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Chapter 142: 141. Cai Wenji’s Marriage Chapter 142: 141. Cai Wenji’s Marriage All of this news and information about what happened in Luoyang, arrived at Lie Fan’s and Jia Xu’s table as a report from Oriole. In the future when people find these letters, Lie Fan and Jia Xu will be called The Political Puppeteers with their presence everywhere guiding the downfall of the Han Dynasty as they let all of this happen. Dong Zhuo’s act of tyranny in Luoyang has reached Lie Fan first before anyone else, his matter of deposing Emperor Shao and putting Emperor Xian will cause a massive backlash to his already unstable reign as regent. Lie Fan: “Everything is proceeding as we have predicted, except for him deposing Liu Bian and replacing him with Liu Xie.” Jia Xu: “My Lord, Dong Zhuo’s reign of terror will surely cause retaliation from local governments. Why don’t we condemn him once more crop what he did, and right now we truly threatened him to return everything to normal?” Lie Fan: “We can condemn and threaten him, but don’t take action first let everything ferment smoothly at least wait for 3 months.” Jia Xu: “Why do we need to wait My Lord? I think if we show our position first, we can be the leaders of the local governments and even create a big military.” Lie Fan: “What you’re saying is becoming a leader of the punitive campaign against Dong Zhuo? Haha! I think you should have known that this title is not that good.” Jia Xu: “Of Course I know the risk My Lord, we don’t have to become its leader. We can propose for either Yuan Shao or Cao Cao to become the leader, we just become the proposer of the creation of the alliance.” Lie Fan nods his head, Jia Xu’s plan is the same as Cao Cao’s who called for the military alliance but recommended Yuan Shao to become its leader. It’s not because of the prestige, but the burden and headache the position will bring that makes people like Cao Cao and Lie Fan doesn’t want to become the leader. They knew that the alliance was unstable, and would dissolve sooner or later as everyone had their own ambition and joined the alliance only for prestige. If they truly believe in the alliance, Dong Zhuo will be defeated and won’t have the chance to run to Chang’An like in history. Lie Fan then called for Cai Yong and Wang Lang who are learning under Cai Yong, to draft up a statement condemning Dong Zhuo and insinuate to the other local governments to rise against his tyranny together. Cai Yong and Wang Lang drafted the statement together, and the next day it was released to the whole land to see and hear. Dong Zhuo was angry and trashed his chambers when he heard about Lie Fans’ statement. Li Ru saw the insinuation in Lie Fan’s statement, asking for the local governments to rise against Dong Zhuo together. He reported this to Dong Zhuo, only to be laughed at by him saying that it would never happen. Li Ru understands Dong Zhuo the most, he coordinates with Niu Fu and Hua Xiong Dong Zhuo’s son-in-law and generals preparing their soldiers in case a coalition rises against Dong Zhuo. He learns from what happened during the Qin Dynasty, where it faced a coalition against the other dynasty. The Qin had a larger amount of troops and supplies than Dong Zhuo, but they still struggled against the coalition. So he is afraid that Doing Zhuo will lose without sufficient preparation. Lie Fan after giving his statement out, doesn’t care about the outside response and focuses on preparing for his marriage with Cai Wenji. Yesterday when Cai Yong and Wang Lang were summoned by him, Cai Yong informed him that the auspicious date is set to be in the middle of next month. After returning from his office, he met with Lie Shang and Yu Yan who also informed him of the date. Feeling happy, he asked for the dowry amount to be the same as Ying Yue and Diao Chan. By doing this, he hoped to tell them that everyone is equal in their heart. Lie Fan then spent his time with his family, cultivating, and doing some menial documents. He spends more time with Diao Chan and Ying Yue, and with the betrothal approaching they feel ‘neglected’ so he spends time with them. Follow new episodes on the "N0vel1st.c0m". At the side when not accompanying them and Wannian, Lie Fan cultivates intensely as the Anti Dong Zhu Alliance will begin at least at the end of this year. He always dreamed of being the one dueling Lu Bu in Hulao Gate whenever he played the ROTK game and read the novels. Lie Fan even emptied his entire cultivation pills and bought some more for his cultivation spending 50,000 SP. This became his daily routine, until a day before his wedding, he broke through 2 levels in his cultivation. His strength now has surpassed Huang Zhong’s latest stats that he saw before, and have will enter the same prowess realm as him. Before his wedding, Lie Fan assigned Taishi Ci to become the permanent Commander of The City Guards, Taishi Ci was happy to receive another assignment and felt that the treatment and respect from Lie Fan were much higher than Kong Rong. He began to feel that joining Lie Fan was not a bad idea, so he prepared the favor Kong Rong showed to him and his mother when he saved his life. The treatment given to Taishi Ci by Kong Rong is good, but due to Kong Rong being a scholar in the end, they have some disdain for military generals. With Lie Fan it’s different, he is both a scholar and military general like Lu Zhi. So the respect was genuine and even generals from the grassroots background like him and Dian Wei, all strived to become like Lie Fan at least in terms of military strategy. The next day, just