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

Now, this love has been broken because of that fickle bitch Su Sui'an, which he cannot accept in any way.

He was in great torment, and that day, he apologized to the new emperor and returned home in advance without notifying anyone.

On his way back, he saw Wan'er's favorite hibiscus cake being sold at the night market.

He even stopped and brought a copy for Wan'er.

His original intention was simple. He just wanted to give his beloved woman a surprise to dilute the guilt he felt for having been moved by Su Sui'an for a moment.

In order to give Wan'er a real surprise, he specifically did not allow the servants to inform her. For a moment, he even imagined Wan'er's face flushed with joy because he left the table early and returned home.

However, despite all his calculations, he had overlooked the fact that Wan'er did not attend the palace banquet with him because she had invited other people while he was away.

Because he wanted to give her a surprise and not let the servants bother him, he actually heard what she and Su Qishun talked about.

The secret about the token - it turned out that the person he married with the token was not the girl at all.

Zhao Qingwan married him not because she loved him so much, but simply because he could bring her endless wealth and glory.

At present, a new monarch appoints new ministers. Seeing that he is no longer as glorious as before, Zhao Qingwan actually said those nonsense words asking Su Qishun to help find the next one.

After listening more carefully, he actually discovered that the little girl from that year was actually Su Sui'an.

Regret lingered in his heart.

It almost suffocated him.

At one point, he even wanted to push open the door and strangle Zhao Qingwan and Su Qishun to death.

But he can't.

Today, he is no longer the high-spirited and highly trusted Dali Temple Shaoqing of the past.

Since the change of leader in the court, there has been a major reshuffle and he was dismissed from his original position.

After being highly valued by the previous monarch, he was able to work as a sixth-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy of the new court, which was already a sign of the kindness of the new emperor.

If he still caused any trouble during this period, he couldn't guarantee that the new emperor would not use this as an excuse to attack him...

In addition, because Su Qishun had given great support to the new emperor when he defected to Prince Yun, even after the new emperor ascended the throne, he did not deprive Su Qishun of his title of Marquis of Changping.

If a conflict really happened, even if there was solid evidence, I'm afraid the new emperor would not stand on his side.

For a moment, Gu Xiuyan was caught in a dilemma.

As caring and loving as he was towards Zhao Qingwan in the past, as disgusting as he is now.

After he heard the contempt expressed between the lines by Zhao Qingwan and Su Qishun, he wished he could blind his old self.

At that moment, all his tenderness and regret turned into endless motivation for him to move forward.

pity...

It's too late.

Even though he had regretted it, he tried his best to make amends.

An'er still looked at him as if he were a stranger...

Not only that, she seemed to have accepted her fate and obeyed the violent "Nine Thousand Years Old"'s orders, looking at him as if she were a stranger.

He didn't understand. He had clearly sincerely repented, so why did she still want to be so self-degrading and stay with a broken man?

Even though he is no longer as glorious as before, he is still a man who stands tall and upright, and does things in an upright manner. Except that he cannot give her the position of wife in the short term, he will try his best to satisfy her in other matters as long as she needs it...

He didn't even mind that she had passed through the hands of two eunuchs...

What's even more abominable is that she even complained to the eunuch named Rong, making his already difficult situation even more difficult...

In order to protect himself, he had to use 100% of his mental strength to fight him.

It was called a fight, but in fact he was crushed unilaterally, and the final result of the crushing was...

Su Sui'an died in an assassination attempt, and he was also innocently implicated and eventually died at the hands of Rong...

Because of his anger, Rong destroyed the entire Changping Marquisate, and even the girls who were married off in the Changping Marquisate were not spared...

What's frustrating is that even though he died at the hands of that eunuch, Gu Xiuyan still doesn't know where that Rong came from...

Thoughts came back.

Gu Xiuyan's mind gradually became distracted.

He loves Su Sui'an.

But he didn't understand. He had been trying to show his goodwill, but Su Sui'an was so cold-hearted...

It was clearly agreed that as long as he broke off the engagement, she would give him a chance to start over, but when he really broke off the engagement, she didn't even give her a glance afterwards...

That’s all.

It is said that a girl without blessings will have a hard time marrying into a blessed family. In the end, she could not accept this overwhelming blessing...

"Young Master..."

Cong Hui's voice came to my ears.

Suddenly far and suddenly near.

A certain obsession in my heart seemed to be let go at that moment.

Even the breath he was holding on to was dissipated.

Gu Xiuyan just felt very tired, and his eyelids became heavier...

Before his consciousness faded, he could only hear Cong Hui's tearful "Young Master"...

...

Su Sui'an and Liu'er returned to the Su Mansion in a panic.

In order not to make Ji Lanshuang worry, she even asked the servants to hide the fact that they were in such a mess when they returned home.

When Mei'er saw the two of them, the color drained from her face and her eyes suddenly turned red. "Miss, what happened? How did you end up like this?"

Liu'er's ankle was swollen like a steamed bun.

He limped to an embroidered cushion and sat down, and asked Mei'er to help him find some medicinal wine.

Only after Mei'er brought the medicinal wine did Liu'er lift up her trouser legs, revealing her swollen ankles.

"It's hard to explain in a few words. Anyway, the Duke Gu's Mansion is a dog that can't change its bad habits. If you encounter them again in the future, just use a broom to chase them out."

As Liu Er spoke, she pressed hard on her painful spot.

Seeing Liu'er pressing on the wound without mercy, Su Sui'an stepped forward and pushed her hand away, then used gentle force to massage her ankle to disperse the blood clots.

"If you press like this, do you want to give up your feet?"

His words were a reproach to her for not taking care of her body.

Seeing that Su Sui'an didn't seem to be upset by the difficulties caused by Duke Gu's Mansion just now, the gloom in Liu'er's heart dissipated for the most part.

She couldn't help but reply, "Compared to the grievances that the young lady suffered in Duke Gu's mansion, what does this mean to me?"

"Miss, I like the sober young lady now, not the young lady who rushed to throw herself at the Duke of Gu as soon as she heard him speak."

Liu'er's subsequent words were very straightforward.

Mei'er's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she immediately looked up at Su Sui'an.