After Gao Ran set off the colored smoke, he sat alone in the courtyard of his small courtyard and waited for Gao Xi's arrival.

On the other side, it wasn't until Gao Xi deliberately appeared at the intersection of the path that led to Gao Ran's courtyard that it was the Gao family's own secret agent who was lurking nearby that he discovered Gao Xi, an outsider.

But they were only ordered to monitor Gao Ran from a distance, but they were not allowed to interfere with all her actions without authorization, so that even if they saw Gao Xi and the other five outsiders who came one after another after him went to Gao Ran's courtyard, they still only stuck to their original position and continued to monitor from a distance, and did not show up to set foot on the trail for half a step, let alone follow them into Gao Ran's courtyard to find out.

However, seeing that these outsiders went to see Gao Ran so "openly", and there were only six of them, just in case, they still sent a person to tell the head of the family, Gao Lan, that they planned to wait for her instructions before taking the next step.

"Here we are. ”

"Well, by the way, I also brought everything that should have been 'brought'. ”

Gao Ran listened, tilted his head, looked past Gao Xi, and looked at the low wall not far behind him.

"That's very good. But Gao Ran didn't intend to call them out, just let them continue to follow like this.

Then, she turned to Gao Xi and said, "Let's go, accompany me to meet a few people." ”

Gao Xi didn't ask the reason or the specific person he wanted to see, he just nodded, and followed Gao Ran out of the small courtyard with a swagger, and walked back along the path to the avenue leading to the main courtyard where Gao Lan was.

But the five spies who followed them to the fork in the avenue, and when they saw that the two of them were so generous in revealing their whereabouts in front of everyone, they all stopped their intention to follow.

Although they knew that when they chose to follow Gao Xi into Gao Ran's courtyard, it was tantamount to revealing their own whereabouts to the Gao family's secret agents. But even so, they could no longer follow the two men down the path they were taking, and instead jumped into the inconspicuous corners of the neighborhood so that they could escape at any moment.

And their actions like this also let the Gao family spies who have been monitoring their every move since they were discovered know that these five people are not in the same group as the person who was accompanying Gao Ran at this time.

As a result, a few of the Gao family's spies consciously left, planning to separate up to investigate which forces had sent these six people who suddenly appeared in front of them?

For a while, except for Gao Ran and Gao Xi who walked all the way to the main courtyard unimpeded, the spies from all other potential shadows chose not to move. On the one hand, they were closely monitoring the every move of the two people, and on the other hand, they were always vigilant against the possible actions of the other parties, restraining each other, and no one dared to relax their vigilance.

Gao Ran, accompanied by Gao Xi, walked straight to the main courtyard, and did not stop until he saw the two guards guarding on either side of the entrance.

Seeing that Gao Ran had taken the initiative to come here for the first time, the two guards knew that there must be something important to find Gao Lan, so they took the initiative to salute her respectfully, and at the same time, one of them also took the initiative to report to the head of the family immediately, asking her to wait for a while.

"Thank you. Gao Ran politely replied, and watched the guard leave in a hurry until he couldn't see it.

Then he turned to the one who remained, and said, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass you." You just have to keep standing like this. Don't bother me, though. ”

"Yes. The guard immediately obeyed Gao Ran's instructions with good interest. I really just stood there and didn't squint. Make a look of "whatever you hear or see later, it has nothing to do with him, and you will never remember it".

Gao Ran pulled Gao Xi to a place a little farther away from the guards, deliberately approached Gao Xi and whispered: "No matter what I say for a while, you will cooperate with me in a random manner." Remember, the purpose of this time is not only to ensure that I can leave without any worries, but also to ensure the safety of my father and Qiao'er in the future. For this reason, I not only have to let those 'audiences' testify for me, but also let all of them be like the Gao family in the future: after this incident, they will never dare to touch a single hair of my father and Qiao'er. Otherwise, even if I am gone, Qiu Yueze and my master will definitely avenge me. I don't believe that they will not be afraid of the Heavenly Pavilion and the Medical Valley's revenge on them!"

"Good. ”

Gao Ran nodded with satisfaction.

The two returned to the intersection again, quietly waiting for the guard to hear back.

She knew that she would be allowed to enter the hospital—for sure, except that how long would she have to wait to hear back, and the length of that wait would be a reliable basis for her speculation about the thoroughness of Gao Lan's prior preparations for her sudden visit. But no matter what, Gao Lan shouldn't dare to openly ask the guards to report back that she would wait here a little longer. After all, no matter what the reason, at most, Gao Lan would only deliberately delay the time for the guards to come back and let her go, and would not dare to openly provoke her in this way. - especially before we know exactly what she meant.

The two returned to the entrance and waited a little longer, and the guard returned. Without saying a word, he let them go, and personally led them to where Gao Lan was at the moment.

"It seems that if you have not guessed my intentions, you have chosen to repay the kindness for the time being in the matter of what to do with me. Well...... I guess it's the latter. Heh, it seems that my identity as a young lady of the Gao family, no matter how bad it is, it is still a bit useful......" Gao Ran couldn't help but secretly slander in his heart.

The two followed the guards to the entrance to a courtyard garden deep in the courtyard, where the guards stopped and motioned for them to go in on their own.

Gao Ran nodded knowingly to the guard, and he quickly retreated. Obviously, no matter what their intentions were, Gao Lan didn't want a fourth person to be present on the surface.

Gao Ran walked up to Gao Lan with Gao Xi, first specially bowed to Gao Lan politely, and then took the initiative to introduce her: "Mother, this is the confidant of Qiu Yueze, the master of the Heavenly Pavilion Pavilion, and also my best friend. His name is 'Xi'. ”

Then Gao Ran turned to introduce Gao Xi very seriously: "Xi, this is my mother, the head of the Gao family. ”

She deliberately did not mention Gao Xi in front of Gao Lan that her surname was "Gao", but also remembered that she avoided identity restrictions and did not mention Gao Lan's name in person, only calling her "the head of the family". In this way, it not only maintained Gao Lan's face, but also left room for themselves.

