After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 48 Blind Date on Birthday (Addition [-])

July 26
Today is Qu Chu's birthday.

On this day in the past, Qu Chu would drink and eat meat with the soldiers in the army, but now, she can only stay in the general's mansion.

However, today's Grand General's Mansion is extremely lively.

Qu Bingyu has been busy since morning.

First, arrange for everyone to clean the General's Mansion; then arrange for decorations such as flowers, plants, trees and bonsai; then dishes, drinks, drinks, tables and chairs...

She personally asked about everything.

She wants to celebrate Ah Chu's birthday well.

Counting the years before her rebirth, she hadn't given birth to Ah Chu for nearly 30 years, and she would never let herself miss this opportunity now.

Sishizheng

The emperor rewarded things.

It was delivered by the emperor's confidant, Eunuch Rong.

Qu Chu thanked the emperor for the reward and asked Qu Bingyu to put away the things.

"Ah Chu, how do you think His Majesty remembers your birthday? Did King Chu tell him?"

Qu Chu didn't know either.

Ning Youbei also visited the General's Mansion yesterday, but he didn't see him ask about his birthday.

It has been a month since he returned to Yudu from the west side of his envoy, and since this month, Ning You has visited the General's Mansion no less than twenty times.

Most of the time, she would bring some things, such as newly baked pastries, high-quality tea, new exotic gadgets... Qu Chu was not very interested in these things, but she still felt Ning Youbei's intentions.

Ning Youbei naturally knew that Qu Chu didn't like these things. Qu Chu liked weapons, wine, and horses.

However, Qu Chu already possessed the best black iron sword and soft armor without a name, and it was difficult for other weapons to come into Qu Chu's eyes.

And she likes to drink spirits like Northwest "San Dao Liquor", but Ning Youbei doesn't want her to drink such wine that hurts her body.

As for the other wines, they couldn't be better than Su Yingxue's "Drunk Pot Spring" and Qu Bingyu's specially made medicinal wine for Qu Chu.

Horse, Ning Youbei really wanted to give Qu Chu a horse, but so far he has not found a horse that is much better than Qu Chu's "Ben Lei".

……

before lunch

Ning Youbei stepped on the spot and came to the General's Mansion, and there was another person with him.

Qu Chu's expression didn't change when he saw the person coming, but Qu Bingyu's face turned pale.

The person who came was Du Ximing, who was on an envoy to the west with Qu Chu, and he has now been promoted to the fifth rank in the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing Qu Chu, Du Ximing bowed respectfully:
"General, I happened to hear the King of Chu say that today is your birthday, so I came here to beg for a drink with the cheek."

After walking together for a few months, Du Ximing had already entered the General's Mansion, and Qu Chu was embarrassed to drive him away again.Besides, he came in with Ning Youbei, and Qu Chu didn't want to embarrass Ning Youbei in front of outsiders.

"Sit whatever you want, there are not so many rules in my house."

Qu Bingyu forcibly suppressed her emotions and went to the kitchen to arrange meals.

Taking advantage of other people not paying attention, Ning Youbei whispered to Qu Chu:

"I heard you say that you wanted to find a gentleman in Yudu for your junior sister, and I fell in love with you. However, your junior sister is a little older, and there are not many unmarried men who are as old as her. I still reluctantly look at this Du Ximing." If you can, bring him here."

It was so!
Qu Chu hadn't paid attention to Du Ximing before, but now that Ning Youbei had told him, he began to look at him seriously.

Not to mention, this Du Ximing was pretty good-looking, gentle, humble and polite, and seemed to be well educated and knowledgeable.

As for ability, it can be seen that he is also well-organized when dealing with the specific affairs of the alliance with the western alliances, and his courage is stronger than other officials in the same industry.

Looking at it this way, it's really not bad!

I just don't know if Bingyu likes it or not?
With this thought in mind, Qu Chu's expression towards Du Ximing softened by two points.

……

After Du Ximing left, Qu Chu pulled Qu Bingyu aside.

"Bingyu, what do you think of Du Ximing today? The King of Chu specifically asked about it. Although he is not young, he has no concubines, and his family is simple, with only his parents and a younger sister."

Qu Bingyu also understood later that the king of Chu brought Du Ximing here to make himself look good.She didn't blame King Chu and Bingyu, but the Du family and Du Ximing for pretending so well.

Didn't I pick Du Ximing for these reasons in my previous life?
When I picked Du Ximing, he didn't have the current fifth-rank official position, he was just a sixth-rank Honglu Temple official.

In her previous life, Ah Chu's identity as a woman was not exposed, and she had already returned to the northern frontier at this time.With her in charge in the northwest, the people from the tribes in the west did not dare to move at all, and they did not go to the west, so Du Ximing also had no chance to be promoted for the time being.

Du Ximing was able to pick him from a sixth-rank official position, didn't he just like him to keep himself clean?

But who knows, it's just a good secret!
Du Ximing had a childhood sweetheart cousin who was originally from an official family, but it was a pity that something happened to his cousin's family, the cousin's parents were executed, and the cousin was used as an official prostitute.

Du Ximing's parents found a relationship to redeem their cousin and placed them in a house not far from their home. At this time, the cousin had already given birth to a son for Du Ximing.More than a year later, the cousin gave birth to a second son.

After she married Du Ximing back then, the Du family was afraid that Ah Chu was a great general, so they kept the matter a secret.A few years later, when Ah Chu died in battle, the Du family brought back their cousin and her two sons.

Because he was afraid of being gossiped by others, he forced himself to be imprisoned and tortured himself, and eventually died.

I didn't realize it until I died:
The Du family was not too anxious why they hadn't been able to conceive a child after several years of marriage. It turned out that they had two grandchildren already.

Listening to Qu Chu talking about Du Ximing now, Qu Bingyu lowered his head and wanted to refuse.

Du Ximing must not marry, but he can't tell about his cousin now, otherwise Ah Chu asked how he knew and couldn't answer.

Then procrastinate first!

Having figured it out, Qu Bingyu looked up at Qu Chu, "Ah Chu, can you let me think about it before answering?"

Qu Chu wanted to see a good family for Qu Bingyu, but he would not force her.

Seeing that Qu Bingyu's expression did not show a shy feeling of wanting to marry at all, but instead showed a kind of indifference and determination that sees through the world, she couldn't help but feel stagnant.

"Don't worry, just think about it slowly and tell me when you think it through. If you really don't want to marry, I will protect you for the rest of your life."

At this moment, a strange thought came to Qu Chu's mind:

If one day he wanted to return to the battlefield, he would entrust Bingyu to Ning Youbei's care.

This was a thought that Qu Chu had never had before.

Except for her comrades in the army, she trusts very few people.But after several months of contact, Qu Chu felt that although Ning Youbei was deep in the city, he was still a trustworthy person.

At least, he values ​​friendship.

For example, he was grateful to the emperor, Princess Anping, and Deng Mingyu.

He is his princess in name anyway, and he is loyal to the emperor, so he will definitely take good care of Bingyu.

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(End of this chapter)