"Don't get the wrong idea. I just wanted you to have a look. I never meant to let you drink this wine."
Verdant Green Maiden put the wine away and said this.
Her things weren't free!
At her words, Gao Changgong and the others around him all wore rather colorful expressions. After a long moment, Gao Changgong finally smiled and exclaimed, "You certainly have a frank and cheerful disposition, young lady! More straightforward than any woman I've ever met. I heard you say just now that you're going to Luoyang?"
"That's right."
Verdant Green Maiden nodded.
Gao Changgong asked again, "Luoyang is in the middle of a war, and the Zhou Army has been laying siege to it for days. Are you going there to find someone, or to take care of something?"
"Do you think I'm a spy for the Zhou Army?"
Verdant Green Maiden glanced at Gao Changgong and countered with a question.
Hearing this, Gao Changgong smiled without a trace of embarrassment and shook his head. "Of course not. You're one of my Great Qi people. Why would I suspect you? It's just that a place ravaged by war is far too dangerous. I can't stand by and watch one of my people fall into danger."
That was well said.
Verdant Green Maiden looked him up and down. "You're better than the Northern Qi Emperor."
At those words, Gao Changgong's pupils contracted, and the soldiers around him rose to their feet, staring at her in astonishment.
Could she just say something like that?
"You're joking, young lady."
Gao Changgong's smile faded, and his expression turned grave. Although Gao Zhan thought highly of him these days, had titled him Lanling King, and granted him military power, no matter how much Gao Zhan favored him, he couldn't remain unmoved