After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

"Well, then tell me, what position will you give me in the future? Will you let me follow you without any status or position? It's like keeping a mistress. You buy a small courtyard and put me there. When you are happy, you come to see me. When you are unhappy, you leave me aside. When you marry the Crown Princess, you can do whatever the Crown Princess wants with me."

Nan Yuan was talking about her previous life. This was how Gu Jingheng treated her in her previous life. She would wait for Gu Jingheng to come to that small courtyard every day, from dawn to dusk.

He would come to see it when he remembered, but if he didn't remember, he would not come for half a month.

She didn't want to live that kind of life anymore, just as she didn't want to be entangled with Gu Jingheng anymore.

Gu Jingheng frowned and replied, "No."

In his previous life, he did not give Nan Yuan a formal status, firstly because the capital was too chaotic. If he welcomed Nan Yuan into the East Palace in a high-profile manner, those people whom he had offended due to the reduction of the power of the feudal lords would not be able to do anything to him and would attack Nan Yuan secretly.

Rather than leaving her in the dangerous East Palace, it would be better for her to live freely and comfortably in the small courtyard.

Second, he wanted Nan Yuan to fight for it herself. He wanted Nan Yuan to grow up and handle those dirty things on her own. Then he would naturally give her the position of Crown Princess with confidence.

At that time, he also thought about what would happen if Nan Yuan never grew up?

It’s actually not that difficult.

Then wait until he has cleared all these obstacles, and then welcome Nan Yuan into the East Palace with great fanfare.

In his previous life, it took him five full years to get everything sorted out, but by then it was too late.

Nan Yuan had already changed her mind.

Her heart is no longer with him.

He locked Nan Yuan up like a madman, kissed her over and over again, wanted her, and kept her tightly by his side so that she could only see him.

But all those were of no use. He never saw the familiar love in Nan Yuan's eyes again. There was only alienation.

In this life, he would no longer let her follow him without any status, and would no longer lose a heart that was full of him.

She wants status, give it to her, give it all.

"Do you love me? If you love me, then you should gradually lift me up to the highest level, to a position where I can have a dialogue with you on an equal footing."

Nan Yuan planned step by step, her heart pounding.

She didn't know whether her plan could succeed, nor did she know how much weight she held in Gu Jingheng's heart, but for the sake of her own life and that of her brother, she had to give it a try.

"In this way, even if one day you no longer love me or you hate me, you can't kill me casually, let alone dispose of me at will."

Nan Yuan clenched her hands tightly together. She looked at Gu Jingheng with a darkened look in her eyes. She softened her voice and said, "I'm afraid that one day you will change your mind. I get scared every time I think about it. I'm afraid that everything in my dream will come true. I..."

"Okay." Gu Jingheng agreed, holding Nan Yuan in his arms, and said, "I said, I will give you whatever you want."

"Then can you let me be the Crown Princess? Not only that, can you also let my brother be promoted to... a very high position, a position that even you cannot dispose of at will, so that I can have a backer, okay?" Nan Yuan asked tentatively.

"Okay." Gu Jingheng agreed without hesitation, "As long as you are happy."

"The prince's wedding is a big deal, you can't fool me casually. The three books and six ceremonies, the phoenix crown and the bridal robe, and the eight-man sedan chair, all must be present."

It's time-consuming and laborious to prepare all these things, and there will definitely be a lot of opposition in the court if he marries her as the Crown Princess. These will be enough to give Gu Jingheng a headache for a long time.

During this period of time, she always found ways to stay away from Gu Jingheng.

"Of course you are indispensable." Gu Jingheng scratched Nan Yuan's nose, "But beforehand, you have to cancel the marriage with the Xie family."

A dark look flashed across Nan Yuan's eyes. She didn't understand why Gu Jingheng cared so much about this marriage. It was really inconsistent with his character to talk about it every day.

Could it be that this marriage makes him wary?

But what is he afraid of?

"Then I'll go back to the capital to deal with it first." Nan Yuan responded calmly, planning to separate from Gu Jingheng first before discussing other things.

"No, don't even think about leaving my sight for a second."

Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan and said, "If you want to be the Crown Princess, you must accompany me to the frontier."

Beyond the Wall?

When Nan Yuan heard this, her body trembled unconsciously.

Isn’t that place outside the Great Wall Chu Yunni’s home?

In her previous life, wasn’t it five years before Chu Yunni was taken back to the capital by Gu Jingheng?

What is Gu Jingheng doing outside the Great Wall now?

Gu Jingheng felt Nan Yuan shivering, thinking she was cold, so he reached out and covered Nan Yuan with the quilt beside him, then held her in his arms.

Nan Yuan's body was still trembling slightly. In her previous life, it was Chu Yunni who came back from the northern frontier and skinned her.

As soon as Chu Yunni returned to the capital, she became the focus of everyone's attention. The Queen Mother even said in person that she wanted a woman like Chu Yunni to be her daughter-in-law, and Gu Jingheng never denied it.

Even Gu Jingheng had personally praised Chu Yunni to her, saying that she was an eagle soaring in the sky and was different from all the women in the capital.

A man like Gu Jingheng who is so arrogant would actually say such words, which shows how special Chu Yunni holds in his heart.

In this life, he must have gone to the northern frontier and after seeing Chu Yunni, he would never remember her again.

This is fine. I'm just afraid that even if Gu Jingheng doesn't like her anymore, he still wants to keep her by his side, just like in his previous life, using her as a toy for his sexual gratification.

"Okay, Yuan, don't be afraid. Since I promised you that I won't touch you before marriage, I will definitely keep my promise." Gu Jingheng lowered his head and placed a kiss on Nan Yuan's forehead, comforting her.

Even though it was very hard for him to endure, when he thought about being able to live in harmony with Nan Yuan in the future, he felt that it was nothing.

Nan Yuan's mind was not on this, she only knew that she could not be too far away from the capital.

Her brother was just a deputy general and he was able to help her get away by faking her own death, let alone Gu Jingheng.

She wouldn't believe a word he said.

He wanted me to follow him to the frontier, but who knows what his real intention was. What if he wanted to pacify her here first, and then when we got to the frontier, he would have someone accuse her of dying of acclimatization or frailty, and secretly abduct her to the East Palace to be his bed-warming slave?

Considering Gu Jingheng's despicable character, he is totally capable of doing it!

"Do I have to go to the frontier, too?" Nan Yuan looked up at Gu Jingheng and politely refused, "But I'm not well yet. If I travel a long distance to the frontier, and I'm not used to the climate there, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back."

Hearing this, Gu Jingheng fondly scratched Nan Yuan's nose and said, "Or I would say you think too much. With me by your side, why do you worry so much?"

"Chu Zhixu will go with you and me. He is a very good doctor. Don't say you just have a headache or a fever. Even if you have one foot in the gate of hell, I can ask him to pull you back."