C180 (2/2)
When Su Qian Xing heard the news, he could no longer stay still. Only Xiao Qing Ran could come up with such a plan.
It had been half a month since their first meeting, and this was also the first time Su Qianxing had come to the Prime Minister's Estate to look for her.
”Did anything happen for Your Highness to look for me?” When Xiao Qing Ran appeared, Su Qian Xing was standing under the tree with his back facing her.
Hearing the commotion behind him, Su Qianxing did not turn back immediately. Instead, he maintained his posture and said solemnly, ”Qingyi, we've known each other for almost seven years.”
If he didn't talk about proper business, Xiao Qing naturally would have brought it up first. Right now, she had plenty of time to speak in an official tone with him: ”Yeah, it's already been seven years, what about it? King Lu felt that he was too busy recently and couldn't take care of his old friend, so he came here specifically to contact me? ”
Su Qian Xing frowned before turning around, ”Do you really have to use such a tone to speak to me?”
”What's with that tone?” Xiao Qingran flicked the dust that did not exist on the corner of her clothes. Then, she crossed her legs and sat down on a stone table. She laughed: ”I don't know what you mean. Can you speak in a simple manner?”
”Qingqing, we have at least had so many years of feelings, yet you insist on being so ruthless?” Su Qianxing narrowed his eyes and stared at her as he asked.
Xiao Qing then looked back at him for a while before letting out a cold laugh: ”What you just said is really laughable. So many years of love? If you truly thought about our relationship, then you wouldn't have stabbed me with a dagger. If you truly thought about your relationship from the beginning, then you wouldn't have pushed me any further. After all, the person who saved me was not you. ”
As matters stood, did this man still want to play a love game with him? This really didn't seem like him.
Su Qian Xing's body stiffened and his gaze darkened, ”You're already so loyal to that man? You pushed the matter of the marriage with me for the sake of rebelling against me, but have you thought about it? ”If Zhao Ling'er really marries into the Duke Han Palace, how will you be able to stay by that man's side in the future?”
”Why not? I never doubted his feelings for me, as if... It's as if I never suspected you. ” Xiao Qingran smiled, her eyes filled with calmness and decisiveness: ”Now that you're looking for me to say these words, you've only changed your role. But no matter what the result is, I don't feel like there's anything wrong with my choice now. As long as that man can get what he wants, everything else doesn't matter.”
”Even if you become nameless in the future, it doesn't matter?”
”That's right.” ”As long as he can ascend to the throne, it's fine even if I can't stay by his side as the Empress. In any case, I've always been doing this to repay your kindness from the beginning, and this has never changed.”
I think Your Highness should also be very clear, it's not like you've been together with Zhao Jin for a day or two, he will come right away if there's benefits. In comparison to you throwing away the relationship between relatives, perhaps in terms of benefits, it's easier for him to stand on Qian Han's side. Why wouldn't I take advantage of such a good opportunity?
”Qingyi, you …” Su Qian Xing felt his breathing quicken. The oppressive lady in front of him should have been on his side, and he should have been the one to do everything he could to assist her!
”Perhaps I really did underestimate you previously, but fortunately … Fortunately, it's not too late. ” Su Qian Xing clenched his fists as his face turned warm, ”Qingqing, you are special to me, so I'm willing to give you a second chance. Even if I've let you down, as long as you come back, I'll compensate you with everything.”
”Thank you. I don't need it.”
”You don't have to be in a hurry to answer me. Very soon, you will have to face such a choice. It won't be too late for you to answer me then.” As Su Qian Xing said this, his face was filled with calmness and indifference, as well as an incomprehensible determination. This made Xiao Qing Qing's heart sink, as if something was missing.
”Qingyi, just you wait. You'll be back soon. Very soon.”
Xiao Qingran narrowed her eyes as she watched the man leave, feeling that something was wrong. She immediately called Li Er to check on who had been in contact with Su Qianxing recently.
Rio'er sent someone to investigate, but the result was that no one had seen Su Qianxing in private. This sort of reply not only failed to dispel the doubts in Xiao Qing Qing's heart, but it made her even more uneasy.
”Your Highness, this is the last thing I have done for you. Please take care of the rest without permission.” The man in black was half-kneeling as he held a piece of information in his hand.
In the study room, Su Qianxing walked around the table and flipped through the information in his hands.
The man in black said with a cold voice, ”I have already sent people over. Those are the experts of the martial arts world. I believe nothing will happen to them. Tomorrow, I will leave the capital and never step foot into another place.”
As he spoke, he took the sword from his waist and held it up with both hands, ”This lowly one has received gratitude from Lord Zhao. Although Lord Zhao is now dead, I know that the two young masters of the Zhao Clan died because of Xiao Qing. Now, I have finally avenged the Zhao Clan.