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The Queen raised her brows and looked over. Gu Mingyan's body was skinny and her face was covered with makeup to hide her fatigue.

Gu Mingyan saluted and then sat down beside Duan Chengxuan. The moment she sat down, she let out a nearly inaudible sigh. However, Duan Chengxuan discovered that her breathing was unstable, there was a layer of thin sweat on the back of her neck.

"Then Princess of Jing should rest well." The Empress laughed softly as two of her close palace maids carried the two boxes in. Only then did she look at Gu Mingyan and say, "On the day of your wedding, both This Empress and the Emperor have yet to come forward to bless you. It has been a few days since I last saw the Prince bringing Princess Consort to the palace.

"Thank you for your concern, my royal sister-in-law." Duan Chengxuan stood up.

Lady Xu immediately waved her hands, revealing a kind expression, she continued to speak: "Prince, no need to be so polite, it's just that the Emperor has asked This Empress to ask a few more questions. Since the marriage, the Prince has been unable to come to court. Do you need the emperor to send doctors for your highness? "

The reason why he hadn't been to court ever since the wedding was because of Su Yuwan's body, as well as Gu Mingyan's heart blood contributions would shock the world if rumours got out, he decided to make the best of a bad bargain and stay in the mansion for a long time and not go to court.

"To tell you the truth, due to my many years of war on the battlefield, I have a hidden illness. The doctor told me to take good care of my body and recuperate. In addition, there were seasonal changes a few days ago." Duan Chengxuan laughed helplessly.

The empress had nothing to say to this, so she hurriedly spoke a few sentences before shifting her gaze to Gu Mingyan. "Princess of Jing is the direct daughter of the Prime Minister, and even more so, the Yun descendant.

"Of course." Duan Chengxuan also stood up.

Gu Mingyan stood up, she only thought to herself that these boring words actually forced her to come over, it was truly bad luck!

The empress had unknowingly walked to her side, held her hand, and lightly patted it. "Yan Er, you and I haven't met for a long time. Why don't you bring me around Duke Palace?"

However, Gu Mingyan never remembered that she had met the Queen before, but she had to bite the bullet and agree.

It was a pity that she didn't know anything about the Duke Palaces either. On the other hand, Duan Chengxuan had already realized this earlier, so he asked the maidservant beside him to bring the two of them to take a look around.

"Yes, Your Highness." This maidservant was also very smart. Even if Gu Mingyan had never seen her before, she knew clearly about Gu Mingyan's and Empress' preferences and even brought them to the backyard at a leisurely pace.

The Empress let out a long sigh, and the steps she carried with her slightly eased up. She turned around and looked at Gu Mingyan, "Yan Er, I didn't think that Your Highness would be so concerned about you, it's really your fortune."

"Empress …"

"But now, the two of us have the maidservant, so you should call me Sister Xu from before." Xu laughed, but Gu Mingyan's mind was blank.

Why is there no such a face as Xu in the original owner's memories?

She revealed a puzzled expression. Xu then lightly patted her hands, "If it wasn't for your father's help, I wouldn't be able to sit in the empress's seat right now. If Yan Er had any problems in the future, she would come and find Big Sister Xu at any time."

Gu Mingyan couldn't really say anything, she could only stammer as she answered half-heartedly. The Empress was concerned about the life between Duan Chengxuan and her, but after taking a few steps, the dizziness caused by the poison made her feel weak. She could only helplessly say, "Elder sister Xu, Yan Er's body isn't feeling well …"

"Then you should go back and rest as soon as possible. It's just that you need to hurry and take care of your body. Don't let the concubines in the Prince's Mansion climb up." Before Xu left, she left behind these words by her ear, then left with the palace maid.

Gu Mingyan originally wanted to leave quickly and go back to rest, but Duan Chengxuan rejected her suggestion, "The empress came here this time to test the waters. If you return to your crappy courtyard at night, the empress would know that we're not on good terms."

It's normal for couples to not be on good terms with each other. So what if they know about it?" "Gu took another pill and half-propped herself up on the arm of the chair, gently rubbing her forehead to ease the pain.

"Amongst the imperial family, who doesn't know that the Emperor respects the descendants of the Yun Family the most? If they knew that you and I were at odds, they would definitely think that Wan Er was bullying you."

"If that's the case, it's for Miss Wan Er's sake. The prince is really infatuated." Gu Mingyan sneered, then patted her body as she stood up, and directly walked to Phoenix-Cry Court, preparing to sleep here for the night.

As soon as she entered the room, she collapsed on the bed.

The poison in her body had yet to dissipate, so she was unable to think about many things at the moment. She could only sleep soundly, and Cheng Yi on the roof closed his eyes to listen to the steady breathing coming from inside the house. Only then did he leave Phoenix-Cry Court, and come before Duan Chengxuan. "The princess returned to her room to rest, it looks like she's poisoned."

"What about the Empress?" Duan Chengxuan looked at the kneeling maidservant.

"The Empress seems to be trying to express good will towards the princess, and even told her to be careful of your concubines, but the princess doesn't seem to care at all, causing the palace's informants have reported that the Emperor seems to have communicated with the princess in the past few days, and the Lady Xu once proposed to the emperor that the marriage between the prince and the princess be annulled. However, the emperor didn't agree to it." maidservant cautiously asked.

Duan Chengxuan put down the book in his hands. He had merely married Gu Mingyan for the sake of Wan Er's illness, but he did not expect that all the different forces would stare at them covetously.

As his Royal Brother, the Emperor had always believed in him, but the Empress was afraid that he would steal the throne from her as his younger brother. From the beginning to the end, the Emperor had never agreed to his marriage with her, and now that the dust had settled, the empress naturally wanted to rope her in.

Thinking about it here, he felt that it was becoming more and more unsightly to see Gu Mingyan, "Live well with Gu Mingyan, and don't let her interact with the Empress any further. After Wan Er's illness is cured, although she will be useless, I can't let anyone else rope her in."

"Yes." Cheng Yi and the maidservant said in unison and left.

She held onto the mark on her collarbone and sat up on the bed. Her back was covered in a cold sweat and her facial features were painfully twisted into a ball.

It was all weird that she was urging her to hurry up! She had only brought with her a small jade bottle of pills and had eaten more than half of it just by walking with the empress.

"Damn it." She cursed under her breath, but this place was her small courtyard, so if she wanted to concoct ingredients, she could only rely on Doctor Mu Qing's courtyard.

After hesitating for a while, the pain in her body managed to overcome her suspicions towards Mu Qing. She got off the bed, changed into a set of clean clothes, and headed towards Mu Qing's courtyard.