Vol 6 Chapter 32 (2/2)
“Really, why didn’t you say anything if you saw us.” The one called sister Jiang said as she scratched her head and sighed, “Do you know how difficult it was for us to find our lord?”
“Sister Jiang was just enjoying herself as we searched the streets and left all the work to me.” The short girl looked at the tall girl with a look of contempt before turning to me with a frown that made me tremble, “But this only makes thIngs difficult for us, Imperial Uncle. If our lord was kidnapped, we wouldn’t be able to deal with it.”
Her words were a little harsh but I can’t refute her point. Back then, in Sun Quan’s eyes, I was just a stranger. If I were someone with evil designs, then Sun Quan would be in danger.
No matter how you look at it, what I did was wrong. I feel like I always fail to consider enough things before taking action and I only recognise my mistakes after they are pointed out.
“But our lord got quite the shock when she heard that you were the one she was supposed to meet. Hehehe,” The tall one gave an evil laugh as she said so.
At her words, I felt my heartstrings tighten, “And how is she now? Is Sun Quan… Lord Sun Quan angry at me?”
“Anger huh… Doesn’t feel like it.” The short one was still tilting her head, and paused for a moment before continuing, “She’s still having her lessons after all.”
Eh? She’s still at her lessons?
“It’s already so late, shouldn’t she be resting now?”
“Our lord skipped all her lessons today so she can’t rest until she has compensated for what she missed today.”
“There was once when she even went at it for a day and night non-stop.” The tall one added.
Eh? I sighed inside, grateful at the benevolence of my own teachers, and also sorrowful for Sun Quan.
But really, was there really a need to go that far?
“Is Imperial Uncle thinking ‘do you really need to go that far?’ or something?”
You guessed it again. Good on you, tall girl. I silently gave her a thumbs up inside.
“That really can’t be helped. She’s our lord so she has to learn all there needs to be learnt.” The short girl said to me, with a sad look on her face.
When I heard this, I slowly closed my eyes. Indeed as she said, there is a lot to learn as a feudal lord. Unlike in the future where all you faced was pressure from trachers and parents, here you had to live up to the expectations of all the ordinary people under your jurisdiction. If you failed, it wouldn’t be something as simple as retaining. You could lose your life. For newbies like Sun Quan and I, there was a lot more to learn than we could even imagine.
But…
“Is that really okay?”
“… Imperial Uncle?”
My recurrent problem is back again, and my thoughts which I shouldn’t be verbalising are coming freely out of my mouth.
“I feel that, even if she is a feudal lord, Lord Sun Quan is only in her teens. Can’t you giver some time to play? It doesn’t need to be a lot, but wouldn’t it be nice to give Lord Sun Quan some time to let her do some things she likes?”
“But Lord Zhang Zhao and the rest have lofty expectations of her. Even if we wish to lighten the load of our lord, we have no authority to do so.”
That Zhang Zhao is no ordinary administrative official. This, I’m fully aware of. But to me, I hope that I can help others do what I’m not able to.
“I don’t know how much I can help with regards to Lord Zhang Zhao but I’m willing to try at least.”
“Un… I don’t recommend you to do so.”
“Go on, go on. Go and get scolded until kingdom come.”
The 2 of them looked at me with the conviction that I would fail.
Honestly, I’m not actually sure if I can even accomplish anything but this is all I can do for Sun Quan. Though I do hope that Sun Quan can forgive me for my prank if it does succeed.
“What was it that you wanted to say to me?” All of a sudden, a child’s voice came from behind me.
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