Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 365 - 363

Chapter 365: 363

Xiao’er and Jingrui successfully disguised themselves as a young soldier, following the soldiers of the cooking class and marching out with the army.

Shangguan Xuanhao, just to see Shangguan Xuanyi’s reaction when he sees Xiao’er, irresponsibly tossed all his duties to his father and became a military doctor!

The First Prince and the Third Prince love to manage affairs of state, right? So let them deal with it.

Poor Xiao Qi, no one takes him out of the palace to play with Xi’er anymore.

The people of the northwest, the saviors of the world are coming! Shangguan Xuanhao whistles and thinks to himself.

Shangguan Xuanjun really wants to kick him out. Whistling while marching, what fun is he having!

"Shut up!"

"Can’t I happily whistle? I really don’t know who the elder brother is!" Shangguan Xuanhao murmured dissatisfied.

"What the hell are you happy about! This is war! Who are you whistling for! If you want to whistle, it should be a bugle." Shangguan Xuanjun, who returned to the army, lost the etiquette of a prince and began to speak harshly.

"Isn’t this because I am happy that I will finally go to kill those Xiyue barbarians? You don’t understand my heart." Shangguan Xuanhao looked at the dissatisfied eyes of the soldiers behind him and quickly added.

"Wait until you kill before you speak! If you dare to whistle again, get out of here back to the palace." Shangguan Xuanjun said fiercely.

Shangguan Xuanhao really wants to go and talk to Xiao’er. He finds it hard to be around this physically strong but simple-minded person.

Every day the army has to walk at least a hundred li, and the soldiers in the cooking class are also burdened with food and iron pots.

They walk even harder than ordinary soldiers.

Xiao’er and Jingrui turned red as they walked. In comparison to other soldiers, they were simply carrying their own packages and were too relaxed, which could easily lead to resentment.

Jingrui volunteered to help an old soldier carry a bag of grain and put it on his back.

The old soldier thanked him with a smile. Now he was only carrying an iron pot, which was much easier.

"Uncle, let me help you carry a bag of grain!" Xiao’er said to a sturdy man next to her.

Among the people in the cooking class, only he was carrying the most.

This was probably because the capable would have more to do, Xiao’er thought.

Lin Hu, hearing Xiao’er’s words, looked at her short arms and short legs, shook his head and said: "No need, my arm is thicker than your thigh, you should just walk faster, so as not to slow down the army."

"Don’t worry, I’m very strong! Uncle, don’t worry!"

Someone behind heard this and directly unloaded a bag of grain from his back to Xiao’er: "Boy, you want to carry it, here it is!"

Xiao’er almost collapsed under the weight! She quickly dodged and the grain fell to the ground.

She turned her head and saw that he was carrying only one bag of grain, and now, by throwing it to her, he wouldn’t have to carry anything!

There is no such thing in the world.

Xiao’er picked up the bag of grain with one hand and threw it at him, "carry it yourself, I am not obliged to help you carry it!"

"You little shit, are you trying to get killed?" The man was knocked to the ground by the force of the grain.

The man started to argue, but Lin Hu turned his head and glared at him: "He Wei, want to lose your life? If you delay the march, be careful of your skin!"

He Wei heard Lin Hu’s words and snorted, in the end, he didn’t dare to say anything.

The Sixth Prince was very strict with his soldiers, he dared not cause trouble.

"Boy, it’s your first time being a soldier, right now you’re still growing. Don’t carry this stuff, or you’ll get hurt internally, and you won’t grow up to be as strong as me. Too weak, how can a man support his family!" Seeing that Xiao’er looked weak and frail, Lin Hu advised her.

"Uncle, I think I am very good." Xiao’er glanced at his hefty body, if she grows up to be as big as him, she might consider committing suicide by tofu!

Xiao’er asked again if there was anyone who needed help carrying things. Everyone saw that she was particularly skinny and shook their heads.

He Wei snorted, "Hypocrite!"

Xiao’er ignored his provocation.

The army didn’t stop until the sun was at its zenith.

"Rest at the spot for the duration of a cup of tea, after eating dry food, we will set off again." Everyone carried a lot of dry food as they just left home, and the weather was cool now, the food could be kept. Just take it out and eat.

Xiao’er saw a thatched hut not far away, she quickly ran over, closed the door, then hid in the space to use the toilet. Sigh, if she had known this earlier, she would have gone to the northwest by herself. Now even going to the toilet was troublesome!

After Xiao’er came out of the hut, she washed her hands clean by the creek and then sat next to Jingrui to eat dry food.

Shangguan Xuanjun looked over at Xiao’er and Jingrui.

He saw two young-looking boys eating their dry food and laughing. It was as if they were not sitting in the wild forests and eating dry food, but sitting at the dining table of an ordinary and happy family, enjoying themselves.

Why mention ordinary folks? Because the big families have a practice of ’do not talk at mealtime, do not talk at bedtime’.

He thought that purposely arranging her to walk with the soldiers from the cooking class, after walking for half a day, she would not be able to stand it, and ask to go home. Unexpectedly, the two people who should have been half dead from exhaustion looked perfectly fine.

Let’s see if she can still move tomorrow! The fatigue of today will turn into body aches tomorrow. When she asks him to send her home, he will make her walk another day!

They marched for a whole afternoon, and it was so dark that you couldn’t see your fingers in front of you. Only then did the army stop.

Tonight they are still eating dry food. But the people in the cooking class made several big pots of hot water for everyone to drink with their meal, which is much better than eating cold and hard dry food with cold water at noon.

Some people just soaked the dry food in the hot water to eat.

Shangguan Xuanjun couldn’t help but look at Xiao’er again, only to see her small figure holding two bowls of boiling water, shuttling among the soldiers, bringing them water.

As a county princess, she could still humble herself and perform her duty of bringing hot water to the soldiers. Shangguan Xuanjun was surprised to see that she could endure hardship.

"You can stop looking, give up! That girl will never give up halfway. Instead of letting her suffer, it’s better to keep her by your side and take care of her. That way, when you see Shangguan Xuanyi you won’t die a horrible death!" Shangguan Xuanhao saw Xiao’er, who was as busy as a little bee shuttling among the soldiers, spoke.

"Do you think warfare is a joke? Such nonsense!"

"Then you can rest assured that the girl definitely wants to follow and there must be a reason. She is not a frivolous person." On this point Shangguan Xuanhao is still confident.

"I hope it is as you say. Otherwise, if something happens, I won’t give anyone any face!" Shangguan Xuanjun dropped this sentence and was about to look away, but what happened next made him freeze.

As Xiao’er passed by a soldier, the man stuck out his foot to trip her.