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

The bracelet that Madam Gong gave her was a plain green bracelet. It had no other decorations on it, but it was quite beautiful.

What she looked at were some jewelry, but she rarely looked at jade.

The condition of the Southern Palace made her feel that the bracelet was worthless.

There was another knock on the door. Su Rou put on her mask, quickly got up from the bed and went to open the door.

Madam Gong looked at her apologetically, "I'm so sorry for bothering you so many times today."

Su Rou said, "Nothing. Madam Gong, do you have a daughter? That's why you looked like that when you saw me."

Madam Gong looked at Su Rou, waved her hand, and asked the palace maid beside her to step back for the time being.

Madam Gong said, "I...just saw that you liked it very much. Maybe this is fate."

Su Rou knew that the reason why Madam Gong was able to defeat her time and time again was actually because of Gong Yu.

Su Rou said, "I was just wondering when I could visit Madam. I didn't notice this bracelet this morning, and you put it on me. It's better to return it to you now. I can't accept Madam's valuables."

Madam Gong was stunned for a moment, then she grabbed Su Rou's hands with both hands and said, "You'd better accept it. This bracelet was originally given to you. It can't be wrong."

Su Rou was very puzzled. Was this bracelet originally given to her?

How can this be……

Su Rou said, "If I accept your things, it will be difficult to report back. I don't want them."

Madam Gong looked at her tenderly, "Take it. This is for Prince Yu's future wife, so it must be for you."

Su Rou's hand trembled. Madam Gong really thought that she and Gong Yu had that kind of relationship.

Su Rou said, "Prince Yu and I are not actually..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Madam Gong's violent coughing.

The coughing sounded disturbing, so Su Rou had no choice but to pour a cup of tea and hand it to Madam Gong.

Mrs. Gong drank the tea and calmed down, her expression slightly relieved.

"You shouldn't go out of the house if you're in this condition. Besides, how could General Gong let you go out alone like that?"

Madam Gong held the teacup and smiled, "I don't have much time left, so I want to go out more often. Besides, it's rare for Prince Yu to bring back such a beautiful girl, so I have to come and join in the fun..."

Madam Gong reached out her hand towards the mask on Su Rou's face.

Su Rou turned her head slightly to avoid Madam Gong's hand that was trying to take off her mask.

Mrs. Gong didn't say anything when she saw this, but just smiled, and there was a bit more inquiry in her eyes when she looked at Su Rou.

Su Rou said, "Madam, please don't look at my face. I look extremely scary. If I scare you, it will be my fault."

Madam Gong said, "It doesn't matter what you look like, but I think you must be a very beautiful girl... ahem."

Su Rou couldn't help but frown. How should she explain to Madam Gong that her relationship with Gong Yu was not what Madam Gong thought?

Mrs. Gong probably saw her embarrassment, waved her hand, and asked her to sit next to her.

"Come here and talk to me. Don't just stand there like an idiot."

Su Rou pulled out a stool and sat down next to Madam Gong like a puppet.

It seems like she and Madam Gong don't have much to say...

She was not from the south, and Madam Gong was not the famous noble lady she was familiar with since she grew up in the capital.

Madam Gong held her hand and asked, "How old are you now? You look younger than Prince Yu..."

Su Rou said, "I'm fifteen this year, and I'll be sixteen after the New Year."

Madam Gong stroked Su Rou's hand carefully. "That's great! At your age, how could your parents let you enter the palace to do such a job?"

Such an errand?

Su Rou reacted and thought, oh, Madam Gong must be talking about her being a maid.

Su Rou didn't want to reveal her true identity, so she made up a lie, "I'm the only daughter in my family. My parents can't even afford to eat, so I came to the palace to work. But Madam, I have a question in my mind, but I don't know if I should tell you."

Su Rou felt that Gong Yu's mother always had this kind look on her face.

Madam Gong said, "Go ahead."

"After arriving in the South, we discovered a problem. Southerners are very hostile to Northerners. Why, Madam, would you, Madam, take the initiative to approach me, a Northerner? If I remember correctly, your husband, General Gong, was defeated by the Northerners a few years ago, right? Madam, when you came to see me, didn't General Gong say anything?"

Madam Gong coughed muffledly. "The general...during the war with the Northern Kingdom, your General Su stabbed him in the calf...although the injury wasn't fatal, it significantly reduced the general's strength. After returning, the general has been constantly blamed by the emperor. Now, even mounting a horse is a struggle. It's not me who resents the Northern Kingdom, but the emperor..."

Su Rou couldn't help but frown when she heard this. The Emperor of the Southern Kingdom was not as simple as he seemed.

People can bend down to survive.

So the reason why the Southern Emperor apologized to her today because of the matter of the Ninth Princess was because of this reason.

If the Ninth Princess succeeded in injuring her at the banquet today, the Southern Emperor could choose not to see it and let the matter go.

But she fought back against the Ninth Princess today, which made everyone, including the Emperor of the Southern Kingdom, realize that she was not as simple as she seemed.

The monarch of a country was willing to bow down and apologize to a little maid. Su Rou felt that her life was really worth it.

Madam Gong coughed muffledly for a while before continuing, "Back then, the General's eldest son and I died on the battlefield. Your Northern Kingdom's General Su actually spared the General's life on purpose... The General doesn't blame General Su, and he understands the principle that the victor is king and the loser is a bandit."

Su Rou blinked twice quickly, "Wait, you said your eldest son died on the battlefield?!"

Madam Gong nodded. "Ahem... ahem... that kid deserved death, using the people as a shield... General Su couldn't bear to kill him, and kept delaying the start of the battle. It's not true to say he died at General Su's hands. He wasn't well-trained in fighting to begin with, and any trap on the battlefield would have been enough to take his life..."

Fortunately, Su Rou is wearing a mask now, otherwise her expression would definitely be very interesting.

Gong Yuanzhi and Madam Gong's eldest son died on the battlefield.

Then who is Gong Yu? !

Or is there something wrong with her memory?

She clearly remembered that General Gong of the Southern Kingdom had only one son named Gong Yu!

Still the eldest son.

Su Rou asked tentatively, "Uh...what's the name of your eldest son?"

Madam Gong said, "His name is Gong Yu, the same courtesy name as His Royal Highness Prince Yu. When Yu'er was born, the Emperor personally bestowed him with the same courtesy name as the prince..."