At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

From what happened before, Guo Peng saw a sign that something was not going well.

Although such signs are not obvious now.

Guo Jin is a qualified emperor, and only a qualified emperor. He cannot bear Guo Peng's more expectations.

He is more and more like a real emperor, a real emperor who will hold power and fight against his officials, a feudal emperor.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Guo Peng knows that he shouldn't have more expectations, but occasionally, he still has some expectations.

Now that he knows that his expectations are likely to fail, he is a little disappointed.

Feeling Guo Peng's loss, although she doesn't know the reason for the loss, Cao Lan knows how to relieve Guo Peng's loss.

Cao Lan took the initiative to talk to Guo Peng.

"It is said that the Qinling Mountains road is difficult. When you led the troops to Hanzhong, I was nervous for a long time."

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Cao Lan, then laughed a few words.

"At that time, not long after I finished cleaning up Ma Teng and Han Sui, someone offered to dedicate Hanzhong to me. The terrain of Hanzhong was too important. The Qinling Mountains were difficult to navigate, and Hanzhong was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Zhang could win Hanzhong if he got it. Hanzhong is used as a barrier to resist me, so in the future, if I want to go south to take Yizhou, the difficulty will increase infinitely.

Taking Hanzhong will reduce the difficulty of attacking Yizhou by half. I can also repair roads in advance and save food and supplies in advance. By then, there will be more troops, and they can go farther, and many lives can be saved. "

"Then you're not worried about yourself?"

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng's youthful face.

"Of course I'm worried, but the opportunity is right in front of us. If we don't stop, we will suffer from it instead."

Guo Peng took a deep breath and looked at the repaired Qinling Avenue outside the car window: "Look, although Qinling Avenue is still not absolutely safe, after the repair, more people can communicate with Guanzhong through this road.

Hanzhong is a link between the past and the future, linking Guanzhong and Shuzhong together. The specialty goods in Shuzhong can reach Guanzhong through this road, and then go to Liangzhou or Kanto through the spacious and flat Guanzhong Avenue, and the whole Shuzhong will be revitalized. "

Cao Lan looked in the direction Guo Peng pointed.

"The situation in Central Shu was originally a situation of trapped dragons. If you can't win Hanzhong and get through the Qinling Road, Central Shu will be trapped here. Only when the road traffic is improved can Central Sichuan really play a role. Therefore, in order to build roads , it’s not a problem to pay a little price.”

Cao Lan turned to look at Guo Peng.

"Do you remember how many people died to build this avenue?"

"Remember, so far, there are about 11, but most of them are prisoners of war, and there are few locals."

Guo Peng nodded.

"11... That's a lot."

"The road needs to be repaired, and in this kind of terrain, it's impossible to live without death. Even so, the road must also be repaired. Just like the Grand Canal, the Great Shu Road must also be fully repaired!"

Guo Peng's will is as firm as before, and he has never had any doubts about building canals and roads to Shu.

Cao Lan was silent for a while, sighing very much.

"Is it almost finished?"

"Soon, the roads in Hanzhong and Shuzhong have been completed, and now there is only the road in the south of Yunzhou. The Shu Road runs from Guanzhong to Yunzhou, and then connects Yunzhou to Jiaozhou. Boning is in Jiaozhou, and Yuan Hao is in In Yunzhou, the important people of the two are to connect the roads of Yunzhou and Jiaozhou."

Guo Peng made a gesture of combining the two into one: "In this way, Yunzhou connecting Yizhou and Jiaozhou is no longer a barren land, but a place that businessmen must pass through. The traffic is prosperous, and the place will definitely develop. That's what I'm looking forward to."

Saying this, Guo Peng held Cao Lan's hand: "As long as the road can be repaired, the price paid will be recovered sooner or later. If the road cannot be repaired and the business travel will not work, Yunzhou will definitely be abandoned in a few decades. The blood of my soldiers who fought in blood will be shed in vain."

Cao Lan stared deeply at Guo Peng.

