Empress He was sweating profusely, her high chest heaving violently, and she was panting heavily.
She was still in shock, her face deathly pale.
Scenes from my dream kept flashing through my mind.
Liu Wei's eerie smile, his strong physique...
Why would I have such a dream? Liu Wei actually humiliated me in my dream.
This made Empress He both ashamed and angry, but she couldn't figure it out.
The eunuch Du and his personal maid, who were guarding outside the door, were already drowsy, as if they were tapping a wooden fish.
Hearing Empress He cry out in alarm in her sleep, they rushed inside and asked in unison:
"Your Majesty, you have frightened me to death! What's wrong with you?"
How could Empress He possibly bring up the strange things in her dream that she was too ashamed to talk about?
"It's nothing, I just had a strange dream."
Empress He said nonchalantly.
"Your Majesty, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. Why don't you summon the immortal Yu Ji to the palace to interpret your dream and resolve your confusion?"
Du Gonggong observed that although Empress He appeared calm on the surface, her eyes revealed confusion and worry.
He obsequiously requested that Yu Ji be invited to the palace.
Previously, Yu Ji had performed a divination for Empress He, and the Empress believed it wholeheartedly.
Eunuch Du thought that making this suggestion would surely please Empress He and win her favor.
"You audacious servant! What do you mean by 'what you think about during the day, you dream about at night'? If you can't speak properly, shut your mouth!"
Unexpectedly, Empress He immediately stood up, her brows furrowed and her eyes cold as ice, and loudly berated Eunuch Du.
According to Eunuch Du's words, doesn't that mean he's been thinking about having sex with Liu Wei day and night?
This is utterly baseless and absurd.
"This servant deserves to die! This servant deserves to die! This servant only thought of Your Highness, I don't know where I said the wrong thing!"
Du Gonggong was shocked. He didn't know which part had gone wrong, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Seeing Empress He's fury, the personal maid dared not provoke her further, keeping her head down for fear of being caught in the crossfire.
"Alright, alright, you may all leave!"
Seeing that Eunuch Du had kowtowed so hard that he had a large bump on his forehead and was crying and snot, Empress He felt annoyed and waved for them to leave.
Perhaps it was because all the members of the royal family had come to Luoyang, and Liu Wei had not yet set off, that Empress He kept thinking about it and took it to heart.
Even if he was thinking of getting Liu Wei to the capital as soon as possible and then killing him to eliminate this major threat, he still had a strong desire to do so.
But it's not to the point where I'm thinking about doing *that* with him!
Eunuch Du hurriedly scrambled out the door.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Empress He called him back. Du Gonggong's heart tightened. Was the Empress determined to punish him tonight?
Eunuch Du braced himself and stood still, feeling uneasy.
"Little Du, tomorrow morning, quickly go and invite the fortune teller Yu Ji to the palace to interpret your dream!"
"This servant will obey Your Majesty's decree."
Eunuch Du immediately breathed a sigh of relief and then took his leave of the hall.
Why did the Empress change into a new set of undergarments and have hot water brought to wet a silk towel so that she could wash her full, plump, yet sweaty body?
A short while later, the palace maid also took her leave.
Empress He, however, was unable to sleep, as if she were pancakes.
Since Emperor Ling Liu Hong fell ill, Empress He has not received any imperial favor for more than a month.
Liu Wei's image lingered in Empress He's mind, which was so weak she could barely lift a chicken.
A thought even made her blush with embarrassment arose in her mind.
A pair of delicate hands involuntarily slipped inside her clothes.
If mahjong had already been invented by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, then Empress He at that time must have won by drawing the two of circles herself!
......
Henan Province is located within the bend of the Yellow River, on the Ordos Plateau.
The cold wind, carrying yellow sand from the Mu Us Desert deep in the plateau, swept across this desolate and barren plateau.
Even within the plateau, there are river valleys and green spaces of varying sizes.
Among them, Meiji, Manbo, Dongsheng, Zhenlin, Dacheng, and Guluocheng are pearls on the Ordos Plateau and Ordos Grassland.
These places were previously inhabited by the Southern Xiongnu, Qiang, and Jie peoples.
South of the Ordos Plateau lies the Loess Plateau, a region of countless gullies and ravines.
On the ancient Qin-Zhi Road between Jiuyuan in the Hetao region and Dongsheng in Xihe County of Bingzhou, a group of knights, weary from their journey, their horses' hooves thundering, kicked up clouds of yellow sand.
They numbered about a hundred riders, dressed in brocade robes, their eyes gleaming like lightning.
The horse was tall and strong, clearly a top-quality steed, capable of traveling eight hundred miles a day.
One man on two horses, speeding like the wind.
More than a hundred people galloped with the momentum of a thousand troops.
They were Liu Wei, who was heading to Luoyang, accompanied by a hundred cavalrymen from the Imperial Guard Battalion and more than ten members of Shen Lian's Embroidered Uniform Guard.
As for the envoy who was inexplicably whipped 30 times for mentioning Eunuch Du, he was taken away in a carriage by his accompanying guards and they set off at the same time.
However, their speed was naturally not as fast as Liu Wei's group.
After making arrangements in Wuyuan City, Liu Wei set off the next day.
When he set off, Liu Yifei and Cai Yan, the two women he had favored for a night, were already fast asleep, like a lump of mud.
They had no idea when Liu Wei would depart.
They are probably still reveling in the wonderful experience of watering lotus flowers with Bodhi juice all night long.
When spring arrives and flowers bloom, a Bodhi seed will take root and grow into an embryo!
Diao Chan, Xiao Gui Zi, Guo Luo, Yang Yi, Yao Guangxiao, and others came to see them off.
"My lord, please go with peace of mind! This humble monk will act according to the circumstances. Once you have succeeded in Luoyang, the troops from Hetao and Hexi will appear where they are supposed to be!"
"Coal, fine salt, warhorses, and other supplies, this humble monk will arrange a caravan to follow."
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