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Liu Qi came to ask his father for peace today, but he was blocked out of the palace by the sergeant guarding the palace, and he was not allowed to enter the palace, which made him quite angry.

"What's going on?" Cai Mao was just about to enter the palace, and happened to witness this scene at the palace gate, Liu Qi saw Cai Mao coming over and immediately stepped forward.

"General Cai, my son wants to enter the palace to ask my father for peace, but these soldiers guarding the palace said that my father had an order and did not let me enter the palace.

Liu Qi's words made Cai Mao's brows furrow, it was his sister's idea not to let Liu Qi enter the palace, in order not to let Liu Qi and Liu Biao have any contact, hearing Liu Qi's words, he said: "Eldest son, now that the King of Chu is seriously ill, you, as the eldest son of the King of Chu, have ignored the orders of the King of Chu and yelled here, so is this the way to be a son of man?" ”

"This..."Liu Qi was so speechless by Cai Mao's words that he said hesitantly: "But, it's ......"

"Nothing!" Cai Mao interrupted him mercilessly, and said in a reprimanding tone: "As the eldest son of the King of Chu, you should set an example and do your part, since the King of Chu does not let you enter the palace, then you should study hard in your own mansion, instead of spending all day drinking with your friends, and at the moment you are messing around at the palace gate, if your father knows, you must be punished for grounding." ”

"I..." was intimidated by Cai Mao, Liu Qi was a little flustered, and finally replied as if resigned to his fate: "Thank you General Cai, this son will go back." ”

Seeing Liu Qi's departing back, Cai Mao snorted disdainfully, and then led people into the palace. The guards of the palace of Chu were all arranged by him Cai Mao, and the general guarding the palace was his younger brother Cai Zhong Cai He, who was originally a close confidant of Liu Biao. After Liu Biao fell ill, Cai Mao found an opportunity to demote him and replaced him with his cronies, which led to the scene where Liu Qi was not allowed to enter the palace.

After entering the palace, Cai Mao found his sister, who was also Liu Biao's queen Cai, and asked, "Sister, how is the situation of the King of Chu these days?" ”

"I woke up for a while yesterday, and when I woke up, I said I wanted to see Liu Qi, but I blocked it." When Cai Shi talked about this, he was a little scared and asked: "Brother, I see that Liu Biao is dying, and now the position of the son of the world is hanging, if this old thing passes the position to Liu Qi before he dies, then what should we do?" ”

"Sister can rest assured, this palace guard has been replaced by my cronies, without my permission, a fly can't fly out, my sister only needs to stabilize Liu Biao, once Liu Biao returns to the west, then we only need to write a letter of succession and stamp Liu Biao's big seal, who can doubt it?"

The reason why Cai Mao is so confident is because almost the entire Xiangyang military power is in his hands, Liu Biao has a nephew Liu Pan, who holds a large army, but Liu Pan was put in Changsha by Liu Biao, and the whip is beyond his reach, as for the Jing brothers, although Liu Biao trusts the two, the Jing brothers do not have a deep foundation in the army, and they do not have too much military power, and the Jing family is also a big family, they should consider the future of the family.

"With my brother's words, my sister will be at ease." Speaking of this, Cai suddenly asked: "Brother, it is rumored that King Yan went south to Jingzhou with 400,000 troops with the power of a great victory, and now he has confronted Cao Cao in Nanyang, is this matter serious?" ”

"It's true!" Cai Mao did not hide his sister, and said: "King Yan now occupies Luoyang, and has Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Bingzhou and Sili Eight Prefectures, with great power, there is already a statue of a human lord, we have the army of Yangzhou Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in the east of Jingzhou, and the king of Yan in the north, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist in the end." ”

"How's that to be? Even if Cong'er inherited the title of King of Chu, I am afraid that he will not be able to resist King Yan going south, and he will have to get rid of his brother. "After all, the Cai family is a woman, although she has frequent means in the harem, but when it comes to the general trend of the world, she has enough spare energy.

Cai Mao already had a draft in her heart, and said: "Sister don't worry, you don't know, King Yan's East Palace Princess Cai Yan is the daughter of the Cai family, our Cai family is also the same clan as the Cai family in the final analysis, although it is a little far apart, but it can also climb the relationship, it really comes to the moment of life and death in Xiangyang, I have already thought clearly, for the future of the Cai family, we can only take refuge in King Yan, with the credit of Xiangyang, I believe that our Cai family will be able to occupy a place under King Yan." ”

"Is this the only way?" Cai's is a little unwilling, after surrendering, Cai Mao may be able to be reused, but Liu Cong will be tragic, and he will definitely become a canary at that time, and her niece Xiao Cai's will definitely follow Liu Cong in the end.

Cai Mao took a deep look at the Cai family, did not speak again, and took the initiative to join Su Chen, at least to ensure the status of the Cai family, as for Liu Cong, who gave him the surname Liu.

Liu Qi had no way to enter the palace, so naturally he couldn't see Liu Biao, and he couldn't do it in the face of his friend Cao Ang's entrustment, so he was a little embarrassed when he saw Cao Ang here.

