The people of Jiangdong withdrew from Jiangxia.
Luo Qi had already led a great shipment of provisions from Xuzhou north to Mount Tai and Langya commanderies.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao had already agreed to attack and destroy Zhao State.
Liu Bei would personally lead Xuzhou's great army to trample Hebei flat. As the foremost minister under Liu Bei, Luo Qi went ahead with troops to join Lü Shen and arrange the supply depots.
Even preparing to campaign against the greatest of the feudal lords in All Under Heaven would take a long time.
Lofty Mount Tai, with its rolling ranges stretching into the distance beneath lush green growth, was one of the most important barriers protecting Liu Bei's domain.
Fenggao.
Lü Shen, the Commandery Governor of Mount Tai, came out to welcome him. Taking Luo Qi by the arm, he laughed and said, "Young Master, how has my younger sister been faring in Tan County?
"I could not return when she gave birth. That was a great regret."
Luo Qi walked into the city alongside Lü Shen and smiled. "Do not worry, Elder Brother. Since giving birth to a qilin child for our lord, your sister has been resting and recuperating. No one dares show her any disrespect.
"I have seen the qilin child she bore. He is bright and clever, and will surely accomplish great things someday."
Lü Shen's smile grew even brighter. Stationed far from home, he worried that something might happen to his younger sister.
Court struggles killed without drawing blood.
If anything happened to Lady Lü, however great his power, he would be duckweed without roots.
Once someone unconnected to the Lü Clan rose to power, it might even bring him a fatal disaster.
There were far too many ministers in this world who had