Princess and the General

How Could He Feel at Ease Like This?! (Part Four)

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“Little Yu Fu, I heard some good news!”

Gu Yi enthusiastically ran over to the Western Wing.
Before even stepping inside, he began to shout.

Yu Fu had already become accustomed to him acting this way and walked over from the corridor to say: “What good news?”

Western Kun’s special envoy will be returning to their country.
Your junior disciple will also be leaving with them.
Does this not count as good news?”

Yu Fu was stunned, “Kun WuShang is leaving?”

She had wanted to ask why he would not let her know but suddenly remembered that Kun WuShang was completely unable to get close to Marquis Gu’s Manor.
Even Yao Lan refused to help pass along anything that he said.
How could he let her know?

Gu Yi seemed to be able to tell what she was thinking, “I heard one of the soldiers in the manor say that he came on the night of the Lantern Festival but was chased away before he could get close.”

Yu Fu said: “Wasn’t that around the time that Prime Minister Yin resigned? It seems that he was planning to leave Eastern Ling at that time.
No, there’s something that I need to find him and ask him about!”

She quickly ran out of the Western Wing, while Gu Yi shouted from behind, “Western Kun’s special envoy should have already left the city.
How are you going to find him!”

“Acting so hurriedly, what’s making you so anxious?”

Yu Fu ran out and bumped into Gu ShuBai along the way.
Fortunately, he caught her shoulder and kept her from falling down.

What a nicely timed appearance.
Yu Fu grabbed his sleeve, “Eldest brother, take me on a trip out of the manor.
I will slowly tell you along the way.”

Outside the city gates, the eldest prince had been tasked with sending off Western Kun’s special envoy.

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The special envoy’s group gradually moved further and further away, and the eldest prince ordered for things to get tidied up.
Just as he was about to return to the palace to report, he suddenly saw a fast horse riding out from the city.

When the horse passed by the eldest prince, it suddenly stopped.
Only then did he see that it was Gu ShuBai and Yu Fu on the horse.

“Eldest prince, has Western Kun’s special envoy left?”

“They just left.
What happened?”

Gu ShuBai lifted the reins, “Yu Fu wants to send off her junior disciple.
When we get the chance, we will tell eldest prince more.
Farewell!”

After he finished speaking, he rode off.
The eldest prince watched them ride off for a while before climbing into his carriage and returning into the city.

Just after the special envoy left Lin’An, Kun WuShang ordered the group to slow down.
It seemed as though he was waiting for someone.

Chi Gan had already become accustomed to his seemingly mindless actions and waved his hand, “Seventh prince has the most authority.
Just listen to his orders.
There’s no need to ask me.”

Asking him would also be pointless.
Could he possibly be more stubborn than Kun WuShang?

At worst, they would be unable to reach the next post station before nightfall, so it would be fine if they dawdled a little.

Suddenly, they saw a cloud of dust draw closer from the direction of Lin’An.
One of the guards outside said: “Seventh prince, it seems that there is a horse riding after us.
Should we have someone go and take a look?”

Kun WuShang suddenly lifted the curtain, “It must be Yu Fu! Stop the carriage.
Come to a complete stop!”

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He stood on the shaft of the carriage and looked into the distance.
The cloud of dust made it hard to see who was riding the horse, but he was certain that it was Yu Fu.

That horse was drawing closer at a high speed, and Kun WuShang saw the girl sitting in front of Gu ShuBai.
Wearing a peach-colored coat that covered her face, he could immediately tell that it was Yu Fu.

Aside from her, what other girl would be able to ride Gu ShuBai’s horse?

“Little senior disciple, I’m here!”

He, who was prideful and domineering toward the special envoy, now spoke to Yu Fu very sweetly.

The words little senior disciple were said so smoothly that Chi Gan could hear them from inside the carriage and let out a faint snort.

Gu ShuBai dismounted his horse and helped Yu Fu down.

Yu Fu said: “Are you returning to Western Kun or Immortals Valley?”

“I will be returning to my country to report to father Emperor first before quickly returning to Immortals Valley.
Do you have anything you want me to pass along to master?”

Yu Fu shook her head and handed him a small porcelain bottle.

“Master and I have been exchanging letters.
There’s no need for you to pass along any messages.
This bottle has a new medicine that I made.
Every time that a disciple leaves the valley, they must develop a new medicine; otherwise, master will definitely believe that they got lazy and punish them.
I figure that you haven’t had much time to develop any new medicines while in Eastern Ling, right?”

Kun WuShang smiled foolishly, “Little senior disciple really treats me the best.
What sort of medicine is this?”

He opened the bottle and sniffed it.
The smell was extremely strange, and he was unable to tell what it contained.

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“It was made using herbs from Eastern Ling.
It’s natural that you can’t tell what it is.
It contains rose mallow, and it invigorates the mind and spirit.
It is exceptional.”

“What? Invigorates the mind and spirit?”

Kun WuShang immediately let out a strange cry, “I am studying poisons in Immortals Valley.
If I give master a medicine that invigorates the mind and spirit, are you sure that he won’t beat me to death?”

Yu Fu rolled her eyes at him, “Do as you like.”

She turned her head to look at Gu ShuBai then dragged Kun WuShang off to the side to speak.

“Was it really Yin Shuo who asked you for the poison?”

“It was.”

“What poison did he want?”

“Something hypertoxic that even you can’t treat.”

“Ha.”

Yu Fu gently laughed.
A poison that she could not treat, how could one be so easy to find?

“Then why did you give him one that wasn’t?”

“I don’t dare kill Gu ShuBai.”

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Yu Fu looked at him seriously.
For the first time, she felt that the carefree Kun WuShang had done something proper.

“It’s good as long as you know.
Even if you managed to steal military secrets from Marquis Gu’s Manor, Emperor Ning would not care, and the head general would care even less.
But if eldest brother died at your hands, they would not let you return to Western Kun alive.”

Kun WuShang smiled but did not speak.

He was not afraid of Emperor Ning or Gu HuaiJiang.

He was just worried that Yu Fu would be sad if Gu ShuBai died.

The two chatted for a while then walked back.
Gu ShuBai cupped his hands toward Kun WuShang, “Regardless of your motive, I, Gu ShuBai, will accept seventh prince’s kindness.”

Kun WuShang did not respond with a kind look, “Even if it was kindness, it was for my little senior disciple.
It has nothing to do with you.”

He climbed into the carriage and suddenly turned around, “But if you really want to repay this kindness, I would not mind.
You just need to promise me that you will take care of her like a true older brother.”

He heavily emphasized the three words true older brother.

Gu ShuBai smiled and picked Yu Fu up around her waist to get back up on the horse.
Provocatively looking at Kun WuShang, he said, “Don’t worry.”

Kun WuShang’s eyes were on the verge of shooting out flames.

How could he feel at ease with this?!