"Heh, hehehe." Gu Yanran couldn't help but hold her chin and laugh. "That's the question you're asking?

Why don't you ask me why I didn't do the ceremony?

Also, why don't I want to accept a birthday gift, why don't I want to owe someone a favor...... Aren't you curious? ”

There are so many incomprehensible things that have happened, why did you choose the most irrelevant question to ask?

"None of that matters!" Gu Qiqiao didn't care about those things at all. "As long as you are happy, you can do whatever you want, the slave and maid are always on the side of the girl."

The smile on the corner of Gu Yanran's mouth deepened. "Cute little Qiao, I really like your temperament more and more."

"What a little Qiao, the slave is a year older than you." Gu Qiqiao complained slightly dissatisfied, seeing that Gu Yanran was only smiling and not speaking, she was very anxious. "Oh, Miss Yan, tell me quickly, is your favorite person Mr. Gong?"

Gu Yanran chuckled and shook her head. "No, it's not Yuichi Miya."

"Not Mr. Gong?" Gu Qiqiao wondered. "It's not the National Teacher, it's not Mr. Gong, who is that?"

Gu Yanran smiled. "He ......"

"It's hard to ?!!" Gu Qiqiao's eyes widened suddenly, and he guessed an even more outrageous candidate in his heart. "Is it Shen Gongzi? Or...... Master Cousin?!! ”

"What a thing!" Gu Yanran couldn't help but reach out and poke Gu Qiqiao's head. "Don't you mess with the mandarin ducks?

Also, even if you speculate about Shen Gongzi, even an unreliable person like my cousin is included in my favorite candidates?

Can your imagination be a little richer? ”

"Hmm." Gu Qiqiao covered the poked head and stepped back, even more puzzled. "It's not, it's not that...... Does the person you are talking about really exist?

Shouldn't you have made up a so-called favorite person in order to dispel the idea that the Ninth Princess wants you to become the Eighth Princess? ”

"If you think about it, it's not stupid." Gu Yanran patted the position beside her. "Come and sit down."

“…… Oh. Gu Qiqiao only hesitated for a moment, and then obediently sat down beside Gu Yanran.

Gu Yanran held Gu Qiqiao's hand resting on the table and looked at her. "That's right, I said that I already have a sweetheart, and it is indeed to dispel the unrealistic ideas of the ninth princess.

But that 'favorite person' is not made up by me.

He really exists in the world, exists in a certain corner of the world, and lives an incognito life.

However, I have no way of knowing anything about him for the time being, so I must not reveal his identity to others at will, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"No way to hear from him?" Gu Qiqiao was thoughtful, and when she caught a glimpse of Gu Yanran's pearl headband hanging smoothly, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned. "Miss Yan, the person you like...... Is it the second prince? ”

Only then did she know why Gu Yanran insisted on using the pearl hairband given by the second prince two days ago to tie her hair.

Although she didn't know when and why Gu Yanran fell in love with the second prince......

But she really didn't understand, since Gu Yanran liked the second prince, why had she never seen that hairband in five years?

And Gu Yanran, in the face of Gu Qiqiao's question in a confident tone, did not deny it. "Well, it's him."

Gu Qiqiao then wanted to ask again. "That ......"

"Tangram." Gu Yanran interrupted Gu Qiqiao's words, the gentle smile on her face disappeared, and she said seriously. "There are some things that I don't want to hide from you, but even if you say them, you won't be able to understand them.

I can't explain it to you now, and maybe I won't be able to explain it to you in my lifetime...... But until the right time comes, please treat the matter of the second prince as if you don't know.

In life, no matter who you are, you will always have one or more grievances in your heart that you can't easily complain about, isn't it? ”

Gu Qiqiao saw the complicated color that flashed in Gu Yanran's eyes, and made up her mind not to ask any more. “……”

## #护国公府, North Courtyard

"I've already asked Yan'er about the gift of the courtesy...... Gu Haoran looked at Gu Jingnian and Lin Wanzhi who were sitting on the main seat.

Lin Wanzhi asked expectantly. "What did Yan'er say?"

Gu Haoran was silent for a moment before conveying Gu Yanran's meaning. "She said she didn't want to do a gift."

"I don't want to ...... Don't want to do it? Lin Wanzhi was shocked. The gift of the ceremony is related to Yan'er's lifelong event, how can you not do it? ”

"It's nonsense!" Gu Jingnian frowned, blaming Gu Haoran. "Hao'er, as Yan'er's brother, don't you know what to tell her about?"

Gu Haoran couldn't cry or laugh for a while. "Of course I said her, but it didn't work at all, and I couldn't persuade her."

"What then?" Lin Wanzhi couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Do it right!" Gu Jingnian decided to ignore Gu Yanran's thoughts. "Such a major matter should not be decided by herself, but now it is just right, it is better for us elders to handle it!"

Although he agreed to allow Gu Yanran to leave the mansion and set up her own door in order to avoid being implicated in the dispute between the concubines, her identity as the concubine of the princess of the country will not change because of this.

Gu Yanran's courtesy is not only about her own lifelong events, but also about the face of the Protector Mansion, and she must not let the entire Protector Mansion become a laughing stock because of her willfulness!

"Oh, Dad, don't worry." Gu Haoran hurriedly took out the letter he was holding in his sleeve cage and handed it to Gu Jingnian. "This is a handwritten letter from Yan'er that I asked me to pass on to your second elder, you can take a look at it first."

"You don't have to look at it to know it's a bunch of inconsequential nonsense!" Gu Jingnian directly slapped the letter on the table beside him. "Okay, let's look at the gift! Leave her alone! ”

"This is Yan'er's handwritten letter, how can you not read it?!" Lin Wanzhi snatched the letter and looked down at the contents of the letter.

……

……

After a long time, Lin Wanzhi raised her head and looked at Gu Jingnian with a dull gaze. "Xiang, Xianggong."

“？？？” Gu Jingnian looked back at Lin Wanzhi.

Lin Wanzhi's hand holding the letter couldn't help shaking. Yan'er said...... If we insist on her contemplation, let us treat it as if we had never given birth to her daughter. ”

Gu was stunned on the spot when he heard this. “……”

"What ?!!" Gu Haoran exhaled in a low voice, took down the letter in Lin Wanzhi's hand and looked at it carefully, his face full of disbelief. "That's what you said!"

"What should I do?" Lin Wanzhi sat still and began to worry about Gu Yanran. "Finally, her reputation has improved a little, and I want to take advantage of this gift to choose a suitable husband for her, which is ......"