They were in charge of being beautiful, and she was in charge of taking the hits.

She walked faster and faster, eventually jogging, running in the direction the person carrying the water basin had come from. Changsun Bozong, on the other side, saw her running so fast and wondered what had happened that made her so anxious.

She ran to a doorway and stopped. There were many people outside, none of whom she recognized, and she had never even seen their faces before. She grabbed one of the men's arms and asked anxiously, "How is the general?!"

The man shook his head, a hint of doubt lingering in his furrowed brow as he looked at Wu Ziyan before him, thinking, "Who is this? Does he know the general? That can't be right. Didn't we just return from the border?"

Wu Ziyan pushed the door open and rushed in before the others could stop her.

Another basin of bloody water was brought out. After passing through the screen, there were four people sitting opposite each other and one person lying down, his face ashen. Wu Ziyan's gaze first fixed on the person on the bed, and he was stunned.

It wasn't Wu Chengji. Was it a man or a woman? She couldn't tell, but it was undeniably handsome. Looking around at the people sitting there, there was Wu Chengji, and three others she had only vaguely recognized once. One of them looked almost exactly like the person lying on the bed.

Seeing this, Wu Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief: "Big sister, you're alright."

"Me? What's wrong with me?" Wu Chengji looked at the fine sweat on her forehead and roughly guessed the reason.

"I asked the people outside how the general was doing, and they all shook their heads. I was so worried."

Seeing how concerned she was about him, Wu Chengji forced a smile: "Fourth sister, it wasn't me, it was Chu Qiu, sigh!"

Seeing the grave expression on the face of the person inside, who must be seriously injured, and recalling the name mentioned earlier, [Chu Qiu, isn't that the unlucky fourth male lead? So he was the one who almost bumped into her!]

At this moment, Wu Ziyan clasped his hands together, praying, "Please bless him, he must be alright. If anything happens to him, I'll be doomed too!"

She glanced at Physician Han again, her brows furrowed and her heart filled with unease, and asked, "How is General Chu Qiu's injury?"

The Korean physician wiped the sweat from his brow: "The child's wound is not serious, but the problem lies in the secret poison of the Xiao Rong Kingdom."

The three spirited women who were sitting up stood up one after another: "Physician Han, please do your best to save my fourth brother's life."

Wu Ziyan was even more puzzled. Fourth brother? A general who is actually a man? That's possible. Then she looked at one of the women who looked almost exactly like Chu Qiu. She was pale and didn't seem to be in good health. So she turned her gaze to Wu Chengji.

Wu Chengji said, "These three are the generals guarding the border of Beirong. It's just that General Chu Yu was injured a few years ago, so she hasn't been able to ride a horse for a long time. But she is the flag bearer guarding the border between Beirong and Xiaorong. She cannot fall."

"So, they switched the prince with a cat?"

"That's not entirely true. Chu Qiu grew up on the border and is a sibling of Chu Yu. His martial arts skills are even superior to Chu Yu's. I won't bury his talent just because he's a man. It's just that this time... sigh!"

As she spoke, she sighed deeply again. Wu Ziyan looked at them and pondered in her heart, "There are no military generals with the surname Chu in the court. If we're talking about families where everyone is a general, it's only the Situ family, who are stationed on the border year-round. So, the four of them are from the Situ family. My eldest sister's influence... well, I can win them over and use them as a foundation for her future rise to power."

At this moment, she remembered the reward the system had given her, which included some kind of universal antidote pill. Wasn't this just the perfect way to lay a solid foundation for her future?

[This system's rewards are truly generous; not a single one is given away for free!]

Thinking that saving his life would instantly max out his favorability and then he would repay her with his body, Wu Ziyan's thoughts were very simple at this moment. Without thinking, she immediately took out a strange medicine bottle from somewhere in her sleeve, walked to the physician Han's side, and handed it to her.

"Physician Han, this medicine might save General Chu Qiu's life." Physician Han opened the medicine bottle, smelled it, and looked at Wu Ziyan in shock.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Wu Ziyan didn't understand what had happened; it was just a bottle of medicine. [Damn it, is this another trap?!]

The physician Han didn't speak. He first checked for poison, then gave it to Chu Qiu. After a while, Chu Qiu's breathing gradually calmed down. The three spirited women knelt down and clasped their hands in thanks to Wu Ziyan: "Thank you, Fourth Princess, for saving my fourth brother's life!"

At this moment, Physician Han got up, wiped his hands, and whispered something in Wu Chengji's ear. Wu Chengji's expression immediately turned serious: "Fourth Sister! Come here!"

Wu Chengji's serious expression and terrifying, sharp eyes made it seem as if he were calling her an enemy on the battlefield. She still walked up to him, looking puzzled, and asked in a low voice, "What is it, big sister?"

"How did you get this antidote! The same thing happened with the Glazed Lamp last time. Could it be that you really colluded with foreign enemies?" Wu Chengji's gaze was as cold as winter ice.

"Ah! How could that be! What antidote? What glass lamp! It was all by chance, elder sister, you have to believe me!" Wu Ziyan thought it was utterly ridiculous. She hadn't even gone anywhere yet, and she was already colluding with the enemy?

Looking at Wu Ziyan's expression, Wu Chengji fell silent and thought about it carefully. Ever since he last saw her, his fourth sister had become very strange.

She was eccentric and quirky. If she were truly colluding with foreign enemies, she wouldn't have been so foolish as to save Chu Qiu, nor would she have taken out the antidote in public. This didn't make sense. Her expression softened a bit, but she still had too many doubts.

"If you don't believe me, elder sister, you can always check." [I really haven't gone anywhere these past few days.]

"No need, I trust you, but next time, don't be so reckless in front of outsiders, otherwise..."

Wu Ziyan nodded. At this moment, Chu Qiu, who was lying on the bed, started coughing violently. Someone immediately rushed forward, but before they could reach the bedside, a mouthful of black blood spurted from his mouth, followed by several more coughs. Everyone looked at Wu Ziyan.

The physician Han calmly replied, "It's alright. General Chu Qiu has already vomited out the poison and will recover soon."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Wu Ziyan also breathed a long sigh of relief. Was this damn system really not sent to torture her?

After Chu Qiu was completely settled, Wu Chengji set up a banquet and invited everyone to have a drink.

At the dinner table, Wu Chengji introduced Wu Ziyan to everyone: "This is Situ Chufeng, the General Who Guards the North; Situ Chuling, the Left General; Situ Chuyu, the Right General; and this is my fourth sister, Wu Ziyan."

The eldest brother, Situ Chufeng, spoke up: "I met the Fourth Princess once in my younger days, when she was just a child. I never imagined she would change so much! Let's toast the Fourth Princess!"

They all carried the hearty spirit of the frontier, speaking freely. Wu Ziyan, resting his chin on his hand, had his face flushed after a few drinks, and his voice was tinged with drunkenness: "Four generals, you haven't told me about this Situ Chuqiu yet. Is he married?"

This sentence almost made everyone spit out their drinks. Situ Chufeng smiled and said, "Not yet. Besides, the Empress can't know about my brother's affairs."

Wu Ziyan also subconsciously came to her senses, realizing that she had blurted out her true feelings. Moreover, Chu Feng had raised a valid point: for a man to become a general was a serious crime.