Princess and the General

I Will Bring You Home (Part One)

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“Why is second brother acting so strange?”

Yu Fu muttered to herself.
She felt more and more that Gu JiuGe was acting strangely.

Gu ShuBai said: “It’s nothing.
He must be hungry.”

“Then is eldest brother hungry? The kitchen sent some congee over, but it might not taste very good.”

Yu Fu looked over at the table.
The food box was still there.
Upon opening it, a cloud of steam rose.
Aside from a pot of congee, there were some side dishes local to Changzhou and a light soup.
It did not look very appetizing.

“It would be great if we were back home.
Even if we could not eat fish while sick, there would be some minced pork that could be added to the congee.”

Yu Fu carefully brought the congee over and neatly placed it on a small stool next to the bed.

Gu ShuBai said: “Changzhou Prefecture cannot be considered wealthy.
In addition to this, at this time of year, every family relies on fish and meat.
It’s not easy to get vegetables.
This is already quite good.
In the army, there are times when there won’t be any food to eat.”

He leaned over to pick up the bowl, and Yu Fu hastily took it away, “You lie down.
I’ll feed you.”

As she said this, she scooped up some congee with a small spoon, brought it up to her lips, and gently blew on it.
She only brought it to his mouth after the heat had dissipated.

She fed him some, and Gu ShuBai ate it extremely obediently.

“Why would you be unable to eat while in the army? Is it if the battle fights too long that the food ran out?”

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“When I was 18, Western Kun invaded the city of Yunzhou on the border.
Father brought me along for the battle.
That year, Eastern Ling was suffering from a drought.
The harvests were poor, and there was no excess in grain to take in, thus the army did not have enough rations.
By the end, we led soldiers in digging for wild herbs.
We were on the verge of eating the bark off of trees.
It was fortunate that we managed to defeat Western Kun’s army.”

While he spoke, he had a completely relaxed expression.

Yu Fu grimaced, “While I was in Immortals Valley, master also liked to grow vegetables to feed us.
At that time, I didn’t find them to taste bad.
After coming to Eastern Ling and being able to eat fish and meat every day, I feel that fish and meat taste best!”

“You always ate vegetables while in Immortals Valley? It’s no wonder others said that you looked like you were ten years old when you first came to Marquis Gu’s Manor.”

Gu ShuBai reached out and gestured up to Yu Fu’s shoulder, “At that time, you were roughly this tall.”

She was in the middle of her growth period.
How could she possibly grow tall if she only ate vegetables?

It seemed that it was not just Gu HuaiJiang who did not know how to raise a daughter.
Even the dignified deity of medicine was merely at this level.

“Shh, you must not let master hear that.
He will definitely be very hurt.
In truth, master treats me very well.
In Immortals Valley, the disciple that he dotes on the most is me!”

“How does he do that?”

“When I left, master gave me a lot of silver and gold.
You must think that Immortals Valley does not suffer from a lack of money, right? In truth, master is really poor.
The money that he gave me and Yao Lan was almost all of his savings.”

She fed him while they chatted, and the bowl of congee was quickly emptied, but Gu ShuBai still wished to continue.

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Even if he was full, he wished to have another bowl to have Yu Fu continue feeding him.

It was always he who took care of her.
He had never been taken care of by her like this.
This sort of feeling was wonderful, and he did not wish for it to end.

“Drink some tea then you should sleep.
Sleeping more will allow the poison to quickly dissipate.”

Sleep?

When he had chased away Gu JiuGe and Gu Yi, he was quite happy.
Now, he was slightly regretting it.

Yu Fu was young and inexperienced.
He could not bully her like this.

“Cough, cough… Yu Fu, where will you sleep?”

Yu Fu was in the middle of pouring tea and suddenly turned her head upon hearing this.
Who knew what flashed through her mind, as her face suddenly turned red.

She knew it!

She knew why Gu JiuGe had that expression when he left the room!

“I will be taking care of you here.
It’s not…”

It was not because she wanted to sleep in his room!

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Hold on, before Gu JiuGe had left the room, she seemed to have said that she would be sleeping here…

This was quite the misunderstanding.

Yu Fu’s face was bright red, and Gu ShuBai could not stop himself from smiling.

She was regretting it now, but it seemed to be too late.

“Pff!”

She loudly blew out the candles in the room, leaving only the one at the bedside.
She then walked over with a stiff expression.

Lifting the blanket, she completely covered Gu ShuBai.

“Sleep!”

Below the blanket, Gu ShuBai let out a muffled laugh.

Yu Fu covered herself with a large cloak and sat down next to the bed.
Though the manor was simple, Kuan JiYan provided quite a few charcoal braziers, thus the room was not cold.

It was just that when Gu ShuBai went to sleep, she remained alone in the dim room and quickly began to nod off.

There was a thump.

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Her head landed on the mattress, and the sound of slow and steady breathing rose.

Gu ShuBai lifted the blanket from his head, “I haven’t even fallen asleep, so how come you fell asleep first?”

He sat up straight and covered Yu Fu with a woolen blanket.
Seeing her face get squished against the bed, he could not get enough of this sight.

“Rushing over all the way from LinAn to Changzhou, you must be exhausted, right? If this was not the case, why else would JiuGe have let you drink wine.
You’ve actually learned to put up a strong front.
You were clearly extremely sleepy, yet you still stayed here to take care of me.”

In the darkness, he quietly muttered to himself while gently patting Yu Fu’s head.

Her hair had already become messy.
Without Lian Zhu present, who would take care of her hair?

Yu Fu shuddered, “Eldest brother, eldest brother…”

Her breathing became erratic, but she did not wake.

Gu ShuBai quietly responded, “I’m right here.”

Her breathing gradually calmed down, as she quietly muttered, “Eldest brother, I’ll bring you home…”

So she was sleep talking.