The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 149 Yang De checks the betrothal gifts, Luo Gongqi is promoted to Grand Marshal

The next day, Luo Yuan took Gan Ning and Huang Zhong to present betrothal gifts to Cao Cao. Cao Cao specially brought civil officials and generals to meet Luo Yuan. Seeing the many boxes, Cao Cao laughed with satisfaction.

There is light on the face.

Cao Zhi and others looked extremely ugly. Where did these things come from?

how could it be possible.

They had clearly ordered merchants not to trade with Luo Yuan.

"Gong Qiwu was worried that you couldn't get enough betrothal gifts, so he thought of asking someone to send some to you, but you didn't send anyone." Cao Cao pulled Luo Yuan aside and whispered, "Where did it come from?"

“I bought it!”

"Is it Zhen's stuff?"

Cao Cao's guess was correct. After all, Zhen Ji was right next to Luo Yuan, and the Zhen family in Zhongshan, Hebei was a wealthy family.

"I'm using my wife's stuff to marry your daughter. You've made a good deal. Don't ask around!"

Cao Cao laughed.

At this time, Cao Zhi said, "Sir, can I open these boxes and take a look?"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and before he could speak, Yang Xiu said, "Gongqi, open the box and let everyone see it, so that we can know that you have a rich family background and amazing financial resources!"

Cao Cao knew that the two men wanted to make things difficult for Luo Yuan, but seeing what they said, he had no way to refuse.

Luo Yuan said casually: "You can look at them if you want, but don't touch them. These are things for the Prime Minister. If they get dirty, they can't be used, especially the brocade. If they get dirty, you can compensate me!"

Gongqi is so generous!
Cao Cao thought it was reasonable and allowed you to take a look just to give you face. If it got dirty, would you dare not compensate?

This is his betrothal gift, whoever dares to dirty it will see what happens!
"Gongqi is generous, and you should not be rude. Am I marrying my daughter to Gongqi just for these things?" Cao Cao said coldly.

Yang Xiu and others were stunned and nodded quickly. Then they opened a few boxes and saw that they were filled with various cloths.

Yang Xiu quickly calculated in his mind and found that several boxes were full of cloth, so the number was correct.

Luo Yuan got the necessary betrothal gifts overnight, which must have been done with the help of local nobles.

Who is against them?

Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu asked, "What should we do?"

Yang Xiu didn't want Cao Zhi to be disappointed so he said, "It doesn't matter. Today, the imperial edict from Xuchang will arrive, inviting Cao Jie to the palace!"

Yang Xiu had already sent people to Xuchang to make arrangements. Now the emperor is just a decoration!

Only then did Cao Zhi feel relieved.

Cao Cao went to talk to Luo Yuan, who said directly: "The betrothal gift is only half of what I want. I just can't get it. Meng De, can you blame me? The nobles under you are too mean. They won't sell me brocade. If I hadn't cared about your face, I wouldn't have given you any gifts today!"

Cao Cao was stunned, but what could he say? He looked at Luo Yuan helplessly and said, "Isn't it because you have a bad relationship with the nobles? How can you blame me? You have to give me the remaining half. I am poor, you know it!"

Luo Yuan nodded, and before he could say anything, Yang Xiu came in quickly and said happily: "Prime Minister, the emperor has sent someone!"

Cao Cao was stunned. Did Liu Xie give him an order?
I'm getting bolder and bolder.

Cao Cao quickly stood up to greet him, acting like a loyal minister of Han Dynasty.

Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu looked at each other and laughed. The emperor must be here to ask for Cao Jie. That's what he and the people in Xuchang said!

The emperor issued an edict to summon Cao Jie into the palace, and Cao Cao had no choice but to disagree.

Luo Yuan took a look at the person who came and immediately laughed. Wasn't this his old acquaintance Li Zhong? He had drunk with Li Zhong many times when he was in Xuchang.

Li Zhong looked at Cao Cao and said, "Prime Minister, there is no need to be so polite. The Emperor's order is not for the Prime Minister!"

"If it's not for me, then who is it for?" Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu's faces changed, and they saw Li Zhong said, "The emperor heard that Luo Gongqi was going to marry the prime minister, so he issued an edict to congratulate Luo Gongqi. The emperor asked me to deliver 5,000 pieces of cloth and 500 pieces of brocade. In addition, the emperor heard that Luo Yuan swept the Xiongnu in Yunzhong and greatly shocked the prestige of our dynasty, so he conferred Luo Yuan the title of Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty!"

