Chapter 94 The Emperor Grants Marriage!

Chapter 094: The Emperor Grants Marriage!

The invitation card, which exudes a fresh fragrance, is made of pepper wood.

It is no more than half an inch thick and no more than a foot long.

It is all stained with vermilion lacquer, and the ink-colored handwriting runs back and forth on the vermilion lacquer, vigorous and powerful, making the vermilion invitation card look even more festive.

Just looking at the glaring words "Zhao Yun" on the festive invitation, Zhao Zilong's face showed no joy at all.

Liu Wu handed the invitation to Zhao Yun with both hands, but Zhao Yun did not take it.

The room was completely silent, with only the sound of Sun Shangxiang grinding continuing.

a long time,

Zhao Yun said, "My Lord, you can't do this."

"If you really marry the Princess of Jiangdong, where will your father's face be?"

"Where does the Sun-Liu alliance stand?"

"Where is your father's great cause?"

"How will you and your son face each other in the future? How will the people of the world view you and your son?!"

Zhao Yun tried his best to persuade Liu Wu. He had almost watched Liu Wu grow up from a teenager. He also knew how much Liu Wu had contributed to Liu Bei's success in getting a foothold in Jingnan after wandering for half his life.

Zhao Zilong still wanted to make a final effort. He knew it was impossible to get Liu Wu back to the police now.

But at least,
We cannot allow these father and son to become enemies of each other, at least we cannot allow Liu Wu to ruin the alliance between our lord Sun and Liu!

Sun Shangxiang, who was grinding ink at the back, paused for a moment with the ink stick in her hand, and then continued grinding.

Facing Zhao Yun's persuasion, Liu Wu's eyes were as calm as water: "No one can stop my marriage with the princess."

Liu Wu's voice was very soft, but Zhao Yun could hear the firmness and determination in his words clearly.

He wanted to speak again to persuade him, but looking at Liu Wu's bright yet bottomless eyes, Zhao Yun swallowed back all the words he wanted to say.

He had dealt with Liu Wu too many times before. Who could stop this eldest young master from doing what he was determined to do?
Zhao Zilong was originally a general loaned to Liu Bei by his former master Gongsun Zan. Later, he repeatedly prepared to return to his former master in Liaodong, but Liu Wu used all means to delay him.

Finally, the news of Gongsun Zan's demise arrived, and he was finally made a general under Emperor Liu.

On Wolong Hill, the lord wanted to invite Mr. Wolong to come down the mountain. He looked for him twice but failed to find him. Finally, the eldest son knelt on Wolong Hill for three days and three nights, which really moved Mr. Wolong and gave rise to the military advisor Kong Ming today.

There are so many similar things. All the old people around Uncle Liu know that there is nothing this eldest son cannot accomplish if he wants to!

It used to be like this.

So it will be from now on.

Now... it is the same.

Zhao Yun knew in his heart that it would be impossible for him to persuade Liu Wu to change his mind about the marriage between Liu Wu and Princess Jiangdong.

Once the marriage between Liu Wu and Princess Jiangdong is completed and Jiangdong does not raise any substantial objection, it can only mean one thing... The Sun-Liu alliance is over!
No, it should be the Sun-Liu alliance that was replaced.

[Sun] is still the Sun of Jiangdong Wu Hou, but [Liu] has changed from the Liu of lord Liu Xuande to the [Liu] of eldest son Liu Wu!
Liu Wu is determined to go against his lord. Is there any doubt about the attitude of Jiangdong, Liu Wu's ally, towards his lord?

Plus Cao Cao in the north...

Zhao Yun's worries grew more and more. By that time, he was afraid that his lord would be surrounded by enemies on all sides!

My lord is in danger!

The four counties in southern Jing are in danger! !
For a moment, Zhao Yun's palms became wet.

The only chance to change the lord's predicament now is to stop this marriage and prevent the marriage between Jiangdong and Liu Wu!
pity……

I can't stop it myself.

