Not only Liu Bei was playing tricks to the alliance, but Sun Ce and Zhou Yu also experienced the setback of not having a strong enough economy and a proper chain of supplies from their homeland. They secretly withdrew their forces back to Jianye, refusing to attack Beihai this year.

  Moreover, they feared the god-of-war, Lu Bu, whom Cao Cao mentioned that he had 8 wings.

  Upon return, both Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did nothing but cultivate, trying to get stronger before the next spring.

  As for the domestic affair, they let Sun Fang and others take care of it. Moreover, they wanted Sun Fang to buy their men cultivation techniques, which angered the first son of Sun Jian.

  ’Bastards. You treated me like crap, and you want me to gain lifespans for the others? Do it yourself!’

  Sun Fang also disregarded the internal affair and cultivated for himself. ……

  At Jianye, the situation was the opposite of Liu Bei’s Chang’An.

  Sun Fang, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu completely disregarded the internal affair, leaving all jobs to Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao.

  The two Zhangs were not happy about this since their lords and the upstart strategist did not treat them fairly. Moreover, the recent mobilization was pointless as they did not even attack Beihai as planned.

  As the two Zhangs cleaned up the messes that these young warlords made, they stumbled into a spy of Zhou Yu.

  That spy revealed a piece of shocking information about their missing lady and the young lord, Sun Quan.

  "Are you certain?" Asked Zhang Zhao.

  "Y-Yes. Lady Wu and young master Sun are currently residing in Jiangxia. They’re planning to move to Xiangyang to seek Lu Bu’s protection, but they are being held hostages by Huang Zu."

  "And this Huang Zu is our mole?"

  "Yes, sir."

  Zhang Zhao was interested in this development.

  The two elder brothers were trying to fight Zhang Tong, but the 3rd son and their mother were attempting to switch sides. Moreover, all former Sun Jian’s subordinates supported Wu Guotai’s decision, while the young officers supported Sun Ce.

  That was not all. It seemed that Sun Ce and Sun Fang wanted to kill each other, but none of them had made a move yet.

  "Zigang, I think the Sun Clan will collapse if Sun Fang and Sun Ce continue to wage war against the emperor."

  Zhang Hong nodded, "Agreed. This won’t do. This is not something that we should get involved if they end up fighting for the clan head position, but I believe we already know which side we should join."

  "Ha! You don’t say."

  A week later, the two Zhangs took their private army of 1,000 men along with their family and subordinates northwest, heading toward Jiangxia. ……

  Jiangxia City

  Sun Quan always woke up at night as he kept having nightmares. He often dreamed that he was born as a girl and was killed by Sun Fang and Li Jing.

  They were the memory of Hua Shi’s before her death!

  However, those were nothing comparing to Sun Jian’s memory. The death experience was useful to Sun Quan as well.

  The part that always plagued and tormented his mind was that the girl in his dream slept with Tong!

  It was not a pleasant experience for a straight man to sleep with another man! This was the nightmare that Sun Quan always opened his eyes whenever the memory dream reached this part.

  Every time he woke up, he could see a semi-transparent square for a few seconds before it disappeared, which displayed something about his skill.

  [Immortal Yang Vein]

  It was the perverted skill that Hua Shi should have had, but Sun Quan had it instead.

  "What’s this [Infinite Yang Seed] and [Regeneration]?" .

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  Meanwhile, the baby, Sun Shangxiang, often had a bad mood as she knew why her [Immortal Yang Vein] was missing.

  A few days ago, in the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping, Lilim came to Sun Shangxiang’s side to apologize to her.

  "I’m sowwy!!"

  "DAH!!" (YOU FUCKING RETARDED GODDESS!! I WANT MY SKILL BACK!!)

  "Give me a few years…… Say, 16-17 years? I can’t inject a system skill into your soul while your body has not matured yet. Can you wait until then?"

  "DAH!!" (BY THAT TIME, I WOULD HAVE DIED A HUNDRED TIMES BY DISEASES OR INJURIES!! DO YOU KNOW THE FATALITY RATE OF CHILDREN IN THIS ERA!?)

