Volume Seven: The Years I Was a General
Trust
Wen Nuan was woken up by the system in her head before she had even woken up.
She rubbed the space between her eyebrows, her face full of irritation, “What are you shouting about?”
【Blackening value! Blackening value!】the system made a horrified cry, 【The blackening value has risen ah ah ah….】
Wen Nuan opened her eyes and looked at the system’s data panel; the blackening value had already risen to 8.9!
No wonder she felt that Xiao Chuyu was a bit off last night. Her smile was off, and she was also very passionate in bed, completely lacking that arrogant, holding-back, aojiao energy1 from before.
“Why did it suddenly rise?”
She hadn’t done any wicked things2 recently, had she?
The system said, frantic: 【How would I know? As soon as I was blocked last night, I saw the blackening value rise. For the entire night, the blackening value was like an electrocardiogram, going up and down, and the final value it stopped at was still an increase.】
After waiting with great difficulty until the two of them had done the final deed, the result was that the blackening value had increased instead of decreased. The system had a sense of despair like it was going bankrupt.
Wen Nuan calculated it; the blackening value had only risen from the original 8.1 to 8.9. At least it hadn’t broken 9. Looking at it this way, it could be considered good.
The system said speechlessly: 【Can you have a little fighting spirit? You’re satisfied now that it hasn’t broken 9?】
“….”
Wen Nuan felt it was barely acceptable, but what could she do with such an ambitious master like the system.
She waved her hand and comforted, “It’s fine, don’t panic, it will go down after a while.”
【When is after a while?】The system’s heart pounded every day now seeing such a high blackening value.
Wen Nuan looked at Xiao Chuyu, who was still sleeping soundly in her arms, her expression gentle, “Soon.”
The system couldn’t get any clear answer out of her and became withdrawn from anger.
Xiao Chuyu felt sore all over, as if she had been ruthlessly run over by a wheel, especially her legs and that private place; it was an unspeakable feeling of discomfort and shyness.
She opened her eyes. Wen Nuan had woken up long ago and was propping up her face to the side, looking at her, “You’re awake, Your Majesty?”
Wen Nuan glanced at the color of the sky, “This criminal subject sees that the hour is still early, do you want to sleep a while longer?”
Xiao Chuyu was dazed for a moment, remembering last night’s madness. Every moment replayed in her mind, especially Wen Nuan’s caresses and kisses, and the entry and touch that still shocked her.
She suddenly felt that drinking messes things up; it had actually made her lose her sense of propriety and control, letting Wen Nuan play her in the palm of her hand.
“No need, Zhen must attend…” Xiao Chuyu was just about to get up when a wave of pain came from her waist, directly making her fall powerlessly back into the bedding, unable to straighten her body.
She widened her eyes in disbelief, “Zhen… Zhen’s.. waist….”
Why did it feel like it was about to break!?
Wen Nuan touched her nose and reached out a hand to rub it for her, “Apologies, this criminal subject didn’t control my strength too well last night. Is Your Majesty feeling very uncomfortable?”
Xiao Chuyu instantly remembered the several waist-breaking positions Wen Nuan had made her do last night. The two of them had played all sorts of tricks on this bed, which truly opened her eyes wide.
Recalling it now, Xiao Chuyu felt even more ashamed and unable to bear it. She had actually agreed with Gu Wen Nuan to play those incomprehensible tricks?
“You… you…” She stammered, glaring at Gu Wen Nuan, but couldn’t manage to squeeze out a single harsh word.
Wen Nuan took the initiative, rubbing her slender waist and pretending to be pitiful, “This criminal subject knows my mistake. Who could help it that Your Majesty last night was too alluring and too passionate? This criminal subject lost control for a moment, lost my sense of propriety, and made Your Majesty suffer.”
An unnatural flush appeared on Xiao Chuyu’s face, and she said, annoyed and ashamed, “Are you implying that Zhen being like this now is self-inflicted?”
“….” Wen Nuan gave a fawning smile, “How could that be? It is this criminal subject’s fault. This criminal subject begs Your Majesty to punish me severely.”
Xiao Chuyu glanced at the color of the sky outside and threatened, “In half a shichen3 Zhen must attend the morning court. If after half a shichen Zhen still cannot get out of bed, Zhen will have you dragged out and beheaded.”
Wen Nuan nodded: “Alright, this criminal subject will definitely let Your Majesty go to morning court safe and sound.”
She mobilized her internal energy, covering her palm with it, and slowly rubbed Xiao Chuyu’s lower back, “How does Your Majesty feel?”
Xiao Chuyu’s brow moved, and she said coldly, “Withdraw your internal energy. My internal injuries haven’t fully healed yet, are you trying to have a relapse of an old illness?”
