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

Su Wan was speechless after hearing what she said.

Su Rou didn't give him a chance to refute. She turned around and told others to pack up and carry Su Chong onto the carriage.

Su Rou looked at Aruo, then at Su Chong in the carriage, and finally her gaze fell on Su Wan and Ji Shi who were riding on horseback.

Although his father's official position did not allow him to give up the idea early, it did not affect her goal from the beginning.

They are ready to go, all geared up.

Su Rou rode a horse to accompany them all the way to the border, but she didn't go too far. Seeing that they were almost close, she decided to leave.

Su Wan looked at her, "Arou, are you really not going to come with us? You injured the imperial guards, and I think the emperor will definitely hold you accountable."

Su Rou was fearless. "Father, now that things have come to this, do you think we still have a chance to turn back?"

Su Wan naturally thought of this, and perhaps Ken was still thinking that he could deal with it by going back and apologizing.

Su Rou carried her bag and said to Su Wan, "You continue to go forward. It's the northern border, where my third brother is stationed. If you can, take him with you. If not, it doesn't matter. I have to go back."

Anyway, she has already told the old woman.

The problem is not big.

Su Wan and Ji stood up to see her off.

"Miss, are you really not going to the Southland with us?"

Su Rou swiftly climbed onto the horse's back and said, "If you go to the Southern Kingdom, please help take care of my mother. I haven't seen her for about a year since I sent her there. I don't know if she misses me."

Ji took out a mysterious object from his bag, grabbed her hand holding the reins, and put the object on her.

Su Rou took a look and saw two small yellow croakers clearly visible on the palm of her hand.

Ji said, "Spend this. When you go out, keep some money with you."

Su Rou said, "You just gave it to me like that?"

Ji said, "Take it. I don't need to spend any money to stay with the general."

In fact, Ji had always been very good to her, but ever since her father was injured, Ji had been determined to let her third brother Suchi succeed to the throne, and she had spent some of her womanly thoughts in that deep-walled courtyard.

She didn't refuse and accepted the gold bars.

He waved to Su Wan, and then waved to Aruo who was sitting not far away, "I'll go back first. After I finish this matter, I will go to the South Country to find you. Don't run around, just stay in the South Country."

Su Wan watched her leave and shouted, "Arou, be careful and go to the South Country to find your father and mother as soon as possible."

But they didn't know that this was the last time they would see Su Rou...

It was seven days later when Su Rou arrived in the capital.

She returned to the old woman's thatched cottage, intending to make it her home.

Before she even entered, two burly men rushed out of the room.

She dodged sideways and was about to take action, but they saw her, froze for a moment, and then immediately begged for mercy.

"Miss Su, you're finally here! Please save the poisonous woman."

Su Rou asked, "What happened to the old woman?"

"When the Poison Lady was coming to join you, she was ambushed. We fled all the way here to wait for you. We waited for several days before you showed up."

Su Rou frowned, she remembered that her elder brother and Aruo had also been ambushed when they were here.

"Do you know who the other party is?"

One of the artists nodded enthusiastically, "It's the people from the desert! They brought a very capable fighter with them. He beat us to a pulp all by himself, and then he caught the poisonous woman."

Su Rou then realized that they both looked extremely disheveled and even looked a little weak from hunger as if they hadn't eaten for several days.

They had the courage to rush out of the house just now...

but……

Another desert person.

Su Rou couldn't figure out the feud between the royal family of the desert and the eastern part of the desert for a moment.

Su Rou said, "Do you know where they took the old woman?"

"They are in the capital."

Su Rou looked stunned and stood there in a daze. She felt like she seemed to have overlooked something and didn't notice it.

People from the desert appeared in the capital?

The Southern Kingdom is about to take action, so why did the Desert also send people?

Su Rou asked, "Have you been staying here these days? Have you not gone out?"

They lay on the ground and nodded, "Yes..."

Su Rou took out two pancakes from her bag and handed them to them, "Eat some first, I'll come over later and help you find something else to eat."

She had almost finished the dry food she had on her.

I also have to find a way to get something to eat.

At night, Su Rou avoided the soldiers guarding the city gate, sneaked up the city wall, and entered the room that Shen Yao took her to last time.

If she rashly went into the city, there would be a risk of being discovered, so she had better rely on Shen Yao.

There was a fire in the room, and Shen Yao was lying on the table, flipping through some documents.

As soon as Su Rou entered, he looked up and they bumped into each other.

Shen Yao put down the documents in his hand and hurried over to close the door.

"How dare you come back and show up in front of me at this time?"

Qiao Tong saw fruits and cakes on the table, so he went straight over and sat down on the stool, crossed his legs, took a piece of cake and put it in his mouth.

"Will it cause you trouble?"

Shen Yao choked, "You're asking even though you already know the answer. Didn't you leave with General Su? Why are you back?"

Su Rou said, "My family has basically all evacuated the Northern Kingdom. I came back because I have unfinished business. Have people from the desert entered or left the capital recently?"

Shen Yao said, "I haven't heard anyone under my command mention this. With the current relationship between the Great Desert and the Northern Kingdom, if they show up, they will definitely be discovered."

Su Rou chewed the food in her mouth. There were only two possibilities for them to avoid Shen Yao's sight. First, they bribed the soldiers in charge of supervision. Second, they could either fly or hide underground.

After comparing them, Su Rou is more willing to believe the first possibility.

Su Rou said, "When the Southern Kingdom soldiers come charging in, will they not harm you?"

Shen Yao said, "Yes, I will stay and help him coordinate the internal and external forces."

For some reason, Su Rou always felt that the "he" he was talking about was Gong Yu.

Shen Yao said, "If you don't leave, stay with me for a few days. This place is usually deserted, so you won't be discovered."

The light in the room was a little dim, and the candle on the candlestick jumped excitedly.

Su Rou felt that he was just about to write the three words "I can protect you" on his face.

Su Rou said, "I want to find someone. If you can, can you help me?"

Shen Yao said, "You say."

Su Rou said, "An old woman. I think it's very likely that she was taken into the city by the desert people."

The capital is so big, if she looks for it by herself, how long will it take her to find it?