Princess and the General

Hard Liquor Warms the Body (Part One)

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The group left the capital in haste and rode without rest.

There was no end to the snow or wind, as they felt like knives on their faces.
Even Gu JiuGe’s face looked like it had been frozen.

Aside from occasionally asking Yu Fu if she was cold, he did not do anything else.

Naturally, Yu Fu was not cold.

Before setting out, Aunty Li and the maidservants wrapped her up in thick layers.
In the end, a large fox-fur cloak was added on top.

She looked as if she had been wrapped up in a large ball, and she just hoped that she would not roll off of Gu JiuGe’s horse.

If she did roll onto the ground, she might not even be able to stop.

“Are you hungry?”

Gu JiuGe’s voice came from above her head, and Yu Fu gave a muffled reply.
With so many layers, it became hard to hear her clearly.

She did her best to reach up and remove the cloak covering her face.
Her warm little face was exposed, as she exhaled, creating a large white fog.

“I’m not hungry and can continue.”

It was truly too stuffy under the cloak.
If she waited any longer to expose her face, she would die from the heat before she died from the cold.

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When the mobilized troops arrived outside Suzhou City, the sky was dark, and Gu JiuGe pulled his horse to a stop.

“There’s no moon out tonight.
Traveling overnight in the snow with troops is not safe.
It would be best to stop and rest here for now.
When the clouds part, we can continue on our way.”

The group had traveled at a lightning-quick pace.
While he had been worried about Gu ShuBai and Gu Yi, he was also worried that something might happen to his own group.

Fortunately, these 500 were well-trained, and they had even more experience with traveling long distances than he did.
On the way to Suzhou, nothing had gone wrong.

Only…

Gu JiuGe personally helped Yu Fu down from the horse.

“You must be tired, right? Does anything hurt? Since you don’t know how to ride a horse, with the horse keeping up such a high pace, you must be sore all over.”

Yu Fu leaped to the ground and brought down her medicine kit first.
She then began to examine its contents.

Along the way, she had been hearing some clinking sounds, and she had been worried that the bottles of medicine inside would shatter.
Luckily, they were all fine.

“I’m fine.
As long as these bottles of medicine aren’t broken, it’s fine.”

In truth, her limbs hurt so much that they were feeling numb.
When she reached out to examine the bottles, her hands were slightly trembling, and Gu JiuGe had seen it.

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Since she herself was unwilling to admit it, he would not expose her.

“Quickly, sit down and eat some dried rations.”

The soldiers quickly and nimbly started some fires, melting the snow to water.
They just ate the ratios with some hot water.

They were too hard to bite through, thus they were soaked in the hot water then stuffed whole into their mouths.

The form was inelegant, but there was nothing that could be done about it at present.

Yu Fu copied them, breaking the rations into smaller portions and tossing them into her mouth.
It was like sucking on a rock, and she hastily brought the hot water to her mouth.

Gu JiuGe quickly snatched it away, “The water just finished boiling.
Are you not afraid of burning your mouth? You’re so cold that your hands have lost all sense of feeling.
You couldn’t even tell how hot the water was.”

He handed his wineskin over to Yu Fu, “Here, this wine is warm.
Your entire body will feel warm after drinking it.”

Wine…

Yu Fu hesitated for a moment.
She had never drank wine before.

“Master said that young children can’t drink wine.
I’ll wait for the water to cool down a little before drinking it.”

“He was talking about the pampered little child growing up in Immortals Valley, not the Yu Fu who is riding with a group of soldiers overnight.
If you don’t drink it, you will definitely freeze overnight.”

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Out in the wilderness, the snow continued to fall and cold wind continued to blow.

This sort of cold could not be blocked by any number of furs.
She would need to warm up from the inside.

Yu Fu looked behind her.
The soldiers were also passing around wineskins.
One person had their head tilted back and poured a bit into his mouth.

The Gu family’s military had a rule that the military should not drink unless celebrating a victory.
Today, everyone had broken this rule.

It could be seen that Gu JiuGe’s words were not an exaggeration.
They were the truth.

Yu Fu bit her lip then snatched the wineskin from his hand.
Throwing her head back, she downed a large mouthful.

“Cough…”

It was so spicy that tears began to well up in her eyes.

All of the soldiers looked in her direction, revealing gratified smiles.

Gu JiuGe quickly handed her a bowl of water with one hand and patted her back with the other, “It will get better soon.
It will get better soon.
The stronger the alcohol, the more it warms the body.”

Yu Fu gulped down the water, but her throat was still stinging from the spiciness.

“Second brother, I… My voice?”

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Oh no, from the time that she was a child, she had never had such strong wine, thus her tender throat had become hoarse from the spiciness.

Gu JiuGe slightly lifted an eyebrow and held her hand.
Finally, she stopped shivering.

“Have you eaten enough? After you’ve eaten your fill, put your clothes back on.
Don’t get cold.”

Out in the wilderness, there was no cover.
He could only have Yu Fu lean against a large rock to block some of the wind.
He then covered her in a cloak and hid her under him.

Having been wrapped up tightly, only Yu Fu’s little face was exposed.
Her face was red, as the wine from earlier had begun to warm her up…

When she woke, the sky was clear, and she was already on the horse.

“Second brother, where are we?”

“We will be arriving at Changzhou very soon.”

Gu JiuGe looked down at her with a smile, “You got drunk and never woke up the entire time.
This was my first time seeing someone sleep so soundly while riding a horse.
It seems that the wine was not wasted.”

Yu Fu shook her head and removed the hood of her cloak to try and wake up a little from the cold wind.

“We were able to reach Changzhou in just one day and one night, so fast.
Eldest brother and the others must still be waiting for us.
We will definitely be able to find them!”

As she said this, she pulled out a small brocade box and carefully opened it.