In the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao mentioned Bian's as his wife and Lingxi as his side wife, leaving Lingxi to reflect on how to be a good mother at home, and then raised troops again.

Lingxi loves Cao Chong, watching him grow up day by day, and his playful thoughts have gradually converged.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is very large, she has never been to many places, and she has never seen many of Cao Cao's concubines, but this time she has seen a lot of people by learning how to take care of children by following Mrs. Bian.

Several concubines already have their own children, which shows that Cao Cao treats them well, and because of what happened to Lu Bu that day, they are very polite to Lingxi, and even feel that Lingxi is a woman who lives in legends, and she is the only woman who is helpless to be called the prime minister.

Mrs. Bian is indeed good, but Cao Cao is indeed even better, and Lingxi sighed.

The children in the house gradually became acquainted with each other, and often came to Lingxi to play here, and would come to visit her and Cao Chong.

Mrs. Bian's eldest son, Cao Pi, is now eleven years old, and the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion looks like a talent, and I am afraid that it will be terrible in two years.

Since she was a child, Cao Pi has liked Lingxi, a beautiful sister, but this time Lingxi stayed at home for a long time, but he was not often seen.

Until one day, Cao Pi held a delicate box and came to see Lingxi mysteriously, and he looked happy: "Mrs. Huan, I brought good things to you, taking advantage of the time when Cao Zhangdi is practicing martial arts and Cao Zhidi is studying, I dare to come over, otherwise I am afraid that they will rob it up." ”

"What's it, so mysterious." Lingxi walked out of the house, and the next thing he saw was a large bunch of grapes, full and crystal clear.

"You, I'm afraid there's nothing else to make you so happy except grapes. Why don't you study hard, my brothers are working hard, but you are running to me. ”

"I've read it all, I just want to come and see you. Who said I don't like anything but grapes. ”

Cao Pi paused, seemed to be thinking about something, and said after a while: "Mrs. Huan, Cao Pi is working hard to grow up every day, and now I finally have to catch up with you, in a few years, Cao Pi will be the same size as Mrs. Huan, beautiful sister, you have to wait for me." ”

After that, he actually spread his legs and ran, leaving Lingxi with a box of grapes in his hand, and he couldn't react for a while, what the kid was expressing.

Outside the courtyard, Cao Pi's attendant hurriedly said: "Why did the prince come here again, if the prime minister knows, it won't be good." ”

"What are you afraid of, no one in this house knows what my father told me, and I won't be stupid enough to tell him about my coming here." Cao Pi's expression was calm, not at all like the gentle and childish appearance beside Lingxi and Mrs. Bian.

Last winter, Lingxi pretended to be a doctor and returned home, and was confined to the house by Cao Cao for a month, he once came to see Lingxi, and found that there was a thin iron chain on her feet.

Cao Pi knew that the family never mentioned why Mrs. Huan had been a girl for many years, this was what his father meant, and he also knew that his father could see the difference between himself and Mrs. Huan, and warned him not to come again.

But he is Cao Pi, he will grow up, and his father will grow old. Since his brother's death, he knows better than every boy what this means.

……

The home is comfortable, and the days go by quickly, but the outside world is still bloody and bloody, and being able to live every day well is a luxury for those on the battlefield.

In September, Cao Cao raised his troops to go down to Pi, and the troops were directed at Liu Bei and Xiapi City.

Liu Bei took Cao Cao's talisman, rebelled against Cao Cao, and occupied Xiapi, and this account had not had time to settle with him.

Outside the city, Cao Cao's army pressed the border.

Liu Bei rode out of the city, followed by his beloved general Zhao Yun.

"Xuande, long time no see." Cao Cao's tone was calm: "Even if you go down to Pichengjian, how can you resist my tens of thousands of iron horses?" You might as well surrender to me, and I will give you another piece of land, so that you can continue to grow leeks. ”

"Cao thief, you are ruthless, you have no trace of humanity, you actually killed the pregnant concubine and occupied other people's wives and concubines, I Liu Bei and you can't tolerate life and death." Liu Bei's tone was also calm, but the words he said were very cold.

"Occupy other ** concubines, haven't you done this too?" Cao Cao didn't laugh angrily.

He raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Yun behind Liu Bei, and said: "You are really lucky, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are already capable generals, and now there is such a fierce general." But do you think that with a few of you, the real enemy can beat me Cao Cao? ”

"Your Excellency is probably overestimating yourself, you raise troops to come here, Yuan Shao will definitely take the opportunity to capture your Xuchang, what will you do then?" Liu Bei was confident that he had sent a secret letter to Yuan Shao of Jizhou, asking him to take advantage of the situation to capture Xuchang and cut off Cao Cao's back road.

