Harem Daily Life

Xianglan looked at General Gu who was standing at the door and didn't go in, and asked softly, "General, do you want me to knock on the door for you?"

Gu Yi came back to his senses after hearing Xianglan's voice. He looked away from the door and looked at Xianglan, shaking his head: "No need, let them talk for a while. I'll just stand in this yard and wait until they finish talking before I go in."

After saying that, Gu Yi turned and walked towards a corner of the yard, and finally stopped under an osmanthus tree. This osmanthus tree was tall and lush, and it was not yet in bloom, only the leaves were swaying in the moonlight. Gu Yi stood under the tree, looking up at the osmanthus tree that had not bloomed, thinking.

Xianglan looked at General Gu in his wedding dress and felt a little lonely. She thought that General Gu might be worried about the war because he would lead his troops to fight early tomorrow morning.

In order not to delay General Gu's wedding, Xianglan knocked on the door gently, went in and said respectfully: "Madam, General Gu has returned to his room and is waiting outside."

Xinlan blushed and lowered her head shyly. Tao Yanyan pinched Xinlan's hand and whispered in her ear: "Don't be afraid, it hurts once and it will be fine next time." He then handed her a book he brought with him: "Here, hide it and read it when no one is around."

Xinlan was stunned, looking at the book with no words on the cover and looking at Tao Yanyan strangely. Tao Yanyan blinked at her and turned to walk out the door.

When Gu Yi heard the voice, he turned around and saw Tao Yanyan coming out of the house. He hurried forward to greet him.

"Cousin, no need to be polite. Tomorrow, you will be going to war with your wife. Have a good rest tonight. I'm leaving first."

Gu Yi hurriedly called her: "I will take the lady there. I will be back soon after I take her to your majesty."

Tao Yanyan was accompanied by someone, and the Ningyuan Marquis's residence was safe, so she didn't need anyone to escort her. But when she saw that Gu Yi seemed determined to escort her, she nodded and let him walk her out with a lantern in front of him.

"Cousin, please take care of yourself when you go there. Don't worry about your uncle. I will take care of him." Tao Yanyan said.

Gu Yi nodded: "Okay, I will try to recapture West City as soon as possible and come back soon. You...you and the children, take care of yourselves too."

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, cousin. You are the one who is in the most danger. You don't have to worry about us. By the way, don't worry about Gu Ning. I will definitely do my best to take care of her baby."

Gu Ning has been pregnant for three months and is being raised like a giant panda in the Tao residence, with Tao's mother taking very good care of her.

Gu Yi opened his mouth but said nothing more. They were family now, and saying more would only seem awkward.

He Linzhang saw Gu Yi wearing wedding clothes and escorting the queen out. He stepped forward and took Tao Yanyan's hand and said, "Thank you, General Gu, for escorting the queen. You will lead the troops to the battle tomorrow. I wish you a speedy and victorious return."

Gu Yi clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I will definitely recover the country and live up to your majesty's expectations." After saying that, he glanced at Tao Yanyan and quickly looked away.

"The Queen and I are about to return to the palace. General Gu, please go back to your room and don't keep Xinlan waiting for too long. Xinlan has never been far away and she is exhausted from the long journey. I hope General Gu will treat her well." He Linzhang gave this reminder, which was also a warning to his son-in-law on behalf of Prince Changping.

Gu Yi nodded in agreement, but he did not return to his room immediately. In the end, he accompanied Ning Yuanhou to see the emperor and his entourage out of the mansion. He waited until the emperor and empress's carriages were far away before returning to the backyard.

Speaking of Xinlan, holding the book given by Tao Yanyan in her hands, her heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out. She would never have thought that the queen of a country would actually give her such a book!

She felt guilty for a long time every time she looked at those shameful pictures. There were so many pictures in this book that she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into immediately.

"Prince, do you need some sobering soup?" The voice of her personal maid Yufen came from outside the door. Xinlan hurriedly hid the book under the mattress, patted her blushing face, and sat up gracefully.

When Gu Yi pushed the door open, he saw her looking at a loss, sitting quietly at the head of the bed.

"Well. It's getting late. Princess... Madam, you should go to bed early." After Gu Yi finished speaking, he went straight to the inner room to wash up.

Xinlan had already washed up and didn't know what to do at the moment, so she had to take off her outer shirt and sleep in the innermost layer.

Gu Yi hesitated for a long time before coming out. He looked at the person lying on the bed and lay down on it nervously.

Neither of them spoke. Xinlan waited for a long time, her palms sweating, and finally spoke first: "Tomorrow, General... your husband will go to war, so you should rest early."

"Yeah." Gu Yi responded softly, but still did not move.

Xinlan thought of the book that Tao Yanyan gave her, swallowed, hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out to Gu Yi with her hand under the quilt.

Feeling a small hand approaching, Gu Yi's body stiffened for a moment. He took a few deep breaths, and finally slowly turned sideways to look at Xinlan.

"If the princess is not ready yet, we can do it... later." Gu Yi said.

Xinlan seemed to have made a great decision and slowly turned towards Gu Yi. When their eyes met, their faces turned red instantly.

"I...I..." Xinlan felt that she had never been so at a loss for words. In her mind was the book that Tao Yanyan gave her, in front of her was the person she liked. A voice in her heart told her to be brave, but her body could not move, and even her mouth could not find a word to say.

"I didn't mean to become a nun to force you to marry me." Xinlan finally explained.

Looking at the flustered but sincere explanation of the person in front of him, Gu Yi clenched his fist and nodded slightly: "I know that the princess is not a scheming person."

Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief, and then she heard Gu Yi say, "I didn't agree to marry the princess just because I had to go to war and leave a successor for the Gu family."

Gu Yi also wanted to make things clear, lest this arranged marriage create any grudge between the two of them.

When Xinlan heard the word "stay behind", her face turned redder: "I, I, I, I know."

Gu Yi found it a little funny to see her stuttering out of nervousness. After laughing, he found that Xinlan slowly shrank into the quilt, and finally her whole head was covered by the quilt.

"Ahem. It's hot now, you'll get suffocated like this." Gu Yi said as he tried to pull her out.

One of them pulled the quilt to stop her from pulling, and the other one pulled it anyway for fear that she was covering it. During the fight, Gu Yi used more strength and fell on Xin Lan.

Their eyes met, and they were both stunned.

Seeing that he was motionless again, Xinlan reached out and put her arms around his neck, moving closer to his red lips.

The next morning, Tao Yanyan accompanied He Linzhang to send the army off.

Xinlan was in the team, and she didn't walk up until she saw that there was no one around Tao Yanyan.

"My queen, I have something to tell you." Xinlan looked at Tao Yanyan with a pale face. Tao Yanyan pulled her aside: "What's wrong?"