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Arc 3 – Chapter 199, Vicious Princess Wants to Reverse Fate (94)

“You are well aware of how to make gunpowder. She has already had people prepare the materials. You must go and mix them quickly without error. I hope that by the time the sun rises, what I need will already be within the military camp,” Shangguan Qi said as he gently applied a bottle of green ointment to the scars on Zhou Min’s back.

“As you command!” The person left without a trace, vanishing in no time, while Shangguan Qi stayed with Zhou Min in the hot springs for a while longer before dressing her and carrying her out, heading towards the military camp.

When Zhou Min awoke, she was already on a carriage, with the familiar scent of medicine behind her. Lifting her head from his embrace, she saw the familiar face resting on the soft couch inside the carriage, while she was held in his arms.

“Awake?” Shangguan Qi opened his eyes and looked down with a smile at the somewhat dazed Zhou Min in his arms.

Zhou Min sat up from his embrace, opened the carriage window to look outside, and saw the soldiers of Zhou rushing hurriedly towards a place.

“Where are we going?” Zhou Min turned her head and asked.

Shangguan Qi also sat up, embracing her from behind, and gently combed the slightly dishevelled hair from her sleep, planting an extremely gentle kiss on her head, “We’re going to Huai Mountain Gorge.”

“Really? But my gunpowder…”

Zhou Min wanted to say that her gunpowder was not yet successfully made, but Shangguan Qi had already embraced her again, lying her down in his arms, resting her on his chest, and then leaning back on the carriage’s soft couch, picked up the blanket that Zhou Min had accidentally dropped, covering her again, and kissed the top of her head, “Don’t worry, I have prepared everything you want.”

Prepared? Gunpowder?

Zhou Min was somewhat surprised and incredulous at Shangguan Qi’s words, as the production of gunpowder in their era would not be used militarily until much later during the late Ming Dynasty. But judging from Shangguan Qi’s expression, it seemed that he was quite confident about the use of gunpowder in the military.

Could this be the advantage of the fictional era and the male protagonist?!

Her heart tilted like this! Fate really is capricious…

While Zhou Min’s mind was filled with random thoughts, perhaps because of the exhaustion from being tossed around by Shangguan Qi the night before, she yawned uncontrollably. Shangguan Qi watched Zhou Min’s obviously tired eyes fluttering, but her expression stubbornly refused to sleep. Unnoticed by her, he placed a piece of calming incense in the censer, “Sleep now, I’ll wake you when we arrive, okay?”

Unable to resist the invasion of sleepiness, Zhou Min nodded, clinging to Shangguan Qi, resting on his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart, and fell deeply asleep.

Shangguan Qi looked at the person in his arms, smiled gently, and gently pulled open her clothes to apply the green ointment softly onto the wound that had mostly healed. He knew well that what Zhou Min needed now was quiet convalescence and rest, but according to her character, without seeing his third brother safe and sound, she would not stop.

Without any other choice, he used the undercover network he had planted in the army camp of Zhou five years ago. In the role of Zhou Min’s military strategist, he issued orders, and had people carry the gunpowder, which was already made, to rush to Huai Mountain Gorge.

Zhou Min lay obediently in his arms, which brought an unusual peace to Shangguan Qi’s heart.

After the carriage entered Huai Mountain Gorge, it directly joined up with General Yuan, who had arrived earlier and successfully restrained most of the forces surrounding Zhou Zijun’s army, buying time for the third prince and preventing being attacked from both front and back. However, the disparity in strength was too great, so General Yuan was struggling. When he saw the large number of troops arriving continuously, he knew that the noble and beautiful woman had come.

Even he himself did not notice when the soldiers told him that the princess had brought reinforcements, the frenzy, excitement, and admiration in his eyes could not be hidden, and his steps hurried towards Zhou Min’s direction.

But when he saw a man in white, with a handsome and elegant demeanor, carefully holding a woman in a bright red dress like a sprite in his arms walking towards him, he felt as if something inside him shattered.

The sword was drawn, directly pointing at Shangguan Qi, “Who are you?”

The anger in his eyes could not be hidden, and his hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

Shangguan Qi did not look at him, but instead carried Zhou Min back to her temporarily erected tent. Shangguan Qi’s disregard made Yuan Tian want to step forward and snatch Zhou Min back from Shangguan Qi’s arms, but he was stopped by another general who had followed them down, “That is the princess’s military strategist!”

“Bullshit! I and the third prince went to find the princess together. The princess came to the border alone. Where did this military strategist come from? Let go!” Yuan Tian knocked down the general blocking him and drew his sword to enter the tent.

Master, you can deal with the rest yourself!

The general who was pushed away looked at the questioning soldiers around him, got up with a smile, and to avoid causing chaos in the camp, he could only first pacify the somewhat restless soldiers outside. As for the situation with Yuan Tian inside the tent, he believed that his master had a way to deal with it.

As soon as Yuan Tian entered the tent, Shangguan Qi immobilized him with a point of his finger from afar, without looking at him, and sat down in the main hall holding Zhou Min, beginning to look at the topographical maps of Huai Mountain Gorge sent from Shura Hall.

He also reviewed the effects of the arrangements and reactions that Zhou Min had made earlier. Although Shangguan Qi did not want to pay attention to Yuan Tian, he still felt a pang of jealousy because of the fierce stare, especially since the person in his arms, Zhou Min, was sleeping so peacefully. Shangguan Qi leaned down in front of Yuan Tian and bit Zhou Min’s slightly parted red lips.

Calling you restless, for attracting others!

If Zhou Min knew what Shangguan Qi was thinking, she would probably cry.

Yuan Tian, watching Shangguan Qi’s actions, had eyes that were about to burst into flames, but more than that was a sense of sourness. He could see the tenderness and doting in Shangguan Qi’s eyes as he looked at Zhou Min, and he could feel the atmosphere of exclusivity around Zhou Min and Shangguan Qi that no one could intrude upon. Although Zhou Min was asleep, he could feel that this woman, who appeared noble and proud in front of others, had a sense of defence, and in Shangguan Qi’s arms, there was the trust and warmth in her eyes and expression.

But it was also because Shangguan Qi bit Zhou Min’s red lips neither too lightly nor too heavily that the person who had been sleeping soundly murmured something and woke up.

Opening her still somewhat dazed eyes, her vision was a bit blurry and vacant, and after focusing with difficulty, she saw Shangguan Qi looking at her with a twisted expression. His jade-like indifferent face had a trace of displeasure, but Zhou Min smiled slightly, lifted her hand to cross it behind his neck, drew closer to his embrace, and softly called out, “Shangguan~”