You're making things difficult for me (adding more, deceiving monthly ticket red envelopes)

  The four Wangfu had already lit the lights, and Wu Mingyu's sedan chair finally arrived. The sedan chair stopped only when it reached the inner courtyard, and Gu Jing, who was carrying Wu Mingyu's nameplate, coughed before getting off the sedan. Deputy General Tong Cheng asked worriedly: "Fourth Prince, how are you?"

  "It's all right, I just caught a bit of cold wind earlier, rest for a while and it'll be fine!" Wu Guqing pulled up the curtain, got out of the sedan chair, and walked straight towards the main house.

  Yahuan Yuling heard the sound and came out to greet him, saying softly: "Your Highness, a fire has been lit in the house, and the medicine is still hot. You'd better drink it while it's hot!"

  "Thank you, it's hard work, there's nothing else, you can go rest first, if needed I'll call you!" Gu Jing smiled and nodded at Yu Ling.

  The little girl's face turned red, and she lowered her head to say: "Your Highness is being polite, this is what I should do! If Your Highness doesn't need me to serve you, I'll wait outside!"

  Tong Cheng helped Wu Gu Xing open the door, and a wave of heat rushed in. He helped Wu Gu Xing take off his cloak, and seeing the medicine on the table still steaming with heat, he laughed: "Master, Yu Lian is getting more considerate by the day! She must have calculated that you'd be back, so she had the medicine ready! Master, drink up!"

  Gu Cheng furrowed his brow and sat down by the fire pit, saying: "Let's put that aside for now! I'll take a look at this first! You go rest for now!"

  Ba Tong Cheng put down his cloak and brought his medicine over to the table beside him before retreating.

  Gu Cheng put his hand over the brazier, feeling the scorching temperature before he started to warm up. He casually picked up a book from the table, not even looking at the bowl of medicine, and opened it, just about to read when he heard a voice whispering: "Someone has gone to great lengths to brew this medicine for you, if you were to dump it wouldn't that be wasting their kind intentions?"

  Gu Jing raised his head and looked at the bed, smiling: "Compared to making me take medicine, I'm more curious, what's your mood like when you see the woman you like might choose someone else?"

  "If it weren't you, I wouldn't give him a chance!"

  Behind the curtain, Chu Qingkuang walked out, his handsome eyebrows and eyes filled with an overbearing aura, although he was dressed in white, but his momentum was not inferior to Hong Kun or any other prince.

  Gu Cheng let out a silent sigh, unable to deny that the royal bloodline indeed had its advantages. As for Chu Qing's noble aura between his eyebrows and eyes, it was something that this fake crown prince couldn't catch up with even if he cultivated for a few more years!

  "But Hong Kun seems to like me more!" Gu Jing said with a smile, not afraid of provoking Chu Qing: "He said I have a good personality and haven't married before, so I will definitely treat 'Rong'er' well!" "Don't call her 'Rong'er', she's mine! Only I can call her that!"

  "Chu Qing's eyes widened in anger as he glared at him, saying: 'I don't care what your foster father lets you do, but you're not allowed to call her that so intimately!'"

  Gu Cheng couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Xiao Jiu, I didn't expect you to be so overbearing, even restricting my terms of address! What if I really marry her, will you, the Fourth Prince, come back and do what? It seems that your adoptive father understands you better... draining the water from the cauldron!"

  "Did he let you marry her in the name of the Fourth Prince?" Chu Qingxian frowned: "Is he forcing me?"

  "He said with a profound meaning: 'Do you think he would really let you go? Freedom comes at a cost! If you want freedom, you'll lose Xiao Zongrong. If you want Xiao Zongrong, you'll lose your freedom!'"

  "I want both!" Chu Qingkuang became somewhat annoyed, for the first time losing his usual carefree and composed demeanor in front of Gu Jing. He gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe that if I'm not the Fourth Prince, I won't be able to marry Rong'er!"

  Gu Cheng coughed lightly twice before saying, "I also hope you get what you want, then I won't have to worry about it! Otherwise, I'll still have to help you find a wife, how exhausting!"

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  Chu Qing gave him a fierce stare and said, "There won't be that day! If I'm really forced to, I'll go marry Rong'er myself!... Hey, you should take your medicine, aren't you thinking of pouring it out instead?"

  She picked up the bowl of medicine that had cooled down quickly, Chu Qingxiao brought the medicine bowl to his lips, smiling and staring at him, saying: "I heard that someone who doesn't take their medicine properly will only make their condition worse!"

  Gu Jing smelled the bitter taste of the medicine, his heart churned with a wave of nausea, and he turned his head to one side, saying in agony: "You can deceive me! I've already drunk this medicine to the point where just seeing it makes me want to vomit! I think that if I die, it won't be because of illness, but because I was bittered to death by this medicine!"

  "Is it that bitter? A big man is still afraid of taking medicine!" Chu Qingkong didn't believe it and took a sip, his face changed instantly, he opened his mouth and stared at Gu Jing, almost wanting to throw the bowl away.

  "Ha! What's the use of being a big man? Can bitterness turn into sweetness? Even if it is sweet, one will get tired of drinking it! Let me tell you, don't force me to drink medicine again, or I'll die and show you. You can be your own Fourth Prince!"

  Chu Qing glared at him and said: "You dare to die, I'll chase you all the way to the Yama Temple and bring you back. Drink this medicine for me, or else I'll give it to you like that!"

