Vol 7 Chapter 38 (2/2)

“My lord won’t defend himself?” Just then, Yi De who was behind me spoke up softly, “They are just 2 administrative officials.”

“About that… Forget it.”

I got a slap in my face by 2 administrative officials the moment I entered but it’s not a serious problem. I will be meeting Liu Biao soon so I just need to endure it for a while more.

“…” Yi De didn’t say anything in reply, and closed her eyes before she sighed. Looks like she dispelled all her anger.

Un, what Yi De is doing now is good. If it were Yi De from before, she would have just went at it…

“My lord can endure it, but I can’t.”

Eh?

“Esteemed lords, don’t you think that what you just said is a little too disrespectful to a member of the royal family?”

Before I realised who said these words, Yi De caught up and stopped in front of me before bowing and speaking up for me.

“A mere attendant dares to lecture us?! Stand down!” The little sister got enraged and yelled out.

“Those words are a little out of place,” Yi De took a deep breath and spoke in the loud and resounding voice I was very familiar with, “Protecting one’s lord’s pride and honour is the responsibility of a retainer, and has nothing to do with the retainer’s rank. My lord is presently being threatened and maligned with false charges. As a retainer, should I not be standing up for my lord?”

“But your lord isn’t even speaking up, aren’t you acting out of turn here?” The elder sister spoke with a smile. The gleam in her eyes looked like there were daggers in them.

“My lord is benevolent and kind, and has always been very understanding of useless retainers who know nothing but to use coa.r.s.e words. My lord returns hatred with virtue, and is a true gentleman. But a rebuke to my lord, is a rebuke to his retainers. I am not a lady and do not understand what it means to return hatred with virtue, and all I know is to return what I am given manifold. If I have acted out of turn, my lord will punish me himself. But that is not up to you 2 to decide.”

“You–”

“Moreover, Lord Liu Biao has not spoken anything untoward of my lord, so aren’t you both the ones acting out of turn? Or do you both question your own lord’s judgement?”

“Wu…” The little sister had more to say but she was soundly refuted by Yi De and had nothing to say.

“Umm…”

Seeing how the situation was like, I went up and tried to defuse the situation but I didn’t know what to say I looked at the 3 of them who were staring at each other.

I looked at Yi De and saw her eyes gleaming brightly. Her eyes now looked exactly like the ones that she had when we first met in Zhuo county. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Yi De be so energetic.

“Alright, please stop making a ruckus out here, everyone.”

Just then, a voice came from a room some distance away. I looked over, and saw a short-haired woman standing there with her hands in her sleeves with a relaxed expression on her, as though she was unaffected by the mood here.

She the bent down slightly and took 1 hand out of her sleeve and pointed at the room she was in.

“My lord has been waiting for a while now, please come in quickly.”

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