Emperor Ling of Han

Zhao Yun returned to the Inn as he ignored the Innkeeper while going towards his room and the Innkeeper did the same. Once in his room, he finds Diao Chan laying on her bed when Zhao Yun asks, "Are you alright?"

"No, the bastard of a Guard tried to touch me even after I told him that I was married," says Diao Chan as she felt defenseless when she was in that situation.

"I already dealt with him. Should I ask for some drinks and food to eat in our room together?" asks Zhao Yun as he passed his hand through her beautiful long hair.

"Yes please," says Diao Chan as she felt safe with Zhao Yun passing his fingers through her hair.

"Good, let me inform the Innkeeper and we will eat together," says Zhao Yun as he stopped touching her hair and went out of the room again.

He walked towards the Innkeeper and says, "You will compensate us for what happened right."

The Innkeeper could hear that it wasn't a question but a threat that hit his ears and he knew that Zhao Yun really came from the Palace because a servant already came asking for him when Zhao Yun left angrily earlier.

"Of course, you two can stay for free but you will still need to pay for the food and drink. I will give you a discount on them as well," says the Innkeeper as Zhao Yun smiled and touched the Innkeeper's shoulder.

"Good Man," says Zhao Yun calmly making the Innkeeper sigh in relief when he feels pressure on his shoulder when Zhao Yun says, "If something else happens to my wife while she stays here I will make you disappear. Do we understand each other?"

"Yes, sir," says the Innkeeper making Zhao Yun smile as he takes his hand back.

"Good, then bring us something to eat and drink to our room my wife doesn't want to leave the room because of what happened," says Zhao Yun as the Innkeeper nods.

"I will bring it right away," says the Innkeeper as Zhao Yun walks back up to his room.

Once in his room, he walks towards the bed and sits down beside Diao Chan who was still laying down.

"The food will be coming soon. How about you show me some affection," says Zhao Yun as Diao Chan turned around and he could see that she has cried.

'I should have let him suffer for a little bit before killing him but what is done is done,' thinks Zhao Yun as he caresses her right cheek with his left hand.

"How about we removed your make-up since you don't really need it except for the red wax for your lips," says Zhao Yun as Diao Chan nods and Yun helps her remove the make-up.

"Once I am back in Zhending I will teach you some self-defense. So the next time something like this happens you can defeat the person," says Zhao Yun looking into her beautiful eyes losing himself in them.

"Aren't you staying in Zhending with me?" asks Diao Chan as Zhao Yun shakes his head.

"No, I have to return to the front before I can return home," says Zhao Yun as Diao Chan seemed disappointed.

"Don't worry you won't be living alone. My mother and two siblings will be there with you. Hua is my younger brother while Qian is my baby sister since she was born when I was nine years old. My mother will love you immediately when she sees you so there is nothing to worry about," says Zhao Yun reassuring that Diao Chan wouldn't need to worry about being alone again.

Diao Chan kissed Yun's cheek as she turned a bit reddish from doing that as Yun smiles at her and kisses her forehead while saying, "I like that cute side of yours."

"And I like that you give me the confidence to do those things," says Diao Chan back as she hugged Yun.

She buried her head against Yun's chest while Yun put one hand on her head while another on her back returning the hug as Diao Chan could hear Yun's heart racing in his chest.

She closed her eyes to listen to the heartbeat of Yun when someone knocked on the door and they broke off what they were doing as Zhao Yun says, "You can enter."

A Waitress entered carrying food, two cups, and wine as she sees them together on one bed. Diao Chan's clothes were a bit loose as well as Yun's making her have a different picture of what was happening in the room some second ago.

"I'm sorry to have disturbed you," says the waitress as she leaves right after placing the food on the table.

"What is wrong with her?" asks Yun as Diao Chan looked confused as well until she looked down herself and found her clothes being quite loosened because she was laying on the bed.

She looked at Yun and saw his clothes also loose as her cheeks turned pink while saying, "She must have thought we were doing something naughty when she knocked on the door."

Yuan caressed her pink cheek and says, "Let her think what she wants. How about we eat a bit before going to sleep."

Diao Chan nods as they pour wine into their cups when Zhao Yun uses his chopsticks and raises one of the dumplings towards Diao Chan while saying, "Careful the are hot."

She opens her mouth as she savored the dumpling. She then does the same for Yun as they were bonding with each other when Diao Chan asks, "Are we traveling to Zhending beginning tomorrow?"

"No, we have to stay here for a week at least. The Marshall wants me to have a practice fight against the son of his subordinate. So we can explore the capital together. What do you say," says Zhao Yun as he hands her one cup with wine in it.

