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"If young master doesn't mind, why don't you let me give you an idea?" Xiao Qing Ran's finger touched the edge of her teacup and grinded it twice. Her eyes quickly flashed as she curled her lips: "This method can help young master achieve what he wants."

When Han Siming heard this, he hurried over. "Please give me your guidance, Young Miss."

"First, I'll ask for your decree to enter the palace and tactfully tell the empress that you don't want to marry me."

Han Siming said excitedly, "Then wouldn't that mean I'm disrespecting the imperial edict?!"

"Haha …" Young Master Han is making too much of a fuss. The empress had only spread the word without an imperial edict or a second one, and His Majesty had no response at all. How could it be called disobedience? "

"But …"

"Let me finish." Xiao Qingran interrupted his words, "With Empress' temper, Young Master will definitely be scolded, but that's exactly what I want. Young Master can pretend to be sick once you're scolded and returned home from the palace.

Therefore, she had instructed this Young Master Han before her to leave her a good reputation. If she were to randomly refer to someone, there would definitely be people who would criticize her for taking the opportunity to vent their displeasure towards her in the future. After all, the matter of Su Qianhan and Su Qianxing coming to the palace at the same time to marry her was already known to everyone.

"This method might not be impossible, but …" Han Siming was still a little worried. "If anyone found out that I was faking my illness, wouldn't I have committed the crime of cheating on the sovereign?" In the future, if the empress blames him … "

Xiao Qing Ran chuckled and took another sip of her tea, her words contained some meaning: "I heard that Sir Han is a senior elder of two dynasties and secretly took care of His Highness, the Crown Prince? Young Master Han is also a talented person. In the future, when his ranking will be in the previous dynasty, it will be a great thing for him to bring glory to his ancestors. "

Lan Ying wasn't that stupid. Mister Han was on the Crown Prince's side to begin with, and this man would be on his side if he became a court official in the future. Lan Ying didn't need to lose two people because of such a small matter.

Although Han Siming had received an education from his family since he was young, his mind was still a bit muddled. He was a smart person, so he immediately understood what was going on after being reminded of that. He couldn't help but feel grateful and worshipful towards Xiao Qing.

"Before this, I was still thinking that since the third young miss has obtained the favor of the crown prince, she must be the most outstanding one. Seeing her today is indeed the case." Han Siming bowed across the table. "Many thanks to young miss for your guidance on today's matter. Consider that I owe young miss a favor this time. If there's anything young miss needs in the future, I'll definitely do my best to help young miss."

It was fortunate that he had a part in her heart already. Otherwise, if he agreed to the empress's words, it would truly be a great sin. As a woman, to be able to analyze the matters of the imperial court so thoroughly was no ordinary talent.

He could see that this girl was definitely not someone from the pond. She was someone that ordinary people would not be able to accompany.

Xiao Qingran smiled meaningfully back at him: "There's no need to thank me. This matter is also for myself. There's only one thing I want to say to Young Master."

"Please speak, Miss."

"I can see that Young Master is a person with more insights and opinions than your father, and matters of the court and government are complicated. Sometimes, candidates see people not in the essence but in the accuracy of their opinions, and those who are king must be the leaders of the kingdom, Young Master Han must be a pillar of the country, I hope you can seek your own fortune in the court."

Han Siming didn't quite understand her words, but he respectfully accepted her thanks and left.

After he left, Rii'er went up to him and asked curiously, "Young Miss and Young Master Han aren't very close, so why did you mention him?"

Her young lady was not kind enough to advise on everything.

"Heh, naturally, it's for myself." "Now that Su Qian Xing's power in the imperial court is growing day by day, and Su Qian Han is also a cold and unsociable person, people's feelings can't help but get worn out. Even if many of the Elders in the imperial court still don't give up on him, they might end up being someone else's straw mat one day, and there's a need for a new batch of blood in the imperial court."

"So you're saying that the young miss is preparing for Duke Han?"

"That man already has such a temper. If I could help him get back on his feet, that would be great, or else I'd have to think of something else, and that would be better to do as a second-hand preparation. That Han Siming is a great person, and if I mention a few things now, sooner or later I'll find a use for him."

"Haha, it seems like the young lady is even better this time. The empress has personally delivered a great talent to the young lady."

"Perhaps. He's just a soldier coming and blocking, but since this soldier has already been dealt with, there's no way that one in the palace would drop anything. It's better for us to wake up from the shock." Xiao Qing spoke in a deep voice as she lowered her hand from the teacup and raised her eyebrows, "The tea has cooled down. Li Er, go change another teacup."

