Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Su Heting strode into the room with his long legs and sat down across from Qiao Xi. "I'm sorry to bother you by coming here uninvited."

The guards of the Xu Mansion knelt outside the door and apologized.

At first, they were unaware of Su Heting's infiltration, and then they failed to stop him from coming to the conference room.

It was not a decent thing to have someone enter your own mansion as if it were deserted, but since the visitor was Su Heting, Xu An didn't think it was that embarrassing.

Men all admire strong men.

Su Heting was able to drive the barbarians out of Dayou on his own and allow the people in northern Xinjiang to live a stable life again. This alone deserves his respect.

He waved his hand to signal the guards to withdraw, and bowed to Su Heting, saying, "It is Xu An's honor that His Majesty can come."

He was also thick-skinned and said with a smile, "It would be even better if the prince could give us some guidance on how to deploy defenses in the palace."

You should learn now, and now is the opportunity.

His reaction made Su Heting look at him more, but he said ruthlessly, "It really needs to be improved."

Now that Xu An has come to the fore, the imperial court and Ji Chuan will inevitably send someone to assassinate him. Judging from the current defenses in his mansion, it is likely that they will not be able to kill him.

Xu An cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Your Highness."

He pressed the issue further, "Your Highness, please be a good person and offer some suggestions for city governance."

Su Heting is not a pushover, but his many years as a crown prince have made him never look down on the people.

He hated the man on the throne, but loving the people and caring about their livelihood was his grandfather's expectation and teaching for him, and it had long been engraved in his bones and blood.

Teaching Xu An how to govern the city will ultimately benefit the people.

So he nodded slightly and agreed.

But he wasn't someone who would let Xu An take advantage of him. He turned his gaze to Qiao Xi and changed the subject, "Who is this?"

Qiao Xi didn't intend to hide herself deliberately.

Qiu Bayue will cooperate with Su Heting to attack Yanzhou in two days, so he will know about this identity sooner or later.

But Xu An was faster than her. He said, "This is my friend in the martial arts world, Qiu Bayue."

Qiao Xi suddenly wanted to test her disguise skills, so she performed a martial arts salute and said, "Qiu Bayue greets His Majesty."

Su Heting curled his lips, "This name is quite unique. Born in August?"

Qiao Xi nodded.

"It's a delicious dish, but you know when to eat it."

Qiao Xi, “…”

There is a saying among the people, "If you are going to give birth, you will be born in August, and if you are going to die, you will die in December."

August is the harvest season and there is plenty of food.

Perhaps it was to prove the saying, as she had been greedy since she was a child, and had been told her food was delicious many times, and was even called a "food bucket" by Xu An.

"You are a gangster."

Su Heting asked casually, "So, you've been traveling around the world, do you have any good food recommendations?"

Qiao Xi, “…”

She had indeed been to many places in her previous life, but at that time she was only focused on her mission. She just wanted to have enough food and have strength, so she didn't pay attention to any delicious food.

Then he said, "I am sorry to disappoint Your Highness. I am just a simple man. I am content with having enough food to eat. I have never paid attention to these things."

"It's a pity indeed."

Su Heting looked a little regretful, but then asked, "Did you encounter any interesting things or places?"

Qiao Xi knew a lot about the secret histories of officials and powerful families, but she didn't pay much attention to the recent events in the martial arts world.

This is not the key point. The key point is that in Qiao Xi's mind, Su Heting is not a person who is curious about these things, and he has no time to chat with a person he just met.

Su Heting took a sip of tea leisurely and waited for her to speak with interest.

Qiao Xi wondered if Su Heting recognized her and was teasing her on purpose.

But in her previous life, no one could see through her disguise, not even the emperor and Cao Ying who knew her best.

"Qiu is a boring person, so I never pay attention to anything interesting."

Qiao Xi smiled, "I didn't know the prince would be interested in the affairs of the martial arts world."

"The old man at home likes it. I thought I could find some interesting things to make him happy today."

