Chapter 95 Cao Mengde: My son Lie has received the order!

Chapter 095 Cao Mengde: My son Lie has received the order!
The residence of the governor of Xiling County.

In the study,
Liu Wu folded the silk letter to the emperor and put it into the prepared brocade bag.

On the day of my wedding, I am afraid that no matter whether it is Gongan City or Jiangdong, there will be many people who will laugh at me. But as long as the emperor sees this letter and the court grants the marriage...

By the time,
Those who laugh at themselves will become the real joke!

Looking at the golden sachet in front of him, Liu Wu pondered for a moment...

This letter to the emperor must go through Cao Mengde's hands before it can be presented to the emperor. After reading this letter, Prime Minister Cao will probably become suspicious again.

He married the Princess of Jiangdong, but Jiangdong still seemed to agree to it. It seemed like the two families were joining forces.

By the time,
I guess Cao Mengde will be restless and worried about Hefei day and night...

What if Cao Cao really misunderstood that Xiling wanted to form an alliance with Jiangdong, and was frightened into leading his troops south, which would cause trouble for himself and would ruin his own plans.

In this case, it is better to make things clear.

Wow! ~
Liu Wu casually picked up a blank bamboo scroll and unfolded it. The warm luster like topaz became even brighter under the sunlight.

Liu Wu put down the white jade wolf-hair brush in his hand, picked up an ordinary rabbit-hair brush, and wrote on the bamboo slips quickly...

[Liu Zilie of Xiling wrote a letter to Prime Minister Cao...]

[In the past, the Prime Minister had a conversation with Zilie at night under a candle in Xiling. They had a very pleasant conversation. Zilie missed the Prime Minister's elegance every day...]

[Zi Lie has written a letter to the Emperor, and is also sending it to Prime Minister Cao...]

[Now Zilie’s wedding is approaching, and the bride is the Princess of Jiangdong, the younger sister of Marquis Wu…]

[The Marquis of Wu originally wanted to form an alliance with Liu Xuande, but Zilie took advantage of the fact that Jiangdong was sending his bride across the river to marry Liu Bei, and personally led his elite troops to rob her...]

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public security!

Looking at the content posted, even Zhuge Kongming couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Wu is going to marry the Princess of Jiangdong? !
Zhuge Liang stared blankly at the invitation in his hand, with waves of fear rising in his heart!

At this moment, Mr. Kong Ming had only one thought in his mind...

The Marquis of Wu abandoned the Sun-Liu alliance and chose Liu Wu as his new ally! So what's next?

"Not good! The lord is in danger! Jingnan is in danger!!"

He left the house immediately.
Then he got on the four-wheeled carriage that Liu Wu had built for him when he first settled in Gong'an, and the driver whipped him and hurried to the county governor's residence...

Not much time,

Tap tap tap~
A burst of hurried footsteps was heard in the back house of the Gong'an County Magistrate.

Zhuge Liang no longer had the wisdom and grace of the past.

He rushed to the main hall of the back house with sweat on his forehead: "My lord, my lord..."

Before Zhuge Liang could finish his words, he was interrupted by a thunderous voice. "Military advisor, you came at the right time! I just received an invitation from Xiling. My eldest nephew married my sister-in-law who has not yet married me!"

Kong Ming looked up in astonishment.

Zhang Fei was standing next to Liu Bei, holding a red invitation card. Liu Bei was sitting behind a desk, looking dazed and pale...

Zhuge Liang blurted out: "Liang also received the eldest son's wedding invitation, this..."

"Brother!" Guan Erye's voice came from outside the hall, and he strode into the hall: "Awu has sent a wedding invitation, he wants to marry..."

Guan Erye swallowed his words before he finished speaking.

He saw the invitation cards in the hands of his military advisor and third brother, which were the same as his own. Everyone fell silent at that moment, and everyone understood.

Liu Wu actually sent wedding invitations to everyone?
wrong!

Zhang Fei suddenly realized something was wrong, and he looked at Liu Bei: "My second brother, Mr. Kong Ming and I all have Liu Wu's wedding invitation...Brother, why don't you have it?"

Zhang Fei's rough voice rolled and echoed in the hall.

Liu Bei's face turned as red as the invitation in Zhang Fei's hand.

This damned little bastard, he actually wanted to marry the Princess of Jiangdong, his wife who had never been married yet!

Not only that,

He even sent wedding invitations to his left and right arms, but not to himself... Whether Liu Wu sent this invitation or not, it had already made Liu Xuande lose face.

How could he still recognize me as his father? !

This was basically a slap in the face of Liu Xuande in front of everyone, and he slapped him twice!

