One day...
Two days...
Three days...
Many people waited for the Emperor to make a move and give Chu Qing a merciless beating.
The result:
The Emperor in the Imperial Palace made no move at all.
On the third day:
News came from the Imperial Palace:
The Emperor, who had not favored any concubine for a long time, suddenly favored a concubine named Zu'er.
Then—he woke from a dream laughing that night.
Concubine Zu'er sent out a message:
"The Emperor talked in his sleep. He said he was looking forward to more rebel Emperors appearing!"
When the news came out, everyone was dumbfounded.
This Emperor was probably insane.
The new Three Dukes and Nine Ministers of the Unique Association cursed furiously:
"They're all a bunch of slapdash amateurs!"
"The Emperor isn't properly running the Empire!"
"The leader of the rebels spends every day embroidering flowers!"
"Can't everyone be a little more serious?"
"I'm exhausted!"
Chu Qing was not exhausted. Instead, he was delighted.
Because:
The Marquis Ritual had directly granted him the title of Emperor, and his strength had surged by a great deal.
Moreover:
His next Promotion Condition had clearly become simpler.
All he needed to do now was continuously build estates along the Liuli River.
Every estate he built increased his strength a little.
Unfortunately:
He was severely short-handed.
Chu Qing had planned to contact Tang Wuming and have him arrange for people to come to the Liuli River, build estates, and station personnel there.
But before he could go looking for Tang Wuming, Zuo Yan came to him first.
"Brother Qing, I cracked the hidden pattern you mentioned!"
Chu Qing said, "Hm?"
Zuo Yan said excitedly, "I really cracked it!"
"This is a passage of scripture!"
"Mm, a very ancient passage of scripture, but I don't know