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

Xie Yuan became visibly panicked.

If he hadn't been favored by the emperor and supported by the general's mansion in his previous life, how could he have ascended the throne and sat on the dragon throne?

The emperor actually knew everything and was just pretending to protect Xie Yuan.

The emperor said, "I will send someone to investigate the matter of the parade ground and will make a decision."

Su Rou said, "Your Majesty, I have another thing to say. From the incident where the Crown Prince fell off his horse, we can see that his body is weak. Why not ask my father to teach him for a while and improve his physique?"

There was no way Xie Yuan would just obey and go to a place like a military camp to live a hard life.

Xie Yuan struggled to get up from the chair, "I won't...!"

But the next second, because the bandage on his leg was too tight, he lost his balance and fell to the ground along with the chair.

This looks really lame.

Seeing this, Su Wan wanted to go over and help him, but the emperor said at this time, "I agree. During the autumn hunting in a while, I want to see Yuan'er learn to ride a horse."

Su Rou almost laughed out loud. The emperor himself despised Xie Yuan for being a waste.

Su Wan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I obey your command."

Her father was able to train 300,000 elite soldiers. If Xie Yuan couldn't even learn to ride a horse, the emperor would probably doubt Xie Yuan's brain.

However, if Xie Yuan followed her father to learn horse riding, she would inevitably suffer some hardships in the process.

Su Rou had just gotten up from the ground and was about to leave with Su Wan, but was stopped by the emperor.

"Su Rou, please stay. I have something else to ask you about."

Su Rou and Su Wan exchanged glances, and Su Wan said, "Arou, Dad will be waiting for you outside."

Even the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving in the side hall were dismissed by the emperor.

The emperor beckoned her forward, "You were also raised under my watch. You know Yuan'er's temperament. Did my attitude just now scare you?"

Su Rou stood beside the desk, and the emperor reached out and touched her head.

Just like when they were little, the emperor would never say anything no matter how she and Xie Yuan quarreled in the palace. This sudden tenderness from the emperor must have a purpose...

Su Rou shook her head, "Your Majesty, you have always cared about the Crown Prince. This servant knows."

The emperor looked at her and asked, "Why do I feel like you've become a different person recently? You used to be much more noisy than Yuan'er."

Su Rou's body stiffened. The emperor was indeed the emperor, with such sharp observation skills.

She was eighteen when she died in her previous life.

Compared to now, she was only fifteen years old. After experiencing two lifetimes, her lively personality had long been worn away.

Su Rou raised her hand and grabbed the emperor's hand on her head, "Your Majesty, you worry too much. I'll just be the same as always. Maybe I've grown up."

The emperor looked at her, as if trying to find some flaw in her.

"You're now of marriageable age, and Yuan'er's feelings for you are obvious. If you don't like Yuan'er, do you have a man you like? All the civil and military officials in the court have sons, like the second son of the Duke and the legitimate son of the Minister of Justice. I've seen them all. They're handsome and could be good candidates for husbands."

Su Rou: “…”

What did the emperor mean by this? Did she look down on Xie Yuan and wanted to force someone he approved of into the general's mansion?

No wonder he asked my father to go out first. If the emperor mentioned this matter in front of my father, I'm afraid my father would refuse him.

Then the emperor should want to see what she thinks?

Su Rou said, "Your Majesty, I have no plans to get married for the time being. Although I am a woman, I also want to repay the Northern Kingdom. I want to participate in the military examination."

Su Rou took his hand away and placed it carefully on the desk, and the emperor didn't care.

"A martial arts candidate? How can a woman like you stand out among a group of men?"

Su Rou said, "I have made up my mind."

A woman’s destiny is not necessarily to get married.

So she said she would work hard to climb up no matter what.

The emperor did not give her an accurate response, so she naturally did not dare to say these words in front of the emperor.

If the emperor knew that she had such ambitions, he would try to make trouble for the general's mansion.

Su Rou walked out of the side hall and saw someone standing next to Su Wan.

The man turned around, and she asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Your Highness Prince Yu is so leisurely and elegant that he stays here with my father to admire the red walls and yellow tiles of the palace?"

She thought about it over and over last night, but couldn't figure out how she had offended Gong Yu. Even if there was a grudge, it should be because of the fact that her father led the troops to conquer the Southern Kingdom.

But what does this have to do with her?

She just glanced at the badge at that time, and her father put it away.

When she saw Gong Yu now, she had an inexplicable feeling in her heart, as if he was an old acquaintance, but now she was pretending not to know him, which felt awkward.

Gong Yu must have some resentment towards her family.

Gong Yu turned around and said, "Miss, I just happened to talk about you with General Su."

Su Rou stepped forward and asked, "What did you say about me? Could it be that Prince Yu also wants to marry me? So he tried to seduce my father in advance?"

Su Wan's eyes changed when he looked at Gong Yu.

She had just been talking to the emperor for so long, and the topic was still about her marriage.

She didn't understand. She looked down on Xie Yuan. The emperor was more anxious to marry her off than her father!

Moreover, she had been seeing Gong Yu around her all the time recently. Her words were too blunt, and she had thought that Gong Yu would be frightened. However, Gong Yu replied, "Girl, your face is as thick as a city wall."

Su Rou said, "You!"

Su Rou's cheeks flushed red, she was scolded by Gong Yu.

But this was also because of what she said first, so it was not Gong Yu’s fault.

Any normal person would react like this, which makes her seem shameless...

Su Wan added, "His Royal Highness Prince Yu is good in every way, but he's a sickly person. My Ah Rou won't marry, let alone a sickly person."

Gong Yu smiled, without any embarrassment on his face.

Although Su Rou understood that her father wanted to help her choke back, Gong Yu was not a sickly person at all, and this was just a disguise.

Su Rou said, "It was just a joke, why did Prince Yu take it seriously?"

Su Rou hid behind Su Wan. She felt creepy when she saw the smile on Gong Yu's face.

"Dad, I want to go back..."

Su Wan said, "Prince Yu, I will take my daughter back first."

Gong Yu stared at Su Rou and said, "Okay, we will see each other again soon."

Su Rou could understand the emotion in Gong Yu's eyes; it was the look of someone staring at his prey.

But she didn't understand why Gong Yu would target her when she hadn't done anything?!

Su Rou started training today. In order to improve her physical strength, she found an uninhabited piece of land outside the city.

Su Rou stood in front of the wasteland with a shovel in her hand. She had dropped too many things, so she just had to pick them up one by one.

Ever since she made up her mind to practice martial arts again, she had already made up her mind to give up being a woman.

Others say that she is a girl and so on... She herself cannot think of herself as a woman psychologically.

But she never thought that she had no idea whether the jade plaque engraved with the word "Palace" was made by Gong Yu.

Yesterday when Gong Yucai was in the palace, he said that they would meet again soon, and they met again today!

And it was in the pit she dug herself...

Gong Yu was still pinned down by her...