Liu Bei felt like his chest was going to explode with anger: "You have no king and no father! You have abandoned your country and your family!"

"Ridiculous!" Guan Erye's eyes were as cold as the Qinglong Sword: "Jiangdong Princess is the guarantee of the Sun-Liu alliance. If Liu Wu marries Jiangdong Princess, then will the Marquis of Wu form an alliance with my brother or with him, Liu Wu?"

"Brother Liu Wu is planning something bad. Guan will not go to this wedding!"

Snap! ~
Guan Erye threw the invitation in his hand directly to the ground.

"That's right! I, Old Zhang, won't go either!"

Zhang Yide also threw the invitation to the ground fiercely: "This Jiangdong Princess was originally going to marry my eldest brother, but now Liu Wu has snatched the Jiangdong Princess away? What's going on?"

"Isn't this a slap in the face of our eldest brother?!"

"Although I have a good relationship with my eldest nephew, how could he do such a thing? I won't go!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have always had a good relationship with Liu Wu, especially Zhang Fei. But even so, in their opinion, what Liu Wu did was really too much and they could not accept it in any way.

After the case was settled, Liu Bei said nothing, but he could not hide the anger on his face.

"My lord!" Zhuge Liang suddenly looked at Liu Bei and said, "I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Liu Bei: "There is nothing that cannot be discussed between me and Kong Ming, military advisor, just speak freely."

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "My foolish words, if they offend you, please don't blame me..."

"I think that now that the young master has become powerful in Jiangbei, it is impossible for him to return to Gong'an and let others drive him about. In this case, why don't you take advantage of this matter?"

Zhuge Liang looked solemn:
"If the lord agrees, you can send Yide or Yunchang to Xiling to attend the eldest son's wedding on his behalf and give approval to the marriage. Perhaps this will help resolve the grudge between the lord and the eldest son..."

"Although the eldest son will never return to serve the lord, the grudges have been largely resolved!"

"My Lord and the eldest son are blood father and son after all... This will be a natural and reliable ally, far better than the Sun-Liu alliance in Jiangdong!"

"If this is accomplished, the eldest son will be in Jiangbei, and the lord will be in Jiangnan..."

"If Cao Cao attacks, my lord can provide backup for the eldest son!"

"If you want to enter Bashu, then you can keep an eye on Jiangdong for me. It will be convenient for both of you. Why wouldn't you do it?"

Will you use this marriage to settle the grudge with Liu Wu?

Listening to Zhuge Liang's advice, Liu Bei's anger suddenly began to dissipate little by little...

No matter how great the hatred between him and Liu Wu was, his biggest enemy would always be Cao Cao.

If they could really resolve the old grudges with Liu Wu, just as Kong Ming said, this would indeed be an extremely rare natural ally.

Liu Wu is in Jiangbei, which is the front line against Cao Cao!

Let him fight Cao Cao in the front, and I just need to support him in the back.

After that, he conquered Bashu, and with Liu Wu keeping an eye on Dongwu for him, he was able to relieve his worries.

Moreover, if he really reconciled with Liu Wu, Jiangdong would have to think twice before forming an alliance with Liu Wu again.

Even if Sun Quan really wanted to form an alliance with Liu Wu, he probably wouldn't dare to trust Liu Wu too much...

After some consideration, Emperor Liu found that if he could resolve the grudge with Liu Wu, it would be quite beneficial to him, and could even promote the progress of his great cause of conquering Jing and Yi.

The most important thing is that Liu Wu knows all his secrets and scandals. If one day he makes his affairs known to the world, all the reputation he has worked so hard to build over the years will be ruined.

These reputations are my hope to make a comeback again and again and finally achieve great things!

If the grudges between him and Liu Wu were completely resolved, his private scandals would naturally not be publicized by Liu Wu, and his reputation would be completely preserved.

And what do you have to pay?
Just a woman...

And a little face...

Women are like clothes.

As long as you can achieve great things!
Not to mention face. Didn’t Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang lose enough face in the process of unifying the world?
Didn't he establish the Han Dynasty in the end? !

"Liu Wu, Liu Wu..." Liu Bei slowly stood up from behind the desk, muttering to himself.

At this moment, all the anger he had towards Liu Wu disappeared completely, and he just kept weighing the pros and cons of resolving the grudge with Liu Wu.

Even Liu Bei himself did not realize that as Liu Wu's strength grew stronger, he had unknowingly stopped treating Liu Wu simply as his son.

Uncle Liu regarded Liu Wu as an equal opponent!
Just like at this moment, he began to treat Liu Wu the same way he treated Sun Quan and Cao Cao.

