Gu Tingye, who was far away in the northern border, didn't miss Minglan that much when he was busy marching.

But when they were resting on the way, Gu Tingye looked at the blue sky and remembered Minglan running towards him in a blue dress.

Minglan's playful appearance can be seen in the streams along the border, and in the occasional dead trees, Minglan like a little rabbit will pop out from time to time.

They have known each other since childhood. Although there is a several-year age difference between them, Gu Tingye feels that Minglan grew up with him.

Minglan has been a naughty girl since she was a child. She was spoiled and became lawless. She bullies Gu Tingye all day long.

She either asked Gu Tingye to carry her on his back to play, or asked Gu Tingye to find ways to make her happy, or to find delicious food and fun things for her. If she didn't see Gu Tingye for a day, she would eat one less bowl of rice.

As the son of a marquis, Gu Tingye is flattered by people everywhere.

Even though he was rude to his relatives Qi Heng and Xin Ge'er, he was very fond of Minglan and would never refuse her requests.

When did Gu Tingye discover his feelings for Minglan?

It might have started when the kid from the He family at Baishitan came to visit the Sheng family and teased Minglan again and again.

For the first time, Gu Tingye felt that someone was coveting his beloved.

It was also from that time that the way Gu Tingye looked at Minglan changed. It was no longer the look of a brother looking at his cute little sister, but the look of a man looking at his beloved.

Just as Minglan is about to come of age, Gu Tingye has to go to the northern border to fight.

Three days before departure, Gu Tingye couldn't control himself and abducted Minglan to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

It's said that the battlefield is ruthless and life and death are determined by fate. Gu Tingye originally planned to ask for Minglan's hand in marriage after returning victorious. But he still expressed his feelings before leaving, which was really despicable.

After stammeringly confessing his feelings to Minglan, Gu Tingye nervously waited for Minglan's response.

Unexpectedly, the little person chuckled after hearing the confession and walked forward, stretched out his arms and wrapped them around Gu Tingye's waist, raised his little face and smiled as brightly as the stars, saying: "I'll wait for you to come back."

At that moment, Gu Tingye's heart was as happy as watching the fireworks on the Lantern Festival. He looked at Minglan with a silly smile, just like a big fool.

It was not until he entered the military camp and became the deputy general that Gu Tingye turned his longing for Minglan into the courage to fight.

The person who provoked the war in the northern border this time was Xiao Qin, who was also the Princess Pingwan conferred by the emperor a few years ago.

The Xiao Qin family has been operating in the northern border for decades, and now they are no longer satisfied with their small territory. Instead, they have the idea of ​​competing for the Central Plains.

Having given birth to three sons and two daughters, Xiao Qin's status in Northern Xinjiang is now comparable to that of a regent queen.

Her husband, the King of Northern Frontier, was originally more than ten years older than her. Now the old King of Northern Frontier was unable to control the government, and the entire Northern Frontier was in the hands of Xiao Qinshi and her sons.

In a previous life, it was a family struggle between stepmother and stepson; in this life, it became a war between nations. The winner and loser of this inevitable war is still unknown.

Before Gu Tingye left Beijing, Bai specifically told Gu Tingye some things about Xiao Qin, saying only that she had someone find out.

The dream that Bai had had before was vague. In the dream, she only saw Gu Tingye's miserable condition and was not clear about Xiao Qinshi's actions in it.

Bai always thought that it was because Gu Yankai disliked her and therefore disliked the son she gave birth to that Gu Tingye lived such a painful life.