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"Rou'er, you're the only one who has believed in me over the past two years. You're the person I trust the most in Kyoto. You know that I've only known martial arts since I was a child, and I can't compare to others in other areas. Can you help me think of a solution? What should I do?"

He Congshuang glanced at the maids squatting on the ground busying themselves, and said to them, "Go down after you have packed up, there is no need to come in."

The maids' eyes lit up with joy. They cleaned up faster and in less than half an incense stick of time, they had finished cleaning up and left immediately. They didn't want to hear anything they shouldn't hear.

Gongsun Rou kept smiling faintly as she watched them leave. When they were alone in the courtyard, she spoke slowly, "I am stupid and can only come up with some stupid ideas. When I came here, I heard the people talking about your situation. I feel really sad for you. They are just making wild guesses. The truth of the matter is obviously not what they say."

"Well, I actually thought of a way, but it's not perfect and I might not be able to hide it from Song Qinghong. After all..."

Gongsun Rou's hesitation made He Congshuang feel itchy. She couldn't think of any good solution, so she turned to Gongsun Rou for help. But when she was about to get to the crucial point, she stopped abruptly.

"Don't worry about anything else, just tell me how to achieve my goal?"

He Congshuang's eyes were now filled with hatred, and his heart was filled with hatred, without room for any other thoughts. His face became somewhat distorted.

The smile on Gongsun Rou's face gradually became more intense. She leaned forward and whispered in He Congshuang's ear. The latter's confusion turned into surprise after hearing it.

"Is this really feasible?" He Congshuang asked.

"I can't guarantee that it will work, but given her personality, the chances of it working are very high," Gongsun Rou said.

"Then I'll try as you said. Thank you again this time. Without your help, I really don't know what to do." He Congshuang took Gongsun Rou's hand, and the hatred in his eyes was replaced by gratitude.

"There's no need to thank me between you and me. You must remember not to tell anyone about this."

"I won't say it, but is this really all I need to do?"

"Well, you still have me. I will help you arrange the rest of the things. You just need to do the things I told you to do before, and don't worry about the rest."

"Then I will leave this matter to you. You are the only one I trust in Kyoto. I will treat you to a meal some other day."

Gongsun Rou smiled and nodded, then calmly withdrew her hand, took out a sandalwood box from her pocket and handed it to her.

"This is a small item that the Third Prince gave to my brother. I asked for it and wanted to give it to you. I think it suits you very well."

He Congshuang took the sandalwood box and opened it. Inside was a scarlet tasseled sword tassel inlaid with pomegranate rubies, shining brightly.

The moment she saw the sword tassel, she could no longer move her eyes away. She had seen this sword tassel before. Once, when she went to the palace with Song Qinghong, she saw the third prince practicing sword in the palace of the then Concubine Shu.

That day he swung his sword wantonly, each move was fierce but his eyes were full of tenderness, and finally he pointed the sword to the sky, the golden sunlight sprinkled on his body as if it was coated with a layer of golden light, and his handsome face no longer had the usual indifference, as if he was a young man from an ordinary family, smiling at her standing in the distance.

The tassel on the silver sword was swaying in the air, and her heart also began to sway that day.

This sword tassel is exactly the same as the one I saw that day. Only the third prince can use such a good thing.

"Is your brother really willing to give this to you? Do you know that this is the sword tassel that was once used on the sword of the Third Prince? Now you are giving it to me. Aren't you afraid that your brother will scold you after knowing it?"

Why do I say it was something once used by the third prince? Because now it belongs to her.

Gongsun Rou looked calm, as if she didn't care about the sword tassel. "I dare to give it to you. My brother must know it. He has always liked you. I think he will be happier if he knows it is a gift to you. He won't blame me."

Her answer satisfied He Congshuang. Although He Congshuang said that it was not good, his eyes had never left the sword tassel, and he had never thought about returning the sword tassel. He was just waiting for her to say these words, so that he would not have any psychological burden if he accepted the sword tassel.

After He Congshuang got the sword tassel, he had no intention of doing anything else. He put the sword tassel away carefully, chatted casually with Gongsun Rou, and found a reason to send her away.

Gongsun Rou, whose mouth was dry from talking, had wanted to leave a long time ago. The tea on the table was knocked over by He Congshuang, who then told the maid not to come up. There was no more tea in the yard. Now was the perfect time for her to get up and leave.

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Gongsun Rou, sitting in the carriage, took off her fake smile and looked indifferent.

The smile in her eyes and on her face disappeared completely. If other people saw her now, it would take them a while to associate this cold-looking woman with the smiling Gongsun Rou.

"Miss." The accompanying maid saw that she hid her hands in her sleeves after entering the carriage. She understood what was going on and quickly handed her a clean handkerchief.

Gongsun Rou quickly took the handkerchief and wiped the hand that He Congshuang had touched with an expressionless face. After wiping, she threw the handkerchief on the ground and said lightly: "I'll burn this dress after I take it off. It's disgusting."

"Yes."

The maid responded but did not make any move to pick up the handkerchief that had fallen on the ground, because Gongsun Rou felt that the handkerchief was dirty. If she picked it up and put it away now and then threw it away later, Gongsun Rou would also think that she was dirty and would not want her anymore.

Gongsun Rou was very satisfied with the maid who had been with her for three years. She would not do anything to make her unhappy and she was usually smart in doing things.

Thinking of the faces of those people before entering Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Gongsun Rou felt that everything she had done was worth it.

You can't enter the Duke Dingguo's Mansion just because you want to. In the past two years, Gongsun Rou has been getting closer to He Congshuang step by step, and has barely earned the title of her close friend, which gave her the opportunity to enter the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. However, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is heavily guarded, and only she is allowed in at a time, and her maid can only wait outside.

This was a different kind of insult to her, but she endured it.

The threshold to enter the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is very high. She had worked hard to get to this point. These high-ranking officials and nobles looked down on the Gongsun family who had climbed up from the countryside, and she refused to accept this.

People are divided into different classes. She wants to be someone above them and climb up little by little. One day, no one will look down on the Gongsun family anymore.

The carriage was moving slowly on the street, and Gongsun Rou's resentment was hidden in the carriage.