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Liu Min quickly walked into the official room, stepped forward and bowed, "Liu Min meets Wu Hou"

Sun Quan was already very familiar with Liu Min. He smiled and asked Liu Min to sit down, then ordered someone to serve tea, and asked, "But the King of Han wants Liu Senjun to tell me what he said."

Liu Min nodded, "His Highness of the King of Han said that the situation is gradually calming, and he is preparing to lead his army back to Jingzhou. However, he heard that Mrs. Wu was seriously ill, so he really wanted to visit the old lady before leaving to fulfill his filial piety to his juniors."

Liu Jing is the son-in-law of Mrs. Wu. It is natural for him to come to visit his seriously ill mother-in-law, but Sun Quan still keenly smelled it. This was just an excuse for Liu Jing. His approach to Cao Cao made Liu Jing feel uneasy. He wanted to take the opportunity to talk to him.

But the problem is that Cao Cao is also coming to Jianye to meet him. Sun Quan pondered for a long time and finally nodded, "I can understand the feelings of the King of Han. In principle, I agree to him visit the old lady, but Liu Shenjun can discuss the specific safety details with Zhuge Shou and Governor Lu."

Zhuge Shou refers to Zhuge Jin, the governor of Danyang, and Lu Governor refers to Lu Meng, the new naval army commander. One of them is responsible for local security and the other is in charge of the naval army. Liu Jing will definitely not come to Jianye alone. Then his safety guarantee must be discussed in detail with Jiangdong, especially when he is so sensitive, Liu Jing's safety is even more important.

In fact, Liu Ye also came to Jianye with Bu Zhi and was discussing Cao Cao's safety. Sun Quan realized that this meeting was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If it was well controlled, he would bargain between Liu Jing and Cao Cao to obtain the greatest benefit.

Sun Quan finally made a decision. He sent Bu Zhi and Lu Su to Cao Cao and Liu Jing respectively to send them invitation letters to meet in Jianye, and promised in writing to ensure their safety. The time was set on the eighth day of November, which was seven days later.

Cao Cao had great regrets in his life. First, during the Battle of Wancheng, his carelessness led to the tragic death of Chang Cao Ang. His wife Ding divorced, causing his irreparable family pain in this life.

The second was the Battle of Rangshan. He did not take Liu Jing seriously, which led to Liu Jing's escape and went to Xiangyang, and finally became the root of his decline from prosperity. Liu Jing also became his biggest enemy. Every time he talked about Liu Jing, he would always miss this matter.

The first regret is that he had long admired Erqiao's beauty, but he started the battle late and was married by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. He launched the Battle of Chibi, preparing to pacify the south in one fell swoop and unify the world, but he also had some ambition to seek hegemony in the world, seize the beauty of the country, and regain the big Qiao and Xiao Qiao to entertain his old age. 4

Now that he is in great regret, he cannot be resurrected from the dead. Liu Jing has become so big that he is unable to shake it. Only Er Qiao can have the opportunity to retake it to make up for his great regret. This time, he took advantage of the verge of savage and implicitly put forward this condition to Sun Quan. Cao Cao believed that the emperor of the King of Wu and the annual assistance of 100,000 stones of grain were enough to make Sun Quan hand over Er Qiao to himself.

Of course, Cao Cao did not offer such generous conditions for the two women. The two women were just additional conditions. His real purpose was to break the alliance between Jiangdong and Liu Jing. Once Liu Jing and Sun Quan got into evil, Sun Ben would have the opportunity to unify Jiangdong. At that time, Jiangdong was his belonging.

Sun Quan actually came to express his surrender. How could Cao Cao not seize this opportunity?

"Have the Prime Minister ever thought about why Sun Quan came to express his surrender and offered tribute to the land?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Did the Prime Minister think of why this is the reason?"

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Lu Xun led the Qianshui Army to Wujun, which should be related to this, but I don't understand why he supported Sun Shao."

Cheng Yu nodded, "The Prime Minister said it well. Liu Jing was indeed considering supporting Sun Shao instead. The reason he supported Sun Shao was the same as Sun Yu, because in Sun Dong, Sun Shao was the easiest person to control. After controlling Sun Shao, he also controlled Wu County. If he controlled Wu County, the Jiangdong branch could no longer be unified. This is in Liu Jing's interests and will annex Jiangdong at the lowest cost in the future."

