In order to take care of Ma Yun's feelings, Liu Xin was simple when she married Bian Yu and Cai Yan, but this wedding was done by Ma Yun herself, and Cai Jue has lived in the state pastoral mansion for so many years, and has a good relationship with Bian Yu, Cai Yan, and Zhu Qian, and she is not too unhappy about today's situation.

However, there is a person in the state pastor's mansion who is very unhappy, she didn't even go to watch the wedding, this person is Minchan, there are many people in the state pastor's mansion, no one pays attention to whether Minchan is there or not, not to mention that in the eyes of those maids, the beautiful Dianchan is the biggest threat to them, she had better stay in her room every day and not show up, then she can't ask for it, and she will not care if she comes,

Minchan sat alone in front of the dresser, looking at the stunning face in the mirror that made a woman feel tempted to see it, and sighed secretly, she couldn't figure it out, she didn't know how many times more beautiful her appearance was than Cai Jue, why couldn't she attract Liu Xin's attention, she couldn't help but feel a little lonely and helpless, there were so many women in the state pastor's mansion, except for Ma Yun and Cai Yan who occasionally talked to her, everyone else guarded her like a thief, Minchan Gu Ying felt sorry for herself, and secretly said in her heart, each has a good skin, I don't know who will be cheaper in the end,

Although he was a newlywed Yan'er, Liu Xin did not stay with Cai Jue every day, he was very good at taking care of other women's emotions, and stayed in Ma Yun's room the next night, and after a while, Liu Xin came to Bian Yu's room, and it was unprecedented that he did not go to Ying'er's room twice in a row.

Stroking Bian Yu's growing belly, thinking that the names she gave to her first two sons were the same as she guessed, Liu Xin couldn't help but pause and asked, "Yu'er, have you thought about what to name this child?" ”

Bian Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Master, I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, besides, I took the names of the first two children, and you still have to choose the name of this child." ”

Liu Xin put his ear on Bian Yu's belly, and could clearly feel the fetus moving inside, and said with a smile: "This child is so naughty in your belly, it must be a boy, so let's do it, you and I will each give him a name and write it in the palm of my hand. ”

After all, the stomach is her own flesh and blood, Liu Xin is in such a mood today, Bian Yu is naturally happy, and can't help but laugh out loud, and respond: "Okay, let me think about it carefully." ”

Looking at Bian Yu's serious appearance, Liu Xin secretly laughed, took the pen and ink on the table, quickly wrote a word in the palm of his hand, and then clenched his fists and replaced the pen with Bian Yu, but Bian Yu was very cautious, and thought about it sideways for a long time, then wrote a word seriously in the palm of his hand, and also clenched it into a small fist, stretched out in front of Liu Xin and said, "Master, you open it first." ”

Liu Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's open it together." ”

Bian Yu played a little surname, pouted and said, "I want to see the master first." ”

Liu Xin stretched out his other hand and scraped it on her nose, then slowly opened his hand, Bian Yu stretched out his head and glanced at it, a pair of eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't speak for a long time, Liu Xin looked at her open mouth, and felt that his fist could be stuffed in, and he already understood what she was writing, but teased her: "Why, the name I gave the child is not good, and your expression doesn't need to be so exaggerated." ”

Bian Yu suddenly kissed Liu Xin on the cheek, his eyes were already shining with tears, and he said tremblingly: "Master, it turns out that we are really destined for fate, you can see." ”

One big and one small hands lined up together, and the word "plant" was written in the palm of the hand, but the word "plant" in the palm of the white little hand was neat, and the word "plant" in the palm of the other hand was crooked, Liu Xin didn't think that he was just because he could only touch and not move tonight, and he had nothing to amuse and play, so he deceived Bian Yu with tears in his eyes, and secretly sighed, it is good to be able to predict the prophet,

The relaxed and comfortable day always passes too quickly, the holiday of the first month is over, and the various yamen have begun to operate normally, but Liu Xin still stays in the house all day long, accompanying his wife and concubine,

The developed commerce of Xiangyang also gave the princes from all over the country an opportunity, they have sent spies to disguise themselves as businessmen, in and out of various places in Xiangyang to collect intelligence, Liu Xin's recent situation is the focus of these spies at any cost, so, Liu Xin soaked in the gentle township, especially his marriage to Cai Jue, in the eyes of outsiders is just a concubine, but also made such a big pomp, but also gives people a sense of greed for silver, lustful, not enterprising, what's more, they also heard that there have been knives, guns, clothes and armor to Xiangyang recently, was sent to the treasury for sealing, these military supplies are not new, but some old things, it seems that Liu Xin has laid off a large number of troops, these news are slowly put on the desks of the princes of various towns, and naturally they can't hide it from Dong Zhuo of Chang'an,

After Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an, he proclaimed himself the Taishi, known as Shang's father, and rode in and out of the Qinggai Jinhua car, flying and domineering, and arrogant, but deep down in his heart he was still afraid of two people, one was Sun Jian, and the other was Liu Xin.