It was a pure discussion of gains and losses, rather than worrying about the meaningless dignity of father and son. This was a huge change... "Military Advisor, if we make peace with Liu Wu, I'm afraid it won't be enough to just attend his wedding..." Liu Bei finally made up his mind. As long as it was beneficial to his own cause, it would not be a bad idea to make peace with that rebellious son!
"Brother, what are you doing?!" Liu Bei was about to discuss with Zhuge Liang the specific countermeasures for making peace with Liu Wu, but was interrupted directly by Zhang Fei.

"Do you really want to bow down to Liu Wu?!"

"He is a junior, but he stole your wife before she even married you! How can you bow your head to such humiliation?"

"I, Old Zhang, won't go to Liu Wu's wedding anyway!!"

Zhang Fei realized that his elder brother was going to bow to Liu Wu, and he was immediately filled with anger.

The three brothers lived and died together. When Liu Bei bowed his head, it meant that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu bowed their heads together!
The most important thing is that in Zhang Fei's eyes, Liu Wu is always his nephew!

Even if the uncles are wrong, there is no reason for them to bow to their nephews.

"Third brother, what you said is right. How can an elder bow to a younger generation?" Guan Erye stroked his long beard and said coldly, "If we, as men of honor, are humiliated by our nephews, wouldn't we be laughed at by all the heroes in the world?"

"I will never go to Xiling City!"

After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "The only people who have any influence in Gong'an City in Liu Wu's eyes are Yunchang, Zilong, and Yide..."

"Now Zilong is being held in Xiling City, and Yunchang and Yide are unwilling to go. What should we do?"

Uncle Liu had just seen the value in Liu Wu that would be helpful to his own cause, but now the first step in obtaining these values ​​was obstructed.

Liu Xuande's expression changed constantly. He gritted his teeth and said, "I will go to Xiling City in person to meet that rebellious son!"

My lord, do you want to meet Liu Wu in person?
Zhuge Liang was startled, and immediately tried to stop him:

"Absolutely not! If the lord goes there in person, I'm afraid that it would be too much and the situation would be hopeless."

If someone else were to negotiate, even if the deal failed, the worst that could happen is that we could just send someone else to negotiate next time.

But if Uncle Liu went there in person, once the father and son met, I'm afraid the matter would be completely disastrous!
Liu Huangshu rolled up his sleeves in annoyance, and paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back: "Except Bei, Yide, and Yunchang, there is no one else in Gong'an City who is suitable to go to Xiling!"

"Except for Yunchang and Yide, Jian Yong, Mi Fang, Mi Zhu and others didn't even receive the wedding invitation from that little beast. It's useless for them to go!"

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan in his hand and remained silent for a long time...

How to do?
Now that I have finally found an opportunity for my lord and the eldest son to make peace, am I just going to watch this chance slip away?

Are we going to watch helplessly as the eldest son, such a great help, can no longer be used by the lord?

"Well," Kong Ming said disappointedly. He looked at the scarlet invitation in his hand and said, "I also have a wedding invitation here..."

The military advisor is going to Xiling?

Liu Bei suddenly thought of Zhao Zilong who was detained in Xiling. If the military advisor was also...

"No!" Liu Bei hurriedly grabbed Zhuge Liang's sleeve, as if he was afraid that he would really go to Xiling: "Zilong was detained in Xiling, and I am extremely heartbroken. If the military advisor is detained by that rebellious son again, then there will be no hope for the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang wanted to say something else: "If Liang doesn't go, then Xiling..."

"Things are still undecided, military advisor, don't be anxious." Liu Bei comforted Zhuge Liang.

Liu Huangshu turned his head and looked towards the east.

His eyes turned cold, that was the direction of Xiling City: "Even though this rebellious son is bold and unscrupulous, he still lives in this Han Dynasty!"

"If this is the case, he must recognize the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, he must recognize the relationship between ruler and subject, father and son..."

"He kidnapped his father's unmarried wife and wanted to marry her, which is against the moral code! He got married without his parents' permission and without his father's presence, which is unfilial!"

"With just these two crimes, he has disrupted the rules of propriety and has become a laughing stock for the world and for all eternity!"

"Haha, such an unfilial son, I want to see how his marriage ends..."

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call! ~
The cold wind was howling in the Jingxiang land.

Time flies, and before I knew it, half a month has passed.

Outside Xiangyang City.

Boom! ~
In the distance, a large group of soldiers appeared like a dark cloud, covering the sky and sweeping over.

The ground outside the Xiangyang stadium was shaking slightly.

Spears and swords are like forests, and flags are flying.

