Zhou Yu frowned, utterly baffled. He had merely offered a plan-how did that make him a disgrace of a man?
"My little sister needs at least another three to five years before she can enter the palace!" Sun Ce said through gritted teeth.
At that, Zhou Yu's eyes widened as he stared at Sun Ce in disbelief.
"Bofu, you... you actually want to send your little sister into the palace! She's only a child now. Even in three to five years, she won't be old enough to marry. How could you think such a thing?"
"If you truly did that, you would be worse than a beast! Never mind the whole world laughing at you-even I would despise you!"
Sun Ce stared at the righteously indignant Zhou Yu, somewhat dumbfounded.
Could that not have been what Gongjin meant? Had his own filthy mind led him astray?
Even though he swept all before him on the battlefield and was known as the Little Conqueror,
his handsome face flushed crimson with shame at that moment.
"Gongjin, I misunderstood. Never mention this again, or I won't be able to face anyone."
Zhou Yu lectured Sun Ce some more, telling him that a gentleman knew what he should and should not do, and that a true man stood tall between heaven and earth and must never act like a beast.
He only stopped when Sun Ce was almost ready to dig a hole and crawl into it.
"Besides the Two Qiaos of Jiangbei, Lujiang has another woman named Bu Lianshi. She is beautiful and gracious, and her looks could likewise eclipse a nation. Bofu, you might seek out Bu Lianshi and present her to the Son of Heaven."
Sun Ce finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded hurriedly.
"I'll send men to find