Chapter 21: Guo Jia's Marriage Destiny

  Lü Bu and Cao Cao fought for a long time without gaining the upper hand. Later, Yuan Shao wanted to support Cao Cao in eliminating Lü Bu! Lü Bu had no choice but to follow the advice of his military advisor, Cheng Yu, and surrendered to Taosheng, the governor of Xuzhou! He stationed his troops in Xiapi, preparing to defend against Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou.

  It is indeed the case that two flowers blooming on one branch each represent a different thing!

  In the Silver Peace Hall of Hanxing King Liu Bei in Yi State! During this period, he has been busy preparing for the birth of Li Yu's child! Liu Bei even set up a special department to take care of Wang Xue's pregnancy 24 hours a day without interruption!

  Liu Bei's mother, Empress Wang, also personally set up camp in Li Yu's commander-in-chief mansion and stayed there! Every day, Wang Xue, Liu Bei's mother, Empress Wang, and Liu Bei's wife, Queen Wang, would chat together, play cards, and rub mahjong tiles. These were all brought by Li Yu after he arrived in the Three Kingdoms period, introducing modern mahjong and chess to this chaotic world! He even claimed that they were his own inventions! Today, the three of them were playing "Fight the Landlord". Liu Bei's mother, Empress Wang, accidentally played four twos with two jacks, causing Queen Wang and Wang Xue to burst out laughing. The three of them lived a happy life together every day! Just as they were having fun, Cai Wenji arrived! Cai Wenji was no ordinary person, her beauty was like a flower bud waiting to bloom! She was over 1.6 meters tall, with a slender and plump figure! It could be said that if she had one more piece of flesh, it would be too much, but if she had one less, it would be too little! Looking at her face, Cai Wenji's eyebrows were like willow leaves, and her mouth was like cherry blossoms. Whoever saw her couldn't help but stare!

  Cai Wenji came forward and paid her respects to Queen Wang and Empress Mi, then she wanted to pay her respects to Wang Xue, but was helped up by Wang Xue. Then they sat down as sisters! Just kidding! After all, Wang Xue is now the wife of the commander-in-chief of Yi State, and Li Yu has military power in his hands. Now Li Yu's position in Yi State is absolutely above everyone else! In the hearts of the people of Yi State, he has a high status, and is called the "War God" by the officials, merchants, and soldiers of Yi State. He is the soul of the Yi State army! Han Xing King Liu Bei regards Li Yu as his own pillar, supporting the sky with white jade and spanning the sea with purple gold. Moreover, Li Yu has now become famous throughout the land for stealing some Song lyrics and Tang poems. In the eyes of scholars and writers, he is a great figure at the level of a god! Li Yu is infatuated with Wang Xue alone, and has not yet taken a second wife or concubine. Several times, Han Xing King Liu Bei wanted to reward Li Yu with beautiful women, but was politely declined by Li Yu, who is also regarded as a male god by women all over the world!

  At this time, Li Yu also came out of the front hall Buddha tower to recite scriptures, and saw four people in the flower hall laughing and chatting! How delightful it is to chat! Strolling over!

  Cai Wenji saw Li Yu walking over and quickly stood up, curtsying to say: "I am Cai Yan, greeting General Li!" Li Yu hastily stepped forward a few steps, helping Cai Yan up and saying: "Wenji, no need for such formality! This isn't the battlefield! Just treat it like visiting a friend's home." Wang Xue chuckled on the side and said: "Sister Wenji, you're always coming over just to please this lecher! No need to be so polite!" Empress Zhen laughed and said: "Sister, what are you talking about? If your husband is a lecher, then what does that make my king? When my brother saw Sister Wenji, he was stunned for half the day! I, the empress, am also filled with jealousy!" Queen Dowager Wang spoke up from the side and said: "You two little girls, what's going on here? Are you trying to scold my two sons in front of me? Besides, the one who's really infatuated is that young man Guo Jia. He goes to the Cai residence several times a day and now he's even taken Cai Yong as his teacher!" Empress Zhen also said: "To be honest, since Sister Wenji arrived, I've noticed that our Minister of the Left, Guo Jia, seems to have stopped going to those brothels." Wang Xue pouted and smiled, saying: "Too late, Sister Wenji won't marry him anyway! I think Brother Zilong is quite good!" The group laughed together, originally gathered to choose a husband for Cai Wenji. But Li Yu's face turned bright red from Wang Xue's words. Li Yu thought to himself, I really didn't think about it that way! It's just my habit of being approachable and humble. Is this also considered wrong? Now Li Yu was in an awkward position, unable to move forward or backward.

  Cai Wenji saw Li Yu's awkward situation, and also felt embarrassed by the three people's words. She couldn't help but smile and recite an ancient poem: "I want to be friends with you, forever without decline. The mountains will not collapse, the rivers will not dry up, winter thunder will rumble, summer rain will snow, heaven and earth will unite, only then can I dare to part with you!" At this moment, Cai Wenji was like a fairy from the ninth heaven, her cherry lips slightly pursed as if a dragonfly touching water, the beautiful sound lingering in the air for three days without fading.

