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

"When your mother married your father, she brought a lot of property with her. Many people are jealous of these things. Now your father and I are still alive and can support you, but what if we are gone?

Your father's poor relatives will surely drive you to death. How can a weak woman like you protect such a large fortune?"

"Listen to your mother. Even if you are arrogant and feel that Prince Xie's Mansion has fallen into decline and that there are better places out there, you must calm down and hold Luo Chen firmly in your hands.

As long as you become the Crown Prince's Consort, you will become the Princess in two years. Then, whether you give birth to a child or adopt one from somewhere else, your second half of life will be stable."

Nan's mother choked up as she spoke: "Mother knows that you have your own ideas. You will be upset if I say too much of these things, but you must remember that you must marry into the Xie Palace."

"Forget it, just take a rest. Tomorrow I will go to the Buddhist temple and pray to the gods for a good future for you."

Nan Yuan heard her mother's footsteps getting farther and farther away, but she still hadn't come back to her senses.

"Actually, it's much better for you to follow me than to follow Xie Luochen." Gu Jingheng pinched Nan Yuan's chin and asked her to look at him.

"It's just to deal with some collateral bloodlines, it's just to protect the property that belongs to you. You follow me and I will teach you what to do. How about that?"

Nan Yuan turned her eyes away, unwilling to look at Gu Jingheng. She didn't know why, but after her deepest secret was known by Gu Jingheng, Nan Yuan felt extremely embarrassed.

It was as if she was a despicable person who was trying her best to beg others to marry her just for some shameful purposes.

"Your Highness, it's really time for you to go." Nan Yuan said coldly.

Nan Yuan didn't want to talk to Gu Jingheng anymore. She was really tired.

"I can't leave." Gu Jingheng suddenly reached out and opened the window a crack.

"You..." Nan Yuan instinctively wanted to close the window, but saw Nan's mother instructing Yue Ran and Bai Zhi.

"Yuan'er is too indulgent to you. There's not even anyone on guard in the middle of the night, and it's raining so hard. If Yuan'er calls you for something, can you hear her?"

"Madam, we know we were wrong." Yue Ran lowered her head, looking guilty.

Bai Zhi also echoed, "Yes, ma'am, we will never dare to do that again."

Nan's mother glanced at them and didn't care too much. She just said, "Okay, from now on, one person must stay behind to keep watch every night."

"Yes, ma'am."

Nan Yuan saw Yue Ran let Bai Zhi go into the house to sleep, so she sat outside the door alone to guard.

If it was Bai Zhi, it would be easier to fool him and let Gu Jingheng leave while she was taking a nap, but now Yue Ran was guarding him.

"I'll go get Yue Ran out of the way. Your Highness the Crown Prince, you really can't stay here any longer." Nan Yuan was about to leave, but was pulled back by Gu Jingheng.

"Even if you send the maid outside away, your mother is afraid that something might happen to you, so she must have asked people outside to strengthen the protection. What about the people outside? Send them away one by one?" Gu Jingheng said calmly.

"Then how did you get in?" How can you come in but not leave?

"I came in when they were all asleep. Now most people are awake. How can I leave?" Gu Jingheng lay directly on the soft sleeper, put his hands behind his head, and looked at Nan Yuan leisurely.

Seeing his rogue appearance, Nan Yuan couldn't help but feel angry.

"Okay, it will be dawn in two hours. When your mother goes to burn incense, there will be no one guarding the mansion. I guarantee that I will leave without anyone noticing at that time." Gu Jingheng promised.

Nan Yuan couldn't help but frown. She always felt unsafe being alone in a room with Gu Jingheng.

"Besides, can you bear to let me die?" Gu Jingheng's brows were filled with sadness, as if he had suffered a lot of injustice.

to death?

"What do you mean?" Nan Yuan couldn't help wondering, wasn't it just to let him leave? Why did it have to do with sending him to his death?

To put it another way, even if they were discovered, with Gu Jingheng's skills, wouldn't it be easy for him to dodge a few guards?

He wants to fool himself again!

Gu Jingheng saw Nan Yuan's distrust and reached out to start taking off his clothes.

"Gu Jingheng!" Nan Yuan immediately turned her head and scolded in a low voice: "Don't act like a rogue!"

"You are a doctor, you should know which wound is the most fatal." Gu Jingheng said calmly: "Turn around and look at me, then you will know that I did not lie to you."

Although Nan Yuan was still a little suspicious, she turned her head after listening to Gu Jingheng's words, and suddenly a long bloody wound came into view.

The wound ran across his left shoulder. If it went a little further forward, his internal organs would have been damaged. If it went a few inches back, Gu Jingheng's left arm would have been in danger.

"What's going on?" Nan Yuan quickly took out the medicine box and stopped the bleeding for Gu Jingheng.

If she looked closely, she could see that Gu Jingheng's face was very pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead, but she had never looked closely.

"If this injury didn't appear on my shoulder, it would have appeared on your neck." Gu Jingheng said lightly: "However, I can say that it is a blessing in disguise. If I didn't have this injury, you would have kicked me out directly."

Upon hearing this, Nan Yuan stopped moving and looked at Gu Jingheng in disbelief.

What do you mean if it doesn't appear on his shoulder, it should appear on my neck? Could it be that his injury has something to do with me?

Gu Jingheng seemed to see through Nan Yuan's doubts and continued, "Do you remember that you dealt with Lin Yitang on the pleasure boat?"

Nan Yuan nodded: "Remember."

Suddenly, Nan Yuan's eyes lit up. Could it be that this matter really has something to do with her?

"Is...the person sent by the Lin family to kill me?" Nan Yuan asked in surprise.

Gu Jingheng raised the corners of his lips: "Not too stupid."

"They originally planned to take action tonight, and I happened to run into me, so I took care of them all. It's just that I was a little careless and left some injuries." Gu Jingheng's voice was calm, as if this was just a small matter.

Nan Yuan felt mixed emotions and said that she would cut off ties with Gu Jingheng in this life, but how could she cut off ties with Gu Jingheng in this situation now?

"I said I wanted to have a good talk with you, and I wanted to clarify what happened on the pleasure boat." Gu Jingheng's voice sounded again: "I didn't blame you for punishing Lin Yitang that day, but I felt that you were too immature. Since you want Lin Yitang to have a hard time, then you should make the entire Lin family have a hard time, leaving them powerless to fight back, otherwise you will be the one who ends up miserably."

"And your cousin, do you think he is really doing this for your own good and is really protecting you?

His actions are only increasing the Lin family's resentment towards you. If he really wants good for you, he should help you deal with the Lin family and make them dare not attack you.

If I hadn't been here, your head wouldn't be on your neck right now."