  "Ugh, don’t worry. I’ll keep healing you in secret. Don’t be mad. Abu Abu?"

  "DAH!!" (DON’T ABU-ABU ME, YOU DUMB BITCH!! I’M NOT A CHILD!!)

  Due to the incident when Sun Jian’s soul was about to be devoured by Hua Shi, Lilim yanked a part of Hua Shi’s soul along with Sun Jian’s soul, which caused one of her skills to be missing.

  Because of Lilim’s intervention, Hua Shi, aka Sun Shangxiang at the moment, kept cursing at the goddess whenever she woke up.

  Had it been other circumstances, Lilim would have ignored Sun Shangxiang as her complaint was irrelevant. However, Tong’s family was getting stronger, and they had the potential to surpass her strength.

  Furthermore, Lilim had long noticed that Li Feihong was hiding his power. He already had 10 wings in his grasp, and he could get to 12 in no time!

  Lilim could abuse the system to get rid of Tong and Li Feihong at any time, but she learned a lot from observing them. Instead of killing everyone or messing with their lives, she wanted to win their favor, so they could be her partners in the future when her netherworld was completed.

  She started by trying to win Sun Shangxiang’s favor, but it seemed to fail.

  "Dah!" (You know what? I have an idea. Contact Tong for me and tell him that I reincarnated. I want to be with him again!)

  "Then, will you forgive me? Can we be friends?"

  "Meh!" (Fine. We can be cool if you can really take me to Tong’s side.)

  "Hehe! No problem!" ……

  A day later

  Ye City, the throne room

  Without Xun Yu, Tong’s slacking time was no more. He had to work for Xun Yu’s parts and approved many documents from other divisions, which was his emperor’s job.

  Zhuge Liang replaced Xun Yu’s duties. Unfortunately, he required time to learn about Tong’s culture and government systems. At the moment, he attended one of Cai Yan’s schools to learn about laws and the economy in Tong’s affiliate cities.

  While Tong was busy, a familiar John Cena’s theme song echoed in his ears, stunned him.

  The volume and the bass were too loud. Tong, who was covering his ears, was crying in pain.

  All officers in the throne room could not hear or see what Tong could, so they thought that their emperor suffered from some kind of sickness.

  "Call the physicians!"

  Because of the uproar, news spread that Tong fell ill, and he was temporarily exempted from duties. Te Langpu, Lu Zhi, and Sima Fang were summoned to take over the jobs.

  Tong was brought back to his room to rest later.

  Wearing white clothes and lying on his bed, Tong stared at his system message screen with hatred.

  Tong wanted to curse Lilim, but many of his officers and physicians were nearby, so he kept his mouth shut.

  Still, Lilim continued to bug him.

  Tong closed his eyes and took several deep breaths to calm down.

  Several hours later, Tong was finally left alone to rest. No concubine entered Tong’s room to service him as all physicians recommended that Tong needed rest.

  "Stop trolling, Lilim. What do you want?"

  Tong widened his eyes, surprised, "WHERE IS SHE!?"

  "!!!"

  Tong would have been a dumb man had he not learned about this name.

  In history, she was one of Liu Bei’s wife. It was recorded that Sun Shangxiang was an arrogant, spoiled princess as she was the only sister of the warlord, Sun Quan.

  In 209, Sun Quan wedded her to Liu Bei for the alliance against Cao Cao. However, she caused many problems in Jing Province because of her personality to the point that Liu Bei dreaded her.

  After Liu Bei mobilized his army to Yi Province, invading Liu Zhang, Sun Quan sent his men to retrieve her back home.

  Sun Shangxiang was different in the 14th-century novel as she was portrayed to be smitten with Liu Bei in this version. Zhou Yu also baited Liu Bei using Sun Shangxiang, so he could kill the warlord, but Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu saved Liu Bei and his new wife, getting away in the process.

  Now, Hua Shi replaced this historical figure, and her existence could stir trouble.

  Lilim ended the transmission after she left the crucial messages.

  After being stunned for a minute, Tong jumped up and put on his clothes. He spread his black wings and flew to the darkness sky. ……

  The next day, Jiangxia City

  Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong managed to find Wu Guotai in Jiangxia with difficulties. However, they could finally convey their purpose.

