Chapter 1 The Crown Prince

  Soon, Jian Yun walked in.

  "Xian He, how is the Crown Prince to deal with?" Everyone present was his own person, and Zhang Fei immediately smiled and said as soon as Jian Yong walked in.

  "An eight-year-old child, how can he withstand Xiang He's three-inch-long tongue that never rots?" Sun Gan said with a smile.

  "Heh heh, quickly tell us what happened." Liu Bei also said with a smile.

  But Jian Yong let out a sigh and shook his head.

  Everyone was too excited just now, so Liu Bei and others didn't notice that Jian Yong's face turned pale. It wasn't until Jian Yong sighed and shook his head that Liu Bei and the others took it seriously.

  Also discovered Jian Yun's weak and feeble demeanor.

  "What's going on?" The crowd collected their smiles, and Liu Bei furrowed his brow and asked.

  "Returning without merit." Jian Yong smiled wryly and deeply bowed to Liu Bei, filled with shame.

  "What?" Liu Bei exclaimed.

  "How is this possible? Didn't you send the gold away?"

  "Yeah, since the gold was sent out, it means success!"

  Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others also couldn't keep calm and said in succession.

  "That crown prince can't be reasoned with, I've entered the palace and sent gold, but was blocked at the door. I only saw Zhao Yun once." Jian Yun said with a bitter smile.

  "Take money and don't work?"

  Including Liu Bei, this word appeared in everyone's heart. It's already hateful to need money to do things, and it's even more hateful not to do things after taking the money.

  "You dare to deceive me!" Zhang Fei's face suddenly turned red with rage and he finally bellowed.

  They sold their armor that they relied on for survival, and sold their beloved war horses, just to scrape together one thousand pieces of gold, only to have it swallowed up in vain.

  And doesn't even work.

  Zhang Fei's temper was originally violent, and he couldn't bear it at this moment.

  Not to mention Zhang Fei, even Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were relatively better at controlling their emotions, couldn't help but lower their faces and reveal a cold glint in their eyes. As for Mi Zhu, his face turned pale.

  "Yide, this is not the time to shout loudly, calm down first. Rescuing Zizhong is urgent." Zhang Fei's anger was about to burst out of his crown, and Sun Qian advised him from the side.

  Zhang Fei still refused to give in, and Liu Bei coldly snorted: "Alright. What Gong Yu said is absolutely right."

  "What's a good plan?" After slightly scolding Zhang Fei, Liu Bei turned his head and asked the crowd. Their calculations were all in vain, as Liu Feng had already taken the gold and didn't intend to let Meng Zhuo off either.

  The difficulty of this is obviously more than a hundred times. Liu Bei is also anxious.

  "Now there is no other way but to seek help from Cao Cao." Sun Qian said after a moment of hesitation.

  Liu Bei's expression changed slightly, thoroughly relying on Cao Cao? This was something Liu Bei did not want to see, unless there was no other choice. Therefore, he fell silent.

  Zhang Fei's face changed color, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. He said to Liu Bei: "My lord, for my sake, you have been forced into a desperate situation. Why not temporarily abandon me, so that my lord can escape? If one day my lord can achieve something, I will be with my lord again, and we can continue our previous relationship."

  Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Bei was an ambitious man, and a far-sighted one at that. He could win people's hearts as well as keep his reputation in check. Still, an ambitious man is an ambitious man after all.

  The most important thing is one's own interests. Nowadays, for the sake of him, Liu Bei has already been humiliated. If he forces Liu Bei to mutilate himself and keeps him intact.

  Even if successful, both sides will leave a gap. It's better to leave some thin face, good combination and good separation. Looking forward to the day when Liu Bei can rise again in the east, helping him escape from Xudu.

  Zhang Fei's behavior was so knowing of advance and retreat that it made Liu Bei feel somewhat ashamed. However, at this point, he really had no way to protect Zhang Fei anymore. Everyone could see that the mad dog had already bitten onto Zhang Fei and wouldn't let go.

  Now Liu Bei is in a desperate situation, with no money and no connections. If he begs Cao Cao for help, the big deal will be off. Even if Liu Bei loves Mi Zhu dearly, he can only let her go.

  "Alas." Liu Bei let out a soft sigh, and everyone else fell silent as well.

  Just then, a guard walked in from outside. "Your Excellency, the envoy is urging outside, if Mr. Zou Yu does not go to the Crown Prince's palace to meet the Crown Prince, it will be equivalent to defying the imperial edict. Remove his noble status, demote him to a commoner."

  The guard repeated Chen Guang's words to Liu Bei without missing a single word.

  Liu Bei's expression changed. His uncle's reputation had been hard-won, and later it was even more so because Liu Xie wanted to win him over, personally issuing an edict to include his name in the family register.

  Now if he were to be removed from the imperial clan, more than a decade of planning would have been for naught. This is a huge blow. It almost crushed Liu Bei.

  "My lord, take care of yourself, I'm leaving." Zou Jiu sighed and said as he stood up.

  "Take care, everyone." Then, Zou Yu bowed again to the crowd.

  "Zi Zhong, ah." Sun Qian sighed. Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all showed extremely reluctant gazes, but also had no choice.

  Finally, Zou left. It was a very difficult departure.

  Liu Bei and others are also very heartbroken. Going to Zuo Ci, who can control the economic power, is equivalent to losing a great talent. The current Liu Bei is very lonely.

  Can't compare with Shu Zhong Wang who once possessed Jing and Yi states in history. He is now just a floating weed, drifting with the wind. Lost Mi Zhu.

  Nothing could express Liu Bei's heartache at this moment.

  "Ah."

  Finally, Liu Bei let out a loud cry towards the sky, venting his inner sorrow and indignation.

  …….

  Previously, Chen Guang asked Zou Jue to prepare his family to go together, but Zou Jue never intended to go and naturally didn't make any preparations. But this time was different.

  Meng Zong first reunited with his younger brother Meng Fang and let him take charge of the migration. Afterwards, he entered the back courtyard to see Madam Meng.

  Mi Zhu was Mi Zhu's sister. When Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu arranged for his sister to marry Liu Bei. At the time of the marriage, she brought with her tens of thousands of servants and slaves, as well as countless gold and silver treasures.

  Famous throughout Xuzhou.

  Mei's wife was already married, but she was only eighteen years old. She looked lovely and pretty, like a young girl. After Mei Zhu told his wife about the matter, his wife felt very frightened and cried.

  "Older brother."

  "Live a good life, General Zuo is no ordinary person. If one day he can soar to great heights, you will surely live a life of wealth and honor."

  Mò Zhù sighed and said.

  For this sister, Mi Zhu actually owes her. At the beginning, she was just a young girl, while Liu Bei was an old man. Marrying his sister to Liu Bei, Mi Zhu considered it from a political perspective.

  Now, his sister has married Liu Bei. However, Liu Bei still hasn't accomplished anything and instead wants to part ways with him. It can be said that it was all in vain.

  For Liu Bei, Mi Zhu no longer had any illusions. His family was being held hostage, and he couldn't leave Xuchang. Therefore, for this younger sister, Mi Zhu was even more worried.

  But still can't put your mind at ease, just let it go.

  Mo Zhi and Mo Shi exchanged a few words, entrusting each other to live well, then, disregarding Mo Shi's tear-stained face, he resolutely left.

  It's all fate in this chaotic world.