"So Sun Quan was dissatisfied with Liu Jing's support for Sun Shao, so he came to express his surrender to me, that's it," Cao Cao said lightly.

Cheng Yu sighed, "The problem is here. Sun Quan's surrender to the Prime Minister is not sincere. He just used this means to put pressure on Liu Jing and forced Liu Jing to make concessions, because Jiangdong has the benefits of the Yangtze River for us, but has no defense against Jingzhou. Jingzhou can annex Yuzhang County and Poyang County at any time. Sun Quan is actually even more afraid of Liu Jing and dare not turn against Liu Jing easily. The Prime Minister promised him 100,000 stones of grain. Is it a little bit hasty?"

The last sentence is the center of Cheng Yu's expression. He opposed the Cao army's assistance to Sun Quan every year. Sun Quan did not dare to turn against Liu Jing. The 100,000 stone of food was undoubtedly wasted. Instead of helping Sun Quan, it would be better to help Sun Ben. 5

At this time, Cao Cao sneered, "Zhongde really thought I would give him 100,000 stones of grain and soldiers to be fooled. If Sun Quan really believed it, it would be him stupid. Because I expected Sun Quan to lack food, I drew this pie out of thin air for him. As long as the alliance between him and Liu Jing was broken, this pie would no longer exist. In the past, Zhang Yi broke the Qi and Chu alliance, and did he draw a pie out of thin air for six miles?"

Of course, Cao Cao also wanted to use this short promise of 100,000 s of grain every year to make Sun Quan obediently return Er Qiao to him. It was just this kind of personal thought that he would not make it clear in front of Cheng Yu. 3

Cheng Yu then understood the profound meaning of Cao Cao's promise. He sincerely praised: "The Prime Minister turned his hand into clouds, turned his hand into rain, and the embarrassing me."

Cao Cao shook his head, "After all, I am the leader of Wei State. I promised to be worth a thousand gold. It is better to do less of such self-destructive things. If I hadn't been to breaking the Sun-Liu Alliance this time, I wouldn't have paid such a great price."

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and said, "This time Jianye met, Sun Quan also invited Liu Jing at the same time. He wanted to get along with the Prime Minister and Liu Jing, take advantage of the conflict between Cao and Liu Jing, and get the greatest benefit. I think he would definitely offer the same sky-high price to Liu Jing."

"That's what he dreamed"

Cao Cao sneered, "Who is Liu Jing? He will be held by him and thinks he can get along with everything, but I'm afraid the final result will be a mess and he won nothing."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao walked to the gate with his hands behind his back and stared at the dark sky in the south. After a while, he said in a low voice: "Actually, I want to take advantage of this opportunity to have a good talk with Liu Jing."

On the sixth day of November, two days before the Jianye meeting, two warships left Wuhu and protected the ship of King Liu Jing of Han, and sailed towards Jianye. According to Liu Min and Jiangdong's agreement, Liu Jing's army guards were still the same as before, with 6,000 people, of which five could be escorted as personal guards.

Cao Cao also had the same safety conditions. Zhang Liao led 6,000 troops and two warships to escort Cao Cao to Jianye. This time, Jianye has made sufficient safety preparations and will ensure the safety of Cao Cao and Liu Jing. Jianye gathered together and a far-reaching meeting was about to begin.

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In Changgan Palace, Sun Quan's wife Xie came to Daqiao's residence. Daqiao lived with Mrs. Wu. She also believed in Buddhism. Most of the time she spent practicing and chanting scriptures. More than ten years of widowhood made her feel calm. In the early years, her father Qiao Xuan also advised her to remarry, but Daqiao knew in her heart that her identity as a princely wife in Jiangdong made her unable to have a new choice and she could not remarry again.

As time passed, her desire to remarry became weak. She relied on her daughter Sun Qian and was ready to live her life peacefully. However, she hoped that her sister Xiao Qiao would remarry. Xiao Qiao did not have such heavy status pressure, and she did not have a daughter. She was less than ten years old and could completely choose a new life.

Da Qiao knew that her sister had the intention of remarrying, but it was not easy to choose a suitable new husband for her. Da Qiao was thinking about this, and a maid walked to the door and bowed to her knees and said, "Report to the mistress, Mrs. Xie is here."

Da Qiao quickly put down the embroidery in her hand and said, "Please come in."

A few days ago, Da Qiao was quite rude to Mrs. Xie for her mother's illness, and she said something accusations. But when she calmed down, she realized that she was a little impulsive and felt a little apologized. She hurried to the door and saw Mrs. Xie, who was covered in jade, walked in swayingly.

