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

Su Rou untied her cloak and lay back down on the bed.

"Close the door and go to sleep. You have to leave at dawn."

Gong Yu tucked the quilt in for her and replied muffledly, "Okay."

Su Rou was awakened by the crowing of a rooster. It was just dawn outside.

She sat up and was about to call Gong Yu, but she only felt something cold.

When did Gong Yu leave?

Su Rou stretched and lazily went to the palace early to remove the poison from Xie Yuan.

It had been snowing outside all night, and the eaves were covered with white snow. Fortunately, it had stopped now.

Su Rou asked the people in the mansion to prepare a carriage. When she came out of the yard, she happened to run into the Dali Temple Minister who came to her house.

Su Rou bowed respectfully, then climbed onto the carriage holding the hand warmer.

They should be here to deal with the body from yesterday.

Su Rou glanced outside. There weren't many people on the street. It was snowing heavily in the north, so the south should be even colder. She wondered how bad Hu Anxu's fever was...

When they arrived at the palace, Su Rou walked in front, leaving two lines of footprints behind her.

It was the eunuch beside the emperor who came out to greet her, "Captain Su, the emperor is still resting, please wait a moment."

A gust of cold wind blew on Su Rou's body, and she noticed out of the corner of her eye that the windward vent on the palace wall was facing her current position.

Is the emperor really resting, or does he want to embarrass her?

Su Rou would not pay attention to the emperor's little thoughts, "Then I'd better not disturb the emperor. I was thinking that I should go to the palace today to tell the emperor that I have found the Gu Master. Let's come another day."

She turned to leave.

The emperor's voice came from the side hall, "Wait, ask her to come in."

Su Rou secretly curled her lips, isn't he awake?

Did the emperor really expect her to be like those other civil officials in the court, who would kneel outside and suffer the cold when they saw the emperor resting during an audience?

Su Rou was invited into the room. She said in surprise, "Your Majesty, didn't the eunuch just say that you had rested? How come Your Majesty is dressed so quickly?"

The emperor had a cold expression on his face. He ignored her and asked directly, "You said you found the Gu Master? Can Yuan'er's Gu be cured?"

Su Rou said, "It can be untied, but why is the emperor so wary of me?"

The emperor softened his voice and his expression eased slightly, "I wasn't on guard against you. Why didn't you bring the Gu Master into the palace today?"

Su Rou sneered secretly. She knew the emperor's true face very well.

But she didn't want to hand over the old woman so easily.

The emperor will have to bleed to some extent.

Su Rou said, "The Gu Master didn't want to come into the palace with me. She said that if she wanted to remove the Gu, she had to bring the infected person to see him."

The old woman's face is that of a wanted criminal in the city. If she appears in the palace rashly, the emperor will definitely recognize her.

Su Rou would not risk doing such a thing.

The emperor frowned, "Did you tell me the identity of the person who was poisoned?"

Su Rou looked embarrassed. She naturally knew what the emperor was planning. Wasn't he just trying to tell the old woman that it was the prince who was poisoned?

What the emperor meant was that it was an honor for the Gu Master to be able to cure the prince's poison.

Su Rou said, "Of course not. Although I had a friendship with that Gu Master, I absolutely cannot expose the Crown Prince's identity so easily. What if someone with ulterior motives wants to do something to the Crown Prince..."

The emperor frowned, probably thinking that what she said made sense. His fingers tapped the armrests of the dragon throne, probably considering what to do.

After a while, the emperor said, "When will you leave? I will send the Imperial Guards to go with you. Please make sure to protect the prince and prepare everything in advance."

Su Rou bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will do my utmost to protect the Crown Prince."

After leaving the palace, Su Rou calmly bought a candied haws on the street.

Nowadays in winter, there are more candied haws vendors on the streets.

Su Rou bit a hawthorn and swayed her feet while sitting in the carriage.

Returning to the general's residence, Su Rou saw Su Wan and the Dali Temple Minister standing at the main hall door discussing something.

Su Rou stepped forward and asked, "Father, did you find anything on the body? Why do you and this gentleman look unhappy?"

Su Wan looked at her with a gloomy face. Su Rou noticed the badge in Su Wan's hand.

It was a jade plaque mixed with human blood. It was not real human blood, but a piece of mutton-fat jade. The pattern on it was red, just like human blood.

Su Rou recognized that this was the waist badge used to enter and leave the harem freely. The emperor had so many concubines, and the color of each one was different.

Very easy to identify.

And this red color, which symbolizes status, came from the queen.

Previously in the Queen's bedroom, she had seen the same badge worn by the head nanny beside the Queen.

Su Rou understood it clearly. Was it because her father and the Dali Temple Minister found this on the corpse that their expressions turned ugly?

The Jiang family, to which the queen gave her a hand, had been dealt with by her before, and they no longer dared to be accomplices of the evil.

but……

The Queen's influence in the palace is still influential; she is the head of the harem after all...

Su Rou said, "It seems that the Second Madam's bullying is closely related to the Queen."

The Dali Temple official said, "Even if we report this to the Emperor, the Empress will still insist that someone has stolen her palace badge. Miss Su, in my opinion, it's best not to continue investigating."

When it comes to matters concerning the harem, even the Dali Temple Minister has to stay away.

Su Rou knew that what they were worried about was not the Queen but that such a small matter would lead to something bigger.

Although all the women in the harem are the emperor's women, which one doesn't have an unusually strong background?

If the emperor wanted to offend someone, he had to think twice.

Su Rou pondered for a moment, or maybe just pull the Queen down...

The Jiang family does not have the ability to support the queen now, so if she touches the queen, it should work.

As long as the queen is no longer the queen, the third princess will naturally be implicated.

Since ancient times, the emperor's heart has been the coldest.

By then, the emperor will certainly not say anything about the marriage between the third brother and the third princess.

Su Rou said, "I heard that the master and his wives gave birth to seven sons, all of whom have reached marriage age. Except for the eldest and third sons, the others have not yet found suitable partners..."

Su Wan was stunned, as if he had noticed her intention, "Arou! Can you still ask his son to marry the third princess?"

Su Rou looked bewildered. "Why not? I've seen the young men from the Dali Temple's family. They're all handsome. Didn't the Third Princess fall in love with them because my Third Brother saved her? Why can't she use the same method to attract others?"