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

Su Rou said, "Why would you win me over? Prince Li can't possibly want to marry me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that this was not impossible.

Didn't the Northern Barbarian King want to use the marriage proposal to threaten the Northern Kingdom to hand her over?

But what is Concubine Lian’s bargaining chip?

She couldn't be like the Northern Barbarian King, sending troops to attack the Northern Kingdom without thinking, and then being beaten away by her father without thinking, right?

Su Chi knocked her head and said, "What nonsense are you thinking about?"

Su Rou shook her head. "It's okay, but speaking of which, the Northern Barbarian King is still imprisoned?"

Su Chi said, "I heard that he would be dragged out to the street and beheaded in a few days."

Su Rou said, "Are all the desert people captured in the capital going to be chopped off?"

Su Chi lowered his eyes, "Yeah."

Isn't the Great Desert colluding with the Southern Kingdom? Will they betray the Southern Kingdom's emperor or the Gong family?

Su Rou went out to find the old woman.

The old woman had just come back from outside and took out a roasted sweet potato from her arms.

"Why are you here again?" The old woman's tone seemed a little unwelcoming to her.

Su Rou said, "I need your help with something."

The old woman threw a handful of grass in her hand to the door and said, "Go ahead and talk."

Su Rou peeled off the skin of the roasted sweet potato, opened her mouth and took a bite. The sweet and smooth taste was very delicious.

Su Rou said, "Help me rob the execution ground."

The old woman's already hunched back stiffened for a moment. "We're all wanted criminals. Why don't you do it yourself? Who are you trying to save this time?"

Su Rou didn't go in and stopped at the door.

"The Northern Barbarian King of the Desert."

The old woman asked, "Didn't the Northern Barbarian King send troops to the Northern Kingdom before? Why did you save him?"

The Northern Barbarian King was indeed the culprit who caused serious injuries to her second brother and father.

But he can't die yet.

The emperor has a high opinion of this person, and keeping him might be able to help Gong Yu in the future.

She was waiting for Gong Yu to lead his troops to attack the Northern Kingdom, so she couldn't let the General's Mansion and herself become obstacles to Gong Yu's attack on the Northern Kingdom.

"He's different. He has to be kept. The execution will be in the daytime. If I were to do it myself in broad daylight, I'd most likely be recognized by the executioner. This is different from when I saved you..."

The old woman said, "Girl, I'm just old, not stupid. If we were a bunch of wanted criminals there, wouldn't we be recognized?"

Su Rou stuffed all the roasted sweet potatoes in her hand into her mouth. "I will help you secretly, don't worry. What's more, we saved a Northern Barbarian King. If you can't stay in the Northern Kingdom in the future, you will have a place to stay in the desert."

The old woman said, "All right."

Su Rou inquired and found out that the execution would take place on the street, and the people could stop and watch.

The emperor's move was intended to establish his authority among the people, and also to serve as an example to others...

The sun was shining brightly today. Su Rou looked at the kneeling Northern Barbarian King with a sinister look in her eyes.

She had negotiated terms with him earlier, but he was a man of integrity and refused to get involved with her...

The executioner in charge of this execution was very familiar with her father.

When Su Rou appeared here, the executioner walked down from the stage with a smile on his face, rubbing his hands back and forth as he spoke to her.

"Miss Su, come and watch the beheading too."

Su Rou replied calmly, "Just take a look, what for? Are you afraid that I will rob you of your execution ground?"

The executioner, with a sly look in his eyes, quickly shook his head upon hearing her words, "No, I saw you appear here, so I wanted to come over and say hello. Otherwise, you can sit on it, young lady?"

Su Rou perked up, "Can you let me try throwing the beheading token?"

The executioner nodded and asked Su Rou to sit in that position, while he waited beside her.

Su Rou touched the sign in her hand and met the gaze of Andre, who was kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair.

Andre looked at her with a sinister look.

Su Rou stood up and said, "What are you looking at? If you look again, I'll dig your eyeballs out!"

