Chapter 1384

When they met in Liangzhou, and when they had drunk too much celebrating the victory of the great battle, Yuan Shao had once revealed his inner thoughts.

Perhaps Yuan Shao himself didn't remember.

"Benchu... it's bitter."

Duan Yu shook his head gently.

That's right, this Yuan Shao, who seemed to have the glory of four generations and three ducal ministers, his first half of life—or perhaps the life of that Hebei lord in history before he escaped from Luoyang and before Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji died in Luoyang—was more bitter than Cao Cao's.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Duan Yu wouldn't have understood or believed it.

A few days ago, in the war preparations for the beginning of the year, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu had all proposed that after conquering Bingzhou, the next target should be Jizhou.

At that time, he was still wondering if it would be like the scene in history where Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought.

The two gathered at Guandu, cruelly tearing apart their past friendship.

But he didn't expect that what he would receive was the news of Yuan Shao's death.

Although he didn't have the detailed events of the time.

But he also knew who had killed Yuan Shao.

Yuan Ji.

It was Yuan Ji.

Although there were few records of Yuan Ji in history, this didn't affect Duan Yu's evaluation of Yuan Ji.

To be ranked among the Nine Ministers at this age, although it had to do with the Yuan clan, his status and background were themselves a manifestation of strength.

Yuan Ji had an excellent reputation among the Luoyang noble clans and in the imperial court.

He was humble and had outstanding abilities.

Compared to the reputation Yuan Shao had to painstakingly manage to obtain, Yuan Ji seemed to have been born with it.

If there were no accidents, Yuan Ji would be the next generation's clan leader of the Yuan clan, and the necessary candidate for the Yuan clan's next successive Three Ducal Ministers.

For example, although Yuan Shu also looked down on Yuan Ji, he only dared to say a few words behind his back and absolutely dared not say it to his face.

But no matter when, Yuan Shu dared to loudly curse Yuan Shao as a "little bastard" and "concubine-born."

This was the gap.

Even though the Dong clan was furious this time and ordered the stripping of Yuan Ji's position as one of the Nine Ministers, this hadn't had any impact on Yuan Ji.

If there was anyone who could have an impact on Yuan Ji, it was only one person.

That was Yuan Kui.

It was Yuan Kui who ordered Yuan Ji to go to Jizhou to replace Yuan Shao.

Or for some other reason, he didn't know yet.

But what was certain was that the one who killed Yuan Shao was Yuan Ji.

Because in the entire Jizhou, only Yuan Ji dared to do this, and only Yuan Ji could do it.

Cao Cao's death made him feel very angry.

It wasn't that his relationship with Cao Cao was better.

But because when he learned of Cao Cao's death at the time, Cao Cao had died on the battlefield, harmed by a villain.

But Yuan Shao's death only added a touch of sorrow to his heart.

"Mengde... Benchu, I hope you two won't fight anymore down there."

Duan Yu shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Standing alone... I've just been crowned King and am standing alone; will I really be a lonely man in the future?"

Back courtyard.

Dong Yi, who had been crowned the Princess of Liang, stood in front of the gate of the separate courtyard, her eyes looking toward the central courtyard with a hint of worry.

The maid standing behind her was bowing her head and reporting the situation in the central courtyard to Dong Yi in a low voice.

"The Prince has been sitting in the pavilion since last night, and the servants haven't dared to disturb him."

The maid said in a low voice: "The mansion has been cleaned up, but no one dares to go to the central courtyard. The Prince is just sitting in the pavilion brewing tea alone, not letting anyone disturb him."

Dong Yi, dressed in white robes with a fox-fur cloak over her shoulders, nodded slightly: "Alright, you go down first."

After saying that, Dong Yi took the maid and walked toward Diaochan's separate courtyard.

At this time, the snow in front of Diaochan's separate courtyard had been cleared.

Standing outside the courtyard, Dong Yi could hear bursts of silver-bell-like laughter from inside.

Because the new King of Liang's Mansion hadn't been built yet.

The mansion they were currently living in didn't have palace chambers, just separate courtyards for each woman.

"Greetings, Princess."

The maid in front of Diaochan's separate courtyard bowed and saluted immediately after seeing Dong Yi.

And Diaochan, who was wearing a red dress and a fire-red fox-fur cloak, playing in the snow with little Duan Chen in the courtyard, also looked toward Dong Yi. ===== CHAPTER 1386 =====