San Yisheng straightened his robes, stood solemnly, and clasped his hands in congratulations. "This is a great auspicious omen! It foretells that my lord will obtain a pillar supporting the heavens and a peerless sage whose talent and virtue will be no less than those of Feng Hou and Yi Yin. Long ago, King Wu Ding of Shang dreamed of a Flying Bear entering his tent and later found Fu Yue among the laborers building a wall. Now my lord has dreamed of a tiger growing wings. The character 'tiger' with the radical for 'ability' becomes the character 'bear.' You also saw firelight rising behind the tower. Fire overcomes metal, and the west belongs to metal; when metal encounters fire, it is refined into a weapon. Cold Iron must pass through fire to become a sharp weapon. This is clear proof that the Zhou Dynasty will rise to greatness!"
The ministers heard this and celebrated in unison. Ji Chang immediately issued an order to return to the palace, resolving to seek out worthy men everywhere in answer to Heaven's omen.
As for Daji, after witnessing her sisters being executed by Jiang Ziya, the resentment in her heart remained impossible to dispel. One day, while accompanying King Zhou at a banquet, she personally offered a dance. Her movements were graceful beyond compare. The three palaces and six courtyards, along with every palace attendant in the hall, applauded and cheered—except for more than seventy maids, who stood silently with their heads bowed and tears in their eyes.
Daji caught sight of them and abruptly stopped dancing. She ordered the Imperial Attendant to investigate. The reply came that these women had once been the personal attendants of Empress Jiang in the central palace.
Daji's fury blazed. The venomous hatred she had long harbored