Liu Bei raised his head slightly, glanced sideways at Cao Cao next to the little emperor, and thought to himself: Lord Shangxian told me to let me get married. Well, it seems that I can't do it without getting married.
Liu Bei said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty, Liu Bei, a common man, is a descendant of the Han Dynasty..."
Before that, Liu Bei specifically consulted Ma Xiaoquan, the Supreme Immortal, for advice. Ma Xiaoquan gave Liu Bei an idea at that time, asking him to align his marriage plans with King Zhongshan Jing of the Han Dynasty.
Although Liu Bei didn't quite understand, he still did as Master Shangxian said.
Listening to Liu Bei's talk, with a natural and sincere expression, the little emperor slowly became excited, and a plan he had been holding in his heart quietly emerged... But because Cao Cao was by his side, the little emperor had to pretend to be dubious.
Liu Bei: "What basis do you have for this?"
Liu Bei knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, the common people have a thousand reasons not to dare to deceive the Emperor. The common people never dare to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor..."
Although the little emperor was an adult, he still lacked experience in dealing with the older generation. When he saw Liu Bei burst into tears, he couldn't help but start to believe Liu Bei.
At this time, Cao Cao, who was sitting next to him, spoke: "Your Majesty, can you believe Liu Bei's words?"
The little emperor pretended to be shocked and said: "Of course I don't believe it."
Cao Cao clapped his hands: "That's it."
The little emperor added: "If you don't believe it, I still have to investigate...here comes someone..."
The young emperor suddenly said that he wanted to investigate Liu Bei, which caught Cao Cao off guard. Although Cao Cao knew that something would happen if the young emperor summoned Liu Bei, he did not expect that it would be a matter of marriage.
For a while, Cao Cao became a little nervous.
Just when Cao Cao was about to speak to stop him, several Han ministers, led by Dong Cheng, immediately came out and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take on this important task of investigation."
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and was about to change his words again to stop Dong Cheng, but the little emperor immediately clapped his hands and said: "Okay, then I have to thank Dong Aiqing."
Cao Cao rolled his eyes and stopped talking.
After retiring from the imperial court, Cao Cao wanted to take Liu Bei and beat him severely, but if he thought about it carefully, Liu Bei's marriage proposal might not be true. Besides, when did Prince Jing of Zhongshan happen?
, who still believes that if Liu Bei has such a rash marriage, he will most likely be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Instead of doing this, it is better to wait quietly and watch Liu Bei's jokes.
Late at night, Liu Bei secretly knocked on the door of Ma's courtyard.
As soon as the housekeeper Zhao Er opened the door, Liu Bei squeezed in.
Zhao Er took a closer look and saw that it was Liu Bei.
"General Liu, what are you..."
Liu Bei stretched out his right index finger to his mouth, made a whispering gesture, and whispered: "What kind of general is not a general? Mr. Zhao Guan's family, is Master Shangxian asleep now?"
Zhao Er shook his head: "The head of the family recently said he wanted to practice something, so he probably hasn't slept yet."
Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly ran to Ma Xiaoquan's wing.
Zhao Eryi grabbed Liu Bei and said, "General Liu, the master of the house has ordered that no one should be disturbed. You are here suddenly, so don't say what I said."
Liu Bei waved his hand and ran away quickly.
Seeing Liu Bei gradually disappearing into the night, Zhao Er laughed.
It turned out that after retreating from the early dynasty, Cao Cao came to Ma Xiaoquan angrily to complain, saying that Liu Bei was a wolf-hearted person who didn't know what he was good at, and he didn't know what kind of medicine he had taken, and he even wanted to marry the emperor...
Ma Xiaoquan did not express his position at the time. At the same time, he also expected that Liu Bei would come to him. Therefore, after Cao Cao left, Ma Xiaoquan specifically told Zhao Er that if Liu Bei came, he would say that he was practicing...
Everything is going according to Ma Xiaoquan's plan and according to history.
Liu Bei gently knocked on Ma Xiaoquan's door and whispered outside: "Master Shangxian? Master Shangxian..."
"Come in!"
Liu Bei lowered his head, carefully pushed the door open through a crack that could only be passed by one person sideways, and then got in through the crack in the door.
After closing the door, Liu Bei raised his head and saw that Master Shangxian was meditating, and beside him stood a beautiful girl wearing an emerald green shirt.
Liu Bei stepped forward and knelt down with a thud: "Master Shangxian, please help me one more time!"
Ma Xiaoquan, who was meditating, slowly opened his eyes. At this time, the beautiful lady beside him stepped forward in time and gently wiped away the slightest trace of sweat on his head with a handkerchief.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded with satisfaction and said to Meijiao Niang: "Ling'er, please go out first. Liu Bei and I have something to discuss."
Ling'er nodded and retreated obediently.
"Bang!" The door closed.
"Get up and talk!"
Liu Bei stood up, but still looked respectful.
"How do you want me to help you?"
Liu Bei raised his head and gave Ma Xiaoquan a detailed description of what happened in the morning.
Cao Cao had told Ma Xiaoquan about the process earlier, but that was from Cao Cao's perspective. Now from Liu Bei's perspective, it was naturally a different style.
