Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

"Alright, then let me ask you again, does the Mi family's treatment of Liu Bei stem from any favor they have done for him?"

"Yes."

"Given this, and with such a great debt of gratitude, why did Liu Bei not only fail to repay it but also cause the Mi family to be destroyed? Is this repaying kindness with enmity?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun was completely stunned.

He really didn't know that.

"What's going on?"

Zhao Yun quickly pressed for more information.

"what happened?"

The shopkeeper sneered.

Three months ago, Yuan Shu led an army of 30,000 to attack Xuzhou. Liu Bei went to resist, leaving Zhang Fei to defend the city...

“Mi Zhu had warned us long ago that Lü Bu was fickle and untrustworthy, or we would surely suffer the consequences.”

"Even with the Mi family's support for Liu Bei, Liu Bei still trusted his third brother, Zhang Fei."

“They ignored Mi Zhu’s advice.”

"Do you think Liu Bei practiced nepotism?"

The shopkeeper said calmly.

"this........"

Before Zhao Yun could speak, the shopkeeper asked again.

"Of course... if that's all there is to it, then it can only be considered nepotism, not ingratitude."

"But Zhang Fei, drunk, made a mistake and lost Xuzhou."

"But he ran away without even notifying anyone, leaving the entire Mi family behind in Xuzhou City."

"Lu Bu knew that the biggest reason Liu Bei was able to obtain Xuzhou was because it was in the hands of the Mi family."

"Leaving the Mi family in Xuzhou now would be like sending lambs to the slaughter."

"To hand over such a vast family fortune?"

"Isn't that called ingratitude?"

The shopkeeper questioned.

"this........."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun was dumbfounded.

He considered countless possibilities, but he never imagined that Zhang Fei would run away alone, leaving Mi Zhu behind.

Wouldn't this lead to the destruction of their families and the loss of their lives?

They will do everything they can to help you.

I don't even ask for anything in return from you.

If you want money, give money, if you want people, give people.

As a result... when you ran away, you ran away alone, leaving their whole family behind.

Isn't this sending them to their deaths?

In that sense, it could be considered repaying kindness with enmity.

"No, that's not right. Although Lord Xuande was at fault, the fault doesn't lie with Lord Xuande, but with Zhang Fei..."

However, Zhao Yun quickly shook his head and defended Liu Bei.

"After all, Lord Xuande was not in Xuzhou at the time. This was done by his third brother alone. How can we say that Lord Xuande is ungrateful?"

The shopkeeper sneered: "Is that really the case? Why don't you think about it from a different perspective? If Liu Bei really cared about the Mi family, how could he not listen to Mi Zhu's words and instead blindly believe his own reckless third brother?"

"this........."

Zhao Yun was speechless.

He knew about the bond between the three brothers.

No one can get involved.

Even for him, it's far less than a one in a million.

"If that's all there is to it, then so be it."

"But this was just the beginning."

"What's truly disgusting is what happened next."

The shopkeeper ignored Zhao Yun and continued speaking.

"Zilong, have you ever heard of Lady Gan?"

"I asked the shopkeeper."

"Of course I've heard of her; she is Liu Bei's wife."

Zhao Yun nodded.

"That's right... What really ruined Liu Ben's reputation was Madam Gan, and what happened afterward."

"The story begins with..."

The shopkeeper then recounted in detail what had happened in Xuzhou.

"Can you really call someone like that truly benevolent and righteous?"

"In that situation, all you need to do is say that you have Madam Gan in your heart."

"I believe that Lady Gan would never hold Liu Bei back."

"He will definitely jump off the city wall of Xuzhou."

"But Liu Bei was so heartless, treating brothers like limbs and women like clothes."

"He compared his wife, who had shared his hardships, to a piece of clothing that was dispensable."

"Isn't such a despicable act called abandoning one's wife and children?"

The shopkeeper asked again.

"Boom."

These words struck Zhao Yun like a thunderbolt.

He considered countless possibilities.

But no one expected that Liu Bei would be so ruthless.

You should know that she was his wife.

To be honest, a woman can't compare to Xuzhou.

But you said those words.

That already proves your ruthlessness.

"A man who can casually discard his wife who has shared his hardships can say that brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes. Clothes can be mended when they are torn, but limbs can never be reattached when they are severed."

"How many of the words spoken by such a heartless person are true, and how many are false?"

"If he treats his own wife this way, how much more so his subordinates?"

"Is this what you call great benevolence and righteousness?"

The shopkeeper questioned him again.

"I........."

Zhao Yun was speechless.

Because, if you replaced the person in that situation with yourself...

He could never have said such a thing.

Involuntarily...

A picture suddenly appeared in his mind.

If the person captured at that time was not Lady Gan, but myself or one of Liu Bei's men.

What will Liu Bei choose next?

Would someone who doesn't even care about his wife who has shared hardship with him really care about his subordinates?

Is he really as benevolent and righteous as he appears on the surface?

Zhao Yun was momentarily confused.

Those who had previously placed their unwavering faith in Liu Bei now began to question his words.

"Of course, if that's all there is to it, then so be it."

"What is truly unforgivable is..."

"When Liu Bei learned that Mi Zhu had defected to someone else, his first reaction was not regret, but to want to kill Mi Zhu."

"After learning that the person who helped me so much and for whom I have been so kind has turned against me and sought refuge with someone else."

"His first reaction wasn't to look guilty or apologize."

"And I'm not even thinking about how to salvage the situation."

"But they were afraid that he would pose a threat to them if he sought refuge with someone else."

"Thinking of killing the other party at all costs."

"If it weren't for Mi Zhu, who was both brave and resourceful, he would probably be dead long ago."

"Isn't such a person ungrateful?"

"You don't know yet, do you? Lady Gan wrote a letter of divorce in Xuzhou and divorced Liu Bei."

"At this point, Liu Bei had become a laughingstock... Isn't this tantamount to nepotism, ingratitude, and abandoning his wife and children?"

The shopkeeper's voice kept echoing in Zhao Yun's mind.

Zhao Yun didn't know how he got out of the restaurant.

His mind was buzzing.

It was all thanks to what the shopkeeper said.

"He was ungrateful to those who had done him a great favor."

"He treats women like clothes and brothers like limbs when he is with his wife."

"face........."