Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 67 Wang Yun: Fengxian, I have a daughter...

Yuzhou Prefecture, Qiao County, Pei State

Dressed in a yellow robe, Lu Bu entered Wang Yun's residence through the central gate. Seeing Wang Yun waiting outside the main hall, stroking his beard and smiling faintly, he hurried forward, bowed and said, "Lu Bu greets the Envoy!"

Wang Yun's face was filled with smiles. He quickly reached out and helped Lü Bu up steadily with both hands. His voice was filled with a hint of kindness as he said with a smile, "I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Why did you keep me waiting for so long? I deserve the death penalty, a death penalty!"

As soon as Lu Bu finished speaking, he saw Wang Yun turning around and looking at him, with a teasing look between his brows, and then the two of them laughed together.

Although Wang Yun and Lu Bu were very different in age, Lu Bu's bravery and recent military achievements really made Wang Yun like him very much, and Lu Bu was also very grateful for Wang Yun's trust and courtesy.

Furthermore, Wang Yun was from Taiyuan County, Bingzhou, while Lu Bu was from Wuyuan County, Bingzhou. Although they were not from the same county, they were fellow townsmen from the same state. This fellow-townsmanship naturally made them close, so they often drank together. The so-called "death penalty" was nothing more than a joke between the two.

In the main hall, Wang Yun and Lü Bu took their seats. Lü Bu noticed that there were still two seats left. He couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked, "Does your Excellency have any guests today?"

At that moment, two young men strode into the main hall from outside. Wang Yun pointed at them and said to Lü Bu with a smile, "They are not outsiders."

Lü Bu looked closely and said, "So they are Zhongxing and Boxuan."

One of these two people is Wang Yun’s second son Wang Jing, whose courtesy name is Zhongxing, and the other is Guo Yu, the son of Wang Yun’s old friend, whose courtesy name is Boxuan. He is currently serving as the governor of Yuzhou.

Speaking of Guo Xun, his father was the former Minister of Agriculture Guo Quan.

Guo Quan died of depression due to the Party Ban. The Guo family of Taiyuan and the Wang family of Taiyuan had been friends for generations. When Wang Yun was appointed Governor of Yuzhou, it happened that the Crown Prince lifted the Party Ban. Therefore, he appointed the 26-year-old Guo Quan as an official in the government, and often taught and advised him, treating him like his own son or nephew.

Bringing his son and nephew to a banquet for Lu Bu actually highlighted Wang Yun's closeness to him, as if he did not treat him as an outsider.

As the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves, the atmosphere at the banquet became increasingly heated. Lu Bu gradually became more and more intoxicated. He picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. He drank one glass of wine after another, and his face flushed slightly.

Just as the four of them were chatting happily, a soft sound of footsteps came from afar, accompanied by the crisp sound of pearls colliding.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was a woman.

She was wearing a light pink silk dress, her dark blue hair was tied up in a high bun, and a moon-white silk ribbon with a mutton-fat jade pendant was tied around her waist. As she moved her lotus steps lightly, the pearls on the golden hairpin in her hair jingled, but did not sway much. Her posture was graceful yet elegant.

The woman, accompanied by several maids, walked gracefully into the main hall. A faint smile played on the corners of her lips as she bowed gracefully to everyone and said, "I heard that my father, my two brothers, and Captain Lu had a few too many drinks, so I came to bring you some sobering soup."

"This little girl, though born out of wedlock, is the one I love dearly." Wang Yun nodded slightly at his daughter and turned to look at Lü Bu, wanting to introduce his daughter to him. However, he saw Lü Bu staring at his daughter intently, his expression a bit dull. He no longer looked like the fierce general who had fought on the battlefield. So Wang Yun left his seat, walked over to Lü Bu, patted his shoulder and said, "Your Highness! Your Highness!"

It was not until Wang Yun called him back to his senses that Lu Bu withdrew his burning gaze and lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly. The brave general, whose hands were stained with countless blood, actually showed a bit of a little girl's face, and felt ashamed to face Wang Yun.

In Lu Bu's opinion, he went to his boss's house for a banquet and ended up staring at his boss's daughter so rudely. This was only because Wang Yun was magnanimous and valued him. If it were someone else, he would have been beaten out with a stick long ago.

But in Wang Yun's eyes, Lu Bu was cute and silly, with a slight smile on his face, revealing a barely perceptible smug look.

If it wasn't a deliberate arrangement, how could the host allow his daughter to serve sobering soup?

Banquets held by wealthy families are not so casual. There are regulations for what dishes should be served and when, and even when the hangover soup should be served. How could such a sudden and unexpected surprise appear?

And what happened today was also deliberately arranged by Wang Yun for Lu Bu.

A fierce general like Lu Bu has a straightforward temperament. Now he is the captain of the Yue cavalry. At the age of 27, he is equivalent to a general with a rank of 2,000 stones. If nothing unexpected happens, Lu Bu will surely become a general with a high rank in the future. Wang Yun naturally wants to make friends with such a promising person who is also from the same hometown as him.

Of course, the so-called "try one's best" is limited. The one who appeared at the banquet today was only his concubine's daughter, and it was not Lu Bu's turn to have a legitimate daughter.

If he really married his daughter to Lu Bu, he would be laughed at by many wealthy and powerful families. Besides, he was reluctant to marry his daughter to a warrior.

Seeing that Lu Bu was so obsessed with his daughter that he lost his composure, Wang Yun felt that the marriage between the two was a done deal, and the next step was to go through the formalities to finalize the engagement.

