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Yun Ce was as perceptive as a hair was fine.

Seeing Shen Tang hesitate, he guessed what was troubling her. "Is the lord worried about how to tell General Zhao?"

Shen Tang sighed. "How am I supposed to say this?"

For the first time, she—usually shameless as they came—felt at a loss. She could only blame herself for not yet having a heart of stone; otherwise, she wouldn't be so troubled. She looked at Yun Ce, ready to foist the task onto him, but changed her mind. It would be more solemn coming from her own mouth. With that thought, Shen Tang irritably raked a hand through her hair. "Forget it. Let's eat first!"

Even if the sky was falling, she had to fill her stomach first!

Yun Ce: "..."

Shen Tang's meal tasted like wax.

For the first time, she wanted to give the logistics cooks a bad review.

Yun Ce had returned in time, so Shen Tang assigned him to the army's left flank and told him to get acquainted with the troops as quickly as possible, lest he let them down when battle was joined. Yun Ce hadn't expected Shen Tang to let him command troops so soon after pledging his allegiance. Naturally, he was grateful, and even his usually icy expression took on some of a young man's fiery drive.

Shen Tang hated wasting food. Even though she was in no mood and had no appetite, and eating felt like a sentence of hard labor, she still swept every last bit of food from the table, leaving nothing uneaten. Just as she was rehearsing what to say, Cui Xiao came over with food and joined her at the table.

"I saw Yun Yuanmou return just now."

Cui Xiao knew why Yun Ce had left.

But he