Cai Xiaolian was indeed frightened.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she finally managed to fall asleep after Grandma Xiao gave her acupuncture, but she didn't receive any news from Gu Nian for three consecutive days, and she became increasingly panicked.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, she had an attack.
She conceived around the beginning of winter. According to her own calculations and Grandma Xiao's predictions, the child should have been born at the end of July or the beginning of August. However, due to Gu Nian's emotional instability and excessive worry, Cai Xiaolian had an early pregnancy.
Fortunately, Gu Xin had her jade beads, and she only had to endure the pain for an hour before giving birth.
He was a son, the eighth among the Gu family's grandchildren.
Cai Xiaolian took it upon herself to name her son Yuan, meaning "to hope for the safe return of her husband and two daughters."
If you take it this way, then even the grandchildren of the Gu family will have to be attentive.
Gu Shouxin was unaware that his son had already come out early, just like Renren. He was discussing the attack plan with Xue Qianyu.
He couldn't swallow this insult.
He kidnapped his daughter for no reason; it would be strange if he didn't wipe out the southern border.
Therefore, he brought out his combat experience from his previous life.
In his previous life, when he was the Ninth Prince, he disliked civil officials but had a great fondness for military generals.
Without military generals to guard the borders, how could he control those pedantic civil officials in the court?
Moreover, he had personally led troops into battle; fighting was much easier for him than being a local official.
Xue Qianyu's eyes lit up as he listened, and he thought to himself, "Second Uncle, you must have read a lot of military books, and not just theoretical ones."
The two hit it off immediately, and after finalizing the plan, Xue Qianyu immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Lu Zheng.
We're just waiting for the big attack on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
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On the evening of the sixth day, after Xue Qianyu returned from patrolling Linshan with his men, he passed by a stream and saw fireflies flying all over the sky. A thought struck him.
He sent someone back to camp to fetch some things for him, and then dismounted and went to the stream alone.
Illuminated by the fireflies, he could see various wildflowers beside the ditch.
He squatted down and began picking flowers, all of which were in full bloom and particularly beautiful.
White, red, yellow, purple, a whole bunch of them.
He sat down on a rock and arranged the flowers, then added some green leaves and picked a few blades of grass to bundle them together.
He looked at the flowers in his hand and smiled to himself.
He never imagined that he would take such careful care of the flowers. He usually rode his horse around and never paid attention to the flowers and plants by the roadside!
It looks quite pretty wrapped up like this.
Gu Nian should like it!
When he accompanied Empress Dowager Jiang in the village, he went to the estate on the back mountain several times. He saw the Gu sisters often picking flowers and wrapping them up like this, regardless of whether they were flowers they grew themselves or wildflowers from the road back to the village.
He was lost in thought for a while when he heard the sound of horses' hooves; it was his men.
Xue Qianyu skillfully wrapped the flowers in oiled paper, tied them with his blue hair ribbon, placed the flowers on the horse's back, and then turned around to catch fireflies.
When Xue Qianyu returned to the camp, Gu Xin, Gu Hui, and Princess Jinghe were walking out of Gu Shouxin's tent.
The three girls smiled maliciously when they saw what Xue Qianyu was holding. Princess Jinghe said, "General Xue, I really like fireflies. Is this a gift for me?"
Gu Xin: "Second Brother Xue, the flowers you're holding are so pretty! Are they for me?"
Gu Hui: "General Xue, I think the box you have is quite exquisite, and I'd like to buy it."
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