The Entire Manor Knows (Part One)
How could she keep laying down at a time like this?
As if laying on a bed of needles, Yu Fu struggled to try and sit up. Unfortunately, the double-layered quilt was too heavy, and she was unable to sit up.
Gu ShuBai pushed her back down with a single finger, “Just obediently lay here. You don’t understand these things, and I don’t understand too much about them either. Let’s wait for Lian Zhu and the others to arrive to know what to do. Before then, just lie here.”
Yu Fu complained to herself. Look at you, warm water and thick blankets. It doesn’t look like you don’t understand at all.
She embarrassedly said: “But I will make your bed dirty. It seems that your Eastern Ling treats this sort of thing as a taboo. With me getting your bed dirty… are you not afraid of bad luck?”
Gu ShuBai tapped her forehead with a smile, “What bad luck? You are the joy of Marquis Gu’s Manor. You’ve saved father’s life and my life countless times. What bad luck could possibly come from you?”
“But…”
“There are no buts. If the bed sheets get dirty, they can be washed. Have you forgotten that year when you fell into the water when seeing the sights around Lin’An? At that time, you ended up catching a bit of a cold. At a time like this, you absolutely cannot catch a cold.”
His tone did not tolerate any refusal, and he tucked in the corner of her blanket. Yu Fu suddenly recalled what Yan Zheng had said earlier about him going out today, “Right, why did eldest brother come back so soon? Where’s Baibu Yang?”
Gu ShuBai curled the corners of his lips up, “He’s already been brought back. He’s currently settled into the guest room.”
“This quickly?”
Yu Fu was elated, “What exactly happened? Quickly tell me.”
Gu ShuBai lowered his voice as if worried about waking the red boy and explained the situation, “After leaving Baibu Yang’s courtyard last time, I sent some people to monitor the eldest prince’s manor. The eldest prince dispatched a large number of troops from Lin’An disguised as thieves. From that, I knew that it should be related to Baibu Yang, thus I led a group out of the city in pursuit.”
Arriving at this point, Yu Fu pouted, and Gu ShuBai felt a little helpless, “The matter was time sensitive; moreover, I was worried about your safety. that’s why I didn’t bring you along.”
“It was so pressing that you didn’t have time to bring me along, yet you had time to arrange for Yan Zheng to console me, hmph.”
Gu ShuBai was temporarily at a loss for words. Yu Fu was no longer the young girl who could be comforted with just a few words, and she had immediately seen through his excuses.
Fortunately, Yu Fu did not seem to mind too much, “Eldest brother, keep going. What happened after leaving the city?”
Gu ShuBai said: “After leaving the city, we followed the eldest prince’s people to a farm. It’s about to be winter, and, as you said, Baibu Yang lives a life of poverty. Facing the difficult conditions of traveling during winter, they decided to take the risk and covertly settled into the farm.”
“They?”
“Correct, it was Baibu Yang and his friend, the one who owns that small courtyard. The people dispatched by the eldest prince were under orders to kill them, so we rescued them first. How could the people from the eldest prince’s manor compete against the elite forces of the Gu family’s army? This battle was easy, and we were able to bring them back unscathed.”
As she listened, Yu Fu started clapping. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a commotion from the courtyard.
“Eldest brother, where’s little Yu Fu? Where did she get hurt?”
It was Gu Yi’s voice!
The servant standing guard outside watched Gu Yi in a daze. Behind him were Lian Zhu and Lian Bi. Even further behind them, Gu HuaiJiang led Gu JiuGe and the other young sirs of the manor. Some of the military officers had also come.
The large group’s arrival left the servant in a confused daze.
Yan Zheng anxiously gestured at him, “Why aren’t you getting out of the way? Don’t you see that the head general has come?!”
Yu Fu nearly leapt up, her face bright red, “You absolutely must not let head general and the others come in!”
Gu ShuBai strode over to the door and was also given a fright upon seeing Gu HuaiJiang and the rest of the group. Subconsciously, he closed the door behind him.
