"What do you mean, an old married couple?" Su Qiao rolled her eyes and lay back down.
"I've only known him for two days. We've only met twice in total. Besides, do you think this is modern times? This is ancient China, where people's thinking is feudal!"
"With behavior like mine, I'd be condemned as immoral. In some places, they might even tie me up and throw me into a pond to drown."
444 didn't believe she would let herself end up in such a miserable state.
"You'd let them throw you into a pond to drown?"
"They might not even get the chance to act before she wiped them all out."
"Besides, with Xi Hanzhou around, who would dare say a word against you?"
"We'll see." After thinking for a long while, Su Qiao still couldn't come up with any good solution. She could only take things one step at a time.
*
"Imperial Concubine Mother."
Inside Imperial Noble Consort Yun's tent, mother and son were sitting across from each other beside the couch table. Imperial Noble Consort Yun looked extremely displeased.
"Bastard, didn't I warn you long ago to stay away from that Su Yuxin?"
"What kind of bewitching potion did she give you? How did you end up protecting that fool every day, just like those other idiots?"
Xi Muyan knew he had handled today's incident poorly and did not try to defend himself. Still, he couldn't help speaking up for Su Yuxin.
"Imperial Concubine Mother, Xiao Xin is only a little simple-minded. She isn't stupid. On the contrary, she's very clever."
"Hmph, clever?"
Imperial Noble Consort Yun snorted and slammed her palm onto the table.
"If she were truly clever, would she treat servants like brothers and sisters? Would she publicly demand that her own elder