"Nan, Gong, Xuan, Yi!" Gu Yanran struggled to squeeze out a few words from her closed teeth. "You're giving me enough time, huh?"

Nangong Xuanyi didn't want to really mess with her, so he half-raised his hands and stepped back. "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, I was wrong."

"Hmph." Gu Yanran huffed around Nangong Xuanyi, sat back on the chair, picked up the teacup and drank the tea soup in it. "It's not early, if the second prince finishes talking, please go back, don't send it slowly."

Nangong Xuanyi secretly said that Gu Yanran was really angry, but she was cheeky and sat on the seat beside her and said with a clear throat. "Well, let's get down to business."

"......" Gu Yanran ignored him with a cold face, and didn't even bother to reward him with Yu Guang.

"It turns out that the question you asked me about 'lost and found' in the carriage earlier was because of the Pearl of the Night." Nangong Xuanyi praised without hesitation. "It must have taken a lot of thought for me to think about it so far, right?"

Gu Yanran didn't explain, since he misunderstood, let him continue to misunderstand, but it saved her more than a little trouble!

"Ugh." Nangong Xuanyi sighed, not to mention how helpless he was. "I'm actually testing you to see if you're worthy of my trust."

“…… Oh. Gu Yanran was silent on the surface, but her heart was bitter.

It turned out that he was ...... to her There is not even the most basic trust.

But it's also a matter of thought.

Who would have complete trust in someone who's only known each other for less than a few days and only a few times?

"I tempted you, not because I didn't trust you." Nangong Xuanyi didn't want Gu Yanran to misunderstand his original intention. "It's because I trust you that I have to test you."

"Oh, thank you so much." Gu Yanran's tone was full of irony.

If you don't trust, you don't trust, and you say it so high-sounding, as if anyone is rarely trusted!

Nangong Xuanyi suddenly stroked his forehead with a tricky feeling. "Yan'er, I went too far, I apologize to you, but I hope you can listen patiently to my explanation first, okay?"

"......" Gu Yanran pursed her lips, but she didn't say anything more to scold him.

"The next thing I'm going to tell you is really a secret of the royal family, and very few people know about it, but there are many people involved."

Gu Yanran paused. "You mean back then?"

"That's right." Nangong Xuanyi bowed. "Since you have returned the pearl of the night to me, then I will also be honest with you."

Nangong Xuanyi told the story of five years ago.

It turned out that the reason why he suddenly disappeared back then was because he was assassinated by an unknown source and almost died.

Just when he was in a desperate situation, it was the benevolent Empress Dowager who came to his rescue and helped him hide his traces.

And when the enemy is unknown, he has been hiding for five years.

"You chose to come back now, are you sure enough to bring the culprit behind the events back then to justice?" Gu Yanran asked.

She didn't ask him if he knew the true identity of the culprit, only fearing that his life would be in danger once again when he returned.

"The evidence is there, but to completely bring him down, there is still a little bit of fire." Nangong Xuanyi took out the night pearl in the brocade box and played with it. "Outside the mansion earlier, Shen Shangshu, the official you mentioned, was one of the collaborators of the incident that I had guessed for a long time but was not sure about."

Gu Yanran couldn't help but be frightened. "You say 'one'? Meaning there are other accomplices? ”

"The accomplices I know so far, plus Shen He, the secretary of the ministry, a total of three people." Nangong Xuanyi took a sip of tea to moisten his lips before looking at Gu Yanran again. "But Yan'er, the owner of this pearl of the night is me...... Where did you know? ”

"I heard that Yeyu only has three night pearls." Gu Yanran told her the truth about her smooth thinking. "It's no secret that these three night pearls were originally in the hands of the Sovereign, the Empress Dowager and you.

I also thought that the night pearl sent by Shen Shangshu was an ordinary night pearl, thinking that it was priceless, and I was planning to find an opportunity to send it back.

It wasn't until the Queen Mother rewarded me with a night pearl that I began to doubt...... The night pearl sent by Shen Shangshu is actually yours.

After the test, I found the word 'Yi' engraved on the night pearl.

At that time, your whereabouts were unknown, and I didn't know you, but I also knew that this matter was very important, so I had to secretly exchange this night pearl with the night pearl rewarded by the queen mother and keep them separately. ”

"I'm afraid Shen He never dreamed that this night pearl would be sent back to me by you personally." Nangong Xuanyi put the night pearl back into the brocade box again, closed the lid and pushed it in front of Gu Yanran. "This thing, let's bother Yan'er to keep it for me first,"

Gu Yanran was stunned, a little puzzled. "Why?"

Hold on to what you have lost and regained, this is what he said, why is it handed over to her for safekeeping now?

"This pearl of the night is equivalent to a piece of evidence of my assassination.

In my precarious situation, even if it were to return to me, I would not be able to save it.

Not to mention that this night pearl was given to you by Shen He, just because your mansion is close to the Netherworld Mansion, it makes me feel at ease.

Even if that group wants to grab the night pearl, they have to weigh their own courage, right?

Good Yan'er, you're the first person I can trust after I return to Yeyu, and you helped me with this, huh? Nangong Xuanyi put on a weak expression and asked for help.

"Okay." When Gu Yanran came back to her senses, she had already responded to Nangong Xuanyi's request.

She found ...... I can't seem to refuse Nangong Xuanyi.

"It's already dark, so I'll leave first." Nangong Xuanyi got up and said goodbye.

Gu Yanran looked at the sky outside the house, it was indeed not early. "Dinner should be ready, do you want to stay and eat it together?"

"Yes." Nangong Xuanyi didn't shirk either, and sat back on the chair directly.

In fact, Gu Yanran really just meant to ask, who knew that he was so polite. "Okay, I'll go and have someone bring the food, and by the way, put the Night Pearl away, you wait for me here for a while."

Nangong Xuanyi smiled. "Go ahead."

Gu Yanran picked up the Night Pearl and walked outside, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she suddenly remembered something and turned around. "By the way, the scenery in this courtyard is good, if you don't want to stay in the inner room, you can come out and have a look."

"Huh." Nangong Xuanyi smiled. "Got it, you go and get back quickly."

"Well, then I'll go." Gu Yanran really left this time.

As for Nangong Xuanyi, after Gu Yanran left, he didn't go to the courtyard to see the scenery, but wandered around in the inner hall of this meeting.

Nangong Xuanyi lost interest after reading the pattern. "For a long time in the future, I thought there would be a lot of changes, but the pattern here is the same as it was back then."

He didn't want to continue to visit the living room, so he sat back on the chair and waited for Gu Yanran to come back.