Vol 9 Chapter 53 (2/2)

“No.” Yuan Zhi shook her head, seeming a little tired, “Lord Guan Ping is not the sort of person I can deal with.”

Ah… But I guess that cannot be helped…

“But you’re new here after all so I couldn’t let you sit in front with me.” I smiled stiffly, “Ah, but this wasn’t set by me. Chen Gong, who’s in charge of this kind of stuff, set this rule.”

As I said so, I looked at Chen Gong and saw that she was no longer gloomy and was looking at the performance with great relish.

“No, I don’t particularly mind that.” Yuan Zhi calmly said and then took a small sip from her bowl as she continued, “Not now at least.”

I see. But now that I think about it, I did not ever ask her why she wanted to join me. If not for officialdom, then why? I do not believe in charisma and saying that it’s her path seems to border on fantasy as well.

As I looked at Yuan Zhi, I felt troubled. Ah… Her face is not red at all. Looks like she’s not drunk at all.

Everyone around has drank at least a little, and be it Feng Xian, whose alcohol tolerance is very good, or Gong You and Liao Hua, who are weaker, their faces are all slightly red at least. Only Yuan Zhi is still a pale white.

Ah, now that I remember, it seems like Yuan Zhi cannot drink. Could it be…

I lowered my head and looked for ‘that’ when the answer came to mind.

“Ah! As I expected!”

“Ah…” Yuan Zhi detected my gaze and tried to hide it but I was quicker and picked up the gourd she placed behind her legs. When I saw that she seemed a little nervous, I smirked at her.

“Everyone’s drinking liquor but you’re still drinking your sweet water huh?”

Though I must admit that it’s really good.

“T, that can’t be helped. I r-really cannot drink liquor…” She seemed rather nervous and reached out to grab her gourd. I was going to prank her a little but when I saw how serious she was, I decided to return her gourd.

“When I drink, no matter how little it is, my head will explode.”

“Wah, that sounds so scary!”

“It won’t literally explode…” Yuan Zhi hurriedly denied this as she blushed and took a sip from her bowl, “But just drinking a little will make my whole face turn red and I can’t remember what happens afterwards.”

“I see…” I nodded. Looks like she’s allergic or very weak to alcohol after all which means that it would be very dangerous for her to drink.

But I must say that I dd not expect that someone would be weak to liquor in this era, which has much lower alcohol content than modern liquor. Perhaps people in this era are not very alcohol tolerant.

I cannot remember who said it, but it seems like the liquor Wu Song drank when he entered Jingyanggang had only 15% alcohol concentration. Well, this is not a big problem anyway, tea or water is a good enough subst.i.tute for someone to join in the festivities.

“I would like to ask you what position you are going to appoint me to.”

“Un?” Just as I was preoccupied with my thoughts, Yuan Zhi tapped on my arm with her free hand.

“My position.” She softly asked again and looked about before settling her gaze on me, “I believe you won’t just appoint me to be a lieutenant to one of your generals right?”

I did not think that she would ask me what Yun Chang and Wen Yuan just did. And it’s about herself too. Alright, that saves me a bit of trouble too.

“Of course not,” I said definitively, “It might be a little sudden but I have decided to appoint you as my personal military adviser.”

Or, in other words, the lead strategist.

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