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

The night wind came in through the cracks in the felt wall, pinching the candle flame and making it sway left and right.

Su Rou tucked the quilt in for Andre and wiped the sweat that had just appeared on his forehead with her fingertips, making him shiver.

Gong Yu happened to walk in by lifting the curtain, holding a small basket of steaming pastries and cheese. The light reflected on his eyebrows, hiding a little of his tiredness and softening the remaining sharpness.

"You haven't slept a wink all night." He handed the basket over. "Take a break. Don't let him owe you more than he deserves."

Su Rou took the pancake, her fingertips numb from the heat, but she just shook her head.

Gong Yu looked at her for a moment, took out a white handkerchief from his bosom, and wiped the remaining redness from her face. His movements were as slow as if he was drawing an eyebrow.

In the candlelight, his Adam's apple rolled, and he seemed to want to say something else, but in the end, it only turned into one sentence, "There is still no clue about the Nineteenth Princess."

Su Rou paused for a moment when she heard this.

She raised her eyes, and her image was reflected in Gong Yu's pupils, like a crescent moon reflected in a deep well.

The Nineteenth Princess fell into the hands of the Easterners and narrowly escaped death...

At dawn the next day, the last rays of the sun were still shining outside the tent.

Su Rou stepped out of the camp gate, and a cold wind blew in her face, as if someone had whipped her.

She wrapped her cloak tightly and planned to go to the stable to pick out the strongest horse and send Andre back to the capital first.

Yellow sand hit her face, and she suddenly turned around to see Gong Yu standing in front of the tent, wearing a black fox cloak, his eyes fixed on her, as if he wanted to nail her into the end of the yellow sand of the desert.

"Arou." He walked closer and suddenly spoke in a low voice, "You go back to the royal city with him first. I'll pick you up later."

oh……

The reinforcements should have arrived.

She nodded.

Gong Yu's outfit is also eye-catching.

If I follow her, I'm afraid I'll be discovered by the royal family.

After Gong Yu left, Andre was helped out of the house.

She mounted her horse and handed him the scroll she had written. "I'll take you back to the royal city and have the medical officer treat you well. Reinforcements from the Southern Kingdom have arrived, and I need to go join them."

Andre looked up at the woman on horseback and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Su Rou tossed him another scroll. "The Southern Kingdom doesn't actually need the support of the Great Desert Royal Family... well, I believe it does need your support. You've already expressed obedience to the Southern Kingdom's newly enthroned young emperor on behalf of the Great Desert. Therefore, our only target is the eastern part of the desert. We will not harm the Great Desert Royal Family or the people they protect. I can guarantee this with all my heart."

Looking at the two scrolls, it seemed that Su Rou had already anticipated what Andre would ask.

Prepared in advance.

As the king of the desert, Andre always has to take charge when armies from other countries enter his territory.

The southern army has no ill will towards the desert, nor is it trying to seize territory.

Su Rou explained this way in the hope of reassuring Andre.

Andre handed the scroll to the deputy commander beside him and said, "I trust you. I will go back to the city to get some treatment and then go with you. How can you do it alone?"

A person?

Isn’t there Gong Yu?

She originally trusted Andre's fighting ability.

But now that he is seriously injured, Andre is a burden.

Su Rou thought about it.

The east was in turmoil in the desert, and other countries sent troops. But Andre, the king of the desert, remained silent. How could this be?

She nodded, "I will protect you."

Seeing her bold handwriting, none of the deputy generals around Andre dared to say that Su Rou had offended their king.

I've been fighting on the battlefield with her recently.

They all saw how brave Su Rou was.

Who dares to say anything?

He turned his horse around, whipped his whip with a crisp sound, and left behind the unfinished words.

The horse's hooves crushed the frost and snow, just like crushing the hesitation in her heart.

Andre's injuries were more serious than expected, and the team was moving extremely slowly.

Su Rou was riding the horse in front, looking back from time to time. Through the flying snow curtain, she saw the deputy general helping him sit upright, like a flagpole that refused to fall.

In the evening, they rested under the beacon tower.

The last ray of sunlight in the sky fell on the ends of Andre's silver-gray hair, as if it had been plated with a layer of old gold.

He waved and asked Su Rou to come closer.

Su Rou dismounted, gathered her skirts and sat beside his couch.

The fire crackled, and she saw that he was twirling a silver ring with a carved snake on his fingertips. The snake's tail was sharp and emitted a cold blue light.

