Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!
Chapter 409 - Chapter 409 Chapter 409 Cross-Dressing Female General VS

Chapter 409: Chapter 409: Cross-Dressing Female General VS Enchanting Femme Fatale (31) Chapter 409: Chapter 409: Cross-Dressing Female General VS Enchanting Femme Fatale (31) Gu Shengyin didn’t linger long in Jiang Huan’s courtyard. She tried to ignore the slight discomfort in her body and climbed into Jiang Huan’s carriage to return to the Fu Residence.

Just as she had expected, her father had not slept all night in the mansion.

For the first time, father and daughter had lunch together in harmony, without cold stares or silence.

The old butler watched with tears streaming down his face. For so many years, he had seen Old General Fu silent and the young lady distressed. He had never thought that within his lifetime, he would see the two of them resolve their past grudges.

At the end of the month, the Dirong Tribe from the northwest invaded, and Gu Shengyin, by imperial command, led the troops to the expedition.

The night before departure, Jiang Huan came to the General’s Mansion and filled her cup with wine.

“I wish you a victorious return,” he said.

Gu Shengyin smiled and nodded. As the female protagonist of this world, Fu Yunzhen was favored by the Fate Luck Principle. The reputation of “invincible in battle” was not an empty boast.

She looked at her lover’s increasingly rosy complexion. Ever since Jiang Huan had taken the medicine she obtained from the system, his health had improved a lot, and the vital energy he lacked due to congenital deficiency had been replenished.

Gu Shengyin set out in October.

In the November of the 20th year of Changsheng, good news came from the military camp: General Fu led the army to capture the enemy’s commander!

By the end of November, another message arrived at court: the army of the Heavenly Fate Dynasty had launched a surprise attack on the Royal Court, seizing the head of the King of Dirong!

During the Emperor’s Longevity Festival in December, Fu Yunzhen returned to the court with the soldiers, presenting a gift–a treaty swearing the Dirong’s everlasting fealty and expressing the new King of Dirong’s desire to maintain a hundred years of amicable relations with the Heavenly Fate Dynasty.

The Emperor was overjoyed and immediately issued a decree, naming Fu Yunzhen Marquis General, a rank of the first order, with the emoluments of a Commandery Prince.

Following this imperial decree, matchmakers practically broke down the doors of the General’s Mansion.

Everyone knew the Marquis General was greatly favored by the Emperor. Young and already at the peak of his rank, he seemed destined for even greater fortune. Now that his engagement to Princess Shu He had been canceled, he was seen as the most eligible bachelor among the nobles and the wealthy.

Of course, all these people were politely refused by Old General Fu.

However, it didn’t stop Jiang Huan from making the most of the situation to tease Fu Yunzhen.

“You’re quite popular now,” Jiang Huan said, biting lightly on the fair shoulder of Gu Shengyin.

Gu Shengyin gasped and spoke unsteadily, “Are you a dog?”

Jiang Huan laughed softly but did not cease his movements below, causing Gu Shengyin to cling tightly to him, “I am a dog, especially when it comes to biting this delicious morsel.”

… The rest of their conversation was left unsaid.

At the beginning of the following year, the palace issued a decree, naming the Second Princess Shu He as Princess Duanjing, representing the Heavenly Fate Dynasty to proceed with the marriage alliance with Dirong.

When the imperial edict was announced, there was an uproar all around.

Such matrimonial alliances were well-known. They were typically for princesses who were not favored; sometimes, if the Emperor felt pity for his daughter, he would select a suitable girl from the Royal Clan to be titled princess and sent for the alliance.

However, regarding Princess Shu He, everyone pondered but couldn’t understand why the Emperor would send his beloved daughter to the harsh and cold lands of Dirong for a marriage alliance this time.

It was said that Noble Consort Fang fainted upon hearing the news, and after regaining consciousness, she went to the Emperor’s palace and knelt without rising, hoping His Majesty would revoke the order.

Yet, even after she had knelt for an entire day and night, finally being helped away by a eunuch due to her lack of strength, the Emperor did not change his mind.

In the March of the 21st year of Changsheng, Princess Duanjing led a grand matrimonial delegation, embarking on the journey to Dirong.