"I wonder if Fengxian has a wife?"

Wang Yun beckoned his daughter forward, ordering her to sit before Lü Bu's table. Seeing her delicate face so close to him made Lü Bu blush even more intensely, even fidgeting a little, his eyes darting around in panic. Wang Yun himself sat at the table with Lü Bu, holding his hand, and asked eagerly, "Uh?"

Wang Yun's question made Lu Bu's heart tremble, but these short seven words were like a cold wind that cooled Lu Bu's hot heart.

He was not a fool. Even if he did not realize it for a while because he did not understand the rules of the aristocratic families, Wang Yun asked him this question. If he still could not realize Wang Yun's purpose, then he was really hopeless.

"Bu's wife, Yan, already has one. Half a month ago, the Empress summoned my wife and the wives of the Crown Prince's officials to the palace for a banquet. During the feast, my wife suddenly became nauseous. The Empress ordered the physician to examine my wife's pulse, and only then did she discover that she was nearly two months pregnant."

Lu Bu pretended not to understand what he meant, but when he mentioned that his wife was pregnant, a happy smile appeared on his face from the bottom of his heart.

His words expressed his love for his wife Yan and his joy at becoming a father, but he also implicitly declined Wang Yun's kindness.

Although Lu Bu did not understand the rules of the aristocratic families, he knew that the daughter of Taiyuan Wang, even if she was just a concubine, could not be his concubine.

He admitted that he was lustful and would inevitably marry many beautiful concubines in the future, but he would never treat his wife so unfairly.

He was just a soldier who had just joined the army, but Yan was the daughter of a wealthy family in Jiuyuan County, and was a real down-market woman.

Especially now that Yan is two and a half months pregnant, he wants to abandon his wife who has grown up with him from humble beginnings without despising his status?

Lu Bu did not understand the teachings of saints, but he believed that abandoning his wife who had shared hardships with him and marrying the daughter of a wealthy family was something that no human being could do!
Wang Yun was stunned, and his smiling face froze instantly. He looked at Lu Bu in surprise, thinking, why don’t you follow the procedure?
Logically speaking, at this time, regardless of whether Lü Bu had a wife or not, he should have answered no. Then Wang Yun would take the opportunity to mention that his daughter had always admired a brave and warlike general like Wei Huo since she was a child, and then he would decide to act as a matchmaker for Lü Bu and his daughter.

Lu Bu's parents died early, so he could finalize the marriage at the banquet today, and let Lu Bu formally propose marriage according to the etiquette after the war.

After that, he would use his personal connections to help Lu Bu cross the class barrier, transforming from a frontier soldier into a wealthy family and then step by step rising to the gentry. In the future, the two sides would help and take care of each other.

As for whether Lu Bu has a wife or not, he doesn't care. It would be best if he has a concubine. If he has a wife, he will find a way to deal with it.

But Lu Bu actually replied that he was married, which made Wang Yun feel a little embarrassed.

Moreover, the implication in Lu Bu's tone was clearly that his wife had some dealings with the queen and was pregnant, so it was impossible for him to divorce her.

"You are so good, Lu Fengxian! I didn't hesitate to marry my daughter off, but you are so ungrateful that you even use the Queen to pressure me."

Wang Yun didn't show it on his face, but he was furious inside. His voice was much colder than before, and he asked again, "Captain Lu is drunk. I heard that Captain Lu has no wife, only a concubine. Is that true?"

Lu Bu heard the change in Wang Yun's way of addressing him, from the familiar "Fengxian" to the stiff "Lu Xiaowei". It was obvious that Wang Yun was furious at this moment.

But he didn't intend to take advantage of Wang Yun's offer, so he simply pretended to be drunk. His body swayed, and he fell on the table in a daze. He also pretended to snore, and the snoring was so loud that it shook the sky.

Wang Yun took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently.

The two of them had feasted together so many times, how could he not know how good Lu Bu's drinking capacity was?
Even he was only slightly tipsy, how could Lu Bu get drunk?
This bastard, he even took a step back, but he was still shameless!

Even though Wang Yun was furious to the extreme, he suppressed his anger for the moment. He clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, his fingertips turning white. He gritted his teeth and said, "Constable Lu is drunk. Send him back to rest."

The housekeeper quickly sent a few servants to help the strong Lu Bu up and handed him over to Lu Bu's personal guards Cheng Lian and others who were eating in the side hall. His attitude was no longer as friendly as before. He just glanced at Lu Bu lightly and turned away.

Cheng Lian and other personal guards didn't understand what was going on, but they still helped Lu Bu out of the mansion. They saw that Lu Bu was no longer drunk after he left the mansion.

"What's going on, General?" Cheng Lian looked at Lu Bu in confusion and couldn't help asking.

But Lu Bu did not say anything more. He just took a deep look at the gate of Wang Yun's house with a hint of determination in his eyes. Then he jumped on his horse and left without any sign of nostalgia. The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.

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PS: Guo Xuan, a native of Yangqu, Taiyuan, was the son of Minister of Agriculture Guo Quan and a member of the Taiyuan Guo family. He was selected as a filial and honest official and served as the prefect of Yanmen, where he died. His eldest son, Guo Huai, was a renowned general of the Wei state. He rose to the rank of General of Chariots and Cavalry, Governor of Yongzhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangqu and posthumously awarded the rank of General.

PPS: This concubine's daughter of Wang Yun has nothing to do with the so-called Diao Chan, so there is no need to make any associations.

PPPS: Please rest assured that there will be absolutely no plot of sending girls away!
(End of this chapter)