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

The drum beats for the second time and all the generals gather again.

Su Rou returned to her seat and sat down with a proud look on her face.

Su Rou's temper is actually like that of a child...

Gong Yu had no way to deal with her.

The little emperor came over to talk to Su Rou and told her not to be angry anymore.

"I hope Master won't get angry about this. It's not good for your health if you get angry."

Su Rou said, "You are now the king of a country. It is natural for you to expand the royal family. But the mother of a country should not be someone like Qiao Wan."

She has some little thoughts.

I hope the little emperor will ignore Qiao Wan in the future.

He is so jealous that he can even harm a child. Who knows if he would kill someone and bury the body when no one is around.

She said that whether the little emperor listened or not was not her business.

The little emperor nodded at Su Rou, "Master is teaching me that if Lord Liu hadn't insisted that I find someone else to rely on in the court, and Qiao Wan was the best candidate, I wouldn't have touched her."

Su Rou said, "From now on, my third brother will be your Majesty's support. I hope your Majesty will not harbor any grudges against us because of a few words from others."

The little emperor hurriedly shook his head, "Of course not. If it weren't for my master, I wouldn't be able to sit in this position."

Su Rou didn't respond. She looked at the little emperor sideways.

That’s what I’m saying now.

The emperor's mind is hard to predict.

What if one day in the future they suddenly become wary of their family’s military power?

Qiao Wan was helped back to the imperial carriage by the palace servants. The moment the curtain fell, she heard Qiao Niangen's voice.

"Why are you still holding that finger? His Majesty is protecting the Su and Gong families. No one from the Imperial Hospital dares to come and connect it to you."

Behind the curtain, Qiao Wan pinched her palm with her fingertips, staining her nail polish with blood.

She remembered the night she entered the palace, the young emperor stood beside her bed and whispered to her "Awan", saying that he would protect her.

Now, he is protecting another woman and that woman's child.

She laughed softly, and the sound was like broken porcelain, cutting her throat.

"Father... maybe I shouldn't have come to the palace."

Qiao Niangen said earnestly, "Early this morning, His Majesty issued an edict, conferring the title of Princess on that young prince. Don't you know the meaning of this honor? Moreover, when His Majesty called Su Rou "Master," did you really hear it? Among all the civil and military officials in the court, she was the only woman to become a tutor! Although she didn't marry the emperor, she did marry into the Gong family, and you killed her child out of jealousy. She didn't kill you, but just pointed two fingers at us, which was already a pardon! Silly child."

Qiao Niangen continued, "Did you think that today's training was His Majesty allowing the generals to compete fairly? Before the fall of the Northern Kingdom, Su Chi Sixteen was awarded the title of general and guarded the border for eight years. Su Rou dared to nominate Su Chi for the position of general in the court that day, which meant she was sure of the position. His Majesty didn't give it to her immediately because he was afraid of the gossip in the court. This training was just a formality."

"Father! What does it matter how powerful they are? Could it be that you are frightened by their empty reputation? Who knows if it's true or not?"

"Your father scolded you for being ignorant, yet you still stubbornly kept your mouth shut! However, since you are young, it's normal that you don't know about Su Wan's deeds in the past. Their father, Su Wan's early reputation, could easily scare away a hundred thousand troops! The Southern Kingdom was defeated because Gong Yuanzhi was defeated by Su Wan. You were still young at that time, Su Rou, you should know this, right? A few years ago, he only brought a few hundred people to capture Jingzhou City, which was occupied by the desert. The Su family will never let go of any grudge. She can be secretly happy if she only wants two fingers from you today."

Qiao Wan still didn't want to admit Su Rou's excellence. She married Gong Yu, and it must have been Gong Yu who helped her.

Then when the news got out, it was attributed to Su Rou.

Ridiculous!

She got married and gave birth to a child, didn't she?

A woman should be what a woman should be.

Which man likes a crazy woman?

Qiao Wan said, "Don't lie to me. You were fooled by her! Your Majesty, the same goes for me. If Su Chi was really that powerful, how did Gong Yu lead his troops to conquer the Northern Kingdom a few years ago? Did we outmaneuver him?"

Qiao Niangen really didn't know what to say to his daughter. After entering the palace, she became stubborn!

