Princess Chengyi's words were like adding fuel to the fire.

Even after being suppressed, the ghost mask still faintly appeared on the paper, revealing its ferocious nature.

Cheng Yi sat in the sedan chair, his face also gloomy.

The old woman asked, "Is Madam returning to the manor now?"

Cheng Yi raised her head and coldly uttered two words.

"Enter the palace."

"Ayi, at this hour, Father and Mother have long since retired for the night. Why bother disturbing them?"

Gu Fanghan advised in a low voice, "I'll accompany you back to the manor. We can talk about it slowly when we get back."

Cheng Yi glanced at him with a languid expression.

"What, are you afraid I'll cause trouble for Father and Mother, and you won't be able to explain it to them?"

Gu Fanghan shook her head helplessly.

"What are you talking about? I just wanted to have a proper talk with you..."

"Alright, whatever you want to talk about, go find me at the Empress Dowager's place."

Cheng Yi snorted coldly, turned her head away from him, and said, "Let's depart."

Yin Yuzhu followed beside the sedan chair, her cold eyes filled with intense hatred.

She felt an immense hatred when Gu Jinyan grabbed her by the neck!

If it weren't for Yin Liuli, she should have had a man standing by her side, protecting her at all costs.

If it weren't for this meddlesome woman, why would the Duke's mansion have broken off the engagement with her? Why would Fang Zhengyun avoid her like the plague and not even give her a smile?

It was that bitch Yin Liuli who ruined her life!

Yin Yuzhu clenched her fists secretly.

It doesn't matter. She will use Princess Chengyi to stir up trouble in the princess's mansion little by little, and let Yin Liuli taste what it's like to lose everything!

Gu Fanghan watched Princess Chengyi's departing figure with a helpless expression.

Over the years, whenever she threw a tantrum, she would run to the palace and insist that he personally invite her back before she would be satisfied.

The Emperor and Empress were reasonable people. Each time they found out the reason, they would pretend to scold him a few times, giving Cheng Yi a way out, and then let him take the person back.

Marrying the emperor's daughter naturally brings more pressure than for ordinary men.

"Father, don't worry."

Gu Jinyan gave him a wink and whispered,

"Your subject accompanied the Empress Dowager to the palace. If there is any news, your subject will send someone to report it."

Gu Fanghan nodded helplessly.

"Yan'er, please help me persuade your mother."

Gu Jinyan gave Yin Liuli a deep look and said softly,

"Liuli, please take good care of Father for me. Mother's temper is really making things difficult for him."

"Don't worry, leave Uncle Gu's matter to me."

Yin Liuli hummed in agreement, and seeing Gu Jinyan about to leave, she suddenly remembered something and called out to him.

"Gu Jinyan, wait a moment."

"What?"

Gu Jinyan stopped and turned to look at her.

Yin Liuli quickly grabbed a piece of paper from the table, her slender fingers flying across the paper, and in a few swift movements, she folded it into a paper crane.

Using her fingers as a sword, she channeled her inner energy into her fingertips and drew a "Spirit Commanding Talisman" in mid-air towards the paper crane, activating it with her mental incantation.

"May Heaven respond to your cries, may Earth grant your prayers, may the gods manifest their power! May Heaven be clear and Earth bright, may Yin and Yang spirits move freely! All Yin spirits, obey my decree and follow my command... Supreme Lord Laozi, hasten as the law commands!"

The crane messengers, summoned to serve the emperor, are not actual cranes.

Rather, it is a spirit among the five directions that has a certain level of cultivation.

The spirit voluntarily attaches itself to the paper crane, serving the owner of the talisman. After the task is completed, it can absorb the true energy of the talisman for its own use.

A spirit-summoning talisman is equivalent to a sales contract signed by both parties.

"Whoosh..."

The paper crane suddenly flapped its wings a few times, flew up from her palm, and hovered in mid-air.

A smile appeared in Gu Jinyan's deep eyes.

He was extremely fond of the way Yin Liuli focused when she cast spells.

Especially her clear eyes, which always seem to sparkle like stars, are incredibly beautiful.

A faint smile appeared on Yin Liuli's lips.

"Gu Jinyan, it's too slow to send messages from the palace. I'll give you the crane... reach out."

Gu Jinyan quickly stretched out his hand.

Yin Liuli flicked the tail of the paper crane and gave the order.

"Hey Crane Envoy, obey Gu Jinyan's orders, understand?"

The paper crane flapped its wings a few times and landed in Gu Jinyan's hand with a whoosh.

A childlike smile appeared on Gu Jinyan's handsome face. He gently touched the crane's head with his fingertips and said softly,

"Little guy, you're under my jurisdiction now."

"Splash..."

The paper cranes fluttered their wings, as if responding to him.

Gu Fanghan, standing to the side, was dumbfounded by this incredible scene.

He increasingly felt that Yin Liuli was indeed quite capable!

Gu Jinyan carefully placed the paper crane into his sleeve, a hint of reluctance flashing in his deep eyes.

"Liuli, I'm going now."

"Waaaah... Master, me too! Me too!"

He turned around and suddenly appeared out of thin air, hovering menacingly in front of Yin Liuli.

Yin Liuli frowned. "What's wrong?"

It was snorting loudly and complaining with its teeth bared.

"It's been so long, and Master hasn't called Waaaa out. Waaaa is unhappy! Waaaa just wants to stay by Master's side!"

Yin Liuli tilted her head.

"Didn't I tell you to secretly protect Gu Jinyan? Now that you're under his command, what am I asking you to do?"

"Oh dear...who wants to be bossed around by him!"

"Waaah!" she cried out, looking displeased. "I'm your informant, not Gu Jinyan's. Following him around all day, and you never even call me out! It's so boring!"

Yin Liuli raised an eyebrow. "Stop talking nonsense, are you going or not?"

"Hmph... I'm not going!"

With a loud thud, he slammed the long knife in his hand into the ground, his muscular body standing ramrod straight.

"A real man doesn't go if he says he won't, so what!"

It didn't want to follow Gu Jinyan at all!

As long as it stays by Yin Liuli's side, even if it's bored out of its mind every day, it's happy.

Yin Liuli flipped her finger, and a ray of light appeared at her fingertip, flying towards Wa Ya Ya.

In an instant, Waaaaa revealed its true form in mid-air.

She stood on tiptoe, grabbed the baby's ear, put one hand on her hip, and asked aggressively.

"I'll ask you one more time, are you going or not?"

"Ouch...it hurts! Let go!"

Crying in pain, he covered his ear with one hand, his tall and muscular figure slowly lowering until he knelt down at Yin Liuli's feet with a thud.

"Wow! Wow!"

"That's more like it."

Yin Liuli released her grip, haughtily scoffing, "If you don't behave, see how I deal with you!"

"Fine, go ahead, but why are you being so fierce? You'll never get married! Waaah..."

Waaaa rubbed her bright red ears and muttered a complaint.

That dark, menacing face, now adorned with a bright red ear, looked particularly amusing.

He was originally a blue-faced, vengeful ghost.

In the years he'd been working as a messenger, he'd used Yin Liuli's true energy to almost reach the level of a ghost immortal.

But it was grabbed by the ear and forced to beg for mercy by a little girl named Yin Liuli, and this was even seen by mortals. Its old face was now too embarrassed to show itself!

Yin Liuli raised an eyebrow. "What did you say?"

"It's nothing! Master, off we go..."

Suddenly startled, she turned and plunged into the dark night sky, disappearing without a trace.

It runs faster than a dog!

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