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It was raining heavily. A thick carpet was laid in the hall on the first floor of Yuanming Pavilion. Lao Mu took Gu Xiaonuan out of the stroller and put her on it. He, Zhenger and Ji Xiaoshu took off their shoes and socks and sat on it to play games around Gu Xiaonuan.

Min Rou followed Su Liang out of the underground secret room and saw this scene: Gu Xiaonuan was babbling something, Zhenger and Ji Xiaoshu each held Gu Xiaonuan's hand with one hand, shaking it gently in rhythm, as if they were dancing with their baby sister.

The old and the two were playing a game of drawing blocks. A round thick wooden board was placed on the carpet, and a columnar building block was stacked on the board with small wooden strips. Everyone took turns to draw one, and whoever had the building block in his hand would lose.

When Zhenger carefully pulled out a wooden strip he had chosen, Gu Xiaonuan suddenly pulled him.

In fact, the force was very small, but Zheng'er subconsciously leaned in the direction of Gu Xiaonuan, afraid of pulling his sister, and the result was that the building blocks collapsed all of a sudden.

Ji Xiaoshu was instantly excited, "Haha! Big brother, you lost!"

Gu Xiaonuan also chuckled.

Zheng'er reluctantly took away a small wooden stick that fell on Gu Xiaonuan's leg, and one hand still held Gu Xiaonuan and shook it gently, "Sister, just be happy."

"I'm willing to accept the loss!" Ji Xiaoshu pulled Zheng'er and Gu Xiaonuan apart, hugged Gu Xiaonuan in his arms, grabbed her hands and waved, "Big brother, frog jump!"

Su Liang, who was standing not far away, smiled, and Min Rou was a little confused. What is frog jump?

Zheng'er squatted down, clasped his hands behind his head, and then did frog jumps around the edge of the carpet. This is one of the punishments for losing the game proposed by Su Liang.

"Sister, does Big Brother look like a big frog?" Ji Xiaoshu asked with a smile.

Gu Xiaonuan sat in Ji Xiaoshu's arms and laughed happily, waving at Zheng'er all the time.

"No, I haven't seen a real frog yet!" Ji Xiaoshu turned his head and saw Su Liang, and called out sweetly, "Master's wife! Where can I find frogs? I want to catch tadpoles!"

Su Liang told Zheng'er the story of tadpoles looking for their mother, and Zheng'er told Ji Xiaoshu. But neither of the two children had seen what frogs and tadpoles looked like.

Su Liang smiled, "Go find your master and ask him to take you to catch tadpoles another day."

At this moment, a voice came from outside Yuanming Pavilion, "The Queen Mother has ordered that Marquis Changxin come to the palace immediately!"

Gu Ling also came out of the underground secret room at this time. When he walked past Su Liang, he tilted his head and kissed her on the side of her face.

Min Rou was stunned. She knew they were husband and wife, but was it really okay to do intimate things in public like this?

Min Rou went to see Lao Mu, but saw that they all looked accustomed to it and had no special reaction.

If I have to say something, Ji Xiaoshu has it. He stood up with Gu Xiaonuan in his arms, raised his little face, and said with sparkling eyes, "Master, I want a kiss too!"

Gu Ling leaned over, kissed his precious daughter, then twisted Ji Xiaoshu's ear, and walked to the door in the blink of an eye.

"Master's wife, Master hit me again!" Ji Xiaoshu "accused" Gu Ling.

Gu Xiaonuan raised her little hand and slapped Ji Xiaoshu on the face.

Ji Xiaoshu laughed, "Wow! My sister is so strong!"

Min Rou felt that this place had a very special atmosphere that made her not know how to describe it for a while. The wind and rain outside the window were strong, and Min Rou felt that except for her, everyone in Yuanming Pavilion was warm and happy. And she, who originally thought that her warm and harmonious home was just a joke...

"You can think about it. If your grandfather wants to kill me, will he throw explosives directly here? What will be the consequences?" Su Liang whispered beside Min Rou.

Min Rou was looking after Gu Xiao Nuan. She felt a jolt in her heart when she heard this, and she clenched her sleeves again. She wanted to say, no, her grandpa was not so inhumane, but she couldn't say it. Because she didn't even understand the nature of her own parents, let alone the grandpa who was very powerful in martial arts and occasionally went out for a long time to do business... She didn't know what her grandpa had done when he went out, maybe including the time when he almost killed Gu Ling.