"Thanks," says Diao Chan as Yun took his cup and both clash them lightly against each other before drinking the wine.

"We should go to sleep," says Zhao Yun as he finished the wine not wanting Diao Chan to do something stupid.

Diao Chan changed in front of Yun when Yun coughs and she smiled while saying, "You already saw plenty of me before and we are going to marry, or are you going back on your promise."

"Never," says Yun as he walked over and helped her out of the clothes before she laid down on the bed. Zhao Yun laid down beside her as they went to sleep.

Six days passed when a servant from the Imperial Palace came to get Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun kisses Diao Chan's forehead while saying, "I will be right back."

"You better be," says Diao Chan as she kissed his cheek before he left with the servant.

They were on their way towards the Imperial Palace when Zhao Yun asks, "Who am I fighting?"

"You will be fighting Lu Bu. Have you never heard of him?" asks the servant as Yun shakes his head since in Zhending they never heard of Lu Bu.

He knew that Lu Bu was someone called a God of War like Guan Yu but he died young not leaving much behind except for his horse. Zhao Yun and the servant entered the Imperial Palace as Yun asks, "Are we fighting bare-hand?"

"The Marshall hasn't decided yet but I can tell you that the Emperor will be watching the fight," says the servant as Yun became nervous.

'I wanted to be a bit famous but not this much that even the Emperor would be interested in me,' thinks Zhao Yun as he followed the servant into a courtyard.

He could see Marshall He Jin on the left side sitting with some of the men he already met while on the right side were men in scholar clothes making Zhao Yun look confused but then he noticed in the middle a family sitting quite relaxed there with a man sitting beside a woman and two children barely eight years old.

"On the left side is the Marshall and some of the loyal General towards the Emperor and on the left side are the Eunuchs. In the middle is the Imperial Family. Once we are in front of the Emperor kneel down and bow towards him. Don't make eye contact," says the servant warning Zhao Yun as he could tell that Zhao Yun was never in court before.

"Thank you for the information," says Zhao Yun who already knew how to conduct in court thanks to Athena's training.

They walk forward and stopped in front of the Emperor and they kneeled in front of the Emperor when the Emperor says, "We heard of your deed in bringing the Rebel Leader down. We gift you the title of a Commander of 500. We will inform the Governor of Ji about it that they will be yours and yours alone."

"Thank you, my lord," says Zhao Yun as the Emperor waves his hand.

"We have heard that you will be fighting another youngster that made himself a name fighting the barbarians in the North," says the Emperor as he looked to his right where He Jin was sitting.

"That's right. I wanted both to show off their strength to entertain his highness," says He Jin with a smile as a young man stood up from his seat and walked out.

"This is Lu Bu," says He Jin as Lu Bu kneeled in front of the Emperor.

Zhao Yun took a closer look at Lu Bu seeing that both had almost the same height. Lu Bu had long black hair that could cover his neck if he hadn't it in a bun on the back of the head. He was wearing dark clothes instead of an armor.

"How will both be fighting?" asks the Emperor as he looked at both young warriors.

"They will be fighting using their bodies. We can't have two future talents kill each other after all," says He Jin as the Eunuchs looked at Zhao Yun angrily the whole time as if they wanted to kill him.

"A good decision," says the Emperor as He Jin looked at Zhao Yun who was still in armor.

"You will need to take your armor off for this fight," says He Jin as Zhao Yun smiled.

"Alright, but that will be quite unfair then," says Zhao Yun as the people didn't understand until he moved to the side.

He took his armor off as it crashed at the ground it left some cracks on it making the people ask themselves how much the armor must weight. Lu Bu walks over as he lifts the gauntlet of the Black Dragon Armor and asks, "How can you fight with this much weight?"

"You adjust to it after wearing it for a long time," says Zhao Yun as he removed his boots and the servant brought over some shoes he could put on when Zhao Yun says, "I won't need them."

Lu Bu picked every piece up and wasn't believing the weight he was lifting up. Zhao Yun took his upper half off because he hated to fight with his torso covered.

Lu Bu did the same as he says, "I won't be intimidated by this."

"I was never trying to intimidate you," says Zhao Yun as he passed Lu Bu and continues, "I just want to get this over as fast as possible. My men are waiting at the frontline and my wife at home."

Zhao Yun was in position as his muscles could be seen crystal clear forming the perfect torso every warrior wants to have. Lu Bu was standing across from him as he was showing his perfect body as well making the Empress feel hot from seeing their body.