He could only watch helplessly as the marriage between Liu Wu and the Princess of Jiangdong got closer and closer, and could only watch helplessly as Liu Wu replaced his lord and became Jiangdong's new ally.

"I can't possibly accept this invitation." Zhao Yun felt helpless. Although he couldn't stop Liu Wu's marriage, he could express his attitude:

Zhao Zilong's reaction did not exceed Liu Wu's expectations.

Liu Wu just nodded slightly and turned back to his desk...

Snap! ~
Liu Wu casually placed the invitation on the corner of the desk, then picked up the wolf-hair brush and wrote on the blank invitation again...

The bright sunlight shines into the house from the flower window.

It was placed in front of Liu Wu's desk.

Shining on those blank vermilion invitations,

It also reflected the names written by Liu Wu.

Zhao Yun, who was standing in front of the desk, saw clearly that the names Liu Wu wrote on the invitation were all old people under the lord's command, and they were all old acquaintances in Gong'an City!

Zhao Yun's brows furrowed more and more tightly: "Sir, are all these invitations going to be sent to Gong'an City?"

Liu Wu was concentrating on writing the invitation without even looking up: "Of course."

As he spoke, Liu Wu took out another blank invitation card and wrote three official script characters on it stroke by stroke: Zhuge Liang!

The eldest son actually wants to send an invitation to Military Advisor Kong Ming? !

He really doesn't intend to give his lord any face at all!
So far, only Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others know about Liu Wu's kidnapping of the Princess of Jiangdong. It has even become a taboo and no one dares to mention it. Liu Bei himself is also intentionally or unintentionally weakening the impact of this incident.

Once Liu Wu's invitations were sent to the Public Security Bureau, wouldn't Liu Bei's scandal be made public to everyone?
Now Liu Wu has also written an invitation to Zhuge Liang. This is not an invitation at all, it is clearly a provocation and a declaration of war to the lord!
Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said, "Master, no matter how many invitations you send to the Public Security Bureau, no one will come..."

"Yide won't come!"

"Yun Chang won't come!"

"Military Advisor Zhuge will not come! My lord, no elder will approve of your marriage, and no one will nod their heads in favor of your marriage..."

Although Yide, Yunchang and military advisor Zhuge have a close personal relationship with the eldest son, they are first and foremost his subjects and will always stand with him no matter what.

These invitations from the eldest son were sent to the Public Security Bureau. How could they really come to Xiling to attend Liu Wu's wedding?
"Yun bids farewell, young master, take care of yourself."

After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he turned and walked out.

Humph~
Outside the house, Zhao Zilong's footsteps gradually faded away. Liu Wu still lowered his head. He stretched out his wolf hair brush and dipped it in ink, writing on the invitation quickly...

Sun Shangxiang, who was standing aside, looked at Liu Wu, a trace of heartache and sadness flashed across her eyes.

She listened to the conversation between Zhao Yun and Liu Wu just now without missing a word...

She was originally a bargaining chip for the marriage between Jiangdong and Liu Bei. She was also once obsessed with Liu Xuande's heroic halo. It was Liu Wu who tore off Liu Bei's outer coat and let him see Liu Bei's true face.

As Sun Shangxiang stayed in Xiling for a long time, and as she and Liu Wu spent more and more time together, Sun Shangxiang finally met a true hero.

Unconsciously, her heart became more and more closely tied to Liu Wu, and they finally reached the stage of discussing marriage.

However, her second brother did not agree with this marriage. In his eyes, there was only the Sun-Liu alliance, the city of Hefei, and the great cause of Jiangdong, but not his sister.

Now, not only does the second brother disagree, even the elders on Liu Wu’s side won’t come.

After all, she was supposed to marry Uncle Liu, but now she suddenly married Uncle Liu's eldest son. Liu Wu's elders were all Uncle Liu's ministers. Why would they come to participate in such a wedding?
What if none of our relatives and friends show up on the day of my wedding with Zilie?