  Just then, speak of Cao Cao and he arrives! Guess who's here! Guo Jia has arrived! In fact, Guo Jia had been following Cai Wenji to Li Yu's commandery for a long time, but Cai Wenji didn't let him in! He had already heard the conversation between several people! He was afraid that if he didn't come out now, Wang Xue would introduce Cai Wenji to Zhao Yun as his wife. Guo Jia thought to himself: since ancient times, there has never been a case where someone gave away their wife! So he immediately came out! As soon as he came out, Guo Jia also made a pose for himself, fanning himself with a paper fan while reciting the "White-Haired Lament" of Cao Zhi: "Like snow on a mountain, bright as the moon in the clouds. I heard you have two hearts, so I came to make a decision. Today we gather to drink wine, tomorrow at the river's head. Winding along the imperial canal, the water flows east and west. Sorrowful, sorrowful, sorrowful, no need to cry when marrying off. Wish to get a like-minded person, white-haired but not separated. The bamboo pole is so slender, the fish tail is so delicate."

  Wang Xue saw Guo Jia coming and didn't give him any face, saying to Guo Jia: "You pervert, did you follow us here because of Wenji? Too late! Wenji is going to marry my son, General Zi Long!"

  Cai Wenji almost fell over! She thought to herself, "Sister, what's going on here?!"

  The queen mother was startled by Wang Xue's words and thought to herself: "Even Zhao Yun has never seen Cai Wenji, how can you take charge of this?"

  The Empress Dowager on the side is also covering her mouth and laughing!

  Kuo Chia was choked by these words, a pair of big eyes staring at Li Yu like a doll! Thinking to himself: Big brother, come and help me out!

  Li Yu also understood Guo Jia's meaning, but Li Yu immediately gave Guo Jia a look that meant to say: Brother, you don't know who the boss is at my house! I dare not! I'm afraid of kneeling on the washing board at night! You pray for good fortune yourself!

  Guo Jia and others were so clever that they immediately understood Li Yu's meaning and shifted their gaze to Empress Ma!

  The Empress Mu looked at Guo Jia's tearful eyes and understood his meaning. She said, "Xue'er sister, it's their lifelong matter, I think we shouldn't rush them."

  Wang Xue stood beside him, propping up her chin and pouting: "No way! Little Guozi is too much! No way! Can't harm Wenji sister!"

  The Empress Mei gave a glance to Guo Jia, implying that she was telling him: "You deserved it! Who can you blame? You were not careful in the past! Everyone knows about your lifestyle problem! Regret now! It's too late, there is no place for regret!"

  Guo Jia finished reading and immediately looked at Queen Wang again, this time with tears streaming down his face! Meaning: "Old lady! Please help me out! This is the biggest thing in my life! I've risked my life for your son!"

  The Empress Dowager is an experienced person, what doesn't she understand?! One look and it's clear! The Empress Dowager spoke up: "Xue Er, you tell me, how could you agree to not interfere with this matter? Come and tell your mother, let mother take a look, we won't interfere with this matter anymore!"

  Wang Xueyi listened to Empress Wang's words, and could only pout her mouth and continue saying "That's okay, but Little Guozi is not generous, never bought me and my son good food! Not acceptable, I don't agree! If it's about buying things? Maybe I can consider it then! I've long had my eyes on two golden hairpins, five golden rings, seven pieces of Shu brocade... etc."

  Guo Jia had been listening on the side, waiting for Wang Xue to finish speaking! Guo Jia was a formidable person! She remembered everything! In her heart, she thought, "You're ruthless, just wait and see, I'll make sure your husband takes a concubine in the future!" However, Guo Jia didn't dare say it out loud. After Wang Xue finished speaking, Guo Jia quickly ran over to find Li Yu, then whispered a few words into his ear! Li Yu had no choice but to hand over a token to Guo Jia! Guo Jia took the token and swiftly ran out!

  Empress Wang and Empress Dowager He were both stunned by Guo Jia, while Cai Wenji was left with a face full of shame after being spoken to by several people.

  Guo Jia took Li Yu's token and suddenly transferred several hundred of Li Yu's personal soldiers away from the headquarters!

