The Sultan looked at the empress in confusion, not understanding what she meant.
I am already in the general's mansion. If I let Qu Cheng'an follow me, wouldn't that mean he would live in the general's mansion?
The Empress continued:
"You have returned victorious. I thought you were old enough to choose a husband, and now you have made great contributions.
If you still stick around with your old-fashioned father, who would dare to marry you?
Therefore, I have decided to reward you with a house and a hundred taels of gold, so that you can build your own residence in the future."
Sultan Ruo felt that the empress would not be so kind, but she didn't know what the empress was planning.
She could only kneel down to express her gratitude.
The empress quickly helped Sultan Ruo up again.
"My dear, it's all my fault. I've wronged you and your father. Now I've ordered the old general to be released. Go and take him home!
I will have the Second Prince of Jingyong sent to your new residence shortly."
The empress's words did not allow Sultan to refuse, so he had no choice but to agree.
She glanced at Qu Cheng'an, gave him a reassuring look, and went to the prison to pick up the original owner's father.
The empress watched Sultanruo leave, then turned back to sit on the dragon throne, looking down at Qu Cheng'an.
"I think General Su seems to have a special feeling towards you!"
Qu Chengan quickly explained:
"General Su and I have been helping each other along the way. We are just like fellow travelers."
He didn't want the Queen of Fengyang to discover his relationship with Sultan Ruo.
But the empress did not believe what he said, and continued:
"The fact that you were sent here as a hostage proves that the rumors are true. You must be the least favored prince in Jingyong State, right?
Do you want to avenge your previous humiliation and ascend to a high position in your Jingyong Kingdom?"
Qu Chengan was a little confused about what the Empress of Fengyang meant, so he lowered his head and answered cautiously:
"I don't have such great ambitions. I just want to save my own life."
The empress seemed to be very disappointed with her son, and said anxiously:
"Save your life? If your brothers ascend to higher positions, do you think you can still save your own life?
I see that you are calm in the face of danger and have a good character, so I want to help you and help you ascend to that high position. Are you willing?"
Qu Chengan didn't expect that the empress would actually want to cooperate with him, and said puzzledly:
"Then I wonder what Your Majesty would like?"
The empress leaned back and said lightly:
"What I want is very simple. Since General Su treats you differently than ordinary people, I have painstakingly arranged for you to live in her new residence. I want you to find an opportunity to cooperate with me and wipe out the Su family in one fell swoop.
When the Su family army falls into my hands, I will definitely keep my promise and send you to that high position."
Qu Cheng'an didn't expect that the Sultan would face such danger in Fengyang Kingdom.
Qu Cheng'an felt a little sorry for Sudan Ruo. If he could get a brave general like Sudan Ruo, he would definitely treat him well.
However, Qu Cheng'an knew that he did not have the ability to confront the leader of a country head-on.
Besides, even if he didn't agree to this matter, the empress would probably find someone else.
It would be better for him to pretend to agree so that he could know the Empress's plan in advance and give the Sultan some reminders.
The empress saw Qu Cheng'an lowering his head and thinking deeply for a while, and knew that he was weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
After a while, he asked:
"How are you thinking about it?"
Qu Cheng'an bowed to the empress and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to cooperate with you."
In fact, the conditions offered by the empress were very tempting, but Qu Cheng'an knew that the empress could be so ungrateful to the ministers who had worked so hard for her.
There's no guarantee that they won't do the same thing to you by then.
Besides, the Su family army was able to be so unstoppable not just because they were the Su family army.
It was the generals' ability to lead troops and their cooperation with the Su family army that made them so brave.
If the generals had been replaced, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to capture even a single city in Jingyong State.
Not to mention taking several cities in succession.
In addition to the Su family army, he also valued Su Danruo who led the army.
When the empress heard Qu Cheng'an's answer, she nodded with satisfaction and sent someone to send Qu Cheng'an to Sultan Ruo's new residence.
At the prison gate.
Sudan Ruo was anxiously waiting for General Su to come out.
After waiting for a long time, I finally saw General Su.
General Su was wearing a prison uniform, his body was dirty and his hair was messy.
Even his legs were trembling from not exercising for a long time, and he didn't look like a general at all.
Su Danruo hurried forward to support General Su.
General Su burst into tears when he saw Sudan Ruo.
"Ruo'er! Dad heard from the servants in prison that it was all because of Dad's fault and uselessness that he let a girl like you lead troops to war."
As he spoke, General Su carefully looked at Su Danruo to see if he had any injuries. He felt relieved only after he was sure that Su Danruo was fine.
Su Danruo was also infected by General Su's emotions and his eyes became red unconsciously.
"Dad, I'm fine. You must have suffered a lot in prison, right? This is not the place to talk. Let's go home first and talk about it when we get home."
General Su nodded repeatedly.
Sultan Ruo helped the old general back to the general's mansion.
Sang'er returned to the general's mansion early and told the butler that the general was coming back and asked him to prepare to welcome him.
So when Sultan Ruo and the old general returned home, a row of loyal servants were already standing at the door to greet them.
After taking a bath and changing his clothes, General Su called Sudanruo and Sang'er over.
The three chatted for a long time. General Su was also very angry when he learned that Sudan Ruo was stabbed in the back by his own people on the battlefield.
Then he blamed himself:
"It's all Dad's fault. Before your mom left, she told me to take good care of you. I failed your mom and feel guilty towards you!"
It took Sudan Ruo a long time to comfort General Su before he calmed down.
If the Sultan tentatively asks the old general about his attitude towards the empress,
"Dad, my daughter was ambushed on the battlefield by someone sent by His Majesty. Now His Majesty has regarded the Su family as a thorn in his side. How should we, father and daughter, deal with this in the future?"
General Su frowned and said to Sudan Ruo:
"My Su family has been loyal and righteous for generations, but we have encountered such a suspicious female ruler who believed in slander and now even did something as despicable as sending someone to assassinate me.
Alas! If she really wants to drive my father and I to a dead end, the Su family doesn't need to be so blindly loyal to such a tyrant any longer."
After Sudan understood General Su's thoughts, the heavy stone in his heart fell.
Ever since she disobeyed the Empress's orders and took over several cities of Jingyong Kingdom without authorization, the Empress and the Su family were destined not to coexist harmoniously.
What she feared most was that General Su was stubborn and blindly loyal to the empress.
Fortunately, this old general is a sensible person.
It was already dark, and General Su still didn't know that Sultan Ruo had been given a new mansion by the empress.
Just as he was about to let Sang'er take care of the young lady and let her go back to rest, someone from the palace came to deliver a message.
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