Chapter 661

He began to send out invitations widely, inviting the clans of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and even Qingzhou to gather together.

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

Before Cai Yan and the others arrived in Xuxian,

Liu Bei had already taken Cao Jie and Cao Xian as wives; the wedding banquet was naturally extremely magnificent.

The gift money collected this time exceeded that of the time with Sun Shangxiang, the most in history.

After all, they were Cao Cao's daughters, and Liu Bei's prestige was no longer what it used to be.

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

News also came from Jiaozhou.

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

Shi Xie led the Shi clan to flee toward the Jiaozhi area, contacting many indigenous armed forces of the Yue kingdom.

Yan Yan, Bu Zhi, Lu Dai, and others continued their expedition to Jiaozhi and Rinan commanderies, once again crushing the coalition of Shi Xie and the indigenous people.

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

Liu Bei used them to reward the meritorious soldiers of the Central Plains war; this event instantly made the newly surrendered soldiers of the Central Plains drool with envy.

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

where, although the women were ugly, the land was rich in gold.

The banquet in Xuxian lasted from noon until late at night.

Liu Bei conquered the Central Plains clans with his drinking capacity, drinking them all under the table.

Liu Bei swayed as he walked to 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 that time, this young lady only thought you were a very good person with good medical skills."

Liu Bei was angry—on their wedding day, he actually received a "good person card" from Miss 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 Xian's room.

Cao Xian felt even more like she was dreaming.

Originally, her father intended to marry her to the Prince of Hejian; she had seen the Prince of Hejian from afar once and almost vomited 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 Lord Xuande who shakes the world, a presence even my father can do nothing about."

"Moreover, Lord Xuande is also extremely handsome."

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

Liu Bei didn't expect Cao Cao's daughters to be so enterprising; although they had no experience, they were very hardworking, and the experience was great!

In the days that followed,

Liu Bei handled government affairs while enjoying flowers and the moon with the two of them; the pleasure was beyond words.

Puyang City,

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

"Zhongda, my brother Chong is very favored by Father; returning to Yecheng this time, I fear he will be even more favored."

Military Military Sima Yi was startled; this was the rhythm of Cao Pi not wanting Cao Chong to return to Yecheng.

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 and had the potential of a king.

Military 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 his self-pity, 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 and protect oneself so that others cannot see through you—that is the way to survive."

"When Young Master Chong returns to Yecheng, the most uncomfortable person will be Young Master Cao Ang; he will view Young Master Chong as a thorn in his side."

Military Military Sima Yi advised Cao Pi to abandon the idea of intercepting Cao Chong halfway; with 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 Military Sima Yi hurriedly expressed that he didn't dare.

Cao Pi looked at Military Military Sima Yi's back and suddenly had another thought.

"Zhongda, isn't he the one who can endure the most?"

He also began to feel wary of Military Military Sima Yi.

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

Cao Cao in Yecheng was pretending to be addicted to wine and women,

and Liu Bei was not to be outdone, also starting 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 stopped summoning his ministers for meetings.

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

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He could only comfort them all together; wherever he rolled, he would chat with whoever was there—the 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."

He ordered the soldiers to start lighting fires as a signal to notify the "friendly forces" outside the city.

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

Hua Mulan strolled over, also holding a little girl who looked very ethereal.

"Who hasn't!"

Liu Bei shrugged.

"I'm even more miserable than you—I have so many babies."

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

"We have some leads on the person who helped Cao Cao open the Yecheng gate; he formed a secret death squad organization and wears a mask all day."

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

Liu Bei?

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

"He's hidden truly deep."

Bai Yuekui added,

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

Liu Bei smiled.

"These people are all our vanguards; when the time comes, we'll deal with them one by one!"