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

Hu Anxu was stunned. "What?! Burning the Southern Kingdom's granary? Does General Su know that you did this, Auntie?"

Su Rou said, "Didn't Third Brother say anything against it when I was talking to him today? It was just a granary burnt down. Why do you still think there's something wrong with it?"

Hu Anxu shook his head like a rattle. "No... no... I just don't think this matter can be burned down just like that... My aunt has a grudge against the Southern Kingdom's royal family? If you tell me, I might find a way to teach them a lesson for you, but burning down someone's granary... is a bit unscrupulous."

Lack of conscience?

Su Rou felt that her conscience was much kinder than those people in the South.

Which good person with a conscience would allow his life to be cut by the skin?

Su Rou waved her hands and said, "No, no one bullied me. I just felt unhappy with Nan Guo."

She didn't tell Hu Anxu what exactly happened, and she was very determined to ask him to help her set fire to the warehouse.

Hu Anxu muttered quietly, "Burning down someone's granary in the middle of winter... Isn't this just cutting off their escape route..."

Su Rou heard what he said.

The land area of the Southern Kingdom was greatly reduced, and a large part of the annual grain harvest had to be tributed to the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom.

Most of the food they were able to leave behind was barely enough to feed the people of their country.

Seeing that he had no intention of helping her, Su Rou turned and shouted to Su Chi in the next room, "Third brother, I killed Hu Anxu. Should I hang his body on the city gate or bury him somewhere deserted?"

Hu Anxu hurriedly stopped her, "Auntie, we can talk it over. It's late at night and the dew is heavy. Please don't bother General Su anymore."

Su Rou knew that Hu Anxu had that ability. Although she and Hu Anxu did not have a full-scale fight at the market today, they did exchange blows.

Moreover, she had heard from her father before that the men in the desert were big and strong and had endless energy.

Such people are most suitable to do hard labor for some princes and nobles.

Before the Southern Emperor was attacked by the Northern Emperor, the desert had always been enslaved by the Southern Emperor. The Northern Emperor unified the world and abolished the law that allowed the buying and selling of desert people as slaves.

Although she didn't know Hu Anxu's past, she thought that as a fellow desert native, he should have the same feelings as other desert natives against southerners...

But Hu Anxu... why does he now feel such inappropriate sympathy towards the southerners?

Su Rou said, "If you need help, I can send you one. The granary in the Southern Kingdom must be burned. If you don't do it, I have plenty of ways to get someone else to do it for me."

Juanxu frowned.

Su Rou added, "Besides, you're not a good person to begin with, are you? You were even trying to make things difficult for Prince Yu and me at the market today. Why are you pretending to be a kind-hearted person?"

Hu Anxu felt a little embarrassed by what she said, "Auntie, I may be bad, but I'm not stupid. Besides, you are General Su's younger sister. If I had known about this earlier, I would have avoided you!"

Su Rou said, "So, are you going to help or not? I've been standing here with you for a while, and it's freezing. We have to return to the capital tomorrow, so we need to rest early."

Su Rou knew that Hu Anxu was afraid of her and also of her third brother, so she nodded and said, "Help! Auntie, just say the word and I will go through fire and water for you."

Juanxu's words were beautiful.

Su Rou asked Hu Anxu to go back first.

Before dawn, Su Rou was awakened by the noise outside.

She yawned and leaned against the city wall.

Is Third Brother already asking people to load things into the car and prepare to go back at this time?

Su Chi, who was standing below, looked up and saw Su Rou. "Awake so early? That's not like you."

Su Rou's eyes were filled with laziness. "You guys are making a lot of noise. I have to wake up even if I don't want to..."

Su Chi said, "Please bear with it for a while. I'll have someone prepare a carriage. You can lie down in the carriage and catch up on your sleep while you're on the road."

Su Rou nodded obediently. She had been running around outside recently and was about to go back. She felt a little tired.

The carriage swayed slowly along the smooth road.

Su Rou slept soundly in the carriage.

But a jolt woke her up from her dream. It seemed their team had encountered a roadblock.

Su Rou, looking sleepy, opened the curtain and looked outside.

She asked the soldier who rode beside her carriage, "What happened?"

The soldier scouted ahead before returning to report to Su Rou, "A woman suddenly appeared ahead. She said she had encountered bandits and was fleeing. When she saw us flying the Northern Kingdom's flag, she wanted to seek refuge. We asked her to follow our team back to the capital."

Su Rou asked again, "There's only one woman?"

The soldier nodded, "Yes..."

Su Rou waved her hand and said, "Ask the third brother to arrange a horse for her. After all, she is a lone woman. We are going back to the capital, so we can rescue her while we're there."

