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"Since that's the case, then Your Highness should hurry up and do what you can. To be frank, I don't think you need to take women like her to heart. Moreover, you didn't seem to care about these things before. Why do you have to ask today?"

Su Qian Han squinted his eyes at her, then suddenly sneered: "You want to avoid the crucial point?"

This woman should know that what she wanted to ask was not the matter itself, but the reason why she wanted to interfere.

Xiao Qingyi frowned, not because she did not want to answer, but because she could not. She shrugged her shoulders to make things difficult for him: "Your highness should know that what I just did was harmless to your highness. Your highness does not need to care about the reason and can't just look at the result?"

She only wanted to silently protect this man's reputation outside. Was it that difficult?

Su Qian's gaze turned cold. He suddenly reached out and grabbed her injured left shoulder, telling her that it was impossible. He threatened her with a half-step, "It doesn't matter what you want to do. This king is just suddenly very curious.

A flash of pain flashed past Xiao Qing's eyes because of the action of him clamping down on her wound. After she heard his words, she instantly regained her senses and said nervously: "No!"

Seeing her reaction, Su Qian Han sneered: "Huh? "I didn't expect you to treat the crown prince so well …"

"You've just been removed from the crown prince's position. If you were to openly pull me out of the banquet at Su Qian Xing, someone would definitely take advantage of you. You have a bad reputation, if you do this, won't you be caught?"

Xiao Qingran ignored the pain in her shoulder as she quickly looked around and said seriously: "Also, although it's the time of the morning banquet and there's no one here, just in case the prince should keep his distance from me."

"I am Su Qianxing's fiancee in name. If someone were to try to pull us out in front of the crowd, I would be fine, but your highness …"

She subconsciously raised her voice, but stopped when she saw the look on the man's face. It was as if she felt that her reaction just now was too extreme and that it was easy for people to misunderstand her.

Su Qian Han frowned at her, staring at her as though she didn't know what was going on, but she seemed to be searching for something.

The words that came out of her mouth didn't seem to be a lie or a deliberate flippancy, but were actually sincere.

Honest?

"No …" I didn't mean that. " Xiao Qing felt that the atmosphere around her had changed. She pursed her lips and unnaturally turned her gaze away.

She really wasn't very good at these kinds of questions. Or was it because the pressure from this man's body was too strong for her to concentrate on?

Her hands behind her back tightened, and she let out a small sigh of relief to reorganize her thoughts. However, after thinking for a long time, she still didn't know where to start, so she could only say: "Prince, can you let me go first? "It hurts a little."

Ye Zichen's words weren't a lie. The man's punch last time wasn't good enough.

Su Qianhan lowered his gaze and looked at her shoulders. He seemed to have also thought of the scene from that day. His eyes flickered, and for some reason, he subconsciously listened to her words and released his hand.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice sounded.

Xiao Qing's body stiffened as she quickly turned her head back. When she saw the person, she immediately panicked, as if she had been caught red-handed in the middle of the bed.

She shook her head vigorously and tossed aside this thought. "Why are you here?"

Su Qian Xing didn't answer her. Instead, he strode forward and pulled her hand behind him. His usual smile was tinged with coldness as he asked, "What was Duke Han doing just now?"

Su Qian Han looked at the woman he was hiding behind him, he then retracted his hand that was half frozen in the air, his face was cold and he did not say anything.

Su Qian Xing turned around quickly and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"

Xiao Qinglan shook his head: "Nothing."

Su Qian Xing then calmed himself down and turned back to speak in a cold voice, "Second Imperial Brother, if you have any complaints, please come and face this crown prince. You can't afford to be treated like this by second Imperial Brother."

He had clearly seen the way the man grabbed her shoulders and did not let his eyes wander until they were filled with killing intent.

They had fought for such a long time, and she knew clearly that if this man truly wanted to kill, he would not be lenient even at the banquet. He had never been on any different occasions.

Su Qianhan felt a bit annoyed when she saw how Xiao Jianqing looked to her. She herself did not know what she was angry about, but she did not show it on the surface. "Heh, since the Crown Prince values this woman so much, it would be best to keep a firm view of her in the future. Don't let her be alone."

With a single sentence, he had pulled the atmosphere to its peak, clearly admitting that he would make a move on Xiao Qing Qing.

Xiao Qing was stunned. She knew he wouldn't explain but she didn't expect him to acknowledge him. He stepped forward and shielded Su Qian Xing, trying to clear Su Qian Han's suspicion. His tone was normal, "I just happened to meet King Han by chance, it's nothing big."

As she said this, she looked back at Su Qianhan and said, "Duke Han is a righteous man, he wouldn't do anything to me, a weak girl, no matter what. Don't misunderstand."

Su Qianhan really knew how to defeat his relationship with the people on the streets. This way, it was no wonder that his evaluation of the outside world was not good.

"Qingyi?" Su Qianxing frowned in confusion, as if he didn't expect her to speak up for Su Qianhan.

