually jet-black hair was now dull and lusterless, like dry and yellow weeds.

His eyes were cloudy and moist, with the upturned corners of his eyes drooping downwards. His temples were covered with dark blue stubble, and his angular jaw looked more like a thin layer of inelastic flesh wrapped over the bones.

Even though he was just walking from outside the crowd into the crowd, Su Sui'an still felt Gu Xiuyan's effort.

Su Sui'an thought that after seeing her, Gu Xiuyan would still come up to her and say a bunch of meaningless nonsense to her as he did before.

Unexpectedly, this time, Gu Xiuyan didn't even glance at her.

Instead, he let Conghui support him and walked in front of Old Madam Gu.

With his hunched back and staggering steps, if it weren't for his long, dry and yellow hair like grass, people would probably believe him if they said he was of the same generation as Madam Gu.

Gu Xiuyan walked up to Old Madam Gu.

He didn't say anything, but just met Madam Gu's eyes with his cloudy eyes.

There was a silent tension between the grandfather and grandson.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Gu Xiuyan was already exhausted, and if he continued to waste time like this, it would be questionable whether he could survive until the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Madam Gu was the first to be defeated.

He turned around and glanced coldly at Su Sui'an.

She then winked at the servant closest to her.

The servants of the Duke's Mansion, who had surrounded them, spontaneously made way for Su Sui'an.

Su Sui'an walked up to Liu'er and helped her leave.

Until her figure disappeared.

The servants also went back to their respective duties, and then Old Madam Gu looked at Gu Xiuyan with disappointment.

"I wanted you to have a companion, but I didn't expect you to be such a loser. It's fine if you're willful, but leaving this mess to me, isn't that unfilial?"

There was no change on Gu Xiuyan's face, he looked indifferent, as if he was an outsider.

"I have had enough of being manipulated by others. If you want to have a good reputation even after a hundred years, I hope you will stop targeting me."

After saying that, Gu Xiuyan left slowly but resolutely.

Only Madam Gu and the old nanny beside her were left standing there.

Her face turned from red to blue, then from blue to purple, and finally lost all its color and became extremely pale.

The old lady said worriedly, "Madam..."

"What a useless thing," Madam Gu could no longer maintain her usual elegance and calmness in front of her confidant, "I have planned so much for him, and he actually dared to threaten me because of this woman?"

"Madam, don't get yourself hurt by being angry," the old nanny rubbed Madam Gu's back soothingly, "Master just can't figure it out for the time being. When he figures it out, he will naturally understand your painstaking efforts. Besides, given Master's current condition, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive the New Year. Let's focus on the young master first."

With the old nanny's comfort, Madam Gu's anger obviously dissipated a little, but her tone still contained dissatisfaction.

"You're right. He's not the only one in Duke Gu's Mansion now. Why should I do these things and ask for trouble?"

"What the old lady said makes sense, and..."

Having said that, the old nanny glanced around with a sly look, then quietly leaned over to whisper in Madam Gu's ear.

"Now that the childhood sweetheart of Prince Dingbei has come to Luojing, it has already spread like wildfire. It is only a matter of time before Su Sui'an's engagement is broken off. It is a great honor for us to have such an unlucky person who has been broken off twice to be able to enter the residence of Duke Gu. One day, she will kneel down and beg us to let her in."

The old nanny's subsequent words successfully pleased Madam Gu.

Although there was no particularly obvious expression on her face, the slightly upturned corners of her mouth betrayed her thoughts at the moment.

Then look at Gu Xiuyan.

Originally, after hearing that Su Sui'an was "invited" by the old lady to the Duke Gu's Mansion and was in trouble, he forced himself to save Su Sui'an.

Now, after hearing the report from his trusted secret guard and knowing that Su Sui'an had returned safely to the Su Mansion, all that breath was instantly released.

He fell limply onto the bed.

I didn't even have the strength to raise my hands.

With red eyes, Cong Hui looked at Gu Xiuyan, who was breathing heavily on the bed like an old man, and choked up and said, "Young Master, why are you doing this?"

That Miss Su is not worthy of your affection at all.

Gu Xiuyan wanted to tell Cong Hui that he really needed to do this.

Because he owed her this.

Ever since he fell ill, Gu Xiuyan has been having intermittent dreams.

There was no thank-you banquet in the dream, and nothing happened in the Changping Marquis’ Mansion. Moreover, because of the “token” sent by Su Qishun, he and Zhao Qingwan had a mutual understanding, and finally he married Zhao Qingwan.

On the day of the wedding, he went to the main gate to pick up the bride and brought Zhao Qingwan home. She knelt down in front of him in a state of embarrassment and begged him to help the second branch of the Changping Marquis's Mansion overturn the case...

But what did he do at that time?

He believed Su Qishun's lies and thought that everything was just a lie by the second wife. Su Sui'an showed up just to take advantage of him and escape from the Jiaofang Division...

He hated being used.

So, as a bystander, he happily bowed to heaven and earth with Zhao Qingwan and entered the bridal chamber, allowing Su Sui'an to be abused and beaten by the people who chased after him...

Later, after he learned that Su Sui'an had given herself to an old eunuch, he even felt that Su Sui'an had fallen into depravity, and he was full of disdain and contempt for her, and was ashamed of having been engaged to her...

From then on, he never asked about anything about Su Sui'an. Sometimes, even when Congming and Conghui talked about Su Sui'an's miserable days with gloating, he just maintained an indifferent expression and even felt vaguely that it was all her own fault.

This situation lasted until the change of imperial power. After the eunuch who had previously raised Su Sui'an was tortured and killed by the eunuchs who were close to the new emperor, he saw Su Sui'an again at a palace banquet...

Su Sui'an is the concubine of the new emperor's trusted eunuch.

The changes in the court at that time were simply the result of the old wave pushing the new wave forward.

The new emperor was merciful and did not kill his old ministers, but he did not use them in important positions either.

Gu Xiuyan was drinking by himself at the edge of the corner, watching Su Sui'an force a smile as he sat down next to the eunuch who was deeply favored by the emperor.

The brilliance in his eyes is gone...

The fingers that should have been as green as green onions were twisted and deformed, and she couldn't even hold the chopsticks steadily.

At that moment, his heart, which had long since become indifferent, was deeply touched.

He secretly hated himself for being moved by such a vain woman who was good at taking advantage of men, and he also felt full of guilt towards Zhao Qingwan.

Even though they have been married for several years, he and Wan'er have always been respectful to each other, but he just can't find the feeling he had when he was with that little girl...

Despite this, he still did not take a concubine. Wan'er's life-saving grace in childhood was enough for him to give Wan'er complete love for his whole life...