"Yes."

This time, the thing that Xiao QingRan was worried about did not come soon. Su Qianhan had played an indelible role in it.

When the empress had sent someone to force a marriage in private and the sudden gust of wind had reached his ears, Su Qianhan had been infuriated. Thick clouds had filled the skies of the Residence of Duke Han for the entire day.

He went on a rampage and ordered his subordinates to find more things in the palace, so that the one in the palace would not be so idle as to be old. Thus, for the next half month, either a fire or a person had fallen into the water.

Even so, it didn't make Su Qianhan happy. The people in the house were all saying that their master had been sick recently. He was always cold, yet now he was like an icehouse. His face was sullen and there wasn't even a trace of heat on it.

On the other side of the General's Estate, Xiao Qing Ran lived quite peacefully since no one came to cause trouble for her. These days, she specially took some time to go to the Flower Pavilion to listen to the complaints of the flowers.

Riko's gossip had always been an important source of information for them. The Zhao manor had sent word that the Second Miss had not been in good health ever since she entered the manor, and she was now so severely ill that her brain could no longer keep up.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Xiyu had been tortured by those people to the point of going crazy. This was not surprising, she was originally a direct descendant of the general's house, and had been raised in a comfortable life since childhood. There was no need to suffer any grievances, and in the end, after marrying, she did live such a life, it would be difficult for her not to be driven insane.

After Li Jing heard this news, she cried many times to Xiao Zhi, wanting to bring her daughter back. However, Xiao Zhi rejected it for the sake of the general's family, so she fell sick and spent her days in bed.

This was too great of an advantage for Zhao Ya. From today onwards, the General's Estate would be her head.

On the other hand, Xiao Qing Qing didn't really care, as long as those people didn't cause trouble, anyone could be the boss.

Compared to this direct daughter, Xiao Yan was more like a respected young miss. He held banquets in the mansion for more than ten days and even recruited a lot of noble young masters.

Once this person was highly praised, his brain would be short-circuited, and he would dare to say anything. She was not only bragging, but she also wanted to belittle the other two sisters in the general's household. In front of so many people, she felt happy, but she didn't know that they were actually just laughing at her.

Especially those ladies of the rich, although they were all flattery on the surface, no one knew how they arranged people behind their backs.

"Miss, you're not going to take a look?" Rie stood beside the hammock, still holding a plate of snacks in her hands.

Xiao Qing had a soft spot for the hammock. If there was nothing important, she would spend most of her day on it: "What's there to look at? Do you want me to go over and personally hear what they've scolded me about?"

This was actually what Riko meant by that. "Does Miss really not care? "Fourth Miss, doing this would be embarrassing for you."

The young miss did not know that she had just gone to the front yard, but she had heard the words of those people, how unpleasant it would be. Even if the fourth young miss did not care about her sisterhood, she should still care for the reputation of the General's Estate.

"They have nothing better to do, so I'll just let them go. I don't have that much time and energy to waste there. If I have time, I might as well enjoy the sun and eat some snacks." Xiao Qinglan stretched his body: "It's good for Xiao Yan to be so busy, it gives us quite a bit of free time."

"Although you said that, but …" Riko curled her lips and sighed. "Miss, you are just too careless with these matters. Be careful that you will regret it in the future."

"Tsk, then when I regret it one day, I'll be the first to tell you."

"Miss ~"

"Hahaha …"

Riko shook her head helplessly. Although Miss was clearly older than she was, she felt that she had to be spoiled like a child sometimes. "That's right, when I went over, I heard that Eldest Young Master was coming back."

"Xiao Jin Qing?" Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows, took a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, saying, "Although there is no war at the border, but didn't the barbarians say that they would come and attack frequently? Why is that man back so quickly? "

"I don't know. It seems that Eldest Young Master has rendered meritorious service by guarding the border."

"Oh." Xiao Qing Qing appeared to be extremely calm.

Xiao Qingyi did not have much of an impression of this big brother, because after she transmigrated, this big brother had already gone to the border pass.

"Is Miss unhappy?" Riko asked carefully.

Xiao Qing looked at her strangely. "What's there to be unhappy about if he doesn't come back?"

"Because I keep having the feeling that Miss previously didn't like Eldest Young Master very much." Riko pursed her lips and said, "Eldest Young Master took good care of Miss while she was still in the manor. However, I don't know why you always avoided Eldest Young Master at that time."