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

Su Rou said, "Your Majesty even thought of asking me to accompany you to the horse ranch. It shows that Your Majesty cares about me very much. However, I can't ride a horse, so I'm afraid I'm going to disturb Your Majesty's good intentions."

Su Rou lied with her eyes open without blushing or breathing heavily.

The virtuous concubine beside her laughed, "Miss Su is really good at joking. After all, you are the only female general in the court. How could you not know how to ride a horse? Even if you don't want to go with Concubine Lian, at least find a decent excuse."

There was one thing that Concubine Xian was right about: she really didn't want to follow Concubine Lian.

Why are you riding a horse for no reason?

Su Rou snorted coldly, "Empress Xian can see that I don't want to go with you? I've already rejected Empress Lian's invitation before, so why are you visiting me today?"

This Concubine Lian probably thought that just visiting her would convince her...

She doesn't even give face to the emperor, let alone Concubine Lian?

Xian Fei's expression changed, "You!"

Su Rou snorted coldly, "Me? If you don't understand what I'm saying, I wouldn't mind asking the Emperor to send an old maid to teach the two ladies again."

Concubine Xian was already furious, but Concubine Lian remained calm and composed from beginning to end.

Concubine Lian took a sip from her teacup and said, "It wasn't just me who came here today. If you don't want to, I will go back and tell the Emperor."

Concubine Lian put down her teacup and stood up to leave.

Su Rou didn't stop him, but snorted coldly with her arms crossed.

What does the emperor want?

If the emperor knew the reason why Concubine Lian asked her to go horseback riding together, would he still be kind to her?

The concubines in the harem feared one thing the most: colluding with court officials, abusing their power for personal gain, forming cliques, and fighting for imperial power...

Since Concubine Lian took the initiative to contact her, there is a high probability that she will not escape the emperor's suspicion.

Even she could realize that Concubine Lian wanted to use her to help Prince Li ascend to the throne of the crown prince, so how could the emperor not be aware of it?

However, Su Rou was thinking this way now, probably because she didn't know the lethality of the current emperor's first wife...

Su Rou fell into deep thought as she looked at the imperial edict sent from the palace. Concubine Lian looked so confident that the emperor would agree to any outrageous request she made.

In order to force her to submit, even an imperial edict would be needed!

Su Rou held down the bright yellow scroll, not letting the other party pick it up. "Eunuch, there's no need to read the imperial edict. The Emperor wants me to fully protect Concubine Lian's safety at the horse ranch, right? I accept! Forget about the horse ranch. If Concubine Lian loses a single hair on the way there, I'll be responsible."

After sending these eunuchs away, Su Chi took the imperial edict from her hand and opened it to take a look.

"If you keep refusing, they'll keep pestering you. Their target is probably your background. If you don't want to go, find a reason and explain it to the Emperor. I'll go in your place."

Su Rou waved her hand. "If Concubine Lian can get one imperial decree, she can get a second one. It's no big deal... The last person who wanted to marry me has now been crippled by my father and me."

They are going to extremes in order to achieve their goals.

If Concubine Lian was to support Prince Li to ascend the throne of Crown Prince, she might as well find an opportunity to depose Prince Li now.

Xie Yuan is now very well-behaved and no longer pops up to cause trouble for her.

If you kill Xie Yuan, there will be another Xie Yuan. Trouble!

She growled inwardly in frustration.

Su Rou said, "Third brother, tell me, was Prince Li there when Concubine Lian asked me to go to the stables to ride horses?"

Su Chi said, "I think... yes."

That night, Concubine Lian sent someone to inform her again, asking her to go to the horse farm with her the next day.

With the imperial decree, Su Rou had to go even if she didn't want to...

Early in the morning, the maids pulled her out of bed with new clothes.

Su Rou was sleeping soundly and had no idea what they were doing.

Only when they were about to set off did Su Rou finally wake up completely.

She pulled off the hairpin on her head and said, "What are you doing? I'm going to the horse farm and you're dressing up like this."

The maids looked embarrassed, and one of them said, "It's...it's the Madam who asked us to dress you up a little."

Su Rou frowned. There was only one lady, Madam Ji, in the mansion now, so Madam Ji might have said this with good intentions.