Min Rou remembered what Su Liang asked her, is her grandfather and grandpa just different in their positions?

No... Min Rou knew the answer.

Apart from his status as a minister of the country, her grandfather was just an ordinary person. He was the head of the Min family, loved his children and grandchildren, and would take the overall situation into consideration. Therefore, Min Rou would not blame the old minister Min for not helping her to reject the imperial decree of marriage. She was unwilling to enter the palace, but entering the palace did not necessarily mean tragedy and pain, let alone life-threatening. Min Rou believed that if it was her cousin who was granted marriage, the old minister Min would treat her the same way. Besides, now the truth is out, the emperor of Gan Kingdom didn't fancy her at all, it was just a trap set against her parents.

But her grandfather is very powerful and ambitious, if what Su Liang said about their cooperation with the royal family of Liang Kingdom is true.

Different positions are true, but the good and evil of human nature cannot be covered up by the word position.

"Who is this aunt?" Zheng'er noticed Min Rou.

Min Rou thought she knew Zheng'er, but the two times she met before were actually Ji Xiaoshu pretending. She realized now that the voice of "Zheng'er" she heard and the face of Zheng'er she saw came from the two children respectively.

Min Rou was disguised by Su Liang into another look, so Ji Xiaoshu didn't recognize her. Only Lao Mu knew who she was.

Su Liang introduced, "Her name is Chunhua. I will take care of you here next."

Min Rou frowned. She didn't like the pseudonym Chunhua very much, but she had no right to say anything.

But later that day, when Min Rou saw Qiu Yue, she knew why Su Liang casually named her Chun Hua...

Su Liang carried Gu Xiao Nuan upstairs to feed her, and Min Rou sat quietly watching Lao Mu and the two children playing games on the floor.

After another round, Zheng Er took the initiative to invite Min Rou, "Aunt Chun Hua, you can also play! It's very simple!"

Min Rou waved her hand hurriedly, but Ji Xiao Shu ran over to pull her, "Play, play! It's more fun with more people!"

After Su Liang coaxed Gu Xiao Nuan to sleep, he carried her down and put her in the cradle, and then heard Ji Xiao Shu say that he was hungry.

"What do you want to eat?" Su Liang asked.

Ji Xiao Shu ordered a dish, Zheng Er ordered a dish, and Lao Mu also said the name of a dish. When Su Liang asked people to order dishes, each person had one chance. But most of the time, they were not allowed to order dishes.

Min Rou had never heard of the three dishes. She looked at Su Liang and was about to stand up to make room for him. "You come and play. I..." She couldn't cook either...

"Come and help me light the fire after you finish this round." Su Liang went to the kitchen.

Min Rou didn't have the heart to play games and lost in the end.

Zheng'er felt that it was inappropriate to let the beautiful aunt jump like a frog, so he suggested that Min Rou make a face.

"It should be a ghost." Ji Xiaoshu demonstrated.

Min Rou comforted herself that it was much better than jumping like a frog. It didn't matter. She couldn't see it anyway. Then she wiped her hands and imitated Ji Xiaoshu to make a face.

Then Zheng'er pointed in the direction of the kitchen, "Aunt Chunhua, go over there."

When Min Rou entered the kitchen, Su Liang was cutting vegetables, and her movements were as smooth as flowing water, very skillful.

"Don't you have servants here?" Min Rou asked.

Su Liang asked back, "You are the eldest lady on the island, and you have servants to serve you?"

Min Rou suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Although Su Liang's tone was not sarcastic, she thought about it and realized that she was used to being served since she was a child. Even on the way to the capital, there was a maid who served her.

"I have a maid at home, but she is not my maid." Su Liang said. Qiuyue served Nangong Qian. But now Nangong Qian is completely different from before. She is very happy to do needlework and cook, and she is getting better and better.

Min Rou sat on a small stool and burned the fire. Looking at the flames burning in the stove, she couldn't help but redden her eyes again when she thought of what happened today. Her mother became a prisoner, and she didn't know what happened to her father. Her father was planning to kill the emperor of the country, and she became the spring flower girl of the Su Mansion. She didn't know what would happen next.

