Princess and the General

Chapter 22: Going to Save Third Brother

What caught everyone off-guard was that Yu Fu maintained a calm and gentle bearing while never losing any of her cuteness.

The girls gathered around in one spot and began to discuss things like clothes and accessories, and she was even able to get in a few words without saying anything jokingly.

In just the span of a conversation, everyone's view of her had changed.

Initially, they had believed that even if she was Marquis Gu's daughter, she would definitely be lacking in discipline from having been away for so long and from lacking the upbringing of a young miss.

But reality proved that this was not the case. Not only was she very familiar with the clothes and makeup of noble young misses, but when it came time to discuss Confucian philosophies, she had more knowledge than the noble daughters who only knew how to embroider.

Everyone was extremely fond of her. In just a few moments, they began treating her warmly like sisters.

"Today is my first time meeting elder sisters. Through speaking with everyone, Yu Fu has gained quite a bit of experience. Having been given so many gifts by elder sisters, Yu Fu is unable to repay this kindness. Would everyone please return to your seats and have a cup of wine!"

Yu Fu invited everyone to return to their seats without appearing brusque. This also freed her from being surrounded by everyone.

The people were a little reluctant to leave, but there was nothing they could do about it, as Yu Fu said that she wished to pay respects to Gu HuaiJiang. They could only let her go.

Finally being able to breathe some fresh air, Yu Fu rubbed her cute nose then turned around and went to look for Gu HuaiJiang.

When the girls had gathered around her, the smell of perfume became a little too thick.

When she turned around, she saw Gu Xiang and Gu Yi's faces enlarged, as they were directly in front of her.

"Fifth brother, sixth brother, you two gave me a fright!"

Yu Fu's little hand patted her chest. It was as if a small rabbit was about to leap out.

The twin brothers smiled with bad intentions.

"Who knew that little Yu Fu would be so amazing, being able to sound so authentic in front of those young misses. If we didn't already know, we might have thought that you grew up in a noble family in the capital."

Yu Fu smirked and thought to herself: Could it be that only Eastern Ling's capital has so-called noble families?

"The head general's status is so prestigious. It's natural that I can't lose any face for him!"

It was fortunate that she was originally quite familiar with those clothes and accessories and did not need to do any homework beforehand.

Gu Xiang looked around and saw that there were still quite a few guests looking at Yu Fu and carefully listening to their conversation, thus he pulled Yu Fu to a more secluded area to speak.

"Little Yu Fu, I feel that you should change how you call father. Have you noticed? All of the guests who came today think that you're father's illegitimate daughter. Father has been speaking lovingly, and I figure that he's deliberately leaving people to think this. Thinking about it, father would be very happy if you were to call him father."

"That would be no good."

Yu Fu refused without even considering it.

She did not want others to think that she was Gu HuaiJiang's illegitimate daughter. Her identity was special. If it brought trouble for Gu HuaiJiang or the marquis manor, she would not be able to repay them for the kindness that they showed her.

"Why? Are you afraid that your master will get angry?"

Gu Yi recalled when Yao Lan had suddenly appeared at Marquis Gu's Manor and what Yu Fu had said at that time.

Clearly, Deity of Medicine Xun Chi had great powers, and his temper seemed to be quite strange.

Yu Fu took advantage of this situation and said: "That's right, my master is quite amazing! But at this distance, do you see this-"

She pointed at the main gate of the manor that was quite far away and squinted her eyes, pretending to take aim, "At this distance, my master can flick, flick, flick his poison needles and poison 70 to 80 people!"

"70 to 80 people? Then wouldn't one be able to take out all infantry?"

Gu Yi stared blankly in a daze while shaking his head. He did not dare believe what Yu Fu had just said.

Yu Fu was merely messing with them. Seeing that she had accomplished her goal, she could not stop herself from sneakily covering her mouth and laughing.

She suddenly caught a glimpse of the nearby Gu JiuGe. He was surrounded by noble young misses, and he looked quite striking from a distance.

"Why do those young misses all like to gather around second brother?"

In Marquis Gu's Manor, Gu ShuBai was clearly the heir, and he was the one born with the most handsome features. It was such that even Yu Fu was extremely shocked.

She rested her cheeks on her hands and began to search around the crowd to try and catch a glimpse of Gu ShuBai. She saw Princess DanYang standing in front of him while shyly speaking with her head slightly lowered.

She had just met Princess DanYang and felt that she was a candid and open girl. She was honorable but not restrictive.

Who knew that she would look like such a maiden in front of Gu ShuBai.

Gu Xiang and Gu Yi did not find this scene to be strange, and the two began to explain things to Yu Fu.

"Because second brother was born handsome, who knows how many have been deceived by that handsome face. He's also adept at making girls happy, and he's able to say all kinds of sweet nothings."

"Eldest brother is different. Although he was born even more handsome, he has never paid attention to women. Moreover, with Princess DanYang around, how could any young miss from another family dare to try and get close to him?"

Yu Fu could not help but interject, "Princess DanYang doesn't let young misses from other families talk to eldest brother?"

"Princess DanYang has a noble background and is the firstborn daughter of the first empress. Her liking eldest brother is something that almost everyone in the capital knows about. If another family's young miss tried to court eldest brother's favor, she would definitely try to chase them away. In truth, aside from this one thing, she is quite easy to get along with."

Yu Fu slowly nodded her head and appeared to be a little disappointed.

Gu Xiang could see that her mood was off, thus he laughed and said: "Don't worry. You're different. You're a girl from our family and can speak with whomever you want. Princess DanYang is all too eager to get along with you!"

Yu Fu naturally knew that Princess DanYang wished to get along with her.

She just did not know that she was not only doing it because of Gu HuaiJiang's status. She also wanted to become her sister-in-law.

"Then does eldest brother like Princess DanYang?"

Gu Xiang and Gu Yi tacitly shook their heads.

"Eldest brother is the marquis manor's heir. Whether it be in status or looks, he can be considered as well-matched with Princess DanYang. If he wanted, His Majesty would have sanctioned the marriage long ago."

As the emperor of Eastern Ling, it would be easy for him to compel anyone to do anything, but Marquis Gu's Manor was the sole exception.

Yu Fu suddenly began to smile after hearing this, as she began to look around the crowd for her other two brothers. In the end, she found Gu HanMo taking care of guests with a cold expression.

It was amazing that the guests had not been scared away by his expression, and they were even talking to him endlessly.

Yu Fu covered her mouth and laughed, thinking to herself that this ice block of a person must really dislike speaking with others.

"Fifth brother, sixth brother, I'm going to go and save third brother!"