How Sun Jian died, Liu Bei knew best, but he wouldn't say it, after Liu Xin took Sun Ce and others, he also deliberately concealed Sun Jian's death from the outside world, until Sun Ce was completely attached, and then slowly released the news, knowing that Sun Jian was dead, the princes had worries and joys, and the most frightened was Tao Qian, he understood that Yuan Shao and others would definitely count Sun Jian's death on his head, and these people knew that Sun Jian had obtained the jade seal of the country, and it was inevitable to suspect that the jade seal of the country had fallen into his hands, and Dong Zhuo was the most happy, A piece of his heart went like this, and Sun Jian's son was only seventeen years old, although he defected to Liu Xin, he was only a small soldier in Liu Xin's army, what other threat could he have to himself?

The rest of Liu Xin, Dong Zhuo will have to deal with it sooner or later, but he has always wanted to wait for the other princes to be appeased, and finally take Liu Xin to open the knife, now I heard that Liu Xin is willing to fall, Dong Zhuo is even more excited, there is nothing in the world to worry about, so Dong Zhuo is even more arrogant, massacring dissidents in the court, cultivating cronies, and the city of Yiwu built by collecting 250,000 people has also been completed, and the city has accumulated enough grain and grass for thirty years and countless gold, silver and jewelry, He also selected 800 folk young beauties to enrich it, and he took turns to live between Yiwu and Chang'an, and did not take Liu Xie, the little emperor, in his eyes at all.

Yuan Shu got a report on Liu Xin's recent situation, and felt that this should have a lot to do with the signing of a peace agreement with him, it seems that Liu Xin really thought that in this way, there would be no war between himself and him, since there is no threat of war, then it is very expensive to raise a large number of troops, Liu Xin, a stingy ghost, has obviously begun to put Nanshan and put swords and guns into storage,

Yuan Shao and Cao Ying passed through Luoyang once, and they already regarded Liu Xin as a strong rival, but Yuan Shao is now busy fighting with Gongsun Zhan for the territory in the north, Cao Ying is also using the Yellow Turban in Shandong to expand his strength, and he has no time to take care of Liu Xin, and now he heard that Liu Xin is stagnant, and they are all secretly relieved, this is the best result for them, they all believe that as long as they are given a few more years, their strength can definitely catch up with Liu Xin, or even surpass him,

In this year, Liu Xin did not do nothing, he still stubbornly did not recognize the identity of Emperor Liu Xie, did not use the name of the first peace, and insisted that this year was the eighth year of Zhongping, he even let people calculate the calendar by themselves, promulgated to the people for implementation, he also minted a copper coin called Zhongping Tongbao, and publicly issued and circulated in the area under his jurisdiction, it was simply a big rebellion, although other princes were also secretly minting copper coins, but none of them were as loud as him, however, it is also strange to say, the people are still willing to use Zhongping Tongbao, and the last thing I want to use is the unwritten small money issued by Dong Zhuo, which is the official currency of the Han Dynasty.

Although the princes, and even many scholars and families, did not look at Liu Xin very well, but no one took the initiative to cut off contact with Xiangyang, after all, there are two things, Xiangzi and white porcelain, which are indispensable luxuries for rich and noble families, and are a symbol of status and status, which can be bought anywhere else.

The outside is upside down, but Jingzhou and the other six counties under Liu Xin's jurisdiction have always been calm, as if Liu Xin has added another son this year, and has also made Cai Yan, Cai Jue and Ying'er's stomachs bigger and done nothing, in fact, Liu Xin's heart is very clear that behind the calm surface often hides turbulent waves, such a good day will soon end, and he is also seizing the time to spend more time with his family,

Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and other figures who belong to the core of Liu Xin's group all know that Liu Xin is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and his preparations for launching a large-scale war have never stopped for a moment, with the sword and ash gun, the new strong bow with a range of almost twice or more than the original has gradually equipped the army, and the five major legions have also been pulled to the training center in the western suburbs of Xiangyang in turn for intensive training that is highly close to actual combat.

The spies sent by the princes of various towns thought that they were acting secretly, but in fact, they had already fallen into the hands of the phantom, so it was impossible for them to know these real core things, and the loose and crumbling army in their eyes was just the local army of each county, and they couldn't see the really powerful Han army under Liu Xin at all,

Sun Ce ended a year-long intensive training, successfully became an official Flying Tiger guard, was assigned to Dongcheng District as a patrol mission, walking on the once familiar streets, Sun Ce's mood could not be calm for a long time, now recalling his original thoughts, it is ridiculously naïve, he now only thinks about being able to be promoted as soon as possible, transferred to the five major legions as an officer, go into battle to kill the enemy, and make meritorious contributions,

Just when he was stunned, there was the sound of horses' hooves on the street, and a small carriage turned in from the corner, Sun Ce looked up, the shape of this carriage was very familiar, and he remembered that his mother and younger brothers had also ridden, and it should be a unique carriage of the state pastor's mansion.