Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1654: Wounds

Qin San Lang froze, his heart surging with joy... He returned filthy with blood, yet she did not dislike him; she even kissed him willingly!

Xiao Yu seldom initiated kisses; every time she did, he was always very excited. At this moment, he needed to work hard to suppress his impulse towards her.

Gu Jinli looked at him with a tense face and clenched fists, frowned at him, and asked, "What’s wrong with you? I kissed you, and you’re not happy? Could it be like Ji Zhenniang said, that once a man achieves merit and gets promoted, he wants to change wives?"

She gritted her teeth and threatened, "If you dare to change wives, I’ll castrate you so you won’t have the equipment to have kids with a vixen!

Qin San Lang was amused by her and said, "A man’s got an evil wife at home, I’m struck with fear just thinking about having two minds.

Moreover, he knew that Xiao Yu wouldn’t listen to Mrs. Ji; she was just teasing him.

He explained, "Xiao Yu had a bath, I’m dirty, don’t want to mess you up, I’ll go wash first."

Even if Xiao Yu didn’t mind him, he still wanted to wash the blood off first before anything.

"Initially wanted to come back early, wash clean in the front yard and then see you. But too many soldiers sent me back, to avoid them finding out I faked fainting, I had Danian and them carry me straight in."

Gu Jinli heard this, recalling what he said earlier, that General Cheng and the others kept talking to him, annoying him, so he pretended to faint to escape; she couldn’t help but laugh.

The smile was so sweet that it tickled Qin San Lang’s heart, he asked her, "Why is Xiao Yu laughing?"

Gu Jinli shared what he said before, then added, "I like you like this; this is what a twenty-year-old young man should be like."

Qin San Lang laughed, "Xiao Yu likes it, then I’ll talk more about the outside world with you later."

Then he remembered her birthday; feeling guilty, he said, "Xiao Yu, I’m sorry, missed your birthday, and left you alone to face the Rong soldiers laying siege..."

Gu Jinli waved her hand, interrupting him, "Just missed a birthday, that’s all; later you’ll have many chances to celebrate with me. Don’t feel guilty, make up for the gifts and all will be well."

She urged again, "Hurry to take a bath, after that I’ll use medicine to drive away insects, then you eat and sleep. Your pulse is weak, showing exhaustion, need a good sleep."

Although he could still talk to her, the fatigue on his face and the coolness in his palms couldn’t deceive anyone; he needed to rest well.

"Wait, take the medicine first." Gu Jinli feared he might suddenly die, took out a packet of calming and pulse-protecting medicine powder, mixed it with hot water, blew on it, and handed it to him, "Drink this quickly, it’s for calming and protecting pulse."

Qin San Lang took it, drank it all in one go, placed the cup aside, and said to her, "Xiao Yu, don’t worry, I’m fine, I won’t suddenly die."

Back at the Military Office, to rush back to see her, he often only slept four hours; she found out and got really angry, using ’not sleeping will lead to sudden death’ to scare him.

Later, he explained it to her, said the noble descendants granted titles by military merits, from practicing martial arts, started eating a kind of medicinal diet. This dietary regimen, passed down from the Great Zhou Dynasty and modified by Imperial Physicians across the former dynasty’s various courts, by the establishment of Great Chu, the newly titled nobles obtained the prescriptions, and this dietary regimen became a superb tonic for strengthening the body.

They were raised this way from a young age, thus their physique, cardiac pulses, and digestive systems were much better than common folks, enabling him to travel and ambush day and night without mishap.

"Even if your body is good, when it’s time to sleep, you must sleep. Stop talking, hurry to take a bath." Gu Jinli pushed him out the door.

Qin San Lang looked back at her with a grin and walked away.

The bathing area was in the adjacent wing room, equipped with everything, his change of clothes also placed on the table in the wing room.

"Wash well, let me know if you need anything," Gu Jinli shouted towards the wing room door.

"Okay." Qin San Lang heard it, smiled, enjoyed this domestic time alone with her, then shouted back, "You don’t have to worry about Company Commander Zhang’s matter, I’ve already sent people with Liugou and the others to search along the route, will definitely find Company Commander Zhang, let him avoid the retreating Rong soldiers."

"Got it, you wash well." Gu Jinli felt assured hearing this, went to tell Erqing standing outside the courtyard gate, "Go tell Sister-in-law Zhang, Brother Qin has already sent people to find Company Commander Zhang; let her feel at ease."

"Yes." Erqing quickly left to relay Gu Jinli’s words to Mrs. Han.

Mrs. Han was delighted upon hearing, choked and said, "Much gratitude to your lady."

"Mother, is there news about father?!" Sister Yu was relatively sensible, always worried about her father, saw Erqing coming, secretly followed to eavesdrop.

Mrs. Han smiled, "Your Uncle Qin has sent soldiers along the route to find your father, also brought wolves; those wolves have a keen sense of smell, will certainly find your father quickly. Sister Yu, rest assured, your father will return safely to see us."

Sister Yu looked at Mrs. Han, seeing the smile on her mother’s face was no longer sorrowful, her fear lessened a lot, nodded and smiled, "Yes, Sister Yu and little brother will behave well, waiting for father to return."

"Yes, our Sister Yu is the most sensible." Mrs. Han patted Sister Yu’s head; this daughter not only was sensible but also very reassuring to her; she then looked at Erqing and said, "Tell your lady, the children and I are fine, let her rest and don’t worry about us."

Company Commander Qin returned, the young husband and wife reunited after a perilous ordeal, must have many close words to say, Mrs. Han was a sensible person, did not want Gu Jinli to fuss too much over her household.

"Understood, the slave will notify the lady, excuse myself first." Erqing bowed and took her leave, went back to relay Mrs. Han’s message to Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli nodded in response, seeing the dark circles around Erqing’s eyes, said, "You go rest first, come back in the afternoon."

During the siege by the Rong soldiers, Erqing along with Xiao Ji, Ye Jingzi, and others also worked day and night, everyone quite tired.

Erqing was grateful, "Yes, the slave obeys."

The master only liked staying with the lady, disliked being interrupted by her servants, Erqing took the chance while the master and lady were alone to nap, then wake up and switch shifts with Xiao Ji, the timing just right.

After Erqing left, Gu Jinli went to get the medicine box, sat in the corridor waiting.

She waited and started dozing off, calculating the time, Qin San Lang had been taking bath for not a short while, why hasn’t he come out yet?

She jolted awake, worried he’d fainted in the wing room, rushed to knock the door, "Brother Qin, are you okay? Did you faint?!"

"I’m fine, Xiao Yu, don’t worry." Qin San Lang quickly replied, "I’ll be out shortly."

Qin San Lang had already finished bathing, but he had suffered a few injuries, did not want her to worry, so he was applying medicine to himself in the wing room.

However, Gu Jinli’s nose was sharp, already smelled the medicine, said, "Are you applying medicine to yourself? Open the door, let me see your wounds."

She added, "You don’t have to fear me worrying, wartime always comes with injuries, I’ve long anticipated it. Hurry and open the door, stop dawdling, otherwise, I’ll be mad!"

The last few words carried a bit of anger.

Not daring to let her be mad, Qin San Lang could only get up and open the door, upon seeing her, he flashed a bright smile at her, placated, "Xiao Yu, don’t get mad, it’s just some minor injuries."