Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

This is her biological father, she knows him best.

When her father showed this look on his face, it was usually the moment when he was most alert.

She didn't understand. He and Gu Chan were chatting so well just now, but why did his face suddenly change like this after Gu Chan left?

Puzzled, Su Yao asked, "Dad, what happened to you? Why did your attitude towards Gu Chan change so much?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet?" King Cheng said coldly.

"What did you see?" Su Yao asked puzzledly.

King Cheng said in a deep voice, "Gu Chan is definitely not worse than the Ninth Prince. In fact, he is even smarter than the Ninth Prince. If it was him instead of the Ninth Prince who stayed in Wuheng County on the border, then even if he was recalled to Kyoto, he would not have ended up in such a tragic way."

"Dad, you think too highly of him. He is still just a child! After all, the Ninth Prince is a few years older than him and is the strongest contender for the throne. How can he, a king from another family, compare with the Ninth Prince!" Su Yao sighed.

At the moment, she just felt that her father was thinking too much.

Based on her two encounters with Gu Chan, she didn't think Gu Chan was a dangerous person. On the contrary, she felt that Gu Chan had good character and was a very reliable person.

King Cheng sighed and said, "You are still young after all, and your vision of people is not sharp enough. This Gu Chan looks like a child on the surface, but in fact he has a more shrewd vision and attitude than an adult."

"I didn't notice that." Su Yao said with his hands spread out.

"Today I asked you to invite him over because I want to discuss many things about the late emperor and the ninth prince with him. But you see, he just now deliberately changed the subject by mentioning my illness and avoided talking about it. Don't you understand this? He probably guessed why I asked him to come over a long time ago, so he did this on purpose." King Cheng explained.

Su Yao's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, and then she realized that Gu Chan was so shrewd.

King Cheng said, "If he really wanted to cure me and earn my three thousand taels of gold, he could have done it at any other time. Why did he have to rush to sell me his Sanling Zhuanggu Pills when we first met?"

"That's true! Dad, you are more mature. I am indeed too naive. I didn't understand the deep meaning behind Gu Chan's action." Su Yao came back to his senses and said.

At this moment, she really began to have a new understanding of Gu Chan from the bottom of her heart.

King Cheng ordered, "Listen, from today on, you have to contact him more often. If I am not mistaken, he should know about the death of the previous emperor. Otherwise, the prince would not dare to touch him easily until now, and he has to coax him like a child."

"Dad, I really don't understand. After the late emperor passed away, you three princes all went to the palace to see him, but you didn't notice anything unusual. Now that the state funeral is over, why are you still brooding over this matter?" Su Yao said puzzled.

"You don't understand the late emperor. The three of us had a life-and-death friendship with him when we were young. We know that he is not someone who would die so easily. There must be something fishy behind this matter." King Cheng said in a serious tone.

Su Yao was speechless, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Anyway, in her opinion, the death of the late emperor was normal as he was old, but she just didn't want a cruel person like the prince to inherit the throne.

In her heart, the Ninth Prince Xuanyuan Qing would always be the first choice to inherit the throne. She also hoped that after Xuanyuan Qing succeeded to the throne, she could marry him and become the Queen of Tiancang Kingdom and the mother of the country!

On the other side, inside Yan’s mansion.

At this time, Gu Chan had already followed Yan Zhen here.

As expected, Yan Zhen did not lie. At this time, a sumptuous banquet had already been prepared in the lobby of the front yard of the Yan Mansion. Yan Kuan and Shen Yang had been sitting at the table waiting for them for a long time.

When Gu Chan and the other entered the hall, Yan Kuan quickly stood up to greet them, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Minister of the Ministry of War Yan Kuan, I pay my respects to Prince Chan."

"No need to be polite, just stand up." Gu Chan waved her hand and said.

Yan Kuan quickly stood up, lowered his head and looked terrified.

Shen Yang smiled and said, "Uncle, long time no see, I hope you are well!"

"Oh my god! Have you eaten the feed? It's been more than a year since we last saw each other, and you've grown so tall?" Gu Chan couldn't help but say in surprise as she looked at Shen Yang, who was standing in front of her and was a head taller than her.

She remembered that when she first came to Kyoto to meet Shen Yang last year, he was not this tall. Now, only over a year has passed, and he has grown so tall.

It turns out that once boys grow up, they are no match for girls.

Shen Yang said with a distressed look on his face, "Uncle, you look a lot more haggard than before! I guess you must have had a very uncomfortable life in the Jiangnan area over the past year!"

"Nonsense, your second uncle was almost killed in Jiangnan. If it weren't for his good luck, I wouldn't have come to Kyoto to become a prince!" Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

Shen Yang felt very sorry for her, and hurriedly reached out to help her walk to the table and sit down, and then served her some food and poured her some wine.

Yan Kuan said humbly, "Prince Chan, I was wrong before. Please don't take it to heart. In the past year, I have followed your instructions and tried my best to teach Shen Yang skills. I also brought him to live in my home temporarily. I have never let him suffer!"

"Okay, Lord Yan, we two can be considered as acquaintances who did not know each other until we fought. You don't have to be so reserved. What's more, your son is now my younger brother, and your Yan family will also be my Chan Wang party in the future. Don't be afraid." Gu Chan waved her hand nonchalantly.

"Ah? Prince Chan, please don't scare me! How could my Yan family have the honor to serve under you? Let's just forget it!" Yan Kuan was stunned at first, then he said with a pale face.

Gu Chan said with a wicked smile, "Why, you are not happy to recognize me as your master, right?"

"No, Prince Chan, the Crown Prince has expressly forbidden any civil or military official in Kyoto from having too close contact with you, so I really don't dare to acknowledge you as my master." Yan Kuan said frankly.

"You are just stupid. Why don't you just acknowledge me as your master in private? Why make it public? Don't you think so?" Gu Chan said.

Yan Kuan stood there, his whole body shaking with anxiety.

Gu Chan teased him deliberately, "Master Yan, you'd better think about it. My future brother-in-law Zuo Yun is now the deputy general in the Kyoto camp. If you don't recognize me as your master, I'm afraid you will have a hard time in the Ministry of War in the future!"

"Oh, Prince Chan, please spare my life! I was wrong. Isn't it enough for me to recognize you as my master?" Yan Kuan was so scared that he immediately said in a crying voice.

After saying that, he simply pulled his son Yan Zhen, his knees softened, and he knelt directly in front of Gu Chan, kowtowed to her and acknowledged her as his master.