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When Ning woke up, he was in the military tent. Ning opened his eyes and stared at the unfamiliar surroundings. The tent reeked of men's sweat, the smell of clothes piled up for days without washing. Ning had wanted to get up, but the curtains to the tent were suddenly drawn back. Ning didn't know what was going on, so he had to lie back down on the bed and close his eyes to take a nap.

General Duan Hong took off his helmet and removed the heavy armor on his body. He went to the chair with the basin, scooped up a pool of water, and washed his dusty face. Then he took the towel and dried it. He seemed very sleepy. After washing his face, he stretched, yawned, and fell asleep on the other soft bed without taking off his shoes.

When Ning'er saw that General Duan Hong had already fallen asleep, she slowly and stealthily walked down from the soft couch. She walked towards Duan Hong, who was sitting on the opposite soft couch.

At this moment, he was soundly asleep without any precautions.

Ning, seeing his current state, probably wouldn't even wake up if the skies collapsed. Thus, Ning carefully pushed aside the curtain and began to peer outside.

The outside of the tent was filled with armored soldiers who were patrolling everywhere. Sentinels were standing on a high platform not far away from them.

Ning lowered the curtain, sighing to himself. Originally, she had just wanted to go to the Li Kingdom to search for her master's traces, but she had gotten lost in the desert and fainted due to exhaustion. Although she was saved by the man in front of her, she didn't know whether he was a friend or foe.

Ning didn't know where he was or whether he was safe. With all these considerations in mind, it was better to leave it as it was!

Ning'er turned around to look at the armors on the ground. She seemed to have thought of something, and she tactfully changed into Duan Hong's armor. Ning'er walked out of the tent, dressed in armor that didn't fit her body. She intentionally lowered her helmet, walked past the soldiers, and headed towards the manger.

Many horses were tied up by the manger, and Ning casually led a horse by his side.

"Who's that standing in the manger? What are you doing? " The patrolling soldiers behind him noticed that something was off. Pointing at Ning, they began to shout at him. The other patrolling soldiers raised their vigilance, looking towards Ning as well.

Ning, seeing the situation, hurriedly mounted his horse and charged out of the camp, kicking it with his legs.

"Halt!" The soldiers chasing from behind all called out to Ning's back.

Duan Hong, who had just awoken, walked out of his tent and stretched lazily. He yawned as he looked at the bonfires in the campsite and rubbed his eyes.

The soldier pointed at the back of the soldier, who was not far away, and told him that there were deserters.

Duan Hong waved his hand to quiet the soldiers and then calmly whistled.

The horses that had already run for some distance heard the whistle and turned around to run back towards Duan Hong. They weren't under Ning'er's control.

"Hey, don't run back!" Ning'er was unable to dismount from the horse, so he could only allow himself to be jolted by the horse and ran back out of Duan Hong's tent.

The horse suddenly stopped. Ning'er fell forward and was caught by Duan Hong.

"Wearing my armor in the middle of the night, where do you want to go?" Duan Hong looked at the disobedient Ning'er as he shook his head and sighed. He put her down and turned around to enter the tent. However, he left a message for the soldiers behind him, "Tie her up."

"It's the general." When the soldiers received the order, they rushed forward to hold Ning'er down and tie her up.

"Why did you tie me up? Let me go, let me go …" Ning'er was tied up in all kinds of ways, and wearing a helmet that almost covered her eyes, she was brought into Duan Hong's tent. She was pressed down and knelt on the ground. Lifting her head, she looked with great difficulty at Duan Hong who was sitting on the bed drinking wine, "Who are you? What right do you have to capture me? "

"If you wear this general's armor, this general won't be able to capture you." Duan Hong looked at this unknown woman with a funny expression. She was in high spirits and was still wandering around others' campsite recklessly, not knowing if she was dead or alive.

However, to Duan Hong who spent all his time in the army camp, she seemed to be extremely interesting.

Duan Hong casually crossed his legs and looked down at Ning'er. "What's your name? Why did you faint at the borders of the Li Kingdom? Who's the baby in your womb? "

"None of your business. Wait, this is the border of the Li Kingdom?" Seemingly hearing the sensitive words, Ning'er braced herself. She shook her helmet that covered her eyes and began to curry favor with the handsome and upright Duan Hong. "Handsome and elegant general, I want to go to the Li Kingdom. Can you take me there?"

"Handsome and dashing? Ha ha-ha, you're quite sharp with your words. " Duan Hong laughed heartily as he was poked by the woman in front of him, "My Li Kingdom's general has been stationed here all year long. If you want to go to the Li Kingdom, you must stay in my military camp for a year and a half. If I am in a good mood, I might bring you to the borders of the Li Kingdom. "

"It's not like everyone in the military camp is dead. I'm not the only one who has to do all the laundry and cooking, right?" The sharp-tongued Ning'er refuted Duan Hong. After saying this, she suddenly thought of an even more serious problem.

Six spots? I'm pregnant?

Ning thought back to how he had gone to the Peach Blossom Palace to find Jin Yue. At that time, Liuchuan hadn't died. The more they spent time together, the more they drank.

No wonder she kept feeling that her body was a little strange these two months. It turned out that she was pregnant with a child.

But why did it have to happen when she chose to leave Jin Yue's side?

Ning suddenly fell silent.