"You say it's a long trip, you say you're taking us out for fun, but in your heart, it's still this world."

Guo Peng froze for a moment, then smiled slightly.

"Can I not care about the country I built with my own hands? No one wants it better than me, although I know this is unlikely..."

"Abdicate to be the Supreme Emperor, Peng Lang, are you really willing?"

"Or else?"

Guo Peng looked at Cao Lan: "I don't want to. Is there anyone who can take the throne from me? Alan, I'm not lying. If I continue to be the emperor, I must die on the throne. I'm tired of living." It would be more beneficial to Wei Guo to die on the throne."

Cao Lan nodded.

"Me too."

Guo Peng was taken aback for a moment, then laughed out loud.

"How old are you? My husband and wife have been together for almost 40 years. If you still say such things, you don't feel ashamed and panic."

"Think I'm getting old?"

Cao Lan suddenly put away her smile and looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was taken aback for a moment, pursed his lips, and then grinned.

"How is it possible, I am the same as you, I am also old, and I am one year older than you, how can I think you are old?"

"That's still old. I'm in my 50s, just like you. I'm old anyway, right?"

Cao Lan took a breath and looked at Guo Peng quietly.

Guo Peng smacked his lips and looked around, regretting that Guo Chengzhi didn't let him in when he wanted to get in.

With her grandson around, Cao Lan could restrain herself a bit. Without outsiders, wouldn't she just shoot at herself?

Recently, Cao Lan's temper has not been very good.

Guo Peng was a little puzzled at first, thinking that it wasn't like this when he first left Luoyang, why did he become like this after he arrived in Chang'an?

Then Guo Peng thought about it, did the math, and found that Cao Lan had almost reached the age of menopause, her temperament changed from her usual calmness, she became talkative and slightly bad-tempered, and she would get angry when she disagreed with her.

Cao Lan's anger is different from that of ordinary people.

When most people get angry, they yell and blushed, and vent their anger at every turn, which seems very uneducated.

Cao Lan is different, she is very well-educated, and her many years of empress life has made her pampered. She is usually not angry with others, but only angry with Guo Peng.

When she was angry, she just stared at Guo Peng quietly, without speaking or doing anything, just staring like that, staring straight with her dark eyes.

Cao Lan's eyes were as round as they were back then, with larger and darker kernels than ordinary people, and the jet-black eyeballs were as bright as jewels.

When she is happy, her eyes are full of brilliance, which is very beautiful, so when she is angry and quiet, the look of her eyes without brilliance is particularly permeating.

No one can scare someone like Guo—except Cao Lan.

To be honest, Cao Lan is already over 50. A grandma can’t be called a young girl no matter what. She has all the crow’s feet and signs of aging.

However, she has a good living environment, rich nutrition, and a calm temperament. She has continued the good fitness habits that Guo Peng taught her in her early years, so her body is still very good.

Guo Peng himself doesn't pay much attention to female sex, but cares more about whether he is at ease, relaxed, and comfortable when getting along with them.

The power struggle is too tiring, and the exercise of power is even more tiring. What Guo Peng needs is rest, a woman who is as calm as water, not a love full of passion and cheerfulness like fire.

His energy has been exhausted in the struggle, and he has no more needs. Now he wants to live in peace, he has nothing else to ask for, and he will not feel that it is a pity that he has not been young and frivolous.

As a result, Cao Lan entered menopause.

Good guy, he gets angry when he disagrees with him, and stares at him when he is angry. If he goes out to ride a horse, he opens the curtain and continues to stare. He just doesn’t give up, which makes Guo Peng very broken and dare not speak up.

The Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress are having conflicts, which of the entourage can intervene?

Putting Guo Jin here would be overwhelming, and who would dare to intervene in this petty conflict between the world's most honorable couple?

So Guo Peng was really depressed.

The previous few conflicts were finally managed to get over with a haha, but in the end, she accidentally made a slip of the tongue, and Cao Lan began to get entangled in the old problem again for no reason.

