Vol 8 Chapter 97 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 97: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS LIU BEI’S ESCAPE (2)

Liu Bei POV

“Liu Qi?”

*Neigh*~~~

I was still in a state of shock as Liu Qi walked out to the courtyard when a rather familiar neighing came from the courtyard. Before I could understand what was going in, she began pulling hard and yanked over a rather large thing over.

— A rather handsome steed stood there, with a white patch between its brows.

“Dilu?!”

*Neigh*~

I hurried forward and Dilu recognised me and made his way towards me as well.

“In the interest of time, I got an attendant to bring your personal horse over.” Liu Qi said as she handed the reins to me, “It should be easier to escape if you’re using Dilu.”

I raised my hand and touched Dilu’s chin and caressed its mane as I looked at Liu Qi, impressed at what she was able to do in such a short span pf time.

“Let’s not tarry any further, you should go now.” Liu Qi said as she pushed my back.

“Ah, but Zi Long is still at the alternative venue. I have to tell her.”

“Uncle, there is no time.” Liu Qi said, her arms continuing to push me, “Lord Zi Long is probably being occupied by Cai Mao, w.a.n.g Wei, Zhang Yun and it will be difficult for her to leave anytime soon.”

Zi Long’s being occupied huh… Ah, I should have been more cautious like how Zi Long was when we were forcefully separated.

Looks like I’ll be escaping alone. Though I’ve seen movies with such scenes before, now that such an act is forced upon me, I really don’t know what to do and I don’t feel like I’m capable of pulling it off as well.

But now that I think about it, if Cai Mao hadn’t gone this far to kill me, I wouldn’t have had the need to use Dilu to escape so desperately like this. As my eyes went along the reins to Dilu, I began to realise that I was far too naive. No, it’s more accurate to say that I lack common sense.

(TL: This is perhaps the first ‘evil’ character that our MC has encountered.)

“But if all the gates are sealed, how will I get out?”

“Uncle need not worry. Whilst you’ve been busy with the preparations to leave for Xinye, I’ve been serving as a colonel in the west gate.” Liu Qi said and smiled calmly at me.

“So you’ve pulled away the troops?”

“Yes, I sent my own men to switch guards with Cai Mao’s men.” Liu Qi nodded, “When you reach the gates, just yell out my name and they will open the gates for you.”

Hoho~

— Should you meet the young mistress again in future, no matter how far she has progressed, I hope Imperial Uncle will give her some words of praise.

The favour that Yi Ji had asked of me suddenly came to mind.

Looks like Liu Qi has indeed changed significantly as Yi Ji said. This might not be the most appropriate time, but it’s a good opportunity to give her some praise.

“Liu Qi.”

“Un? Is there anything else uncle wants to ask?”

“There are somethings I have said many times before which you are probably aware of but I still wish to tell you them one more time personally.” I said as I pulled Dilu along, doing my best to appear as sincere as possible, “I had no choice but to accept moving to Xinye and I am truly sorry for not being able to actually a.s.sist you.”

When I finished, the strength which Liu Qi was applying to my back seemed to lighten up a little. I looked back and saw that Liu Qi didn’t have a difficult expression on. Instead, she was smiling.

She seemed to have

detected my gaze and looked up at me. This sort of upward look was too sudden and caught me off guard, forcing me to turn away.

“… I don’t feel that there’s any need to talk about that anymore.” Liu Qi said in a voice devoid of any distress, “I will do my best to handle what will come from here on out.”

“Liu Qi, you’re a lot more mature than before.”

I tried to find phrases to use for praise but after a long while, I decided to cop out and use something that was simple and wouldn’t make me feel mushy.

“… Is that so?” On the other hand, Liu Qi’s reaction was rather tame and she didn’t jump about happily as I thought she would. Looks like she really is a lot more mature.