"The Su family is the main force of the Northern Kingdom, and Su Wan is also a general of the Northern Kingdom. Why would the Southern Kingdom accept them? There are rumors that when Gong Yu led his troops to attack the Northern Kingdom, Xia Ji's men were given a break. It seems to be true."

Qiao Niangen's words made Qiao Wan fall silent.

Is this a woman who is not trapped in a deep mansion?

Outside the curtain, the drums beat for the third time, and the army cheered in unison, but they could not hide the poison in that laughter.

Su Rou stood beside Gong Yu and watched him bend down to kiss the child's forehead and rub it against the brim of Yoyo's hat.

The drums stopped beating and the flags were unfurled.

The sky was leaden grey.

A large group of soldiers lined up in formation.

The first test is shooting the cover.

The Yulin Army hung iron sheets sixty steps away, and the wind was as strong as a blade.

Shen Changming shot three arrows in a row, the sharp arrows broke through the snow, and the sound of "ding ding dang" broke the iron. He actually penetrated three pieces of iron into the same hole at the same time, and the soldiers shouted in surprise.

Su Rou was a little surprised when she saw Shen Changming...

Most of the people in the Shen family were killed by her. Shen Yao's archery skills have always been very good, and Shen Changming estimated that his skills would not be much worse.

But did he come here to seek revenge on her?

Su Chi only drew one arrow, his bow like a full moon—

With a "whoosh", the arrow, carrying a flash of cold lightning, actually cut through the official flag cable, and the "Palace" flag flying high in the air fell to the ground with a loud bang!

The scene suddenly became silent.

The falling of the flag is tantamount to a provocation.

The black horse under Shen Changming's crotch suddenly neighed. He pulled the reins, and veins on his palms bulged.

But just before the explosion, he caught a glimpse of a corner of the platform.

Su Rou stood behind a hibiscus screen, tightly clutching a white handkerchief between her fingers. When the cold wind blew, the pomegranate flowers embroidered on the corners of the handkerchief bloomed like blood.

He suddenly stopped his horse and lowered his eyes - in that glance, he saw the determination, and also the anxiety that she tried hard to hide.

She won't let Su Chi lose.

But why does she look like this?

Shen Changming lowered his left hand, slowly stretched his palm, and finally pushed the quiver half an inch behind him.

The movement was tiny, but Su Rou still caught it.

He is giving in.

The second test is to set up the formation.

Black and red flags are placed on the sand table, with eight hundred people acting as chess pieces. Food, grass, mountains, rivers, snow-capped forests are all within this small space.

Gong Shen Changming made a move with his chess pieces, and his attack was as fierce as fire. In twenty steps, he forced Su Chi's isolated camp.

Su Chi suddenly paused, raised his eyes, and said calmly, "If this were a real battlefield, given the terrain of southern Xinjiang, your rear guard would have to detour through the wilderness to get water. That 'General Without a Camp' is hiding on the snowy ridge. In a day and a night, he can cut off your water supply."

The generals were horrified - "General Wuying" was a ghost cavalryman who had been coming and going without a trace in the Northern Desert for the past two years, and no one had ever seen his true face.

Su Chi had calculated the enemy's marching speed so accurately, as if he had fought against them a thousand times outside the sand table.

The flag officer reported that snow had been falling in the wilderness area for three days and the water level had dropped sharply.

If we really march this far, we will definitely be defeated.

A killing move in the inn silently broke Shen Changming's edge.

There was a commotion on the training grounds and people were talking about it everywhere.

The faces of Shen's former subordinates were ashen.

Su Rou felt the coldest in the wind.

She had burned and written, written and destroyed the information about the ghost army, but she didn't expect that Su Chi had already hidden the information in the sand table.

She buried her face in the fox fur, her shoulders and neck as slender as bamboo, but she held up the situation that was about to happen.

At the end of the competition, the emperor did not give the seal on the spot, but only said, "Before sunset, all the generals will be ranked according to their performance and the final decision will be made."

When the crowd dispersed, dusk and purple intertwined.

Shen Changming dismounted and walked towards Su Rou.

"You are still alive..."

Su Rou opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The matter of Shen Yao made her vent her anger on the Shen family.

Coming straight towards me.

He really came here to seek revenge, right?!