The two sisters arrived at Gu Shouxin's tent and asked if they could come along too.
Xue Qianyu happened to be there too. Upon hearing what they said, Gu Shouxin and Xue Qianyu spoke up at the same time: "No!"
In short, it boils down to two words: No!
Gu Nian and Gu Xin had no choice but to wait for them to return.
If you travel from Linshan back to Kuncheng by carriage only, without riding a horse, it will take at least several days; even on horseback, it will take at least four days.
Therefore, Gu Shouxin was not comfortable letting the sisters go back on their own, nor did he lead them to attack the southern border.
Helpless, the two sisters could only stay in the tent and watch as the army split into two groups, one led by Madam Peng and the other by Xue Qianyu, setting off on two separate routes to the southern border.
Gu Shouxin was on Madam Peng's side. As a county magistrate, he was naturally more trusted by the soldiers than Madam Peng, who had experience fighting in the southern border regions.
However, Madam Peng was also very interested in Gu Shouxin's plan, and even said, "Lord Gu, you should take the imperial examination to become a county magistrate. It's a waste of your talents. I don't know what the Emperor is thinking."
Lord Gu thought to himself, "If you say this to the emperor, he'll probably retort, 'I want Gu Er to be the emperor, not just a general.'"
As the group walked further and further away, Gu Nian was going uphill when Xue Qianyu, who was at the very front, turned around and looked at her.
She waved her hand and then clenched her fist in a gesture of encouragement.
Xue Qianyu turned his head away.
Gu Xin turned her head to look at Gu Nian: "Sister, you're back again!"
Gu Nian: "?"
Gu Xin glanced in Xue Qianyu's direction and explained, "Sister, you're back to how you were when you weren't doing your embroidery. I loved you then, so happy and fearless. You taught me so much! This past year, you've changed, you've become unhappy, but I didn't know how to comfort you. I could only watch you silently, my heart aching. But now you're back to normal! I'm so happy!"
After saying that, Gu Xin hugged Gu Nian as if she were holding a treasure she had lost and found again.
Gu Nian was taken aback for a moment, then patted Gu Xin's back: "Yeah, I'm so happy too. I'm happy to have a sister like Xin Xin, to have parents, and now we have a brother! From now on, I'll be happy forever!"
Gu Xin let go of Gu Nian: "Sister, let me cook you a meal today! It's your birthday, but we're not home. Your gift is at home too. Sister, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you!"
Gu Nian: "What do you want to give me?"
Gu Xin thought for a moment and said, "Beggar's chicken? We made it next to the lab last time, I've already learned how to make it! Wait for me, I'll go to the mountains and catch a wild chicken."
After saying that, she prepared to take action.
Gu Nian followed behind her with a grin. Hmm, let me see our little koi's amazing ability to make whatever she thinks come true!
Sure enough, the two pheasants, who were usually very clever, started fighting as they walked, like cockfighting. Then, they crashed into a big tree that was so big that it would take three adults holding hands to encircle it.
Gu Xin ran over happily: "Hahaha, what silly chickens! They even knocked themselves out while fighting. We don't need to waste our time!"
Gu Nian smirked: If you hadn't said you wanted to catch pheasants, they definitely wouldn't be that stupid.
The two sisters each carried a chicken and walked towards the camp.
They had already decided: one would be used to make beggar's chicken, and the other would be used to make soup. There were also dried mushrooms that the soldiers had picked up out of boredom in the camp.
The two sisters ate the beggar's chicken, while the chicken soup was left for the soldiers who stayed behind to guard the area.
Inside a bamboo house in southern Xinjiang at this moment.
A burly man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the pale-faced person lying on the bamboo bed and the mask at the head of the bed, suppressing his anger: "Damn it! We in the Southern Frontier are skilled in poisons, yet we can't even cure the poison of the Great Zhou? If you can't cure the poison, what's the point of bringing back a piece of trash?"
An old man knelt down tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the poison that the Crown Prince has been afflicted with is a combination of nine deadly poisons. We cannot find the poisons, so we cannot treat the symptoms."
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