Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Dongzhi groaned weakly, and the pain in her body made her feel as if her body no longer belonged to her.

General Gu asked again, "Did the military doctor say what the poison was?"

Dongzhi shook her head. They had never seen this poison before. From the moment she was poisoned, she felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained.

General Gu sighed and felt a little guilty when he saw her like this. Dong Zhi seemed to see what she was thinking and said with all his strength, "General... don't worry about me, I... I... didn't..."

She couldn't utter the word "thing", and she didn't look like she was fine.

"Forget it, just stop talking."

She would personally chop off the enemy's heads to avenge Dongzhi.

At this moment, someone outside said, "General Gu, the commander wants to discuss something with you."

"Okay." She glanced at Dongzhi, then stood up and left.

……

Gu Qingyuan and Xia Zhi slept in the open air all the way. Their clothes, which were originally wet by the rain, were dried by the sun while they were traveling during the day. Now the clothes were sticking to their bodies, making Gu Qingyuan feel a little uncomfortable, but she didn't care about that anymore.

Finally, in the evening of the third day, Gu Qingyuan arrived at Xiancheng.

This is the outermost city of Daning State. Now the people in the city seem a little panicked because they are about to face a war.

Almost every household locked their doors and windows. The streets were empty and the wind blew up the fallen leaves on the ground, making it look a bit desolate.

When they arrived at the military camp, those people recognized Gu Qingyuan and Xia Zhi at a glance.

"Where is General Gu's tent?"

Gu Qingyuan asked.

"over there."

They pointed it to Gu Qingyuan, and then Gu Qingyuan walked towards that direction.

They rarely saw the young master, but the moment they saw her, they recognized her.

Because she and General Gu are so similar.

Gu Qingyuan went over but did not see General Gu.

She waited for a while before she saw her mother coming out of another tent.

General Gu was discussing something with someone when he suddenly looked up and saw two people who shouldn't be there.

She was silent for a moment, then waved her hand, asking those people to go back, and then she walked towards Gu Qingyuan and Xia Zhi.

"Why are you here?"

General Gu scolded and looked at Xia Zhi, as if to say, it’s bad enough that Gu Qingyuan is ignorant, but why did Xia Zhi let her act so recklessly?

Gu Qingyuan saw her, rushed towards her, hugged her and said, "Mom! Don't blame Xia Zhi, I insisted on coming here."

General Gu let go of her and asked, "Why did you insist on coming here? Do you know how dangerous it is?"

"I know, but I came here to tell Mom something."

"Come in and talk."

Outside was not a place to talk, so General Gu took Gu Qingyuan and Xia Zhi back to his tent.

After entering, the three of them sat down.

Gu Qingyuan looked at General Gu and asked, "Mom, have you been okay these days?"

"What can happen to me?"

Gu Qingyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he was not too late.

"We were still discussing setting up an ambush today when you guys came over."

Gu Qingyuan's heart began to lift again. She now felt that everyone around her mother had bad intentions.

She lowered her voice and explained her purpose to General Gu, "Mother, I've been feeling uneasy for the past few days since I received your letter. And it just so happens that the Fourth Princess has found me again."

"I've been busy in the army these days, and I haven't had time to write back."

After explaining, she asked Gu Qingyuan: "The Fourth Princess? How did you get involved with her?"

"She said she wanted our Gu family to submit to her and support her."

General Gu sneered, "I have already told His Majesty that I support the Crown Princess's ascension to the throne. What is the Fourth Princess?"

Xia Zhi said in time: "General, the young master came here because she was worried about you. You must be careful with the people around you."

"Yes, the Fourth Princess said that she had placed her people around you." Gu Qingyuan added.

General Gu frowned, "What?"

Then, when she drew her sword and seemed to be about to clean up the traitors around her, Gu Qingyuan held her hand.

"Mom, let's take a look at the situation first and don't act rashly."

General Gu sheathed his sword again, looked at the two of them and said, "You two shouldn't stay here for long. Qingyuan, the sooner you go back, the better."

"I don't want to go back." Gu Qingyuan shook his head.

Since she came here, she never thought about going back, but wanted to kill the enemy on the battlefield like her mother.

General Gu knocked her on the head.

"There's nothing fun here, and you could lose your life if you're not careful. If you don't go back, I'll have to send someone to take you back."

They said they were sending someone to send her back, but in fact they were just taking her under guard and sending her back to the capital.

Gu Qingyuan also understood and said stubbornly, "Mom, I don't want to go back. Send me back, and I will come back again."

"you!"

General Gu was so angry at her that he was speechless.

When it was time to eat, General Gu stood up and took the two of them to eat. He looked at their clothes again and frowned, saying, "Change your clothes later."

The army was stationed in front of a small river. After dinner, Gu Qingyuan went to the river to wash her face and changed the clothes that stuck to her and made her uncomfortable.

At night, Gu Qingyuan couldn't sleep so she went out for a walk alone.

The moonlight fell into the river, as if adorning the world with a circle of silver light.

Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound.

Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a cicada that had just broken out of its shell. It was shaking its white wings vigorously and chirping.

The cicada that successfully molted made a proud cry on the branch, and the earth-brown shell remained in place.

Gu Qingyuan picked it up and crushed it in his hands.

Soon, the earthy brown cicada shell turned into soil and fell from her hands.

……

The next day.

General Gu never gave up on sending Gu Qingyuan back, but her attitude was extremely firm.

She wants to stay so that she can feel at ease.

On the other side, on the city wall, a man wearing half a mask leaned on it and looked into the distance.

The eye on the half of his face covered by the mask was blue, while the other eye was golden.

In order to make himself stronger, he took too many homemade drugs, causing his pupils to mutate into two different colors.

But this also has its advantages, it allows him to see farther than ordinary people.

When he looked in the direction of Xiancheng, he found that a young woman had come to General Gu's side. The woman looked very similar to General Gu, and she must be General Gu's relative.

The people below asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to take action?"

"Do not."

The man shook his head, it was not the right time yet.

He wanted to take over Xiancheng in one fell swoop, kill General Gu who had killed many of his soldiers, and avenge his people.