"Heavenly Pavilion?"

Although Gao Lan still didn't know how close the relationship between Gao Ran and Tiange was, with her identity and having followed the medical saint to wander the rivers and lakes for so many years before, she would know Qiu Yueze and have some contact with Tiange—these were not surprising to Gao Lan.

It's just that when Gao Ran made such a big move, he also provoked a group of spies from all walks of life who even she, the head of the family, had to temporarily tolerate them peeking into the shadows to see what was happening at the moment, and now she specially introduced her "best friend" to her, who is still the henchman of the Tiange Pavilion Lord......

Gao Lan intuitively felt that this matter was very strange. Although she couldn't see what was wrong, she was already alert. For the time being, he allowed the two of them to sit around the table with her, and no longer had to stand and talk to her.

"Mother, I have something to discuss with you, but I must have the eldest sister and the 'third sister' present. Because this matter is bound to be related to them in the future......"

Gao Lan frowned slightly, and the vigilance in his eyes deepened. She knew that Gao Ran would never make such a big formation to see her for no reason. It's just that she doesn't understand: since Gao Ran had no intention of seizing power, and she bothered to make herself a laughing stock in everyone's eyes in the palace yesterday, why did she deliberately attract them to watch her next moves, and suddenly made herself the focus of everyone's attention?

Gao Lan really couldn't figure out Gao Ran's true intentions, but thinking that she took the initiative to ask Gao Qi and Gao Yu to be present at the same time, she felt that she shouldn't take sides, let alone sow discord behind her back, so as to facilitate her own eventual gain of power - she shouldn't be playing this idea.

After being convinced that at least Gao Ran was indeed not here to seek power, Gao Lan decided to follow her intentions and see what she wanted to do before seeing her true intentions.

So, she agreed to Gao Ran's request and called someone to quickly call Gao Qi and Gao Yu.

While waiting for the two of them to arrive, Gao Ran took advantage of the fact that they had not yet arrived, and reminded Gao Lan first: "Mother, aren't you curious why the Yun Emperor and the Fu family master, who are obviously on the verge of being incompatible, treated each other very ambiguously yesterday? If it was just the Yun Emperor, it would be easy to understand - after all, he had just ascended the throne, and his foundation was unstable, so it was understandable that he was afraid of the Fu family. But why is it that even the head of the Fu family has the same ambiguous attitude towards the Yun Emperor? Mother, aren't you curious about the reason for this?"

"How do you know this?" At least in her opinion, such a subtle intuitive judgment was definitely not something that Gao Ran, who had only cared about eating and sleeping since entering the palace yesterday, could easily detect it. But as soon as the words came out, Gao Lan himself thought of a possibility, "Could it be that they will be like that, and it has something to do with you?"

Then, she deliberately looked at Gao Xi beside Gao Ran, "You specially brought him to see me...... Could it be that this matter is also related to Tiange? Could it be that you and Tiange jointly contributed to this matter?"

I guessed that at this point, Gao Lan basically knew it in his heart. If things really turned out to be as she thought, then it would not be difficult to think of how Gao Ran forced Yun Zhen and Fu Tong to comply. That is to say, if things really turned out to be what she thought, then the reason why Yun Zhen and Fu Tong were extremely restrained and vigilant to avoid offending each other while testing each other yesterday, and the subtle interaction that was not provocative at all throughout the day - the reason why they were like this was probably not their own intention, but her intention that Gao Ran imposed on them.

"No, it's not necessarily what she meant...... "No matter how Gao Lan thinks highly of Gao Ran, even if she believes that Gao Ran has the ability to make Yigu unconditionally support what she does, it can't make her believe that Gao Ran can influence Tiange's will with her own strength. And if this is the case, then Gao Ran's "meaning" is probably not her meaning, but Tiange's meaning. And she just passed the word on her behalf......

Gao Lan felt that such an explanation was more reasonable.

"Did the Heavenly Pavilion Lord instruct you to do this?" Although she still felt that something was wrong in her heart, she still asked what she thought was the most reasonable guess to test Gao Ran's reaction.

But no matter how Gao Ran would react, Gao Lan had already decided to find out afterwards. She vaguely felt that the reason why she was completely unaware of this matter before was not because of her negligence, but because someone was secretly hindering the Gao family from obtaining information in this regard. And the ...... who could keep her in the dark so silently Thinking of the weird "tacit understanding" between Yun Zhen and Fu Tong yesterday......

"That's right! those two must be in the know!"

After being reminded by Gao Ran, recalling the interaction between the two yesterday, Gao Lan realized what that subtle sense of disobedience was: that is, they all knew it, but she didn't know, and her ignorance was probably caused by them. - Although they may all be acting on their own, they unexpectedly contribute to the achievement of their common purpose.

But Gao Ran deliberately refused to answer Gao Lan's question head-on, but emphasized again without giving in: "Don't worry, what my mother wants to know, after the eldest sister and the third sister are here, I will explain it to you one by one." Don't worry, I have always been a member of the Gao family, no matter how bad I am, I will not let the Gao family be put in danger and ignore it completely. It's just that this matter is bound to be related to them in the future, and they will inevitably affect the rise and fall of the Gao family in the future, so let's wait for them to come. ”

Although Gao Lan didn't like to listen to what Gao Ran said, he admitted to her that "she has always been a member of the Gao family", Gao Lan decided to forgive her for her rude offense, and was willing to give her a chance to make amends, and also acquiesced to Gao Ran in her heart to discuss the matter with her in her own way.