On the other hand, Su Qian Han's expression was normal as he couldn't see what was going on in his heart.

"Alright, the banquet is about to begin. It's not good for your master to not be around." Xiao Qinglan avoided the topic from before: "Let's go back first."

Su Qian Xing pursed his lips as though he still wanted to ask something, but due to the presence of outsiders, he swallowed his words and nodded, "Alright."

He reached out to grab her hand, but Xiao Qing inadvertently dodged his hand. She then lifted her foot to walk in front of her. "Let's go."

Su Qianxing was stunned. Something flashed across his eyes and he felt that something had changed.

However, this thought only flashed past his mind, and was not caught in time. He shook his head, shaking off the thoughts in his heart, and followed the thought.

At the back, Su Qianhan's gaze paused on Xiao Qingran's back and his gaze slowly turned cold.

Xiao Qingyi …

According to the etiquette of summoning, Su Qian Xing was already the crown prince but had yet to officially be conferred the title of Crown Prince. Hence, this banquet should not be overly extravagant and wasteful.

In addition, many of the ministers and daughters wanted to use this banquet to connect with Su Qian Xing, so most of the time, it was something similar to free festivities. Only the final banquet would be held together with Su Qian.

Xiao Qing Ran could be considered nameless. She did not sit with Su Qianxing but found another seat. She did not like the noise and purposely sat in the corner.

But...

"Sigh ~" Xiao Qing sighed helplessly as she placed her hand on her forehead to obstruct someone's line of sight.

From the start of the banquet till now, Su Qianhan's gaze had never left him. Did this man want to use his gaze to poke two holes in his body?

"It seems that I have to be more careful when I do things in the future." Thinking of this, Xiao Qing Ran called over the servants beside her and instructed: "It's a little stuffy here. I'll go out and take a look. If you ask the crown prince later, tell him I'll be back very soon."

That servant knew Xiao Qinggran. Seeing the future princess' order, he naturally obeyed her respectfully.

Xiao Qing Ran took the opportunity to escape the banquet as she wanted to avoid Su Qian Han's probing gaze.

On the other side, when Su Qian Han saw her leaving, a look of contemplation flashed across his eyes and he was about to get up.

Whirlwind took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, we are ready."

"Right." Su Qian nodded his head coldly. "Do it after half an incense's time."

"Yes." The wind bellowed before turning his gaze towards the direction Xiao Qing Ran had left: "Do you want this subordinate to deal with that woman first?"

He had heard the conversation between the prince and that woman. That woman clearly knew what would happen at the banquet today.

After so many years, that woman had ruined quite a few of their plans. If they could get rid of her, they wouldn't have to worry too much.

Su Qianhan stood up with a cold expression, "Just do what you need to do. Don't do anything unnecessary."

The gust of wind was startled, then lowered its head: "Yes."

Su Qianxing, who sat in the seat of honor, did not notice the two leaving as he was surrounded by people.

On the other side, Xiao Qing Qing had just left when Su Qian Han followed her out. The two of them were definitely going to meet. However, the latter had never thought about what to do after chasing her down.

But sometimes, excuses were not something he had found himself, but something someone else had given him.

"Your Highness." Zhou Xiao suddenly appeared in front of Su Qianhan, a shy expression on his face.

Su Qianhan was stopped for no reason. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. When he saw that she seemed to be holding something in her hand, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Xiao, as a girl, had endured it for a long time before coming to stop him at such an occasion. Hearing his words, his face immediately turned red and he stuttered, "Your Highness …" Little Girl... "Little girl …"

Hearing her stutter, Su Qian Han became impatient and his tone turned cold, "Speak!"

Zhou Xiao was startled, and unconsciously retreated two steps in fright. When he recalled his purpose, he gripped the item in his hand tightly and said with his eyes closed, "My daughter admires Your Highness and specially prepared a gift for Your Highness. I hope Your Highness can accept it!"

Su Qian Han looked at her expressionlessly, and the word 'good' came to his mouth.

Zhou Xiao was stunned, as if he couldn't react in time.

Su Qian Han looked at the direction Xiao Qing Ran left in and said, "Let's talk outside."

Xiao Qingyi strolled around the garden and returned. She didn't even get to walk around the corridor when she heard someone talking in a low voice not too far away.

Xiao Qing Qing did not care about this kind of situation normally. She thought that 80% of it was due to the servant girl in the mansion speaking to Yue. In the next second, she heard a certain man's cold voice.

"You're done?"

Xiao Qing was startled as the corner of her mouth twitched violently. "Hey, it can't be, right?"

Meeting twice in one day? There wasn't such a coincidence in the picture album?

She took a deep breath and started to walk, muttering, "It's none of my business, it's none of my business."

"Speak, what kind of death do you want?"

The words stopped Xiao Qing from speaking. She raised her eyebrows and looked over, only to see a woman in a light colored dress sitting on the ground not far away from her. The man opposite her had a cold expression on his face.