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

Su Rou supported herself on the edge of the wooden barrel with both hands, and there were terrible scars on her fair skin.

Gong Yu said, "Your wounds haven't fully healed yet. They'll get inflamed if they touch water."

Su Rou sighed. She knew this. "I just wanted to wash quickly, before the blood scabs were completely soaked in the water. But you suddenly came in. How could I get out of the tub naked?"

Su Rou looked at Gong Yu with a playful and provocative look. To be honest, it was too late for Gong Yu to notice that she was still injured.

Gong Yu turned his back tactfully and said, "I'll wait for you in the yard."

Two maids came in from outside the yard. They happened to run into Gong Yu sitting under the pavilion and were all stunned.

Gong Yu glanced at them indifferently. The maid quickly lowered her head, as if she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, and quickened her pace into the house.

Su Rou lay on the bed, applied medicine again, and changed into a clean dress.

As she walked out of the yard, she heard a rustling sound behind her.

Su Rou turned around and found that the two maids were cleaning her room, but they had close eye contact and occasional body movements.

The two maids glanced towards Su Rou secretly, and when they found that Su Rou noticed them, they immediately looked away and went about their own business as if nothing had happened.

Gong Yu called her, "Come here."

Su Rou came to her senses and stepped onto the pavilion. "You're sitting in such a conspicuous place, and the maids in the mansion have seen you."

Gong Yu frowned and asked her, "I can't just hide in a dark place stealthily. If someone sees me, won't I be unable to explain myself?"

Su Rou imagined the scene, and it really was...

Su Rou said, "That's all."

She sat down on the stone bench and crossed her legs carelessly. "Do you want to continue talking to me about the topic just now?"

Even if Gong Yu continued to talk to her, he couldn't say anything.

Gong Yu grabbed her wrist and pulled her sleeve up completely. The wound on her wrist was wrapped in white cloth.

He looked at the scar and let out a long breath, "You'd better take good care of your injuries for the time being."

Su Rou pulled her hand back from his and lowered her sleeve. "Why are you looking at me like that? It's really scary..."

Gong Yu's face was a little gloomy, "I care about you."

Su Rou almost couldn't help but said, "Forget it... forget it. I'm not used to you caring about me."

Su Rou stood up and said, "You should go back and rest today. I should rest early too."

When she was strolling in the yard the next day, the people in the mansion greeted her humbly and politely as usual when they passed by her.

But she always felt that the way they looked at her was very strange.

Su Rou looked down at her dress. Is there anything special about the dress she was wearing today?

She looked around carefully but didn't find anything wrong.

Is there something wrong with the headdress?

The gestures she picked today were no different from before, except for the different styles...

Su Wan walked towards Su Rou and said, "Rou, it just so happens that Dad wants to look for you. Come here, Dad wants to talk to you in private."

Chat in private?

Su Rou noticed something was wrong.

Su Rou followed Su Wan and said, "Let's go to the main hall and tell someone to close the door. What does Father want to talk to me about?"

Could it be that he was trying to settle the score with her and teach her a lesson for rashly riding her horse to the hunting ground yesterday?

Su Rou felt a little nervous.

Su Wan didn't take the main seat but pulled two chairs by the door. "Father doesn't have any other intentions. Father always respects your choices, but Father still wants to confirm with you, how do you feel about Prince Yu?"

What?

There is something wrong with what Dad said.

Su Wan immediately changed his words and repeated, "No, Dad wanted to ask how you feel about His Royal Highness Prince Yu."

Su Rou said, "How can I feel about Prince Yu... What does Father mean by this?"

When Su Wan heard her words, his expression visibly relaxed. "That's good. I don't know what kind of crazy rumors were spread in the mansion this morning. They said that you were attracted to Prince Yu and kept Prince Yu in the mansion because you wanted to spend more time with him. They also said that last night, you asked Prince Yu to come to your room and did some unspeakable things between men and women."

Su Rou: “…”

She looked bewildered.

She didn't even know that she had such thoughts about Su Wan. She kept Gong Yu in the general's mansion from the very beginning just to obstruct Gong Yu's affairs.

Su Rou thought of the maid who came to clean her room last night.

Sure enough, she could tell something was wrong from the looks of the two little maids!

Su Rou said, "I did ask Prince Yu to come to my yard last night."

Su Wan was shocked, "What?!"

Su Rou continued, "It's just to discuss something."

Su Wan said, "You...what can you discuss with Prince Yu? Ah Rou, if you feel that you have no romantic feelings for Prince Yu, why don't you let Prince Yu go? After all, you have already killed the instigator of this matter."

Yuan Wen's uncle died in the general's mansion, and there is a high probability that he will never be able to give an explanation to the emperor for this matter.

Su Rou said, "If Father thinks Prince Yu is an eyesore in the mansion, please have him sent back."

Regarding the matter of that pill, I will slowly ask Gong Yu what it is used for later.

Su Wan said, "Okay, okay."

Looking at her father's expression, Su Rou smiled. She felt that as soon as she said this, her father would go out and immediately find someone to send Gong Yu away.

Su Rou was lazily lying in the rocking chair, basking in the sun, with the melon cut by the maid at hand.

"Miss, someone from the palace has come and wants to see you."

Su Rou forced herself to open her eyes. She almost fell asleep here just now. "I'll go now..."

A eunuch stood on the steps, surrounded by dozens of palace maids and young eunuchs.

Su Rou paused. What was going on? The Emperor made such a big fuss.

The eunuch saw Su Rou and came forward with a smile. "Captain Su, I came to visit you on behalf of the emperor. Are your injuries feeling better?"

Su Rou could have pretended to be strong and said that her injuries were almost healed, but she refused to do so.

"It was festering yesterday. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

The eunuch smiled and turned sideways to show Su Rou the things behind him. "These are all the good medicines that Da Mo brought into the palace a few years ago. The emperor is very concerned about Captain Su's injury. I hope Captain Su will take good care of it."

At this point, Su Rou finally understood. It must be because someone mentioned her during the morning court today. Since she was injured, the emperor has not expressed any condolences.

Maybe even the emperor himself felt that it was inappropriate, so he pretended to send so many people to make such a big scene.

Su Rou said, "I thank you for your grace."

She was the one who was injured. When others saw the emperor in this state, they thought she had received a great favor from the emperor.

Su Rou said, "But there is one thing I would like to ask the eunuch to tell the emperor that the murderer of the Yuan Family Restaurant has been killed by me."

If she killed him, it would be troublesome for the Dali Temple to investigate. This case was not important, but she was worried that Yuan Wen would be implicated.

The eunuch turned around and said, "General Su mentioned this matter this morning. The emperor said that there will be severe punishment. The general's mansion is suspected of shielding the criminal."

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