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"Maybe." Su Ruo thought for a while, "How are you going to take him away?" She instinctively trusted the man before her, but at the same time, she was worried that someone else might come to the village.

"Didn't you come up with a plan already?"

This man! He was so smart that she did not have a good impression of him! Su Ruo Bai pointed at the two generals by Qi Muqing's side with his thin finger, "Take off their clothes and have them stay behind to protect the village. I don't know which power will come knocking again." She had purposely said those words bluntly, but with a hint of reserve. She wanted Qi Muqing to know that she knew what was going on in the imperial court, but she didn't want to get involved in any of those disputes.

Qi Muqing's eyes flashed with a strange light as she looked at Su Ruo with a hint of a testing manner. This woman was far more powerful than she could have imagined. He didn't like cats with sharp claws. Sooner or later, those claws would have to be cleaned.

Qi Muqing waved her hand, and the two generals beside her immediately removed their armor.

Su Ruo was slightly dazed. She couldn't figure out what was going on with this man called Qi Muqing, but she knew from the fear the man showed her and the wordless obedience of the two generals that the man in front of her usually did things in a decisive manner.

The two high-ranking officers carried their armor and followed Su Ruo into the village. Qi Muqing watched Su Ruo's back as she left, while Third Brother and the crown prince made their moves. He had to bring Su Ruo back to the palace as soon as possible so as to not cause any unnecessary trouble. When Third Brother's subordinates returned, they would definitely tell Third Brother about the matter of him coming here to find Su Ruo.

He drew closer to the woods, saying in a low voice, "Darknorth, have Silver Fox attack the black-robed guards. Leave no one alive."

The inside of the forest responded, "Yes, your subordinate."

A black shadow flashed and disappeared into the forest.

After Su Ruo entered the village, Su Xiaoyi came over to welcome her. He looked at the two high-ranking officers behind Su Ruo and asked, "Young Noble, why are they following us?"

Su Ruo roughly explained the situation. Su Xiaoyi kept praising, "As expected, it's Young Master. Once Young Master makes his move, there's nothing that you can't do."

Su Ruo glanced at him, "Stop flattering me. Go back and pack up your things. Tell Xue Niang that we're going out for a trip."

"Alright." Su Xiaoyi almost jumped up in joy when he heard that he could solve another crime.

Seeing Su Xiaoyi's happy and eager look, the corner of Su Ruo's mouth slightly curled up. She was still as childish as before.

The Village Chief anxiously paced back and forth in the hall. When he saw Su Ruo return, he heaved a sigh of relief, but when he saw the two people behind Su Ruo, he immediately became nervous again.

Feeling the village chief's nervousness, Su Ruo explained, "It's alright, they came to fetch that young master."

Only then did the Village Chief completely relax. He was leading the way at the front. After opening the vegetable cellar, the handsome young master and the errand boy saw that it was Su Ruo. The handsome young master was about to thank her for saving his life.

The two high-ranking officers behind Su Ruo said in unison, "This subordinate will participate in the Fourteenth Prince."

The handsome young master was stunned for a moment. When he saw the faces of the two, his face revealed a suspicious expression, "Han Wu, Han Wen, why are you two here?" Han Wu and Han Wen were from the Black Turtle Cavalry Battalion, could it be that the head of the palace had received the news and sent someone to find him?

Han Wen and Han Wu looked at each other, and Han Wu said with difficulty, "We were ordered by the Emperor to follow Seventh Prince to find this …" Han Wu raised his eyes to look at Su Ruo who was dressed as a man, "Sir." Let's just call it young master for now.

"Oh? royal father coming from far away to find a little gongzi, that does not make sense. " The handsome young master laughed.

"This …" Han Wen and Han Wu didn't know how to reply.

Su Ruo spoke up to help, "What do they know? "If you want to ask, why don't you go out and ask that Seventh Elder."

The handsome young master didn't speak anymore and his gaze fell on Su Ruo.

Seeing him shut up, Su Ruo pointed at the armor in Han Wen and Han Wu's hands, "You and your errand boy can put this on and wait for me at the village entrance."

She instructed the village chief, "The village. These two adults will be staying in the village for a while. I have something to do so I need to go out. If there are outsiders, you know what to do." I'll go back and say my goodbyes to Ah Xiu first. "

The village chief nodded his head, "Little gongzi, don't worry about it."

Just as Su Ruo was about to turn around and leave, the handsome young master called out to her, "Wait."

She looked back at him and he said, "I'm Qi Jingluo."

"Oh." Su Ruo coldly replied.

Qi Jingluo's bookkeeper was not happy about this. "What attitude is this? You don't seem to care about me at all."

Qi Jingluo smiled happily. "It's hard to find someone who doesn't care about me."

Her wrinkled face was filled with worry. She walked to Su Ruo's side, grabbed onto Su Ruo's arm, and pulled her into a small wooden pavilion, "Mother, I heard from little Yi'er that you're going to Lan Ling?"

A trace of gentleness was added to Su Ruo's cold expression, her voice also became softer, "Xue Niang, don't worry. After so many years, things have already changed." Xue Niang was the child that she and Ah Xiu saved under the hands of the robbers back then. The two of them couldn't find Xue Niang's other family members, so they adopted her.

"Mother, is that Broken Jade really that important?" Xue Niang was so anxious that her brows were tightly knitted. "Mother, you really won't think of the past when you went to Lanling?" You finally managed to walk out of the shadow of my father's death, and now you're going back? "

Xue Niang's words were like a thorn, piercing through Su Ruo's bitter water. That bitterness spread from her heart all the way to her breathing.

After a long while, she slowly said, "Xue Niang, you have to face it. Furthermore, you should know better than me how important that Broken Jade is to me. "

Xue Niang knew that Su Ruo had made up her mind and couldn't be persuaded. She sighed, "Mother, everyone wants to live, only you want to die."

"I don't want to die. I just want to live a normal life." Su Ruo patted Xue Niang's back, "Child, sometimes eternal life only brings endless boredom and loneliness."

"Mother …" Xue Niang looked at Su Ruo with red eyes. She was adopted by her mother and accompanied her for 40 years. She knew that her father's death had dealt a huge blow to her mother.

When Su Ruo withdrew her sorrowful thoughts, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Xue Niang, the Third Uncle of the second year is not bad. He's a person who is living his life." Ever since Xue Niang had lost her husband, she had been accompanying her. She knew that Xue Niang was afraid that she would be lonely, but life always had to go, she shouldn't waste her life because of accompanying her.

"No, Xue Niang only wants to stay with Mother for the rest of her life."

Seeing that Xue Niang was so determined, Su Ruo couldn't say anything more. She had no choice but to leave later to find her second and third uncle, telling him to take good care of Xue Niang during this time.