I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 170 - 115: I Chose You

"County Princess, you’ve returned." A female military doctor greeted Rong Baoyi as she walked into the military tent.

"Who is he?"

Rong Baoyi gazed at that back figure and softly asked, her voice trembling as if afraid this was all a dream.

The female military doctor explained, "Well, this young man is the brother of General Su from the Southern Border. A few days ago, he returned to the Capital City with Prince Rui’s five hundred elite soldiers. Because he was injured, he only reported to the camp today. He... he insisted on wearing your clothes, and I couldn’t stop him."

"These clothes fit me well. Why don’t you give them to me, sister?"

A familiar hoarse voice, mixed with a light chuckle, spoke to another military doctor.

"Those clothes were made by County Princess Changle to show sympathy for her servants; they were meant for the Prince Mansion’s attendants. Whether they fit you or not, you still have to ask the County Princess."

Jiu turned around, with a handsome bun face, still bearing a few scars.

He smiled and gently looked at Rong Baoyi, asking:

"County Princess, do you think they fit me?"

Rong Baoyi stared directly at him, and suddenly, hot tears dripped down one by one.

She nodded with a tearful smile:

"They fit very well."

They were made for him,

Now returned to their rightful owner, they surely fit well.

The night was silent.

The snow had stopped. Only the sound of accumulated snow bending pine branches and falling could be heard, occasionally a night bird flew over treetops.

In the grove outside the tent, Rong Baoyi leaned against a tree, a fire basin set up beside her for warmth.

She watched Jiu squatting nearby, fiddling with freshly roasted sweet potatoes, his expression showing warmth and a touch of tenderness.

Soon, a warm, ash-colored sweet potato appeared in her hand.

Rong Baoyi hesitated, saying: "Are you sure... this thing is edible?"

"Though it looks black, it’s indeed edible. It’s been roasted in charcoal for almost a two-hour period, just right to eat now." Jiu said, peeling a sweet potato himself.

Instantly, an enticing aroma filled the air.

The golden, tender, and fragrant flesh oozed with red glow, the slightly charred skin appearing especially inviting.

Rong Baoyi swallowed and then tossed hers back to him: "Bold servant, just thinking of yourself, dare not peel one for your County Princess."

Jiu chuckled: "As you command, my lady."

As he was about to peel another sweet potato, Rong Baoyi bounded into his embrace.

The tension she’d been holding onto erupted at that moment.

"Boo hoo hoo... Jiu, I thought you were dead, I really thought you had died... boo hoo hoo..."

Jiu stiffened, not daring to move, letting Rong Baoyi wipe her tears and snot on him, while the hand at his side opened, then lowered again.

The County Princess Changle bawled, with no regard for her image.

"Cou... County Princess, if you cry any louder, you’ll wake the entire camp." Jiu said, trembling.

Was he touched? He didn’t dare move.

"Boo hoo hoo... then so be it! Let everyone see, look, a little eunuch who supposedly died in the palace, now transformed into General Su’s brother." Rong Baoyi cried but became more articulate.

Jiu: ...

"Jiu, do you know how sad I am... do you?"

Jiu: "...how sad?"

Rong Baoyi wiped her eyes and said: "I even stopped shipping Gu Lan and Rong Heng. I thought it was all Rong Heng and me. If not for us... you wouldn’t have died, boo hoo hoo..."

Jiu remained stiff, his voice hoarse yet gentle: "County Princess, I’m alive aren’t I."

"In my heart, you were already dead."

"..."

Jiu wanted to cry yet laugh, finally furrowing his brows, pressing his chest, saying: "County Princess, there’s something serious."

Rong Baoyi froze, then released her embrace, staring at Jiu, with a sobbing voice asked: "Is it true you’re tricking me, am I dreaming?"

With that, she fiercely pinched Jiu’s thigh.

"Well, it doesn’t hurt a bit, really dreaming." Rong Baoyi sobbed out.

Jiu grunted, gritted his teeth: "You pinched me!"

With a "plop," a clump of snow landed on Rong Baoyi’s hair.

Jiu quickly reached out, his warm palm brushing over the girl’s smooth black hair.

Rong Baoyi was suddenly stunned, staring at him blankly, her heart beating wildly.

Vivid, gentle, and delicate Jiu.

The person she thought she’d never see again now appeared before her eyes.

Seeing Rong Baoyi about to burst into tears again, Jiu quickly said, "What I meant was... you’re pressing on my wound."

As he spoke, he conveniently coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Rong Baoyi finally snapped back to her senses in a daze: "Wound, a wound? Right, you’re injured, where’s the wound? Are you alright? Let me see."

