Chapter 96 Truth and Falsehood Difficult to Distinguish
Ignoring the gossip, I lifted my skirt and turned to go back to my room.
"Sister!" Zhao'er noticed my expression and quickly caught up with me. "Sister, what happened?"
"I'm a little tired. I'll go back to my room and take a nap. Don't call me for lunch." I patted his head and smiled.
After returning to my room, I closed the door and shut the door. Then I pulled out the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" that was under my pillow and began to read it hastily.
"Records of the Three Kingdoms, Volume One, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu, Part One..." His fingertip slid slowly down the printed text, reading line by line, the classical Chinese difficult to understand. "I've got it, here..." His fingertip paused, then he read on carefully, "The Duke then led his army on a rapid march towards Baima... He lifted the siege of Baima, relocated its people, and followed the river westward. Shao then crossed the river to pursue the Duke's army, reaching south of Yanjin. The Duke stationed his troops at the foot of Nanban, and ordered them to climb the ramparts to observe the situation, saying, 'We have about 1600 cavalry.' After a while, he reported again, 'The cavalry are slightly more numerous, and the infantry are countless.'..."
What those drunkards just said is true! Cao Cao is really trapped in Nanban!
He steadied himself and continued reading, "...He then ordered the cavalry to dismount and release their horses. At that time, the white horse baggage train was on the road. The generals thought that the enemy cavalry was too numerous and that it would be better to retreat and defend the camp... At that time, the cavalry numbered less than six hundred, so they launched an attack and utterly defeated them... In a second battle, they captured them all, and Yuan Shao's army was greatly shaken. The Duke returned to Guandu..."
Guandu, the military? You're all safe and sound? What... You made me worry for nothing.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh, closed the book, and pressed it back under my pillow. I raised my hand to stroke my bulging belly, "Baozi, your old man is really cunning... In the end, he still managed to defeat Yuan Shao."
Knowing the course of history, I felt relieved and lay back on the bed, clutching my stomach in a daze. After a while, I raised my left hand and stared blankly at the heartstrings.
"Perhaps, he was just afraid, afraid that you would disappear inexplicably like Ruoruo... You would return to where you came from, a place he could never reach, a place where even with all his power, even with the throne, he would still be powerless... From then on, they would never see each other again, not even in death..."
With one hand gently turning the centrifugal clasp, watching it radiate a dazzling and mysterious color, Guo Jia's slightly mournful voice rang in her ears.
I pursed my lips and placed my left hand on my protruding belly.
Cao Cao, I just want you to know that even if you forcibly leave me in this time and space, I can still make myself untraceable.
Furthermore, the business at Chunfeng Deyilou is booming. The recipes I brought, combined with the exquisite skills of the girls in the restaurant, are a perfect match! The more I thought about it, the more pleased I became, and I couldn't help but hum a little tune, a typical example of a smug little man.
"Sister, sister..." Zhao'er's voice rang out from outside the door.
I got up somewhat clumsily, opened the door, and saw Zhao'er standing at the door, holding food in her hands.
"Sister, have something to eat."
I swallowed hard, nodded with a smile, and felt relieved. Sure enough, I was hungry.
While we were eating, there was a sudden commotion downstairs.
"What is it now?" I looked up in confusion.
"It's alright. There are a few beggars at the door. Zhao'er has already asked Yan Zhi to prepare some food for them." Zhao'er turned her head and picked up a piece of steamed pork with rice flour for me, smiling.
I nodded and continued my struggle with the food.
"Lord Zhou, our Madam Pei is not feeling well..." Rouge's voice suddenly came from the stairwell.
"Oh? Then Gongjin should definitely visit him..." someone's elegant voice rang out unhurriedly.
"Pfft!" The food in my mouth suddenly sprayed out, choking me and making me cough.
"Sister!" Zhao'er rushed forward to massage my back.
“Our Madam Pei really shouldn’t receive guests…” Rouge’s persistent voice rang out again.
“Gongjin is no guest.” That elegant voice…it’s breathtaking.
“But Madam Pei really…” Rouge continued, still unwilling to give up.
"Gongjin has something to discuss with his wife."
I choked up again. Simply referring to "Madam Pei" as "Madam" would lead to many ambiguities...
"What business does Lord Zhou have? I, Rouge, may convey his message," Rouge added.
"It's not something to be told to outsiders," someone replied fluently.
The door was pushed open as soon as she finished speaking, and the first person she saw was Rouge with an apologetic look on her face, "Madam Pei..."
I'm almost in tears, Rouge... you really did your best, I know.
"Is Madam well?" Lord Gongjin, dressed in an embroidered white robe, walked in with a smile.
Upon hearing this, I, who had just caught my breath, immediately choked up again, my face turning red and my neck thick.
A slender hand gently stroked my back. "So you're this excited to see Gongjin...?"
I shook my head, then shook my head again, and kept shaking my head.
"It's Madam Pei..." I said through gritted teeth, catching my breath.
"Three words are too tiring," Lord Gongjin said with a smile.
"Pei'er, Xiaoxiao, take whichever you like." I glared at him, separating his name from his real name, lest I be laughed at again.
"Alright, Xiaoxiao." He smiled slightly. "Could you speak with Gongjin alone?"
"Huh?" I was slow to react again. We'd only met twice in total. What was there to talk about?
"It's not something to be told to outsiders."
What goes around comes around...
My brow twitched slightly, and I turned around, saying, "Zhao'er, Yanzhi, you two go ahead and do your work. Lord Zhou and I..."
"Ahem..."
"Uh... I'd like to have a chat with Gongjin." I almost bit my tongue, and said in a roundabout way.
Zhao'er nodded, turned around, closed the door, and left.
Lord Gongjin nodded with satisfaction and sat down.
"Cao Cao is trapped at Nanbanxia." He suddenly spoke up when only the two of us were left in the room.
"What?" I was stunned, wondering if I was hallucinating.
"Cao Cao is trapped by Yuan Shao at Nanbanxia," Lord Gongjin repeated, never one to be outrageous.
"Who is Cao Cao?" I decided to play dumb.
"I have received news that Cao Cao is critically injured and will not live much longer," Lord Gongjin said calmly, ignoring my feigned ignorance.
He knew who I was? So from the beginning... he approached me with a purpose?
No wonder it's such a coincidence. (CF)
Cao Cao was clearly going to win, so why did he say Cao Cao was seriously injured and on the verge of death...?
What on earth happened?!
"Why are you telling me this?" I frowned, clenching my fist.
Lord Gongjin rose gracefully, opened the door, and drifted away, leaving me with a magnificent silhouette...
"Hey! Hey! Lord Zhou! General Zhou! Gongjin! Lord Gongjin! Zhou Gongjin! Zhou Lang! Zhou Yu!... Explain yourself! Hey..." I shouted and chased after him all the way downstairs and out the door.
When they chased after him out the gate, Zhou Gongjin had already disappeared.
An eerie silence fell over the lobby. Everyone looked at each other, watching me, heavily pregnant, chase after them, shouting all the way.
Thus, the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) of Danyang gained new content.
"Hey! Have you heard? The manager of Chunfeng Deyilou got dumped by General Zhou Yu..."
"How pitiful, her belly is so big."
"That woman deserved it! Heaven knows what kind of person she was..."
"Don't say that. Do you know how hard it is for a woman?! Heaven have mercy, how will she live with that pregnancy on her belly..."
"Didn't our Xiao Cui from East Street get dumped by a man and drown herself in the river while heavily pregnant?"
"..."
So I finally understood that gossip is human nature, regardless of region, country, or even time and space differences...
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