Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)
Chu Beijie was cleverer than she thought He was able to tell her personality froh she was fully aware of the potential danger he posed, she couldn’t help but give him a look of admiration
Pingting replied, “Mister is indeed right, but unlike aFor exa and beautiful but I have not seen this myself”
This was on behalf of all women in the world, ere bound to their fa to their conversation, was nodding her head
Pingting took a deep breath, “I heard that… apart fro Lin, there is a beautiful country called Gui Le Don’t they all love to sing?”
“That’s right Gui Le has many , but thein Gui Le is their copper Gui LeLin in three years” Chu Beijie brightened at the mention of Gui Le because that was one of his few interests He had spent al over the , he had chattered away about it
“No wonder they say that Gui Le is rich Must be their bronze”
“Indeed, they are quite a rich country, but this has made them too relaxed They are a weak country at theinternally”
Chu Beijie summed up Gui Le’s problem in a couple of sentences
Pingting sighed
The House of Jing-An was at the core of Gui Le and since Pingting had grown up in their Residence, she knew e peasant
If the King hadn’t been jealous of the centuries-old House of Jing-An, then the Residence would’ve never been burnt overnight, right?
When Pingting heard Gui Le’s biggest problem from the ‘ene, “So does Gui Le not have any forovernors?”
“Well yes, Gui Le does have a duke, Duke of Jing-An He has looked after the arently, revealing pleasure, “But because the House of Jing-An’s ar decided to wipe it out”
“What!” A rustling sound was heard from behind the blinds, “Didn’t you say the people of House of Jing-An were good? Then Gui Le’s King must be really weird”
Chu Beijie sat up straighter, his expression -AnLin Now that they’re gone and Gui Le is without a strong leader, Dong Lin can easily conquer Gui Le”
Pingting painfully registered the news, but feigned happiness, “I see, then our Dong Lin is even stronger So… did no one fro-An Ducal Residence survived?”
“There are so-An Ducal Residence, especially the young master, He Xia I heard they weren’t there at the time of the fire It is believed that they have escaped Gui Le He Su is still trying to capture the on the ‘same side’ A real pity” What he really meant by the last two sentences was ‘it was a real pity that He Su didn’t finish off the House of Jing-An’
She had finally learned that her Master had not been captured yet and she felt slightly relieved at this
Her Master and the others were probably safe, right? Even if she tried, she didn’t knohere to begin looking for the Lady Hua, and use him to find out the latest news?
Thinking that
On the other side, Chu Beijie heard that note and the melody that followed It was har water It was very htly more feminine
Before one could sigh in pleasure, a soan to accompany the qin sound
“When there is trouble, there are heroes…When there are heroes, there are beautiful wo the turmoil…”
The el
Chu Beijie was teuard by her voice and the the His heart lifted at the sound of her h he was only twenty years old, he had learned the art of war since he was little and excelled in all his studies He grew up in the royal Residence,that he’d seen many beautiful woust and contempt for them
He vowed to find a real, real beauty
The person behind the blinds, he kneas definitely the best qin player he had ever heard It was ih he had not seen her personally, he knew that she was beautiful froation
Looking at the figure’s shape inside the blinds, he knew that it had to be her
Each word filled the audience’s heart andon a plate, while so placed onto the table
Pingting ended the piece by singing ‘surviving the tur it slowly die away
Chu Beijie had closed his eyes to appreciate the music and he took a while to co is inspired by the pain and suffering of the ‘beauty’ However, for you, there’s a co It’sand pain”
“Thank you Mister” Pingting replied in a slightly deep voice and her face was flushed Playing qin and singing was tiring work for her, but she still wanted to knowhis ear, “I’ve heard of He Xia fro-An too Don’t they all say he’s the best commander in Gui Le?”
“That is correct”
“Then…is our Duke of Dong Lin stronger than him?”
Chu Beijie smiled at the mention of himself, “What does My Lady think?”
“I’ve been inside for too long, how should I know? I have heard, froht Chu Beijie a while ago, at the borders of Gui Le”
“Yeah”
“Who won the battle?” Pingting knew that the victor had to be her Master, but she thought the victory had been too easy Sure, she did lead them into a trap, but the troops of the Duke of Zhen-Bei were large enough to put up a good fight However, they admitted defeat and retreated a bit too quickly
When the Duke of Zhen-Bei returned to Dong Lin, was he punished for his defeat? If the King of Dong Lin ripped Chu Beijie of his authority, then he would’ve helped Gui Le immensely
“He Xia won” Chu Beijie replied without any emotion
“In other words, the Duke of Zhen-Bei lost?”
“No, the Duke of Zhen-Bei won too”
“Oh?”
Chu Beijie gave a dark, a victory”
Most people wouldn’t understand, but this shocked Pingting deeply
She knew this battle too well, Dong Lin had been invading the border for the last two years At first, the King persisted in refusing to dispatch her Master there It was only until the army there was about to admit defeat, when he’d hurriedly issued the transfer order, announcing that her Master must protect the border town at all costs
The lack of orous size of enely threatened the military of her country
But why did in? She had thought of many scenarios to answer this question several tiest fear
“Why is My Lady so quiet?” His voice was deep
Pingting pondered for a little longer, then sighed, “Hu”
Chu Beijie heard the annoyance in her voice, not quite understanding it, “My Lady, why bother with political affairs? Let’s talk about soht-hearted”
“True Talking about nature would be a nicer topic”
Pingting didn’t want to arouse his suspicions so she changed to literature and art She was still worried that she iven away her identity She kept her answers short and always spoke curiously
This was a good chance for Chu Beijie to show off, though he did try to keep a low profile, as he had travelled immensely in number before But royal blood still ran his veins, so he veered off course He began to talk about the shape of the place, then how to counterattack when attacked He then explained when to openly attack, and when to plan assassinations Even his coovernment ell explained
Hearing the silence inside the blinds, he tried to sh I swapped back to war again”
Pingting, inside the blinds, was thinking that thisLin aruy be the Duke of Zhen-Bei himself?
No way…how can there be such a coincidence? She shook her head several tiht She whispered, “Thank you Mister As you know, I as”
The two people unwittingly talked the whole afternoon away
Just before sunset, two knocks were heard outside the door, and the young man who had passed on the qin came in and whispered in Chu Beijie’s ear
Pingting saw this and felt that they were talking about the war, possibly even about her Master hi, but she was too far away
Chu Beijie sat up straighter, “Talking with My Lady and hearing My Lady play the qin was very pleasant I won’t bother My Lady anyain in two days”
He got up too fast, too sudden Pingting was evento do with her irl has arrived outside your home”
Dong Dingnan couldn’t help thinking that she was suddenly very rude and was about to retort back when Pingting suddenly laughed “I know, I know Wo; war is what Mister likes Of course I shouldn’t hold Mister back”
Her warers twitched Hu-An, Gui Le, whom My Lady had mentioned today; maybe My Lady will see him in a couple of days”
This struck her like lightning Pingting almost dropped her tea cup Could it be that her Master had been found, captured and held in the Dong Lin capital?
She was about to ask again, but Chu Beijie had already stood up “My apologies, but I oodbye”
Pingting led sound, “Please Mister, don’t leave yet”
Chu Beijie really see away into the night
Translation Notes:
Autuer was quite fierce: Autumn was still quite warm
Music critic: This is one of the double/triplewords In this case, it s, “soul mate” (friend) and “soul mate” (lover), could also apply I translated the manhua’s version as “soul mate” but that was probably a ting thinks Chu Beijie is so cocky