I don't care. As long as I can be with Zilie, I will be satisfied. But Zilie is such a hero. Wouldn't he become a laughing stock?
"Whoo~"

Liu Wu finished writing the invitation to Zhuge Liang, which was also the last one. He blew the ink dry and looked at Sun Shangxiang: "All the invitations are ready..."

"Send someone to deliver these invitations to Gong'an City."

Sun Shangxiang nodded gently: "Okay."

Saying,

She walked to the table, put the invitation to the play in her hands, and walked out the door with it.

As I walked, I was still looking at the names on the invitation.

Suddenly... Sun Shangxiang stopped walking, she turned to look at Liu Wu, and said hesitantly: "You wrote invitations to all the elders in Gong'an City, why... why didn't you see the invitation from your father, Uncle Liu?"

Although Sun Shangxiang was originally going to marry Liu Xuande, in her opinion, Liu Xuande was Liu Wu's biological father after all. Now that she was going to marry Liu Wu, it seemed logical that she should send an invitation to Liu Xuande.

Liu Wu's expression did not change: "There was no invitation for him in the first place."

There was no invitation from Liu Xuande in the first place?
Sun Shangxiang was slightly startled. She immediately understood what Liu Wu meant and hurriedly left the room with the invitation.

In the huge study, only Liu Wu was left...

call! ~
A breeze blew into the house.

The quiet sunlight gradually rose higher and higher, illuminating the originally dim study room so brightly that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes at a glance.

Behind the desk, Liu Wu's whole body seemed to be wrapped in sunlight.

His eyelids drooped, and Zhao Yun's words flashed through his mind. No matter how many invitations he sent to the public security, no one would come...

Liu Wu certainly knew that no one from the police would come.

Or,

The people Liu Wu wanted to invite were never from the public security department.

Wow! ~
Liu Wu reached out, took a piece of snow-white silk and spread it out on the desk.

Then he took out an extremely valuable brush, with a handle made of mutton-fat white jade and a bristle made of white wolf tail hair. This was one of the trophies obtained after defeating Cao Cao. It was said that it was a special tribute from the Wuhuan King of Liaodong to Prime Minister Cao.

Cao Mengde loved it very much and played with it every day, but he was reluctant to use it. As a result, it fell into the hands of Liu Wu after the Battle of Xiling.

Such a precious pen is just right for writing this letter...

Liu Wu held the brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote on the silk:
[Your younger brother, Awu, pays respect to His Majesty the Emperor in Xuchang. I have now formed an alliance with the Marquis of Wu in Jiangdong and will marry his sister, Ms. Sun…]

[I still remember the time when I was happily reunited with my brother in Xuchang. It has been many years since we last met. I want to celebrate my wedding with my brother, but I know that he is trapped in Xuchang and will never be able to see me. I only hope that my brother will grant me the marriage...]

[One day, I will bring my new wife to Xuchang and pay my respects to my brother the Emperor...]

……

……

Gong'an City, on the parade ground.

Da da da! ~
A horseman came galloping over, raising a cloud of yellow dust.

Zhang Yide rides on a dark cloud horse, holds an ox horn bow, and shoots arrows on horseback!
Whoosh whoosh~
Three eagle-feather arrows shot out like meteors and hit three bull's eyes on the training ground!
"it is good!"

"General Yide is a great archer!"

"The three generals are mighty!"

"How strange! The third general used to love drinking when he had nothing to do, so how come he has the leisure to come to the military training ground today?"

At the edge of the parade ground, there were cheers and a large number of soldiers who were watching the fun shouted loudly. Normally, the Third General was a heavy drinker and seldom came to the parade ground to perform martial arts. They didn't expect that they would have such a treat today.

Xilulu! ~
Zhang Fei dismounted and listened to the soldiers cheering, his dark face full of annoyance.

The eldest nephew kidnapped that Fengchu, and the eldest brother and the military advisor were either sulking or looking sad.

Old Zhang wanted his elder brother to take everyone to Xiling and bring back his nephew and Fengchu, but his elder brother refused to allow it...

This really made Zhang Yide feel suffocated to death!
"Third General! Third General!" In the distance, one of Zhang Fei's personal guards ran over and said, "Someone has sent an invitation to the general."

