Su Danruo led Qu Cheng'an up the stairs, but he didn't expect that the stairs had been in disrepair for a long time and one of the steps was suddenly broken.
Sudan Ruo was caught off guard and missed a step. Fortunately, Qu Cheng'an was quick enough to pull Sudan Ruo into his arms.
Su Danruo and Qu Cheng'an looked at each other, and an ambiguous atmosphere filled the air.
A voice suddenly came from above, breaking the atmosphere.
Qi Xinyuan was waiting upstairs, looking down the stairs anxiously.
At a glance, one could see Sultan Ruo being held in Qu Cheng'an's arms.
Qi Xinyuan quickly asked:
"Ruoruo, are you okay? I'll pull you up!"
Su Danruo and Qu Cheng'an quickly avoided looking at each other, and the atmosphere became awkward.
Qi Xinyuan extended his hand to Su Danruo, and with the help of Qu Cheng'an, Su Danruo hurriedly placed his hand in Qi Xinyuan's hand.
After Su Danruo and Qu Cheng'an went upstairs, Qi Xinyuan called the shop owner to repair the stairs.
"What's wrong with you? This is the most upscale restaurant in the capital! How could such a mistake happen?"
Since Qi Xinyuan often came to this restaurant before, the owner already knew him and quickly explained:
"Oh, sir! I'm so sorry. I'll have someone fix it right away. I guarantee it'll be fixed before you finish your meal! I'll give you a 50% discount on your purchases today. Is that okay with you?"
You don't know! No one has been to this room for a long time. I thought you used to come here often, and you might come again someday, so I reserved this room for you!
Otherwise, it would have been demolished and rebuilt long ago!"
After listening to the boss's explanation, Qi Xinyuan finally gave up and went upstairs to discuss business with the two of them.
Qu Chengan was the first to ask:
"How is it? Have you found out the Marquis's attitude?"
Qi Xinyuan shook his head and said:
"My father never tells me what he thinks, but I feel from my mother that he must know that His Majesty has taken action against General Su."
Qu Cheng'an knocked on the table with his hands. Su Danruo glared at Qu Cheng'an and signaled him not to make such strange noises.
Qu Cheng'an guiltily pressed his hand on the table with his other hand.
Sudan said:
"Since the Marquis's attitude is not clear, to be on the safe side, it would be better for us to find a way to get him out of the way."
Qu Cheng'an nodded in agreement with Su Danruo's statement, but how could he get the Marquis out of the way?
Qi Xinyuan raised his doubts doubtfully.
The two looked at each other and then looked at Qi Xinyuan together.
Qi Xinyuan pointed at himself, "Me?"
Qu Chengan nodded and said:
"You are my only child. If you are in danger, I will definitely save you."
Although Qi Xinyuan felt that this was somewhat unfilial, when he thought of Su Danruo's life, he agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, just let me know in advance if you need my cooperation."
As we were talking, all the dishes were served.
Although Sudan Ruo is now considered a traitor, he still has a spirit of working hard.
Don’t miss out on delicious food in this world.
Qi Xinyuan still picked up the dishes that the original owner liked for Su Danruo as before.
In order to prevent Qi Xinyuan from noticing anything, Sudan ate all the dishes he passed to him.
Qu Cheng'an watched from the side and felt strange.
Sudan clearly didn't like to eat these when they ate together on weekdays.
Qi Xinyuan and she are childhood sweethearts, doesn’t he know what she likes to eat?
Su Danruo actually ate up all the food she didn't like. Does she like Qi Xinyuan so much?
So that he can force himself to accept things he doesn't like.
Qu Cheng'an began to feel jealous again.
Qu Cheng'an didn't say a word during the entire dinner.
Sudan Ruo could see that something was wrong with Qu Cheng'an, but he didn't want to explain anything.
She didn't want Qu Cheng'an to fall in love with her, so it would be good if she could make Qu Cheng'an misunderstand her and Qi Xinyuan.
Cut off Qu Chengan's thoughts, so that when Qu Chengan returns to Jingyong Kingdom, he will slowly forget about himself!
Sultan pretended not to notice Qu Cheng'an's emotions and went back to his room.
Seeing that Sudan ignored him, Qu Cheng'an was so angry that he threw his sleeves and went back to his room.
Sang'er and Wenxiang, who came to greet them, looked at each other in confusion.
"What happened to them? Did they have a fight?"
"That should be it."
"Your Highness is so stingy!"
Sang'er concluded the reason for the quarrel between the two. Wenxiang wanted to explain, but Sang'er turned and left.
Wen Xiang walked to the door of Qu Chengan's room and said to himself:
"Your Highness was indeed quite stingy when it came to dealing with General Su!"
Starting from the next day, Sudan Ruo used General Su's name to make friends with General Su's old friends.
There are also some people in the court who support him.
Everything is happening quietly.
Since everyone in the court had been dissatisfied with the empress for a long time, many people expressed their support for her when they received contact from Sultan Ruo.
The empress's amazing sixth sense made her feel that some unknown forces in the court were stirring recently.
The empress began to worry and suspect that it might be the Sultan or her stupid brother.
She called Qu Cheng'an to question him.
"Is there anything wrong with Su Qing recently?"
Qu Cheng'an knew that the empress might have noticed something, so he deliberately turned the conversation to Marquis Qi.
"General Su has been immersed in the grief of losing his father recently. Nothing unusual has happened, but I have heard something that I find puzzling and would like to ask Your Majesty."
The empress instantly became interested, "But you can tell me."
"I've heard that Marquis Qi has been vigorously reorganizing his army recently. I'd like to ask Your Majesty if you intend to go to war with the Jingyong Kingdom again?"
The empress frowned slightly and looked at Qu Cheng'an with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Oh? Is this true? I haven't heard a single rumor about it."
Qu Chengan pretended to be relieved.
"So Your Majesty didn't know. It must have been a routine military exercise! I thought Your Majesty had forgotten the agreement between you and me."
The empress didn't see anything from Qu Cheng'an's face, so she let go of her suspicion and wariness towards him. She took the tea from the maid beside her, moistened her mouth, and said lightly:
"Don't worry, since I promised you something, I won't go back on my word. Just do what I told you to do, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
Qu Cheng'an knew that although the empress still seemed to have complete faith in Marquis Qi, his words had already taken root in her heart.
Once there is any sign of trouble from Marquis Qi, the empress will definitely start to be suspicious of him.
In this way, Sudan will be temporarily safe.
After Qu Cheng'an respectfully withdrew, the empress indeed focused her suspicion on Marquis Qi.
The empress's eyes flashed with sternness, and she began to send people to secretly monitor the actions of Marquis Qi.
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