“A relapse of an old illness is much better than being beheaded by Your Majesty right now,” Wen Nuan sighed, “If I don’t rub Your Majesty’s waist better, this criminal subject’s rather good-looking head will be about to fall off.”
Xiao Chuyu looked at Wen Nuan. Her long, jet-black hair was draped behind her back, and her lazy appearance from just waking up did not diminish her charm in the slightest, especially that pair of bright eyes that showed no trace of drowsiness, but were instead as bright and dazzling as the glorious sun.
She thought to herself: As expected of the handsome young lad passed around by word of mouth and competed over for praise in the capital city. Gu Wen Nuan’s looks and figure are truly peerless in this generation. No wonder Fengyan and many others still cannot forget Gu Wen Nuan, giving their infatuated hearts4.
The more Xiao Chuyu looked at Wen Nuan’s handsome face, the angrier she got. She raised her hand and pinched her fiercely, “Take your hand away, Zhen gets annoyed just seeing you now.”
“….” Wen Nuan clutched her pinched and aching face, looking stupidly forced5, watching Xiao Chuyu who was walking with extreme difficulty, supporting her waist as she got up.
Seeing Xiao Chuyu’s leg go weak, she immediately flew over and caught her, “If it’s uncomfortable, how about not attending the morning court today?”
Xiao Chuyu glared at her: “What? Is Little General Gu planning to participate in politics? Now you’re even managing whether or not Zhen attends morning court?”
“….” Wen Nuan didn’t want to argue with her about this. There was nothing else to sit on in Zhongming Hall, so she could only carry Xiao Chuyu back to the bed and shout outside, “Yuan-gonggong, prepare the bath.”
Yuan Qi replied from outside: “Nuo.”
“Why aren’t you speaking?” Xiao Chuyu gripped Wen Nuan’s collar, her gaze fierce, “Did Zhen hit a nerve? So you don’t even want to bother explaining?”
Wen Nuan held Xiao Chuyu in her arms, took the quilt from the bed to wrap her in it, and rubbed her lower back, “What does Your Majesty want this criminal subject to explain?”
Xiao Chuyu’s face was flushed with anxiety. She lifted her head from the quilt, “What right do you have to interfere with whether or not Zhen attends morning court?”
“En, this criminal subject has no right. Is Your Majesty satisfied?”
“….” Xiao Chuyu choked and retorted, “You are fundamentally saying one thing and meaning another6. On the surface, you are obedient, wanting to make Zhen’s heart soften and lower my guard, but in reality, you just want to take the opportunity to escape!”
“En, this criminal subject just wants to escape. Why doesn’t Your Majesty chop off this criminal subject’s four limbs, and in the future, this criminal subject will serve you with my mouth.”
“….” Xiao Chuyu thought of Wen Nuan’s licentiousness last night, and her cheeks became even redder. She spoke without thinking, “You… you… outrageous!!”
“En, this criminal subject is outrageous.” The fine, smooth skin under her palm made Wen Nuan unable to put it down.
She lowered her head and kissed Xiao Chuyu’s lips, “After all, this criminal subject did too many outrageous things last night, enough for Your Majesty to behead me several times.”
Xiao Chuyu knitted her brows: “Take your hand off Zhen’s buttocks.”
Wen Nuan placed her hand on her lower back and said sheepishly: “Oh.”
Yuan Qi brought the bathtub into the hall, poured in hot water and flower petals. The palace attendants did not dare to raise their heads the entire time.
He bowed and retreated to the door, “Your Majesty, Little General Gu, the hot water is ready. This slave will be waiting at the door.”
“Alright.” Wen Nuan watched Yuan Qi close the door properly, took off the quilt, and carried the naked Xiao Chuyu into the bathtub.
Xiao Chuyu nestled in Wen Nuan’s arms, letting her attend to her bath.
“This criminal subject will take a look for Your Majesty… is it any better?”
Xiao Chuyu bit her lip: “….”
Although she felt uncomfortable, she did not refuse.
“En,” Wen Nuan checked and smiled, “It’s fine, just a little swollen. It will be fine after applying some medicine later.”
Wen Nuan felt that Xiao Chuyu could rest for a day. Missing morning court for one day wouldn’t hold things up, and the country of Ming’an would not be destroyed because of it.
“Your Majesty, how about not going to morning court today?”
“Zhen can go.”
Xiao Chuyu felt she was better.
“Is Your Majesty certain?”
Xiao Chuyu gritted her teeth, “Get out for Zhen…”
“Don’t go, alright?” Wen Nuan rubbed her chin against her shoulder, her tone soft and coquettish, “This criminal subject is truly bored staying in the hall alone. Your Majesty goes to morning court every day, and after morning court ends, you go to handle political affairs. Only when night falls does Your Majesty return. This criminal subject feels as if I am like a resentful woman in the deep palace, always waiting for Your Majesty to come back and favor this criminal subject. It’s so uninteresting.”