"Ziyu, I can't enter the palace to see my father, I can't do anything about the food and grass of your army, forgive me!"

"It's not Childe's fault, anyway, thank you Childe." Cao Ang sighed, and then asked, "Childe, how is the health of King Chu now?" ”

The last time Liu Qi saw Liu Biao was a few days ago, when Liu Biao woke up for a short while, and held his hand and said a lot of things, but today he was blocked out of the palace gate, which made him think of some bad results.

"So that Ziyu learned that a few days ago I went into the palace to meet my father, and my father's condition was good and bad, I once asked the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor did not say why, and I was also worried about my father's health."

"Childe doesn't have to be sad, this is not something you can do, it's just, Childe, with all due respect, if it is the king of Chu... Is that boy ready? ”

"Ready? What preparation? Liu Qi didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, but he quickly reacted and said with a wry smile: "Ziyu doesn't know, this Xiangyang is the power of the Cai family, and the queen's niece is married to the second brother, so the entire Cai family is more optimistic about the second brother, as for me, the eldest son, I have become the object of avoidance by others." ”

Liu Qi's situation, Cao Ang is not unclear, the reason why he asked, of course, is the following: "Childe, the more this is the case, the more Childe must plan earlier, I wonder if Childe has heard of the heavy things in the past?" ”

"Naturally, I did." Liu Qi is also a well-educated person, and he opened his mouth and said: "In the past, Shen Sheng died inside, and his heavy ears were safe outside, what does Zi Yu want to say?" ”

Cao Ang saw that everything was said about this, so he simply gave him some understanding, and said: "Since the prince understands the truth that Shen Sheng died inside and the ears are at peace outside, then he should judge the current situation, now the king of Chu is seriously ill and cannot leave the palace, and the prince is restricted from entering the palace, in the long run, even if the prince is filial, but the king of Chu may not be able to know, in this case, why not take advantage of the current advantages and strive to release a real power?" ”

"What does Ziyu mean to let me leave Xiangyang as an official?"

"Yes, Childe, now it is a troubled time, in the troubled times, everything else is false, only military power is the most important, Childe might as well find an opportunity to enter the palace to meet the King of Chu, and strive to be able to go out to guard a place, so that at least Childe will have some protection in the future." Cao Ang's words can be described as heartfelt.

"Moreover, since Childe has noticed Cai's scheme, Childe will stay in Xiangyang, but he will have to worry about his life, and the matter of release should be sooner rather than later, Childe should remember!"

"Thank you Zixuan, Zixuan's words solved my dilemma, but I have no way to help Zixuan." Speaking of this, Liu Qi suddenly thought of something and said: "Zixuan, if Cai Mao doesn't give you food and grass for the army, you might as well go to the Pang family, the Pang family is rich, what kind of Pang Tong friends do your second brother have, maybe the Pang family will give some support." ”

Liu Qi also pointed out a way to Cao Ang with the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, as for whether it would work, he didn't know, but Cao Ang was still very grateful to him, the situation in Nanyang was very critical, Wancheng could be broken at any time, Cao Ang did not dare to slack off, said goodbye to Cao Ang, and continued to run for Cao Jun's grain and grass.

After Cao Ang left, Liu Qi pondered his words carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, but Jingzhou was so big, where should he go?

After thinking about it, he decided to go to Jiangxia, Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu was demoted and idle at home because of the defeat, and later Zhang Yun was also transferred back to Xiangyang by Cai Mao, the original intention was to guard Nanyang, but Liu Biao did not agree, and now Jiangxia Taishou is vacant, and he is just seeking to seize this position.

It's just that what worries Liu Qi is that it is difficult for him to enter the palace to see Liu Biao now, and if he wants to be released, he must obtain Liu Biao's consent, but fortunately, it didn't take long for Liu Biao to wake up one day and strongly ask to see Liu Qi, Cai's had no choice but to order someone to call Liu Qi into the palace.

Liu Qi proposed to serve as Jiangxia Taishou, Liu Biao originally owed him something, and did not hesitate, and immediately ordered someone to write an edict to let Liu Qi serve as Jiangxia Taishou.

Cai originally wanted to stop it, but Cai Mao told him that after Liu Qi left Xiangyang, it would also be good for them, at least he lost the opportunity to contact Liu Biao, and in the long run, his weight in Liu Biao's heart became lighter and lighter, and it was natural for Liu Cong to become the prince of Chu.

Cao Ang ran around in Xiangyang for several days, the grain and grass were unsuccessful, he could only return to Wancheng to fight with Cao Cao, when Cao Cao learned that Xiangyang had been controlled by Cai Mao, not to send a grain to Wancheng, he already felt that his defeat was decided.

He asked Cao Ang to leave Wancheng overnight, but Cao Ang resolutely refused to leave, Cao Cao was helpless, and now the Cao family has only these two bones and blood, Cao Ang is willing to accompany him here, he can only write to inform Cao Pi that he must save his life.

In this half a month, Cao Cao's food has been exhausted, and at the same time, Sima Yi also sent good news to Su Chen, and now it is only a matter of time to break through Wancheng.