The prince stepped on me to get to the top, I angrily flirted with the enemy's hostage

"Splash" a basin of ice water was poured from head to toe, and Su Rou's hands were tied and hung on a wooden stake.

"So what if you and the Emperor were childhood sweethearts? Didn't the Emperor still order the tendons in your hands and feet to be cut, turning you from the envied daughter of a general into a cripple? Without the General's Mansion's backing, how can you compete with me... no, with me, for the Emperor?"

Today is the wedding day of Su Rou and Xie Yuan.

She did not wait for Xie Yuan to come and pick her up at the general's mansion, but instead received an imperial decree ordering the execution of all members of the general's mansion.

And Chang Xi wearing a phoenix-feathered cape.

The General's Mansion was filled with loyal and brave people who supported Xie Yuan's ascension to the throne, but in the end, they got such a result! !

Chang Xi was brought back by Xie Yuan when he went to the south of the Yangtze River to provide disaster relief. Xie Yuan said that he was the future son-in-law of the general's mansion, and it was not appropriate for him to have a woman with no status by his side, so he asked her to stay in the general's mansion and be his personal maid.

Now that I think about it, it was probably after Xie Yuan issued the imperial decree to execute the entire family that he was able to work together with Chang Xi to catch the general's mansion off guard.

How tragic! Which of her father and brother wasn't a military commander? The men sent by Xie Yuan pinned them to the ground, and before they died, they believed that the new emperor wouldn't kill them...

Even she thought so before she was caught here.

Su Rou didn't say anything. The light blue dress she was wearing was completely wet. Summer dresses were as thin as cicada wings, and even her underwear was visible through the water.

Perhaps Su Rou's silence annoyed Chang Xi. Chang Xi raised her hand and slapped her across the face with a loud slap. "Why didn't you answer my question?!"

Su Rou raised her eyes. If it were in the past, she would definitely teach the woman who had an unclear relationship with Xie Yuan a lesson, but now.

She just wanted to die.

As a chill spread throughout her body, she felt like shivering from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't even have the strength to shiver.

Su Rou raised her eyes. In the dim dungeon, the only thing that was burning with fire was the iron basin placed against the wall.

The flame danced joyfully in her dark eyes. It was clearly a brazier, but she couldn't feel any warmth at all.

All Chang Xi wanted to see was for her to kneel on the ground and beg like a dog. No matter what Chang Xi did, Xie Yuan would favor her.

so good……

Chang Xi can do whatever she wants, and she really envies her.

She inherited her father's temperament since she was young. Later, Xie Yuan said that he didn't like a girl like her to wield swords and sticks, so she learned needlework, hoping to become a virtuous princess consort for Xie Yuan.

Su Rou looked up and looked at Chang Xi with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

But Chang Xi should never, ever... have asked all the palace maids and jailers around her to withdraw just for torturing and mocking her.

Su Rou used all her strength and lifted her feet into the air. While Chang Xi was surprised at why she still had the strength to move after her tendons in her hands and feet were cut, Su Rou kicked the brazier away.

The brazier hit the back of Chang Xi's head with a "bang".

Chang Xi was knocked unconscious, and the flames ignited the gorgeous clothes on her body, and burned bigger and bigger along the wooden fence of the dungeon.

The firelight illuminated Su Rou's face, and she was completely exhausted.

As the fire grew bigger and bigger, her consciousness gradually became hazy, and she heard noises coming from outside.

I felt relieved. Did the people outside finally discover the situation in the dungeon?

But it's too late.

Chang Xi and Xie Yuan deserved their punishment.

Before her consciousness completely faded, she vaguely saw a figure in a yellow robe rushing towards her.

……

Su Rou opened her eyes, and the bright light coming through the window made her squint subconsciously.

"Arou, Arou?" The man next to her called her twice.

Su Rou's consciousness gradually returned. Didn't she kick over the brazier and die together with Chang Xi?

Why are you here?

Su Rou looked around. There were fruits from the Western Regions as tribute beside her. A faint fragrance emanated from the golden nanmu armchair. The sycamore trees in the yard emitted bursts of bird song and the fragrance of flowers.

This was the general's mansion before his entire family was executed, where she grew up.

And Xie Yuan who was sitting next to her.

This reminded Su Rou that today was the day when Xie Yuan came to the general's mansion to ask her father to marry her to him.

Su Rou realized that she was reborn.

She raised her hands to cup her face, the touch feeling especially real.

The general's family hasn't been executed yet, and her father and the emperor haven't agreed to her marriage with Xie Yuan. Everything can still be salvaged.

The next second, Su Rou turned her eyes to look at Xie Yuan.

He didn't wear his bright yellow gown properly, and ended up looking like a gangster. In the early years, the emperor did love Prince Xie Yuan very much, but that was also because he was the eldest son born to the late queen.

After the death of the previous queen, the emperor threw Xie Yuan to a concubine. The concubine never disciplined him in his words and deeds, and even the emperor was troubled by her.

Xie Yuan leaned closer to Su Rou and said, "Rou, when you wake up, General Su and your mother will be here. You must convince them to agree to our marriage."

Now that she looked at it carefully, Su Rou really didn't know why she had been so deeply in love with Xie Yuan back then?

Su Rou stared at Xie Yuan blankly, "Marriage? What marriage? Is Your Highness the Crown Prince so busy helping the Emperor handle state affairs that he's lost himself? When did I ever say I wanted to marry you?"

Su Rou pressed a finger against Xie Yuan's body, told him to stay away from her in disgust, and stood up and walked towards the door.

The expression on Xie Yuan's face was a little ugly, which was normal. Su Rou could understand it. After all, her attitude towards him before was better than that towards her own father. It was normal for Xie Yuan to be unable to accept the sudden change.

Xie Yuan grabbed her hand and asked, "What do you mean by this? Are you making a fool of me?"

At this time, the person who came in from outside was called Su Rou and she was stunned for a moment.

Su Rou smiled, broke free from Xie Yuan's comfortable restraint and threw herself into Su Wan's arms, "Dad."

In his previous life, my father never knew until his death that he was being used by Xie Yuan.

My father controlled most of the military power in the Northern Kingdom. That day, she was tricked by Xie Yuan into going to the mountain and was surrounded by a dozen assassins at night. If she had not had some martial arts skills, she would have died on that mountain.

When my father arrived with his troops, she was lying on the ground dying. It took her half a month to recover.

It was at this time that Xie Yuan acted pitifully and told his father that she was in danger because she was not allowed to have military power as the crown prince. She took the opportunity to ask his father for some military power.

In order to protect her, my father thought Xie Yuan would make her the queen, so he handed over some of his military power. Later, the late emperor passed away, Xie Yuan ascended the throne, and completely confiscated the military power from my father.

But in fact, from this time on, in addition to Xie Yuan, the late emperor, who is now the emperor, was also very wary of my father and the general's mansion, and wanted to suppress the power of the general's mansion in the court.

Su Wan protected her and looked at Xie Yuan, "Has my Ah Rou upset His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again?"

Xie Yuan suppressed the anger on his face and bowed respectfully. "I've discussed this with Ah Rou, and I thought I'd come over to inform the General. Ah Rou and I have played together since we were little. She relies on me, and I have great admiration for her. I hope the General can help Ah Rou and me get together. The red boxes in the courtyard outside the door are all the betrothal gifts I promised to Ah Rou."