Xuande

Chapter 52 Yuan Shu Crossed the Boundary

Yuan Shu's solicitation is also a good thing in Liu Bei's view.

Because of his solicitation, Liu Bei can further increase his value in Yuan Shao's eyes.

You see, the younger brother of your family wants to recruit me to work for him, shouldn't you give me more weight and pay more attention to me, so that I can stay here?

Yuan Benchu, show your sincerity, shield me from the wind and rain, and show your political energy to push me to a higher level!
Liu Bei was full of expectations.

And Yuan Shao obviously did not live up to his expectations.

After this period of time, Yuan Shao has a deep understanding of Liu Bei's ability, and realizes that Liu Bei is an indispensable and important helper for him, and he absolutely cannot lose Liu Bei.

However, there is no relationship between the two of them as disciples or old officials.

Liu Bei became an official through the recommendation of Xiaolian, and the recommender was still his father-in-law, which was already a kinship relationship.

He himself still has a master-student relationship, and there is no involvement of Yuan's disciples and former officials. Only Han Emperor is his monarch, and he does not need to bow down to any ministers.

This made Yuan Shao a little depressed.

He thought countless times how great it would be if Liu Bei was also an old official of the Yuan family, then he could control Liu Bei logically without worrying about his betrayal.

But now, Liu Bei is an independent object. Even if he enters his circle to do things for him, he still has considerable independence. His status is similar to that of a guest, and everyone is mutually beneficial in nature. On the contrary, Yuan Shao asks Liu Bei for his needs.

But now Liu Bei took out Yuan Shu's invitation card and said on the spot that he had chosen Yuan Shao and rejected Yuan Shu. This was certainly showing his loyalty to Yuan Shao and showing his attitude, but at the same time he gave Yuan Shao a warning.

These people around him are not inseparable from him.

Someone will poach the wall!
Yuan Shao was full of resentment towards Yuan Shu, but he couldn't have any dissatisfaction on the surface, and he couldn't quarrel with Yuan Shu in public, that would be of no benefit to him.

So he laughed and stood up, walked to Liu Bei's side, took Liu Bei's hand to pull him up, walked into the lobby, and took the invitation from him.

"Brother She probably doesn't know that Xuande is indispensable to me, that's why I did such a thing. I will explain this to him clearly, Xuande doesn't need to worry."

Saying that, Yuan Shao personally asked Liu Bei to sit down again, and filled a glass of wine for him: "This glass of wine is a toast to Xuande, Xuande, please drink it down."

"Thank you Yuan Gong."

Liu Bei raised his wine glass, drank it in one gulp, and showed Yuan Shao the empty bottom of the glass.

Yuan Shao showed a satisfied smile.

At this moment, everyone present knew that Liu Bei had established his position in Yuan Shao's heart.

And Yuan Shao's behavior as a corporal is also announcing Liu Bei's position in his heart to everyone.

So everyone knew that Yuan Shao did not have any advantages at the moment, but in the future, once Yuan Shao gained momentum, Liu Bei would definitely skyrocket.

As for whether Yuan Shao will gain momentum...

This kind of thing that everyone knows well, why doubt it?

So many people began to adjust their expectations for Liu Bei's future in their hearts, and some people began to calculate how to get closer to Liu Bei.

What needs to be known is that even if Liu Bei and this group of people belong to Yuan Shao's circle of influence, there are always small circles under the big circle, just like a dormitory can pull out several different groups.

People in a large circle will naturally form cliques, either according to origin, or hometown, or official position.

In Yuan Shao's big circle, a group of people who were from the former officials of the Yuan family were relatively close, a group of people who were born in Luoyang and Sanhe area were relatively close, and a group of scholars with a background in ancient literature who joined with Liu Bei were also relatively close.

Several vaguely formed small circles surrounded Yuan Shao, delicately maintaining the balance between everyone.

Liu Bei is a latecomer, but right now he seems to be coming from behind, and Yuan Shao cannot do without him at all.

So the old people in Yuan Shao's circle lamented that this Liu Xuande is really not a simple thing.

For such a difficult thing, if you can win or be friendly, of course you must win friendship. For the time being, there is no conflict of interest for everyone, and the threat of the common enemy eunuch is too great. We need each other, so there is no need to make the relationship deadlocked.