"Why are my brother and sister here today?" Da Qiao asked with a smile on his face.

"I just went to visit my mother and come to see my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Wu's condition gradually stabilized. Although it was still very bad, she was at least temporarily out of danger of life and needed more rest, so Da Qiao no longer served her by her side at all times. As for Xie, Mrs. Wu did not like her and would not let her stay for a long time.

Da Qiao and Mrs. Xie are sisters-in-laws, but they are not close and do not have much contact. She has a good relationship with Sun Quan's other wife, Bu. Da Qiao knew in her heart that Xie would not enter the palace without any trouble. When she came to find her, she would definitely have a serious matter. Da Qiao hurriedly invited Xie into the house and sat down, and ordered the maid to serve hot tea.

Xie was entrusted by Sun Quan today and discussed with Da Qiao with important things. She smiled and chatted with Da Qiao for a while, and then tentatively said: "A few days ago, the Marquis of Wu and Mr. Qiao talked about the matter between his sister-in-law and Xiao Qiao. Mr. Qiao expressed his hope that his sister-in-law and Xiao Qiao would remarry. In fact, Mr. Wu also supports him very much. After all, his sister-in-law is still young and in her early teens. Xiao Qiao is even less than ten years old. She is so young and widowed, and the days ahead will be difficult. I am also a woman, and I know this kind of torment very well in my heart."

Out of politeness, Da Qiao did not interrupt Xie's words, but in the end she couldn't bear it. Before she could finish her words, she said coldly: "It is our sister who decides whether to remarry or not. It has nothing to do with my uncle. Li Xiaguatian, and Wu Hou should still avoid suspicion."

Da Qiao said this very rudely, just accusing Sun Quan of meddling in other people's business. Xie blushed and quickly explained: "Marquis Wu is the king of a country after all, and he has to ask about some things."

Da Qiao heard the implicit sound and sneered, "If you have any words, just say it around, which will make the matter of Wu Hou a mistake."

Xie knew that Da Qiao was gentle, but it involved matters of principle, but she was very strong. She couldn't just marry Da Qiao, so she said according to her husband's instructions: "Now Sun Shao disregarded the overall situation of Jiangdong and split Jiangdong. Cao Cao's army was in a state of crisis. Jiangdong was worried about internal and external troubles. Seeing that the end of annihilation, Wu Hou was anxious and restless. As a member of the Sun family in Jiangdong, each of us has the responsibility to save the country and protect the hard-won country of Sun family. Although I am a woman, I donated all my savings. I hope my sister-in-law can share the worries of Jiangdong."

Sun Shao was raised by Da Qiao. Xie directly pushed the responsibility of splitting Jiangdong to Sun Shao, which actually implied that Da Qiao had responsibility. Da Qiao understood what she meant and said without hesitation: "I also have some money and food savings, and I have saved some decorations. I donated them all to do my best to Jiangdong."

"No, no, sister-in-law doesn't have to pay. If sister-in-law really wants to share the worries of Jiangdong, there is a chance now. To be precise, only sister-in-law can save Jiangdong now."

Da Qiao was stunned, "I don't understand what you mean. I'm a woman, and I can't help but save Jiangdong."

Xie laughed dryly and said, "Now Cao Cao has proposed the condition of withdrawing the army, that is, his sister-in-law goes to Yedu as a hostage, so he retreats the army and Jiangdong will be saved."

Da Qiao stood up suddenly, his pretty face turned red with shame and anger, and he angrily scolded: "Men are incompetent, so let women go to the battlefield. He doesn't have shame. He wants to give his sister-in-law to the enemy. How did he explain to his dead brother how to explain to the people of Jiangdong to the army?"

Xie's face turned red, and she knew she was in the wrong, so she said embarrassedly: "Mr. Wu doesn't want to do this either, so he asked me to ask my sister-in-law about her own wishes, if she wants to."

"Pooh"

Da Qiao spat at Xie's face, "I asked me to voluntarily marry you, but you are moral and shameless, go out."

Xie couldn't hold back her face, and she also stood up and glared at Da Qiao and said, "If you don't want to, just forget it, who will force you?"

After saying that, she turned around and rushed away angrily, and walked to the door, she turned back and said angrily: "Some things are unforgivable to you."

"Get out"
Chapter completed!