"Why did you suddenly stop talking?" Duan Hong was very observant. He looked at Ning'er, who had fallen into silence all of a sudden. She seemed to be recalling something, and her expression was very gloomy. Duan Hong didn't know what she experienced before she came here, but once she met him, it would be a new beginning.

Duan Hong disliked a sorrowful atmosphere and continued speaking, "I'm Duan Hong, what about you?"

"My name is Lu Ning, you can call me Ning'er, I'm from the Peach Blossom Palace. My master's name is Luo Ying. She said that the place she wants to go the most in her life is the Li Kingdom. I thought she might be here, so I came to look. " Ning lowered his head, a look of grief on his face.

She remembered the last time she saw her master. His face was already white, just like Jin Yue's. But she was depressed. It was as if she had died overnight. She told her son that she was going to a place called the Li Kingdom. That place was that person's homeland. The one she loved deeply, that person's hometown. She wanted to go there and ask him a question.

However, Ning didn't know if his master had made it across the desert to the Li Kingdom, or if he had found the person she wanted to see.

Perhaps Ning'er just wanted to leave the Peach Blossom Palace, leave Jin Yue, and escape all of this, using Luo Ying as a reason. She simply wanted to go to a place where there was no hope and spend the rest of her life.

"Peach Blossom Palace?" Duan Hong was searching for information about the Peach Blossom Palace in his mind. He heard that the Peach Blossom Palace was a sect that focused on qinggong. Everyone knew about it and it was a famous sect. Then, for some reason, it dissolved. However, Duan Hong was more interested in who the child in Ning'er's womb belonged to. He looked at Ning. "Where's your man?" How come I'm not with you? "

"Man? I don't have a man. "

"Having a baby without a man? "You're such a sentimental man." Duan Hong put down the small wine cup and walked down to help her take off the helmet that was blocking her sight. He lifted her chin and observed her beautiful face, "Your looks are extraordinary. The father of a child shouldn't be an ordinary person, right?"

"None of your business! "Let me go!" Ning'er looked at Duan Hong, who seemed to be teasing her, and got slightly angry. She put on an appearance as if she was going to bite him.

Duan Hong hurriedly retracted his hand and sighed.

"In the entire desert, only my military camp has water. It's not that I don't want you to leave, it's that you can't walk out of the desert by yourself. In a few days, you will be lost. Before you go to the Li Kingdom, you will either die of thirst or starve to death. " Duan Hong sat back on the soft couch and took a sip of his wine, "That's why I advise you not to do anything strange. I have no ill intentions towards you. I won't let you leave because I'm afraid that you will die in the desert. If you don't appreciate my kindness, then one corpse and two lives are your choice. "

Although she and Jin Yue hadn't officially become husband and wife yet, they had shared a bed before. She suddenly didn't know if this child was fortunate or not, or if he should be left behind.

Ning'er slowly raised her head to look at Duan Hong. "If I stay in your military camp, will you really bring me to the Li Kingdom?"

"I, General Duan Hong, am someone who keeps his word." He suddenly rolled his eyes and glanced at Ning'er, then smiled. "However, there is a price for everything in this world. I promise to take you to the Li Kingdom, so you have to promise me one thing as well."

"What is it?" Ning asked. He had the feeling that his smile was a bit strange.

Duan Hongyang smiled and said, "From today onwards, you are my wife. From now on, you have to acknowledge this identity to everyone you meet. Also, before you leave me, you have to announce to the public that your child is mine."

"What?" Ning was rather puzzled. What was the situation with this man? Even a happy father would be willing?

"Of course, it's fake, not real." Duan Hong hurriedly explained, "Ah, the Emperor has always wanted to recruit me as his consort. However, the Emperor has a princess who is unruly and willful, and her looks are average. This general just didn't like her, so he came here to guard the border. "The Third Princess has recently sent people here to find out more about me, and they're still talking about the marriage. This general has a headache, and is about to die from it."

"So, you want to use me and the child in my womb? You want me to help you avoid this marriage? " Ning narrowed his eyes. His words made sense.

"That's right, smart!" Duan Hong happily clapped his hands and walked over to untie Ning'er. He was the kind of person who liked to be smart. He was on the verge of being driven to death by the Emperor and the Third Princess. It was a good thing that he could be used as a shield!

"Now we have three rules." Duan Hong said, "Firstly, I will not have any presumptuous thoughts towards you. Secondly, this general allows you to move freely within the military camp. You can do whatever you want, but don't run around alone. It's desert outside. You can't get out without water and food. It's dangerous. In the end, you just have to admit to the world that you are the wife of a general. "

Duan Hong thought for a moment and then said, "Right, if anyone suspects you, just say that we met in the desert. That we fell in love at first sight and couldn't control ourselves, and then we had children! "

Ning couldn't help but laugh. He felt that this man in front of him was a bit funny.

"Don't laugh, this general is very serious about these things right now." As Duan Hong spoke, he had a serious expression on his face. From the looks of it, he seemed even more hilarious.

Ning'er, who was being untied, stretched her arms and joints. She felt that Duan Hong's suggestion was really not bad. For one thing, her child temporarily had a nominal father, and her safety was guaranteed. She could also go to the Li Kingdom.

General Duan Hong seemed to be a highly respected person in the Li Kingdom. With him protecting her, she could be considered to have a backer.

"Well, we have a deal." Well, we have a deal. Ning'er raised her palm. Duan Hong grinned and the two of them gave each other a resounding slap.