Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Most importantly, this would firmly bind Lü Bu and Liu Xie together.

Seeing that Lü Bu seemed somewhat hesitant, Chen Gong continued.

"Lord Lü, currently His Majesty's harem only has Consort Fu Shou. If Lord Lü takes this opportunity to form a marital alliance with His Majesty, Lord Lü's daughter could become the Empress."

Finally, Lü Bu was completely persuaded by Chen Gong, understanding that this matter would undoubtedly be beneficial to him, and said.

"Since that's the case, leave this matter to Gongtai to persuade His Majesty."

"Rest assured, Lord Lü, this matter will surely succeed."

Chen Gong confidently accepted.

After all, for Liu Xie, there was even less reason to refuse.

On the contrary, the currently fearful Liu Xie also needed such a relationship with Lü Bu, otherwise he would not be at ease.

Lü Bu nodded, undoubtedly having considerable trust in Chen Gong's abilities.

"By the way, Lord Lü, increase the manpower searching for the Imperial Seal within the palace!"

"Previously, Lord Lü had already sealed off the palace early on. Even if the Imperial Seal was stolen by the riotous soldiers, it should still be within the palace. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find this item."

Regarding this, Lü Bu, who had grown up in Bing Province and had not received much Confucian culture, asked with some confusion.

"The Imperial Seal... is it really that important? Just have the craftsmen forge a new one."

Chen Gong couldn't help but laugh and cry upon hearing this, saying.

"The Imperial Seal symbolizes the legitimacy of imperial power, its significance is immense! Especially for His Majesty today, the loss of the Imperial Seal will make His Majesty's throne even more unstable."

Lü Bu nodded, remembering this matter, and asked.

"Gongtai, we returned to Luoyang very urgently, and the dry rations we brought with us are only enough to last for two or three days. And you said that before the Kanto lords leave Luoyang, we must station troops within the palace at all times to protect it. How should the matter of food be resolved?"

Chen Gong thought for a moment and replied.

"This matter is easy. After His Majesty wakes up, I will immediately have His Majesty issue an edict, ordering the Kanto lords to send food into the palace. The Kanto lords would definitely not disobey the imperial decree in such a trivial matter."

When Liu Bei led the allied infantry to slowly arrive in Luoyang, the overall situation in Luoyang had already stabilized.

The riotous soldiers of Xiliang and some looters who took advantage of the fire caused considerable damage to Luoyang, but compared to the burning of Luoyang, the result was undoubtedly a hundred times better.

The only part of the two palaces, north and south, that was burned to the ground, the Eastern Pavilion, did not cause any waves.

Only some scholars in Luoyang who were engaged in academic research directly cried themselves to death after hearing about this.

This made Li Ji feel a little guilty, and he secretly sent someone in the identity of Cai Yong's descendant to offer sacrifices and eat at their homes, comforting the relatives to restrain their grief and change their sorrows, and leaving some wealth to express his apology.

However, the collection of books in the Eastern Pavilion was very important to Li Ji, not only to Li Ji himself, but also to the entire Liu Bei Group.

Books are not only a kind of wealth in this era, but also an important resource!

The combination of the Eastern Pavilion's collection of books and the improved papermaking technique would undoubtedly have an effect greater than 1+1=2.

With the Eastern Pavilion's collection of books in hand, Li Ji was confident that the cultural center of the Han Dynasty would inevitably begin to gradually move south, and Wu County would completely become the cultural mecca of the entire Han Dynasty.

Whether it was talent cultivation or strategic influence, this was a very important plan.

Therefore, when Li Ji saw the hundreds of carts of books that Zhao Yun had smuggled out, he rarely smiled so much that the corners of his mouth were even harder to suppress than an AK.

In Li Ji's view, this one gain alone made this grand expedition against Dong Zhuo worthwhile.

As the situation in Luoyang gradually stabilized, and more and more disputes turned into an undercurrent of the lords fighting for the cake, Li Ji secretly arranged for the transportation of this huge collection of hundreds of carts of books.

First by land, then by sea, directly sending these collections back to Wu County by sea.

In addition, Li Ji, who was given a luxurious mansion as a residence, had the Embroidered Uniform Guard send someone whom Li Ji had been curious about for a long time to his residence.

It was an extremely beautiful woman, enchanting and delicate, with slender eyebrows that appeared rather weak, and a pair of eyes that seemed clean, yet had a soul-stirring charm flowing within them.

"Sinking fish and swooping geese, closing the moon and shaming flowers, it's true..."

Li Ji sighed to himself.

Even with Li Ji's current state of mind, he was still amazed by the beauty of the woman before him.

Especially as she knelt before him with a fragile appearance, those who saw her almost instinctively felt a strong desire to protect her.

And in terms of appearance, even compared to the already beautiful Cai Zhaoji, she was still a notch above.

Both were absolutely beautiful, but perhaps for the person in front of him, absolute beauty was only the limit of description, not the limit of her beauty.

After scanning for a few breaths, Li Ji returned his gaze to the bamboo slips in his hand, and then asked.

"Are you Diao Chan?"

"Reporting, benefactor, the head of the family once named me Diao Chan."

Diao Chan replied softly, her voice as melodious as a warbler.

Of course, the head of the family that Diao Chan was referring to was Wang Yun, who was now already dead.

Due to Li Ji's influence, the strength of the allied forces was far greater than in historical accounts.

Dong Zhuo not only took action against Yuan Kui in advance, but also, after realizing that he had to defend Luoyang, in order to avoid problems in his backyard, he carried out a large-scale purge of the court officials and aristocratic families related to the Kanto lords.

Unfortunately, Wang Yun was from Taiyuan in Bing Province, and Dong Zhuo had suspected that he was related to Cao Cao's assassination attempt, so he was also within the scope of the purge.

By chance, the Embroidered Uniform Guard secretly saved Diao Chan, who had been implicated and imprisoned.

Li Ji was quite surprised when he learned of this news at Hulao Pass.

However, because Dong Zhuo had previously blockaded Luoyang, Li Ji had also delayed until now before finally seeing one of the four great beauties who had left their mark on history.

It must be said that this was an extremely lethal beauty for men.

Li Ji got up and walked to Diao Chan, who was kneeling on the ground, which made Diao Chan instinctively feel a little nervous, and a few struggles flashed in her eyes, which then turned into relief.

Immediately, Diao Chan lowered her head slightly, posing in a submissive posture...

Taking in Diao Chan's reaction, Li Ji stopped a step before Diao Chan.

He only felt that every frown, every smile, every move of Diao Chan seemed to have been trained.

It was natural, but also seemed vaguely similar to the dancers Li Ji had seen in other aristocratic families.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ji then spoke.

"Then do you know who I am?"

"Diao Chan doesn't know."

"I am Li Ji of Longxi, Li Zikun."

Suddenly, Diao Chan's eyes clearly flickered, and a few surprises flashed in her lowered eyes.

(End of this chapter)