Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 770 Thrush
After tidying up his simple clothes, Liu Xie sat down and patted the bed:
"Come here Shou'er, your husband will draw your eyebrows for you."

Fu Shou sat over and saw Liu Xie open the dressing box with his bare hands and take out a thin charcoal pencil from it, then he approached her with a focused expression.

Often at this time, the couple would chat about some gossip, but seeing her husband's expression, Fu Shou hesitated and whispered:
"Bohe, the three daughters of the Cao family should stay for now."

Liu Xie paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

Fu Shou felt a little grateful at once, but she was still painting her eyebrows and couldn't move. She could only grab her husband's hands and rub them.

Now that Liu Huangshu had arrived in Yecheng, and had clearly stated before that he would convict Cao Cao according to Han law, Liu Xie was greatly relieved, and he also put the matter around him in front of him:

Did the fact that Cao Cao forced his three daughters to marry him still count?
To be fair, Fu Shou did not like them, because before coming to Yecheng, she had deduced that Cao Cao would sooner or later kill her or depose her, so that he could make Cao's daughter the queen. It was also an old practice for foreign relatives to be in power in the Han Dynasty, so she could do as she pleased.

Liu Xie also didn't like it. After all, although he was the emperor at the time, he had no say in the matter, which was a humiliation.

But both Liu Xie and Fu Shou had to admit that during the period after they came to Yecheng, the three daughters of Cao family not only did not join forces with Cao family to bully and intimidate the two men, but on the contrary, they opened their hearts and made it clear to them that they had protected them.

Now that the host and guest have reversed their positions, there is naturally no need to consult the emperor's uncle on such a small matter. However, there have been several memorials asking him to cancel the engagement and return the three girls to Cao to be tried. However, Liu Xie just read them and let them go for the time being. Now that Fu Shou has spoken, there is finally a conclusion.

Let's put this matter aside for now, and Fu Shou quickly talked about other things:
"Ma Teng was quite polite, but I didn't expect his son to be so violent."

"The reunion of father and son should have been a happy event, but it is said that there was a commotion in Ma Teng's mansion until midnight that night. The next day, someone saw both father and son with bruised faces, but neither of them complained of any crime."

After all, according to the law, it is natural for a father to beat his son, but if a son beats his father then...

Liu Xie got closer and his expression became more focused, but he also chatted:
"When I was in Guanzhong, I occasionally heard that Ma Mengqi was born to a Qiang woman, so he was not favored by Ma Teng. However, his bravery was rare in Yongliang, so Ma Teng had to rely on him. I am afraid that the relationship between father and son..."

"And Ma Teng volunteered to move his family to Yecheng. I'm afraid..."

Liu Xie had not finished speaking twice, but Fu Shou understood the meaning. To put it bluntly, it still involved the question of whether Ma Teng was loyal to Cao or to Han. It was likely that Ma Chao's surrender to Liu Bei was most likely not in accordance with Ma Teng's wishes.

However, according to Yongliang customs, Ma Teng entrusted his troops to Ma Chao not necessarily because he loved his son very much, but simply because he had only this son to trust.

So she also laughed:

"Since Ma Teng has not confessed his crime to Bo He and Emperor Liu, then he should just pretend he knows nothing."

Liu Xie nodded: "That's better."

Then he became thoughtful and said, "I'm afraid that within half a year, Ma Teng will have to submit a petition to retire."

Fu Shou didn't care much about this, but just said:

"I watched him from afar during the New Year's Eve banquet. Why do I feel that Zhang Wenyuan, who defeated 100,000 with only 8,000 men, is not as brave as Ma Chao?"

After sharpening the charcoal pencil a little more, Liu Xie focused on drawing thin lines at the corners of his wife's eyes:
"The Qiang people have always been like this. They only respect brave men, so the ones they respect are all the best warriors in the world. Just like a long spear, you can tell its sharpness just by looking at it."

"I've heard about Zhang Liao before. His ancestors had all served as generals in Yanmen for generations. A general should uphold the five virtues, just like a sword sheathed. He is different." Fu Shou smiled as she listened to her husband talking. These were things that Liu Xie would never have the time to talk about before.

"But..." Liu Xie also said with a little sigh:
"Being a general is not enough just to be brave. Xu Chu was a fierce general, but he still lost to a woman."

"Although Zhang Ma is brave, the chief general at the New Year's Eve banquet must be Guan Yu, the brother-in-law of the emperor's uncle."

Fu Shou has no objection to this conclusion, but has some complaints about the previous evaluation:
"What if Xu Chu died at the hands of a woman like me?"

"Ye City used to claim to be the most elegant place in Hebei, but in the end, such a large city was completely thrashed out by a few boys in a debate about knowledge. In the end, didn't it still need a woman to save face?"

Previously, the New Year's Eve banquet was a great success after Liu Xie had a secret talk with his uncle to resolve their misunderstandings. Later, at the New Year's Eve banquet, most of the parties became familiar with each other. Fu Shou and Liu Xie also formally met Zhuge Liang, the uncle's right-hand man and counselor, and also got to know Xiao Jiang Wei, Zhuge Guoguo, Zhuge Qiao and others who came to argue and left the whole Yecheng academy speechless.

On the night of the New Year's Eve banquet, the young Jiang Wei seemed to have secretly drunk some wine and blurted out some words about the young heroes of the Central Plains, which eventually provoked Xin Xianying, the daughter of Xin Pi, who was also present at the banquet, to refute him. She used the excuse of a woman arguing about the proper conduct of a boy to discuss academic matters on the spot, and eventually involved the two girls of the Cai family who were with her. In the end, the banquet staged a drama of a young talent arguing with a woman from Hebei, which made Fu Shou watch with great interest and admiration.

In the end, neither side could determine the winner, but Cai Wenji, whom Fu Shou had only heard of by name before, obviously won over the young man and woman who came with Liu Huangshu. In the end, the military advisor Zhuge Liang decided that the two sides ended in a draw.

What Fu Shou was talking about at this time was this matter.

Liu Xie didn't take it seriously, he just remembered:

"Jia Taizhong... did instruct us to take care of the daughters of our old friends if we have the chance."

Fu Shou also sighed when she heard this. If Cai Yong knew the disaster his crying would bring to his daughter, would he regret it?
However, Fu Shou was also a little curious after hearing this:
"You and I both owe our capture of Yecheng to Jia Taizhong's plan. How could such a capable man be the guardian of Cai's talented daughter, and why would it be her turn..."

However, Fu Shou laughed out loud before he finished speaking:
"I forgot that Jia Taizhong has always been unwilling to be in danger. If it weren't for the emperor's uncle's reputation for kindness, I'm afraid that after the capture of the city, Jia Taizhong would have left the city and returned to Yongliang as soon as possible."

Liu Xie also smiled and said, "Shou'er, will Jia Taizhong come today? Or will he decline the banquet as he did on New Year's Eve?"

Fu Shou hesitated for a moment:

"It's normal that Jia Taizhong is unhappy at the New Year's Eve banquet. After all, there are still people who don't like him."

"It's just that during today's gathering, Uncle Liu said that what he saw was a wonder that had never been seen in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. This statement is... is... "

"You are too arrogant." Liu Xie said lightly:

"But after all, it was said by the Emperor's uncle, and he is not a man who would lie."

Fu Shou finally nodded:
"You will know if Jia Taizhong is there when you go there. If he is, it will be a good opportunity to thank him."

Liu Xie nodded and finished drawing his eyebrows:
"Then let's go together."

(End of this chapter)