Fenghou

Chapter 627 Drunkenness
At one o'clock, Lu Xiu, who was dozing on a chair, was awakened by the sound of footsteps. She hurried out, and saw Yu Lian and Yu Ying supporting her husband into the yard. There was a strong smell of alcohol, and on closer inspection, the husband was actually drunk.

Lu Xiu hurriedly asked Yu's sisters to send her husband to the inner study, and asked the maid to fetch hot water and make hangover soup. Chen Qing suddenly rushed to the corner of the wall and vomited violently.

The crowd was in a hurry, and after a long time of tossing, Chen Qingfu fell asleep.

Lu Xiu asked Yu Ying to take care of her husband at night. In terms of taking care of others, Yu Ying made Lu Xiu feel at ease.

Lu Xiu took Zhao Qiaoyun to her room and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhao Qiaoyun smiled wryly and said, "The chief said that sake is like water, so you won't get drunk, so the officials bet with him to see if he would pass out with five catties of sake."

"So he's so drunk?"

"Both of them were drunk. Commander Yan said that the main reason is that they drank three kinds of wine, milk wine, wine and water, and they drank too quickly, and they easily passed out."

"That incident didn't happen?" Lu Xiu asked again.

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head, smiled helplessly, Lu Xiu was startled, "What's wrong?"

"At the beginning, the great chief offered to give the official a few beauties to carry on his family, but the official declined. This was when they were sober. Later, when the two of them got drunk, they started talking nonsense."

"Why are you talking nonsense?" Lu Xiu asked again.

"The great chief said that he must give the official a beautiful woman as a concubine, which is the one from last time. The official said that he also misses it."

"How could he say that!" Lu Xiu said angrily with a sullen expression on her face.

Zhao Qiaoyun hurriedly explained for Chen Qing: "Sister, the officials are drunk and talking nonsense!"

"And then?" Lu Xiu held back her breath and asked again.

"Then I found the chief's wife, and I told her clearly that the wife did not agree with officials taking concubines again. The chief's wife said that she understood his wife's feelings very well, so she asked the guards to help the chief back to rest, and took the woman away. It was taken."

"Are they angry?"

"no!"

Zhao Qiaoyun smiled and said: "When I was helping the officials to get into the carriage, the eldest son of the great chief came to apologize to me, saying that his father liked to give concubines to his generals every time he was drunk, and he had given away more than a dozen concubines. He said The father was very rude, and he apologized to the lady on his behalf."

The dissatisfaction in Lu Xiu's heart dissipated a little. The Uighur chief's behavior was really rude, as if his husband couldn't find a woman, and he just waited for his leftovers.

"His son is still very sensible."

Zhao Qiaoyun took out another gemstone and handed it to Lu Xiu with a smile: "He also gave a gemstone to my little sister, saying it was his heart, wishing my little sister a healthy growth."

"He is indeed a sensible child, and tomorrow I have to return a gift to his sister."

Lu Xiu took the gemstone with a smile, looked carefully, and couldn't help being amazed. The gemstone looked like a jujube, dark blue like sea water, transparent without any impurities. Even in the Song Dynasty, this kind of gemstone was extremely rare and extremely valuable.

Zhao Qiaoyun said in a low voice: "My father has this gem in his collection, but it was taken away by the gold man."

Lu Xiu thought about it, this gift is too expensive, she has to tell her husband about it tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Chen Qing only felt a splitting headache. Lu Xiu brought a cup of hot soup into the house, carefully let her husband drink it, and then patted her husband's head. Fortunately, he was not sick.

Lu Xiu pursed her lips and smiled: "It's okay, after drinking a few wines, I will definitely have a headache, and I will look for water everywhere at night, Ah Ying, right?"

Yu Ying sat aside and said with a smile: "It's convenient to wake up twice at night, drink a big pot of herbal tea, and eat all the tea foam."

Chen Qing also laughed and said, "How does my lady know?"

"My grandfather said it, and I will remember it."

Lu Xiu took out a cloth bag and untied it. Inside was the sapphire from last night.

"What do the officials say?"

"This is a sapphire!"

Chen Qing picked up the sapphire and squinted it for a moment, then exclaimed, "I've never seen such a high-quality sapphire. It's priceless. Where did it come from?"

"The gift given to Xue'er by the chief's eldest son, brought back by Qiao Yun."

"Sent by Cao An?"

"It's him, a young man who knows how to read and understand etiquette. He gave such a precious gem to Xue'er. Should I return a gift to his sister?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "This kid is not simple! He knows how to invest at such a young age, and he is very smart. If I guessed correctly, he probably hopes that I will support him to inherit his father's position in the future, so he invests in you."

"Is his position unstable?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Cao Changchun told me that the yellow-headed Uyghurs have been married to the Qiang people for generations, and his first wife is the daughter of the great chief of the Qiang people in Ganzhou. The daughter of the chief of the big tribe gave birth to two sons for him. Based on his age, the eldest son Cao An should be born to the wife of the Qiang people. Although he is the eldest son, the two brothers also have a strong background. You say his status Is it stable?"

Lu Xiu sighed: "No wonder he gave such a precious gem to Xue'er, it is probably his best thing."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiu hesitated again and said: "Husband, let's make a decision! Do I want to take this gem? Or give it back to him."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Since he is so caring, let's accept it! There is no need to return the gift, and I guess he doesn't want other people to know about it."

"Well, I'll accept it for my little sister!"

Chen Qing lifted the quilt and got up and said, "There are still important things to do today, I have to clean up, it's over."

Seeing some long hairs on the bed, Lu Xiu glanced at Yu Ying with a half-smile, Yu Ying's pretty face turned red.

In the official room, Chen Qing called Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiao, and said to them, "Cao Changchun and I had a showdown last night. He was very worried that Xixia would attack the Hexi Corridor, but it is also possible that Xixia will attack Xihe under the pressure of the Jin Kingdom." road.

But no matter what, my next target must be Xixia, Xixia is immortal, it will definitely become a poisonous thorn in our back, it will tie down a lot of our resources, and we will not be able to get the security guarantee in the rear if we attack eastward. "

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "If I hadn't supported attacking Xixia in the past, we were still relatively strong compared to Xixia. Our strength is far from enough, but it is different now. Our strength has gradually increased, while Xixia has weakened sharply after a tragic civil war. This is indeed an opportunity for us to destroy Xixia, if we wait for it to slowly recover, this opportunity will be missed, and we will definitely regret it."

Jiang Yanxian also agreed, "If we join forces with the Yellow-headed Uighurs, we have a [-]% chance of conquering Xixia, but the problem is that we have to negotiate with the Yellow-headed Uyghurs. ?”

Chen Qing nodded, "You are all right. In fact, this is the purpose of my inviting Cao Changchun to Jingzhao. How to cooperate with each other to attack Xixia, and then how to divide Xixia? This requires negotiation with Cao Changchun. The two sides reached a consensus. We I invite you two to come here, I just want to ask you to draw up a plan for distributing Xixia, as for how to attack Xixia, I basically already have an idea."

Zhang Xiao said again: "But I have to remind the Xuanfu envoy that the Jin Kingdom must be considered when attacking Xixia. Twenty thousand Jin soldiers stationed in Xixia may become a more difficult enemy to deal with than Xixia, especially the Xuanfu envoy must also consider The Kingdom of Jin continues to send troops to support Xixia, so how should we deal with it? It is not difficult to destroy Xixia, but the difficulty is to deal with the interference of the Kingdom of Jin."

At this time, a follower reported outside, "Report to Xuanfu envoy, Chief Cao has urgent matters to see!"

(End of this chapter)