The Three Great Han Dynasties: Awaken Liu Bei with a scolding; you weave mats and sell sandals.

Chapter 181 Reply to the Zhen Family

"Xuande, stay here for the next few days until the wedding date is near, then return to the manor."

Liu Hong looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded silently, then looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside him.

As the saying goes, "If we become rich and powerful, we should not forget each other."

Now we've encountered this difficulty.

How could he not miss his two brothers? He was naturally very willing to stay with them.

Guan Yu didn't care. As long as he had the Spring and Autumn Annals in his hand, the rest were irrelevant to him.

As for Zhang Fei, he had endured countless hardships when he was a clerk in the agricultural corps, so now he was simply staying in the military camp for a few more days, which was not a difficult task for him.

The two immediately clasped their hands in greeting, full of confidence.

"Please rest assured, Father, the Imperial Guards of the Great Han Dynasty will surely resemble my Liu Family Army within half a month. It is absolutely impossible for anyone else to destroy them."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei spoke in deep, muffled voices, and their demeanor was far more heroic than that of Liu Bei, his own son.

Liu Hong gave Liu Bei a faint glare, then looked at his two adopted sons and smiled at them. He also spoke about their marriages: "After your elder brother gets married, you will choose an auspicious day. On your wedding day, your adoptive father will naturally be there."

"The woman I have betrothed to you comes from a respectable clan in this imperial city of Luoyang. The women they have chosen are beautiful, dignified, and virtuous in every way."

"Remember, when you bring him home, you must treat him with the utmost respect and harmony. Your godfather is the guarantor for this, do you understand?"

"It's fine if you all embarrass yourselves, but don't embarrass your godfather."

"good!"

Liu Hong added an impatient remark.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei chuckled and listened in.

Under heaven, besides the emperor, there were also Liu Bei's father and his adoptive father, Liu Hong.

They weren't afraid of any of them, but the people in front of them could easily control them.

"Also, keep an eye on your eldest brother."

"If anything happens to him, I won't look for anyone else, I'll look for the two of you. As the saying goes, two fists can't beat four hands. If the two of you can't even control him, then you won't be able to stay in this imperial city of Luoyang."

"Just stay at the Liu family estate outside."

Liu Hong spoke up.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't feel wronged at all. Looking at their elder brother, they were very capable in this matter and would certainly not disappoint their father.

The two reiterated their positions.

Liu Bei was unwilling now, but it was obvious.

He had no say in front of Liu Hong, so he could only laugh and cry at the same time: "Second brother, third brother, you wouldn't really do that, would you?"

"Father was just joking with you. In fact, we are a real family, and we are brothers who love and respect each other."

"Please, elder brother, don't put me and Yide in a difficult position."

Before Zhang Fei could even speak, Guan Yu raised his arm and shouted, shutting down all of Liu Bei's other words, "Our marriage is approaching, and my brother's marriage is also approaching. We must not make a fool of ourselves at this crucial time, otherwise the reputation of the Liu family of Youzhou will be damaged."

Surely, even someone as wise and capable as my elder brother wouldn't want to see this happen, right?

Guan Yu spoke in the name of the entire clan, leaving Liu Bei utterly speechless. He could only nod silently in agreement, as if he had simply resigned himself to his fate.

Zhang Fei was easy to deal with. Although the other party was meticulous, he rarely used his brain.

But Guan Yu was different. He had read the Spring and Autumn Annals so thoroughly that its meaning became clear to him after reading it a hundred times. His various strengths made him an opponent that most people would never be able to match.

Liu Bei has suffered a lot during this period, and his heart still aches to this day. Moreover, it is clear that he will suffer for a long time to come.

He still had to suffer greatly, which was really bad luck.

"Ugh."

Liu Bei sighed silently.

At this time, the Zhen family in Ji Province, one of the several provinces of the Han Dynasty, had already received a reply.

Looking at the contents of the envelope, Mr. Zhen gave a bitter smile, his face showing helplessness. He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. In the end, it was still an undecided matter.

Seeing his worried expression, Zhen's mother couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Or is it that the General looks down on our Zhen family of Jizhou?"

That shouldn't be the case. Even the Mi family of Xuzhou, didn't the General agree to it without hesitation?

Or is there something else wrong with it?

Mother Zhen couldn't help but ask questions again and again.

This involves the entire Zhen family and their entire clan, as well as his daughter.

Although it was a marriage alliance, she was ultimately willing to marry Liu Hong, whose reputation in the Han Dynasty was absolutely top-notch.

"As the youngest daughter of the Xu family has already said in the letter, it's not impossible now, but this general intends to marry my daughter, the Zhen family's daughter, to his child."

"After all, he already has quite a few female confidantes around him, and in the business world, there is already the Mi family of Xuzhou. We are actually a bit late."

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhen was momentarily stunned. After her husband's analysis, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

The saying goes, "One should not trouble two masters with one matter." Moreover, besides this money, the Zhen family of Jizhou probably has nothing else that could tempt this powerful general who holds sway over the court and the country once again.

Just thinking about it, everyone felt a pang of regret. If only they had acted a step earlier, how wonderful that would have been. But it was too late to regret it now.

"Then I'll marry Liu Bei."

At this moment, Zhen's mother said this somewhat reluctantly, because if she had a choice, she would of course choose Liu Hong.

A person who is already a foregone conclusion to take power.

It's not that Liu Bei was bad, but compared to Liu Hong, who now holds real power, Liu Bei's worth as a son is ultimately a little bit less.

From their perspective, it's really just human nature.

"Let's try again. This time, when our Zhen family from Jizhou goes to Luoyang, especially when our whole family meets in person, we can see some of our sincerity."

Furthermore, given how beautiful my Zhen family's Weaver Girl is, what if things were to turn out that way?

I imagine the General will still give us a chance to meet him.

At this moment, what Zhen's father said was particularly reasonable.

Recalling her daughter's stunning beauty, Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but feel a surge of desire. She nodded in agreement, "Let's give it a try. I hope nothing goes wrong."