With wives as numerous as clouds and soldiers as numerous as a million, you say he's a useless

The Northern Royal Palace.

Su Wanrou could only lie on the couch because she had been personally flogged twenty times by Ye Cheng'an yesterday.

Even with the best ointment applied, the back of the penis still felt burning and painful.

The thought of her being publicly humiliated and beaten by that brat Ye Cheng'an, despite being the Princess of the Northern Border, filled her with rage.

Fortunately, her subordinate brought her some good news: the news that the soldiers in the North had received their worn-out and repaired armor had already spread among the people.

Now, all that's left is for the princess to begin her inspection, and for the northern army to suffer a crushing defeat. Then she and her brother can pin the blame on Ye Cheng'an.

Of course, this plan is not just about pinning the blame on Ye Cheng'an and eliminating him completely. It also includes the Su family taking all the brand-new armor that Ye Cheng'an bought from the Western Regions caravan.

This is quite a fortune.

My younger brother sent a message this morning saying that the news of the Su family selling the armor has spread, and many small countries in the surrounding area have come to purchase it. Some of the armor has already been sold.

This time, the Su family is going to make a fortune!

"Your Highness, something terrible has happened..." Just as Su Wanrou was happily fantasizing about the future, a eunuch rushed in. "According to news from the common people, the eldest son has led troops to surround the Su residence and has even captured Lord Su!"

"What?" Upon hearing this, Su Wanrou immediately tried to get up, but the pain aggravated the wound on her back, causing her face to turn pale and cold sweat to pour down her back. "This kid has some nerve!"

"No, public opinion in the North is already rife. If we manage to force Jingyuan to reveal anything, the Su family will be finished..."

"This princess must go there herself and take Jingyuan back from him!"

"Liu happy, go and get the Prince's edict for me. Su Wu, gather the Imperial Guards and come with me to the Eldest Young Master's residence to demand the release of the prisoners!!!"

Su Wanrou led the Imperial Guards to the outside of the eldest son's residence in a grand procession. During the process, the wound on her back reopened, causing excruciating pain.

At this moment, she completely disregarded her injuries, and fortunately, the cloak contained her bleeding buttocks; otherwise, Ye Cheng'an would have laughed at her.

"Your Highness, what is this...?" Huang Zhong saw that Su Wanrou's visit was ill-intentioned, and considering that the eldest son had just brought people to capture Su Jingyuan, he already knew that the other party had come to ask for Su Jingyuan back, but he still pretended not to understand.

Su Wanrou snorted coldly, "Enough nonsense. Make Ye Cheng'an hand over Jingyuan. This is the Prince's order. If she disobeys, she will be disobeying the imperial decree!"

"Disobeying the king's decree is a capital offense, and I, the princess consort, have the right to execute first and report later!"

"Act first and report later?" Hearing Su Wanrou's words, Ye Cheng'an walked out of the eldest son's residence with a playful smile, looking at her coldly, "Stepmother, do you really dare to act first and report later?"

"When you brought your men here, didn't you even see how the people of the North behaved?"

"They've all heard that the armor I purchased for the soldiers of the Northern Border was switched, and that someone embezzled military supplies. But they saw with their own eyes that I found a large amount of armor in the Su residence... And then you led the Imperial Guards in such a grand and aggressive manner. Tell me, what do you think these people will say about you and the Su family?"

After Ye Cheng'an reminded her, Su Wanrou's gaze fell on the onlookers. Sure enough, just as Ye Cheng'an had said, the people were pointing and whispering about her!

It's outrageous! She and Jingyuan came up with this plan to kill Ye Cheng'an, but they never expected that they would end up shooting themselves in the foot.

Who exactly leaked the information to Ye Cheng'an?

It took Su Wanrou a long time to calm herself down. She stared intently at Ye Cheng'an and said, "I'll spare your life, but hand over Jingyuan!"

"Heh." Ye Cheng'an laughed again, a laugh filled with contempt and mockery. "Su Jingyuan replaced his armor with inferior ones and embezzled funds. He's already being interrogated, and I will absolutely not let him go until the interrogation results are in."

"As for the royal decree you mentioned, stepmother... because you are Su Jingyuan's older sister, I suspect you colluded with Su Jingyuan to deliberately mislead my father into issuing the royal decree. Therefore, this imperial edict is invalid in my eyes!"

"Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Prince?!" Su Wanrou's voice suddenly rose.

Ye Cheng'an said, "My father is the king of the North, and he should take the rise and fall of the North as his own responsibility. I am helping him to expose the traitors who embezzled military supplies and caused chaos in the North. He should thank me!"

"Regardless of what he's really thinking, as long as he doesn't want to be remembered as a foolish king in history, he can't do anything to me outwardly."

"You..." Su Wanrou was furious, her chest heaving violently, her eyes bloodshot and sharp, like a raging beast.

However, Ye Cheng'an didn't take her seriously at all. This woman was really all talk and no action. She only ever said the same few things. She wasn't even worthy of licking his toes, let alone taking Su Jingyuan away from him!

Only a guy like Ye Jinglan, who only knows how to be lewd, would like a woman with big breasts but no brains who causes trouble!

"Ye Cheng'an, don't think that just because you've used public opinion to stop me and forced Jingyuan to confess, you can really do anything to him!" Su Wanrou gritted her teeth, squeezing out each word, "Forced confessions don't count!"

"At that time, I, the Princess Consort, will also accuse you of torturing loyal officials into confessions for your own selfish desires!"

"Don't worry, stepmother. I'm not like you. I have a brain. Even if you torture me, I won't leave a single scar on Su Jingyuan's body," Ye Cheng'an said with a smile.

He had thought of this problem long after he arrested Su Jingyuan. If torture was used, the other party would definitely falsely accuse him of being tortured into confessing and turn the tables on him. Ye Jinglan, that stupid fool who couldn't distinguish right from wrong, would inevitably question him again because of this.

So he simply taught Zhao Yuchen a trick: applying official seals.

A piece of mulberry paper is placed over the prisoner's face. The executioner takes a mouthful of water and sprays it evenly onto the paper. The paper will adhere to the prisoner's face after getting wet.

As the amount of paper increases, the prisoner will gradually experience difficulty breathing, chest tightness, and suffocation.

When the fifth or sixth sheet is pasted on the prisoner, the prisoner often suffocates and dies because he cannot breathe.

During the execution, the prisoner could clearly feel the pieces of paper being stuck to his face one by one, and his breathing gradually became difficult, yet he was unable to resist. This fear of death and psychological torment was far more unbearable than the physical pain.

Su Jingyuan will definitely confess!

"Young Master, Su Jingyuan has confessed! He admitted that he replaced the armor with inferior ones to embarrass the Northern Border troops during the military review, so that the blame would fall on you and make the Prince completely despise you!"

"Furthermore, he sold two thousand of those armors that he had replaced, and the proceeds are all in the Su family's treasury..."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Ye Cheng'an raised his eyebrows slightly. "Uncle Zhao, you must be mistaken. I clearly remember that a full twelve thousand suits of armor were missing."

"Huh?" Zhao Yuchen was taken aback at first, then realized that Ye Chengan wanted a kickback, and immediately said, "Young Master is right, it was this humble general who overlooked it."

As he spoke, he added the word "ten thousand" before the number two thousand.

The two didn't shy away from Su Wanrou's presence; the matter was essentially settled. The Su family's embezzlement was embezzlement, and whether it was two thousand or twelve thousand suits of armor, the result was the same.

Look at those angry people! If the King of the Northern Border doesn't severely punish Su Jingyuan, these people will never submit to him!

"You two..." Su Wanrou watched helplessly as the two exchanged things right before her eyes, and she was on the verge of exploding.

But unfortunately, she couldn't do anything about it, so she could only utter harsh words, "Ye Cheng'an, you dare to forge testimony! You just wait, I'll go back to the royal court right now and tell the Prince about this... so that the Prince will personally deal with you!"

"You're going to get what's coming to you!!!"

"I'll be waiting." Ye Cheng'an maintained his indifferent attitude throughout. "Stepmother, please don't disappoint me."

"Absolutely not." Su Wanrou gritted her teeth and stormed off.

When Ye Cheng'an saw that her cloak was stained red with blood, the mockery in his eyes deepened.

This woman seems to have had enough of being beaten by him yesterday, as she dares to interfere in the internal affairs of the North.

However, it doesn't matter anymore. The evidence is conclusive: Su Jingyuan's death, and how he recouped the military pay owed to the Tiger Roar Camp by the Northern Royal Court from the Su family...

It's a done deal!