Gu Yi looked toward the door, “Eldest brother, is little Yu Fu in your room? Quickly let us go in and see how she is. Yan Zheng said that she lost a lot of blood. Father was worried sick!”
Gu ShuBai shot a glare at Yan Zheng.
Yan Zheng was dissatisfied with this, “Young general, what are you glaring at me for? How exactly is the young miss?”
Everyone looked at Gu ShuBai, and Gu HuaiJiang said: “ShuBai, why are you stopping us out here? How’s Yu Fu?”
“Father, there’s no need to worry. Yu Fu’s is fine.”
He partially opened the door, “Lian Zhu, Lian Bi, you two go in. Yu Fu needs you two to take care of her.”
Lian Zhu and Lian Bi were so worried that they were on the verge of tears. Hearing him say this, they rushed inside. Gu Yi wanted to follow them in but was dragged out by someone pulling on his clothes.
“Yu Fu is fine. None of you are to go in. Wait outside the courtyard. I have something to discuss with father.”
Gu HuaiJiang pondered this for a moment. If something had truly happened to Yu Fu, Gu ShuBai would not have stopped them outside and refused to allow them in. There had to be some other reason.
He waved his hand, “JiuGe, take your younger brothers and the troops outside and wait outside the courtyard.”
Gu JiuGe cast a worried look toward the room but could not see anything. He had no choice but to follow these orders, “Yes, father.”
After everyone left, Gu ShuBai let out a sigh, while Gu HuaiJiang gave him a suspicious look.
He did not know how to talk to Gu HuaiJiang about this matter. No matter how he thought about it, it was a bit strange for two grown men to talk about a young girl’s monthly problem.
But if he did not say anything, Gu HuaiJiang would surely be unable to calm down.
Gu ShuBai carefully picked his words, “Father, it’s like this. Yu Fu isn’t actually hurt. Yan Zheng, that idiot, just saw that Yu Fu was bleeding and started crying and causing a commotion. In truth… In truth, there are times when it’s possible to bleed without getting hurt.”
Bleed without getting hurt?
Gu HuaiJiang was unable to follow this train of thought and just frowned at Gu ShuBai.
The latter bit the bullet and tried once more, “It’s… There are some things that girls go through that we men can’t understand, but father just needs to understand that she’s fine.”
“Oh, oh, so it’s like that. Then take good care of Yu Fu… No, if she can’t move, call all of the Western Wing’s grannies and maidservants here to take care of Yu Fu. Though the two of you are engaged, you still haven’t gotten married. You should… should avoid some taboos.”
As he finished speaking, his expression was a little strange. It looked as if his skin was a little red.
Suppressing a smile, Gu ShuBai lowered his head and cupped his hands, “Yes, son understands. While Yu Fu is here, son will move into the rear courtyard and will not affect her reputation.”
“As long as you understand.”
Gu HuaiJiang hesitantly exited the courtyard. The large group of people waiting outside looked at him with wide eyes, waiting for him to give them an answer.
“Head general, how exactly is the young miss?”
The one who rushed to ask was Yan Zheng, and Gu HuaiJiang rolled his eyes at him, “Next time, if you don’t know what’s happening, report discreetly. Who told you to make such a big commotion out of this? If…”
If everyone knew about Yu Fu’s “monthly problem,” it would be too absurd!
Yan Zheng felt aggrieved, “Head general, if you wish to scold me, I don’t dare to argue, but you must allow me to die knowing why! What’s going wrong for me today? First, the young general yelled at me, and now I’m being scolded by head general…”
A strong hand suddenly reached from behind his head and grabbed his collar, dragging him back. Yan Zheng was completely defenseless.
Yan HuaShi held him by the collar while greeting Gu HuaiJiang, “Apologies, head general. I’ll take this foolish brat back and be sure to give him a good scolding!”
After saying this, he dragged Yan Zheng away from the group.
