A little while later, a maid rushed in and whispered a few words to Deng Quan. Deng Quan hurriedly told Emperor Mingyang, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Princess Quegu has fallen into the water."

Emperor Mingyang was taken aback. "What's going on? Why haven't you sent people to rescue them yet?"

Deng Quan replied, "The person has been rescued."

Emperor Mingyang thought for a moment and then asked Deng Quan to summon Qin Su.

Qin Su was also completely bewildered. Why was she being called again?

"Royal brother?"

"Tuoba Yaya has fallen into the water, go and see her." The reason Emperor Mingyang made this arrangement was mainly because Qin Su and Tuoba Yan had a good relationship, and it would probably be better for her to go.

Qin Su was also stunned, not expecting such a thing to happen.

"Yes." As the maid led the way, Qin Su suddenly grabbed the cloak and held it to her arm.

The weather in Da'an has been cold these past few days, so even if someone falls into the water and is rescued, they will probably catch a cold.

Qin Su thought the person who saved her was a eunuch or a palace maid, but to her surprise, it turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Sister."

The teenager, soaking wet, stood in front of Qin Su with his head down.

Qin Su had no choice but to ask Lian Tao to find a eunuch to fetch the boy's clothes, and the cloak was temporarily given to Tuoba Yaya.

"Achoo!" Tuoba Yaya sneezed several times in a row.

"What happened?"

Qin Su never expected that these two people would be connected; clearly... it shouldn't be like this.

But then I thought, since we're all in the palace, it's normal for us to bump into each other.

"I originally came out to get some fresh air because I felt it was stuffy indoors. But then I stumbled upon Princess Tuoba falling into the water."

Qin Su nodded, "Well done. Go change your clothes with the servants."

Qin Zhi obediently followed, without even glancing at Tuoba Yaya, who was also soaking wet.

When Tuoba Yaya saw Qin Su coming over, she squatted down in front of her.

Achoo!

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you any trouble." Tuoba Yaya was also a little embarrassed. She just wanted to go out for a stroll, who knew she would slip?

Qin Su said, "I just want to know what the princess really wants to do."

Tuoba Yaya looked at her, remaining silent for a moment.

"Could the princess have accidentally fallen into the water?"

"It was indeed an accident." She looked at the strikingly beautiful woman, whose beauty was completely different from Que Gu's. She also possessed the softness of an oriental beauty, yet she also had an indescribable resilience.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she chose to give up on Prince Chen.

She's confident she can compete with ordinary people, but with someone like that... she feels exhausted and it's unnecessary.

"Has Princess Ya Ya decided who she will marry?" Qin Su asked her.

Tuoba Yaya paused for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Perhaps it will be the person who saves me, or perhaps we won't have a marriage alliance."

"Who knows? Even if Quegu and Da'an don't form a marriage alliance, they'll still have friendly relations, right?"

Qin Su did not answer the question. After all, she was not in power and could not give a definite answer.

However, she believed that Emperor Mingyang was not a warmonger.

“My brother is younger than you. And he doesn’t have that many ulterior motives, so I don’t think you two are a good match.” Qin Su still felt that Tuoba Yaya was a bit scheming, and in her opinion, she would prefer Qin Zhi’s wife to be a gentle and virtuous person.

Even if she's not gentle and virtuous, she's at least simple and kind.

"Isn't this something that can't be said for sure? I didn't say it was definitely him."

Qin Su didn't continue talking about it, and she reached out her hand to Tuoba Yaya.

Tuoba Yaya was stunned, but quickly came to her senses and placed her hand in her palm, using it to help her get up.

Finally, she added, "Whether you believe it or not, I didn't fall into the water intentionally. We grew up on the grasslands, and most of us aren't good swimmers."

Qin Su simply nodded, neither saying she believed him nor disbelieved him.

Tuoba Yaya was taken away by a palace maid to change her clothes. By the time Qin Su returned to the banquet, it was already nearing its end.

The envoy from Quegu stayed in Da'an for half a month before leaving, establishing deeper trade relations with Da'an before departing.

However, to Qin Su's surprise, both Tuoba Yaya and Tuoba Yan remained in Da'an. Two members of the royal family staying in the capital of another country... this definitely wouldn't work unless Da'an and Quegu had a truly good relationship.

Qin Su's injuries healed for about a month. Once she felt she was almost recovered, she sneaked into the palace under cover of darkness, carrying a hidden dart, the first batch of muskets made by the Ministry of Works, and some hand grenades. She had also been making these during her recovery period. However, to Qin Su's surprise, Luo Zhi followed her no sooner than she left and they met up at the inn.

"This little girl says she's here to see you." The regular Yue, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, stepped aside, revealing the little girl's face.

Luo Zhi was dressed in dark purple clothes, which belonged to a foreign tribe, and her clothes jingled as she moved.

"Why are you here? Didn't you say you were in Kyoto with Tuoba Yan?"

Luo Zhi pouted, "I don't want to go with him. He has so many people with him, I want to go with my sister."

Qin Su asked her to sit down, poured her a glass of water and pushed it towards her, saying, "I'm not going out to play, I'm going out to take care of something. This matter is very important and also very dangerous, you can't go."

Luo Zhi's martial arts skills weren't particularly high, but his poison skills were simply superb.

This kind of self-protection is not difficult, but what they are about to do is not ordinary, and Qin Su can hardly guarantee her safety.

"No, if you won't let me go, I'll just sneak off by myself." She tugged at Qin Su's clothes, pleading relentlessly, "Good sister, please take me with you! I promise I won't cause any trouble, and I'm really useful! I recently developed a poison that can make people unaware of any abnormalities when poisoned, but they will die completely after three days. No one can detect that it's poisoning; it will only appear as a sudden death."

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