The Marquis's line has ended? The pregnant maid is pregnant again!

Lu Jihan glared fiercely at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng, feeling guilty, touched his nose and said, "Didn't you tell me to speak louder? Isn't this being perfectly natural?"

Lu Jihan glanced at him: "Go down and distribute the prepared silver to the soldiers. Emphasize the time again: we must depart by noon today."

"Yes."

After Lin Feng finished answering, he saw Lu Jihan turn around and leave, heading straight for the entrance of the military camp.

Military camps are rough and direct places, and the soldiers speak very frankly and without beating around the bush. When they get into a good mood, they might even argue while eating.

"What a beautiful girl! I remember her; she seems to have come here before, didn't she? I think she was delivering food to the general!"

"I knew it! Those bandits on Lingque Mountain are like rats; they'd run away in terror at the sight of you grandpas. If you grandpas wiped them out, it would be a piece of cake with just a gun. What need is there for any pre-battle mobilization? The general keeps urging us to go home to our wives, children, and warm beds. Turns out, the general can't bear to leave his wife!"

"Hahahaha, you know what, no wonder the general thinks like that, this girl is really pretty, with a small waist and a delicate face..."

"Pah, pah, pah! That's the general's woman! You're all making lewd remarks about her! You're all asking for trouble, don't drag me into it!" These were the words of Lin Feng, who shoved the prepared silver into their hands.

"When the general settles his scores later, it will be too late for anyone to plead for him!"

The soldiers genuinely respected Lu Jihan, so their words were just a joke. When they heard Lin Feng say that, they just smiled and didn't say anything inappropriate.

Lu Jihan looked at the young girl waiting at the entrance of the military camp. She was dressed in a pink dress and looked really pretty, like a beautiful hibiscus flower in full bloom.

But now that it's autumn, it looks a bit thin.

Seeing that she wasn't wearing much, Lu Jihan frowned immediately: "Why are you wearing so little? Aren't you afraid of getting cold?"

As Lu Jihan spoke, he draped his heavy cloak over Shen Qinghe's shoulders, pulling her close: "All those clothes, coats, and cloaks that I bought for you, why haven't I seen you wear any of them?"

"If you really don't like it, we've still sent you plenty of fine fabrics. Just give the order, and someone in the manor will make it for you. Anyone who doesn't know better would think I'm mistreating you."

Although Lu Jihan complained, he not only wrapped Shen Qinghe up tightly, but also protected her as they walked into the military camp.

Lu Jihan naturally heard the soldiers' commotion. At this moment, he was a little petty and held Shen Qinghe tightly in his arms, covering her up completely so that no one else could see her.

The soldiers were just joking around for fun, but when they saw their general hiding someone behind his back, they laughed even louder.

"General! General, how can you be so stingy?! You won't even let us see a tiny bit?! You won't even give us a single finger?!"

"That's right, General, how can you be like this? You weren't this heavily guarded last time you came!"

The soldiers originally thought that they were just joking around, and Lu Jihan would just listen and move on. They figured it was just a joke, and everyone was used to it.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Jihan actually paid them any attention this time.

Lu Jihan turned his head, his gaze sharp as a knife as he looked at them: "Take one more look, and I'll gouge your eyes out!"

The group of soldiers were immediately silenced by fear, their consciousness scattering like birds and beasts. They grabbed their money and went home or packed up their belongings.

They arrived at the commander's tent.

Lu Jihan then released Shen Qinghe from his arms, pressed her down on the felt throne beside him, and went to make the stove burn even brighter.

"Why are you in the military camp? Didn't I tell you that you're heavily ill? If you want to go out, just walk around the Marquis's residence. Don't leave the residence unnecessarily."

As he spoke, Lu Jihan poured a cup of hot tea on the table and handed it to Shen Qinghe:

"Besides, didn't I tell Qing'er this morning that I was going to suppress bandits today, either tomorrow or the day after, and that I told you to wait for me at home and not to worry?"

How could Shen Qinghe not be worried at this moment?

The last time was because of this turning point. Before, the timing was wrong, and Shen Qinghe did not pay attention to it. Now that she has discovered that this turning point has come earlier for some reason, Shen Qinghe naturally has to be extremely cautious.

Shen Qinghe took the hot tea and directly grasped Lu Jihan's fingers. "My lord, I'm worried about you. Could you please not go on this bandit suppression mission?"

Lu Jihan raised one eyebrow in surprise, never expecting that Shen Qinghe, who was always so composed, would speak her mind so frankly at this moment.

Lu Jihan assumed that Shen Qinghe was just reluctant to part with him, and that the young girl was just being a bit temperamental.

Lu Jihan reached out and gently rubbed her earlobe, his tone calm and gentle: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's not like I'm not coming back. It's just a bandit raid. The bandits of Lingque Mountain aren't that tough."