Gu HuaiJiang dryly coughed a few times and saw that everyone had an expression of “so it was like that.” Only Gu Xiang and Gu Yi were unable to tell what had happened.
Gu Yi took a step forward, “Father, this…”
“This? What about this? Go and do what you should be doing. Have you finished looking over the topographical map of the hunting ground? No? Then quickly go and do it!”
Gu Yi pointed at the sky, “Father, if I head for the hunting ground now, it will be dark by the time I get there. I…”
Gu JiuGe covered his mouth and dragged him away in the same way that Yan HuaShi had dragged away Yan Zheng. Gu HuaiJiang then flicked his broad sleeves and headed toward the main hall.
Gu ShuBai’s courtyard became peaceful once more. Lian Bi was helping Yu Fu get changed, while Lian Zhu finally moved away from the window.
“Young miss, don’t worry. Everyone has already left.”
Saying this, she teasingly looked at Yu Fu, “It’s fortunate that it was the eldest young sir who found you; otherwise, if those people came in, wouldn’t young miss die from embarrassment?”
Yu Fu was already extremely embarrassed. While in a daze, her hands and feet started to feel cold. She also felt someone place heaters into her hands.
Without the energy to look, she just slowly fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, Yao Lan entered the room carrying a bowl of something that had steam rising from it.
Yu Fu smelled the fragrance and got up, “It smells so nice. The breakfast that eldest brother gets here is completely different from what we have in the Western Wing. I wonder what this is?”
Yao Lan placed the bowl on the table with a smile, “This isn’t the eldest young sir’s usual breakfast. It was steward Qi who ordered the kitchen to specially prepare a congee with dates, longan, and motherwort for young miss. They said that young miss should drink it as soon as possible.”
Dates, longan, and motherwort… All of these replenished blood and regulated menstrual functions.
Yu Fu’s face instantly turned red.
“Even steward Qi knows that I’m on my period. Doesn’t that mean the entire manor knows?”
The Entire Manor Knows (Part One)
How could she keep laying down at a time like this?
As if laying on a bed of needles, Yu Fu struggled to try and sit up. Unfortunately, the double-layered quilt was too heavy, and she was unable to sit up.
Gu ShuBai pushed her back down with a single finger, “Just obediently lay here. You don’t understand these things, and I don’t understand too much about them either. Let’s wait for Lian Zhu and the others to arrive to know what to do. Before then, just lie here.”
Yu Fu complained to herself. Look at you, warm water and thick blankets. It doesn’t look like you don’t understand at all.
She embarrassedly said: “But I will make your bed dirty. It seems that your Eastern Ling treats this sort of thing as a taboo. With me getting your bed dirty… are you not afraid of bad luck?”
Gu ShuBai tapped her forehead with a smile, “What bad luck? You are the joy of Marquis Gu’s Manor. You’ve saved father’s life and my life countless times. What bad luck could possibly come from you?”
“But…”
“There are no buts. If the bed sheets get dirty, they can be washed. Have you forgotten that year when you fell into the water when seeing the sights around Lin’An? At that time, you ended up catching a bit of a cold. At a time like this, you absolutely cannot catch a cold.”
His tone did not tolerate any refusal, and he tucked in the corner of her blanket. Yu Fu suddenly recalled what Yan Zheng had said earlier about him going out today, “Right, why did eldest brother come back so soon? Where’s Baibu Yang?”
Gu ShuBai curled the corners of his lips up, “He’s already been brought back. He’s currently settled into the guest room.”
“This quickly?”
Yu Fu was elated, “What exactly happened? Quickly tell me.”
Gu ShuBai lowered his voice as if worried about waking the red boy and explained the situation, “After leaving Baibu Yang’s courtyard last time, I sent some people to monitor the eldest prince’s manor. The eldest prince dispatched a large number of troops from Lin’An disguised as thieves. From that, I knew that it should be related to Baibu Yang, thus I led a group out of the city in pursuit.”
