"Master, you sure slept for a long time."
Wei Jue couldn't help teasing her.
Verdant Green Maiden glared at him. "What do you mean? Are you sneaking in an insult, calling me lazy?"
"I wouldn't dare!"
Wei Jue shook his head helplessly and told Verdant Green Maiden what had happened over the years. "After Your Highness was sent to Zhou, I took command of the Qi Army and fought the Zhou Army. Unfortunately, the Later Lord was a fool and kept issuing one absurd order after another! Our army grew smaller with every battle."
"Later, I ran into Your Highness during a battle, so I simply surrendered to Zhou."
"After His Majesty accepted the Zhou Emperor's abdication, I became a general of Great Sui as well. It's a pity I'm old now. I don't even know if I could still lift my spear."
Verdant Green Maiden looked at Wei Jue and clicked her tongue, shaking her head.
"You've certainly had a colorful life! If you'd lived in a later age, who knows how many tales would have been written about you."
"Tales?"
At her words, Wei Jue smiled too, but then his expression suddenly changed. He slapped his forehead in chagrin.
"Oh, look at me and my memory! You came, and I didn't notify Your Highness. That was truly remiss of me!"
As he spoke, he braced himself against the table and stood up, about to call for someone, when a hearty voice rang out. "No need to notify me. I'm here!"
Gao Changgong came walking over from one side of the covered corridor.
"Your Highness!"
Wei Jue nodded to Gao Changgong.
Though it was now Great Sui Under Heaven, Wei Jue still called Gao Changgong Your Highness. Yuwen Yong, Yang Jian, and the others had permitted it.
It was