After the banquet at the Lotus Terrace, Xing Xun favored Su E Huang in the inner room.

Currently, Xing Xun lies on the couch, snoring like thunder. The room is magnificent, and the beauty’s hair is like clouds.

A disgust flashed through Su E Huang’s eyes. She pushed Xing Xun’s fat body and climbed down from the bed to sit in front of the mirror, looking at herself, out of focus.

She asked a skilled craftsman to create that golden mask at a high price. It’s spread across the middle of her nose, hooked tightly to the back of her head with a soft band. Unless she herself unbuckles it, it will never come off in her sleep.

She looked at herself for a moment, and her eyes fell on the reflection of Xing Xun in the mirror. After pondering, she got up and returned to the bed, shouted, and pushed Xing Xun.

Xing Xun was roused from his sleep and unpleasantly said, “What is the noise, madam?”

Su E Huang said in a panic: “In my sleep, I saw a golden light suddenly falling from the roof beam and heading straight for the Prime Minister. I was awakened and disturbed by the Prime Minister. Forgive me, My Lord.”

After hearing this, he lost all his sleepiness, opened his eyes, and said, “Is that true?”

Su E Huang said, “How dare I speak nonsense in front of the Prime Minister? ”

Xing Xun pondered for a while.

Su E Huang kneeled and said: “The dream just now was really clear! It was as if I had seen it with my own eyes! Why doesn’t the Prime Minister send someone to the eastern suburbs to see what is happening?”

Xing Xun agreed and immediately sent someone. After dawn, someone came to report that they had found a thousand-year-old tortoise nail in the eastern suburbs of the countryside, with nine characters in its shell: ” Monkey is in the mountain, walking the fortune, king of the world.” They put the tortoise in a treasure box and asked the Prime Minister to look at it.Xing Xun immediately called his cronies to gather at the Lotus Terrace. All the people gathered around to look at it and were amazed. Among them was Feng Yi, who said, “Sun is in the mountain, and the luck of the walk is Xun, which matches the Prime Minister’s name. This is an omen from heaven, saying that the Prime Minister has the destiny to sit in the world!”

T/N: Sun is the monkey, almost the same pronunciation as Xun in Xing Xun’s name.

Zang Chang said, “The Han Dynasty has run out of steam, the people are not living well, and the world is full of grievances. The Prime Minister has the merit of supporting society and the country and defeated Yuan Zhe last year. The people’s hearts are united, so he should obey the order of heaven and take the ninth position.”

The rest of the crowd echoed.

Xing Xun was highly distinguished, and the young emperor Liu Tong respected him as a father. Every time he went to the palace, Xing Xun sat on the throne, and the young emperor stood aside, trembling. But he was still unsatisfied and had long intended to usurp the throne.

He had many worries before. But today, the heavenly omen and the voice of the group moved him, so he left Feng Yi, Zang Chang, and other close friends to discuss in private and set a date for himself to claim the throne until late in the evening.

When Xing Xun approached Su E Huang again and tried to remove the butterfly mask from her face with his hand, she prevented him. She laughed and said, “Has the Prime Minister forgotten? I told you I met a witch last year and asked him about my fate. He said I had a noble destiny, but my fortune was blocked, so I lost my husband and became a widow. Wouldn’t it ruin my fortune if the Prime Minister took my mask?”

Su E Huang tightly held her mask. Although Xing Xun had suspicions, he half-believed her pretext, so he did not force her to untie her butterfly mask but felt that this half-mask added more to her charm. Then, he laughed and said: “Madam is a wonderful person. Compared to you, the women I used to have sex with are not worth mentioning! If I become an emperor, I will welcome you into my harem to live up to the fate of your birth and vision!”

Su E Huang said, “Thank you for your love, Prime Minister. But I am afraid that although the Prime Minister has received auspicious rites from heaven, I am afraid that the warlords may not be willing to follow you. Especially Wei Shao in the north. He will not be willing to bow down and submit.”

Hearing the name Wei Shao, Xing Xun was furious: “Wei Shao, last year on New Year’s Day ceremony, all the lords arrived, but he did not come! This year, he drove Feng Zhao and took over Liangzhou. So arrogant, do you think I can’t do anything to him? I will raise an army to invade Youzhou after my big event!”

Su E Huang said, “The Prime Minister is a man of courage! I admire you, and I’m waiting for you to unify the world. Wei Shao is very ambitious, and marrying Yanzhou Qiao girl is a way to use Yanzhou for his plans to go south. If you want to attack Wei Shao, you should attack Yanzhou, and you can kill two birds with one stone.”

Xing Xun looked at her: “I heard you had an old friendship with Wei Shao. Why do you hate him so much?”Su E Huang said, “I only knew him when we were children and met him a few times, so there is no such thing as an old friend. If he is an enemy of the Prime Minister, he is also my enemy.”

Xing Xun said, “Good! When I reach the ninth position, I will promote you!”

T/N; the ninth position means the throne.

Su E Huang smiled, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Xing Xun laughed, suddenly remembered, and said: “Yuan Zhe’s son Ding Qu, who joined my account last year, once told me that Wei Shao’s wife has a rare beauty, and all men in the world will lose their souls when they see her. I had heard Chen Xiang lost Bingzhou because his son took Wei Shao’s wife, which led Wei Shao to attack Shiyi to retrieve her back. That boy, Wei Shao, is very lucky. You met him before. Have you seen Qiao’s girl? Is she more beautiful than you?”

Su E Huang smiled charmingly and said, “How can I compare my beauty with Wei Shao’s wife? As for the beauty of Qiao’s wife, if the Prime Minister could see it in person, it would be better than a thousand words.”

Xing Xun pondered, and his heart grew itchy. He couldn’t wait to take that Qiao girl and hide her in the Lotus Terrace.

He wanted to see with his own eyes how beautiful she was and how she could make Chen Xiang lose his decades-old Shiyi and then lose his fortune to others.

……

Wei Shao took Xiao Qiao back to Xindu in the evening of the same day.

Gongsun Yang was waiting for him at the Xin Palace. Although his face was without abnormalities, obviously, something had happened.

Wei Shao sent Xiao Qiao back to the Sheyang Residence first, then he went to the study and asked, “What is it, Sir?”

What awaited him was news that he hadn’t expected to hear before. Gongsun Yang said, “During the day, the fast horse came to report that Liu Yan, the king of Langya, had joined the Donghai State and sent troops to Xuzhou. Xue An, to protect his territory, hastily retreated ……”

Wei Shao felt shocked at first. The king of Langya, Liu Yan?

He finally returned to his senses and looked over at Gongsun Yang.

Gongsun Yang became more cautious: “According to the scouts, Liu Yan personally went to Lingbi. I suspected that he intends to recruit Bi Zhi.”