The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

A deep kiss made the atmosphere between them even more ambiguous.

Gu Nianzhi gathered her hair, sat aside shyly, and secretly looked up at Sima Yao.

The same is true for Sima Yao.

The two people's eyes met in the air as they stole glances at each other.

Despite the embarrassment, the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

This tacit understanding is unique to the two of them.

Gu Nianzhi asked in a low voice.

"Do you really want to sleep on the same bed with me tonight?"

"Do you want to?"

Sima Yao kicked the ball back again. Gu Nianzhi did not answer, "I'll ask someone to get you some water to wash up."

After saying this, Gu Nianzhi trotted out of the tent.

The cool evening breeze blew away all the ambiguous atmosphere brought out from the room.

This gust of wind suddenly sobered up Gu Nianzhi's mind which was trapped in love.

If she really slept on the same bed with Sima Yao, they would inevitably hug each other. If she went one step further, the secret that she was a woman would no longer be hidden from Sima Yao.

The war was approaching, and in the military camp, I would inevitably be criticized for suddenly changing from a man to a woman.

Sima Yao would also be regarded as a foolish general, and it would be difficult for him to convince the people, causing the soldiers to lose morale.

If you want to return with a great victory, you must hide your identity.

Gu Nianzhi came to the kitchen and gave instructions, asking someone to boil some hot water and send it to Sima Yao. He also asked the person who delivered the water to give Sima Yao a message, saying that he would go back to bed directly.

Afterwards, Gu Nianzhi returned to his tent.

"Officer, are you back?"

These tents were arranged according to the ranks of officers and soldiers. The military affairs department arranged Gu Nianzhi and the commanders in charge of logistics, meals and weapons transportation in one tent.

The person who spoke was Liu Huan, one of the commanders living in the same tent.

This man had been doing rough work like carrying things all year round. He was tall and strong, and had a loud voice. Gu Nianzhi was like a skinny chicken in front of him.

"Hello, Commander Liu."

"General Shu came to see you just now and asked you to come back to his tent."

"Thank you, Commander Liu. I'll be there right away."

With doubts, Gu Nianzhi came to the outside of Shu Huaiyuan's tent.

Shu Huaiyuan's tent was not far from Sima Yao's tent, but there were several other large camps between them. This was usually the arrangement for a march, so that the most important generals would not be allowed to stay too close, to avoid the enemy's sneak attack on the commander at night, leaving the entire army without a leader.

"General Shu, I heard from Commander Liu that you came to see me. What did you want from me?"

Shu Huaiyuan was marking something on the defense map.

He looked up and saw Gu Nianzhi coming in. He put down his pen and motioned for Gu Nianzhi to sit down.

"Want some tea?"

"Don't drink."

Gu Nianzhi was also puzzled. These people drank tea every day, even before going to bed. Could it be that they really couldn’t sleep because of drinking tea?

When he thought about sleeping, Gu Nianzhi yawned involuntarily.

Realizing that something was wrong, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

"Mr. Gu must be tired." Shu Huaiyuan pointed to his bed. "Mr. Gu, please sleep here tonight."

Gu Nianzhi frowned.

What’s going on today? Why are they all sleeping on the same bed with me?

Sima Yao wanted to be with me, that showed their mutual love for each other, but what about Shu Huaiyuan?

"No, no, no, it's not convenient. I'm fine sleeping in the camp."

Gu Nian unconsciously rubbed his sleeves, his expression a little nervous.

"I'm not sleeping here tonight."

Gu Nianzhi looked around. Although this tent was not as big as Sima Yao's, it was fully equipped.

"Why, isn't it uncomfortable to sleep here?"

"All is fair in war. From now on, we are about to enter the territory of Qiang. This tent is nominally for my use, but it is better for you to sleep here at night. If an enemy assassin attacks the commander, at least Prince Yao and I can protect one of them."

"So it would be dangerous for me to sleep here?"

"That's true in theory, but in reality it rarely happens, not to mention..."

Shu Huaiyuan lifted the tent curtain and pointed at the soldiers outside.

"There are many guards outside. It's not easy for enemy assassins to get in. This operation is just in case."

"Why me? Could it be that General Shu knows something?"

Gu Nianzhi already had some doubts in her heart, but she still asked with the last glimmer of hope.

"Of course I know." Shu Huaiyuan lowered the door curtain, walked to the table, put away the defense map, and picked up his spear. "Mr. Gu, you are usually gentle and polite, and it is naturally difficult for you to adapt to living with those big and strong commanders. What's more, the big tent has a bunk bed. At night, there are countless cases of grinding teeth and snoring, rolling over to others in sleep, and putting your feet on others. With the temperament of a weak scholar like you, Mr. Gu, I'm afraid you will have trouble sleeping all night."

Gu Nianzhi had considered the scenario described by Shu Huaiyuan, but the most important thing in a military campaign was to obey orders. In this military camp, she only needed to hide her identity as a woman and do her job well. As for the rest, she was prepared to try her best to overcome it. After being busy all day, she did not have much time to think too much about it.

But now Shu Huaiyuan’s suggestion was good, just like a pillow that you find when you are sleepy.

It seemed pretty good to be able to sleep well alone without worrying about talking in my sleep or being discovered as a girl when changing clothes.

"Of course, this is indeed somewhat dangerous. If Mr. Gu is afraid, I won't force you. I can arrange for someone else. Mr. Gu, have you thought it through?"

Although Shu Huaiyuan's original intention was not just to take care of her, he could actually provide her with a lot of convenience. Thinking of this, Gu Nianzhi quickly agreed, fearing that such a good thing would fall into the hands of others.

"All the bedding is available here. I'll send someone to your original tent to let them know and bring your luggage over. You don't have to go back."

"Okay. Thank you, General Shu."

"From now on, you will stay alone in my tent in the same way when you are in Qiangyi. However, this matter must be known only to you and me. If it gets out and the enemy knows about it, my strategy will not work. Do you understand?"

"Well, keep it in mind at all times."

"You can't even tell Lord Yao, can you do it?"

"Yes. I will keep it a secret."

Secrets are like this, one person tells two, two tells four, four tells sixteen, sixteen tells hundreds.

When telling a secret, everyone always likes to say "I'll only tell you one, and you must not tell anyone else", but they never think about it, if even they can't keep a secret, why can they believe that others can keep it?

Since it's a secret, it will stay in your stomach forever.

Since it is a secret between two people, it can only be known by these two people forever.