At the same time that Sun Ce's letter of breaking off diplomatic relations arrived in Shouchun, Wu Jing, the prefect of Guangling, abandoned his official position and joined the army. Sun Bi, the Yin of Huainan newly appointed by Yuan Shu, abandoned his wife and children and returned to Jiangdong. Sun Xiangliu, the prefect of Runan, was the only one left in the Sun family.

Come down.

"Asshole, this wolf-hearted Sun Ce dares to be so bold. He has obviously planned it for a long time."

Yuan Shu was furious in front of all the civil and military officials. Qiao Rui, who was standing in the palace, was filled with excitement. He shocked Long Xiang that his conclusion was so accurate.

Qiao Rui originally thought that even if Sun Ce wanted to rebel, he would have to be fully prepared before making a move. Who would have thought that he would be the first to jump out.

"I want to attack the traitor Sun Ce. Which general is willing to lead the expedition?"

After Yuan Shu vented his anger, he quickly faced the reality. He thought that if Sun Ce's arrogance was not extinguished, the other princes might follow suit.

Most of the military commanders in the palace were familiar with Sun Ce, and they all knew that Sun Ce was very powerful in martial arts. They also had Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other Sun Jian's old subordinates as assistants, but they were not confident of victory, so no one responded to Yuan Shu.

"Why don't you say a word, sir?"

While Yuan Shu asked, he looked down at the generals in the palace, including Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others, all of whom lowered their heads.

Just when the atmosphere in the palace was awkward, Chang Shi Yang Hong came out of the class to make a speech:

"Your Majesty, Sun Ce is far away in Kuaiji. The journey is long. If he wants to conquer, he must prepare warships. Obviously, he cannot prepare enough in a hurry..."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu stood up and shouted sternly: "If I just sit back and ignore Sun Ce's son, won't I make everyone in the world laugh?"

"Your Majesty, calm down your anger. Not long after Sun Ce took over Kuaiji, the surrounding powerful men such as Yan Baihu, Zou Tuo, Qian Tong, etc. were not convinced.

Why don't you issue an edict and order these people to attack with your official title and title? Then your Majesty will be able to reap the benefits of the fishermen without any effort."

Yang Hong resisted Yuan Shu's anger and offered his plan.

"Wonderful, wonderful, great..."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard this. After sitting down and stroking his beard, he added: "I will send another order to Yuan Yin to let Danyang's soldiers wait for the opportunity to see whether Sun Ce's son dies or not."

Yang Hong added: "My lord ascended to the throne in response to destiny, but Liu Xie was also raised by Cao Cao in Xudu. The top priority should be to make more allies. Our strong enemy is in the north, not in the south."

When Yuan Shu heard Cao Cao's name, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

The Battle of Kuangting became a nightmare in his heart. After that failure, Yuan Shu never dared to expand north again.

"Yang Qing's words are very good."

After listening to Yang Hong's advice, Yuan Shu stroked his beard and nodded in affirmation.

Then he frowned and asked Yan Xiang: "What's going on with Han Yin recently? Why is there no news at all?"

"I don't know."

"Send someone to go to Xiapi to ask questions and urge Lu Bu to marry his daughter as soon as possible. It's really wonderful that he delayed it. My daughter has transformed from the young master's wife to the crown princess. It's really the fate of a man..."

"I will go make arrangements immediately. In addition, General Qin has mentioned many times that he misses Xia Pi, his wife and children. After all, he is Lu Bu's subordinate. If he stays here for a long time, he may cause criticism. Do you want him to return together?"

"Um..."

Yuan Shu thought for a while, stroked his beard and said: "I am going to marry off the eldest daughter of the Liu family, but this man is still thinking about his wife and children in Xiapi, and I don't know what keeps him hanging around. Forget it, let Qin Yilu go with him..."

"General Qin's current wife, will she also..."

Before Yan Xiang could finish his request for instructions, Yuan Shu immediately interrupted: "No, Qin Yilu was born in a humble family, and he married the daughter of the Liu family, who is already a high-ranking person, but he still wants to take him back to Xiapi to suffer hardship? He is allowed to go back alone and move into a small house.

I will write a book and ask Lu Bu to marry him, and I will not begrudge him a few generals if I come to serve you first."