After listening to the two versions of the story at the same time, Ma Xiaoquan thought carefully in his heart before asking Liu Bei: "Then do you want to continue? Do you want to leave Cao Cao?"
Liu Bei immediately replied without thinking: "Yes!"
Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands: "Okay, then you will do as I say. Specifically, come here..."
Liu Bei came forward and Ma Xiaoquan whispered in his ear: "You are like this..."
After Liu Bei left, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly called Ling'er into the house, handed Ling'er a white scroll, and asked her to quietly deliver it to Dong Cheng's hand...
...
Elsewhere in Xuchang, several Han ministers headed by Dong Cheng gathered together, all with their brows furrowed, as if they were discussing something important.
After everyone was silent for a long time, Dong Cheng said: "Everyone, in my opinion, even if Liu Bei is not a descendant of the Han Dynasty, we should try our best to win over him."
Wu Zilan on the side said: "If he is not a descendant of the Han Dynasty, why are we trying to win him over? He is not bullying the emperor. If you bully the emperor, you will be beheaded."
Dong Cheng shook his head: "If you are not a descendant of the Han Dynasty, we can make one."
Fu Wan, who had been silent all this time, said, "What do you mean?"
Dong Chengdao: "Have you noticed Liu Bei's appearance?"
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Dong Cheng's words meant.
Dong Cheng continued: "Liu Xuande has very big earlobes and long arms. In my opinion, this person will become the overlord of one side in the near future. If we win him over now and serve the emperor, then won't there be hope for our Han Dynasty?"
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Someone said: "Oh, what can a face alone mean? Then Liu Bei is just a pawn under house arrest under Cao Cao."
Dong Cheng shook his head: "No, no, everyone must know that there is a god named Ma who has a close relationship with Cao Cao. This horse is a god, and I have some contacts with him..."
Before Dong Cheng finished speaking, Fu Wan, who was standing beside him, interjected: "When we first crossed the river, Lord Shangxian kicked me down, and I was able to survive. Otherwise, with that small boat, I would have been dead."
's portion."
Fu's interjection after this was just the finishing touch.
Dong Cheng had always wanted to praise Lord Shangxian, but now that Fu had interrupted, he had played right into Dong Cheng's hands.
Dong Cheng added: "Everyone, everyone thinks that the Immortal named Ma is on the side of Cao Cao. In fact, you are all wrong. Do you remember that the Immortal named Ma is our emperor's uncle?"
When Dong Cheng said this, everyone present was moved.
Yes, although it was not made public that the emperor worshiped the god named Ma as his uncle, everyone knew it privately. Moreover, when the emperor fled, this god named Ma alone resisted Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
Human pursuers.
In this case...
"Okay, that's it. Regardless of whether Liu Bei is a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan or not, we will create one for him."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded to each other... Dong Cheng, on the other hand, quietly put his hand into his sleeve pocket and touched a white scroll in the pocket...
A few days later, in the morning court, Dong Cheng, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu, Fu Wan and others came out one after another to confirm Liu Bei's identity.
The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this. He slapped the desk at hand with a "bang" sound, stood up and said to Liu Bei who was kneeling under the stage: "According to what you said, then Liu Bei is my uncle."
Good! Hahaha...good"
Liu Bei was kneeling on the ground. Although he was excited, on the surface he was still kneeling respectfully and motionless.
The little emperor stretched out his hands, waved them twice in the air, and said excitedly: "Uncle, get up quickly, please get up quickly."
Liu Bei raised his head in "sincerity and fear", shook his head and said: "I don't dare."
Next to the little emperor, Cao Cao curled his lips disdainfully and thought to himself: Damn it, you said you didn't dare. Your title has changed from "caomin" to "minister", what else do you dare not do, mom? Disgusting.
dead.
At this time, Dong Cheng and other Han ministers came forward, helped Liu Bei up, and congratulated Liu Bei: "Haha... Congratulations, Uncle Liu... From now on, you and I will be Han ministers together."
I hope Uncle Liu will do more for me and the Emperor..."
Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao was present and knew the intentions of these guys, so he laughed and said nothing.
After retreating from the early court, Cao Cao came to the Ma family compound to complain to Ma Xiaoquan, saying that Dong Cheng and others were nothing...
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and asked Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, it seems that they didn't do anything to you. Moreover, we are all Han ministers, so there seems to be nothing wrong with congratulating each other... Could it be...
.Xiao Cao, do you want to rebel?"
The last words Ma Xiaoquan said made Cao Cao almost fall off his seat.
Cao Cao composed himself and said with a smile: "Master Shangxian is joking, how dare I?"
When Cao Cao came over today, he brought his second son, Cao Pi. Cao Cao was very frightened by what Ma Xiaoquan said just now, but Cao Pi was expressionless.
Ma Xiaoquan hugged Cao Cao and whispered: "Little Cao, you don't dare, but little Cao, you don't have to."
Cao Cao squinted his eyes, glanced at Cao Pi quietly, and asked, "What do you mean by Master Shangxian?"
Ma Xiaoquan suddenly let go of his hand, with an innocent look on his face: "Hey, I didn't say anything, you didn't hear anything."