Princess and the General

Something That Would Make Yu Fu Sad? (Part Three)

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The situation in court was trending towards being stable, and Marquis Gu’s Manor was also able to relax a great deal.

Gu HuaiJiang had less work, and Gu ShuBai had much more free time, thus he would go and visit Yu Fu every day in the Western Wing.

Today, just after setting foot in the Western Wing, he felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
It felt a little too quiet.

He walked through the middle of the courtyard.
The maidservant who came to greet him looked a little familiar and bowed very happily upon seeing him.

“ELdest young sir, you’ve come?”

Gu ShuBai hesitated for a moment, “Yao Hong?”

Qi Ting’s expression became a little ugly, “Replying to eldest young sir, aunty Li has already decided to return my original name.
This servant is Qi Ting.”

This was true.

She was now a maidservant who handled physical labor, while Yao Lan was Yu Fu’s personal maidservant.
It would not be fitting for the two to share a name.

Gu ShuBai nodded his head and headed straight toward the room.

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Originally, Qi Ting had been quite happy to have been able to regain her original name.
At the very least, when they heard her name, they would think of giving Qi An and Qi Zhou a bit of face, thus they would not treat her too poorly.

But based on Gu ShuBai’s earlier expression, it seemed that he was saying that she was not worthy of sharing Yao Lan’s name.

This made her feel humiliated.

It was all Yu Fu’s fault!

If not for her, how could these young sirs who had previously treated her so politely now ignore her?

She resentfully snorted and absent-mindedly walked forward.
Suddenly, she tripped into a puddle on the ground.

With this splash, the maidservants working nearby looked over and began to laugh.

Granny Liu walked over with her hands on her hips, “I say, Qi Ting, how can you be so stupid? This puddle has been there for so many days, and everyone else has been able to avoid it.
You’re the only one to fall into it!”

She loathingly waved her finger in front of her nose, “Why haven’t you quickly gone to get changed to return to work? Are you wanting to slack off?”

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Qi Ting’s face turned red from the humiliation.
Bowing, she retreated and heard granny Liu sarcastically lament, “Every time that the young sirs come, she just tries to be seductive.
She doesn’t even look at herself.
How could the young sirs be willing to look at her?”

…

“Why is it so quiet today? What are you looking at?”

Yu Fu sat in the rear corridor while holding Pang Jiu in her lap and a letter in her hand.

The room was quiet, and Gu ShuBai entered without making a sound, which gave her a fright.

“Eldest brother, why did you sneak in so quietly? My martial ability is not as good as everyone else’s, so I couldn’t hear your footsteps.”

Gu ShuBai looked around, “Strange, where are all of this room’s maidservants?”

Just as he said this, someone responded from the inner room: “Eldest young sir, please wait a moment.
I will bring the tea out shortly!”

It was Yao Lan’s voice.

Yu Fu patted the spot next to her, gesturing for him to sit down, “Head general said that he wanted to have some new accessories made and told me to pick what I like.
He would then pass along the designs to the craftsmen.
I was thinking about what sorts of hairstyles I have and matching the accessories to them.
All of these things are taken care of by Lian Zhu, so I just left it to her to take a look.
The two younger ones, Yin Ling and Yin Xue, said that they wanted to go too, and I have no clue where Lian Bi went, which leaves Yao Lan on her own.”

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Yao Lan came out with a cup of tea, “Young miss was reading a letter in the rear corridor, and I noticed that young miss had not touched her medicine kit in a while.
I went to tidy it up and did not notice eldest young sir come in.”

Gu ShuBai received the tea, “Who is the letter from?”

Yu Fu handed the letter to him, “Here.
Kun WuShang left a letter to me at the posthouse.
Before he left, he could not find me, and he did not think that we would leave the city to chase after him.
This letter was sent, and Yao Lan forgot about it, only remembering to give it to me today.”

Yao Lan stuck out her tongue and said somewhat guiltily: “The medicine kit still hasn’t been fully tidied.
If young miss and eldest young sir need anything, just call me!”

After saying this, she immediately ducked into the inner room.

Gu ShuBai looked at the letter.
It was nothing more than a standard parting letter.
At most, it reminded Yu Fu to be careful of Gu ShuBai.

“Gu ShuBai is already 21 years old, and you are only 13 years old.
When you get a little older, he will no longer be the most attractive man in Lin’An.
Little senior disciple, do not be so hasty.
Wait until you become of age before deciding anything.
You must not be deceived by that old man!”

The corner of Gu ShuBai’s mouth twitched.
This was the first time that he had been described as an old man.

Kun WuShang seemed to be a year younger.
This really was the pot calling the kettle black.

Yu Fu could tell what part he was reading based on his expression.
Covering her mouth, she laughed off to the side.

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“Men understand men the best.
A little girl like you would not understand.
You absolutely must take care of yourself and don’t let him do anything sneaky.
The more someone acts dignified, the more beastly they actually are.”

Based on this, someone, like him, who looked like a beast was actually a good person?

Gu ShuBai had grounds to support his views and was about to tell Yu Fu that there was no need to read such nonsense, but he was suddenly drawn to the last part of the letter.

“In truth, when Yin Shuo came to me for the poison, I had wanted to kill Gu ShuBai.
The reason that I did not hand over the hyper-toxic poison is that I was worried that you would be sad.
But there’s no need to thank me.
As a prince of Western Kun, it’s possible that I am destined to do some things that will make you sad.”

Destined to do some things… that would make Yu Fu sad?

He carefully thought over these words, not understanding what they fully meant.
He then looked at Yu Fu, and the latter shook her head.

“I was deep in thought earlier precisely because of these words.”

The thing that Kun WuShang would do, what exactly would it be?

Before Gu ShuBai could think about it carefully, he suddenly heard someone report: “Eldest young sir, Princess DanYang has come and is currently waiting for you in the main hall.”