The soldier nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go tell the Major General right away."

Su Rou fell into the carriage, a soft blanket covering her. Her third brother was afraid that she would be cold, so he prepared everything for her.

The sleepiness came again.

Su Rou fell into a deep sleep.

It was not until the afternoon that Su Rou finally woke up.

They stopped by a small river to rest, and Su Rou had a mark on her face from sleeping.

Su Chi said, "It seems that you are very satisfied with the carriage I prepared for you."

Su Rou said, "I fell into a deep sleep, and the car was very warm, which made me... suddenly feel winter sleepy."

She yawned and stretched out her hands.

Su Chi handed the water bag to her and she took a sip. The water was so cold that her teeth chattered.

Su Chi said, "We'll reach Wumeng Mountain before dark and camp near the foot of the mountain. You've slept all morning, so you should be feeling refreshed, right?"

Su Rou nodded. "There might be bears hibernating at the foot of the mountain in winter. Third Brother, remember to arrange a few more rounds of soldiers to keep watch at night."

Su Chi said, "Okay, then we have to speed up our afternoon trip."

There was no need for them to spend too much time on the road; it would be better for them to return to the capital as soon as possible.

A pretty figure appeared beside her and Su Chi, and called Su Chi in a light voice, "Major General, who is this?"

The sound was like thunder, and Su Rou's back suddenly straightened up as if struck by lightning from the top of her head...

She would never forget this familiar voice even after two lifetimes!!

Su Rou looked in the direction of the voice and indeed saw Chang Xi's face.

In his previous life, Xie Yuan raised Chang Xi as a noble and precious girl. From her clothes to the phoenix hairpin on her head, they were all made with the best craftsmanship in the palace.

She stared at Chang Xi with bloodshot eyes. She would never forget the scars left on her body by Chang Xi and Xie Yuan.

She was tied up at that time, and Chang Xi was wearing the gorgeous clothes of the queen and showing off to her in the dungeon. The two of them looked at each other, and she was filled with envy.

In this life, she and Chang Xi still looked into each other's eyes, but this time, the one dressed in luxurious clothes was her.

But Chang Xi was wearing tattered patched clothes!

Su Chi may have noticed that she was not in the right mood, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Rou stood up, staring at Chang Xi intently, and asked, "What's your name?"

The woman performed the court etiquette for her and said, "I am a humble commoner, and I am honored to meet you, young lady."

Hearing the name again, Su Rou's heart trembled again and again, and a dagger slipped out of her sleeve, scaring Chang Xi so much that she took two steps back.

Su Chi grabbed her wrist and asked, "What?"

Su Rou realized that now was not a good time to take action. There were many soldiers in the barracks and so many eyes were staring at her. Even if she really wanted to take action, she had to do it at night when it was dark and windy and there was no one around...

Chang Xi's background was not good to begin with, so it was impossible for anyone to teach Chang Xi such rules on a normal day.

Chang Xi likes to talk about these things to cover up the pathetic self-esteem in his heart.

Su Rou sighed, as if Chang Xi's deliberate display of etiquette could make her a true noble lady...

Who among the princes and nobles in the capital has the time to care about Chang Xi?

Oh...except Xie Yuan.

But Xie Yuan is now a deposed prince. Given Chang Xi's personality, even if she knew that Xie Yuan was the prince, she would definitely not look down on him anymore.

Su Rou suddenly reacted, wait...

So Chang Xi set her sights on the third brother?

The last time she met Chang Xi in her previous life was after Xie Yuan brought Chang Xi back to the capital.

In her previous life, it wasn't her who escorted Gong Yu. Logically, Chang Xi wouldn't have met Xie Yuan until she was eighteen. Could it be that because she escorted Gong Yu and changed what happened before, Chang Xi appeared earlier?

Chang Xi also looked respectful when he first met her.

In her previous life, she hated Chang Xi because of Xie Yuan. Now, even without Xie Yuan, she still thinks Chang Xi is really annoying!

Su Rou said, "No, I want Miss Chang to see if my dagger is beautiful..."

Chang Xi was already frightened by Su Rou's appearance, "Pretty, pretty..."

Night enveloped the entire sky.

Su Rou avoided the eyes of the people patrolling outside and climbed into Chang Xi's tent.

Chang Xi's hands were tied behind his back. He knelt on the ground and looked at Su Rou with horror in his eyes.

She was afraid that Chang Xi would scream and cause trouble for herself, so she picked up a soldier's foot binding and stuffed it into Chang Xi's mouth.

She didn't know whether men's feet usually had a smell, but except for her third brother, she had never seen any man in the military camp who loved cleanliness.

I've been following my third brother around these past few days, so the taste goes without saying...