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Gu Zhiyi was slightly startled. Just when she thought that Duke Dun was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and turned around and said, "By the way, the women in Fengjia Village who were saved asked me to express their gratitude to Lady Ningguo."

Gu Zhiyi was stunned for a moment: "Those women were saved by the Duke, what does it have to do with me?"

There was a hint of mockery in Duke Dun's eyes: "Does it really have nothing to do with you?" Those wise eyes seemed to see through everything.

Gu Zhiyi coughed lightly and shifted her gaze: "I only did my best, and even misled them a bit. The one who truly saved them was you, Duke."

A glimmer of approval flashed in Duke Dun's eyes, and he turned to Duke Ning and said, "Duke, your good luck is yet to come!" He turned to Gu Zhiyi and said, "I have reported this matter to His Majesty. His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter and has ordered the Ministry of Justice to investigate. I believe that in the near future, more victimized women will be rescued." This was his most sincere response to her.

As soon as Xie Xun heard that Duke Dun had returned to Kyoto, he hurriedly visited Gu Zhiyi, without even putting down his books. Soon, he overheard the conversation between the two.

Gu Zhiyi turned around and saw Xie Xun looking at her with eyes filled with complex emotions.

A question popped up in my mind: "Since Wanfu Town is where the Duke of Dun's sister is hiding, why did you mention Fengjia Village?"

Gu Zhiyi looked at him calmly: "What you really want to know is, isn't it why Miss Chao and I both pointed to Fengjia Village?"

Xie Xun didn't want to mention his beloved at this moment, but the matter was too strange, which made people think of it as a conspiracy.

But it is difficult to establish a conspiracy.

"The reason why I know about Fengjia Village is that based on the Duke's appearance and Madam Tang's birth date, I inferred that the Duke should have accidentally obtained clues pointing to Fengjia Village in a few years, but by then he would have found nothing."

"As for how Miss Chao knew... the answer, we can only ask her herself."

Not only Xie Xun was puzzled, but Gu Zhiyi was also curious.

If Chao Yunxuan was just a traveler from another world, how could she understand the progress of this world?

Could it be that she is also well versed in metaphysics?

Although the origin of Chao Yunxuan's soul was deduced through her birth date and time, the secrets of the world are still unpredictable, and many things are still like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, making it difficult to see the truth.

Gu Zhiyi's confusion only lasted for a moment, and then she put it out of her mind.

When the time is right, everything will be revealed.

After seeing off Duke Dunguo, Gu Zhiyi told Duke Ningguo and his wife that she needed to go into seclusion to practice and would not be able to come out until next month.

If this kind of excuse of closing the door to visitors comes from someone else's daughter-in-law, her parents-in-law will definitely think that she is mentally ill. Not only will they not agree with it, they will also call a doctor to diagnose her.

However, when these words came from Gu Zhiyi's mouth, the two elders agreed with a smile. They not only asked in detail about what was needed for the retreat, but also instructed the servants not to disturb them.

So, Gu Zhiyi hid herself in Jinghong Garden leisurely and lived a comfortable life.

She either eats heartily or lies in bed until she wakes up naturally all day long. Her life is extremely leisurely.

Thinking back to her past life when she had worked hard for Ji Yinli, going out early and coming back late, scheming day and night, she couldn't help but feel that she was a big "resentful person" in her past life.

Gu Zhiyi lived a very comfortable life, but Chao Yunxuan's mood was shrouded in gloom.

That day, after Duke Dun Guo learned about the Eighth Wise King and her true identity, he had already been filled with anger. It was because she threw out the bait of knowing the hiding place of the other party's sister that Duke Dun Guo temporarily suppressed his anger.

She originally wanted to use her success in rescuing the other party's sister to silence the other party.

At that time, she will become a distinguished guest of the Duke of Dun's Mansion, showing her talents in public and highlighting her essential differences from women of this era.

In this way, people will no longer simply speculate on her relationship with the Eighth Wise Kings from the perspective of love between men and women.

Moreover, relying on her deep relationship with the Duke of Dunguo's Mansion, she could stand tall and proud in front of the Duke of Ningguo and his wife and tell them that her love with Xie Xun was equal and far from comparable to that of the incompetent woman who married into the Xie family with the help of her status as a member of the Gu Mansion.

However, the blow of reality hit her in the face like a hammer.

Not only were the clues she provided wrong, but after she had gone to great lengths to find the kidnapper, she fell into the other party's trap because she underestimated him and was almost sold like those helpless old, weak, women and children.

Although her conspiracy did not cause much commotion, except for the loss of face in front of the Eighth Sage King, the outside world knew nothing about her predicament. The Eighth Sage King did not look down on her because of this.

She shouldn't have minded. After all, even in modern times, she had failed in missions and even lost her life because of trusting her companions.

But comparisons are always cruel.

The clues she provided were wrong, so Duke Dun Guo pointed at her and scolded her.

She even forced the Eighth Wise King to choose between her and his fiancée.

The Eighth Wise King also seemed a little confused and actually chose her.

However, she had no romantic feelings for him.

But that's not the point.

The key point is that Gu Zhiyi later obtained solid clues from somewhere, and a few days later, Duke Dun Guo really succeeded in rescuing his sister.

At this time, the whole Shengjing was praising Gu Zhiyi's reputation and admiring her accurate divination ability.

If that were all, Chao Yunxuan might still be able to bear it.

But what made her most angry was that, although she had also pointed out the source of evil in Fengjia Village, Chao Yunxuan was publicly reprimanded, while Gu Zhiyi was praised by Duke Dun as a woman of great righteousness, who said that she deliberately gave the wrong location in order to save the innocent women who were trafficked to the village...

"Liar! Sweet words and deceit!"

Chao Yunxuan gritted her teeth and didn't believe a single word of these lies.

How could that vulgar and ignorant woman in the backyard have such a broad mind?

On the eve of the imperial examination, Xie Xun finally found an excuse to relax and left home. Old Madam Xie also understood that letting her grandson take the exam with anxiety would only affect his performance, so she just nodded slightly and acquiesced to her grandson's action.

His eyes fell gently on the woman in front of him, and he felt that time was passing by and his longing was overwhelming.

Chao Yunxuan said with a hint of sarcasm: "A distinguished guest has arrived."

Xie Xun was well aware of the distance he had been in these days, and he felt guilty: "Yunxuan, I didn't mean to ignore you. You can understand that there are some decisions that I cannot make on my own right now. But please rest assured that I have great confidence in this imperial examination. Once I achieve excellent results, my father and his family will no longer interfere in my private affairs. At that time, I will definitely take you into my mansion openly."

His words were full of sincerity, and Chao Yunxuan pursed the corners of her lips slightly.

In the original story, he did move out of the mansion after passing the imperial examination.

However, one thing always bothered her: "Why did you help that woman?"

"What?" Xie Xun looked confused.

Chao Yunxuan said expressionlessly: "Help her find the hiding place of Duke Dunguo's sister and spread her good reputation."

Thinking of the rumors about "beautiful face and kind heart" circulating in the capital, she felt sick and her resentment towards Xie Xun deepened.