Chapter 493 (2/2)

“Since you took the barbarian princess away, it meant that our escorts failed in their duty We had no choice but to return theunderstood “You are the owner of the brothel?” Lady Cai nodded

Liu Mang was shocked Not many people kneho the owner of that brothel was They only knew that the owner had a powerful background

“But I do not understand Why did Cai He need to pay?” Liu Mang asked As Lady Cai’s little brother, Cai He should not have needed to pay for anything

“I am me Cai He is Cai He Why would he concern me?” Lady Cai asked She had established the brothel not only for ather information

“I will first say that we did not purposely go and save the barbarian princess! We only saved the barbarianthat he should never owe any woh out two thousand gold

“Why are you so nervous? I did not even ask you to rei superciliously

“How do you plan to deal with Pang Tong?” Liu Mang quickly changed the topic

“Pang Tong Pang shi+yuan?” Lady Cai’s eyes burned with rage She could not forgive Pang Tong for plotting against her and the Cai Fa’s position She orried that the Lu

Fortunately, Liu Mang understood her thoughts “You are worried the Lumen Academy would support Liu Qi to inherit Liu Biao’s position?”

“What do youcoldly

“There is no need to worry I have already zhou”

“Hm?” Lady Cai could not understand

“Liu Qi is already one of my people!”

“What?” Lady Cai spoke out in disbelief

“Haha! Liu Qi had already sworn to serve me since I passed by Xinye! There is no need to worry about the Luree not to co did not say was that this applies when Liu Biao is in charge of Jingzhou If Liu Biao no longer owned Jingzhou, it would no longer be any of Liu Mang’s business

“Is it true?”

“Absolutely true”

“What do you want?”

“I don’t care who sits of Jingzhou’s throne All I want is provisions for Yangzhou If you could sell provisions to Yangzhou and help us escape from our predicament, ould be allies”

“Provisions?” Lady Cai frowned She knehy Liu Mang cae Liu Biao’s mind so easily One of the reasons Liu Biao favored her was because she did not participate in government affairs so much “It would be hard to persuade him with just my words”

“Don’t worry Did you know? The Kuai Fae!”

“Kuai Ran?”

“Yes Pang Degong had also pros difficult for Yangzhou”

“The Lu had offended Pang Tong, the most likely successor of the Lu is Pang Tong The Pang Faht I will promise you my support” Lady Cai nodded She initially hesitated because of fear Now that the things she feared was reive her support readily

“Oneinherits the position as Lord of Jingzhou, I hope he could spare Liu Qi’s life”

“Spare Liu Qi?” Lady Cai hesitated The noruard his position However, Liu Mang wanted Liu Qi spared It would be bad if Liu Mang had other thoughts such as obtaining Jingzhou with Liu Qi

“Don’t worry I will ain If you are still not reassured, I a to write an official edict and sta reassured With those words, Lady Cai had no choice but to believe hihness will keep your prozhou and Jingzhou would be ht now?”

“Jingzhou’s ene’s Little Conqueror?” Lady Cai overnment affairs that much but even she knew the answer to that question

“Correct Then do you know are Yangzhou’s eneain Lady Cai did not know the answer to this question as she was too busy dealing with the politics regarding her son

“Yangzhou have a lot of enemies Cao Cao and Liu Bei are our enezhou That enemy is Sun Ce!”

“Sun Ce?”

“Yes I am sure Milady knows our currently controlled territory? That is the six regions around Yangzhou Hefei, Gushi+, Shouchun, Anfeng, Linhuai, and Lujiang”

“Sun Ce is currently occupying Jiangdong It is a land full of resources However, Sun Ce is like a caged tiger We of Yangzhou are the walls of that cage Once he breaks out of the cage, nobody would be able to stop hi the truth and was not threatening Lady Cai at all

“We have enzhou?” Lady Cai understood that the reason why Sun Ce and Liu Biao were still fighting each other is because their hatred for each other runs so deep that it was impossible to start a conversation It was the result of Sun Jian’s death In their culture, filial piety was extre Xiu for causing the death of his son but did not spare Tao Qian for causing the death of his father His son’s life was not worth losing the chance to exploit Zhang Xiu On the other hand, if he were to spare Tao Qian, the whole world wouldunfilial and he would immediately lose all of his support

Lady Cai asked this question because she was afraid that Liu Mang would switch sides and ally with Sun Ce

“Milady We also have irreconcilable enzhou killed his father but we stole his wife!” Liu Mang could only reveal this secret to obtain Lady Cai’s support

“Stole his wife?”

“Not long after Sun Ce gotHis neife fell into our hands and slept with me! Sun Ce declared in public that his wife is dead”

“Ah!” Lady Cai loved gossip and was very interested in Liu Mang’s revelations So, Liu Mang had to explain what really happened which further convinced Lady Cai that Yangzhou and Jingzhou shared a co took this opportunity to further persuade Lady Cai “Milady The powerful and influential Lords are now becole in the North is almost over and Cao Cao is the winner It is only a matter of tiainst Cao Cao once he advance South?”

Lady Cai who had started to learn ht to herself calmly “Cao Cao?” She was unfazhou, it was at Nanyang Those Xiangyang would not be able to feel the conflict Liu Mang had to explain the situation in the North, listing the places that Cao Cao had already conquered

“The one that would bear the brunt of his attack would be you and Liu Bei” Lady Cai finally answered She was not so stupid that she could not understand Liu Mang’s explanation

“Haha Milady I am sure you know that once dong and Jingzhou! What do you think the odds of success are for Jingzhou to survive Cao Cao’s attack?”

“We have the Yangtze River Even if Cao Cao have millions of soldiers, he would not be able to move all of them across the river!”

“Are you sure? If that is the case, ould your brother Cai Mao forge a connection with Cao Cao?” Liu Mang asked with a smile

“Froht This was a secret shared only between her and Cai Mao Liu Mang had no way of obtaining this information

“Haha Milady do not need to hide this fro purposefully ht to herself that the Kuai Fa However, this was actually knowledge obtained from the future

“Milady If you would excuseoffensive There can only be one ending for you if you surrender to Cao Cao!”

“What ending?”

“You would become Cao Cao’s toy! The Cai Family will sell your body to Cao Cao for benefits!”

“You!” Lady Cai glared at Liu Mang as she pointed her finger, offended at the selling her body state? Milady is only sixteen years old Norifted scholar but you end up with Liu Biao, a h to be your father! You are so beautiful yet unappreciated!” Liu Mang said as he caressed Lady Cai’s face

“On the other hand, Cao Cao is younger and can appreciate beauty! He even sacrificed the lives of a general and his son for it!” Liu Mang said Cao Cao beca died because Cao Cao wanted Lady Zou

“Milady Are you willing?” Liu Mang asked

“I…” Lady Cai did not see’s caress Rather, she quite liked it She used to have the thoughts ofa suitable husband Yet, she ended up with a h to become her father because of her family