Su Rou wiped the lip balm off her lips and said, "Bring me a basin of hot water. This face is so ugly with all the garish things."

When she was drowsy just now, she actually not only put lip balm on herself, but also put on rouge...

There's no need to dress up elaborately to meet Concubine Lian and King Li.

Su Rou took off her dress, put on a clean and neat little armor, and tied her delicate and beautiful hair into a bun.

This armor was specially made by her father after she won the title of martial arts examiner, and it was only recently completed and delivered to her.

But I never had the chance to wear it...

Su Rou looked at her reflection in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction, "That's it."

When Su Rou went out, Lian Fei's people had been waiting at the gate for a long time.

One of them handed her a horse.

Su Rou turned around and climbed onto the carriage. "I've already told you I can't ride a horse. I'd better ride in the carriage with Concubine Lian. I think Concubine Lian doesn't mind, right?"

She didn't even wait for Concubine Lian to answer, but climbed onto the carriage and got in.

The carriage wobbled and began to move.

Concubine Lian looked at her and smiled. "General Su grew up in a military camp. How could he not know how to ride a horse?"

Su Rou propped her head up on one arm, leaning sideways. "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you haven't heard about the Crown Prince going to the military camp to find my father for training? The Crown Prince fell off his horse right under my nose, and the Emperor even blamed him. That's why I don't know how to ride a horse at all."

The royal stables were large and spacious, and each horse was taken care of by a dedicated palace worker.

Su Rou sat in her seat with her arms folded and her legs crossed. She looked indifferently at King Li and several young princes riding horses on the grass below.

As expected, King Li was also there.

Su Rou deliberately said, "Your Majesty, aren't you here to ride a horse? Your Majesty doesn't have to sit here with me. Go and have fun with His Royal Highness Prince Li. With me here, Your Majesty can just go and relax."

How could Concubine Lian know how to ride a horse?

Concubine Lian is good at singing and dancing, and perhaps she can also stand out in front of the concubines in the harem.

I don't have a good background, and ordinary people don't have the ability to see a horse...

The women in the harem are all very delicate and precious. Any one of them can call a palace maid or eunuchs to their death with just a wave of their hand. How can they have the time to compete for favor in the horse farm?

If others don't do it, Concubine Lian can't do it either.

Even a fool would know that he shouldn't do such a shameful thing.

Concubine Lian said, "Young lady, don't you want to ride a horse? The horses in your general's mansion are not as good as the horses of the royal family."

Su Rou said, "No matter how good the horse is, it's not mine. I see that Prince Li is quite a rider. Isn't Your Majesty tempted? Your Majesty told the Emperor that you were going to the stables to ride, so you asked me to protect you. But Your Majesty has been sitting here the whole time. Could it be that you don't know how to ride and are trying to deceive the Emperor?"

Lian Fei wanted to argue with her, and she also wanted to argue with her to see who would suffer greater losses.

Deceiving the emperor, the imperial edict is the evidence, and Concubine Lian is inextricably linked to the crime of deceiving the emperor...

Concubine Lian stood up and said, "My horsemanship is just the basics. If you really don't know how to do it, I will ask Prince Li to teach you."

Su Rou: “…”

It seems she can't avoid riding with King Li...

Su Rou just stood up, "Okay..."

A carriage suddenly stopped beside them.

Gong Yu got off the carriage, and his eyes were not hesitant at all, he looked directly at her position.

Su Rou's body stiffened. Why is Gong Yu here?

It seemed to be directed at me.

Concubine Lian was also a little surprised and asked, "Why did Prince Yu come to the horse farm today?"

Gong Yu glanced at Concubine Lian calmly and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty. I'm here to see Su Rou."

Su Rou fell silent again. Could she ask Gong Yu not to look at her with such a murderous expression?

Gong Yu was clearly still angry when he left that day, so why did he come here again?

Su Rou asked, "What does His Royal Highness Prince Yu want to see me about?"

Gong Yu stretched out his hand and stood beside them with his tall figure. He took her hand and pulled her up from the chair.

"Ask you a ride."

Su Rou was telling Lian Fei that she didn't know how to ride a horse just a second ago.

Wasn't Gong Yu clearly trying to slap Concubine Lian in the face?