Arriving at this point, Yu Fu pouted, and Gu ShuBai felt a little helpless, “The matter was time sensitive; moreover, I was worried about your safety. that’s why I didn’t bring you along.”
“It was so pressing that you didn’t have time to bring me along, yet you had time to arrange for Yan Zheng to console me, hmph.”
Gu ShuBai was temporarily at a loss for words. Yu Fu was no longer the young girl who could be comforted with just a few words, and she had immediately seen through his excuses.
Fortunately, Yu Fu did not seem to mind too much, “Eldest brother, keep going. What happened after leaving the city?”
Gu ShuBai said: “After leaving the city, we followed the eldest prince’s people to a farm. It’s about to be winter, and, as you said, Baibu Yang lives a life of poverty. Facing the difficult conditions of traveling during winter, they decided to take the risk and covertly settled into the farm.”
“They?”
“Correct, it was Baibu Yang and his friend, the one who owns that small courtyard. The people dispatched by the eldest prince were under orders to kill them, so we rescued them first. How could the people from the eldest prince’s manor compete against the elite forces of the Gu family’s army? This battle was easy, and we were able to bring them back unscathed.”
As she listened, Yu Fu started clapping. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a commotion from the courtyard.
“Eldest brother, where’s little Yu Fu? Where did she get hurt?”
It was Gu Yi’s voice!
The servant standing guard outside watched Gu Yi in a daze. Behind him were Lian Zhu and Lian Bi. Even further behind them, Gu HuaiJiang led Gu JiuGe and the other young sirs of the manor. Some of the military officers had also come.
The large group’s arrival left the servant in a confused daze.
Yan Zheng anxiously gestured at him, “Why aren’t you getting out of the way? Don’t you see that the head general has come?!”
Yu Fu nearly leapt up, her face bright red, “You absolutely must not let head general and the others come in!”
Gu ShuBai strode over to the door and was also given a fright upon seeing Gu HuaiJiang and the rest of the group. Subconsciously, he closed the door behind him.
Gu Yi looked toward the door, “Eldest brother, is little Yu Fu in your room? Quickly let us go in and see how she is. Yan Zheng said that she lost a lot of blood. Father was worried sick!”
Gu ShuBai shot a glare at Yan Zheng.
Yan Zheng was dissatisfied with this, “Young general, what are you glaring at me for? How exactly is the young miss?”
Everyone looked at Gu ShuBai, and Gu HuaiJiang said: “ShuBai, why are you stopping us out here? How’s Yu Fu?”
“Father, there’s no need to worry. Yu Fu’s is fine.”
He partially opened the door, “Lian Zhu, Lian Bi, you two go in. Yu Fu needs you two to take care of her.”
Lian Zhu and Lian Bi were so worried that they were on the verge of tears. Hearing him say this, they rushed inside. Gu Yi wanted to follow them in but was dragged out by someone pulling on his clothes.
“Yu Fu is fine. None of you are to go in. Wait outside the courtyard. I have something to discuss with father.”
Gu HuaiJiang pondered this for a moment. If something had truly happened to Yu Fu, Gu ShuBai would not have stopped them outside and refused to allow them in. There had to be some other reason.
He waved his hand, “JiuGe, take your younger brothers and the troops outside and wait outside the courtyard.”
Gu JiuGe cast a worried look toward the room but could not see anything. He had no choice but to follow these orders, “Yes, father.”
After everyone left, Gu ShuBai let out a sigh, while Gu HuaiJiang gave him a suspicious look.
He did not know how to talk to Gu HuaiJiang about this matter. No matter how he thought about it, it was a bit strange for two grown men to talk about a young girl’s monthly problem.
But if he did not say anything, Gu HuaiJiang would surely be unable to calm down.
Gu ShuBai carefully picked his words, “Father, it’s like this. Yu Fu isn’t actually hurt. Yan Zheng, that idiot, just saw that Yu Fu was bleeding and started crying and causing a commotion. In truth… In truth, there are times when it’s possible to bleed without getting hurt.”