System: 【I don’t want you to feel, I want me to feel, you are a resentful woman in the deep palace.】
“….” Wen Nuan rolled her eyes at the system and continued to nuzzle against Xiao Chuyu, “Your Majesty…”
This call of “Your Majesty” was melodious and lingering, making Xiao Chuyu’s tiger body tremble7.
“….Alright.” Xiao Chuyu turned around and leaned against the other side of the bathtub, looking Wen Nuan up and down.
She had a smile on her lips, looking a bit mischievous. Her soaked inner shirt clung to her body, perfectly displaying her fine curves. Although there were still scars on her body, they had faded a lot, both in appearance and to the touch.
“Why can’t scars be left on your body?” Xiao Chuyu looked at the bite mark on Wen Nuan’s collarbone. She had clearly bitten until it almost bled last night, yet today the bite mark was already so faint it was almost invisible.
No matter what kind of marks she left on Gu Wen Nuan’s body, they would eventually disappear.
Wen Nuan was taken aback, “You want to leave a mark on my body?”
“She” seemed to really want to leave marks on her body. The “her” in every world was so persistent. But her body was too peculiar, with an especially good recovery ability. No matter how severe the wound, as long as she recuperated well, it basically wouldn’t leave a scar. The only exception was in You Jiayi’s world, where she was burned by a special cigarette she made herself, leaving a tiny scar, but it was almost invisible.
Wen Nuan had the system check this special characteristic of her body. The conclusion the system came to was that it was caused by her own factors, with the main inducing factor being whether Wen Nuan wanted to have a scar on her body in her deep consciousness.
Wen Nuan was confused by what she heard and always felt the system was fooling her. Later, the system produced a lot of evidence to prove its truthfulness and reliability.
The reason the cigarette scar from You Jiayi’s world could remain was because Wen Nuan used that scar to try to gain You Jiayi’s sympathy, so her deep consciousness captured this thought, causing the cigarette scar to remain.
And the tattoo on Wen Nuan’s thigh or the “rose” on her chest, due to their own special nature plus Wen Nuan’s unwillingness to eliminate them, also remained on Wen Nuan’s body.
From this, it was concluded that as long as Wen Nuan wanted to leave a scar, it could be kept, as long as the consciousness was deep enough and the obsession was firm enough, it could be left.
Wen Nuan walked out of the bathtub, took a box from the bed, and handed it to Xiao Chuyu, “For you.”
Xiao Chuyu paused, then took the box, “What is this?”
“Birthday present.”
Xiao Chuyu’s eyes lit up. She opened the box. Inside was a wooden hairpin. Looking at the material, it was pear wood. A crescent moon was carved at the top. The style was novel and very distinctive.
“You made this yourself?”
Wen Nuan nodded: “En en, do you like it?”
Xiao Chuyu found the material somewhat familiar. She pondered for a moment, “The pear wood used for this hairpin couldn’t be the table from Zhongming Hall that was originally in pieces, could it?”
“….” Wen Nuan scratched her head in embarrassment, “Your Majesty also knows that this criminal subject possesses no superfluous things8, so I could only use local materials to make a gift for Your Majesty. The gift is light, the sentiment is heavy9, right?”
Xiao Chuyu looked at the hairpin, “Why give Zhen a hairpin?”
“Why doesn’t Your Majesty guess?”
“You placed it at the head of the bed. Were you planning to use it to assassinate Zhen?” Xiao Chuyu said deliberately.
The end of this hairpin was sharp; a light press could leave a mark in the palm.
Wen Nuan felt weary. She sighed, held Xiao Chuyu’s wrist, and pressed the hairpin against her own chest, “Didn’t Your Majesty want to leave a mark on this criminal subject’s body? Why not try using the hairpin this criminal subject gave to Your Majesty? As long as Your Majesty stabs it in, this criminal subject dares to guarantee that this time, it will surely be as Your Majesty wishes.”
Xiao Chuyu’s pupils trembled, “What do you mean? Are you threatening Zhen?”
“Is it a threat or not, Your Majesty can try and see?” Wen Nuan used force, piercing the hairpin into her skin. Fresh blood flowed along the hairpin, staining Xiao Chuyu’s fingertips.
Xiao Chuyu threw Wen Nuan’s hand away and said in alarm, “You’re crazy, Gu Wen Nuan!”
“Xiao Chuyu, you’re about to drive me crazy.” Wen Nuan pulled her into her arms, holding her tight, “Trust me, I won’t leave the imperial palace, I won’t leave you. Even if I die, I will die by your side.”
“Trust me, Chuchu.”
The author has something to say:
Wen Nuan: Trust me, Chuchu.
Fengyan: Trust me, gege.
System: Creating bad karma.
Female Lead: …
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