To everyone's surprise, after Lu Jihan finished speaking, Shen Qinghe not only didn't loosen her grip, but instead tightened her hold on his fingers, looking at him expectantly: "My lord, you yourself said that the bandits of Lingque Mountain aren't very powerful, so why do you have to go? If Lingque Mountain isn't good, why don't you not go?"

Lu Jihan rarely saw the little girl clinging to him like this. He recalled how the little girl had stayed in his arms the night before, refusing to leave, like a cat claiming its own territory.

Lu Jihan's heart softened. He knelt down on one knee in front of Shen Qinghe, meeting her gaze. "I'll try to come back sooner to watch the stars with you, okay? Be good, Qinghe. When I get back, I'll play along with your little tantrums, okay?"

Shen Qinghe wasn't throwing a tantrum at all. Looking at the energetic person in front of her, with such a handsome face, she realized that after the bandit suppression at Lingque Mountain, he had gradually walked towards the tragic state of heroic sacrifice.

Not even a complete corpse was left behind.

Generals like Lu Jihan, who were wholeheartedly devoted to the country and its people, did countless good deeds for the common people and protected their peaceful and prosperous lives.

Even if Shen Qinghe and Lu Jihan hadn't known each other for that long, even if they were complete strangers, it would be heartbreaking for a normal person to see someone like Lu Jihan die a gruesome death at a young age.

Shen Qinghe gripped Lu Jihan's hand tightly, her large eyes slightly red, and looked at him, saying each word carefully, "Lingque Mountain is really dangerous. If you go there, something bad might really happen to you. Can you think of another way to deal with the bandits?"

Hearing Shen Qinghe's tearful words, Lu Jihan realized that Shen Qinghe was not just throwing a tantrum.

He looked over and saw that the little girl's eyes and brows showed genuine worry, and she didn't seem to be joking with him.

Lu Jihan also composed himself and looked at Shen Qinghe seriously: "What's wrong? What happened to make you so worried? Why are you so sure something will happen if I go?"

"I...I know!" Shen Qinghe said with certainty, then quickly came up with an explanation: "Your Highness doesn't know. Last night I had a terrible dream, a really terrible nightmare."

In the dream, the Marquis went to Lingque Mountain to suppress bandits. Although the number of bandits there was small, they were all desperate criminals gathered together, and they had all sorts of underhanded tricks up their sleeves. The entire mountain stronghold was full of strange and unusual poisons.

When you went to suppress the bandits, at the critical moment, in order to protect the people who had been captured by the bandits, you used your own body to take a knife for them.

At first, everyone thought it was just a common knife wound and common poison. At that time, a doctor helped you detoxify the wound.

However, it was later discovered that the residual toxins in your body could not be cleared at all. It was because of the presence of those residual toxins that you felt extremely uncomfortable every time you used martial arts, and your meridians were blocked.

In the dream, it was because of the lingering poison that your health deteriorated day by day. Your once robust and vigorous body gradually declined.

And it was precisely because of this that, in a later battle, you…”

Even if these words sound illogical, inexplicable, and baseless, and seem unreliable no matter how you look at them.

Lu Jihan patiently listened to Shen Qinghe's words. "What happened to me? Did I die on the battlefield?"

Shen Qinghe nodded, her eyes red, and her voice trembled as she spoke again: "Moreover, she died without a complete corpse..."

Upon hearing these four words, Lu Jihan frowned slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

Lu Jihan is really not good at coaxing girls, and he is especially afraid of girls crying.

He fears neither heaven nor earth, except for someone crying in front of him.

The little girl was crying so hard because of a nightmare, and Lu Jihan was somewhat at a loss for words when trying to comfort her: "It's alright. I'm a military general, and I should serve the country and its people."

If it truly means dying for the country and its people on the battlefield, then for me, that would be the best outcome.

Lu Jihan said this with the intention of comforting Shen Qinghe.

To everyone's surprise, Shen Qinghe cried even harder, and even defiantly punched him in the chest: "Master, you're a complete bastard!!!"

Lu Jihan: ? ? ? ? Why is he being such a jerk again??

But with the little girl crying, Lu Jihan had no other choice but to go along with her, saying, "Yes, you're right. I'm a jerk, I'm a jerk, okay? Stop crying, alright?"

Normally, it would be fine; Lu Jihan would coax her a bit, and Shen Qinghe would know when to stop.

Now things have gotten really bad. Lu Jihan tried to comfort Shen Qinghe, but she just cried even harder, and he was completely at a loss.

If it were anyone else crying like this in front of him, Lu Jihan would definitely be so annoyed that he would kick them out.

But the little girl in front of me was crying like this because of a nightmare, because she was worried about his safety…

Lu Jihan not only didn't feel annoyed, but also experienced a wonderful feeling he had never felt before.

Shen Qinghe angrily questioned, "You died on the battlefield, and you were satisfied with that. Did you ever think of me? Did you ever think of our children?! You are no longer someone who can just die whenever you want!"

"What else can you be but a scoundrel for being so irresponsible?"