"This ring is a token from the witch doctor tribe." Andre looked up, as if seeing through the firelight, he saw the deepest fear in her heart. "Take it. After returning to the royal city, summon the medical officers. One of them is from the witch doctor tribe. Take this, and they will help you detoxify."

After Su Rou fell off the cliff, her throat became sore that she couldn't speak.

Andre also said that he would help find someone who could detoxify and the antidote.

There are people from the witch doctor tribe in the palace of the Great Desert Royal Family?

Then why did you ask the old lady to come?

No.

The royal medical officer includes members of the witch doctor clan, why didn’t you tell her earlier?

He was hiding it, maybe because he wanted to call her...

She raised her eyes and looked at Andre with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

He did it on purpose.

I already knew how to cure her poison.

I never wanted her to recover.

He did it on purpose! !

Andre was startled by her gaze and looked away. "I was afraid you wouldn't want to go back to the desert with me, so I didn't tell you..."

Su Rou had already chosen someone else.

There was no need for Andre to keep Su Rou anymore.

He wanted to be selfish and asked the medical officer if there was any medicine that could make people lose their memory after drinking it.

The witch doctor tribe does have such a poison.

He didn't dare to express his love for Su Rou.

He didn't even have the courage to force her to stay by his side.

He speaks out now...

Su Rou must have been disappointed in herself.

She will never trust him again...

As he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of weapons clashing outside the tent.

Su Rou suddenly stood up and looked through the curtain, only to see a dozen black-armored riders silently surrounding her in the snow and fog. The man in the lead had his face covered, revealing only a pair of narrow eyes.

"Princess Nineteen is here." The leading man in black armor raised his hand and threw an embroidered orchid bag, which rolled onto the snow. The opening of the bag came loose, revealing half a corner of a blood-red robe.

It was Princess Nineteen’s personal belonging.

"Bring the body in exchange." The black-armored man's voice was cold. "Seven days from now, at midnight, at the north gate of the royal city. If you are a step late, there will be no remains."

The man in black armor turned around and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, a dagger pierced straight into the man's chest with a "swish" sound.

Su Rou's dagger.

Cut iron like clay.

The other men in black armor turned their heads and saw Su Rou's slender fingers moving as if to throw the dagger out.

And his expression was particularly provocative.

She hooked her hand, signaling them to start now.

The two sides faced each other, but no one dared to take the first step.

They had all heard about what Su Rou had done.

She is the mad dog of the Su family, biting whoever she catches.

They were just here to deliver a message, but she was so arrogant as to kill one of them!

but……

They didn't dare to take action because they were afraid of Su Rou.

Why didn't Su Rou let the guards take action?

There is only one reason.

They had no idea how many people they had brought with them.

As soon as Su Rou took a step forward, they were frightened and immediately took a few steps back.

Andre pulled her and said, "Are you so reckless? I don't know how many people they brought with them. Don't act rashly."

Su Rou pointed at the people on the sand dune, then pointed at herself.

Andre thought she meant that there were only a few of them and he was not afraid.

But in fact, Su Rou wanted to say, who cares how many people there are.

Wouldn't it be over if we just killed them all?

The people she brought with her were all soldiers from the Desert King City.

There are a lot of people.

Could you be so useless that you can't even beat these people?

It was obvious that Wumuhan looked down on her.

"You can't go," he whispered. "I have people in the royal city, and the witch doctor clan's ancestral hall is also in the back garden of my palace. If you go there, the poison will be cured. Princess Nineteen... don't worry for now. They want to use her to threaten me, so I won't do anything to her for now."

Su Rou suddenly turned around.

If you don’t allow killing, then don’t allow killing.

After those people left.

She returned to the tent, her eyes a deep blue colder than the yellow sand. "You said you'd help me detoxify, but you only told me now... the doctor who'd do it is in your capital? Andre, I trusted you once, and all you got in return was 'I'm afraid you won't want to return to the desert'? You used my life as a bargaining chip, but you never asked if I wanted to join in the bet."

The color drained away from Andre's face in an instant.

But he still stubbornly stretched out his hand, like a stubborn teenager trying to catch the last wisp of wind, "I... I just want to protect you."

Su Rou saw that the outstretched hand was shaking.

That is not the trembling of power, but fear.

She didn't do anything to Andre?

Why should he like her?