315. Liu Bei Stimulate Liu Qi

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The soldier kneels down and after receiving permission from Gongsun Du to speak, he informs Gongsun Du and everyone in the hall that Gongsun Kang has been captured by Lie Fan and that the town is in Lie Fan's control right now, while the expeditionary army was trying their best sieging the town to save Gongsun Kang, and everyone in the hall was shocked when they hear the news and the sound of Gongsun Du fainting falling down from his chair was the only voice heard in the hall.

Gongsun Du's fainting immediately caused turmoil in the hall and the news of Gongsun Kang being defeated and captured by Lie Fan not only stimulated Gongsun Du but everyone in the hall as well.

Gongsun Du's fainting was the catalyst for the hall to turn chaotic, no one expected that the pace of the battle suddenly shifts heavily against the Gongsun clan, with the heir captured by Lie Fan and the Goguryeos movement at Southeast.

Some of Gongsun Du's retainer began to blame each other as they never expected the situation to worsen to such a degree and did not want to be held responsible or become a sacrificial lamb, each one of them began to point their hand to the others.

While some of Gongsun Du's retainer stayed silent and began to rack their brain, the situation didn't look optimistic right now and Gongsun Gong's words just now played back in their mind which caused the idea of surrendering or changing allegiance to Lie Fan to become prominent in their mind.

Gongsun Gong doesn't care about the current situation that is happening in front of him, alongside several loyal retainers he goes toward Gongsun Du's body to check his condition and after finding out that his father is still breathing, he calls for his soldiers to bring his father to his room and also call for a doctor.

When the soldiers leave the hall carrying Gongsun Du alongside several of his loyal retainers, Gongsun Gong then turns his attention toward the current occurrence that is happening.

Gongsun Gong: "Silence all of you! My Father has just fainted and all of you can do is just argue and blame each other, while not showing an inch of concern for my father?!"

Advisor 1: "We are sorry Second Young Master, it's both that we aren't concerned with My Lord's condition, but the situation is bleak right now and we are trying to find a way out for My Lord!"

Advisor 2: "That right Second Young Master, My Lord was overstimulated by the news we received today, and the pressure from Lie Fan's invasion since some months ago has caused him to faint, and as his loyal subjects we need to find for him a solution to alleviate his pressure!"

Gongsun Gong: *snort* really?! Do you think I would believe your words?! Finding a solution my ass, don't think I can't see that none of you wanted to receive the blame for suggesting the recallment of our expeditionary army?!"

General 1: "Second Young Master! How could you say such words?! We are loyal to My Lord and your words could cause misunderstanding to spread so please watch your words!"

Gongsun Gong: "Bah! I don't care what all of you thinking right now, so does any of you have a solution you can give right now?"

General 2: " I'm sorry Second Young Master, we don't have a solution, but we will come up with a solution in money if you let us have a discussion!"

Advisor 3: "No I don't think we need to hold a discussion any longer, the best solution for us right now is just like Second Young Master's last solution, which was to surrender to Lie Fan!"

The hall erupted in another outcry as an advisor supported Gongsun Gong's previous suggestion, and when one tree sprouted to give support soon another joined to give support and the hall began to be divided into three factions.

The loyalist faction, the submission faction, and the neutral faction, but it can be seen for now that since Gongsun Du has fainted and Gongsun Kang was captured, Gongsun Gong who led the submission faction caused it to become more powerful than the other factions.

Slowly but surely, the submission faction gained control over the narrative in the hall under Gongsun Gong's leadership, and Gongsun Gong used this most to subvert the other factions' power and members with a gift to his side.

He was a realist and knew since the moment Lie Fan launched a surprise attack on them and had a huge success, the defeat of the Gongsun Clan was only a matter of time, and with the addition of Goguryeo joining it became even more certain.

The other faction without the support of a Gongsun Clan member was helpless in the face of Gongsun Gong attack, the loyalist could still hold their ground as they believed in Gongsun Du, but the neutral faction began to be in shambles as they wanted to stand between the two sides and faces suppression from both side.

While the Gongsun Clan was facing internal turmoil in the face of Lie Fan and the Goguryeo's onslaught, in Jing Province at Xinye Liu Bei going to meet with Liu Qi and Liu Pan at his residence.

Behave coordinated with both Ju Shou and Wang Xiu to distract Fu Xun, who they known as Cai Mao's spy and supporter which became another piece of evidence to be used to stimulate Liu Qi in Liu Bei's mind.