Andre said, "You can still appear here safely, and the desert didn't conquer the Northern Kingdom?"

His words were full of disbelief and doubt.

Su Rou smiled, her eyes challenging, "Of course I am. But my father took down your Great Desert King City. Aren't you angry?"

The Northern Barbarian King gnashed his teeth in hatred, but Su Rou enjoyed it.

The executioner reminded her, "Girl, we can start now."

Su Rou pulled out the beheading tokens stuck on the table and threw them all out.

When she was young, she saw the executioner's cool look when he threw the beheading token and always wanted to try it.

The moment the token fell to the ground, the executioner sprayed a mouthful of old wine on the machete.

With the scimitar raised high, Su Rou was a little panicked. Why didn’t the old woman take action yet?

The next second, a dagger flew over from a distance.

A group of masked men took off into the air and flew towards the people on the stage, and the people watching the excitement below instantly became chaotic.

Su Rou remained calm, but the executioner beside her was terrified.

She didn't see the old woman inside, and thought that she might have appeared too frequently recently and was afraid of being recognized.

The people on the stage started fighting instantly, and the executioner was no match for this group of desperate wanted criminals.

There was a person who, not sure if it was specially arranged by the old woman or what, actually attacked Su Rou with a knife.

She dodged the kick and kicked the other person away.

Su Rou said, "Master, please leave quickly. This place is not safe."

In order to prevent anyone from raiding the execution ground, the executioner would usually arrange for guards to be stationed nearby before the execution.

When Su Rou saw the soldiers rushing towards her with spears and clubs, she secretly flicked a small stone at them, and the stone hit the leg of the soldier in front.

He fell headfirst to the ground, and the soldiers behind him were unable to dodge and were tripped by the fallen person.

The old woman's men also acted quickly. They cut the rope on Andre with a knife, saved him and ran away.

In order to make her performance more realistic, Su Rou chased after him from behind, shouting as she ran, "Don't run, leave him behind!"

On the outskirts of the city, in the old woman's cabin.

The old woman served Andre a bowl of soup.

Andre tilted his head back and drank the hot soup in one gulp. He put the bowl and chopsticks aside, then knelt down in gratitude and kowtowed to the old woman.

"Thank you for saving me, Senior. When I return to the desert, I will definitely do my best to repay you."

The old woman glanced at him and snorted coldly, "I'm not the one you should thank. I'm just a helper. The one who actually asked us to save you was someone else."

Just as Andre looked up, Su Rou kicked open the door and appeared at the door. "I'm so tired. It's really a long journey to get here in the city without riding a horse."

The old woman was a little unhappy. "Can't you knock on the door properly before you come in? This door is already shaky after you hit it with your foot."

Su Rou entered the room and quietly put the door back on the door frame. "Oh oh."

Su Rou met Andre's surprised eyes.

Su Rou said, "I will really dig out your eyeballs."

Andre said, "You are the one who saved me?"

Su Rou nodded and sat down next to Andre.

The old woman's house was bare. Apart from the haystack where she slept, there was only a place to burn firewood next to it.

They could only sit cross-legged on the ground.

Su Rou said, "Although you rejected me before, I took the initiative to save you, so we can still be considered to have reached a cooperative relationship."

Andre's face darkened, as if being saved by her was something shameful...

Andre said, "What do you want me to do for you? If it is for the sake of our marriage, I am only asking to marry you in accordance with the will of our king. I cannot marry you, but I can love you as my sister."

The smile on Su Rou's face faded. "Are all the people in the desert so shameless? I don't need a brother like you."

Andre said again, "You don't like me? Then why did you save me? It's even more impossible for me to betray the king."

Su Rou slapped him on the head and said, "I don't like you. I saved you because I thought you could be of use to me. I don't need you to betray your king. I can reach a consensus with Da Mo."

Andre frowned. "Why are you going through so much trouble? If you marry me and become my princess, we can still reach a consensus."

Su Rou was speechless. This man never forgot the task assigned to him by the King of the Desert until his death.