Chronicles of Anyang: Affairs of the Heart
On the balcony over looking the Evening Garden of the Yellow Lotus, the Yellow Emperor sat in repose as Luo Zu, his young bride, composed a new hymn to the goddess Cuiv, now rising in the evening sky. Their eyes drifted to the west and then back to one another. Their feet touched.
Luo Zu: I heard there was good news from Zhou and Qin today my Lord.
Huang Di: So the messengers imply. More reliable reports are in route and expected this very eve.
Luo Zu: Zhou is undone? The Qin in disarray?
Huang Di: Perhaps they are, our armies have done well and Cuiv has blessed our efforts in this cause. Her star is in the ascendant as we watch and will shine fully bright this night. I trust her omens.
Luo Zu: My Lord, I will sing her praises sweetly as we greet tomorrow’s dawn.
Huang Di: Hark there is commotion within. The courier has arrived. Arise, let’s hear the news together my love….