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

People at the city gate were queuing up waiting to be searched.

These soldiers at the city gate don’t seem to be my father’s men. They are wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Guards. Could it be that the emperor has intervened?

Su Rou observed the people coming and going, trying to hear some news about the General's Mansion from them.

However, most people are talking about the current situation in the North and the South, and are miserable about the current strict control.

"Have you heard? As the New Year is drawing to a close, the Emperor has given the order to set off fireworks!"

"Is this true? How many years has it been since the palace set off fireworks?"

"Of course it's true! My cousin's second brother-in-law's niece works in the palace, so the information is reliable!"

Su Rou listened to these boring conversations and felt a little irritated. What she cared about most now was the news about her absence from the capital and the general's mansion.

The cold air hit her nostrils.

No... How could the old emperor set off fireworks in the city when he knew the current relationship between the North and the South?

When Su Rou felt strange, she noticed two familiar figures in the queue waiting for inspection. They were the two people she met in the dilapidated temple last night.

Su Rou was stunned. She didn't expect that they wanted to follow the people into the city. She subconsciously lowered her eyes, trying to avoid their attention, but found that she was already exposed to their sight.

One of them walked towards her, and Su Rou turned around and ran.

Two people surrounded her from the front and back and successfully trapped her.

"Following us?" One of them looked at Su Rou with a meaningful smile on his face.

Su Rou forced herself to remain calm, "I was planning to go into the city too, and this is the perfect opportunity to see you two brothers."

"Then why did you run when you saw us?"

Su Rou talked nonsense with a serious face, trying to get away with it by using the same method as yesterday.

"I thought I had mistaken someone, that someone had discovered something was wrong with me."

She looked at the two of them warily, ready to pull out her dagger and fight them to the death at any time.

They looked at each other and turned to leave.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, they stopped and turned to look at her.

Su Rou was startled. What were they doing?

"You want to go into town? Or come with us?"

Su Rou's mind raced, and she blinked, "Is that okay?"

"can."

After getting their approval, Su Rou decided to go with them. It shouldn't be a problem for her elder brother and Aruo to stay in the old woman's room.

Su Rou wanted to go into the city to make sure Su Wan and Ji Shi were safe.

The Imperial City Guards were the emperor's own troops. Su Rou followed them and mixed in the team to prepare to line up.

The soldier at the front of the team soon discovered her.

The soldier came forward and asked, "Who are you?"

Su Rou held her throat, afraid of being recognized by the other party, "I am a decent woman, do you want to search me, sir?"

The soldier's eyes turned obscene as he moved over her.

"You are a pretty girl. Take off your veil and let me see it." The soldier touched her buttocks.

Su Rou shuddered, her eyes instantly becoming vicious. Bastard, she was going to chop off his claws!

Su Rou grabbed the soldier's hand and secretly applied some force. The soldier knelt on the ground with a grimacing pain. "It's not appropriate, sir. I'm an unmarried girl. If you don't consider my husband's face, you have to consider my father's face. No girl would be so rough."

Her face was grim, as if she could kill him at that moment.

The only thing exposed on her was probably her eyes.

This man could tell just by looking at her eyes that she was very pretty, and that the Chief Justice should abdicate and let him take over.

"Smelly bitch!"

The soldier gritted his teeth and threw a punch at Su Rou, but Su Rou dodged.

The fight on their side soon attracted the attention of others.

The person who brought these people here was someone Su Rou knew.

Shen Yao was wearing a black fox fur coat and holding a bow in his hand. He glanced coldly at the soldiers and her.

It was not until now that Su Rou discovered that the two people who said they would take her to the Progress City had disappeared.

Do you do this out of guilt?

"The palace has issued an order that anyone entering or leaving the city must be inspected, and anyone causing trouble will be apprehended."

Ok……

Shen Yao didn't recognize himself at all.

She took off the hat on her head, and her red cloak was lifted a little with her movement.

In an instant, Shen Yao and a group of soldiers fell silent.

Even the soldier she held in her hand didn't dare to breathe.

Su Rou took off her veil again and said, "You were ordered to search, and I have no right to interfere. But when you were searching, you touched the buttocks of a decent woman. This man is one of your men. If I report this to the Emperor, I will see how you will end up!"

When Shen Yao saw her face clearly, his expression changed from surprise to joy.

"you are still alive."

Su Rou pushed him away and said unhappily, "He's not dead."

Shen Yao let her go, his expression slowly changing from joy to solemnity, "Come with me, General Su got into trouble while you were away."

Shen Yao brought her to the city gate. There was a brazier burning in the house, and he also specially asked someone to prepare pastries for her.

She drank some hot tea and warmed herself up a little.

Shen Yao sat down on the couch next to her, "The Southern Kingdom is secretly recruiting soldiers and horses, ready to attack the Northern Kingdom at any time."

Su Rou held the teacup in her hand. "I know that."

Shen Yao continued, "The Emperor asked General Su to lead his troops to attack the border towns of the Southern Kingdom and capture some hostages to threaten the Southern Kingdom. General Su thought this method was not feasible. In addition, during the six months you were missing, Prince Yu also disappeared. There were rumors that you ran away with His Royal Highness Prince Yu. The Emperor was furious and placed General Su under house arrest. The other generals in the court were all trying to figure out how to resist the impending attack from the Southern Kingdom."

The old emperor's behavior was exactly the same as Xie Yuan's in his previous life. Emperors have always been ruthless. No matter how good they were at governing a country, they only cared about their own interests.

Daddy...

He is kind-hearted... He would never watch the people of the Southern Country being dragged into this for no reason.

Su Rou said, "When does the Southern Kingdom plan to take action? I can help them, but there is one condition. I want my father and the people in our general's mansion to be safe."

Shen Yao's expression seemed to change a little. "I've always had a question. If you were willing, you could have easily persuaded General Su to help the Northern Kingdom. Why did you simply give up resistance?"

Su Rou said, "No reason. I just can't stand the Northern Kingdom's royal family. They should all die."

Shen Yao said, "They planned to attack the northern border on New Year's Day, but in fact..."

Su Rou stood up and said, "Okay, then as the victorious nation, remember what you promised me. With the help of the General's Mansion, you can quickly attack the Northern Kingdom's Palace in a short time."

Before Shen Yao could finish his words, Su Rou opened the door and went out.

After a while, Su Rou turned back.

Su Rou asked Shen Yao, "Is my father still in the general's mansion?"

Shen Yao said, "Yeah."