Chapter 107 (1/2)

w.a.n.g Yun didn't stand out among the enormous number of characters of the novel Three Kingdoms. He was mainly known for the series of stratagems he came up with to kill Dong Zhuo, which was known as a beauty trap.

w.a.n.g Yun was the foster father of Diao Chan, one of the four most beautiful women in Chinese history. In earlier times in China, a beautiful woman was not only good-looking but also elegant and talented. Otherwise, she was just pretty.

Dong Zhuo controller the living quarters of the imperial concubines and was willing to give the best women to Lu Bu, but refused to give Diao Chan to him. In the end, Dong Zhuo soon lost everything. Lu Bu was powerful and would even kill his own father for rank, fame and fortune, but he eventually failed under Diao Chan's temptation.

Reading about this, Huang Xuan had thought that Diao Chan must be a very intelligent woman for whom men as powerful as Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu would risk everything.

Huang Xuan wasn't afraid of risks either.

”Where is Lord w.a.n.g Yun? Take me to him,” asked Huang Xuan excitedly, shaking his shoulders.

”Please,” Wu Xi said, bowing and folding hands in front.

Huang Xuan walked on, taking Wu Xi's politeness for granted. Wu Xi followed quietly and sullenly, with his head lowered.

The w.a.n.g Clan enjoyed high prestige in Shanxi Province. Generations of members had a.s.sumed substantial prefecture and county positions. w.a.n.g Yun had been an official since he had been 19. He had become the governor of Yu Prefecture in his prime of life. He had come from a wealthy family like Huang Xuan's, but unlike Huang Xuan, he was ambitious and capable. Having undergone ups and downs in his career, he had been appointed as Situ at a critical moment. However, the Han Dynasty had been full of problems. w.a.n.g Yun wouldn't be able to rejuvenate it by himself. But w.a.n.g Yun had made up his mind to exterminate Dong Zhuo.

Huang Xuan looked at w.a.n.g Yun's residence and didn't find the architecture in the Han Dynasty as remarkable as later generations have always praised. In his opinion, the gloss of the materials was not as good as marble; the texture was not as fine as white marble; the patterns were not original either. After all, it was the beauty Diao Chan that had attracted him here. Although he wasn't old enough to completely appreciate beautiful women, he did have hormones in his body.

”A moment please. My master is still busy with official doc.u.ments.”

Huang Xuan waved his hand in a careless manner. He hadn't come for him anyway. Seeing Wu Xi walk out of the hall, Huang Xuan got up and started to walk outward. He hated kneeling, especially when the mat made of fur felt th.o.r.n.y.

A maid stopped Huang Xuan immediately. ”Please wait a minute. The master is coming soon. I will get you some tea,” said she respectfully.

”You didn't even check, how can you be sure he is coming soon?” Huang Xuan didn't believe her at all. He had heard such remarks so many times in hotels and banks.

The maid hadn't heard such words before. To many guests of the w.a.n.g Clan, waiting for a meeting with Situ w.a.n.g in the hall was already an honor. She didn't know what to say. Huang Xuan pushed her aside and said to Rolin, ”Do you know where Diao Chan is?” After spending so much time with Rolin, Huang Xuan had learnt how to disguise their communication when others were present.

”It will waste too much energy.”