  In front of the governor's mansion, Guo Jia arranged for someone to go to his house and fetch money, saying "Take as much as you can! Hurry up!" The person didn't dare to delay and ran off quickly. Guo Jia continued to arrange: "You! Go to the gold shop! Tell the owner that I want all the gold and silver jewelry that has been touched by my wife, whether it's a hairpin or a bracelet or a necklace or ring. If there's not enough money, tell him I'll send someone to pay later!" The person listened and ran off again. Guo Jia arranged for several people: "You! Yes, you! Take some men to the silk shop! Buy everything that my wife has touched, just like before!" Guo Jia knew that he had been thoroughly tricked by Wang Xue today. He didn't have much money saved up and continued to arrange: "You, go find Right Chancellor Chen Gong and borrow some money from him! Just say it's me borrowing!" The soldier said: "But what if Chancellor Chen wants a loan agreement?" Guo Jia scolded: "What loan agreement? Are you stupid? I'm not going to sign anything! Just tell him to come find me later! First, get the money here! If he dares to say no, just mention the matter of Xiaoyun in Cuicui Pavilion and ask if he wants his wife to know!" Guo Jia directed over a hundred people to run around frantically. One person went to the residence of Tingwei Fu, where Fu refused to lend money, but was threatened with the revelation of some secret about a certain woman in Cuicui Pavilion that would be told to his wife if he didn't comply. Another person went to Zhang Fei's house. In the end, Guo Jia even resorted to threatening Liu Bei! He said that if Liu Bei didn't give him money, he would reveal the secret passage between Hanxing Palace and Cuicui Pavilion to Empress Mu. When Liu Bei received Guo Jia's message, he was furious and thought to himself: "Next time I go to Cuicui Pavilion, I must not let Guo Jia know!" This little scoundrel really deserved a beating! But there was nothing to be done except to give him the money. Even General Yan Yan was deceived by Guo Jia! Guo Jia told Yan Yan that if he lent him money, next time they went into battle, he would persuade the Grand Marshal to let Yan Yan lead the vanguard. All the officials in Chengdu City who were at home were borrowed from by Guo Jia! In the end, he even deceived his future father-in-law, Old Taishan - Cai Yong! He said that Cai's daughter was going to marry him and that he had already agreed to it. "You're my old Taishan now," he said. "Can you give me some dowry?" and so on. Guo Jia was using all his cunning and intelligence to swindle people out of their money! Why did they call it swindling? He didn't sign any loan agreements with anyone, and no one expected him to pay them back in the future!

  In less than two hours, Guo Jia had bought everything Wang Xue had said, and more! He spent a lot of money, but now Li Yu's mansion was bustling with activity. All the officials in Chengdu had arrived to see what Guo Jia would do next. Even Liu Bei came personally. When Liu Bei saw Guo Jia, he knew he couldn't avoid this beating. However, Liu Bei gave Guo Jia some face and let him get on the carriage. As soon as Guo Jia got on, he smiled and said: "Your Majesty can hit me however you want, but please don't hit my face! I'm here to propose today!" Before Guo Jia could finish speaking, Liu Bei kicked him onto the carriage floor and started punching him. Luckily, Guo Jia's words had been timely, and his face was spared from the beating. However, the rest of his body was thoroughly beaten by Liu Bei. Just then, Chen Gong and Fa Zheng heard the commotion inside the carriage and entered to see Liu Bei violently kicking Guo Jia. They immediately said: "Your Majesty, let us join in on the fun!" Liu Bei thought they were there to plead for mercy, but instead, they joined in on beating Guo Jia. Chen Gong and Fa Zheng called out to Zhang Song, Huang Quan, and Yan Yan, who all came over to join in. Finally, Guo Jia covered his head and said: "Ah, General, I still owe you money! Please stop hitting me! Your punches are too heavy!" Liu Bei shouted back: "Don't hit his face! Anything else is fine!" Chen Gong kicked Guo Jia's butt and said: "You're finished!" Fa Zheng joined in, punching Guo Jia mercilessly. Zhang Song, Huang Quan, and Yan Yan all took turns beating Guo Jia. Guo Jia cried out: "Ah, you're all ganging up on me! Chen Gong, you're kicking my butt! Fa Zheng, you're not loyal at all! You're the one who got the least amount of money, but you're hitting me the hardest! Zhang Song, you little brat, I'll make sure to tell Cui that you're a coward and won't cover for you again! Huang Quan, can't you take off your shoes before kicking me? You're a scholar, how can you be so unrefined?" The group heard Guo Jia's insults and got even angrier, beating him even more mercilessly.

  Liu Bei's carriage was swaying rapidly from side to side, and the soldiers outside listening to Guo Jia's miserable cries did not dare to watch the excitement, but they all came over to listen to the miserable cries inside the carriage!

  At this time, Cai Yong accompanied by two senior officials Lu Zhi and Zhu Xie came to the commander's headquarters to see what was going on with his daughter's marriage. Just at this moment, something unfortunate happened!

  What's wrong! Nothing! Liu Bei's carriage is broken! Because Liu Bei and his men fought too fiercely! The carriage finally couldn't withstand their anger! It split apart! And Guo Jia was kicked out! After Guo Jia was kicked out, Liu Bei, Chen Gong, Fa Zheng, Yan Yan, Zhang Song, and Huang Quan were still chasing after him!

  Three old ministers, you look at me, I look at you! At a loss what to do!

  But when Guo Jia saw Lu Zhi and Zhu Xie, he hadn't said anything yet! When he saw the person in the middle was his future father-in-law, he immediately shouted: "You bastards stop fighting! Give me some face! My father-in-law is here!" To find out how Guo Jia's marriage turned out, please see below!