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

Su Rou saw who was coming and she pushed away the teacup that Gong Yu handed to her.

"Bang" the cup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"I don't want to see you, get out." Her voice was a little hoarse.

Gong Yu was not angry. He just lowered his body, knelt on the ground and picked up the fragments on the ground.

"You are weak, and I am worried about you. To apologize, I brought you a gift."

Su Rou frowned. She didn't want to see that Gong Yu was really doing this. If it weren't for Gong Yu, she wouldn't have caught a cold from falling into the water in the autumn.

But the way he did this made her feel a hint of sincerity.

Gong Yu placed the fragments back on the table and extended his hand to invite Su Rou over. "Would you like to go with me and take a look?"

Su Rou turned her face away and said, "No."

Gong Yu added, "But I caught the murderer who killed the youngest daughter of the Xiguang Marquisate."

Su Rou was stunned. "You caught her? How could you catch her? You didn't send someone to kill the little daughter of Xiguang Marquis Mansion, and then you just found a scapegoat for me to deceive me."

Otherwise, how could Gong Yu be caught so easily?

Gong Yu's face darkened. Although he was smiling, his expression was still full of intimidation. "So this is the kind of person I am in your mind?"

Su Rou suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing just now. She suspected Gong Yu of something bad, suspected him of murder...

It's over. Gong Yu wouldn't think that his identity has been exposed and he would trick her out and kill her to silence her.

Su Rou wrapped herself in the quilt and stared at him warily, "I'm not going."

Unexpectedly, Gong Yu actually carried her and the quilt on his shoulders.

"He's right outside the door. I didn't lie to you. The man was really caught. If you don't come, how can you be worthy of my good intentions?"

Su Rou was already sick and was forcibly taken out of the house by Gong Yu. She didn't have the energy to argue with him at all.

Although her yard is relatively remote, it is very large. There is a pavilion in the yard and a tall tree in the corner, which provides great shade in the summer.

Su Rou saw several people in the yard pressing a middle-aged man to his knees. They were standing under the shadow of a tree, and she could not see them clearly.

She walked closer and said, "You are the little eunuch who spread rumors about me on the street that day."

This person is Xie Yuande.

Didn't the emperor order him to be beheaded at that time? He was still alive. Was it the emperor or Xie Yuan who protected him and kept him alive?

It should be Xie Yuan. The emperor would not waste his energy on such a palace maid.

However, this matter was most likely tacitly approved by the emperor.

What a great Northern Royal Family, putting on such pretentious behavior in front of her that they couldn't even bear to kill a little eunuch.

Gong Yu ordered someone to bring a stool and he sat behind Su Rou.

"What's the grudge between you and the prince? Perhaps I can help you."

At this time, everyone in the general's mansion has gone to sleep, but there are soldiers patrolling the mansion from time to time.

Is the grudge between Su Rou and Xie Yuan so obvious?

She turned her head away. "You're helping me? What are you helping me with? I just rejected his proposal and he's holding a grudge against me."

If she said that she had been killed by Xie Yuan once, Gong Yu probably wouldn't believe it.

Xie Yuan was narrow-minded, so the fact that she refused the marriage proposal was enough for Xie Yuan to secretly target her.

Su Rou kicked the young eunuch on the ground, "Why isn't he talking? Is he dead?"

Gong Yu said, "He's awake, probably because he feels too embarrassed to see you."

Su Rou leaned down and said, "Look up."

The young eunuch's eyes were gleaming. "Miss, he's a hostage sent by the Southern Kingdom. He's saying this just to sow discord between you, the Emperor, and the Crown Prince! Don't believe him."

This young eunuch didn't say anything just now. Could it be that he has been thinking about what excuse to use?

Su Rou said, "You're helping Xie Yuan, and he wants to protect someone close to him. Isn't that simple?"

The young eunuch continued to explain, "Miss, don't you know who His Royal Highness is? Although I am a servant, I have grown up with His Royal Highness since I was a child."

Su Rou knew too well what kind of person Xie Yuan was, so she chose to believe Gong Yu.

Even though Gong Yu was more annoying than Xie Yuan, he had no reason to lie to himself...

Even if Gong Yu intended to sow discord, the person arrested today should be Xie Yuan instead of this little eunuch.

Su Rou raised her hand and asked Gong Yu's men, "Can I borrow the dagger in your hand?"

The subordinate was stunned for a moment and looked at Gong Yu to ask what he meant.

Gong Yu nodded, "Give it to her."

Su Rou grabbed the dagger and stabbed it hard into the young eunuch's chest.

The young eunuch's eyes widened. "You...you committed adultery with a hostage from an enemy country! I'm going to tell...His Highness."

Su Rou was afraid that she couldn't kill him with one stab, so she slashed the eunuch's neck with another knife.

The young eunuch fell to the ground.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Su Rou returned the bloody dagger, "Here, it's stained with blood. You can still use it if you wipe it clean."

Gong Yu said, "You're so efficient?"

Su Rou said, "Didn't you hear what he said about me just now? He said I committed adultery. Only the dead can keep secrets."

Weird.

She just disliked this person. Not only did he spread rumors about her on the street that day, but he also dared to kill the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Xiguang and frame her.

How can I bear this?

Su Rou asked him, "But how did you find out that he was the murderer?"

"The Crown Prince suppressed the Dali Temple and forbade further investigation. However, the reason behind this is quite simple. The real murderer is a member of the Northern Kingdom's royal family. This narrowed the scope of the investigation. It just so happened that when we were out on the lake that day, there was no other member of the royal family there besides the Crown Prince."

Su Rou raised an eyebrow, "That's all?"

Gong Yu shook his head. "Besides this, I sent someone to investigate what happened that day. After you and I left, the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Xiguang went to see the Crown Prince. They had a conflict, and the Crown Prince almost lost his composure and struck her. You didn't kill her, but then you did. The wealthy ladies in the capital don't have the guts to do that."

To be honest, just based on this point, we can determine who the murderer is. Su Rou feels that Gong Yu has some personal grudges involved.

But it doesn't matter. This little eunuch is Xie Yuan's man anyway, and she will kill him sooner or later.

Even if it wasn't Xie Yuan, this person should be killed.

Gong Yu said, "Are you still thirsty?"

Su Rou nodded, and Gong Yu asked someone to go into the house to pour her another cup of tea.

After brewing another pot of tea, the two of them sat under the small pavilion.

"Why did you come to me today? Just to send me this murderer?"

Gong Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip. "I missed you, so I came here."

Su Rou: “…”

She rolled her eyes at Gong Yu lightly, and Su Rou drank it in one gulp. Her uncivilized way of drinking tea seemed more abrupt than the sound of their two voices in the dark night.

Su Rou said, "What do you like about me? I'll change it. Don't climb over my wall in the middle of the night next time."

Gong Yu said, "You don't know, I like every part of you."

Su Rou fell silent again. Her head was dizzy and she really didn't want to continue sitting here with Gong Yu in the yard drinking tea.

And listening to him chatting in front of me!

Su Rou put down the cup and said, "Just finish your drink and leave. I'm going back to rest."

She felt a force on her wrist, and Gong Yu pulled her back, "Did the imperial physician really come to see you? Why is your body still so hot?"