"I accept the order." Yan Xiang nodded.

The first major event of Yuan Shu's ascension to the throne was from conquering Sun Ce to marrying Lu Bu. All the generals in the palace secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As a general, Qiao Rui returned to his house and immediately asked Chen to prepare wine to calm his shock.

Mrs. Chen had prepared the food and wine. Seeing Qiao Rui pouring herself a glass of wine without saying anything, she worriedly asked, "General, what's wrong today? I've never seen you in such a hurry to drink. Why don't you just take a few bites of the food?"

"Let me have a few more drinks..."

Qiao Rui hurriedly drank four or five cups, feeling that her body was slowly warming up, and then she took the chopsticks to put food on the plate.

"What's going on?"

The more Qiao Rui said nothing, the more worried Mrs. Chen became.

Qiao Rui ordered the wine glass in front of her and signaled Chen to fill it up for her. Then she stopped chewing, put her chin on the table, and sighed: "Sun Ce actually rebelled. Yun Qi's inference was actually not wrong at all."

"What did you say?"

Mrs. Chen was stunned when she heard this. She didn't realize that the wine had been filled and the excess was overflowing from the cup.

Seeing this, Qiao Rui lightly knocked on the table and reminded: "Sun Ce has been planning to rebel for a long time. Wu Jing, Sun Bi and others have all abandoned their official positions. Your Majesty is furious today."

"Long Yunqi's inference, I remember the general mentioning it, actually made him right. It's really incredible..."

After saying this, Chen shook his head slightly, and his mind suddenly went blank.

Qiao Rui nodded in affirmation: "Yun Qi has a very profound understanding of the problem. I often talk to him now, and I get something every time. Fortunately, Yang Hong offered me some advice today. Otherwise, I might have been ordered by His Majesty to lead an expedition to Jiangdong... "

"Hiss... Yang Hong is really timely..."

Chen had a feeling that he had dodged a disaster, and then asked curiously: "Sun Ce is a brave young man, what clever plan does Yang Hong have?"

"It's nothing more than promising benefits to Yan Baihu and others to send troops to check Sun Ce, but these powerful men may not be able to succeed..." Qiao Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Chen sighed with emotion: "No matter whether they can succeed or not, as long as the general does not go to Jiangdong, the sword will inevitably be damaged. Even when fighting Liu Bei in Xuzhou last year, I and the children are extremely worried..."

"As a husband and a general, how can I escape the war? You think I am a dragon..."

Qiao Rui stopped abruptly in the middle of his conversation, then picked up the full wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Chen immediately comforted him and said: "General, you are talking about Long Xiang? You are treating him as a pawn. How can he be compared with the general?"

Qiao Rui put down his wine glass and said solemnly: "According to Yun Qi's analysis, Sun Ce's rebellion is just the beginning. Liu Biao in the west is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao in the north controls the emperor. These people will regard us as mortal enemies, even Lu Bu in Xuzhou. Maybe...in short, there will be no less wars in the future..."

"Lu Bu? Long Xiang is talking nonsense, isn't he? Doesn't His Majesty want to marry him?"

Chen caught the loophole in Qiao Rui's words and immediately raised his doubts.

Qiao Rui glanced at Chen, then stroking his beard and looking out the dark window, muttering to himself: "With Lu Bu's personality, he can even kill his adopted father at will, so what's the point of just in-laws? As for what the future will be like, it's like The scenery outside the house is mediocre, you won’t know until daybreak..."

"I reserve my opinion anyway. Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo for nothing more than fame and fortune. After he sneak-attacked Cao Cao and ran to Xuzhou, if he still goes against His Majesty, how can there be any place for him in the world?"

Qiao Rui looked Chen up and down, and asked with a hint of amusement: "Madam actually speaks eloquently about the current situation, which really surprises me..."

"It's just a woman's humble opinion..." Mrs. Chen blushed when she heard Qiao Rui's praise.

"There are no absolutes in this world. Maybe you can guess more accurately than Yunqi. Come and have a drink with me."

Qiao Rui couldn't help but pour wine for Chen herself.

Chen was originally very self-effacing, but when he heard Qiao Rui comparing him to Long Xiang, his competitive spirit immediately took over the high ground.
Chapter completed!