  "We would like to follow you and join the emperor. Also, we’ve brought our soldiers with us."

  Wu Guotai was delighted upon seeing more followers. With more people, she felt more reassured, "Of course. We welcome on board. By the way, can you help us get out of this city? Huang Zu is trapping us in here."

  "That’s simple. Huang Zu is currently paying attention to only you and your subordinates, but he doesn’t know us. We’ll contact Lu Bu and Zhang He in Xiangyang for you."

  "Thank you! Please do!"

  As everyone was happy with the meeting, a voice came from outside.

  "That won’t be necessary. You can tell me what has happened here to me directly."

  Everyone was shocked that a stranger was intruding in their courtyard, which was heavily protected by Huang Gai and others.

  They looked at the newcomer. It was a young man in gold clothes as if he were an emperor.

  Behind him, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi followed after him. Instead of stopping the young man, they seemed respectful toward the person.

  "Who are you!?" Zhang Zhao was cautious.

  The man simply muttered, but his voice was clear, "Zhang Tong."

  "Zhang…… WHAT!?"

  It was Tong, who flew his ways from Ye over the night.

  Wu Guotai glanced at Huang Gai and others. Upon seeing the lady’s eyes, they nodded and confirmed that he was the authentic emperor of Han.

  Wu Guotai, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong knelt and kowtowed to Tong.

  "We didn’t know that his majesty would visit us. Please forgive us for not preparing for your arrival!"

  "Eh, stand up. At ease, guys," Tong waved his hands and dismissed their formality. He looked at Wu Guotai, finding the right words to ask for her daughter, Sun Shangxiang.

  Still, it was weird, no matter how Tong looked at it. Sun Shangxiang was just born last year, but he came here to propose her? It might cause some serious misunderstandings.

  ’What should I use as an excuse to invite them all to my domain?’

  Improvising, Tong came up with a plan to invite them to his city on the spot.

  "Wu Guotai……"

  "Yes, your majesty."

  "How old are you this year?"

  Wu Guotai was surprised, "T-Thirty three, your majesty."

  "Cool," Tong inspected her face and her feature. As Wu Guotai was protected as the lady of Sun Clan, she was the same as He Xing, a pretty woman.

  Reminded of the passed He Xing, Tong felt guilty that he could not protect her. Looking at the widow in front of him, looking sad and nervous, he could not help but want to protect her as well.

  Tong whispered something to Wu Guotai, who could not believe what she was hearing.

  "Marry me."

  Chapter 454 - Spoiling the D, Even without ST in Front, You’ll Still Be in Trouble

  Huang Gai, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, and everybody else could hear it. They widened their eyes and dropped their jaws in shock.

  It was rude for a man to propose their lady. However, this was the emperor’s words!

  The smart Zhang Zhao regained his sense first. This opportunity was something that they could not miss, so the old man bowed to Tong and Wu Guotai to seal the deal before the latter could refuse.

  "Lady Wu, congratulations!"

  Zhang Hong and Huang Gai understood Zhang Zhao’s gesture. They also bowed to Tong and Wu Guotai.

  "Congratulations, my lady! Congratulations, your majesty!"

  Wu Guotai looked at her subordinates in astonishment and confusion at first. But as a wife of the tiger, she caught on what this action implied.

  She turned to Tong and opened her mouth, planning to refuse Tong’s proposal.

  However, seeing Tong’s smiling face up close, as a woman, her heart wavered.

  Tong sensed the fluctuation of hesitation in Wu Guotai’s aura. He decided to be a bit more aggressive.

  His right hand untied Wu Guotai’s hair knots and took off the hairpins, allowing her long hair to come down, revealing her natural beauty.

  He touched her hair and stroke it gently, "This is not a political proposal or a mandate of an emperor. I really like you as a man. You are too beautiful that I want to monopolize you."

  Wu Guotai froze. Aside from Sun Jian, nobody had ever complimented her this way, so she could not react to Tong’s words.

