Vol 9 Chapter 79 (2/2)

“Un,” Feng Xian nodded, “She might take the field with something else, like a sword for instance.” Feng Xian took a sip of liquor when she finished and Yun Chang seemed to take this advice to heart as she nodded.

It’s noteworthy that Feng Xian never bothered asking about the Lu siblings at all. I wonder if it’s because she feels they are not worth talking about or if she just does not know anything about them at all.

“By the way, Lord Guan Yu, I saw e–verything while you were on the battlefield~”

“Eh?”

Just then, Zhou Cang, who had begun to drink from the gourds, bellowed at Yun Chang between chuckles. Her clothes were a mess. The belt had loosened up and her clothes looked like they would open any minute. But at this point, she was far too inebriated to bother about this.

“Does everyone know~ Lord Guan Yu’s acting is actually really marvellous~” Zhou Cang then mimicked Yun Chang’s stern expression and flicked her hair back with her hand like what Yun Chang always does before she continued, “‘Now that you lot have come here to do battle with us, even if big brother is not around, I will fight till the last drop of blood leaves me.'”

“Ah!!!”

“Oh~~”

Yun Chang screamed out loud with her face a deep, bright red while everyone else seemed surprised and gasped at Zhou Cang’s re-enactment while they clapped.

“Big brother! Will you not clap?!”

Un? Am I? Ah yes, indeed I am. Well, I was actually clapping because Zhou Cang’s act really seemed like Yun Chang.

“But leaving that aside, I do think that Yun Chang was really cool when you said these words.”

“Wu…”

I praised her without inhibition as I too saw that very scene from not too far off but this praise left Yun Chang at a greater loss as to what to do.

“Ah yes, how is Lord Zhang Fei? Is she better?” Wen Yuan asked. But when the topic of Yi De came up, everyone’s expressions became more serious. In particular, I caught sight of Yuan Zhi choking when Wen Yuan asked about Yi De.

“There’s no need to worry about Lord Zhang Fei. She’s just exhausted.” I smiled and explained as casually and simply as I could so it would not ruin the party, “She’s still feeling unwell because of that and is resting now so there’s no need to worry.”

I told them not to worry twice but they were still troubled.

“I heard that Lord Zhang Fei was backed into a corner by Lu Xiang?” Feng Xian asked.

Since she asked it like that, I had no choice but to answer honestly, “Un… I guess so.”

“But that can’t be helped. She lost her memories after all and probably can’t find the will to fight.” Chen Dao explained.

But this explanation would only lead to another question. Since she lost her memories, why was Lord Zhang Fei deployed? But this could only be answered by Yuan Zhi.

“I have to admit that as my mistake.”

Eh? Just as Chen Dao finished, a voice came from the end of the column. When I looked over, I saw that it was Yuan Zhi who sat there with a cup in her hands.

“I should not have sent an amnesiac Lord Zhang Fei to the battlefield…” She said and then slowly and shakily got up.

“Ah, no. That’s not what I mean…” Chen Dao felt bad when she heard what Yuan Zhi said and hurriedly got up to explain herself.

“Benefactor, you don’t need to be like this…” Huang Zu said. But that’s all she could say as she was not really in a position to say anything substantial.

Yet, the mood did not improve at all despite their efforts and everyone began to ponder why Yi De was deployed to begin with. There were many better choices after all. Even though Yuan Zhi was able to admit her mistake, she will not be able to avoid being blamed for it.

“Deployment mistakes happen now and then. Besides, it was her first time taking command so it’s understandable.” Just then, a shrill voice came from the other column. I looked over and saw that it was Chen Gong who spoke, not stopping her chopsticks as she did so.

I never expected that Chen Gong would be the one to defend Yuan Zhi. I thought that there was some degree of rivalry and animosity between the 2 of them and it seemed like everyone else was similarly surprised.

Zhou Cang in particular looked at Chen Gong suspiciously which seemed to provoke Chen Gong,

“I’ve always been a very reasonable and objective person. Sorry for being so harsh all the time!” Zhou Cang said and then sat down as she sipped her liquor with a frown.

“T-that’s right. Lord Xu Shu doesn’t know us well enough yet so it’s amazing that she was able to put together such a good plan.” Chen Dao hurriedly added when Chen Gong sat down.

Sweat poured down her cheeks and she seemed like a kid who had done something wrong. In actual fact, she did not do anything serious but I suppose she’s the serious type after all.

“Lord Xu Shu,” Just then, Yun Chang stood up with her cup in her hands, “Today’s battle was won beautifully thanks to you. I don’t blame you for what happened to Yi De. She pushed herself too hard as well after all.”

“Ah… No…” Yuan Zhi got up stiffly and stood there, unsure what she should do.

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