Guo Peng just thought, wouldn't she think that she could still be an old man talking about being a teenager, and then find a young girl to make trouble for her?

Although it is said that men always like young and beautiful people, people's physiques are really different.

Some seventies and eighties can still make an old man talk about youth madness, flirt hard, let a pear tree crush a begonia, some can't, such as Guo, his energy has long been exhausted, how can he continue to trouble young girls? ?

For this sake, Guo Jin still has to toss a lot of younger brothers and sisters out to make him worry?

Of course Guo Peng didn't want to and wouldn't do it.

But Cao Lan obviously wouldn't let Guo Peng go just like that, she just wanted an explanation.

So Guo Peng could only bite the bullet and argue with her.

"I'm not saying you're old, Alan, I'm saying we've been an old couple for almost 40 years, right? An old couple means a long time."

"Still old."

"This... I can't say that we are husbands and wives for a long time, can I? I can't stop mentioning the word "old" at all, can I? Veteran and veteran refer to the meaning of rich experience and profound qualifications, just like old husband and wife. It’s meant to be a compliment, and there’s absolutely no reason to blame it!”

"But I'm really old. I'm in my 50s, can I still not be old? Ordinary people are considered old in their 50s. I don't think I'm not old."

"Then...you said that yourself, not me."

"So you still think I'm old, don't you?"

Cao Lan smiled slightly, her eyes fixed on him and stopped moving.

Guo Peng was speechless and didn't know what to say at all.

Thinking of him, Mr. Guo, who has been shameless and double-standard all his life, he is complacent about how many people have been killed by his shamelessness and double-standard. Unexpectedly, when he is old, this retribution is actually counted on Cao Lan's menopause.

Chapter 1597 One thousand five hundred and seven Cao Lan had a huge misunderstanding of Guo Peng

Guo, who has been double-standard all his life, never imagined that his traditional skills would be learned by Cao Lan.

In the past, only Guo could do this kind of thing, and no one else could do it, otherwise he would die, but now facing Cao Lan, Guo has nothing to do.

So Cao Lan also played a double standard with him.

Only the state officials are allowed to set fire and the people are not allowed to light lamps, and she can only say that she is old, and Guo Peng is not allowed to say that she is old, otherwise she will be anxious with him.

Someone Guo accidentally stepped on a thunderbolt, and was immediately targeted by Cao Lan.

What's more important is that once I said this, I didn't know how to take it back. A pimple stuck in Cao Lan's stubborn eyes like a root, which made Guo Peng feel very troublesome.

Because he has no experience in dealing with his wife's menopause, his own domineering and Cao Lan's gentleness in the past made him never think that he would have such a day, so that he was at a loss when things came to an end and he didn't know what to do, and when he looked around, there was no one People can help.

Guo, the overlord of the world, is helpless!

It is said that others want to help, but how dare they?

So according to his thinking, he had no choice but to stand obediently and apologize to Cao Lan.

"I'm sorry, Alan. I shouldn't have said the word old. I was wrong. Please forgive me. I didn't mean that at all."

He has never apologized to outsiders in his life, so he feels that he is already very sincere.

As a result, Cao Lan didn't appreciate it.

"You are right, I am indeed old, can I not be old when I am over 50 years old? What is wrong with you? Am I not old? Am I still young? Even if you are the Supreme Emperor, you can't treat a deer as a horse, right?"

Guo Peng raised his head and looked at Cao Lan warily.

What does this mean?

"I... am I right?"

"Yes, of course you are right."

"Really?"

"real."

"Didn't lie to me?"

"You are the Supreme Emperor, who dares to lie to you?"

"But you're still looking at me, so I think maybe..."

"Am I old enough to make you feel uncomfortable even looking at you? Am I already so hideous? Are you so impatient to be in a room with me?"

Cao Lan's tone was a little more serious, and Guo Peng was instantly enlightened.

This wave, this wave is...

It’s over.

Literally over.