"Forget about him." Mu Qingyun said domineeringly, "Forget all his achievements, just remember him as a petty person who goes crazy for no reason, do you hear me?"

Can I say I didn't hear that?

Su Zhou curled his lips, went through the thought process in his mind, and finally chose to compromise.

He nodded and said yes.

"I'm speechless. How can he like Mu Xueyao so much? I'm a plant-based ability user, one of a kind in millions of years. Why would he target me like this?"

Mu Qingyun was very puzzled. She could only complain to Su Zhou, "I don't care what kind of achievements he made in his past life. In this life, he has offended me, so don't think he can stand on the pillar of glory so easily."

"Very well, Your Majesty's words will be remembered. I will certainly stand with Your Majesty in our shared hatred of the enemy and fight against the foreign invaders together." Su Zhou knew that she was just throwing a tantrum, so he simply went along with it and said a few words to appease her.

It was like this before; whenever Her Majesty encountered something unpleasant that she couldn't resolve immediately, she would complain to herself.

As for herself, all she had to do was listen and chime in with a few words. After all, His Majesty would only complain about it once, and then she would never mention it again.

Why are you here?

Su Qiluo came down the stairs, staring coldly at Su Zhou, her eyes flashing with icy intent.

"Qiluo, I'm coming..."

"Please call General Su." Su Qiluo interrupted him directly, and walked down the stairs without looking at Mu Qingyun.

"The reason I haven't come to blows with you is because you have something I need, but that doesn't mean I welcome you to my home."

"The strategist brought some hot pot ingredients, and I also wanted to eat some. As the saying goes, guests are guests, and since they have come from afar, it wouldn't be right to turn them away."

Mu Qingyun quietly reached out and tugged at Su Qiluo's sleeve, gently shaking it in her hand, her coquettishness obvious.

Su Qiluo felt the slight swaying of the hem of her clothes, and felt as if a kitten had scratched her heart. It didn't hurt, but it was slightly itchy.

Okay, he falls for that.

"We don't have any hot pot base at home. Did you bring any?" he asked, looking up at Su Zhou.

Su Zhou hadn't expected His Majesty to resolve the "crisis" with just a few words. He immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I bought several kinds of hot pot base, so I can make several more pots."

“No need, there are only three people.” Su Qiluo retorted without any mercy and immediately began to look through the things Su Zhou had brought.

As he flipped through the pages, he suddenly said, "Let's buy some vegetables and fruits from now on. The plants are all growing now, so let's not waste my wife's plant-related abilities."

Su Zhou: ... speechless.

Mu Qingyun: Oh dear, you're feeling sorry for me.

Su Zhou smiled awkwardly, intending to turn to His Majesty and give him a meaningful look, but unexpectedly, His Majesty was staring at Su Qiluo with a lovestruck expression.

Well, in the end, he had to swallow all the bitterness of the relationship alone.

Su Qiluo took the things to the kitchen and started cooking. Mu Qingyun turned her head and glanced in the direction of the kitchen, saying, "Why don't we call the professor over? Isn't it a bit too awkward for you to be alone?"

"Would you do something embarrassing?" Su Zhou raised an eyebrow and asked with extreme insecurity.

"That's hard to say." She chuckled. "Who knows, maybe we'll hit it off at the dinner table and I'll just leave you here while we go off and have some fun."

"No way, Your Majesty, you're not that kind of person." Su Zhou was on the verge of tears. How come His Majesty has already gone astray so soon after arriving here?

"Your Majesty, you are an emperor of your generation, the first woman to ascend the throne disguised as a man. You would not do such a disgraceful thing."

Su Zhou's strategy of retreating to advance was truly brilliant, but Mu Qingyun had already developed a thick skin and didn't care about his words at all.

If someone had said something like that to her when she first arrived, she would have killed them and buried them clean.

But now, she is fearless.

"What do you mean by 'shady business'? Romantic love is normal and enjoyable." As she spoke, she texted the professor, inviting him to come over for hot pot.

“Your Majesty, I am Su Qiluo’s father, your father-in-law.” Su Zhou had no choice but to resort to the suppression method he could think of.

But Mu Qingyun couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Strategist, Su Qiluo doesn't acknowledge you, and we're already married. In this day and age, a father-in-law can't interfere in his daughter-in-law's affairs, you know?"

This question stumped Su Zhou. To be honest, he never expected that the emperor he had recruited would eventually become his daughter-in-law.

How fantastical! He found a wife for his son from ancient times.

"Come and lift the pot."

Su Qiluo's voice came from the kitchen. Hot pot only requires preparing the ingredients and doesn't take long.

"Okay." Mu Qingyun curled her lips and said to Su Zhou, "You sit on the sofa and rest for a while."

She went to the kitchen, intending to lend Su Qiluo a hand, but to her surprise, Su Qiluo frowned immediately upon seeing her. "He's not coming to help, he's just sitting there? Does he really think he's a guest?"

“Since you refuse to acknowledge him, of course he’s a guest.” She smiled, took the dishes from his hands, and walked quickly towards the living room.

Once everything was ready, there was another knock on the door.

Mu Qingyun went over and opened the door. Standing outside was the professor.

The doctor's house isn't far from here, only about a ten-minute walk.

"You guys are really something. Su Qiluo just asked me to make you a dress, and now you're asking me to help ease the awkwardness at the dinner party."

The doctor looked exhausted and rubbed his forehead. He felt like a terrible victim, being bossed around by this young couple.

"Thank you for your help, Doctor." Mu Qingyun welcomed the Doctor in and led him to a seat.

Su Qiluo was clearly surprised that the doctor had also come. He frowned but remained silent.

Having just returned from the doctor's place, it's obvious to anyone with a brain that either Mu Qingyun or Su Zhou called them over, worried that Su Zhou would feel awkward if the three of them ate together.

Ha, just like Su Zhou won't be embarrassed anymore after having a PhD.

"Come and eat quickly." He turned on the stove, put the hot pot ingredients into the pot one by one, watched the vegetable balls inside quickly start rolling, and sat down to eat first.

The four people huddled together, all four pairs of eyes fixed on the boiling pot, without saying a word.

If a stranger were to come along and see this scene, they would probably think that the four of them were not acquainted at all and had just met on the street and had a meal together.

"I heard you're training with the freshmen, Qingyun. How's it going? How are you feeling today?" The professor broke the silence, picking up his chopsticks and starting to stir the pot.

He's too old to eat certain meatballs and meats. He said he came to eat hot pot, but he could only pick up some vegetables and rinse them in plain water.