Su Liang saw that Min Rou was in a bad mood, so he didn't comfort her. They could have nothing to do with each other. It was not her and Gu Ling who caused things to develop to this point. The couple just tried every means to protect themselves after realizing the danger.

Min Rou quickly adjusted her mood and began to watch Su Liang cook. After watching for a while, she couldn't help asking, "Do you usually cook?"

Su Liang shook her head, "Gu Ling cooks more."

Min Rou was stunned, "Gu Hou? He also knows cooking?"

Su Liang looked indifferent, "Better than me." The truth. Although Gu Ling learned cooking from her, he has surpassed her and created some very good dishes.

This overturned Min Rou's cognition. Before today, she thought Su Liang was a martial arts champion, a genius doctor, and a heroine. She thought Gu Ling was of noble birth, the Marquis of Changxin, with strong martial arts and medical skills, and as cold as a banished immortal.

But what Min Rou saw and heard at this moment, the couple's abilities are real, and may even be more powerful than she knows. At the same time, they are very down-to-earth and truly have a happy and happy family.

And her grandfather wants to destroy Su Liang and Gu Ling's home.

Min Rou thought that if Su Liang was angry with her, it would be understandable.

But in fact, he was not. Although she was captured, she was not abused. Su Liang spoke to her politely and kept telling her the truth and reason.

"I just hope you can tell me where your original home is and where that island is." Su Liang served the prepared dish without looking at Min Rou, but said to her, "If your family doesn't do evil or harm me, I won't do anything to them. Do you believe it?"

Min Rou lowered her eyes and said nothing. She wanted to say that she believed it, but at the same time she was very conflicted. On one side was her family who had watched her grow up since she was a child, and on the other side was Su Liang, whom she really met today. Even if she was severely hit by what her parents did, it would be difficult for her to fall to Su Liang's side all of a sudden.

"Bring this over." Su Liang did not ask Min Rou to answer now, but handed the plate in his hand to her.

Min Rou stood up, took it, and brought it to Yuanming Pavilion.

An old man and two children came over immediately. There were no chopsticks. Old Mu took out a bamboo fork that he usually used to eat fruit from the bamboo tube with a lid next to him, picked up a piece of meat, blew on the hot air, and handed it to Ji Xiaoshu.

Ji Xiaoshu opened his mouth to take it, but the meat that was about to reach his mouth flew away and was fed to Zhenger by Old Mu.

"Grandpa Mu!" Ji Xiaoshu was angry.

Old Mu laughed and fed the second piece to Ji Xiaoshu, and then ate the third piece himself.

Min Rou was wondering why the two little guys didn't take the fork to eat by themselves, and saw that the three of them finished eating a piece and went back to play.

Zhenger seemed to see Min Rou's confusion and said with a smile, "There are good dishes later. It's not worth it to eat all at once!"

Min Rou couldn't help but smile, "That makes sense."

...

Gu Ling went to Empress Dowager Xiao after entering the palace.

Duanmu Yi asked Gu Ling gloomily what was going on. Gu Ling ignored him and only told Empress Dowager Xiao a few words. There might be an informant from Liang Guo in the palace. In order to prevent the enemy from "making a last-ditch attack", he did not go to the library to find Duanmu Chen again.

Lin Bojun led troops to surround the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace. When he saw Gu Ling, he only asked, "How is the emperor?"

Gu Ling's answer was, "Alive, but can't show up."

After Gu Ling left the palace, he did not return home immediately, but went to Min Shangshu's mansion. According to the agreement, he would give Min Rui acupuncture today.

Because of the thunder, very few outsiders knew about the explosion in the palace.

Old Minister Min was still a little uneasy because of Min Rou's mother and daughter's escape. When he saw Gu Ling coming even though he was late, he felt inexplicably less nervous.

After the acupuncture, Gu Ling asked Mr. Min to step aside and said he had something to talk to Min Rui.

Minister Min thought that the emperor asked Gu Ling to ask something, so he left.

"I really don't know where my wife and daughter went. They didn't discuss it with me, I swear." Min Rui took the initiative to speak.

