Chapter 377

He began sending out invitations, inviting the gentry from Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Taking Xuzhou, and even Qingzhou to gather together.

Everyone ate and drank in Xu County, and their favorability toward Liu Bei soared.

Before Cai Yan and the others had even arrived in Xu County,

Liu Bei had already taken Cao Jie and Cao Han Xian as his wives. The wedding banquet was naturally extremely magnificent.

The gift money collected this time exceeded that of the time with Sun Sun Shangxiang; it was the most ever.

After all, they were Cao Cao's daughters, and Liu Bei's reputation was no longer what it once was.

Occupying the Central Plains, defeating his arch-rival, and unifying the Great Han was not far off; the gentry were naturally eager to curry favor.

News also arrived from Jiaozhou.

Liu Bei's three armies were sweeping through like bamboo, occupying Cangwu, Nanhai, and Yulin commanderies (equivalent to the Liangguang area).

Shi Xie led the Shi family to flee toward Jiaozhi, contacting many armed indigenous tribes of the Yue lands.

Yan Yan, Bu Zhi, Lu Dai, and others continued their conquest of Jiaozhi and Rinan commanderies, once again crushing the allied forces of Shi Xie and the indigenous people.

Bu Zhi captured over a hundred thousand indigenous women; besides rewarding the meritorious soldiers, one hundred thousand were transported back to Jingzhou.

Liu Bei used them to reward the soldiers who had performed meritorious service in the Central Plains war; this event instantly made the soldiers who had just defected in the Central Plains drool with envy.

Liu Bei ordered Bu Zhi to build Panyu City and began constructing large ships in preparation for an expedition to Luzon Island and other places.

Although the women there were ugly, the place was rich in gold.

The banquet in Xu County lasted from noon until late at night.

Liu Bei conquered the Central Plains gentry with his drinking capacity, drinking them all under the tables.

Liu Bei, swaying, arrived at the backyard.

Cao Jie was already dressed in her finery, her skin fair, a smile on her lips, looking completely happy.

After the two completed the ceremony, Liu Bei put his arm around Cao Jie's slender waist.

"Little lady, when you first saw me, did you have thoughts about me?"

Cao Jie's face turned red instantly, and she drew out her voice, saying coquettishly,

"Husband, you are too bad. At the time, I only thought you were a very good person, and your medical skills were also good."

Liu Bei was furious; on their wedding day, he had actually received a "good guy" card from little lady Cao Jie, so he naturally had to teach her a lesson!

Cao Jie fell asleep, her face tear-stained.

Liu Bei then went to Cao Han Xian's place.

Cao Han Xian felt even more as if she were in a dream.

Originally, her father had intended to marry her to the Prince of Hejian. She had seen the Prince of Hejian from afar once and had almost vomited up her previous night's meal.

Unfortunately, as a woman of the family, she had no right to choose her own happiness.

As a concubine's daughter of Cao Cao, she naturally had even less right to choose.

Yet she never expected to be struck by luck, becoming Liu Bei's concubine by a twist of fate.

"That is the awe-inspiring Liu Liu Xuande, a figure even my father can do nothing about."

"Moreover, Liu Liu Xuande is also extremely handsome."

While Cao Han Xian was still dreaming, Liu Bei arrived in the room and helped her fulfill this beautiful dream.

Liu Bei did not expect Cao Cao's daughter to be so enterprising; although she had no experience, she was very hardworking, and the experience was excellent!

In the days that followed,

Liu Bei handled government affairs while enjoying the moon and flowers with the two of them; the pleasure of it was not something to be told to outsiders.

Puyang City.

Cao Pi had been idle lately and was also pondering matters.

"Military Sima Zhongda, my younger brother Chong is very favored by Father. If he returns to Ye City this time, I fear he will be even more favored."

Military Sima Yi was startled; this was a sign that Cao Pi did not want Cao Chong to return to Ye City.

Although Cao Chong and Cao Pi were not born of the same mother, they were at least from the same father. Cao Pi was ruthless enough to have the potential of a king.

Military Sima Yi cupped his hands.

"Young Master Pi, although Young Master Chong is praised by everyone for weighing the elephant, saving the warehouse official, and looking at his own shadow, I believe he is not truly clever. A truly clever person would never expose their ambition too early..."

It was the first time Cao Pi had heard such an argument, and he was greatly inspired.

"Great wisdom and true cleverness lie in learning to hide oneself, protect oneself, and keep others from seeing through one; that is the way of survival."

"If Young Master Chong returns to Ye City, the one who will be most uncomfortable is the eldest young master, Cao Ang. He will view Young Master Chong as a thorn in his side."

Military Sima Yi advised Cao Pi to abandon the idea of intercepting Cao Chong halfway; given Cao Cao's shrewdness, Cao Pi would inevitably fall into an irredeemable situation.

Cao Pi cupped his hands.

"Sir has great talent; I have been taught."

Military Sima Yi hurriedly expressed that he dared not.

Watching Military Sima Yi's back, Cao Pi suddenly had another thought.

"Military Sima Zhongda, is he not the one most capable of forbearance?"

He also began to harbor wariness toward Military Sima Yi.

Military Sima Yi knew this would happen, but he had to advise him, otherwise he would be tricked by this Cao Pi.

In Ye City, Cao Cao was pretending to be addicted to wine and women.

Liu Bei was not to be outdone and also began to pretend; he was pretending to be satisfied with his success.

After Cai Yan and the others arrived, Liu Bei often indulged in the backyard and did not summon his ministers for discussions.

He even ordered a large heated bed that could accommodate fifty people; he owed the wives and concubines in his household too much.

He could only comfort them all together; wherever he rolled to, he would chat with whoever was there. This efficiency was much higher.

Liu Bei teased the baby girl in Bai Yuekui's arms.

"My daughter is indeed fair and chubby. Look at this skin; it looks just like yours."

Bai Yuekui rolled her eyes.

"I came here to complete a mission, yet I ended up having a baby in a daze!"

Hua Hua Mulan came over leisurely, also holding a little baby girl who looked very ethereal.

"Who hasn't!"

Liu Bei shrugged.

"I have it worse than you; I have so many babies."

Bai Yuekui and Hua Hua Mulan couldn't help it and both kicked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei put his arms around their waists.

"Calm down. Is there any intelligence to report?"

Bai Yuekui and Hua Hua Mulan had the servants take the children away.

"We have some leads on the person who helped Cao Cao open the gates of Ye City. He has formed a secret organization of death warriors and wears a mask all day."

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"But I still found out that this person is likely a black man, and a one-eyed dragon at that."

Liu Bei?

"A black man? A one-eyed dragon? With the Captain America group, it must be that old schemer Nick Fury!"

"He hides really deep."

Bai Yuekui added,

"Miyamoto Musashi took Ding Yuan Tan's youngest son and several thousand people, boarded ships, and went to the Dwarf Kingdom. It seems they intend to continue the game there."

Liu Bei nodded.

"The Dwarf Kingdom? I heard the men there are ugly, but the women are okay. The soldiers' rewards are not enough."

Bai Yuekui continued,

"Li Li Shunchen took Ding Yuan Yao's son and fled to Baekje. I heard they are doing okay over there."

Liu Bei smiled.

"These people are our vanguard; we will deal with them one by one when the time comes!"

— Author's Notes —

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