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"Young lady, a chef from Navy Tide has come today, and his cooking skills are top-notch."

After serving the dishes, the waiter came over with a smile.

"Sure, it has to be sour and spicy." Gu Danyan looked at the delicious food on the table, but still opened his mouth.

Qu Li had seen Gu Danyan's appetite before. It couldn't be considered small, but she ate quickly. He had wanted to use his father's identity as to urge her to eat slowly, but he hadn't been able to do so for the past few days.

He had even been taught a good lesson by this scheming nephew of his in the study room yesterday. Today, he came out to look at the string of glass beads and was only interested in paying the silver taels.

After a while, the waiter came running up with two bowls of wontons. There was even a scented sachet on the plate.

Putting the item down, the waiter wiped his hands and handed the scented sachet to Gu Daiyan: "Next, there's a guest asking me to pass this to you. Tell me, is it convenient for me to come up and talk to you today?"

The fragrance of the scented sachet was extremely familiar. She glanced at Qu Li and whispered, "Can you promise me that you won't say anything when you hear it later?"

"Sure." Qu Li nodded in agreement.

"Let them come up, and add some more utensils." Gu Danyan smiled and returned the scented sachet to the waiter, "This scented sachet belongs to Navy Tide. If you like it, you can take it and give it to the one you love."

The waiter happily ran down the stairs.

However, after a while, two people walked up, while Yin Gou rushed up without saying a word. Qi Rou, on the other hand, remained reserved and only glanced at Qu Li, knowing that this man was neither rich nor noble. She then calmly sat down and helplessly said, "You know how to give favors. You even gave someone my scented sachet."

"That scented sachet isn't close to your body, so it wouldn't hurt to give it away. This saves the waiter from having the heart to listen to the wall." Gu Danyan rubbed her head, then lovingly helped her to sit on the side: "I'm getting on in age, but I've been spoiled more and more by Qi Lin."

Yin Gou sat down obediently. At this moment, she saw the man sitting opposite Gu Pingyan. He was only slightly shaken by the sharp gaze and asked, "Miss, this is …"

"A friend." Gu Mingyan lightly coughed a few times, and secretly glanced at Qu Li. Seeing that he wasn't angry, she gathered up her courage and continued: "Tell me why you came here. How is King Zong Ping?"

"It really does have something to do with him. We've come this time to conveniently bring you some news and also to stay here for a few days. Navy Tide's side might be in chaos." Qi Rou waited until the waiter had finished serving the dishes and left before she opened her mouth.

It turned out that when the Rising City had been attacked and the third prince had captured the two generals, Jiang Yan, the emperor Duan Cong had pushed all the blame to Prince Zong Ping. The third prince hadn't been able to react, and King Zong Ping had already taken his men to the city to clean it up, while Meng Xu was also standing next to the prince.

"The strangest thing is that Prince Jing sent a letter to the empress dowager in secret, deciding not to accept the throne, but to request to be the prince for the rest of his life. Although it's a secret letter, many people have heard the news, and Prince Zong Ping told me to come and ask if he was plotting something, or if it was because …" Qi Rou's gaze also fell on Gu Daiyan's hand.

Gu Daiyan added some soup to the soup and said in a low voice, "Since that's the case, I will go with him. The third prince's throne should be secured as well."

"You want to continue the fates with Duan Chengxuan?" "Don't think I don't remember everything." Qi Rou's eyes immediately darkened, "Besides, the third prince doesn't believe in our Qi family. Our Qi family can only rely on King Zong Ping as our backer, while the King Zong Ping has made a name for himself. There are even rumors that the Emperor wants to make King Zongping as his Crown Prince."

"You also said that it was a rumor. Even if he really becomes the emperor, he would benefit your Qi family no matter what." Gu Liu Yan looked helplessly at Qi Rou, and lightly tapped the table twice with her fingertips: "The Emperor has made a conclusion on this matter. If Prince Zong Ping does not have any achievements, the first thing he will do when he becomes the next Emperor is to kill this brother who can easily usurp power and usurp power. The Emperor is protecting the future position of King Zong Ping, and don't forget, Yinzhou isn't that far from Tianyan."

"Although he was being protected, this has almost made King Zong Ping the target of public criticism." Qi Rou frowned slightly.

Gu Mingyan was about to continue, but seeing that the worry in Qi Rou's eyes was real, her heart skipped a beat. She immediately stopped her serious expression and laughed lightly, "What does Prince Zong Ping's death have to do with you?"

"I …" Qi Rou suddenly reacted. When she raised her head, she saw Gu Mingyan smiling, and immediately lowered her head in embarrassment.

On the other hand, Yin Qiuyi, who was at the side, chuckled, "Elder sister is only worried about King Zongping, I also used Madam to investigate a lot of things. The Emperor seems to be looking for the Zhu siblings, the Scarlet Scorpion sent a letter a few days ago asking for help."

"I didn't expect there to be more truce than war." Gu Liuyan could only become more serious as he continued: "I can't guess the Zhu siblings. Next time when I go to Tianyan, ask them to come and find me, I will personally send them to the emperor."

"The Emperor might kill them." Yin Gou and her brother and sister had been together for a long time. In the end, they had some feelings for each other.

"Silly girl, if you really want to kill them, you can do it openly. But the current situation is that Duan Chengxuan wants to become the Carefree King, and the Zhu siblings have known Su Yuwan since childhood. Only by taking care of the thorn in Su Yuwan's side for Duan Chengxuan can the Carefree King be carefree." Gu Danyan laughed lightly, his fingers caressing the rim of his cup, "And Prince Zongping is only trying to control the third prince now. On the other side, as the father, he should start nurturing the third prince. This is only the first step."

Qi Rou held the cup and thought about it carefully, but did not understand. She quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

"Only military officials need merit points, but if one is an emperor, then one must emphasize stability. The third prince had been quiet for a long time, and now that the wind was going smoothly, he naturally had to improve himself a bit as an emperor. Since this credit was given to Prince Zong Ping, in the future, he could also pave the way for King Zong Ping, which could be considered killing two birds with one stone." When Gu Danyan said this, he held the bowl up and ate while saying, "Therefore, we should leave these matters to the Emperor. The most important thing is to stabilize this border."

Qi Rou understood the situation, and she could only think that the royal family had a lot of things to do.

Yin Gou felt dizzy from hearing this. She knew Qu Li was no stranger to her, so she immediately said, "Oh right, Madam has personally come. She should be here in a few days."

"Cough, cough …" Gu Danyan choked and looked at her with his eyes wide: "Why are you here personally, I …"

"Madam has said that no one in this world can keep an eye on you. Don't think that just because you've thrown the ghosts away that no one will be able to keep an eye on you. In the future, she will be following behind you day after day. Yin Gou even made a scared expression.

Gu Danyan looked at Qu Li's cold eyes and felt his heart skip a beat.

It's over.