518 Family Gathering (1/2)
The marriage was settled, but Dong Bai insisted that the wedding ceremony would be held in private among the royalty due to the danger of Ma Chao and Sun Ce's rebellion.
Many court officials wanted to participate, but Dong Bai refused. Not a single of her faction supporters could enter the wedding.
This move was to hide Zhang Min's pregnancy status. As for the baby, they would announce its birth date a few months after it was born, so nobody would suspect that it might not be Li Feihong's baby.
However, the private wedding aroused suspicion. Cao Cao, Te Langpu, and even Sima Yi questioned why it had to be too secretive, but they got no answer.
The meeting ended in the early afternoon as Dong Bai sent everyone away to resume their work. She ordered that no assembly meeting would be held until the private wedding was over.
Also, the inner palace was now considered a no-fly-zone. Any flying cultivator in the area would be arrested and executed.
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*VHOOM*
Liu Xie, Zhang Yi, Zhang Guo, Liu Ye, Lu Zhi, Zhang Jiao, and Hua Tuo entered Li Feihong's private dimension as instructed by Dong Bai. The latter also came with them to have their secret meeting with everyone.
Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang also came to this world because of Wu Guotai's instruction. She demanded the two that they had to surrender to Diaochan, or she would be killed.
Without a choice, Sun Quan dragged his sister here to submit to Medusa.
Other consorts, Cai Wenji, Du Shi, Xiao Qiao, and Da Qiao also joined them. The former two saw Diaochan as their big sister and supported Tong's endeavor, so they had no problem joining Tong's political faction.
As for Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, they accepted Wu Guotai and Sun Quan's invitation since they needed a benefactor to survive in this infighting war.
Without the empress faction's help, they might be in danger, just like Cao Xing and Cao Qinghe.
The two latest consorts, Cao Xing and Cao Qinghe, couldn't participate in this meeting because of their relationship with Cao Cao. They isolated these concubines for now until further changes.
Most of the political leaders who supported Tong's regime gathered. Unfortunately, several strategists and generals, such as Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Ju Shou, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, and former Cao Cao's generals, were not invited as Diaochan didn't trust them.
*VHOOM*
Another mother and daughter also joined them.
Surprisingly, they were Liu Yang and Zhang Ying. Diaochan invited them herself, so she could dissolve their past enmity and clear out a couple of karma knots they had.
Zhang Min was also waiting for everyone there, standing next to Li Feihong, displaying her status as his official wife.
\”Was it yours, General Li?\” Lu Zhi asked what was in everybody's mind.
\”Yes. I'm sorry.\”
Li Feihong hid the secret of the incident and took responsibility.
\”I see. Everything makes sense now,\” Lu Zhi turned to Diaochan and bowed, \”Congratulations, your majesty. You have an admirable son-in-law.\”
Liu Xie laughed and patted Li Feihong's back, \”I guess you're now my brother-in-law. Should I call you big bro?\”
\”… Just call me Feihong as usual. No weird title for me, please.\”
While Lu Zhi and Liu Xie didn't mind that Zhang Min and Li Feihong had a baby in secret, Hua Tuo and Zhang Jiao were a bit angry.
\”You should have told us that you were seeing each other. We could have accommodated you in Julu.\”
Hua Tuo misunderstood that his granddaughter secretly met Li Feihong behind his back.
However, Zhang Jiao had his suspicion since his intelligence agency reported that Zhang Min never had any relationship with a man.
\”Since when have you two been going out?\”
Zhang Min smiled as she was about to tell them the truth, but Li Feihong interrupted her.
\”Since his majesty entered his secluded cultivation. I've been going back and forth between Julu and the frontline to see her.\”
Zhang Jiao shrugged as he didn't want to make it hard for Li Feihong. Since Zhang Min looked so happy being by his side, he was satisfied.
\”Take care of them, okay?\”
\”Yes. Grandfather.\”
\”You know. It feels weird having someone with my son's age calling me a grandfather.\”
Hearing the remark, Li Feihong rolled his eyes, \”You have no idea how hard it is for me to call Tong FATHER. We have the same age.\”
Everybody laughed, amused by the complicated relationship between Tong and Li Feihong. Both were at the same age, but the latter had to call the former as a father.
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\”I'm sorry,\” Liu Yang apologized to Diaochan. She prostrated on the ground without caring about her former pride as a goddess candidate.
\”I'm curious. What changed your mind? How did you end up in the harem anyway?\”
Thinking of the past when Tong was obsessing on entering Liu Yang's chamber whenever he had a chance, she couldn't help but get jealous. Still, Medusa was amused about how and why Liu Yang surrendered herself to Tong.
\”At first, Lilim tricked me into joining Zhang Tong's harem. She wanted to experiment with something about mixed wing cultivators.\”
\”Making a high ranking demon copulating with an angel, perhaps?\”
\”Yeah. She forced me to cultivate until I get 4 wings or higher after I got pregnant. You can see the result.\”
Liu Yang introduced Zhang Ying to Medusa. The little daughter revealed her mixed wings, which was the same with Sun Quan's wings.