Jiu’s face flushed red. Where’s the wound? He had been beaten with thirty planks on the buttocks.

"I’m actually here in your tent today to get some medicine..." Jiu wouldn’t say that Rong Heng felt he was wasting time and herbs by staying in Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, so he was chased out.

Seeing the blush across his face, Rong Baoyi suddenly realized and then asked softly, "Does it hurt?"

Jiu wiped away the blood, took a bite of the roasted sweet potato, and shook his head, "It doesn’t hurt."

"How could it not hurt? Before, there was a servant in the Prince Mansion who stole something, Mother had him beaten with ten planks, and he fainted from the pain and was bedridden for half a month," Rong Baoyi said chokingly, she could almost imagine how Jiu would look, covered in blood.

"We people in the palace have been beaten since childhood, we’re used to it.

"But the wound on your face... it’s not just from the plank," Baoyi very much wanted to touch the whip mark on Jiu’s cheek, but since she had calmed down, she was too embarrassed, "So you faked your death because the injuries were life-threatening, it must have been very painful."

Jiu’s heart trembled slightly, then he forced a smile: "It’s nothing, I’m fine now."

"You won’t be a servant in the future, can I still call you Jiu?" Rong Baoyi looked at Jiu and then tasted something sweet as he fed her a piece of broken sweet potato.

"Su Jiu will always be Jiu," Jiu said earnestly.

"Su Jiu... so now you’re called Su Jiu."

Rong Baoyi softly repeated the name, eating the sweet potato in her mouth, suddenly angry, "Ah, now you even dare to take the initiative to act against me, the County Princess!"

"Isn’t the County Princess now just a city guard? We’re the same now," Jiu said with a grin.

"You’re impertinent." Rong Baoyi scooped up some snow from a tree trunk and threw it at Jiu.

Jiu dodged as he said, "The County Princess too!"

After a long while, the two of them, having had their fill of fun, lay side by side on the ground, watching the stars fill the sky as the dark clouds dispersed.

"It’s good that you didn’t die."

"It’s good that the County Princess is free now."

Rong Baoyi turned her head, looking at Jiu’s smoothly defined jawline, her eyes gleaming with tears:

"Jiu, I won’t ask why you left the palace or how you escaped, but I want to know if you’re joining the army now because of Fifth Young Master Rong, or because of..." her.

She didn’t dare to ask out loud.

Jiu gazed at the sky, slowly saying, "The Prince and I have a friend named Su Yi. The County Princess must be familiar with him."

Rong Baoyi nodded in surprise, "So the General Su you just spoke of is him. Su Yi is a very capable general under my father’s command. My father once said that Su Yi excels at charging into battles and is a rare brave general."

She recalled Su Yi because, like Tang Zhan, Su Yi was one of her father’s generals. However, Su Yi was a military commander, while Tang Zhan was her father’s trusted aide, with whom she was more familiar.

How could Su Yi be friends with Rong Heng and Jiu... Something flickered in Rong Baoyi’s mind; it wasn’t as simple as Jiu made it out to be, but for now, she was immersed in the joy that he was still alive, leaving her with no time to dwell on anything else.

Jiu made a sound of acknowledgment.

Su Yi or Su Jiu were once hidden guards of the Xiao Family. Su Yi was Xiao Yi, and he was Xiao Jiu.

They couldn’t reclaim their former family name, so they could only stay hidden and bide their time quietly.

"It was Su Yi and my friends in the palace who helped me," Jiu continued, "My prince asked me when I was about to fake my death if I wanted to be Su Yi’s brother returning from the Southern Border, or go to a wine tavern to be a little shopkeeper."

He looked at Rong Baoyi’s face, coughed, and changed the brothel to a wine tavern.

The prince had presented him with two paths.

One path was to become a hidden guard in the Magpie Workshop, developing forces in secret like You Ying;

The other path was to go to the Southern Border, directly find Su Yi, become a soldier under his command, lay low, and wait for the day the prince would need them.

He refused both paths.

He chose to stay in the capital, to stay... by the side of County Princess Changle.

That day, upon hearing his words, the prince showed an expression like, "I knew it," and gave him the identity of Su Yi’s brother Su Jiu, telling him to report once his health improved.

His body had not yet fully recovered, but he couldn’t resist seeing Rong Baoyi.

Amidst the wind and snow, he only saw her once, watching County Princess Changle crying and calling his name, Jiu’s heart ached terribly.

Rong Baoyi cautiously said, "You chose to be Su Yi’s brother."

Jiu looked at Rong Baoyi, "I chose you."