Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

"What porridge? Whose porridge?" Wu Fang interrupted in confusion.

The boy shuddered and stared at her in a daze.

"You... know him?"

Gu Qingzhi choked for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, I know, the assassin Lan Zhou."

Mu Ying suddenly grabbed Gu Qingzhi's sleeve.

"Have you also received his favor? Or has he saved you or your family?"

This child has an unexpectedly rich imagination.

"Uh...that's not the case."

The corners of Gu Qingzhi's mouth tightened for a moment, as if she understood something.

After hearing her answer, the eagerness in the boy's eyes quickly faded, and his eyes became more vigilant.

He withdrew his hand, took a step back, and looked at her scrutinizingly: "Then how do you know him?"

Gu Qingzhi remained calm and continued, "Well... I used to live in Wutong Lane and met him there."

"You know him!" Mu Ying's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed her sleeve even harder than before.

Gu Qingzhi felt a subtle sense of embarrassment, "Is that right?"

"He's my savior, the most powerful assassin I've ever seen, and the undisputed number one assassin in Kyoto. I... I admire him very much!"

The boy wrinkled her sleeves tightly, and the fanaticism in his eyes almost turned into a physical object, burning people.

The absurdity of being admired so passionately and purely by someone without their knowledge made her throat slightly choke.

Gu Qingzhi tried hard to avoid the overly scorching gaze and raised her hand to pat his shoulder a little stiffly.

"Don't get excited yet. Tell me, why did you say...he was your savior?"

Only then did Mu Ying reluctantly let go of the sleeve that had been wrinkled by his grip.

"Three years ago, in early September, a hundred acres of fertile farmland outside Beijing was seized, and my family was among them. They threatened to kill us all if we didn't pay them. It was Lan Zhou who assassinated the man and helped us get the land deeds back."

When the boy said this, Gu Qingzhi already had an impression.

That group of people were bandits who colluded with officials to sell illegal land to the people of Kyoto, using this as a threat in order to make a huge fortune from them.

It was after she investigated everywhere that she finally forced the official who sold the land and the bandit leader out of Kyoto and killed them in the forest outside the city.

And this bandit leader was the one she killed when she was reborn three years ago.

Wu Fang touched his chin thoughtfully after hearing this and said, "No wonder you admire him so much... Hey! Do you want to meet him? Doesn't Brother Gu know him? Why don't you ask him to introduce you to him?"

"Really, is it really possible?" Mu Ying looked at Gu Qingzhi eagerly, his eyes full of expectation.

Gu Qingzhi rolled her eyes at Wu Fang, saying he was such a talkative person.

"If an assassin were so easy to find, he wouldn't be called an assassin. You yourself wouldn't go to Wutong Lane, so what's your intention in asking him to go?"

Wu Fang cleared his throat awkwardly: "Ahem, I just thought you had a way..."

He smiled at Gu Qingzhi in a flattering manner, but was restrained by her cold eyes and dared not say anything more.

Gu Qingzhi turned back and saw that Mu Ying's expression had visibly fallen. After hesitating for a while, she finally spoke: "Why are you depressed? If you want to see him, shouldn't you find ways to improve yourself so that you can have a chance one day?"

He looked down at the crossbow on the table and sighed, "But I can't even control what I made..."

"That's only temporary. It's not difficult to find a weapon worthy of what you've made, as long as you're willing to do as I say."

After hearing what Gu Qingzhi said, Wu Fang came to his senses and quickly poked Mu Ying: "Hey kid, you're really lucky. He's deliberately trying to teach you. Did you just see his skills? He's very powerful!"

But Mu Ying frowned and said nothing.

Gu Qingzhi actually knew roughly what he was struggling with. After all, he was also a member of a noble family.

The situation in the mansion is still unclear. If he stands against the entire Guards' Court so casually and openly, he will certainly not end up well.

"Well, you have your concerns, I'm not in a hurry, you can think about it carefully."

"Next time, I'll ask for your answer."

The boy nodded solemnly.

In the evening, the carriage stopped in front of Prince Duan's mansion. The young man who got off the carriage had a cold expression on his face. He walked past the guards who were bowing respectfully in front of the gate and strode into the mansion.

Gu Qingzhi was squatting in the new house sorting out her clothes. The wind blowing through the hall brought a slight chill.

