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"What are you doing in my room?" Chu Xunzhen asked warily.

Gu Changfeng used to be a proper and respectable young man. If she wasn't around, he would at least wait for her in the pavilion in the courtyard. Why is he now going straight into her boudoir?

That's truly hateful!

"Young Master Gu, how dare you enter my young lady's boudoir? Is this the upbringing of the heir of the Marquis of Chongding?"

It was Chunxi who spoke.

Gu Changfeng was stunned, then snorted coldly, "Chu Xunzhen, control your maid. Given our relationship, is there any need for such formality?"

Chu Xunzhen's eyes widened.

She truly had no idea that someone could be so shameless.

"I have no relation to Prince Gu. Please show some respect, Prince."

Chu Xunzhen lowered his eyes slightly and spoke.

"It's just the position of the principal wife, why are you making such a fuss?" Gu Changfeng rubbed his temples, feeling a terrible headache.

Yesterday, his mother questioned him and learned that he had taken the Changqing Jade to protect the wife of the Marquis of Ping'an. He was so angry that he fainted.

He had hoped his mother would arrange his marriage with Rou'er, but she told him that they didn't have enough money.

He doesn't understand.

If he remembered correctly, Chu Xunzhen had been helping the household for a long time. How could the household have no money left?

He came today because he had something to ask Chu Xunzhen.

"Your Highness, our engagement has been dissolved. From now on, you will be my brother-in-law. I hope you will know propriety and shame, and not be like those shameless villains who eat from one bowl while eyeing another."

As Chu Xunzhen finished speaking, Gu Changfeng's expression became quite interesting.

"Ridiculous! You and Rou'er are both mine. Do you even know that you used to..."

Gu Changfeng almost blurted out, "In my past life, you were my wife," but considering Chunxi who was standing to the side, he could only stop himself, his face turning rather pale.

Chu Xunzhen looked arrogant and gave a mocking smile: "Young Master, don't be too greedy. Since you keep saying you like Chu Wanrou, then don't come to this courtyard anymore. Otherwise, if you hurt Chu Wanrou's feelings, you'll cause me trouble again."

Gu Changfeng took a deep breath and looked at Chu Xunzhen with deep affection, saying, "I have many secrets. There are even some things I would not understand if I told you now. You only need to know that I truly care for you. You risked your life for me before, finding the medicine and saving my life. I will never let you down. As for your status, even if you are a lowly concubine and Rou'er is the principal wife, it will not shake your position in my heart. I am here today because my mother told me that the household is short of money and facing difficulties. Please do not make a fuss. In the future, I will try my best to give you a child, and then I will promote you to a concubine."

Ting Han stood behind Gu Changfeng, his gaze arrogant, his chin raised, coldly looking at Chunxi, as if his young master's words were an exaggeration of Chu Xunzhen.

Just as Chu Xunzhen was about to make a sarcastic remark, he suddenly noticed a section of pink robe outside the courtyard. Recognizing its owner, Chu Xunzhen smiled and deliberately said, "Oh, you want money? Fine, Chu Wanrou will be my concubine, and I will be your wife. How about that?"

Gu Changfeng's gentle expression suddenly changed: "Chu Xunzhen, don't be too greedy. Do you think just anyone can sit in the position of the matriarch? Do you think a woman like you, who just returned from the countryside, can hold onto it securely?"

Chu Xunzhen chuckled.

In her past life, she stabilized the crumbling Chongding Marquis's mansion, developing and expanding it into a top-tier general's mansion in the capital.

She transformed the Chongding Marquis's residence into the residence of a first-rank general.

It seems that Gu Changfeng believes it was his own achievement. If that's the case, why did he come to see her?

"You can seek out Chu Wanrou. She is your fiancée. Why keep coming to me? Young Master Gu, do you also believe that I, rather than Chu Wanrou, am the one who can resolve your Chongding Marquis's matter?"

As he spoke, Chu Xunzhen subconsciously glanced at the woman in pink robes outside the courtyard.