Where the central army is located, a large banner with the word Cao on it is flying.

On the tall and luxurious carriage, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Cao Mengde, was sitting high inside.

Although he came to Xiangyang with a large army this time, he did not come for the purpose of conquest, but to deliver two things to Liu Zilie.

It was also the emperor's marriage edict, and it was also the emperor's imperial letter to Liu Zilie...

On the carriage, Cao Mengde was reading the emperor's imperial letter. He frowned and said to himself, "It's just some commonplace talk. There's nothing special about it. It's just a promise on the Golden Summit..."

Since leaving Xuchang, he has read this letter over and over again countless times. Unfortunately, it is just some casual words and there is no secret.

This greatly disappointed Cao Cao, who was extremely eager to find out the relationship between Liu Wu and Liu Xie.

Suddenly, Prime Minister Cao changed his posture feeling somewhat uncomfortable. This chariot was newly made by a craftsman, and Prime Minister Cao was somewhat uncomfortable sitting in it.

It turned out that the chariot became Liu Zilie's trophy during the Battle of Xiling.

"Liu Zilie!" Prime Minister Cao felt so angry when he thought of this.

He thought about the two letters Liu Zilie had sent him not long ago, one of which was for him.

One letter was to the emperor asking for a marriage.

In the letter, Liu Zilie first mocked himself, and then mentioned something that made him unable to sleep or eat...

Liu Zilie is getting married, and the woman is actually the Princess of Jiangdong, the sister of Marquis Wu!

Prime Minister Cao had to admit that the moment he saw the letter, he almost had a headache.

Liu Zilie married the Princess of Jiangdong, so what's the difference between that and the alliance with Jiangdong? !

I'm afraid they will head to Hefei next, but Hefei is in Liu Zilie's hands right now...

Prime Minister Cao at that time simply couldn't imagine what it would be like if Liu Zilie and Jiangdong joined forces to take Hefei, take Huainan, and then sail north along the Huai River to take Xuchang...

Prime Minister Cao was about to beat the drum again to gather his generals and march south!

But fortunately, Cao Mengde finally finished reading the letter...

Thinking of this, Cao Mengde couldn't help but gloat over his misfortune: "This Liu Zilie actually snatched away the blue-eyed boy's sister, Liu Xuande's wife-to-be?"

"As expected of me, Cao Mengde's adopted son, you really have the demeanor of your father!"

When Cao Cao saw that Liu Zilie's fiancée was snatched from Sun Quan and Liu Bei, most of his worries were relieved.

In this way, Liu Zilie offended Jiangdong and Liu Bei at the same time, and Prime Minister Cao did not have to worry about Liu Wu colluding with Sun and Liu.

As long as the three parties fight on both sides of the river, Cao Mengde can rest easy...

just,

After all, Liu Zilie's marriage to the Princess of Jiangdong was a matter of great importance. Cao Cao would not be able to sleep unless he came in person to confirm the relationship between Liu Wu and Jiangdong.

That's why he took the initiative to ask the emperor for the task of granting Liu Zilie a marriage, and by the way, to find out Liu Zilie's true strength...

boom! ~
The mighty army stopped outside the city of Xiangyang.

The densely packed soldiers spread out to both sides like waves, making way for a path.

Rumble, rumble~
A canopy chariot with a large banner with the Chinese character "Cao" on it slowly drove to the foot of Xiangyang City...

next moment,
Outside the city of Xiangyang, the sound of drums and music rang out.

"We, the humble generals, are here to see the Prime Minister!" The commander of Xiangyang and his generals knelt down in front of Prime Minister Cao's carriage.

On the carriage, Prime Minister Cao waved his hand and said, "Forget it."

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

All the generals stood up. Before Cao Cao entered the city, he asked directly, "Has there been any unusual movement between Jiangdong and Liu Xuande recently?"

If Liu Zilie really had an unclear relationship with these two parties in private, then Sun Quan and Liu Bei would definitely not remain silent.

The Xiangyang garrison commander reported truthfully: "Thanks to the Prime Minister's prestige, Liu Xuande has been very safe recently..."

"Beijing was also in a standoff with Jiangdong due to Liu Zilie, so Sun Quan did not dare to make any unusual moves."

Both parties are very stable. No, it should be said that all three parties are very stable.

Prime Minister Cao smiled, he was very satisfied: "Zi Lie is indeed my son. With him, Jiangdong and Liu Bei dare not act rashly. I, Cao Mengde, can rest assured!"

"Send someone to Xiling immediately to tell my son Liu Zilie to come to Xiangyang."

"Then tell him that the emperor has a decree and ask him to come and receive it!"

(End of this chapter)