Chapter 867

"I wonder, General, what important matter have you summoned us here for?"

Princess Wannian and Liu Bian had long been scared half to death, their faces pale, not daring to speak.

In the end, it was the Empress Dowager who spoke first.

Lu Bu laughed and said: "I am Lü Fengxian of Bingzhou, formerly a subject of the Great Han. However, I have now received a dharma from a Dao Lord of the Upper Realm and cultivated an immortal, deathless body. Empress Dowager, if you comply with the Mandate of Heaven,

abdicate the throne to me, and I can grant you a heaven-sent fortune."

"Immortal and deathless?

"Abdicate the throne?"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager furrowed her brow.

"Does General Lu no longer care about the bond of lord and minister?" the Empress Dowager asked.

Lu Bu sneered: "The Son of Heaven is he who is strong in arms and horses. Empress Dowager, given the present situation, what talk is there of the bond of lord and minister!"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager fell silent.

Although such is the way of the world, you need not put it so bluntly.

"Then may I ask what fortune General Lu speaks of?" the Empress Dowager was silent for several breaths, then asked again.

Lu Bu raised his hands in a salute toward the heavens and said: "The Dao Lord I encountered possesses boundless divine power; he dwells in the Great Luo Heaven and is the supreme being of an entire world. If the Empress Dowager has the Emperor abdicate the throne to me, I

can send Princess Wannian to Great Luo Heaven to serve as a concubine to the Dao Lord. Thereafter, the Liu clan will have forged a connection with the Dao Lord, and even Liu Bian and the Empress Dowager yourselves will have a chance at immortality—

would that not be splendid?"

"Send Wannian over?" the Empress Dowager mused. "Is this truly the case?"

"Would I, Lu Mou, deceive you?" Lu Bu snorted coldly.

"Please do not be angry, General Lu; I was merely voicing some concerns," the Empress Dowager hurriedly said. "It's just that, even if I have Bian'er abdicate the throne to you, I fear the noble houses of the realm will not acknowledge it."

Lu Bu sneered: "I only need a nominal claim. If they do not recognize it, are the soldiers under my command just freeloaders?"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager fell silent once more, looked toward Liu Bian and Wannian, and asked: "Bian'er, Wannian, what is your view?"

Once Liu Bian realized his life was not in danger, he finally steadied himself.

"I have no objections, only that I hope General Lu can preserve the Liu clan's kinsmen and not let them suffer the calamity of blades and arms."

Princess Wannian also bowed lightly: "Wannian shares this view as well."

Lu Bu burst into laughter: "The three of you may rest assured. Since Princess Wannian is willing to go to Great Luo Heaven, we are now of the same path. Once the Princess arrives at Great Luo Heaven, please put in a few kind words for me before the Dao Lord.

Lu Mou offers his thanks in advance."

"The three of you shall stay in the imperial palace for now; once I have persuaded a few more, we shall send them all to Great Luo Heaven together."

Having said this, Lu Bu arranged palace maids and eunuchs to attend them well, while he himself strode away.

"Still need to persuade a few more to go to Great Luo Heaven?" the Empress Dowager mused. "It seems now that this Great Luo Heaven is very likely real. Wannian, if you truly reach Great Luo Heaven, you must be very careful—

never give in to your princess temper and bring disaster upon yourself."