His eyes were blurry with tears, as if his heart was broken.

Following the direction Chu Xunzhen was looking, Gu Changfeng saw Chu Wanrou standing outside the courtyard and panicked immediately.

He suddenly stood up, walked to Chu Wanrou's side, grabbed her sleeve, and said gently, "Rou'er, listen to me..."

"No, I won't listen. The young master keeps saying he loves me, but every time he comes to the manor, he looks for my sister. It's Rou'er who is unworthy, and it's Rou'er who is blocking the young master and my sister's path. Rou'er will go to the Mingshan Stone Temple today and spend her days with the ancient Buddha and the green lamp."

Chu Wanrou ran away in a flash.

Gu Changfeng chased after him.

Ting Han lifted his foot and strode towards the door, about to chase after the young master, but Chu Xunzhen suddenly blocked his way.

"Listen to the cold."

"What is it, Chu Xunzhen?"

Look, even Gu Changfeng's personal guards call her by her full name.

She was probably too good to them, which gave them the wrong impression that she would continue to give without a care in the world.

Chu Xunzhen smiled and said, "Take off your clothes."

Ting Han's expression changed drastically, turning pale in an instant, and she crossed her arms to hug herself.

Although he looked down on Chu Xunzhen, he never intended to have anything happen between himself and the prince's woman.

If the young master knew that Chu Xun had seen his body, wouldn't he skin him alive?

Chunxi rolled her eyes and said, "You don't actually think our young lady has a crush on you, do you?"

She had never seen such a stupid guard.

That's true. If they weren't stupid, they wouldn't be following such a muddle-headed master.

"The clothes you are wearing were provided by me for my fiancé's guards. Now that I am no longer your heir's fiancée, you should return these clothes to me."

Upon hearing this, Ting Han was first incredulous, then burst into wild laughter.

"Chu Xunzhen, you dare to humiliate me like this today. Don't blame me when you enter the manor in the future," Tinghan said coldly.

Chunxi rolled her eyes.

"In the past, when my young lady spoke to you, you acted like you didn't care at all, as if you were always very nice to her. It's hilarious. What, as Prince Gu's loyal guard, you can't bear to part with the clothes made by his former fiancée?"

Upon hearing this, Han blushed.

"Alright, alright, alright. Since Miss Chu doesn't mind, what do I, as a man, have to be afraid of? If I were to go out in my undergarments today, people would spread rumors, which would damage your reputation."

He listened to the cold and gave a cold laugh.

He made up his mind that even if he were to take off his clothes and return them to Chu Xunzhen, it wouldn't be now, like a dog being stripped naked.

Is this Chu Xun's true face?

He was indeed vicious.

Earlier, he even wondered if the young master was possessed, for he had no choice but to marry Chu Wanrou instead of Chu Xunzhen, who was perfectly fine.

Now it seems that the Crown Prince was indeed prescient.

Chu Xunzhen did have some money, but that little money was only enough to make her a lowly concubine.

"Granny Hua, strip this man of his clothes and throw him out." Chu Xunzhen sneered. "Your heart is too ugly. I disdain to look at it. As for reputation, do I even have a reputation in this capital?"

After a few moments of cold, the newly returned Granny Hua stripped him clean.

She had only gone to the kitchen to cook some pear soup for the girl, and yet two wolves had broken into the house.

It is truly hateful.

Wearing a white undergarment, Tinghan was lifted up by Granny Hua as if she were a little chick.

He was both shocked and furious, and said, "Let me go."

How could this old woman be so strong that she could lift a man like him?

Gu Changfeng and Chu Wanrou were snuggling together not far away when, in the next moment, they stared wide-eyed as Tinghan, dressed only in a white undergarment and without shoes, was thrown down in front of them.

Chu Wanrou screamed, her face flushed red, and she covered her face.

Gu Changfeng was shocked and angrily asked, "What happened, Tinghan? How did you become like this?"