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

The censor coughed muffledly. "Alright, if that's the case, then we'll follow the witnesses the young lady has found... but we still lack one thing: evidence."

Su Rou naturally understood the importance of this decisive object.

Su Rou said, "The Censor should have sent someone to investigate."

The censor said, "Indeed, we searched the room where Su was imprisoned, but we only found signs of a struggle. We also asked the Ministry of Justice to make an assessment, and the blood was indeed fresh, which matches the time Su was imprisoned."

Blood?

Su Rou was stunned. "I don't see any wounds on my mother's body. Whose blood is that?"

The censor said, "The blood isn't Su's? Then it must be..."

He didn't finish his words, but Su Rou knew what he wanted to say.

If we can gather the perpetrator and witnesses, it will be more convincing.

But in order to prevent the Queen from making excuses, we still have to find physical evidence...

After seeing off the censor, Su Rou asked the maid to close the door, and the general's mansion fell into darkness.

Su Rou leaned on the bed, her mind was so confused that she couldn't fall asleep.

It was not until noon the next day that Su Rou got up and ate breakfast calmly.

The guard reported to her, "This morning, the censor led his men into the palace and summoned all the eunuchs to inspect them one by one. They did find a few suspicious individuals."

Su Rou lowered her eyes. The Censorate had its own methods of investigating cases, so she didn't have to worry that they would deny it.

But what about the physical evidence?

Su Rou suddenly opened her eyes, and she realized that the jailer might have...

Su Rou asked someone to bring the jailer up. She had captured the jailer the last time she went to the prison.

If the Queen knew she had been to the prison, she would definitely find an opportunity to eliminate the jailer as a witness...

Su Rou put down the spoon and said, "When the Queen sent someone to look for you, she probably gave you some money or jewelry as a bribe, right?"

The jailer lowered his head and said, "The Queen gave me some gold leaves at that time, but the money has long been given to my mother at home. My family is ordinary, so this is the only way to support my family."

Su Rou seemed to see hope. "Where do you live? I'll send someone to look for you. But don't worry, I won't take it for nothing. I'll give you four small yellow croakers, which is enough for your whole family to eat and wear warmly for the rest of their lives."

Su Rou personally led people there. It had snowed a few days ago, and the dirt roads in the village were very muddy. Her beautiful shoes and dress were stained with mud.

Su Rou looked down and saw a few fresh mud footprints on the wooden steps at the door. The footprints were large and looked like a man's. The jailer should be the only male in this family, right?

Su Rou raised her hand, and the soldiers scattered and surrounded the yard.

Su Rou knocked on the door. "Auntie, can you give me home? I'm your son's friend."

No one responded in the room, but if you listened carefully, you could hear faint rustling sounds in the room.

Su Rou frowned. This was a problem. The jailer's family member had died. She would have a hard time explaining herself when she returned...

Su Rou kicked the door open and the soldiers rushed in quickly, but they did not dare to move forward rashly.

Su Rou walked into the house and saw a masked man holding the old lady of the house hostage. The woman and the child had rags stuffed in their mouths, their hands tied, and were thrown to the ground.

Su Rou said, "Isn't he at home? Why didn't he answer? It's rude."

The masked man held a scimitar in his hand and put it on the old lady's neck.

Su Rou looked at the masked man and said, "Your master is really too brave to show up here in broad daylight."

The masked man said, "Tell your people to withdraw, or I will kill their entire family!"

Su Rou crossed her arms and said, "Why don't you try to kill one? At most, we can subdue one of them. I can still capture you alive by sacrificing an ordinary civilian. This deal is not a loss."

The masked man grunted for a long time without being able to explain what was going on. "You...you..."

Su Rou folded her arms and leaned against the wall at the door.

She didn't say anything, but her calm demeanor made the other party even more confused.

The masked man said, "If civilians are killed under your watch, you, as a captain, will be derelict in your duty!"

The lady in the masked man's arms looked at Su Rou with tears in her eyes.

She looked away, "Oh, you know me, I can't just let you go like this."

She raised her index finger and gave a sly smile, "Don't be polite, just kill me."

The masked man's hand trembled, and the scimitar in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

With a plop, he knelt on the ground.

Su Rou asked someone to take the masked man out first and untie the child.

"Did your son bring back a bag of gold leaves the other day? Did you spend it?"

The old lady shook her head tremblingly, "No...it's still in the house. It's very precious, we...we didn't dare spend it carelessly."

Su Rou said, "Find it out, and I'll exchange it with you for gold bars."

The weight of gold leaves is not the same as that of gold bars, so they still know how this business works.

The old lady went into the inner room with a handful of gold leaves in her hand.

Su Rou checked it and confirmed that it was correct. Although this thing could be spent like gold bars, in the entire Northern Kingdom, only the empress and the emperor in the harem could use it as silver.

She beckoned, and the soldier beside her took out a handful of gold bars and was about to give them to them.

But the old lady seemed scared and didn't dare to accept it.

"Here, young lady, if you need it, just take it. You don't have to give it to us. You saved our family, young and old. We can't thank you enough."

Su Rou said, "I don't steal good people's money. Take it. You have children to support."

Su Rou took the golden leaf and left the village. When she returned, the hem of Su Ru's dress was almost soaked with mud and water.

She changed her clothes, took the bag and went into the palace to find the emperor.

The Censor was also called in.

Su Rou said, "This is the gold leaf I found in the old woman's hand. The craftsmanship of this item is indeed that of a palace craftsman. If it wasn't taught by the Empress, how could such an ordinary thing be obtained?"

The emperor took a look.

The censor added, "Besides this, Captain Su has also taken into custody the jailer who was in charge of guarding the prison that day."

Su Rou asked someone to bring the jailer up. Combined with the jailer's confession, it was confirmed that it was indeed the Queen Mother who sent someone over that day.

The emperor said, "You're really quick. Just yesterday you asked me for permission to investigate this case. You're even quicker than the people at the Censorate..."

Su Rou said, "After all, this concerns the reputation of our General's wife, and that person is my mother."

The emperor snorted coldly, "Come here, pass on my decree. The Queen has been disrespectful and deliberately destroyed the reputation of General Su's concubine. Her title of Queen is stripped away, she is demoted to a commoner, and will be exiled to the border as a laborer on a certain day!"

Su Rou felt a little more at ease, and that night she went to the prison to see the queen.

The two were separated by only a fence.

Su Rou's eyes were indifferent. The status of the two of them had changed drastically...

The Queen's eyes were sinister. She had heard that when the Queen was sent here today, she had already gone crazy and cursed her quite harshly...

It seems that the queen has calmed down now.

Su Rou said, "You resent me for not supporting your son to take the throne of the Crown Prince, but you shouldn't have attacked my mother. You deserve what happened today."

The Queen suddenly sneered, "Do you think you've won? Even though your General's Mansion is now powerful, you won't be able to be so proud for long. I'm not afraid to tell you, the battle report has come from the border, Su Wan is missing, and only Su Chi is guarding there. He can't hold out for long! The Emperor will definitely take the opportunity to weaken the power of your General's Mansion! Just wait! Emperors have always been so heartless! Even I, the one who has been by his side until now, can do this. Your most loyal family, the Su family, will not be able to escape either!"

Su Rou raised the corner of her mouth, "My family did receive this news, but do you think I didn't expect it?"

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