Send me an invitation?
Is there anyone who wants to buy me a drink?
Zhang Fei was stunned and took the invitation: "Is it a wedding invitation?"

"Strange! Among my acquaintances, I haven't heard of anyone getting married recently."

……

In a mansion somewhere in Gong'an City.

In front of the desk,
A general had a face as red as a date, lips as red as rouge, phoenix eyes, and drooping eyebrows. It was none other than Guan Yu.

Guan Erye twisted his long beard with one hand and held the Spring and Autumn bamboo slips in the other.

But at this moment, Guan Yu's phoenix eyes were slightly distracted...

Not long ago,
He got the news that the talented young man who had originally joined his brother had switched to his nephew Liu Wu!

My eldest brother has been doing stupid things recently. Not to mention that Fengchu is a great sage who is as famous as the military advisor, but he was treated so lightly by my eldest brother. He was sent to be a mere county magistrate.

Let's just talk about my eldest nephew Liu Wu.
How long had it been since we left Gong'an City? We took Xiling, defeated Cao Ren, captured Cao Cao alive, and stretched across the north of the Yangtze River, occupying more than 30 counties!
It's such a pity that the eldest brother forced such a talented child away.

If Liu Wu was still working for Big Brother...

"Alas..." Master Guan sighed and put down the bamboo slips in his hand: "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."

I don't know whether Guan Erye was sighing about the matter of Fengchu or about Liu Wu's departure.

"General Guan." A servant came to the desk holding an invitation in both hands and said, "Someone has an invitation for General Guan."

Invitation?

……

The lobby of the Gong'an County Magistrate's residence.

"All details of the food and fodder accumulation in the four counties of southern Jing must be reported as soon as possible."

"Send more spies to Jiangling City on the other side of the river, and report the movements of Jiangling City every day!"

"We need to increase our manpower to defend the riverside. We must not let our guard down."

"In addition, how many ships are available from the navy left by Liu Qi, the eldest son of Jingzhou..."

In the lobby,
Zhuge Liang gathered officials of all ranks from the four counties in southern Jingzhou and issued his decrees in a solemn manner, one after another. The officials then took his orders and left.

Only after the last official bowed and left did Kong Ming breathe a sigh of relief.

But then, a trace of worry crept onto his brow again...

Pang Shiyuan defected to Liu Wu, and now Liu Wu is even more powerful.

Both of them are ambitious people. Liu Wu has already occupied Jiangbei and the three strategic locations of Jiangling, Xiling and Hefei. Now with the help of Pang Shiyuan, how could he just stay in Jiangbei and do nothing?

Going south to capture the four counties in southern Jing may have been put on Liu Wu’s agenda!

Zhuge Liang had already felt the urgency of the crisis, so he summoned officials of all ranks in southern Jing and asked them to make various preparations in advance in order to defend against Liu Wu's sudden march south.

"I hope everything is back to normal." Mr. Wolong whispered to himself.

Although it seems now that the lord's strength is superior to Liu Wu.

But Zhuge Liang always considered defeat before victory. What if his lord was defeated?

Kong Ming subconsciously looked back at the map behind him, and his gaze shifted from Jingxiang to the west, where was the land of Bashu.

If the lord is defeated, he can retreat to Bashu.

But if you want to enter Bashu, you must have Jiangling, but Jiangling is now in the hands of the eldest son.

"Young Master..." Zhuge Liang frowned again.

At this time, a clerk came into the hall and reported: "Sir! Someone from outside the palace came with this invitation and told me to give it to you."

Zhuge Liang, who was still looking at the map, asked without turning his head: "Who sent the invitation?"

"That person said he came from Xiling."

Xiling?!
An invitation from the eldest son? !
Zhuge Liang suddenly turned back.
He walked quickly towards the clerk.
Accept the invitation.

There were only a few numbers on the invitation.
Kong Ming took a quick look and stood there in a daze, silent as a cicada...

(End of this chapter)