At this moment, Gu Yuzhi had no idea that someone was plotting against his life. He had just finished his wilderness survival training with Huo Qiyuan, running wildly through the mountains and fields.
When the two walked back to Xinliang together, Gu Yuzhi's fine white fox fur cloak had become tattered, his once fair face had become chapped, his lips were cracked, his chubby little face had disappeared, and he had lost a lot of weight.
When Gu Yuzhi saw Chief Secretary Xie, he grinned, the coldness in his eyes gradually disappearing, and he transformed back into the beloved young prince.
Looking at Gu Yuzhi's chapped lips, from which blood beaded as he smiled, Xie Changshi felt an overwhelming pang of heartache. If it weren't for his status, he would have loved to go up and hug the young prince.
He turned around and took deep breaths, his eyes already slightly red. It took him a while to calm down before he turned back and said, "It's good that Your Highness is back. Imperial Physician Qin has received the news and is on his way here."
Although Huo Qiyuan was protecting them and their people were following them from a distance, the young prince had indeed been exposed to the elements for a month, and they still needed to have Imperial Physician Qin check his pulse to make sure there were no problems before they could truly feel at ease.
Thinking of this, Xie Changshi couldn't help but feel a little regretful, wondering if he had been too eager to help his children grow.
We should proceed step by step, gradually, starting with just one month...
Gu Yu didn't know what Xie Changshi was thinking. He covered his face with his hands, which were swollen like radishes, his eyes full of fear, and shook his head like a rattle: "Why did you have to send Judge Qin? I'm perfectly fine, I don't need Judge Qin to come."
To convince Xie Changshi, he even looked at Huo Qiyuan and said, "Mr. Huo, you're right! I haven't been sick once during this time I've been away."
He patted his small chest vigorously, his tone filled with undisguised pride: "I've become much stronger now, I can draw a bowstring to its full extent!"
Of course, this bow was a specially made small bow and arrow, not the large bows that Qi Shiwei and the others used.
However, he believed that he would be able to draw the big bow in two more years!
He couldn't wait to share his experience outside with others, wanting Xie Changshi and the others to know that Mr. Huo was extremely satisfied with him and had already decided to return to Changzhou with him to formally teach him military strategy.
Gu Yuzhi then realized that although Mr. Huo had taught military strategy before, those military books were all commonly available on the market, and Huo Qiyuan had no intention of teaching the Huo family's family-inherited military strategy.
When Gu Yuzhi learned about this, her little mouth pouted so much it could almost hang an oil bottle, and she grumbled indignantly, "I saved Mr. Huo's life, and he doesn't even intend to teach me sincerely!"
He angrily poked the snow with a stick, while Teacher Shu comforted him, saying, "The young prince is loved by everyone, and flowers bloom for him. Marshal Huo is no exception. His words clearly indicate that he is willing to teach you."
If he really didn't want to teach, he could just keep it to himself. The young prince wasn't a confidant of the Huo family army, so how would he know that the Huo family had its own family-inherited military strategy?
Shu Xiaohan and Wen Xiuzhu exchanged a glance, and then Wen Xiuzhu comforted her, saying, "Teacher Shu is right."
Gu Yuzhi then raised his little face and blinked at Marshal Huo, who suddenly burst into laughter: "Your Highness, do you know why I was unwilling to teach the Huo family's military strategy before? It's because the Huo family's military strategy was specifically created based on the Northern Di people. It is the experience of the Huo family's ancestors in resisting the Northern Di throughout the dynasties."
No one understands the customs of the Northern Di people, their fighting methods, and so on better than the Huo family.
The Huo family may not be good against the southern barbarians or the river pirates, but when it comes to the northern Di people, the Huo family is number one and no one dares to say they are number two.
"Furthermore, the northern desert is not like the south. The winters are exceptionally cold. If Your Highness cannot endure the hardship, it would be best not to get involved with the northern desert army."
Gu Yuzhi rested his chin on his hands, staring blankly at the campfire.
He had overheard Xie Changshi and Marshal Huo talking about his future assignment to the Northern Desert Army several times, and he had a vague suspicion that his elder brother might have sent him to the Northern Desert Army for that very reason.
But he was just a child...
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, suppressing the jumbled thoughts in his mind, and continued to listen to General Huo say, "Now that the one-month period is almost over, Your Highness is already able to find resting places, identify directions, and recognize traps on your own. I believe from the bottom of my heart that Your Highness is capable of studying military strategy at a deeper level."
Teacher Shu and Manager Wen both said that Marshal Huo truly acknowledged him from the bottom of his heart!
His eyes were sparkling. Perhaps because he had been "wandering" and had wounds all over his body, he was used to it. He felt it was more important to share this wonderful news with others. Gu Yuzhi didn't notice the pain in his mouth at all, and instead smiled even more happily.
But as soon as he turned his head, his smile froze on his face, because he saw Judge Qin!
Even though the young prince can now survive in the wild, draw his bow to its fullest extent, and skin and kill rabbits without batting an eye, in front of Judge Qin, he is still that little boy who is afraid of the black bitter medicine!
Gu Yuzhi pouted and looked up at the sky and the ground, refusing to meet Qin Yuanpan's gaze, as if that would prevent him from drinking the medicine Qin Yuanpan was brewing.
Judge Qin found it both infuriating and amusing, but after more than a year of getting along, he had long since come to know the young prince's temperament. Although his tone was still harsh, he no longer had the aggressive and disappointed air he had when he first arrived in the northern desert.
"Your Highness, please have a seat."
Knowing he couldn't avoid it, Gu Yuzhi pouted, jumped onto the chair, rolled up his sleeves, and placed his wrist on the pulse pillow.
Only then did Chief Secretary Xie notice Gu Yuzhi's swollen hands and the wounds on his wrists. His eyelids twitched, and when he turned to see Imperial Physician Qin's grave expression, he felt even more regretful: "Your Highness..."
He had just opened his mouth when Gu Yuzhi shrank back and whispered, "Chief Secretary Xie, please don't speak yet. Imperial Physician Qin is taking your pulse."
Gu Yuzhi was actually feeling very uneasy.
He certainly felt that he was fine, but he had many wounds of all sizes on his body. Apart from the more serious wounds that he treated, he just left the other minor wounds alone.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with his arms, which used to be fair and tender like lotus roots, becoming like this.
But Gu Yuzhi was afraid that the diagnosis by the Imperial Physician Qin might reveal something bad!
Just as Gu Yuzhi was worried about the handkerchief and was very nervous, Qin Yuanpan finally withdrew his hand, and his expression was much better than when he came: "Your Highness has no internal illness, but the frostbite on your hands needs to be treated in time, otherwise it will recur every year."
Gu Yuzhi looked down at his swollen, red hands, his expression aggrieved.
Imperial Physician Qin coughed lightly: "External application is sufficient."
Gu Yuzhi immediately laughed, his eyes bright and his whole being radiating joy.
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