"Doctor Qin said that the general should take good care of himself and not rush things."
Lu Xingjian snorted and picked her up in his arms. "Whether it's too hasty or not, you'll know once you try."
...
As night deepened, the two clung tightly to each other in bed, their bodies drenched in sweat.
The air was filled with the sound of each other's panting.
Lu Xingjian buried his face in the crook of her neck.
"Still looking for male lovers?"
Su Wanwan remained silent.
Lu Xingjian turned her face away and saw her eyes gradually return from their dazed state.
"Um?"
Her face was flushed, her lips were slightly parted, and her eyes were soft and gentle.
Lu Xingjian grasped her hand. "Come with me to Xuanfu, hmm?"
"What?" Su Wanwan's mind went completely blank.
"I have to go to Xuanfu. I can't leave you and the child in the capital."
"Oh, whatever you want." Su Wanwan was so sleepy that she couldn't understand what he was saying at all.
However.
Lu Xingjian didn't finish his sentence.
He issued an edict granting him the title of Duke of Zhenguo and selected several military officers to serve as guerrilla generals, leading thousands of elite soldiers in day and night training.
These elite soldiers were selected from the best of the best in various garrisons, one in a thousand, and each of them was capable of taking on a hundred men.
He planned to use these elite troops as a mobile force, determined to utterly defeat the Tatars.
As the weather grew colder, the Tatar cavalry plundered Datong and Xuanfu before retreating to the depths of the grasslands to spend the winter.
Some of the 20,000 troops sent to Xuanfu were also recalled to return to guard various passes in the capital.
Zhang Zhong and Zhang Yong remained stationed at the border.
Just after the Emperor's birthday celebration in September, Lu Xingjian took Su Wanwan and Yan Ge'er and set off for Xuanfu.
Xuanfu City was not large, and the group temporarily stayed at the governor's office, in the name of the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife.
The wife of the governor of Xuanfu, along with several other officials' families, came to visit.
Su Wanwan never expected to meet such an unexpected person.
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