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

Su Rou silently put down the small fork in her hand.

Andre said, "If she likes to eat, let her eat. She's dancing with the stick, which is naturally very tiring."

Gong Yu said, "I think I know my wife's physical condition better than you, Your Highness."

Su Rou: “?”

She realized that something was amiss and said, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. What are you two doing?"

Andre looked away, "I just don't want to make you unhappy."

Gong Yu said, "My wife, you don't need to worry about her."

The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Su Rou quickly stepped forward to smooth things over and said, "Gong Yu, don't argue with him."

Gong Yu was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'll listen to you. I'll go find some fruit to change your taste."

Looking at Gong Yu's leaving back, Su Rou breathed a sigh of relief.

I feel like if Gong Yu continues to stay here.

They were going to quarrel.

Andre suddenly asked her, "Do you like him?"

Su Rou: “?”

Andre's question was straightforward.

The straightforwardness of the sentence made Su Rou's mind go blank for a moment.

She seemed as if she had never seriously considered the issue.

Su Rou said, "Why do you ask that?"

Andre withdrew his gaze from her, lowered his eyes, and hid the emotions in his eyes, "Because I think you will be happier staying in the desert with me than staying with him. Being with me is a better choice for you."

Again.

Su Rou had clearly rejected him before.

Andre seems to be feeling unwilling now.

Su Rou said, "It's not that I insisted on following him, but the timing of meeting him was perfect, and he wouldn't worry about taking a concubine."

Her family and the Gong family are a perfect match.

Gong Yu didn't have the courage, and Gong Yuanzhi and Madam Gong would never let him marry her.

Say.

With her temper, if Gong Yu dared to talk to her, she would definitely chop him to pieces with a knife.

But Andre was different.

King of the Desert.

He always wants to use the position of princess to bind his interests.

Andre needs a princess or a princess who can help him go further in this position.

instead of her.

Su Rou put down her chopsticks and stood up. "I'm done eating. I'm going back to my room first."

She continued to stay there, fearing that Andre would continue to pester her.

When Gong Yu came back from outside, he went to her room to find her.

Su Rou looked at the plums handed to her and said, "Are you really going to find some fruit for me?"

She thought that was Gong Yu's excuse.

Gong Yu pulled out a stool and sat down next to her. "The caravan brought back some honey plums from Persia. You like them. It's a good excuse. I brought them specially for you when I went to confirm the troop deployment."

The plums were covered with frozen salt frost, like blood beads wrapped in frost.

He took one out of the oil paper, rubbed it on his clothes, and then handed it to her.

Su Rou wanted to take it, but he stubbornly stretched out his hand and wanted to feed her.

He coaxed her in a low voice, "Take a bite, and frown when it's sour so you won't think about other men anymore."

Su Rou saw the calluses on his fingertips, lowered her head, opened her mouth, bit the sour fruit flesh, and tasted a hint of hidden sweetness.

She smiled at Gong Yu, "Has the desert climate dried up your brain? How could I be thinking of another man?"

The honey plums crumbled between his fingers, the syrup sticking to his fingers.

He suddenly raised his eyes and stared at her with an intrusive look. "What did you say to Andre after I left?"

Su Rou took another bite of the plum and said, "I said you are not good and will take a concubine."

Gong Yu chuckled softly, "Having you in the Gong family is enough. If there are more, they won't be able to withstand your tossing and turning."

Su Rou chewed the fruit in her mouth and said, "Why do I feel like you are insulting me when you say this? If I agree to you taking a concubine, do you really want to do it?"

Gong Yu shook his head, "I don't dare, and I don't want to. I just want you to be my wife."

She nodded in satisfaction, even though the man's words were a bit of a lie.

But it does sound nice and moving.

In her previous life, she chose Xie Yuan because she didn't know the right person.

Now that she is with Gong Yu, she feels that she can tell whether someone is sincere or not at a glance.

"it is good."

The air suddenly stagnated.

Gong Yu reached out and brushed his fingertips across her lips, bringing a little plum juice.

He leaned over and kissed that sweet spot.

Outside the inn, a large flag fluttered in the wind.

"Wumuhan captured Princess Nineteen as bait. The bait to lure the snake out of its hole should have been Andrei. You insisted on replacing yourself. What if—"

"I'm the only reason they're biting."

Su Rou licked the remaining plum juice on her lips, her tone as light as the falling snow at night, "If you go, the people in the east will immediately smell something wrong, and the situation will be ruined."

Gong Yu's eyebrows twitched, and his pupils suddenly darkened.

He leaned over, his palms resting on either side of her chair's armrests, practically enveloping her in the cool fragrance of wood. "We've already cleared out the people coming to support the east, so there won't be any tails following us. I'll be following behind you, so be careful."

As he spoke, his breath brushed against her ear, carrying the slightly cool scent of pine needles in the night air.

Su Rou's eyelashes trembled, and she gently pushed his chest, "Why are you so clingy?"

He grabbed her hand and kissed it, his brows full of worry for Su Rou.

He was not worried about Su Rou being in danger.

I am here.

Su Rou will not be in danger.

But it would not be safe to let her be the bait.

Even if there is only the slightest danger.

Gong Yu didn't want her to go either.