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

Wumuhan brushed the tips of his fingers across the ends of her hair, his expression burning. "I heard that Princess Nineteen can let Andrei ride back to the city at night. If he really comes back, it means that you are more important to him than Su Rou."

Princess Nineteen bit her tongue secretly.

Her original bet was to prove that "he cared about her", but now someone was using this "love" to lure him back.

If she really becomes a bargaining chip, will Andre come?

If she doesn't come, she will lose everything.

If he really came, he would step into the killing trap set by Wumuhan.

Anyone can die.

including herself.

But her Ali couldn't.

It was not yet midnight.

The night patrol gongs blasted "dong dong" through the inner city gate, and torches snaked like a long dragon straight into the palace.

Gong Yu stood up and put on his clothes, and Su Rou followed suit and put on a fox fur coat. The two stood side by side on the Que Tower.

Someone in the distance shouted, "Princess Nineteen is missing!"

Su Rou narrowed her eyes, the cold moonlight making her face look like a sculpture of snow stone.

Can't the little princess be given some peace of mind?

Su Rou turned around and was about to find the maid, but was stopped by Gong Yu.

"Her temper is even more unruly and headstrong than yours. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to run to the North Country alone, got captured, and asked you to save her. All she wants is Andre from the beginning. Don't continue to interfere in their affairs."

The cold wind ruffled his hair.

Gong Yu looked at her with eyes full of worry and uneasiness.

Her eyes met his, and she saw a hint of worry.

Su Rou suddenly realized that she seemed to have never cared about his feelings.

She was abducted to the desert by Andre, which really made him worried.

Su Rou took his hand and wrote on his palm: [We have a profit relationship with Andre. Princess Nineteen is willful and capricious, but she has done nothing wrong. If she is missing on purpose to make Andre worry, then we will just treat it as a way to keep her company. But if she really disappears, will Andre be able to focus on Dongfang with peace of mind?]

She stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips, [OK?]

Gong Yu was worried that something unexpected might happen and that she might be in danger.

But she is not an ordinary woman, how could she get into trouble?

But Gong Yu is her husband.

If Su Rou takes a hard line, neither of them will be happy.

You can only be gentle and coax them.

Gong Yu would not refuse her.

His brows knitted together again. "Alas...Issue martial law throughout the city. It's dark now. If Princess Nineteen is alone, she probably hasn't gone far."

The wind blew up the yellow sand, like thousands of thin blades cutting through the night sky.

The lights in the royal city cast tiny golden rays in the wind, but they could not illuminate the huge gap left by the disappearance of Princess Nineteen.

Su Rou stood on the top of the city wall, with half a cup of cold tea in her palm.

The broken leaves in the tea were like crushed moonlight, floating up and down, just like her thoughts at the moment.

"Turn it over again."

She whispered the order, her voice still soft.

The guards quickly dispersed through the streets and alleys.

The sound of boots and the friction of metal and sand mixed together, like a rough drum carpet, making the night even more dull.

One hour, two hours passed, and the report came back with only the same three words: "No one has been seen."

Su Rou raised her eyes and looked towards the east.

In the endless darkness, the boundary between the sky and the sea of ​​sand is like a dark ribbon, wrapping up the truth without revealing a single drop of it.

But she knew that if she was still in the city, there would be no trace left.

The only explanation is that someone took her away first.

"Send the Eagle Order to Andre." Her teacup was placed back on the table at the last moment. "Tell him to turn back and go straight to Liusha Pass."

The messenger took the order and left. The sound of horse hooves made a long sigh in the night.

At the same time, on a sand ridge thousands of miles away, Andre reined in his horse.

The wind made the eyes under the silver mask look deep and mysterious.

He unfolded the Eagle Order, and four short words came into view.

There is no signature, but it carries the usual fragrance of Su Rou.

Light and cold, like snow falling in the desert.

Andre's heart suddenly tightened, and his fingers turned blue and white from the reins.

"The entire army turns back!"

He whispered an order.

Under the moonlight, the armor flowed like an icy stream along the sand dunes towards the royal city.

However, after traveling less than a hundred miles, the team encountered a cavalry unit with unfamiliar flags.

The torches reflected the scimitars and wolf patterns, and it was Wumuhan who was the vanguard.

The other side was obviously well prepared, with a tight formation and frost on the blades.

……

Princess Nineteen's nose was hit by the smell of cooked blood and frankincense.

A copper lamp hung on the ceiling of the tent, casting a shadowy image of a tall figure.

The man stood with his back to her, his wolf-tail robe was coated with a wild halo by the lamplight, his long hair was casually tied behind his back, like a beast ready to bite someone's throat at any time.

She subconsciously reached for the dagger at her waist, but only felt cold chains.

Wumuhan turned around when he heard the voice, a dark smile flashed in his eyes, "Your Highness, don't be afraid."

The voice was low, but not joking, instead it sounded like he was genuinely greeting a distinguished guest who had come from afar.

Princess Nineteen said coldly, "Let me go, and I'll ask Alie to protect your tribe."

Wumuhan bent down slightly and lifted her chin with his fingertips.

In the warm yellow light, his eyes were a clear blue, like a plateau lake after the snow melted.

"I don't want to protect the tribe." His voice was so deep that it almost touched her ear.

Princess Nineteen heard the ambition in the words, and even more so, she heard a certain stubborn tenderness hidden beneath them, like an ice blade touching her skin, its sharpness yet revealing a scorching heat.

She gritted her teeth and turned her head away. "Wishful thinking."

Wumuhan chuckled softly, slid his fingertips across her lower lip, took away a little blood that she had not yet wiped clean, and put it into his mouth.

The movement was frivolous, and it seemed as if he was tasting some extremely precious wine.

The lights suddenly flickered, making the ambiguity even more dangerous.

There was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the tent.

The spy knelt down and said, "Report - Su Rou sent people into the desert and they have encountered our vanguard."

Upon hearing this, Wumuhan's eyes turned cold: "She is faster than I expected."

He turned around, his fingertips brushing against Princess Nineteen's cheek, as if confirming a rough gem about to be carved. "She has reinforcements, and so do I."

The night patrol of the royal city was getting late, and Su Rou was still standing on the top of the city wall.

The wind blew her cloak, making it flutter like a flag that refused to fall.

Suddenly, an iron-feathered eagle flew through the air from a distance and landed on her shoulder.

A thin silk cloth stained with blood was tied around the eagle's ankle.

There was only one sentence in Andre's handwriting: If you encounter any obstacles, there is help on the eastern front, don't worry.

Su Rou: “…”

She knew that Wumuhan would not just kidnap the Nineteenth Princess, but in his current state, how could he convince other countries to send troops to support him?

What did he exchange for it?

What else does the East have to offer now?

The second urgent message arrived just as she turned to leave the city.

The flags of the Five-Nation Alliance appeared three hundred miles on the eastern front.

In an instant, the night wind became even colder, as if invisible ice needles were flowing upstream along the blood.

Su Rou suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Move one-third of the Royal City's garrison and follow me out of the city."

The deputy general was shocked: "Miss! If the royal city is empty——"

"Who's in the city? They'd be crazy to come here and attack nothing." Her voice was soft, yet shattered ice collided in the depths. "And the Nineteenth Princess is in their hands."

Gong Yu disguised himself as a guard and followed her.

In the dark night.

The red light of the torch ignited an almost solitary brilliance in her eyes.