Vol 6 Chapter 18 (2/2)

“Yes.” “I hear and obey.”

“Hu~” Zhou Yu sighed after the 2 of them left and sat beside Zhang Zhao as she began to help her out with the doc.u.ments.

“Let me help out as well. The work in Jiangdong has increased substantially recently after we took Jianye and Wu Du.”

“Thanks, you 2.” Zhang Zhao bowed slightly as she stuck her hands in her slleeves and brought them to her chest.

Though she was short, she wore very long robes. Her face was one of young girl, and she even looked a couple of years younger than Zhou Yu. But the truth is that Zhang Zhao was already past 30 years of age.

How this was possible was a famous mystery in Jiangdong.

“When she gets back, I’ll have to give her a good lecture.” Zhou Yu mumbled as she got to work with the bamboo scrolls.

“No, I’ll do it first.”

“Eh?” “L, lord Zhang Zhao?”

Zhang Zhao spoke in a calm voice but it gave Lu Su and Zhou Yu a fright.

Zhang Zhao only lectures people when she is truly angry and when it comes to lecturing, Zhang Zhao actually delivers a lecture that starts with the cla.s.sics all the way to contemporary studies and literature. By the time she finishes, more than half a day will have pa.s.sed.

The only reason why she hasn’t shown her anger on the surface is because she is concentrating on the unfinished administrative work at hand, Zhou Yu guessed.

And that was the actual truth as Zhang Zhao was burning with rage inside like never before even though she had a calm ezpression on her.

“Oh, all 3 of you are here.”

Un?

Just then, a firm, female voice came from the entrance.

When the 3 of them heard it, they hurriedly raised their heads.

What they saw was a girl with a long fringe that obscured her eyes standing at the door with a faint smile. All she wore were a set of short robed that exposed her smooth arms and her bandaged chest.

“My lord! Why have you come here?” Zhou Yu was rather surprised as Sun Ce had stayed in a separate annex while she was still recovering from the a.s.sa.s.sination attempt and hadn’t asked about how things were for some time now.

“My lord!” Zhang Zhao called out as she bowed.

“Yo–” Lu Su raised his hand as he called out stiffly and casually.

“Give a proper greeting!”

“Ow.”

And he got his head hit by Zhou Yu.

“Yo–” Sun Ce however, was unperturbed as she greeted everyone like how Lu Su did, “What’s up with Zhong Mou today?”

“Our little lord has run off somewhere again.” Zhou Yu said helplessly, and harboured hopes that Sun Ce would take some time to discipline Sun Quan.

“Hahaha, is that so?” But Sun Ce actually started laughing instead, “She really is like my younger self.”

“My lord!”

“Alright alright, I got it. I’ll speak with Zhong Mou on the way back.” Sun Ce paused and looked about before she continued, “I actually came out here to tell everyone that Xuan De might come over and stay for a few days.”

“Eh? What’s that?”

“Un, Xuan De’s subordinate Jian Yong came to look for me a little while ago about this and I agreed first as I felt it was a good idea. I’ll speak to Zhong Mou about it on my way back as well… Ah, I’ll be leaving first.”

Sun Ce looked about and seemed to have seen something that made her leave in a hurry before she could finish what she had tod say.

“Oi!! My lord, we cannot allow that!” By the time Zhang Zhao recovered from her surprise and tried to protest her lord’s decision, Sun Ce was gone.

“…”

Wu.

Zhou Yu could feel Zhang Zhao’s rage continue to rise and didn’t know what she should say.

But for Liu Bei to come to Jiangdong, that is something that would draw a lot of attention. Zhang Zhao probably has this opinion as well. But their lord probably won’t relent on this, Zhou Yu thought.

“Oi! You guys!” All of a sudden, someone else came running in.

“Lu Meng? Why’re you here as well?”

“Our lord slipped out of her ward all of a sudden?! And her wound hasn’t even fully healed yet… May I ask if you guys have seen her?”

…

They really are sisters huh.

It wasn’t just Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Zhang Zhao had this thought as well.

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