Princess and the General

t quickly brought out a hot cup of tea.
Yan Zheng saw that she did not plan on leaving and had no choice but to slowly ease his way over.

With his head lowered, he stood there like a child admitting to doing something bad, “Young general is indeed not in his room, but young miss must not get angry after hearing where he has gone.
Young general specifically ordered us to keep young miss calm.
I can’t ignore my orders.”

Yu Fu pointed at a wooden chair nearby, “Let’s speak while seated.”

“Aye.”

Yan Zheng strode over and sat down, “The young general discovered the people dispatched by the eldest prince.
They left Lin’An and headed west.
We figure they’re heading in the direction of Baibu Yang.
The young general left first thing in the morning with a group but was worried that young miss would also want to go, thus he had me stay here to keep young miss calm.”

Yu Fu gnashed her teeth, “Hmph, we already agreed that we would investigate this matter together, yet he went off on his own and even left you here to keep an eye on me.
Could it be that I would cause trouble?”

Saying this, she slammed the table and stood up, and Yan Zheng immediately stood up, his eyes landing on the wooden chair behind Yu Fu.

The light-yellow wooden chair was quite plain.
It was made of fir, and the rings could still be seen.
This gave it a certain natural feeling to it.

Yu Fu muttered to herself, “… Eldest brother is really too terrible.
When he gets back, I will need to give him a talking to.
Keeping someone here specifically to keep an eye on me, at least send fifth brother or sixth brother.
How could you possibly do?”

He was so bad at hiding things.
He had been seen through without needing to say a single word.
He was even worse at lying than Gu Xiang and Gu Yi.

Just as Yu Fu was thinking about this, she raised her head and saw Yan Zheng looking at her with a look of concern.

She was stunned, “What’s wrong?”

Yan Zheng grabbed her arm and looked behind her, “Young miss, did you get hurt? Where did you get hurt?”

Yu Fu was completely confused, “I haven’t gotten hurt.
What are you saying? Where do I look hurt?”

Yan Zheng pointed at the wooden chair behind her.
Yu Fu turned around and was stunned in place.
A large patch of the wooden chair had been dyed red with blood!

She frowned, “I… I looked before sitting down.
It was perfectly fine…”

Yan Zheng pulled her over, his mouth agape, “Young miss, you have a lot of blood on you.
This blood came from your body!”

He charged out of the courtyard, “Quickly go and call an imperial physician, quickly! Young miss is hurt!”

Yu Fu’s mind was a mess.
She felt her body but did not feel any pain.
She could not even find any signs of any wounds.

Who could possibly have hurt her without her realizing it?

No, there had to be some sort of problem.

She was currently standing in a daze when she suddenly heard Gu ShuBai’s voice, “Yan Zheng, what happened?”

Yan Zheng let out a shocked cry, “Young general, you’ve returned! This is great, quickly come and see young miss.
The young miss is hurt and has lost a lot of blood!”

“What?!”

Gu ShuBai strode toward the middle of the courtyard with ten soldiers following behind him.
They were all worried about Yu Fu’s injury; however, they found Yu Fu standing in the middle of the courtyard.
The complexion on her small face was perfectly fine, and there was absolutely no sign of any illness.

One person saw the blood on the wooden chair, “Young general, look.
There’s a lot of blood!”

Gu ShuBai looked toward the wooden chair then shifted his gaze to Yu Fu.
He saw the hem of her goose-yellow skirt soaked in blood.
It resembled plums that had been frozen in winter.

“Yu Fu, where did you get hurt?”

“I don’t think I got hurt…”

Her confused expression confirmed Gu ShuBai’s speculation, and the latter became extremely worried, “Yan Zheng, all of you leave the courtyard.
Nobody is allowed to enter!”

“Yes! Huh?”

Yan Zheng was confused.
The young miss had suffered such a severe injury, so what was he dismissing everyone for?

One more person meant a bit more manpower!

Gu ShuBai sharply scolded them, “Huh what? Everyone, get out! Quickly!”

The group did not understand but had no choice but to obediently leave.
Gu ShuBai picked Yu Fu up and carried her into the room.

He spoke cautiously, “Lie down first and don’t move.
I will have someone call Lian Zhu and Lian Bi over.”

Saying this, he turned around and left the room.
Yu Fu was extremely puzzled, not understanding why Gu ShuBai had such an expression.
That expression was very hard to explain.
It seemed to be… embarrassment?

No, no, no, how could that be? What would he have to be embarrassed about?

Just as she was about to get up and go out and clarify the situation, Gu ShuBai brought a blanket in and used it to push her back down.
After spreading the blanket out for her, he brought in some warm water for her.

It was just plain water and not tea.

“A girl should avoid getting cold at a time like this.
Just obediently stay here and don’t move.
Wait for Lian Zhu, Lian Bi, and the others to come first.
I will have the kitchen prepare some soup for you to drink.”

A time like this for girls…

An explosion boomed in Yu Fu’s head.
No matter how confused she might have been, she could now guess what had happened to her.

She had actually had her period, and it had happened in the courtyard in front of over ten grown men?!