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

Su Rou and Su Chi wandered around in the woods, and when they came out, they saw Su Wan returning with his soldiers.

Dad always felt sorry for her, and he didn't even bother to ask Su Chi who was standing beside him. He held Su Rou's shoulders tightly with both hands, "Why is there so much blood, A Rou, are you okay?"

Su Rou shook her head. "No, don't worry, Dad. This blood is from a wolf."

Su Wan's heart was finally relieved. "I rushed to escort the Emperor back to the palace because I was worried about your safety. I'm glad you're okay."

Su Wan raised his head and immediately put on a serious expression, fixing his gaze on Su Chi. "Take your little sister back right now. I'll take some people in to search. Keep an eye on your little sister! Don't let her run away again."

Su Rou frowned slightly. The injury she had received in Yuan's Restaurant kept coming back and never healed, which really made her father worried. She had better take good care of her injuries for a while. As long as her injuries didn't heal, her father would have to worry about her for one more day.

but……

Su Rou looked at Su Chi, with an indescribable emotion in her eyes.

Now, she really couldn't figure out what Third Brother was thinking...

When they returned home, the maids were already waiting in the yard. Su Rou asked someone to fetch water for her to bathe.

Her skirt was stained with blood and had a fishy smell, especially since it was blown dry by the wind on the way back. If it wasn't washed clean, the smell would only get stronger.

She sat in the wooden barrel, and outside the window was the intermittent chirping of cicadas. She put her feet on the edge of the barrel, looking at the mist, and her whole body relaxed.

"Creaky——" Her door was pushed open.

Su Rou glanced to the side calmly.

It was Gong Yu. He was leaning against the door frame, his arms folded, his expression gloomy.

Su Rou said, "What?"

Gong Yu looked at her for a long time, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Su Rou put her foot back into the barrel. His eyes looked as if he wanted to eat her...

Su Rou hid her whole body in the bucket, "Are you going to molest me?"

After a long while... Gong Yu finally replied, "In the evening, you rode your horse to the hunting ground, and one of my men died there."

Su Rou was stunned and looked confused. What does this mean?

Su Rou said, "Ah? Why are your men in the hunting ground?"

Could it be that the wolf cub today was really related to Gong Yu? Although she knew that the emperor would be assassinated at this time in her previous life, she didn't know who was the mastermind behind it.

It doesn’t matter who Gong Yu wants to kill, but her father and third brother cannot be involved.

In a sense, the General's Mansion did let Gong Yu down, but... between two countries, the winner becomes the king and the loser becomes the enemy, which is the most normal thing.

Gong Yu couldn't be so narrow-minded as to reduce the conflict between the two countries into a personal grudge, right?

Gong Yu stared at her intently. "Your injuries weren't getting better. I wanted to send someone to protect you, but they were shot dead with arrows from the General's Mansion."

He took out a broken arrow from his arms and threw it to her, and Su Rou caught it with both hands.

Only the feathers remained of the arrow, on which was clearly engraved the word "Shu".

Su Rou understood what Gong Yu meant...

Gong Yu suspected that he was the one who killed that subordinate.

But she felt that Gong Yu would not fail to see through this despicable tactic.

Su Rou said, "It wasn't me. I was outside with the Emperor for most of the day, and then I went into the woods. I ran into your men downstairs at the Yuan Family Restaurant before, and I recognized them. If I had done anything, I wouldn't have left this kind of evidence."

There was a glimmer of anger in Gong Yu's eyes.

"I didn't doubt you. You were in the woods at that time. Could it be General Su?"

Su Rou frowned. Wait, why did Gong Yu's tone sound increasingly strange?

Su Rou said, "My third brother's attack was indeed quick, accurate and ruthless, but it was definitely not my third brother. After I entered the forest, my third brother came to find me very quickly. Moreover, this arrow did not come from the current Su family. Since my father led the army to attack Nan..."

She was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing.

Now that she mentioned that her father led the army to attack the Southern Kingdom, wouldn't that just add fuel to Gong Yu's anger...

Gong Yu walked into the room, closed the door, pulled a bench, sat beside it and looked at her.

"go on."

Su Rou swallowed her saliva. She was naked now. What if she accidentally annoyed Gong Yu by continuing to speak?

Su Rou muttered, "I won't say it anymore, you'll be angry."

Gong Yu's severe storm subsided slightly, "I'm not angry."

Su Rou continued, "Are you sure?"

Seeing Gong Yu nod, she dared to continue, "Two years ago, the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom were at war. For a while, the Southern Kingdom's emperor sent many spies into the capital. In order to accurately determine who sent the intelligence, they would tie letters to arrows and deliver them. Although this method would have the risk of being exposed, it was not a big deal because the content of the letter could also be changed into code. Later, my father..."

Su Rou secretly observed Gong Yu's expression and said, "My father successfully conquered the Southern Kingdom and no longer used this method. Besides, this arrow looks like it was specially refurbished. If you don't believe me, you can ask the pestle makers at the Dali Temple to help you take a look. They are very knowledgeable."

Gong Yu said, "I believe you, but who do you think would attack my men?"

Su Rou said, "Uh...actually, it could be someone from your Southern Country."

Although Gong Yu is now staying in the Northern Kingdom under the title of a hostage, and according to her guess, Gong Yu's use of the hostage name must have been instructed by the Southern Kingdom's emperor.

No one in the Southern Kingdom's royal family had the character "Yu" in their name, so the emperor conferred the title of Prince Yu on Gong Yu in order to send him here.

She didn't believe that there would be an emperor in this world who didn't play tricks. The fact that Gong Yu replaced the young prince of the Southern Kingdom made her even more certain that Gong Yu could not escape his identity as a chess piece.

In her previous life, her heart and eyes were full of the dog prince Xie Yuan, but she didn't pay attention to this fake proton who tried hard not to be too conspicuous.

Gong Yu was close to her in this life, and she didn’t know what went wrong.

Gong Yu said, "I believe you, it wasn't you who did it, but you said it was someone from the South, but that's absolutely impossible."

Su Rou said, "You said you trusted me, but you came to me with this thing. Are you trying to trick me?"

Gong Yu said, "I really believe you, but my original intention was just to come here to remind you that perhaps someone has planted spies in the General's Mansion."

Su Rou was stunned again. How much did Gong Yu trust the Emperor of the Southern Kingdom?

She didn't know how powerful the Southern Kingdom's court was, but she knew a thing or two about Gong Yu's father, the Southern Kingdom's general.

Su Rou said, "The only people who can get this arrow are those who were involved in the war between the two countries back then."

But if it is as Gong Yu said, there must be spies planted in the General's Mansion.

Hasn't it always been there...