He thought that even if they were defeated, they could hold out for a few days, delay time, and wait for Yuan Shao to capture Xuchang, and Cao Cao would have no chance of winning.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao said: "I'm afraid it's not that I overestimate myself, it's that you overestimate Yuan Shao, and in less than ten days, Xiapi will definitely be in my bag." ”

He said solemnly: "I ask you at the end, do you really want to fight?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Fight to the last breath!" ”

"Good!"

A few days later, the outside of the city was full of corpses, and the city was almost out of ammunition, and the general sent by Liu Bei to deliver the letter to Yuan Shao came back breathlessly, but brought back bad news.

Yuan Shao himself was not the master, but such a good opportunity was postponed, and he was even reluctant to attack Xuchang because of his youngest son's illness.

Liu Bei couldn't believe it, but now if Yuan Shao didn't come, they would have to rely on themselves.

At present, several of them can not compare with Cao Cao in terms of wisdom, this urgency is exactly what Cao Cao wants, and several of their brothers led troops out of the city to attack Cao Ying, but they were trapped in the formation by Cao Ren, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were in danger, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Only Guan Yu who defended the city remained.

Cao Cao has always loved Guan Yu, and he can't even care about Guan Yu taking away the Lingxi that day, he didn't want to force Guan Yu to die in battle, so he sent Guan Yu's fellow countryman, Zhang Liao, the general under his command, to persuade him to surrender.

In the end, Guan Yu still compromised, he didn't know his brother's whereabouts, and decided to leave his life and wait for a result.

Guan Yu has several requirements, only to descend to Han, not to Cao; Be kind to Liu Bei's family; If there is news of the brother, they will be like.

After weighing, Cao Cao also agreed.

Xuzhou returned to Cao Cao's hands, and now, the world can match Cao Cao's rival is Yuan Shao, who has Ji Qingyou and four states, and is still the largest princely power.

And his decisive battle with Cao Cao is just around the corner.

……

"Why did you bring Liu Bei's two wives back, Guan Yu, I can understand what other people's wives mean." Before Cao Cao returned home, Lingxi had already received news from Guo Jia and them.

"He once robbed my wife, what if I robbed his wife?" Cao Cao didn't explain the pact he had made with Guan Yu, he just wanted to know how Lingxi would react when he said this.

Lingxi thought for a while, and suddenly said happily: "Yes, when you see Liu Bei, you use his wife to exchange the secret of the beauty ring, okay." I've hated that thing for a long time, and I'm so uncomfortable. ”

"Are you so sure that Liu Bei is still alive?" Unexpectedly, Cao Cao focused on this, he said: "Liu Bei was chased by our army that day, and fled to the mountains in embarrassment, and his life and death are unknown. ”

"I'm just, if, if, would you trade them for my freedom?" Lingxi was stunned by the question, and she couldn't tell him that in fact, she just knew that Liu Bei would not die.

"What if?" Cao Cao's words changed: "Does Xi'er know anything?" ”

"Hmph, if you don't want to, just say you don't want to, why avoid my words. What can I know, just to use an analogy, you're suspicious again. ”

She continued: "I am your woman, and you still doubt me like this? ”

"Okay, just don't ask." Cao Cao followed her wishes and no longer pursued it, but said meaningfully: "I promised before, but ask your origin, don't forget, if I want to know, it's not impossible." ”

"His family is Guan Yu's request, I will never touch it, nor will I use it as a threat, besides, that beauty ring is deeply liked by me, why does Xi'er still not like it."

"You always bully me with this, I naturally don't like it!" Lingxi was angry and turned his head to ignore Cao Cao.

Cao Cao hugged Lingxi: "Little demon, my husband just came back, you don't want to miss it, but you want to be angry with me?" ”

"You're so domineering, Cao Cao." Lingxi surrounded Cao Cao: "After being with you, any decision will have to be made by you." ”

Cao Cao seemed to think about it seriously: "If your decision satisfies me, it's up to you." ”

"You might as well not say that." Lingxi glanced at him: "You are now the prime minister, you are in a high position, and you have just returned triumphantly, you are very powerful." ”

"It seems that punishing you to stay at home not only did not ask you to accept your temperament, but it became more arrogant."

Cao Cao lightly touched the tip of Lingxi's nose......

Late at night, Cao Cao looked at the sleeping Lingxi and slowly let go of his thoughts.

Xi'er, that beauty ring is a lesson for me, telling me not to despise Liu Bei anymore, to despise Liu Bei, who is benevolent in the eyes of the world, but is actually equal to me.

He also realized that Liu Bei might not die this time, and Guan Yu might have to leave sooner or later.