So the banquet continued, the laughter continued, everyone continued to drink, the musicians continued to play music, and the dancers continued to dance as if they had never experienced this incident.

Yuan Shao also acted as if nothing had happened, continued to drink, talked boldly, drank heavily, and laughed loudly.

Cao Cao raised his wine glass to Liu Bei at the right time, and the two drank each other in the air.

After the banquet, Cao Cao found Liu Bei, and drove home with him.

Cao Cao was originally a member of the big circle under Yuan Shao's command, but he was rejected in the small circle. Only Zhang Miao, who did not grow up in Luoyang, was friendly to him, and he was very isolated at other times.

It wasn't until Liu Bei joined the Yuan Shao Group that Cao Cao found a sense of belonging for himself, and got very close to Liu Bei.

After some heart-to-heart talk, the relationship became closer.

In the carriage, Cao Cao expressed his concerns.

"Xuande, Yuan Shu is not a kind person. You have rejected his invitation in public. To him, it is a great insult."

Cao Cao said with a worried expression, "I'm worried that Yuan Shu will do something to you."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Meng De, since I have given the invitation to Yuan Gong, I am no longer in charge of this matter. This matter is a brotherly dispute between Yuan Gong and Yuan Gonggong. , has nothing to do with me, I just need to continue to advise Yuan Gong."

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei who was confident in his chest, and heaved a long sigh.

"Is Xuande really not worried at all?"

"It's not me that should be worried, but Yuan Gong. If Yuan Gong can't keep me, how can others believe that he can keep others? At this moment, it's time for Yuan Gong to show himself to everyone. The so-called good A bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good man chooses a master to do things. We need Yuan Gong, and Yuan Gong also needs us."

Liu Bei patted Cao Cao's hand with a smile, and said with a smile, "Could Meng De really be worried? This is not like what the warrior who dared to beat Jian Tu could say."

Cao Cao smiled wryly.

"Xuande, why do you have to tease me like this? I admit that I am not as good as Xuande. If this matter falls on me, I will definitely be in a dilemma."

"If there is a clear goal, there will be no dilemma."

Liu Bei said slowly: "I'm not at all confused about the road ahead, so my choice has never changed. Since my choice has never changed, then there is nothing to embarrass."

"Sure enough, I'm not as good as Xuande."

Cao Cao repeated what he just said, shook his head helplessly and said, "Xuande's words made me ashamed, now I know what mediocrity is."

"Why does Mengde demean himself so much?"

Liu Bei laughed: "I think Meng De was worried and troubled just now, so he must not have drunk well, so how about going to my house for a few more drinks?"

"Okay!"

Cao Cao was finally happy, so he didn't want to go home anymore, so he followed Liu Bei to Liu Bei's house for a drink.

Big occasions can’t let go, only small occasions can open up and speak your heart. For Cao Cao who is often depressed, the small gazebo in Liu Bei’s house is his favorite place.

Cao Cao naturally has his favorite places, and Yuan Shao also has his very disliked places.

Yuan Shu's mansion is a place he doesn't like very much. Compared with Yuan Shu's mansion, he prefers to visit Yuan Ji's mansion at Yuan Ji's mansion.

Perhaps it was because he knew that he could not pose any threat to him, so Yuan Ji was more friendly to Yuan Shao, and he would take care of him on weekdays, and remember to send him some good things, although this seemed a little bit to Yuan Shao. Not fast, but still better than Yuan Shu.

For Yuan Shu, although Yuan Shao is a concubine, he is older. One is the elder brother of the concubine, and the other is the younger brother of the concubine. According to feudal etiquette, the younger brother should respect the elder brother, and the difference between the concubine and the concubine is very clear. .

So the relationship between the two is not to say twisted, it can also be said to be twisted like a twist.

Yuan Shu had to salute Yuan Shao in public, and Yuan Shao had to endure Yuan Shu's eccentricity in private. Although the two had no major public conflicts, they didn't like each other very much, and they even had a sense of competition. Don't want anyone to get the upper hand.

Even so, the two also controlled each other not to have direct conflicts with each other.

This has always been the case in the past, but this time, Yuan Shu crossed the line.

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PS: Beg, beg, beg for a ticket~~~
(End of this chapter)