  Seizing the chance when Wu Guotai was caught off guard, Tong sealed his mouth with hers. Moreover, in secret, he cast his favorite curse on the widow.

  Lust Curse!

  It was a dirty and disrespectful move. However, the curse always got the job done. After all, noblewomen in this era became submissive and docile after they went through the baptism of night activities, which had been proved on Wang Yi, Cao Xian, Cao Qinghe, and others. Hua Shi, Medusa, and Friday were the exception, though.

  Injected by the curse, Wu Guotai’s eyes blurred and mistook Tong as Sun Jian. The kiss became mutual as she abandoned her shame.

  Tong immediately parted his lips from the woman and turned toward the subordinates.

  "I know it’s rude, but can you excuse us? We’ll discuss the cooperation terms later," Tong gestured that it was the time for their lady and Tong to enjoy their first night.

  Huang Gai’s eyes twitched, astonished by the perverted emperor. Although he knew that Tong had a strong sexual drive, seeing him in action still surprised him.

  "Yes, your majesty. Again, congratulations!"

  All of them left the two alone. Huang Gai rushed toward the other courtyard to inform their young lord, Sun Quan. .

  From late afternoon till the morning of the next day, their first consummation was wild.

  As a widow, Wu Guotai’s sexual experience was on par with Medusa and Friday, which pleased Tong, who was always the aggressor. It was nice getting pushed down by a thirsty experienced woman for a change.

  Still, Wu Guotai regained her sense in the middle of the activities because of her strong will. When she discovered what she was doing, she was shocked.

  Feeling guilty for betraying Sun Jian’s trust, she thought of committing suicide by biting her tongue.

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  However, Tong’s bedtime skills were second to none when he had the help of his demon power. Within 10 seconds, Wu Guotai’s thoughts became hazy as the sensation from her entire body ignited her hidden carnal desire.

  After all, Sun Jian never had this kind of vitality. Her sexual experience with Sun Jian was mostly one-sided!

  Even without the curse, Wu Guotai fell and abandoned the thoughts of dying for her dead husband, enjoying the sensation of mutual consummation with her free will.

  In the morning, satisfied and exhausted from the intense activities, Wu Guotai fell asleep and had a good dream.

  As for Tong, he waltzed out with a lighted sensation as if he weighted 20kg less.

  He gathered all Wu Guotai’s subordinates again to continue what they left off. Huang Gai, Zhang Zhao, and others, including Sun Quan, who heard about this incident, came to see Tong.

  Sun Quan was not happy with Tong as he still had his father’s memory. It felt like Tong stole his wife.

  However, he could not say it either because Wu Guotai was his mother!

  Had he protested and claimed that Wu Guotai was his wife, everyone would see Sun Quan as a wicked heretic.

  What kind of son would have desired for his own mother? This was too sick and twisted for the local native. Even in this world, the practice of incest was illegal and immoral. Anyone getting caught doing it would be lashed and executed on the spot.

  Without a choice, Sun Quan yielded his mother to Tong, but he swore that he would never yield his favorite concubine in the other life, Bu Lianshi.

  Seeing the little Sun Quan face-to-face for the first time, Tong smiled at him.

  "Sun Quan, Sun Zhongmou, I assume?"

  "…… Yes. Sun Zhongmou greets his majesty," Sun Quan swallowed his pride and kowtowed to Tong.

  "Your cultivation is unique. When have you started cultivating your wings?"

  Because of the aura emitted by Sun Quan, Tong could not tell if he was an angel or a demon as he had both kinds of power. It puzzled Tong to the point that he had to ask.

  Sensed that Tong’s power was on a different level, Sun Quan sighed in resignation and confessed, "Last year, your majesty."

  "You’re gifted, Sun Zhongmou. It takes me years to get my first 4 wings, but you’ve done it in a year."

  A wry smile appeared on Sun Quan’s face. He had two angel wings and two demon wings. Getting exposed easily by a senior with only a glance was awkward.

  "This junior still has a lot to learn. Besides, my foundation is lacking. I can’t get to the 5th wing any time soon."

  Sun Quan could not break through to the 5th wing yet because his constitution could not support the forces of the immortal power and the new souls. As a result, he had been building his physical strength.