The palace bedroom was indeed much cooler as it was next to the lake. It was thanks to Feng Zhanye that he moved to the side room according to Madam Liu's suggestion.

In fact, she didn't have much stuff, and it would take her a while to pack it up. It was just that there was a naughty little flower squatting next to her, rolling back and forth on her clothes, which delayed it until now.

Looking at the yellow, white and black hairs sticking out of her dark clothes, she grabbed the "culprit" by the scruff of the neck, lifted it up and put it aside, tickling its belly to coax it to sleep.

Suddenly, I heard familiar footsteps approaching quickly. The door was pushed open and Feng Zhanye stood at the door, exhausted. There was a flicker of light in his slender eyes.

Xiaohua was startled by the sound of the door opening and quickly turned over and lay down.

Gu Qingzhi turned to look at his chest, which was rapidly heaving up and down, and found it amusing: "Why are you in such a hurry? Were you chased by wolves again?"

Hearing her teasing, Feng Zhanye took a deep breath and subconsciously wanted to throw himself on her and cling to her as usual, but he stopped abruptly just after taking half a step.

He remembered what Nanny Liu had said, and instead just strode in, closed the door, and sat down at the table.

"I wanted to visit you in the courtyard when I came back from the palace, but Aunt Liu told me that she asked you to move in."

"Well, yes, she asked me to come over and keep a good eye on you."

Gu Qingzhi poured him a glass of water and tapped his forehead.

"Sister Azhi..." Feng Zhanye didn't take the water, but instead pulled her closer like a spoiled child. "Actually, if it weren't for you recuperating, I wouldn't want you to live so far away from me. Madam, you're just doting on me."

The young man raised his face and smiled with his eyes narrowed, rubbing Gu Qingzhi's arm like a small flower.

"Oh right!" He suddenly remembered something, "Wu Fang said you were bleeding again when you were cleaning up the Guards' Court today. Let me take a look!"

As he said this, he was about to go around behind Gu Qingzhi, but she pressed him down on the stool.

Gu Qingzhi knew that once the child started worrying, he would never stop, so she quickly pressed the water cup into his hand: "I'm fine, everything has been taken care of. It's just a small crack and some blood seeping out. It looks scary."

The young man raised his slender eyebrows: "Really?"

"What did I lie to you about?"

Gu Qingzhi rubbed his forehead soothingly, and thinking of what he had just said, she couldn't help but ask:

"I heard you say just now that you entered the palace?"

Feng Zhanye was waiting for her to ask while drinking water, and then nodded: "Yes, I went to see Concubine De."

"You are all running around for me. I can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor, right?" He slowly put down his water cup and pulled Gu Qingzhi to sit down.

"Since Concubine De has specially arranged for Steward Xiao to monitor the palace, she must be suspicious of my alliance with the Gao family. So I might as well take the initiative to dispel her suspicions."

The young man narrowed his eyes slightly, propped up his head and looked carefully at the woman in front of him in the candlelight.

Gu Qingzhi nodded thoughtfully: "That's true."

"So I told her the truth about forming a secret guard, and I will go to the palace to pay my respects every day from now on."

Gu Qingzhi looked at him suspiciously: "Didn't you tell me yesterday that you planned to do this secretly?"

The young man shook his head. "Instead of letting Manager Xiao spread rumors that shouldn't be spread, it's better for me to say it myself. As for what to say and what not to say, I will decide for myself."

"Then Concubine De...does she have any objection to this?"

"She didn't say anything, but I don't think she would want the Gao family to assist a completely useless person."

Feng Zhanye's plan was not without reason. By taking this step, he not only did not cause any conflict with Concubine De, but instead sidelined Manager Xiao.

Gu Qingzhi couldn't help but realize that all the suffering Feng Zhanye had endured in the past few years was not in vain. Compared with three years ago, he had indeed grown a lot. Now he could even think ahead of her, and was able to control the situation and get to the point before her.

But... still so clingy.

"Sister Azhi."

The young man called her softly, his voice so sweet that it seemed to contain a hook.

He quietly hooked her little finger and shook it slightly.

His fingertips moved upwards and gently slid across her knuckles. The touch was brief but carried an unusual warmth.

His beautiful eyes were filled with smiles, but there was something else underneath, which he hid so well that it was impossible to see clearly.

"It's great, we can be together every day again."