If Sudan thought of a way to send the Marquis and his men away, he would come to Qu Cheng'an to discuss it.
I happened to see Qu Cheng'an walking out of the door in casual clothes, so I followed him.
Seeing that Qu Cheng'an had actually climbed over the wall into the Marquis' Mansion, he rushed up and grabbed Qu Cheng'an.
Qu Cheng'an turned around swiftly and placed the dagger across Sudan Ruo's neck before he could see the person in front of him clearly.
He quickly withdrew his hand and asked:
"Why did you follow me?"
The Sultan said angrily:
"I was just about to ask you! Didn't we agree not to involve Qi Xinyuan? Why are you coming to the Marquis' Mansion?"
Qu Chengan looked at Su Danruo coldly.
"I didn't promise you not to involve him."
Just as Sultan was about to continue arguing with him, a team of patrolling guards suddenly appeared.
"Who's there?"
Qu Cheng'an immediately signaled Sudan Ruo to be quiet, and grabbed her hand and walked away from there.
The two were dodging the patrolling guards when suddenly Sultan Ruo bumped into a wall of flesh.
Su Danruo was startled and looked up to see that it was Qi Xinyuan.
Qi Xinyuan was surprised:
"Ruoruo, why are you here?"
Su Danruo didn't expect that she would run into Qi Xinyuan by accident. She was clearly walking in the opposite direction of Qi Xinyuan's room as she remembered!
Just as the Sultan was about to speak, the patrolling guards' voices came over.
"Look over there!"
Qi Xinyuan signaled Su Danruo and Qu Cheng'an to hide behind the rockery behind him.
After seeing how good the two of them were, Qi Xinyuan walked up to the leader of the guards.
"What happened? Why the noise?"
The group quickly saluted Qi Xinyuan.
"Sorry, sir, for disturbing your study! I just heard a noise in the courtyard, and my subordinates followed the sound and came here. Are there any strange people here?"
Qi Xinyuan said impatiently:
"No, don't you know I'm going to take the exam soon? And you still come to my study to bother me? Don't you want to lose your head?!
If it affects my scientific research, can you afford it?"
Several guards apologized again and again.
"Sir, we are doing this for your safety."
Qi Xinyuan then pretended to be impatient and said:
"Go away, stop bothering me here all the time!"
The guards then quickly left the scene as if they had been pardoned.
Qi Xinyuan came to the rockery and said to Su Danruo:
"This is not the place to talk. Please follow me."
He brought the two of them into a room.
There was a desk in the room, a wall of bookcases, and a small wooden couch in the hall with a quilt neatly spread on it.
It looked like someone was sleeping there often.
Su Danruo and Qu Cheng'an both heard the conversation between Qi Xinyuan and the guards.
"Is this your study?"
Qi Xinyuan nodded, asked the two to sit down next to the desk, and poured them a cup of hot water.
"I'm sorry, I've made this place rather simple so I can study in peace. I haven't prepared any tea, so please make do with some hot water!"
Sultan Ruo picked up the cup and smiled at Qi Xinyuan:
"It's okay, I like drinking hot water the most."
Qu Chengan glanced at Su Danruo. Doesn’t she like making tea the most on weekdays?
Qi Xinyuan asked:
"What are you doing in the mansion so late?"
Sudan Ruo quickly waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay."
As Sudan Ruo waved his hand, Qu Cheng'an also said, "I have something to talk to you about."
Qi Xinyuan's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them.
"What's going on? Ruoruo, if you have something wrong, you must not hide it from me!"
Qu Chengan didn't wait for Sultan to continue speaking and spoke first:
"In fact, General Su was killed by His Majesty. The next one might be Su Danruo, so I came here to ask for your help."
When Qi Xinyuan heard that Sudan might be in danger, he immediately said:
"You said, as long as Ruoruo can be free from trouble, I'm willing to do anything."
Sudan Ruo quickly grabbed Qi Xinyuan,
"What are you willing to do? You're willing to do it because you know who I'm going to deal with! What if you lose your life?!"
Qi Xinyuan pondered for a moment before continuing:
"As long as I can save you, I don't mind sacrificing my life."
Sultan stood up and said:
"I won't allow it! Qu Cheng'an, come back with me!"
Qi Xinyuan treated her like this because of the original owner, not because of her. She didn't want to squander the original owner's connections recklessly.
This is unfair to the original owner and to those who love the original owner.
Although she took over someone else's identity in order to complete the mission.
But she did gain a lot of things because of these identities that she had never had before.
Whether it is family or friendship, she just wants to cherish these things more.
Instead of occupying the original owner's identity and doing things to harm these people.
The system sensed Sudan Ruo's emotions and gave an appropriate reminder:
[Host, you don't have to worry about this. If you hadn't come to this world, your current identity would have died long ago. It can also be said that you gave this identity a second life.
You don’t need to be too hard on yourself.
Qi Xinyuan also stood up and said to Su Danruo:
"Ruoruo, when did you and I become so estranged? I just hope you can live well. If you die, I will definitely regret not helping you."
When Sudan Ruo heard this, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes.
Qu Chengan also said:
"I'm not asking Master Qi to do anything dangerous, I just want him to help find out what the Marquis is saying.
If the Marquis is unwilling to cooperate with us, then we will find a way to get him out of here, or steal the military token."
Qi Xinyuan pulled Su Danruo's sleeve, motioning her to sit down and have a good chat.
Only then did Sudan sit down again.
Qi Xinyuan said to Qu Chengan:
"What did you just say? What are you going to do?"
Qu Cheng'an told Qi Xinyuan everything that had happened to Su Danruo in recent days.
Only then did Qi Xinyuan realize that Sudanruo was forced to go to the battlefield.
He was so angry that he pounded his left hand on the table.
"I never thought the current emperor would be such a tyrant! General Su and my father fought for the court together, and yet she treats the Su family like this!
So will our family be next?!"
Sultan Ruo placed his hand on Qi Xinyuan's arm and comforted him:
"Take care of yourself. My dad and I are fine now, right? Nothing will happen to us."
Qu Cheng'an looked at Su Danruo's hand, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart became even worse.
He now clearly understood this uncomfortable feeling, which was probably due to so-called jealousy.
He found that this symptom would only appear when he saw Sudan Ruo caring about Qi Xinyuan.
He silently suppressed the discomfort in his heart and continued:
"Your Majesty is so close to villains and distant from wise ministers, your family will sooner or later become the next Su family.
So I want you to find out what the Marquis is thinking, to see if he is loyal to His Majesty, and whether there is a chance for the Su and Qi families to work together."
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