  Tong understood what Sun Quan was experiencing since he also went through years of intense training with Medusa before he got his sixth wing.

  Without the right constitution and mentality, ones could not obtain the 5th wing tier, regardless of how morally upright they were. The body of Sun Quan was that of a teenager, which had not matured enough to contain power beyond 4 wings.

  Looking at Sun Quan and the others, Tong had this silly idea.

  ’If I adopt Sun Quan as my son, won’t these guys join me willingly?’

  This was a dangerous idea. Since Tong already opened the Pandora Box by giving back memory to Liu Xie and Sima Yi, adding Sun Quan to the mix might arouse internal conflicts between the next generation youngsters.

  The War of Eight Prince in the late 3rd century to the beginning of the 4th century was the proof.

  In history, after Sima Clan dominated China and established the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, the grandson of Sima Yi, became the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty. After the death of Sima Yan, his wives struggled to obtain the power of the court, which resulted in an internal war between royalties.

  The aftermath of this court infighting led to the downfall of the Jin Dynasty as five major tribes of barbarians, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, and Jie, entered China, creating a new era of Five Barbarians.

  As Tong kept predicting the future, he could see that he was repeating the same mistakes that Sima Yan had done, having too many successors for the throne among the next generation.

  At this moment, he had too many contenders to be the next emperor after him.

  Liu Xie, the first prince, Tong’s adopted son,

  Zhang Guo, the second prince, son of Friday,

  Zhang Yi, the third prince, son of Medusa,

  Zhang Min, the first princess, daughter of Hua Shi,

  Zhang Ai, the second princess, first daughter of Cai Wenji,

  Zhang Hui, the third princess, first daughter of Du Shi,

  Zhang Mei, the fourth princess, second daughter of Cai Wenji,

  Zhang Lan, the fifth princess, second daughter of Du Shi,

  Zhang Ying, the sixth princess, daughter of Wang Yi (Liu Yang),

  Those were the list of the present princes and princesses, which had not included the potential pregnancy of Xiao Qiao, Da Qiao, Cao Xian, or Cao Qinghe in the future.

  Also, Sima Yi and Wei Yan seemed to aim for the indirect succession by marrying Zhang Min, which Tong had not approved their relationship yet.

  ’If there are too many successors, my court will be weakened after my death. Is there a way to change this?’

  Adding Sun Quan as a fourth prince would complicate his court power. However, he did not have a choice now that he claimed Wu Guotai’s heart and body.

  ’Fuck it. As long as I don’t die, none of them can hope to become the next emperor or empress. I’ll test them with time and my immortality to see if any is worthy.’

  Tong could only clean up the mess he made and hope that he would not die before he solved the successor issues. Tong chose to focus on his survivability and his longevity for now.

  "Sun Zhongmou, I think you should have already learned from your generals," Tong made a tough decision, "I’ll be your foster father from now on."

  "……"

  Sun Quan nodded and kowtowed to Tong again without saying anything. He tried his best to look at it from the bright side that he would become a prince by default, which would stabilize their Sun Clan’s foundation in the court.

  Tong smiled and messed with everyone with another fact, "Also, Cao Cao will be considered as your grandfather since he’s my father-in-law."

  "WHAT!?"

  Not only Huang Gai and all officers were surprised, but Sun Quan was also speechless.

  This emperor fucked too many people!

  Thinking that he had to call his old nemesis Cao Cao as "Grandfather" one day, Sun Quan was on the verge of yelling at Tong. Fortunately, his patient and tolerant level kept his mouth under control.

  Sun Quan regained his composure and accepted his fate, "Sun Zhongmou greets father-in-law."

  Zhang Zhao was impressed by Sun Quan’s patience and the outcome of this trip. The old scholar entered the conversation, so Tong could notice them, "Your majesty, my name is Zhang Zhao, the head butler of the Sun Clan. I would like to express my gratitude for sheltering our clan under your wings."

  Tong smiled at them, "Sure. Well, let’s talk about how we can get all of you to my domain and why you all got stuck here, shall we?"

  Huang Gai and others were delighted, "Of course!"