Chapter 558: What Are You Thinking?

“Oh? Why have I never heard Su Yu mention Prince Qi?” Su Jiu asked with a perfect expression, devoid of any flaws.

Qi Ming looked displeased as he gazed at Su Jiu. “This is the etiquette of Xuan Empire’s officials. I have seen it now.”

Su Jiu, instead of getting angry, smiled and replied, “Your Highness, you’re overthinking it. I was just speaking a few words for my brother. It’s not as serious as you think.”

Qi Ming was not pleased with Su Jiu. It seemed that keeping Su Yu in Xuan Empire was a mistake after all.

Seeing Qi Ming’s displeasure, Su Jiu’s eyes showed a hint of coldness. It seemed that, as Su Yu had said, Qi Ming had forgotten everything that had happened when he came to Xuan Empire. This was actually a good thing for them.

From Qi Ming’s words, it was apparent that he still considered Su Yu to be a friend, and Su Yu didn’t know anything, right?

“Please, everyone, let’s go to the palace and rest for a while.”

As Su Jiu walked ahead, he felt the burning gaze behind him and smiled faintly. It seemed that Qi Ming wanted to ensure that Su Yu had no one by his side.

With a hint of sarcasm on his lips, Su Jiu thought, “Qi Ming, oh Qi Ming, I wonder what you’ll do next.”

After arriving at the palace, Qi Ming did not rest but went directly to the royal mansion.

When Su Yu originally purchased the mansion, he chose a bustling location. Qi Ming easily found the location of the Yu Mansion by asking someone on the street.

“Who are you looking for?” Upon arriving at the Yu Mansion, Qi Ming and his entourage walked straight in, but they were stopped before entering.

“How dare you block me,” Qi Ming said coldly.

The gatekeeper was initially taken aback, but then remembered that the Prince of Qi had just arrived today.

“Even if you are the Prince of Qi, you cannot barge into our master’s mansion. There is no reason for that,” the gatekeeper said bluntly, showing no fear of Qi Ming.

Qi Ming felt a bit irritated and impatient. “Bring Su Yu out.”

He had always been like this when with Su Yu, and he had never changed. He didn’t see anything wrong with it.

Especially after Su Yu refused to help him, Qi Ming’s attitude towards Su Yu became even more hostile.

The Prince of Qi couldn’t barge into the Xuan Empire Prince’s royal mansion today. If he did, it would surely cause trouble, and not only that, it would also give Xuan Empire an opportunity to cause problems for them. This was not a good situation.

“Our master has already gone to the palace, and the princess is pregnant and not receiving guests. If the Prince of Qi wishes to see our master, he should come back after our master returns,” the gatekeeper said calmly, refusing them entry.

Qi Ming’s entourage became displeased, and one of them angrily said, “Since you know that our master is a prince, how dare you be so disrespectful?”

“Our master is not in the mansion, and only the princess is here. Is it appropriate for the Prince of Qi, a man, to enter?” the gatekeeper frowned and said.

“Do you not have such customs in the Kingdom of Qi? Does having a high status entitle you to have the wife of the absent host receive you? We do not have such customs in Xuan Empire,” the gatekeeper said bluntly.

This statement implied that Qi Ming and his entourage were lacking in manners.

Knowing that the master of the house was not present and still wanting to enter the mansion was seen as disrespectful.

Qi Ming’s companion was furious, wondering if all the servants of Su Yu’s Mansion were so impertinent.

“Enough. Since Su Yu is not here, we will visit another time,” Qi Ming said, and then left with his entourage.

On the way back to the palace, Qi Ming’s attendant looked displeased. “The servants of the Yu Mansion are too arrogant, my lord.”

“They weren’t wrong. If we had entered the Yu Mansion today, it would have caused gossip,” Qi Ming said coldly.

He was not concerned about this, but rather whether Su Yu’s early departure to the palace was intentional. He knew that Qi Ming would come, yet he left at that time.

The guard beside him frowned, feeling somewhat dissatisfied. “But how can a servant dare to treat a prince like this?”

Qi Ming remained silent, but it was clear that he was not pleased. After all, he had never been treated this way by a servant before.

“My lord, Su Yu is a different kind of person. If he decides to support Xuan Feiran, we might be in trouble.” They were well aware of the kind of person Su Yu was, a very talented individual.

Upon hearing his subordinate’s words, Qi Ming’s expression turned somewhat grim.

When he learned that Su Yu had become the prince of Xuan Empire, he knew that Su Yu would definitely support Xuan Feiran in the future. Even if he didn’t do so now, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn’t help in the future.

“Let’s go back.”

Yang Shanshan and her husband are also useless, allowing Su Yu to become a prince.

As Qi Ming returned to the palace, Su Yu lounged lazily in the study, idly listening to Xuan Feiran and others discussing matters.

He almost fell asleep at the boring parts.

Seeing Su Yu like this, the Prime Minister spoke with some helplessness, “Your Highness, if you find it boring, you can go home and accompany the princess.”

The princess had just become pregnant, so why was the lord here instead of being at home?

“How about you go back first, Xiao Yu?”

“I’m not going back for now. Someone is waiting for me at the door, and I don’t want to see them,” Su Yu said with closed eyes, sounding somewhat weary.

“If you want to sleep, you can go to the back and rest. Isn’t it uncomfortable leaning on the chair?” Xuan Feiran completely indulged Su Yu, even offering his own bed for Su Yu to sleep on.

“Your bed is uncomfortable. It’s so hard, it’s like sleeping on a rock,” Su Yu said, with a hint of firmness in his voice.

The Prime Minister and others nearby felt a pang in their hearts upon hearing Su Yu’s confident words, as if the Prince had already made himself at home.

“You ungrateful brat, you dare to complain even after sleeping on my bed. You don’t want to go back now, are you sure he will come looking for you?” Xuan Feiran asked.

“Well, if I help you, he will be in a hurry, after all…” Su Yu didn’t continue, but wore a calm smile on his face, though it didn’t reach his eyes and even seemed somewhat cold.

“What are you thinking, Xiao Yu?”

“I’m thinking about how to keep him here, in a way that the  Qi Empire won’t object,” Su Yu replied.

The Prime Minister felt a chill down his spine upon hearing Su Yu’s words and cautiously said, “Your Highness, we can’t do this.”

How could a prince of a nation die in Xuan Empire at a time like this? What if he died here and Xuan Empire was pursued by Qi Empire? It would be a case of both internal and external troubles.

“Oops, I accidentally let my thoughts slip out.”

The Prime Minister and others twitched their mouths as they looked at Su Yu. They didn’t want to hear such words from him.

“Your Highness, let’s be serious.”

“Tsk, you mind your own business,” Qi Ming certainly couldn’t die in Xuan Empire. How could he allow external troubles to arise when internal issues hadn’t been resolved?

Just as the Prime Minister and others breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Su Yu say, “Let’s resolve the internal issues first.”

The Prime Minister and others looked at Su Yu simultaneously, wondering what the Prince was up to.