Forced to be a concubine? I turned around and married the scumbag's father.

Supervisor Luo quickly bowed to him: "Greetings, Commander-in-Chief."

Mu Junyan nodded lightly: "Commander Luo, what brings you to my tent so early?"

Luo Jianjun was a little flustered. He had some ulterior motives towards the young lady, but he couldn't let the commander-in-chief find out, or he would lose face.

He quickly held up the medicine: "Your subordinate... Your subordinate wants to give Lady Gu some medicine for her injuries, and then lead her to meet up with the guards of their caravan and escort her out of the military camp."

Mu Junyan gave an "oh" and said with a forced smile, "I applied the medicine to her last night."

Military Supervisor Luo: "..."

What did he hear?

Before he could react, Mu Junyan had already turned around, walked up to Gu Hua, frowned slightly, and scolded in a low voice: "So disobedient, getting out of bed so early in the morning, don't you know how to wear more clothes?"

After saying that, he took off his black wolf cloak and draped it over her, carefully tying the straps.

Gu Hua lowered her head nervously, not daring to look at anyone.

Supervisor Luo was struck dumb.

His tone was so intimate, and his actions so affectionate.

His eyes widened suddenly, and he blurted out instinctively, "You, you, you all last night..."

Gu Hua was so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

She tucked her neck in, shrinking into Mu Junyan's arms like a turtle in its shell.

Mu Junyan looked calm, put his arm around her waist and pulled her into his arms. He turned to the dumbfounded Supervisor Luo and said, "This is my wife. She is young and doesn't know any better. She came without being informed or given permission. Thank you for guiding her yesterday."

"Madam?"

Supervisor Luo's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Suddenly, he remembered that when he took her to the military camp yesterday, he heard the generals talking about how their commander had married a concubine who was as beautiful as a fairy.

This concubine was the younger sister of the young mistress.

Isn't the young master's wife surnamed Gu?

Luo Jianjun's head was spinning.

The young lady's crying last night... wasn't that just some kind of playful banter between husband and wife?

It's over.

He wished a bolt of lightning would strike him dead.

He actually fawned over the Duke's most favored concubine right in front of him.

That's practically suicide!

Supervisor Luo quickly stuffed the medicine back into his sleeve, shaking his head and repeatedly saying, "No, no, it's my duty, how could I dare to thank you? I'll take my leave now."

Mu Junyan glanced at his flushed face and nodded: "Okay."

As if his backside was on fire, Military Supervisor Luo turned and ran.

They were afraid that if they were even a little slow, the head coach would hold a grudge.

Mu Junyan looked down and saw the little girl looking at her with bright, sparkling eyes.

Her face was flushed, a mixture of shyness and happiness.

"You call me Madam?"

Mu Junyan gently pinched her nose: "What? Do I have other women around me?"

Gu Hua felt a sweet warmth in her heart, but then she suddenly remembered her current situation.

He said nervously, "You've always been strict with military discipline, and you're the commander of the Mu family army. How can you expect to command respect if you openly violate discipline? I'd better leave quickly."

Mu Junyan led her to the bedside, pressed her down on the bed, picked up her feet and placed them on his thighs to check the medicine that had been applied to her feet the night before.

His tone was calm: "It's alright, I've taken care of everything. You can stay for a couple more days without worry. Your convoy has already returned; have them send a message to Second Master Pei to tell him you're safe and sound. You can rest assured."

Gu Hua didn't know much about military affairs, so since he said that, it was naturally not a big deal.

She waited patiently for him to reapply the medicine to her feet and hands.

Akabane stood outside the door: "My lord, the new clothes and breakfast have arrived."

Mu Junyan pulled the blanket over Gu Hua and said, "Come in."

Akabane put the things down and asked through the screen, "My lord, would you like a bathtub prepared?"

He thought that his wife must have had a hard journey, and that his usually delicate wife must really want to take a hot bath.

Seeing Gu Hua's delighted look, Mu Junyan replied, "Okay."

Gu Hua ate her porridge and pickled vegetables while watching Mu Junyan and Chi Yu outside preparing the bath tub.

The porridge was plain white porridge, cooked until it became sticky and very fragrant and chewy, but the steamed buns weren't made of pure white flour and were a bit hard.

However, Gu Hua had gotten used to eating dry rations most of the time.

Soon, the wooden tub was filled with more than half a tub of hot water. Mu Junyan reached out to test the water temperature and, finding it suitable, dismissed Chi Yu.

When Mu Junyan came in, he saw that she had only drunk a little less than half a bowl of porridge and eaten half a steamed bun. Without thinking, he picked up the bowl of porridge she had half-eaten and drank it all in one go.

"The plain congee was specially ordered to be cooked this morning. The congee served in the army is usually made with mixed grains, which is not very palatable."

Mu Junyan put down the half-eaten steamed bun in her hand: "This is hard to swallow. If you can't finish it, then don't eat it. I've already asked them to make you a bowl of egg noodles, to make them softer, because we need to find eggs, so we'll have to wait a while."

Gu Hua felt a mix of bittersweet emotions upon hearing this.

I didn't expect him to be so thoughtful.

She was worried he would think she was too delicate and couldn't eat coarse flour buns and plain porridge.

"Take a good shower first, relax and unwind." Mu Junyan immediately started to undo her belt.

"I can do it myself." Gu Hua shyly pressed his hand down.

Mu Junyan raised an eyebrow: "Why are you still shy in front of me? If you cause any more trouble, I'll just tear you apart."

Gu Hua's face stiffened.

"Stretch out your arms."

Gu Hua could only obediently stretch out her arms and let them strip her naked, pick her up, and put her into the bathtub.

As the warm water enveloped her entire body, Gu Hua couldn't help but groan. Suddenly, she met a pair of deep, dark eyes that flickered with fire, which startled her so much that she quickly fell silent and crossed her arms over her chest.

Mu Junyan chuckled softly, shook his head, and walked away.

Gu Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm still not used to it.

A little while later, Mu Junyan came over again with a stack of new clothes.

"Shall I wash you?"

"No!" Gu Hua quickly refused.

He came to help her wash?

That's not taking a bath, that's committing a sin.

Mu Junyan looked at her fragrant shoulders exposed above the water, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he quickly looked away, dragging a chair to the side of the bathtub and placing his clothes on it.

"These are new winter clothes sent by the Pei family. I found the smallest size. I have to go out and take care of something. I'll be back in a bit. Then I'll reapply the medicine to you."

"Mmm." Gu Hua nodded obediently.

After changing his clothes and reapplying the medicine, Mu Junyan had to go attend to military affairs.

Gu Hua followed Chi Yu to the warehouse to help Supervisor Zhao count and distribute the supplies that had been delivered the day before.

Gu Hua was a little nervous, afraid that she would have a bad influence on Mu Junyan, so she kept her head down as much as possible when distributing the items.

Each team sent people to collect rice and medicine. Everyone knew Gu Hua's identity. Although they saw such a beautiful face, no one showed any particular surprise. They treated her with great politeness and respect.

After Gu Hua finished distributing the items, Chi Yu took her around to look at the wounded soldiers' camp.

Despite a month and a half of hard fighting, the Mu family army won a series of victories, and the soldiers were in high spirits, looking proud and valiant wherever they went.

On the training ground, the shouts of battle were deafening, each sword strike sharp and fierce, raising clouds of dust.

Even Gu Hua, a woman, was filled with excitement while watching.

However, all of this war was related to Brother Ji.

Gu Hua felt a little sad.

She needed to tell Mu Junyan the truth; she didn't want to hide anything from him.

If he blames her, she will bear it.

However, there can be no misunderstandings between them.