Bleed without getting hurt?
Gu HuaiJiang was unable to follow this train of thought and just frowned at Gu ShuBai.
The latter bit the bullet and tried once more, “It’s… There are some things that girls go through that we men can’t understand, but father just needs to understand that she’s fine.”
“Oh, oh, so it’s like that. Then take good care of Yu Fu… No, if she can’t move, call all of the Western Wing’s grannies and maidservants here to take care of Yu Fu. Though the two of you are engaged, you still haven’t gotten married. You should… should avoid some taboos.”
As he finished speaking, his expression was a little strange. It looked as if his skin was a little red.
Suppressing a smile, Gu ShuBai lowered his head and cupped his hands, “Yes, son understands. While Yu Fu is here, son will move into the rear courtyard and will not affect her reputation.”
“As long as you understand.”
Gu HuaiJiang hesitantly exited the courtyard. The large group of people waiting outside looked at him with wide eyes, waiting for him to give them an answer.
“Head general, how exactly is the young miss?”
The one who rushed to ask was Yan Zheng, and Gu HuaiJiang rolled his eyes at him, “Next time, if you don’t know what’s happening, report discreetly. Who told you to make such a big commotion out of this? If…”
If everyone knew about Yu Fu’s “monthly problem,” it would be too absurd!
Yan Zheng felt aggrieved, “Head general, if you wish to scold me, I don’t dare to argue, but you must allow me to die knowing why! What’s going wrong for me today? First, the young general yelled at me, and now I’m being scolded by head general…”
A strong hand suddenly reached from behind his head and grabbed his collar, dragging him back. Yan Zheng was completely defenseless.
Yan HuaShi held him by the collar while greeting Gu HuaiJiang, “Apologies, head general. I’ll take this foolish brat back and be sure to give him a good scolding!”
After saying this, he dragged Yan Zheng away from the group.
Gu HuaiJiang dryly coughed a few times and saw that everyone had an expression of “so it was like that.” Only Gu Xiang and Gu Yi were unable to tell what had happened.
Gu Yi took a step forward, “Father, this…”
“This? What about this? Go and do what you should be doing. Have you finished looking over the topographical map of the hunting ground? No? Then quickly go and do it!”
Gu Yi pointed at the sky, “Father, if I head for the hunting ground now, it will be dark by the time I get there. I…”
Gu JiuGe covered his mouth and dragged him away in the same way that Yan HuaShi had dragged away Yan Zheng. Gu HuaiJiang then flicked his broad sleeves and headed toward the main hall.
Gu ShuBai’s courtyard became peaceful once more. Lian Bi was helping Yu Fu get changed, while Lian Zhu finally moved away from the window.
“Young miss, don’t worry. Everyone has already left.”
Saying this, she teasingly looked at Yu Fu, “It’s fortunate that it was the eldest young sir who found you; otherwise, if those people came in, wouldn’t young miss die from embarrassment?”
Yu Fu was already extremely embarrassed. While in a daze, her hands and feet started to feel cold. She also felt someone place heaters into her hands.
Without the energy to look, she just slowly fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, Yao Lan entered the room carrying a bowl of something that had steam rising from it.
Yu Fu smelled the fragrance and got up, “It smells so nice. The breakfast that eldest brother gets here is completely different from what we have in the Western Wing. I wonder what this is?”
Yao Lan placed the bowl on the table with a smile, “This isn’t the eldest young sir’s usual breakfast. It was steward Qi who ordered the kitchen to specially prepare a congee with dates, longan, and motherwort for young miss. They said that young miss should drink it as soon as possible.”
Dates, longan, and motherwort… All of these replenished blood and regulated menstrual functions.
Yu Fu’s face instantly turned red.
“Even steward Qi knows that I’m on my period. Doesn’t that mean the entire manor knows?”
