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

Su Rou was puzzled. Why was this bandit telling her all this?

Want to gain sympathy?

But she also understood that what the bandit said was true, and the Northern Emperor was no longer a good emperor.

"You have to understand, if it weren't for the North Country, the South Country wouldn't even have 300,000 people right now."

In this world, what could be better than knowing that your loved ones are still alive?

She has said this much, the bandit should have realized what she meant, right?

The remaining land area they have is enough to feed the rest of the people, so they just need to live well. Why do they have to appear before the emperor and challenge his bottom line again and again?

Su Rou said, "I have to take something from you and report it to the emperor."

She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said.

The bandit became nervous and pulled out the dagger he was carrying, rushing towards Su Rou. "You look young, but I'm begging you, why are you still so aggressive?!"

Su Rou was confused and felt that this person was a little weird. "Dang" the long sword in her hand successfully blocked it.

Behind him, many soldiers caught up.

Seeing that she was about to force the bandit into a desperate situation, Su Rou lowered her voice and cursed, "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

She meant to help them, but the bandits obviously didn't understand her good intentions.

"Lord Captain!"

Su Rou pushed the bandits back and said in a smaller voice, "Hurry up, hurry up, they are chasing us, you can't escape."

She would not gain anything by helping the southerners, but she could make the northern emperor unhappy.

Even when the Northern Emperor is unhappy, she is happy.

The bandit was stunned for a moment, then took the opportunity to escape to the other side of the cliff.

"Hurry! Catch up!" The soldiers who arrived late went to catch the bandit.

Only a few stayed behind to accompany Su Rou.

Su Rou frowned slightly, staring at the bandit's running figure, hoping that he could run faster.

This bandit suppression operation was completed relatively smoothly.

They planned to stay on the top of the mountain for one night and then set off back to Beijing the next morning.

Every three or five steps in the village, you could see a pool of blood on the ground. The soldiers had almost dealt with the corpses, but a strong fishy smell still lingered in the air of the village.

Su Rou looked at the soldiers intently. These soldiers were transferred to her by the emperor before she set out. They should be her father's soldiers.

But there might be spies planted by the emperor among them. She didn't dare to explain it directly to the bandit just now because there were so many eyes staring at her here.

Once she reveals her true colors, the emperor will know about it when she returns to Beijing.

It didn't matter that she let the bandit leader go in front of them. She could just make up an excuse and say that she was no match for the bandit leader and get away with it.

After all, it was her first time leading troops to suppress bandits, so she couldn't perform too well, otherwise it would make the emperor feel uneasy.

Su Rou looked at the sky. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse on the top of the mountain.

They returned to the capital early in the morning.

The emperor paced back and forth in front of the dragon throne in anger.

Su Rou knelt in the center of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to be angry, then be angry. I don't think Shen Changming deliberately backed out before going up the mountain."

The emperor stopped and said, "Bring Shen Changming up to me."

Su Rou said, "Your Majesty, please don't betray me. If Xiguang Hou comes to teach me a lesson on behalf of Shen Changming, I won't be able to resist at all."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Go to the side."

Su Rou was taken behind the screen by the eunuch Chang. Is it okay to eavesdrop in this place?

Su Rou couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

Seeing Shen Changming being brought in by the palace guards, Su Rou, who was hiding behind the screen, stopped breathing.

It was an indisputable fact that Shen Changming and Gong Yu had run away early. She was wondering, Shen Changming had disobeyed her command and refused so bluntly at that time, but had he ever thought about how to deal with the current situation?

According to the laws of the Northern Kingdom, Shen Changming was a deserter and disobeyed orders. Even if Shen Changming was not killed for the sake of Marquis Xiguang's face, he still had to be punished.

The emperor looked down at him and asked, "I asked you to serve as deputy general and follow Captain Su to eliminate the bandits. Why did you desert in the face of danger?"

Shen Changming said, "I can't stand Su Rou bossing us around. If we talk about seniority, anyone in the military is better than Su Rou."

Su Rou frowned. No way!

She backed off because she saw that the bandits they were going to fight were from the south!

This is the blame...

Su Rou was speechless.

The emperor looked at Shen Changming and said, "You are dissatisfied with my arrangement. I asked you to be the deputy general of Captain Su. What are you dissatisfied with? Tell me."

Shen Changming knelt on the ground with an expressionless face, "I'm not satisfied with anything. As long as it's Su Rou, I won't be satisfied."

The emperor looked displeased. "You lost to Su Rou in the previous martial arts examination. If we really compare them, you are not as good as her."

Shen Changming looked up, "That's because!"

He stopped talking midway.

Su Rou knew that it was because of Gong Yu's order, but this was just Shen Changming's fantasy. It was true that Gong Yu gave him the order.

It was not wrong for him to hit her during the assessment.

The story that she beat Shen Changming and kicked him off his horse turned out to be a lie?!

The emperor asked him, "Huh? Why?"

There was no way Shen Changming would sell Gong Yu. He just lowered his head and said, "Nothing."

The emperor said, "You deserted the battlefield and deserve death. For the sake of your father, I am dismissing your title of Marquis of Xiguang. Do you have any objection?"

This punishment feels too light. It was originally a capital crime, and now it's so light...

Su Rou sighed deeply. The emperor's biased mind was too obvious!

However, this can be regarded as a punishment for Shen Changming. He was stripped of the title of Little Marquis of Xiguang, which means that he will never be able to succeed to the throne of Marquis of Xiguang in the future.

Shen Changming swallowed the resentment in his eyes and said, "No."

Only after Shen Changming left did Su Rou come out from behind the screen.

The emperor turned his head and said, "In this case, I think you will be satisfied."

Su Rou said, "Shen Changming's personality is not suitable for marching and fighting with the army. However, with the protection of the title of the Second Young Master of Xiguang Marquis Mansion, he is even more disdainful of looking down on me, who is so much stronger than him."

The emperor said, "Although this is your first time leading an army, you have wiped out the bandits' lair. What reward do you want?"

When Su Rou heard there was a reward to be claimed, she said, "Your Majesty, I am a weak woman, very vulgar. If you want to reward me, just give me ten thousand taels of gold or something."

The emperor frowned, and she thought he was unwilling, but the emperor said...