At Liu Bei's residence, both Liu Qi and Liu Pan who had just arrived after receiving Liu Bei's invitation were welcomed by Liu Bei personally, and after several greetings exchanged between them, Liu Bei led them personally toward the guest wing which was more private than the main hall.

Knowing that Fu Xun was Cai Mao's spy and insider, Liu Bei became more cautious as he was 100% sure that Fu Xun definitely would put spies on his side to monitor him, so Liu Bei brought Liu Qi and Liu Pan to the guest wing who has been guarded by his men.

Arriving at the guest wing, Liu Qi and Liu Oan were surprised that there were delicacies already waiting for them, the smell was so inviting that they knew that this was either made by Liu Bei's own chef who was very skilled or bought from an expensive restaurant.

Liu Bei told the two of them to have a seat and then toasted the two of them when they took their seat, Liu Qi and Liu Pan returned Liu Bei's gesture respectfully as Liu Bei was a figure admired and also their senior.

Liu Qi: "Uncle Liu Bei thank you for inviting both me and Cousin Pan, it should have been the two of us who invited you but we are too unfilial and needed you to invite the two of us even though you have helped us sharing the pressure against Cao Cao."

Liu Bei: " Nephew Liu Qi and Nephew Liu Pan, it's not a big problem, as the elder I should be the one inviting you two the younger generations that worked hard to guard against Cao Cao, so don't think too much, and other than to lighten up the pressure the two of you bore, I also have something I wanted to talk about."

Liu Qi: "Oh? What is it, Uncle? If you have any requests to want to ask, as long it's in my power and Cousin Pan's power we will try our best to help Uncle!"

Liu Pan: "What Cousin Qi just said is right Uncle, you don't need to be embarrassed as you can ask us anything as long it's within our power we will help you."

Liu Bei: "Ah thank you two for being so kind, but it's not a request but I wanted to inform the two of you of a secret message that I received from Xiangyqng that concerns the future of Nephew Liu Qi and Nephew Liu Pan."

Liu Qi: "What is it, Uncle? Is my father sick? Or something happened to Stepmother? Or did my little brother do something that caused my father to be angry again?"

Liu Bei: "It's nothing like that, unfortunately. This concerns Nephew Liu Qi's status as the heir to Brother Liu Biao and successor to the Jing Province Governorship, something happened that caused Nephew Liu Qi to be stripped of that position."

Liu Pan: "What?! How could that happen Uncle, Cousin Qi was a qualified heir and successor to Uncle Liu Biao! Maybe Uncle Liu Bei receive the wrong information or read it wrong?"

Liu Oan was agitated as soon as he heard what Liu Bei said, he didn't believe that something like that could happen as Liu Qi was such a qualified successor in his mind, at least much better than his younger cousin Liu Cong.

In Liu Pan's mind, Liu Cong wasn't as smart as being tas Liu Qi and was much easier to be controlled by others, especially Cai Mao and Lady Cai who had Liu Biao's ear which was an open secret.

As for Liu Qi, his mind became blank the moment he heard that he was stripped from the position of heir and successor to his father position, and his heart was hurt when accuse lost the position but he felt that his father didn't trust him anymore or does he do something wrong.

But he woke up from his mind when he saw that Liu Pan said that Liu Bei must have received the wrong letter or that he read it wrong.

Liu Bei who sees that Liu Qi is heavily affected by his words silently turns ecstatic, but Liu Oan's words cause the heavily fogged Liu Qi's eyes to become a bit clear causing Liu Bei to regret inviting Liu Pan.

Knowing that his word alone couldn't convince Liu Q anymore, he takes on the letter he revived from both Ju Shou and Wang Xiu where he told Liu Qi and Liu Oan that he received his from someone in Xiangyang.

Liu Qi received the letters from Liu Bei and began to read after opening the letter, Liu Pan beside him could see that Liu Qu's face was changing so fast from sadness, anguish, anger, horror, and hurt.

This caused Liu Pan to take the letter from Liu Qi's hand was trembling after reading what the letter contained, while Liu Pan was reading the letters Liu Qi slumped into his chair as he didn't expect that his stepmother and step-uncle conspired to overthrow him, and filled his father with lies about him that caused his father finally despise of him from the position as his heir and installed his younger brother Liu Cong as his heir.

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Name: Lie Fan

Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu

Age: 29 (196 AD)

Level: 16

Next Level: 2,462,000

Renown: 725

Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)

SP: 1,071,700

ATTRIBUTE POINTS

STR: 936 (+20)

VIT: 598 (+20)

AGI: 583 (+10)

INT: 587

CHR: 93

WIS: 509

WILL: 397

ATR Points: 0