like the betrothal ceremony and vows rituals that were done by Lie Fan during his wedding to Ying Yue and Diao Chan, Lie Fan changed into his wedding attire after taking a bath. Ying Yue and Diao Chan stayed in the mansion, preparing to receive guests who were invited. The number of guests is much smaller than Ying Yue and Diao Chan’s wedding, it’s due to what happened at Luoyang and some purges that have been done by Lie Fan inside Xiapi’s administration. Lie Fan gets on his horse Pangu, accompanied by his bodyguards, retinue, and an entourage of servants bringing the betrothal gifts, the party goes towards Cai Clan’s residence where Cai Yong is waiting for them. The City Guards and Lie Clan Guards were marching beside them, establishing a perimeter so that the common people couldn’t get close to Lie Fan and his retinue as they never knew if an assassin mingled amongst them. In the Lie Clan Residence, the guests come one by one, received by Ying Yue and Diao Chan alongside Wannian who is growing up day by day with Sima Yi and Sima Lang who have been treated like a family by the Lie Clan. Lie Fan’s party arrived at Cai Clan’s residence, where they entered the mansion and Cai Yong was waiting for them at the main hall. There the wedding steps rituals were the same as Ying Yue and Diao Chan’s wedding with Lie Fan. Lie Fan and Cai Yong then symbolically exchanged betrothal gifts and dowry which all will be used as Cai Wenji’s personal wealth, and then Cai Wenji was brought in by the maids to the main hall after the exchange. Lie Fan saluted Cai Yong and promised to take care of Cai Wenji, then Lie Fan brought Cai Wenji out and helped her board the carriage prepared for her. After that Lie Fan led the group returned to the Lie Clan’s residence to do the vows rituals. Arriving at the Lie Clan residence, Lie Fan and Cai Wenji then come together to the main hall where Lie Shang, Yu Yan, Ying Yue, and Diao Chan are waiting. Ying Yue and Diao Chan came to see the homage ceremony, where under Jia Xu’s guidance Lie Fan and Cai Wenji bowed to heaven & earth, To Lie Fan’s parents, and to each other. After the ceremony was done, Cai Wenji was brought to the boudoir chamber prepared for their wedding night. Lie Fan receives toast after toast of wine from the guests, his generals on the other hand don’t dare to challenge Lie Fan knowing that all of them lose. Only Fang Yue and Taishi Ci don’t know about this, under the influence of alcohol and Huang Zhong’s mischief they challenge Lie Fan to only be so drunk that they talk incoherently and sleep on the table. When the time for Lie Fan enters the boudoir chamber, Just like before everyone in the room cheers Lie Fan. Lie Fan enters the boudoir and Cai Wen has prepared the wedding wine that they will drink together. Lie Fan then helped Cai Wenji take off her clothes, Lie Fan then kissed Cai Wenji hungrily, making Cai Wenji shy and her face red but she followed Lie Fan’s movement. After Cai Wenji’s clothes and undergarments were taken off, Lie Fan hugged Cai Wenji up and brought her to the bed. Seeing the pristine body and shy Cai Wenji, Lie Fan’s blood is boiling and he hurriedly takes off his clothes. Cai Wenji seeing the muscles on Lie Fan’s body closed her eyes with her hand but sometimes peeked through the gap in her fingers. Soon sound of gasps, moans, and grunts can be heard in the boudoir room, and the sounds are chaste but unique making Lie Fan who heard them even more aggressive. The cicadas and frogs were embarrassed to hear the sounds, they hid themselves so the night was without their sound. The next morning, Lie Fan wakes up from his sleep and sees Cai Wenji who is sleeping in his arms. He kissed her forehead, seeing Cai Wenji’s gentle and elegant face which was different from the previous night when he attacked the gate fiercely. Lie Fan then spends his time with Cai Wenji more, Ying Yue and Diao Chan understand that Cai Wenji will also receive the same treatment as them. For some night, Lie Fan sleep in Cai Wenji’s room to ‘enhance’ their relationship as husband and wife. Since then months have passed entering a new year and different from Lie Fan’s happiness in Xiapi, Cao Cao overcame tribulations before reaching his hometown Chenliu where he spent his family fortune to raise an army to fight against Dong Zhuo. He knew that he couldn’t fight alone, and after reading Lie Fan’s statement he sent a letter to form a coalition against Dong Zhuo. [AT: For anyone confused about the + number at the attributes, it was given by the halberd and armor Lie Fan has. As long as Lie Fan equipped them, he receives the bonus stats so it’s only effective at battle when he use the halber and armor. I found out about this after checking the early chapters that I literally made 4 years ago, 2 years ago being rewritten, my memory refreshed after reading Chp 6 so everyone can go refresh their memory there if everyone doesn’t believe me!🤧ðŸTM] _________________________________ Name: Lie Fan Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator Age: 21 Years Old (188 AD) -> 22 Years Old (189 AD) Level: 14 Next Level: 412.000 Renown: 215 Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 5) -> (level 7) SP: 706.700 -> 656.700 ATTRIBUTE POINTS STR: 775 -> 819 (+20) VIT: 349 -> 385 (+20) AGI: 343 -> 373 (+10) INT: 361 -> 385 CHR: 93 WIS: 299 -> 319 WILL: 207 ATR Points: 0 CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Tang12 Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! I tagged this book, come and support me with a thumbs up! Like it ? Add to library! Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know.