Chu Yao exclaimed in surprise, "My lord noticed it too?"
Shen Tang stared at him, utterly bewildered.
What did he mean by "she noticed it too"?
Shen Tang never made a point of hiding her thoughts or expressions around people she knew and trusted. One look at her reaction told Chu Yao they were talking at cross-purposes, about two different things. He didn't keep her guessing and laid it all out.
"Earlier, at Yonggu Pass, after the National Border Barrier shattered, a new barrier appeared. The flag atop the city wall bore the character 'Kang.'"
The two armies had been fighting in the chaos of battle.
Hardly anyone had noticed that detail.
And even those who had noticed it hadn't given it much thought.
Except for Literary Scholars like Chu Yao.
Shen Tang furrowed her brows. "Kang? What does that mean?"
She had learned about the battle at Yonggu Pass, but Chu Jie and the others had only told her the broad strokes of the engagement: the two sides' troop numbers and formation deployments. They hadn't mentioned details like this. She only knew that, with the help of [Wuyou], a new National Border Barrier had risen.
She hadn't known there was anything special about the flag on it.
At her question, Chu Yao gave a bitter smile. "That's something you should ask yourself, my lord. Why did you choose that Dynasty Name? Why are you asking me?"
Shen Tang: "..."
Shen Tang stared at him in disbelief. "When did I ever choose that?"
This was a grave injustice.
She was still running a ramshackle outfit, with a mere patch of land barely big enough to farm. The idea of having a "country" was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away, let alone choosing a Dynasty Name. Why would she