The moment she realized that Mu Xingzhi had even taken into account the brothers vying for the throne and her own father, the emperor, she understood: If nothing unexpected happens, Mu Xingzhi, who sees farther than anyone else and walks ahead of everyone, should be the one who laughs last.
But what's that saying? If nothing unexpected happens, then something unexpected will happen. Although Mu Xingzhi didn't set up any flags like "If I become successful, I will blah blah", Su Qingluan didn't think he would really be the last one laughing - although she supported him emotionally.
But in real life, accidents happen everywhere. Although Su Qingluan believed that Mu Xingzhi was no less capable than others, looking back at the history books she had read, it was not uncommon for capable people to fail, while clever people with a narrow mind rose to power due to various coincidences.
So even though Su Qingluan felt that Mu Xingzhi had a good chance of winning, she was still a little nervous.
Fortunately, she has experienced a lot in the three years since she traveled through time, and is no longer the impatient Su Qingluan at the beginning.
Now, even if there are loud cries of killing or blazing fires outside, unless it affects her own house, she can continue to live her life calmly behind closed doors, without being like an ant on a hot pan, running around in a panic.
Su Qingluan thought that she could live a peaceful life by staying out of trouble until everything was settled, until the identity of "Mu Xingzhi" completely lost its value, and he would "die of a serious illness" for some reason, and the person who was "Xiao Huan" would eventually inherit the throne, and Su Qingluan would take her reward and return to Huaxi Village as a "widow" to live with her parents, brother and sister.
Maybe she will find someone she can live with in the future, or if she doesn't meet someone she likes, she will live freely and alone in the name of "keeping her chastity".
But she never expected that she would be able to meet "Xiao Huan" - to be precise, Mu Xingzhi who appeared as a prince.
When Su Qingluan heard "The Seventh Prince invites you", she was completely bewildered. Actually, it was not Su Qingluan's fault. Although she understood rationally that Mu Xingzhi's other identity was "Prince" and knew his real name was "Xiao Huan", in reality, Mu Xingzhi rarely appeared in front of her as "Xiao Huan".
Of course, every night, when Mu Xingzhi went to disguise himself, he would reveal his enchanting face. However, because the identity of "Mu Xingzhi" was so deeply rooted in people's minds, when Su Qingluan reported this to him, she did not realize that the "Seventh Prince" and "Mu Xingzhi" were the same person.
A stranger meant someone wanted to see her. Without proof, Su Qingluan wouldn't leave the house easily, even if the gods came. However, when the visitor called himself "Tianquan", Su Qingluan actually believed that this was Mu Xingzhi's man - after all, "Tianquan" was also one of the Big Dipper.
The man who came was only dressed in formal attire and looked like a guard, but he looked very unfamiliar. Therefore, Su Qingluan could not ask any more questions. Instead, she smiled slightly and said, "I am just a small merchant woman. I don't know someone as noble as His Highness the Seventh Prince. I'm afraid this young man has recognized the wrong person."
Even if she believed it three-quarters, she still had seven-quarters of doubt. Su Qingluan didn't dare to put herself in danger casually.
However, Su Qingluan couldn't ask Yaoguang to confirm whether Tianquan was one of the Beidou. She had heard Yaoguang say that although Beidou belonged to Mu Xingzhi, only Song Bo truly knew what the seven Beidou secret guards looked like. Yaoguang, for example, had only seen Kaiyang and another person, Yuheng, whom even Su Qingluan had never seen.
Su Qingluan had once teased Mu Xingzhi about this, asking him with a smile if he was afraid of backfiring and having two strangers kill each other on the same mission. How did Mu Xingzhi come up with that?
"Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows."
This sentence sounded incoherent at the time, but Su Qingluan thought about it afterwards and realized that Mu Xingzhi was probably a cautious person to put it nicely, and suspicious to put it bluntly, so he would not easily give his trust.
Even for his trusted subordinates, it is impossible for him to place all his trust in one person. Therefore, even if his trusted subordinates do not know each other, he can more effectively prevent them from having any evil intentions and joining forces to plot against his master.
This method may seem cruel, but it is very effective.
If they wanted to join forces to launch an uprising, especially against Mu Xingzhi - not to mention how unlikely this assumption was - if they were two strangers, there would definitely be an extra layer of temptation compared to two people who knew each other, so they would not easily cooperate.
What's more, even if we don't consider this aspect, if someone falls into the hands of the enemy, he will naturally not confess if he doesn't know that he has another partner.
This has nothing to do with whether one has strong willpower or not. Rather than simply believing in so-called "willpower" and "loyalty", the best way to solve the problem is to eliminate the possibility of such "confession" from the beginning.
Although Su Qingluan would be seen through by Mu Xingzhi when she pretended to be stupid, in addition to the other party's extraordinary insight, what was more important was that they were very familiar with each other - at least Mu Xingzhi was very familiar with Su Qingluan.
So as soon as she tells a lie or feels guilty, the other party will notice it immediately.
But the person in front of her was not like that. Su Qingluan did not dare to underestimate the abilities of the people around Mu Xingzhi, but after all, the person in front of her was not familiar with her, so she could barely maintain the appearance of being "unfathomable".
Su Qingluan understood that if the person in front of her was really sent by Mu Xingzhi, then he must understand that Su Qingluan would not follow him without a very convincing token.
As expected, the person in front of him saw Su Qingluan pretending to be stupid and immediately took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to her.
Su Qingluan unfolded it and showed a smile that was more sincere than her previous business smile: It turned out that this person was assigned by Mu Xing.
There was not a single word on the paper in front of me, but instead a piece of paper with an indistinguishable pattern.
Su Qingluan understood at a glance that this was the design draft of the outer packaging for the new series of jams that she and Mu Xingzhi had discussed when he was "sick at home" a few days ago.
This packaging design hadn't been finalized yet, so naturally, no third person would know about it. In other words, apart from Mu Xingzhi and Su Qingluan, there was no other person who could have forged it.
So she nodded: "In that case, let me wash up and take someone with you."
"But His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince only passed the throne to you, Madam Su..." Tianquan frowned slightly.
Su Qingluan still had a good temper and a smile on her face: "I am a woman after all, so it's not inconvenient. It's always convenient to have a female companion by my side."
Although she trusted Mu Xingzhi, who knew what might happen along the way?
So at the beginning, Su Qingluan planned to let Yaoguang go with her.
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