Luo Yuan's face twitched. I got promoted and became the Minister of Defense of the Han Dynasty!
Luo Yuan looked back at Cao Cao and said, "Meng De, please move aside. This is an imperial decree for me!"

Li Zhong was about to read it out. Luo Yuan looked at the imperial edict and wondered if he should snatch it away.

Let’s give the emperor some face!

Luo Yuan bowed and listened to Li Zhong reading the imperial edict. Liu Xie conferred on him the title of Grand Sima of the Han Dynasty, General of Chariots and Cavalry, and promoted him to Marquis of Changsha, which is a county marquis.

Then there were various rewards. Liu Xie was very poor, so the rewards he mentioned had to be given by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao waited until Li Zhong finished reading, then told him to get out and turned to look at Luo Yuan.

Is this the county marquis?
Changsha became Luo Yuan's fiefdom. Cao Cao didn't care about these things. The key was this Grand Marshal.

These are the Three Dukes, and really speaking, this official position is the same as his as the Prime Minister.

The emperor also gave Luo Yuanjiaxi the power to establish a government.

If Luo Yuan saw Cao Cao smiling, would he be envious?

Cao Cao was speechless and said, "Why would the emperor let you be the Grand Marshal?"

"I swept the Xiongnu, isn't that enough?" Luo Yuan said, "Meng De, I am now on an equal footing with you. As the Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty, commanding the entire nation's army, why don't you hand over your military power?"

"Pooh!"

Cao Cao’s face turned black!
It’s so disgusting. Liu Xie has become a bad person.

The key point is that it is reasonable for Luo Yuan to be the Grand Marshal after he swept away the Huns. The emperor said that Luo Yuan's sweeping victory over the Huns was a breeze for the Han Dynasty, just like what Wei Qing and Huo Qubing did in the past.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing became Grand Marshal and Marquis of Guanjun because of their fight against the Huns!
Luo Yuan and Cao Cao laughed and said, "This is called legitimate. That's why I told you to fight the Xiongnu, but you didn't listen. So I got the credit for nothing, didn't I?"

Cao Cao looked at Luo Yuan speechlessly, and thought, you are my son-in-law after all, so what if you are the Grand Marshal? I will marry Cao Jie in the future. Luo Yuan still knelt down in front of him.

Cao Cao was immediately happy: "It doesn't matter, I don't care, anyway, you are my son-in-law."

Pooh!
You are shameless.

Cao Zhi, Yang Xiu and others were all deceived. What happened?

Wasn't it to let Cao Ji enter the palace? How did it become a reward for Luo Yuan?

Yang Xiu held Li Zhong back and asked, "Do you have any other orders?"

Li Zhong shook his head: "No more!"

Cao Cao and Luo Yuan looked over after hearing the noise, and immediately understood everything. Cao Cao suddenly laughed and said, "Yang Dezu must have been plotting against you, but unfortunately he lost again."

Luo Yuan called Li Zhong, and Li Zhong immediately left Yang Xiu and ran over. "I don't know you well, but we are Luo Yuan's friends!"
"What do you want, Grand Marshal?"

Cao Zhi, Yang Xiu and others suddenly became nervous. Luo Yuan glanced at those people and saw that they were obviously guilty.

Luo Yuan thought about it, and then went with Cao Cao to question Li Zhong alone.

Li Zhong then said, "Someone from Xuchang wrote to the emperor a letter not long ago, asking the prime minister's eldest daughter to enter the palace as a noble lady, but the emperor refused!"

Luo Yuan looked at Cao Cao and asked Li Zhong to leave. He said to Cao Cao, "Look, your men actually came up with such a disgusting method to let your daughter go to Xuchang. They really don't care about your face at all!"

Cao Cao was very angry. It didn't matter that Yang Xiu and others plotted against Luo Yuan. Cao Cao was also happy to see Luo Yuan and his men fighting each other. As long as no one died, he could tolerate it!
But now he has set his sights on his own daughter.

This is simply outrageous.

If he can plot against Cao Ji now, he can plot against himself in the future!

(End of this chapter)