Su Heting smiled indifferently, "I never thought that your life would be so boring. What a pity."

This was the second time he lamented.

Qiao Xi became increasingly unsure whether she had been discovered, and asked, "Then what does the prince find interesting?"

"I am not you. You have to experience the fun yourself. You have to live your life in a way that makes it look good."

Su Heting put down the teacup and smiled faintly, "But leaving the old man alone in the rockery for more than an hour is definitely not a fun thing."

Sure enough, he recognized himself.

Qiao Xi stared at Su Heting, was silent for a moment, and then returned to her own voice, "How did the prince recognize me?"

She felt that neither her appearance nor her actions gave away anything, except that she brought the old man to the Xu Mansion today.

But when she came to Xu's house, she didn't necessarily have to appear here.

Su Heting did not answer, but got up and left.

Qiao Xi wanted to know where his weakness was, so he hurriedly followed.

After Qiao Xi asked three times, Su Heting finally stopped and whispered four words in her ear, "Breathe in and out."

Qiao Xi was startled for a moment, and then her ears felt hot.

Everyone's breathing pattern is different. This habit is innate, but it is difficult for people who are not close to you to notice it.

She and Su Heting's breaths had already intertwined twice, and he was a very smart person.

In his previous life, Qiao Xi had never had anyone close to him, so after changing his appearance, he did not deliberately change this, and even ignored it.

Now that Su Heting pointed it out, and thinking about the scene when the two of them were embracing each other, it was hard for her to act calm and pretend nothing had happened.

Su Heting glanced at her red ears and felt that she was much more pleasing to the eye like this than when she looked indifferently at the erotic pictures.

He curled his lips and turned to walk forward in a good mood.

There was one flaw he didn't mention, which was that every Mid-Autumn Festival in August, he would carefully prepare a birthday gift for her in advance.

Even if he didn't pay attention to her breathing, his first reaction would be her when he heard a name like Qiu Bayue.

It just so happened that she came to Xu's house again today, so it was hard to guess that it was her.

Seeing that the person behind him hadn't caught up yet, he turned around and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet? How long are you going to keep Grandfather waiting?"

Qiao Xi followed, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Grandfather would be waiting for me at the rockery."

She thought that Shoushan, with his lively personality, would have a lot of fun playing with Shehu and the others. In addition, she knew that he was accompanied by secret guards, so Qiao Xi did not take the matter to heart.

"He thought that if you agreed to play with him, you would really play with him."

Su Heting said calmly, "If you can't do it in the future, don't promise him casually."

"That won't happen again."

Qiao Xi promised.

Su Heting nodded lightly and said nothing more.

When he reached the rockery, he sat down on the stone bench next to it.

Qiao Xi found a place, disguised herself back to her original appearance, and deliberately shouted, "Grandfather, where are you? I can't find you."

Shoushan's laughter could be heard from behind the rockery. "Hehehe, I knew Xibaoer couldn't find us. Hide quickly, hide quickly."

After hearing this, Qiao Xi felt truly guilty and started to play with Shoushan from the bottom of his heart.

Su Heting supported his head with his hand and lazily watched Qiao Xi deliberately go back and forth many times from his hiding place in Shoushan before pretending to discover him.

Shoushan was caught and laughed excitedly. This laughter infected Qiao Xi and Su Heting.

He curled his lips with a sly smile.

After Qiao Xi fell asleep last night, he stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time and sorted out one thing.

Being trapped in extreme hatred will not be good for the poison in his body. The poison will make him lose control and become possessed by demons like he did last night.

This is not what he wants.

He married Qiao Xi to pay off the debt of the past nine years, and also to resolve his obsession of wanting to marry her for those nine years.

There was no need to know what she was thinking. Now she was his wife, right beside him. He only needed to enjoy his wife's care and consideration, as well as her normal physical needs, and spend the remaining eight months like an ordinary couple.

Of course, what Qiao Xi has done so far is far from enough and needs to be trained.