Su Chen remained silent for a long time after hearing about Han Tang's background.
Han Tang trembled, and Kuang Yiyan looked on with worry. Both of them were waiting for General Su's decision.
Actually, what Su Chen was thinking about was... how to cooperate with the two of them to put a bad word to the person on the dragon throne.
"I'll let you go this time. Don't make any rash moves. If you need anything, just send someone to the General's Mansion to find me." Su Chen patted Kuang Yiyan's shoulder and left without looking back.
After a long while, Kuang Yiyan finally realized what was going on.
Kuang Yiyan stared blankly at the end of the alley, "They...left already?"
Han Tang was still kneeling on the ground. "It seems so."
Both of them felt like they had been reborn from a calamity. As for what Su Chen said, they only realized something was wrong when they thought back on it a few days later.
...
Because of Ning Wu's return, both the male and female leads are being watched, and the progress is being laid bare before Su Chen.
Drunk men and women are naturally inclined to get into trouble, especially when it involves two people who have become close friends and have a somewhat ambiguous relationship; everything just happens naturally.
Unlike many novels or movies where the two sobered up and screamed or sneaked away the next day, they quickly accepted what had happened and confirmed their relationship. However, this relationship couldn't be discussed openly; it had to be kept secret.
This was a wise move for those two; exposing it would have benefited no one.
The female lead, Jin Rulan, was not favored to begin with. If she had an ambiguous relationship with a hostage from an enemy country, she would not be able to fight for the position of crown prince even if she risked her life.
The male protagonist, Xuan Yu, holds a lowly position in the Dongqiu Kingdom. Even if he doesn't cause any trouble, he still faces many bullies and those who take advantage of his misfortunes. Moreover, his involvement with the Dongqiu royal family inevitably leads those with ulterior motives to believe that he harbors treacherous ambitions. Of course, he does indeed have ambitions.
Su Chen had a general understanding of the male and female protagonists, but there was one person for whom the system provided virtually no information, yet Su Chen still had to interact with. That person was—Yue Feng.
As Su Chen listened to Han Tang recount her background, the system alerted her that someone was eavesdropping. She knew who that person was—Yue Feng. The reason she didn't stop Han Tang from continuing was because she knew that Yue Feng would definitely use this information to deal with the ruler of Dongqiu Kingdom.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If Yuefeng takes care of some things, then she won't need to bother with planning.
When Ning Wu heard Su Chen's words, his expression was complicated for a while before he said, "Su Chen, you've grown up. You've become cunning."
Su Chen just smiled faintly. One always has to be cunning; otherwise, one might not even know how one died.
She didn't know if he had given up on his plan to kill her. But... she wasn't afraid. She would deal with whatever came her way, especially with her powerful cheat system.
In the following days, Su Chen didn't hang around the male and female protagonists, because the emperor summoned her to the palace and gave her some kind of official position, which seemed to be a bit higher than her previous position, but she didn't have any real power and still had to deal with some trivial matters every day.
Su Chen guessed that the person on the dragon throne didn't want her to cause trouble. The nominal promotion but actual demotion left her speechless, and the numerous tasks assigned to her were probably to keep her from thinking about other things.
It must be said that this emperor's plan was incredibly ingenious; even Su Chen admired it.
Just a few days ago, she was complaining about having nothing to do, but these days she's been incredibly busy, even though Su Chen herself doesn't understand what she's been busy with.
The most troublesome thing was having to get up early for the morning court session. Su Chen was the kind of person who would rather stay up late than get up early, so the morning court session really wore her out. She couldn't adjust her clock and ended up with big dark circles under her eyes every day.
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