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Chapter 28 Liu Bei's Ambition

After determining the seniority, Liu Xie exchanged a few more words with Liu Bei, and then began to ask him about the real purpose of his visit.

"Uncle, why did you come here suddenly? Did you see the manifesto to fight against the rebels and come here to help me and the general to fight against the rebels?"

Liu Xie asked, he was very curious about Liu Bei's purpose of coming.

Yuan Shao was quite satisfied with the question asked by Liu Xie.

Good question!

It would be best if we could keep all three of them...oh no, two of them!
Liu Bei doesn't want it, he only wants Guan Yu and Zhang Fei!
"Your Majesty, I did come here to see you because I knew your whereabouts, but I also came to borrow troops from the general."

Liu Bei did not hide anything and answered truthfully about his purpose.

"The Pei County under my jurisdiction was attacked by Lu Bu and has now fallen. The people have been taken captive and are in dire straits."

"I heard that His Majesty has ordered the general to take charge of all the troops in the country to fight against the rebels, so I came to borrow troops to repel Lu Bu and take back the lost territory!"

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he bowed deeply.

He spoke very cleverly. He first said that the main purpose of his visit was to pay a visit to the emperor, and only secondly to borrow troops.

Moreover, the purpose of borrowing troops was to respond to the emperor's call to fight against the rebels, to repel Lu Bu, to regain the lost territory and to rescue the people.

With just a few words, he was able to gain a firm moral footing.

There is absolutely nothing to find fault with it.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao frowned deeply, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

This Liu Bei is so shameless.

"It turns out that Pei County was captured by Lu Bu, so they came to borrow troops. It seems that this happened in history."

Liu Xie's memory was quickly evoked.

It is true in history that Liu Bei's Pei County was seized by Lu Bu. Then Liu Bei went to Cao Cao for help, because Cao Cao was the emperor at that time and appointed him as the general to fight against the rebel.

However, now that he appeared, Yuan Shao became the general, and Liu Bei, who was originally going to join Cao Cao, now joined Yuan Shao.

Everything has changed.

But these are secondary. Now we should think about how to answer Liu Bei. It is not up to him to decide whether to lend troops or not. It still depends on Boss Yuan's mood.

Before Liu Xie could open his mouth, Ju Su spoke first.

"Since we are going to defeat the rebels, why doesn't Envoy Liu stay and serve Your Majesty? With Envoy Liu's help, defeating the rebels and restoring the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner."

"What's the point of talking about the gains and losses of Pei County?"

Ju Su said with a smile.

Since Liu Bei was speaking of such a righteous cause as suppressing the rebels, he refuted it in the same way.

Fight against the rebels? Sure, you can just stay and help. Isn't the huge Jizhou not as good as the small Pei County?

"You—"

Zhang Fei was very angry when he heard this and was about to explode and curse, but Guan Yu beside him held his shoulders tightly, his face as gloomy as water, and shook his head.

"Third brother, this is in front of the emperor, don't be disrespectful!"

Guan Yu said in a low voice.

He knew the importance of things. It would be fine if he was rude in front of Yuan Shao, but if he was rude in front of the emperor, it would give others an advantage and bring trouble to his elder brother.

"Humph!"

Zhang Fei gritted his teeth, shook off Guan Yu's hand, and sulked in private.

Of course, he was not angry with Guan Yu, but he felt it was really annoying that Ju Shou dared to ask them to stay.

Although he was rough, he was not stupid. He stayed in Jizhou, saying that he was serving the emperor, but in fact he was working under Yuan Shao!

And who the hell is Yuan Shao, that he is worthy of the three brothers working for him?
Our eldest brother is the real hero!
Liu Bei had a calm expression, showing no emotion. He smiled and said, "Of course I would love to serve Your Majesty. But the people of Pei County are still waiting for me to rescue them, and my wife and children are in Lu Bu's hands."

"After I defeat Lu Bu and recapture Pei County, I will come and serve Your Majesty." Upon hearing this, Ju Su wanted to continue to attack, but this time Yuan Shao gave him a hint, so he swallowed what he wanted to say and stepped aside.

Liu Xie noticed that the atmosphere was not quite right, so he said, "Now that Yuan Aiqing is in charge of military affairs, everything will be in accordance with Yuan Aiqing's words. If the emperor's uncle has anything to discuss, he can discuss it with him."

"I am a little tired, please leave first."

How Liu Bei and Yuan Shao fight is their business.

As a puppet emperor, he didn't want to get involved.

"I'll take my leave—"

Everyone bowed and took their leave, leaving the hall one after another.

Guo Jia also left.

But not long after, he turned back again.

"Why are you back?"

Liu Xie asked with a strange look on his face.

Guo Jia smiled and said, "They are going back to Yuan's house to discuss matters. It doesn't matter whether I go or not, so he found an excuse to leave."

"I have something else I want to ask Your Majesty."

His presence in Yuan Shao's camp is very low now, so it doesn't matter whether he is there or not, and no one pays attention to where he goes.

Liu Xie almost wanted to complain.

Asking questions again.

Are you a curious baby?
But knowing that Guo Jia had no ill intentions, Liu Xie did not mind having another person to chat with, so he asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Guo Jia said bluntly: "I noticed that Your Majesty does not seem to be very willing to get close to Envoy Liu. Although he appears to be enthusiastic, he is actually wary. Why is that?"

"After all, Envoy Liu is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and his two sworn brothers are first-rate warriors."

"Your Majesty is now controlled by Yuan Shao. If you issue a secret decree to ask them for help, perhaps it will improve the current situation?"

This is what Guo Jia doesn’t understand.

He could see that Liu Xie's excitement and happiness when he saw Liu Bei and others were all pretended and not from the heart.

"Ask them for help? The imperial edict?"

Liu Xie finally couldn't help but complain.

Because the script is so familiar.

According to real history, after Liu Bei surrendered to Cao Cao, Emperor Xian of Han did ask him for help, but he was discovered and Liu Bei fled in panic with his men.

If he did that, the result probably wouldn't be any better.

If that's the case, why make the same mistake again?
What's more, he is a fake emperor.

"The imperial edict?"

Guo Jia frowned, not understanding what it meant.

Liu Xie had no intention of explaining to him and said, "Liu Bei can't even protect himself, and now he comes to borrow troops from Yuan Shao, so he can't help me."

"Besides, human hearts are hard to predict, and Liu Bei may not be loyal to me."

The most difficult thing to understand in the world is the human heart.

Even though Liu Xie read history books thoroughly, it is still too one-sided to judge a person's character and good or bad based on the records in history books.

He didn't dare to bet that Liu Bei would really be loyal to the emperor.

If you bet right, you will get Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. If you bet wrong...

(End of this chapter)