C40 Wishful thinking

Duan Chengrui had seen gentle and kind women, and had also seen reckless and bold women.

However, he had never seen a lady with such a strange personality like Gu Mingyan. He could only watch helplessly as she fished out two small fishes from the stream with her delicate hands.

"Can you roast fish?" She boldly threw the two fish onto a large rock and climbed up using both hands and feet to rub the itchy tip of her nose.

"Yes." Duan Chengrui answered mysteriously.

Afterwards, when he finally reacted, he was already sitting next to the bonfire with her. She had also cleaned up the two small fish with two small knives that she had brought along with her and put them on two long branches to roast.

While doing so, she dried her wet clothes with a smile on her face. "I've been wanting to catch my own fish for a long time now. I've grilled my own fish, I wonder how it tastes like ?"

"Did you come to the woods at night just to play with the water and roast fish?" Duan Chengrui was still looking at her in disbelief. Today, when he saw her dressed in plain clothes, he almost thought that she was some unsuitable Young Miss from some family. It was only later on that stage that he realized that she was Princess of Jing.

But now, the Princess of Jing had turned into a little fish girl with a shake of her body.

"For the sake of riding a horse, I wanted to read medical books in the Tianyan City. However, once I entered this desolate countryside, I wanted to do a few things to release myself. Gu Mingyan playfully winked at him.

There weren't many reasons for doing things in this world. Most of them were simply doing what they wanted to do.

"Interesting indeed." Duan Chengrui also raised his lips.

"But why did you come here so late at night? Do you want to investigate the matters of the Fourth Prince, or do you want to destroy the corpses and erase the evidence? " Gu Mingyan changed the topic of his words, his eyes turning cold.

Although she loved to play, she was not a fool.

Duan Chengrui only smiled at her: "I didn't expect you to pretend to be innocent."

"I'm not an idiot. After what happened just now, some people with high positions naturally wanted to take them out. You still came here late into the night after two years of this and naturally had your suspicions." Gu Mingyan rubbed his hands together.

It's a pity that my wife worries too much. I've come here to find some clues, but Yu'er is my fourth brother, and we've grown up together since we were young. I don't have a mother or an imperial concubine to look after me, so I can't just watch someone harm him.

"So that's how it is." Gu Mingyan's expression was complicated, she did not know much about the relationships between the people in the palace, but looking at Duan Chengrui, she did not seem to be lying.

If he really was here to destroy the corpse, then he shouldn't have hastily come out after seeing her. He should have been hiding.

Unless, of course, he was truly a bold and talented person, and dared to come before her after he had destroyed all traces of his corpse.

But all of these had nothing to do with her, so Duan Chengrui picked up the two fishes and gave one to her: "It's done."

"Oh." Gu Mingyan received the roasted fish and glanced at Duan Chengrui. Seeing that he was still calm and collected, he put down his guard, but the fish had no seasonings and was really not tasty.

After eating the grilled fish, most of her clothes had dried as well.

"It's not early, I'll go back first." Gu Mingyan rode on Xiao Hong's back and strolled back.

Duan Chengrui nodded to her and also ran into the forest, as if he had returned from the same place.

She was dressed in light purple clothes, and the moment she saw Duan Chengrui, she immediately stood up. If one were to look carefully, they would be able to see that there was still some mud at her feet.

"How did things go?" Duan Chengrui wiped away his previous gentleness and sat down on the other side of the table.

The girl walked to his side to refill her tea cup, and said in a low voice: "It has already been resolved, so no one should suspect you. Moreover, I have already left traces on that place, the people of Fourth Prince will only think that it was Prince Jing."

"That's good." Duan Chengrui nodded his head seriously, he took out a packet of medicinal powder from his pocket and threw it into the brazier, burning it to ashes.

"It's just that this one doesn't know much, but how did that Princess of Jing discover that the Fourth Prince's remaining poison had yet to dissipate? We should have already done it in extreme secrecy." Furthermore, if not for you restraining Princess of Jing, we would have been exposed. " The woman frowned.

Duan Chengrui raised the corner of his mouth, as though he felt that this matter was extremely interesting, but he did not say anything more.

The girl thought that she would not get a reply, so she bowed and left.

The candle flame inside the room had extinguished, but Duan Chengrui couldn't help but recall the goose yellow colour under the moonlight and that faint smile.

This Princess of Jing was really interesting!

On the other hand, when Gu Mingyan returned to the tent, she saw Duan Chengyu hiding something behind his back. She could not help but be confused: "What are you hiding?"

"Nothing, it's just that why did you come back so late?" Duan Chengyu laughed dryly.

"Call me Yan Er, it's good that you're late, I just came to see if your wounds were hurting, and then I'll go back to sleep." Gu Mingyan walked up to check his pulse, and upon seeing that his breathing was unstable, she narrowed her eyes and looked at him: "Did you take advantage of the time when I wasn't eating anything hot? Although you are a martial artist, if you are sick, you have to listen to the orders of the doctors? Tomorrow morning, I will ask Yin Qiao to bring you some food, you're not allowed to eat anything else. "

"Got it." Duan Chengyu nodded, looking at her in a daze.

Gu Mingyan stuffed some herbs into his pillow, then left, returning to the small courtyard. At the door of the main house, Xiu Xiu was curled up inside, she understood that Duan Chengxuan and Su Yuwan must be sleeping in the main house.

She had no choice but to take a step back. She washed her face and rinsed her mouth before falling into a deep sleep.

Although he had slept soundly, there was a surging undercurrent amongst the people in the hunting grounds.

Three days had passed, and Duan Chengyu was already feeling much better. However, Gu Mingyan told him to try his best not to touch his legs, and before he left, Duan Chengxuan found the emperor and said, "Your majesty, Yu Er is injured, so his mansion in the capital is temporarily empty. Why don't you come and stay at my place for a few days?"

"Alright, let's do it." The Emperor naturally nodded in agreement.

Duan Chengyu had a strange expression on his face when he heard this.

"Why don't you let him ride in the same carriage as me?" Gu Mingyan directly received Duan Chengyu, feeling that Duan Chengyu's condition wasn't good today. She would take the chance to check his pulse later.

Duan Chengxuan did not stop them, but Su Yuwan watched as Duan Chengyu and Gu Mingyan got onto a carriage. She wanted to get on good terms with this prince so that she could cultivate her own power.

Seated on the carriage, Duan Chengyu's complexion looked a little better, but when Gu Mingyan checked his pulse, he was fine. He asked worriedly, "What happened to you in the end?"

"Nothing, about that, can I call you Yan Er? "Can I trust you?" Duan Chengyu suddenly looked over worriedly.