If Tang Changsheng had been a minister of the Xian'an Court, a victory like this would almost certainly have ended with his achievements too great to reward.
Take Xie An and his nephew Xie Xian after the Battle of Fei River. Though they were granted noble titles, they were later left idle and never given another chance to wield power...
And that was when imperial authority in the Eastern Jin was weak. Under a strong emperor, a man whose achievements overshadowed his ruler might even have met a far worse end.
Fortunately, Tang Changsheng was not a minister of the Xian'an Court. He was an envoy sent by the Heavenly Court to assist it.
His standing was thus above the fray, and he posed no threat to the Xian'an Court's rule.
Since Tang Changsheng had rendered such great service, they would have to shower him with honors, if only for the Heavenly Court's sake!
"But just how much did the Xian'an Court spend to confer a title on True Person Tang? How else could so much Fortune descend?"
Marquis Shenwei had no way of knowing. If the reward had been an empty title alone, how much Fortune could it have brought, even if Tang Changsheng had been made a prince equal in rank to the emperor?
The Xian'an Court had made a grand gesture: it granted Tang Changsheng every tract of land it held beyond Flying Goose Pass as his personal fief.
That was why such an astonishing amount of Fortune had descended!
By then, Field Marshal Ba and the other commanders leading the encircling forces had arrived, just in time to witness the scene...
Purple Fortune enveloped Tang Changsheng, and his aura climbed higher and higher.
Every Criminal Ghost on the Battlefield had been wiped out!
What had happened?