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

The day when Gong Yu led his soldiers into the capital of the Northern Kingdom was after the beginning of spring.

But it snowed heavily in the north that day.

The northern capital was covered with a thick layer of snow.

Snowflakes hung on the ends of his hair. He stood in front of the red-painted door of the general's mansion, looking particularly lonely.

There was a thick layer of snow in front of the door, and no one had cleared it. The yard was lifeless.

Su Rou ran away.

"Major General, our people have captured the Northern Emperor."

Gong Yu glanced sideways and saw the emperor in his pajamas being escorted over.

The emperor, who used to be as cheerful as spring breeze, was kicked back by them. He knelt on the ground in embarrassment, shivering with cold.

"The Northern Kingdom is willing to surrender. I hope Prince Yu will consider our past friendship..."

After the emperor finished speaking, his face froze.

Gong Yu took the spear handed to him by the servant and stabbed it towards the old emperor's head.

"Has the Northern Kingdom's Crown Prince Xie Yuan been found?"

"Reporting to the young general, we haven't found him, but we heard from the concubines in the Northern Kingdom's harem that he was dismembered and died in his own bedroom a while ago."

Gong Yu's sharp brows furrowed, his eyes like ice, "What about the whereabouts of the General's Mansion?"

Gong Yu's voice trembled so much that he himself could barely detect it...

He was afraid of hearing bad news about the general's mansion from the other party.

When they parted, she blamed him for taking her to the desert.

He knew that even if Su Rou was still there and the General's Mansion was still there, Su Rou would never come to see him.

"Replying to the Major General, the people of the Shen family said that Su Rou... Miss Su had already submitted her resignation to the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom a while ago and left with everyone in the General's Mansion."

"Whoosh..." The cold wind was blowing, and the snowflakes blew on his face, making his eyes sting.

Gong Yu said, "I see. Is it Shen Changming who stayed here with the Shen family to pick us up?"

The person who said this leaned down a little more and said, "No, it's Shen Yao."

Gong Yu said, "No one in the Northern Kingdom who refuses to submit will be spared. Let Shen Yao come to see me."

He pulled out the spear that was stuck in the emperor's head and walked away.

The emperor's blood dripped from the spear in his hand onto the snow, like plum blossoms blooming behind his feet.

When Shen Yao came over, Gong Yu was standing on the palace wall.

He took in a wide swath of the capital's scenery. After successfully conquering the northern kingdom, he was left with only one person missing.

"What do you want from me, Major General?"

Gong Yu glanced sideways, "Did Su Rou come to see you before she left?"

Shen Yao was stunned for a moment, then said, "She stayed with me for a while, hoping I could help her find her friends."

Gong Yu said, "That's all?"

Shen Yao said, "When we parted, she said she would come and say goodbye to me before leaving the North Country."

Gong Yu said, "Did you kill Crown Prince Xie Yuan?"

Shen Yao responded.

Gong Yu frowned even tighter. She was not a person who went back on her word.

"She's already left?"

Shen Yao said, "I didn't help her find her friends, and she never came back to see me after she broke up with me that day."

Then she might still be in the capital.

Gong Yu said, "Take your men and look for her traces in the city."

For a long while, Shen Yao did not respond.

Gong Yu glanced sideways and saw that Shen Yao seemed to be lost in thought about something...

"What to do?"

Shen Yao raised his eyes, "Why don't you bring someone to look for her yourself? Maybe Su Rou simply doesn't want to see you."

The next moment, Shen Yao's breathing stopped, and Gong Yu grabbed his neck and pushed Shen Yao against the edge of the city wall.

Half of Shen Yao's body was suspended in the air.

Gong Yu's face was sinister. "You don't like the Shen family's people, Guo Shunnan, but Su Rou has rebellious intentions. She is just playing with you to protect the general's mansion. The engagement between you two is invalid. If you act like this in front of me again, don't blame me for being merciless."

Shen Yao snorted coldly, "If she knew this was the real you, she wouldn't appear in front of you. You and I are both losers to Su Rou. She doesn't love you, let alone me. Even if you strangle me to death and throw me down from here, she still won't love you."

"Su Rou has no heart. In her eyes, all my devotion to her is just a friend. Maybe I overestimated the position we hold in her heart by calling us friends."

Gong Yu casually threw Shen Yao to the ground beside him.

"Take my men and search the city. Whether we find her or not, I want to see her again..."

Shen Yao got up from the ground and said, "You'll have to take care of yourself."

Shen Yao went down from the city wall, and only Gong Yu was left standing there.

He clenched his fists at his sides, and his eyes became more serious as he looked towards the general's mansion.

"Major General, our people have returned with the news that the other three border passes have been successfully breached. Our army has entered the country and will soon reach the Northern Kingdom to join us."

Gong Yu frowned, "Where is the general guarding the border?"

"He...it seemed like they were going to resist, but then, for some reason, they opened the city gates and gave up. Their only request was to let the soldiers and civilians in the city go."

"And there's a strange thing. General Gong led his troops to the border guarded by Su Chi first. The two armies had already engaged in battle. Su Chi captured General Gong on the battlefield, but then released him and chose to surrender..."

So late?

He can be considered a spy for half of the Southern Kingdom...

Gong Yu asked, "Is General Gong injured?"

"Su Chi didn't hurt any of our people."

"Send a message, keep an eye on Su Chi and report immediately if Su Rou appears near him."

"Yes!"

Southern Country Mansion.

A large number of soldiers surrounded the house where they lived. Su Wan stood in front of the house with a machete to protect the people behind him.

"Su Wan! Surrender and we will spare your life!"

Su Wan shouted coldly, "You're going to spare my life? You're so arrogant! I'll stay here. What's the matter?"

"The South does not welcome people from the North, and even less so you, our enemy!"

Su Wan laughed and said, "This house belongs to me. Why don't you let people live in it after buying it? Are you trying to steal the house?"

Su Wan's nonsensical answer left the southerner at a loss for words.

"General..." The voices of Su and Ji came from behind.

Su Wan turned his head and said, "Go in, don't come out, go ask your daughter-in-law how the boss is doing."

He was just pretending to scare them with his presence.

Just by carrying this machete on his back, he could vaguely feel the wound on his stomach starting to hurt.

The southern leader's eyes darkened, and he suddenly raised his voice, "Your Majesty has ordered that no one in this house be spared. Whoever cuts off the heads of Su Wan and Su Zhong will be promoted to a higher rank, rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, and given a fiefdom and title. Whoever captures Su Wan and Su Zhong alive will be appointed Minister of Personnel, rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, and one hundred acres of fertile land."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers surrounding the house looked at Su Wan with eager expressions.