The Chu army continued to attack the Wei army, Hu Du and Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan converged after the three armies flanked the Wei army, Chu and Wei armies on the south bank of the Yellow River launched a year-long standoff, after which the Wei army withdrew, both sides suffered losses from each other, and then Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan jointly played the Chu King Ma Hong, on the grounds that it was difficult to break through the Wei State in a short time, leaving Zhang He to garrison Yuzhou, Zhuge Liang's division returned to the dynasty, Wei Yan returned to Yizhou, and Hu Du led the army back to Yongzhou.

After this battle, Wei lost nearly forty percent of its land, lost control of Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou, and suffered a great loss of foundation, losing nearly 300,000 soldiers, and running out a lot of money and food. Although the state of Chu seized the three continents, it lost nearly 250,000 soldiers and horses, especially Zhu Ran's army. After the First World War, the state of Chu controlled the eleven prefectures of Jing, Yi, Yang, Jiao, He, Liang, Yong, Qing, Xu, Yu, and Si and most of the Western Regions, while Wei only left Youzhou and Jizhou, which were firmly locked in the north by the Chu army.

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Before Ma Hong became emperor, Ma Shuang took the lead in handing over the military power, and then suddenly news came that Ma Shuang was attacked by an unknown killer on the way back to Xiangyang, Ma Shuang was hit by three swords in his body, and his left eye was blinded. The killer who attacked Ma Hong committed suicide with no way out, and scratched his face before committing suicide.

Xiangyang, the right prime minister Zhuge Mansion.

"Daughter, it's been a long time since our family got together, right?" Zhuge Liang looked at his daughter with a doting face, his daughter's body gathered the aura of him and Huang Yueying, which can be described as extremely smart.

Zhuge Guo nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Some time ago, Ma Shuang encountered an assassin on the way back to Xiangyang, what do you think?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Zhuge Guo was silent for a while and said: "I heard that the injury is not light, and the left eye was stabbed blind, I don't know if I can save my life." ”

"There is news from the palace that life is no longer in serious trouble, but I am afraid that it will be a long time to cultivate."

"What does my father think about this?"

"I'm asking you again, but you're asking me to come."

Zhuge Guo took a sip of tea and said, "Father wants to ask me if this matter has anything to do with Ma Yi, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "By the way, I also want to ask what you think of Ma Yi?" ”

Zhuge Guo lowered her head and looked at herself in the tea, her eyes were reflected in the tea, she was silent for a while and raised her head and said: "I don't think Yimayi's character should do this kind of thing, besides, the king should have offended many enemies over the years!" If there is an enemy plotting against his heirs halfway, it should be possible! ”

"There is this possibility, when the war is burning, the eyes of the hundred officials are fixed on the war, but once the war stops, the eyes of the hundred officials are transferred to Ma Yi and Ma Shuang, and now Ma Shuang has something wrong, then the first to bear the brunt is his brother Ma Yi, whether Ma Yi did it or not, but he has a motive, then the hundred officials will take this possible infinite way, they speculate and reason without permission, if someone pushes the flames, people who don't know anything will think that Ma Yi did it."

"Does my father think Ma Yi did this?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I don't know much about that kid, don't you have a close relationship with him, daughter?" ”

Zhuge Guo's face turned red, Zhuge Liang was afraid that Zhuge Liang had already understood the matter between him and Ma Yi.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "Daughter! At this juncture, the children's private relationship is very light, the door of the emperor's house is not so easy to enter, and the father does not want you to enter, because the threshold is very high, you will trip if you are not careful, even if you are smart, it is inevitable that there will be negligence. ”

Huang Yueying, who was on the side, nodded and said: "That's true, although your father and I are not opposed to you choosing your husband freely, but choosing the prince is not a good thing. ”

"Mother, do you think that Ma Yi did this?"

"As Ma Hong's successor, the first thing Ma Yi has to learn is the emperor's mental art! If he doesn't have scheming, there are so many ladies in Xiangyang City, how could he fall in love with his daughter you, is it because your daughter is smart and handsome? I don't think it's just that, you have to remember that you are the daughter of the prime minister, and if you marry him, it means that your father will also step on his ship. ”

"My daughter understands that Ma Yi definitely doesn't just look at her daughter's talent and appearance." Zhuge Guo replied calmly.

"When Senior Brother Ma named his son, he wanted to seek Yizhou, and I am afraid that he came to the same word! After all, this is his eldest son, his heir, interests, Senior Brother Ma's style of acting for so many years is to swing his sword wherever there is interest. People live in this world, how much temptation does the word profit have on people? No one can tell. Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly.

"Ma Hong is a person who pays attention to interests, which women he picks women, you see, first of all, the daughter of the famous family in Xiangyang, what kind of person is Kuaiyue, and the people of Xiangyang called Kuaiyue Kuaibancheng." Huang Yueying, who was on the side, said this and glanced at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly and didn't speak, he understood that Ma Hong was a person who paid attention to appearance and status, his woman must have excellent appearance and status, with Huang Yueying's family background and status, although the Huang family is not as good as the Kuai family, but it is not much worse, if Huang Yueying's face is not disfigured, plus Huang Yueying has some meaning to Ma Hong, maybe......

"Let's move on to who is Ma Hong's second woman? Ma Yunlu, one of Ma Hong's favorite women today, Ma Teng's daughter, Ma Chao's sister, Ma Hong married Ma Yunlu, connected Ma Chao to destroy Zhang Lu, and finally seized Xiliang, able to control Xiliang, not Xiliang Ma's family, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie's status in Xiliang. Who is the third woman? Yuan Shang's sister, Yuan Shao's daughter, the current queen, besieged Cao Cao by marrying Yuan Xian and Yuan Shang. Who is the fourth woman? Sun Shangxiang is also the worst one, first connected with Dongwu to destroy your father's old master, and you know what happened after that. ”

Zhuge Liang coughed and motioned to Huang Yueying not to say any more, but continued: "Daughter! Your mother has said so much, just to tell you one thing, that is, being a woman of the imperial family is not so easy to do, it is very dangerous, and you are not suitable! ”

"Can a father tell his daughter why she is not suitable?"

"Because you're smart."

"Clever?"

"Yes, not all men like smart women, except your father, of course. Let's put it this way! Of the four famous women of your uncle Ma Hong, the wisest of the four famous women of the present king, my brother, is Madame Sun, and the most miserable. Maybe the senior brother likes him, but the king's liking is different from the king's choice, and a powerful king will not give up the interests he has for the sake of liking. So, as the son of his senior brother, how much does Ma Yi look like a king? ”