Warm medicine emits fragrance

Qi Weiming returned an hour later, this time carrying an earthenware jar.

Li Chenbi lay crookedly on the couch, too lazy to even get up when he saw him.

He spoke lazily, "What junk did you bring this time?"

Fan Liuer was originally sitting at the table practicing calligraphy. She had nothing to do all day in the military camp, so she found something to do for herself.

Seeing Qi Weiming enter, she stood up and stared at the earthenware jar in his hand. "What's this?"

Qi Weiming ignored Li Chenbi, placed the earthenware pot on the table in front of Fan Liuer, lifted the lid, and looked at her like she was showing off a treasure, "How's the stewed rabbit? Delicious, isn't it?"

The aroma wafted out the moment he opened the lid.

Li Chenbi's expression changed instantly, and he sat up from the couch.

There are only two things in this world that can tempt Fan Liuer: money and delicious food.

That despicable and shameless bastard Qi Weiming actually resorted to such vile means!

The moment Fan Liuer smelled the fragrance, she involuntarily swallowed and her eyes lit up.

"It smells so good."

Looking at the delicious food in front of her, which looked and smelled wonderful and was still steaming hot, Fan Liuer finally couldn't resist the temptation and took the chopsticks from Qi Weiming's hand.

She picked up a piece and tasted it, then nodded vigorously, "It's delicious! Did you make it?"

Qi Weiming chuckled, "Yes, I can't speak for other things, but when it comes to cooking, some people really can't compare to me." As he spoke, he turned to look at Li Chenbi, his eyes filled with provocation.

Li Chenbi looked at him coldly. He didn't stop Fan Liuer from eating, but said to Qi Weiming, "Who knows whether you did it or it was someone else's work?"

Qi Weiming sneered, "Do you think everyone is like you, with such a treacherous mind?"

"Oh, you're not insidious at all. You're actually quite virtuous and upright, even though you're always seducing other men's wives."

"That's something I learned from you; you were the one who took another man's wife first."

"Are you a dog? You copy everything I do?"

"I'm your grandpa!"

The two started arguing again, escalating from sarcastic remarks to verbal abuse, with each word becoming more offensive than the last.

Fan Liuer, who was already used to it, sat down, placed the rabbit meat in front of her, and ate her own.

Let her argue all she wants, it won't affect her eating anyway.

After she had eaten and drunk her fill, and the two of them had tired of arguing, Qi Weiming left satisfied with the earthenware jar.

Only then did Li Chenbi begin to cause trouble for Fan Liuer.

"Is it good?" He stared at Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer was no longer afraid of Li Chenbi. She turned her back to him and said, "You two are having a good fight and then you start causing trouble for me. Don't think I can't see that your fight has nothing to do with me. It's just that you two love to argue."

Li Chenbi clicked his tongue. "Fan Liuer, you're really boring now."

She's getting smarter and smarter, leaving him no chance to even get anything out of her.

The battle ended quickly, in less than five days, and the army continued its northward march.

The daily hustle and bustle couldn't stop Li Chenbi and Qi Weiming from arguing. Whenever Qi Weiming had free time, he would come to find Li Chenbi, and the two would argue before the day was over.

As they drew closer to Kyoto and the war grew increasingly urgent, the atmosphere within the army became increasingly tense. Rumors about Li Chenbi and Qi Weiming became the only gossip that could be enjoyed privately in the military camp.

"Rumors are circulating that Lord Qi and Lord Li had a somewhat ambiguous relationship in the past, and the reason Lord Li kept you by his side was to use you to spite Lord Qi," Chuixue whispered to Fan Liuer.

When Fan Liuer heard this rumor, she found it outrageous.

"Who started this rumor?"

Chuixue glanced at Fan Liuer and said, "Because they find it unbelievable that Li Chenbi would be interested in you in your current state, and they are more inclined to believe that you are just a tool for the two of them to spite each other."

Fan Liuer: "..."

So, when these two argue, she's the one who ultimately gets hurt, right?

The rumors grew increasingly outrageous and eventually reached Yan Qi's ears. One day, Fan Liuer accompanied Li Chenbi to Yan Qi's tent for a meeting. During the meeting, Li Chenbi went to relieve himself, and Yan Qi finally found an opportunity to ask Fan Liuer about it.

"Have you heard the rumors about Qi Weiming and Li Chenbi today?"

Fan Liuer was no longer as afraid of Yan Qi. Upon hearing this, she opened her eyes wide and looked at Yan Qi, "You've heard about it too?"

Yan Qi nodded, "It's all over the news, I think it's hard not to hear about it."

Fan Liuer quickly said, "Those are just rumors, please don't believe them."

"Of course I don't believe it. I know your true identity. I'm just curious, why are those two at odds?" Yan Qi asked the question that had puzzled him for a long time.

He privately asked the two why they didn't get along, and their answers were the same: they couldn't stand each other.

He used to be too lazy to care; it's normal for a young person to be proud and dislike someone.

But now the growing tension between the two makes it hard for him to ignore it.

Apart from Li Chenbi's entourage and the subordinates who had followed Qi Weiming to Guanshan Town, no one in the military camp knew about the relationship between Qi Weiming and Fan Liuer.

Those who knew were all the two's confidants, and no one dared to spread the news. Fan Liuer also couldn't openly explain the feud between the two.

He could only give a vague answer, "Well...maybe their horoscopes don't match."

Yan Qi had always thought Fan Liuer was honest, had a pleasing appearance, spoke gently, and was neither arrogant nor impatient. Since she said all that, Yan Qi thought that the two of them might really be incompatible.

He nodded. "That might actually be true."

Fan Liuer gradually got used to life in the military camp. Apart from the hardships of marching, she began to adapt to everything else.

They continued north for another ten days or so, and the army set up camp again.

What follows is a tough battle. The city before us is a crucial stronghold protecting the capital. Once this stronghold is breached, the imperial court will be utterly defeated and powerless to resist.

This battle is crucial. For several days, Li Chenbi and several generals stayed in Yan Qi's tent to discuss the war.

Fearing that Fan Liuer would find it boring, Li Chenbi didn't bring her along and let her stay in his tent.

Fan Liuer was happy to be relaxed. She didn't like going to Yan Qi's tent, even though Yan Qi's attitude towards her was quite amiable. She was still not as comfortable as she was on her own turf.

She wrapped herself in a thick quilt and snuggled up in front of the brazier with Chuixue, the two of them cracking melon seeds and chatting idly.

The urgency outside had nothing to do with her; she continued to eat and sleep all day long.

He occasionally paid attention to the war, but under Li Chenbi's confident attitude, he put aside his sense of crisis.

If he says the battle is a sure win, then there's probably no suspense at all.

I thought this time it would be like last time, the war would end in a few days and then we would continue north.

But unexpectedly, an accident still occurred halfway through.