Chapter 358
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Chapter 358 – Book 4 Prologue - Part 1
Friday, who was in Dong Bai form, returned to Ye City along with Diaochan and Wang Yun.
They managed to attend Hua Shi and He Xing's funeral on time before the cremation ceremony. However, they had not talked to Tong yet.
Friday and Medusa had no problem with waiting, but Wang Yun, who was a stranger to Tong, could not sit still. He was nervous about who would be the next in line for the throne after He Xing.
To Wang Yun, the false emperor Yuan Shang and his daughter's pseudo empress status were not comparable to the legitimate royal blood of Liu Xie. As such, Wang Yun contemplated if he should offer Diaochan as Liu Xie's prospect.
If Liu Xie could take the throne and wed Diaochan, it would be a win-win for him. However, it would spell a different scenario if Tong became the next emperor.
Wang Yun knew about the relationship between Tong and Friday, and he was also aware of their identities beyond the surface.
All three of them were a demon family from Hell!
Wedding Diaochan to Tong was impossible as she was his mother-in-law in the otherworld, so he could not obtain status through this relationship.
Still, there was hope. As long as Diaochan could be a bridge for Wang Yun and Tong, he should at least gain some benefits if he could work for him.
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March 15th, 188 A. D.
Months had passed since the funeral, which it was now spring.
The mourning period was still in effect, but all frantic civil officers were preparing for a battlefield. It was not a battlefield for soldiers but a war-zone between politicians and civil officers.
In Ye City, Tong had delayed his annual meeting with all officers because of the mourning period. However, he called for an all-city assembly today.
The topic was about the coronation of a new emperor.
Opportunities for promotions awaited for all officers and generals if they played their cards right. Today, the mind game of politicians would not end until Tong finished assigning roles to his servants.
Zhang Jiao, Zhen Yi, Te Langpu, Ju Shou, Li Feihong, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Sima Fang, Sima Lang, Lu Zhi, Kong Rong, Wang Yun, and the newcomer, Xun You, stood in line before the central carpet at the city hall left side. All of them were civil officers and strategists.
Behind the back rows, Sima Yi sneaked into the meeting, observing the meeting in glee.
On the right side, all the generals were present. Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Ding Yuan grouped together as they were from the same legion. Lu Bu's armor stood out from the rest as he wore his favorite red steel plate armor set.
Xu Huang led another group of Silver Axe Legion generals. Behind him, Zhou Cang, Bo Cai, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang followed after their grand commander. Unlike the flashy Lu Bu, he covered his steel plate armor with a long white cloak.
Zhang He stood calm in front of his men. He also brought all of his subordinate generals, Han Hao, Qu Yi, and Gao Lan. Different from the white-cloak Xu Huang and the red knight Lu Bu, Zhang He wore black outer garments on top of his steel armor. He also had a piece of black cloth covering his mouth and nose. Had he wore a battle helmet, he would look like a ninja in a battle suit instead of a general.
The oddest general of them all was the young girl in a green dress who stood in the front row, Dong Bai. At this point, everybody had already discovered that Dong Bai was actually Xiao Wu, and nobody dared to mock this little girl.