In the palace.
As soon as Liu Xie went back to rest, the eunuch sent a message asking Dong Cheng to see him.
Shortly after moving the capital to Xudu, Dong Cheng married his daughter to Liu Xie to maintain his position beside Liu Xie. He became the head of the country like Fu Wan, and his status was different accordingly.
"Dong Qing, why are you looking for me?"
Liu Xie asked.
Dong Cheng bowed and saluted, and then said: "I want to remind your majesty that there is actually no difference between Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo. It's just that Cao Cao can be more polite to your majesty. In essence, he still wants to hold your majesty hostage and command the world. Xu Du is not a place to stay for a long time. When the time comes, the capital must be moved again.”
Liu Xie believes that Cao Cao now looks like a loyal minister and is still loyal to the Han Dynasty.
However, Cao Cao began to centralize power and wanted to change to Dong Zhuo, but Cao Cao was indeed not as rude as Dong Zhuo, making him unable to see through Cao Cao's original intention.
After pondering for a long time, Liu Xie sighed: "I am willing to give up the previous grudges and reward Ma Chao and the three of them heavily because I want to cultivate my own power and military strength. The three of them have tens of thousands of soldiers in their hands, including the Sanhe Five Schools and the Longxiang Army. Soldiers of the Han Dynasty.”
He wanted to have these tens of thousands of people in his hands.
Only with military power can we have a real sense of security.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Dong Cheng felt that Liu Xie was more mature than before and knew how to consider these things. His thoughts in the court just now were simple and without any scheming. He might have done it on purpose. He added, "But I suggest that your Majesty win over someone else."
"who?"
"That Chen Duzhi."
"Can this person be won over by me?"
Liu Xie asked puzzledly.
He thought it was unlikely that Cao Cao was a man of integrity and integrity. It was just an excuse for Cao Cao not to want to have contact with Chen Zhou. He slept in and refused to come to court. He was probably lazy and didn't want to take care of things.
Dong Cheng said: "Of course he can! When Cao Cao asked him to supervise the army, I checked his identity. He was once Zhang Miao's man. You must know that Zhang Miao was killed by Cao Cao. Although he defected to Cao Cao, he said Maybe there are other ideas.”
Regarding Chen Zhou, it is actually very easy for them to investigate.
It's not a secret.
Liu Xie felt it made sense after hearing this.
"In addition, I also found out that this person used to live in Puyang and often visited brothels. It's not that he didn't have any hobbies."
Dong Cheng whispered: "Cao Cao said just now that he would reward you with money. In fact, he didn't want your majesty to fall in love with Chen Zhou. I believe that money should be rewarded, and beauties can also be rewarded. We have brought many maids from Luoyang, so we can give them to him Send a few beautiful ones over. This person is very capable. In just a few months, he will be able to pacify Guanzhong and Liangzhou. He will be a great help to His Majesty in the future."
"It makes sense!"
Liu Xie seemed to see that the future was bright.
Finally there is hope.
Chen Zhou might be his hope.
As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, now that he has settled down, Liu Xie certainly does not want to be controlled by others everywhere.
Since Cao Cao is not as extreme as Dong Zhuo and others, he must start from now on to accumulate strength and, like Emperor Guangwu, personally pacify the world and become the leader of its revival.
"Then do as Dong Qing said."
Liu Xie nodded.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Dong Cheng agreed.
In fact, Dong Cheng was also planning how to break away from Cao Cao.
Then as the head of the country, he took over the power.
In this troubled era, there is no one who does not want soldiers and power.
——
When Chen Zhou woke up, it was already noon that day.
Just as he was about to go out for a walk, he found someone coming from the palace.
Dong Cheng asked a eunuch to bring two pretty maids and a few shabby-looking jade pendants to Chen Zhou, saying they were gifts from the emperor.
Looking at the palace maids, Chen Zhou rubbed his eyebrows.
"The emperor still wants to poach me and win over me?" Chen Zhou quickly thought of the reason.
But this method of poaching surprised him. Who had spread the word that he liked beautiful women?
"never mind."
Chen Zhou called two maids at home and took the two maids down and settled them.
The beauties that come to your door are not free of charge.
Just as he was taking the two beautiful palace maids back, Cao Ang came again.
"gentlemen."
Cao Ang walked in and said directly: "Father asked me to come and discuss your marriage with Shan'er."
We are finally getting married.
Chen Zhou has no objection to Cao Shan.
After being in contact with her for a while, I felt that Cao Shan was pretty good.
Not as brutal as in history.
Chen Zhou is also confident that he is not Xia Houmao and cannot control his wife.
"I don't understand anything. I can do whatever the lord says, no need to discuss."
Chen Zhou said: "By the way, do I want to pay a betrothal gift or something?"
Cao Ang scratched his head and said, "I don't know about this either, but my father will find someone to make arrangements. Sir, just wait until we get married."
"also!"
Chen Zhou nodded.
Although this kind of life event is very important, he doesn't want to worry about it.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
He also informed Cao Cao through Cao Ang about the reward Liu Xie had sent.
As for what Cao Cao will think and do, it’s up to him!
After watching Cao Ang leave, Chen Zhou had nothing else to do, so he simply waited at home to get married.
When Cao Cao received the response brought back by Cao Ang, he immediately found someone to make arrangements. For such a big event as getting married, he must personally arrange it for Chen Zhou.
From now on, Chen Zhou and I will be a family.
I feel excited just thinking about it.
Cao Shan also received the news that she was about to get married. She felt very shy and hid in her room and did not dare to go out.
"Sister Shan'er."
Xia Houyue came over and asked, "Am I never going to see you again?"
Cao Shan was very kind to this little sister, and said softly: "How can you not see me? We are both in Xudu. If you want to meet in the future, Yue'er can come to Chen's house at any time."
"That's great!"
Xia Hooyue said happily: "I can still meet Sister Shan'er."
Cao Shan saw this and rubbed the little girl's head.
So she waited at home, and when it was almost New Year, the day of marriage finally came.
Cao Shan was picked up by Chen Zhou under the arrangement.
When getting married, whether ancient or modern, the etiquette is diverse and complex.
Chen Zhou didn't understand ancient etiquette, so he could only follow what Cao Cao arranged. After completing a series of etiquette, he almost fell down from exhaustion.
After finally ending it all, Chen Zhou was persuaded to drink and became drunk.
Finally, when he returned to his new house, he saw that Cao Shan was already waiting for her to come back.
"Husband!"
Seeing that Chen Zhou was even unsteady when walking, Cao Shan had no choice but to go up to him, help Chen Zhou back to the couch, and ask, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I can still drink!"
Although the alcohol content of ancient wine was not very high, it is still easy to get addicted if you drink too much.
Seeing Chen Zhou like this, Cao Shan smiled slightly.
She helped Chen Zhou lie down on the couch, and then carefully undressed and undressed Chen Zhou.
But as soon as he untied his belt, Chen Zhou seemed to regain consciousness. He stood up, hugged Cao Shan, raised his head and kissed her.
"Well……"
Cao Shan was caught off guard by the sneak attack.