Gu Ling looked calm and said directly, "Your father-in-law wants to kill you, maybe tonight."

Min Rui's expression froze, and it took him a while to react, "I don't know what you are talking about... My father-in-law has died a long time ago."

"It's just a kind reminder, you're welcome." After Gu Ling finished speaking, his eyes passed between Min Rui's eyebrows, and he turned and walked out. Min Rui must have suffered a bloody disaster recently, but there was no black mist between his eyebrows, indicating that he was not a person worth saving and deserved to die.

Min Rui's heart was beating like a drum. Seeing Gu Ling arrive at the door, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you say that?"

Gu Ling ignored it, opened the door and went out.

Gu Ling left the Min family, entered the Duke of Qin's mansion as before, and then disappeared.

Soon, Gu Ling secretly returned to Min Shangshu's mansion and asked Cen Man, who had been monitoring Min Rui, to go home. Then, he entered Min Rui's room.

Min Ruizheng was panicking because of Gu Ling's words. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that He Wei would definitely kill him and silence him. He didn't even hear the sound of opening the door. When he saw Gu Ling appearing in front of him, his expression changed drastically, "Why...are you back?"

Without saying a word, Gu Ling knocked Min Rui unconscious with a wave of his palm, then took out the disguise medicine, disguised himself as Min Rui, kicked him under the bed, and sat on Min Rui's bed.

…

Su Mansion.

Seeing Cen Man come back, Su Liang knew that Gu Ling was watching Min Rui again.

Thinking that Gu Ling hadn't eaten lunch, Su Liang decided to speed up her psychological offensive against Min Rou.

So, Min Rou saw an unconscious old man, and her expression showed that she knew this man.

"He was one of the masters who assassinated the emperor a few days ago. There were five of them in total, two died in the palace, one was caught, and two escaped. I suspect that one of the two who escaped was your grandfather." Su Liang said.

"What are you going to do with him?" Min Rou asked with a frown.

"He is a death warrior. He was put into a coma because once he wakes up, he will commit suicide to avoid leaking the secret. One of his companions did this." Su Liang said, "Do you know why he would rather die? A secret that must be guarded?”

Min Rou looked ugly, "I don't understand... why they did this..."

"This is exactly what I want to know." Su Liang said, taking out an airplane model made by Gu Ling and showing it to Min Rou, "Do you know what this is?"

Min Rou's shocked expression showed that she had really seen something similar.

"Where did you get it?" Min Rou clenched her sleeves, her eyes uneasy.

"Gu Ling did it." Su Liang said, "Where have you seen it? And who did it?"

Min Rou began to rub her sore forehead. Her mind was in chaos and she had no idea what was going on. She wanted to say something, but she felt that she shouldn't say it, she must not say it.

"Have you seen her?" Su Liang put down the model, took out a portrait and opened it for Min Rou to see.

Above the portrait is Yuan Ying's grandmother Yue Mei. Su Liang suspected that she had colluded with the force that Min Rou came from.

Min Rou nodded, "I've seen her before." She didn't like this woman, but her mother said that she was an honored guest on the island.

"Is there a young girl beside her?" Su Liang opened the second portrait, which showed Yuan Ying.

Min Rou looked uneasy, "I really don't know who they are."

Su Liang held a portrait in one hand, "Let me tell you briefly. This girl is my sister. She was kidnapped by this witch. It seems to be related to your family. I must find her and rescue her. You can Tell me, where to save people?”

Min Rou bit her lip, "You want to know where my home is just to save people?"

Su Liang nodded, "That's right. Your surname is Min. I hope you can think about the problem from the perspective of the Min family, step away from it, and then visit your former home."

When Min Rou heard Gu Xiaonuan laughing downstairs, she could imagine her cute appearance. She wanted to convince herself that Su Liang was not the same person as her and could not be trusted. But she couldn't find any reason to doubt Su Liang, and countless suspicious things appeared one after another in her former home.

"You swear that you will not harm the innocent people in my family." Min Rou took a deep breath and looked at Su Liang steadily.

Su Liang raised his hand, "I swear, I will never hurt innocent people."

Min Rou loosened her grip on her sleeves and said softly, "Okay, I'll say..."

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