  He pulled out a paper package from somewhere, took a glance and said: "Taiyuan Duji's black sesame sugar, it was brought back by Old Fourth a few days ago, I asked him to bring some especially for you. If you drink the medicine obediently, I'll give it to you; otherwise, I'll take it back to show respect to Manager Liu!"

  "Threaten me?" Gu Jing looked at him with some reluctance, Chu Qingxiao showed off his might and swung it around, thinking of putting it back.

  "Stop it!" Gu Jing somewhat resentfully picked up the medicine: "Can't I drink it?" He picked up the bowl, closed his eyes and held his breath, and gulped down the cooled-down medicine in one go, only to feel a slight burning sensation afterwards.

  Chu Qingkuang suddenly shouted: "Open your mouth!"

  Gu Cheng opened his mouth, Chu Qing crazily threw a piece of sesame candy into it, and the fragrance instantly filled his entire mouth. Gu Cheng was satisfied with the sesame candy in his mouth, and surprisingly didn't feel bitter anymore!

  After savoring the satisfaction brought by the sesame sugar, he opened his eyes to find Chu Qingkuang leaning against him with a contemplative expression. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and ask, "What are you thinking about?"

  Chu Qing crazily shrugged his shoulders, only to find that this action was one of Xiao Zong's favorites, and he didn't know how he had picked it up. He sighed and said: "Big brother, have you ever noticed that when we were young, we were easily satisfied? Back then, having a piece of sesame candy made us feel like nothing could be more exciting! So why is it that now we have many things that we never dared to dream of in the past, but we're not as happy as before?"

  He licked the sugar residue at the corner of his lips and said, "Because people grow up, their hearts grow bigger, and when their hearts get bigger, they can't be filled up!"

  "Is that so?" Chu Qing shook her head lightly and thought of another purpose she had come for, asking: "What about the matter of the fief? Which one did your father let you choose?"

  "Huai Nan, my adoptive father has already set his sights on the area bordering Jiang Nan, it's convenient for starting a rebellion! After operating for a few years and stockpiling enough grain and fodder, we can plan for greater things!"

  Gu Cheng also restrained his smile and said seriously: "I went to the palace today to probe and mentioned it to the emperor, but the emperor had no opinion. It seems that he is still inclined towards the fourth prince!"

  Chu Qing looked at him with a slanted gaze, suddenly asking: "Eldest brother, what's so special about Wu Mingyu? A sickly prince, without any imperial concubines or noblewomen backing him in the palace, why does he receive the old man's favor? Even the princes who are healthier than him don't receive such treatment, what makes him so special?"

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  Gu Cheng said calmly: "This adoptive father should know the details, otherwise he wouldn't have let us impersonate the Fourth Prince!"

  Chu Qing laughed coldly: "That old emperor is really blind, he doesn't even know his own son has been switched! If he knew that the Wu Mingyu he dotes on had long become a pile of white bones, I wonder if he would be shocked to death?"

  Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Perhaps this is fate! One real one died, another real one came, he didn't lose anything! Giving you the favor that was given to Wu Mingyu can be considered as making up for you!"

  "Hmph, I don't want such compensation! He can't compensate for what I've lost!"

  Chu Qing suddenly stood up: "I'm leaving, if there's anything, let Mo Yu find you! You cooperate with me, don't let Hong Kun like you too much! I know this is difficult for you, just consider it as helping me, and I'll thank you later!"

  "Wait..." Gu Jing called out to him.

  Chu Qing turned around abruptly, Gu Jing thought for a moment and then waved his hand saying: "Nothing's wrong, you can go now, if there's anything else, come find me again!"

  Chu Qing walked away, Gu Jing sat stupidly, his eyes fell on the medicine bowl, suddenly a burst of annoyance, his hand pulled out and smashed the bowl, the sound of the bowl shattering startled Tong Cheng, who called from outside: "Your Highness?"

  "Nothing's wrong, I accidentally broke a bowl, let's clean it up tomorrow! I'm sleepy, going to bed first, don't let anyone disturb me!"

  "Yes, Your Highness!" Tong Cheng's voice was gone.

  Gu Cheng remained seated, unmoving, gazing at the residual medicine in the broken bowl. A cold smile hung on his face: "Xiao Jiu, you know I'm in a difficult position, why do you still make such demands of me? Do you really know... how much trouble you're causing me? You are the true Dragon Son, he won't actually do anything to you! I'm just a substitute who can be sacrificed at any time, can I withstand his anger?"

  Woman and brother, which one would you choose?

  Staring blankly at the roof for half a day, the resentment slowly dissipated. Lowering her head, she saw that the package of sesame sugar was still in its original place where she had put it earlier. Gu Xiang hesitated for a moment before picking up a piece of sugar and bringing it to her mouth. Suddenly, that person's commanding tone echoed in her mind again: "Open your mouth!"

  Gu Cheng raised his hand and tossed the sesame candy up, closed his eyes and opened his mouth to catch it. The candy fell into his mouth, but strangely, it didn't taste as sweet as before.

  Gu Cheng closed his mouth and thought silently in his mind: Xiao Jiu, why are you so good to me...

  Monthly ticket ah, Wind Add updated another chapter and only gave one monthly ticket, you guys are bullying me,~~~~(>0<)~~~~