The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 378
With a "snap", an exquisite prince's porcelain cup was smashed to pieces on the ground, and the green tea splashed. Mrs. Wang screamed in fright, jumping up like a frightened rabbit.She held up her skirt feet that were splashed by tea, stamped her feet in distress and annoyance and cried coquettishly, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

"Get out——" Sun Quan looked livid, turned his head, pointed in the direction of the door, and shouted out of breath, "Get out, get out, I don't want to see you again!"

Mrs. Wang pouted and stared at Sun Quan for a while, still stubbornly refusing to leave. Gu Li walked over quietly, stopped in front of her, and gestured with her hand. Mrs. Wang bit her lip and thought for a while, hating He stomped his feet and walked away. When he was about to go out, he closed the door behind him with a bang.

Sun Quan was panting like a cow, and lay limp on the brocade couch. Dense beads of sweat slid down the wrinkles on his face, soaking the brocade quilt under him. His blue eyes stared at the blue-black curtain, and two tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. slide.

"Ali..." He sighed, hesitant to speak, tears streaming down his face.

"My lord, take a good rest..." Gu Li wiped the corners of his eyes and swallowed.

"Ali --" Sun Quan called Gu Li's name silently, revealing endless desolation.

On the pedal in front of the couch, a piece of imperial edict was crumpled into a ball, and the paper was slowly loosened, making a "clack" sound.Gu Li glanced at Sun Quan, quietly picked up the edict, and slowly smoothed it out. The edict had already been soaked by the sweat dripping from Sun Quan's fingers, and the ink stains were blurred and blurred, but it was still visible content.Gu Li just took a glance and understood why Sun Quan suddenly lost control of his emotions.

Sun Shao, king of Yue, won the victory and returned to the court. He was about to hold a prisoner offering ceremony in Luoyang.The Son of Heaven made it clear that the Great Han Dynasty had been established for more than 400 years, and had fought countless battles abroad, and the victories were not small. It is an unprecedented event in [-] years, and I hope that all kings will definitely participate in this celebration.

Gu Li sighed secretly, wondering who wrote the edict, isn't this stabbing Sun Quan in the heart?When did Wu Guo participate in this war?Yes, Lu Xun turned out to be the great general of Wu, and the 3 soldiers he led also belonged to Wu, but the question is, from Lu Xun to these [-] soldiers, who else would admit that they are from Wu?These people were all taken away by Sun Shao.If Sun Quan went to participate in this grand ceremony, what would he think when he saw those soldiers who had returned from meritorious service?

Wuyue was originally a family, but now Yue State is the most proud of the four countries, but Wu State has become the laughing stock of the world. Because of the crown prince, Sun Deng committed suicide. After Sun Luban heard about it, he brought his army back to Wu In the country, I want the Qing emperor to ask for an explanation for Sun Deng. It is probably the first time in history that this daughter led troops to attack Lao Tzu, but it happened to be met by Sun Quan.

Although Sun Luban was short of troops, so far he had only been shouting loudly and hadn't actually invaded Wu, but this incident had spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and even the people of Wa knew about it. Sun Quan was furious. Annoyed, his physical condition has deteriorated rapidly over the past year, and now he is required to go to Luoyang to embarrass himself, what is the difference between killing him and killing him?
What made Sun Quan even more worried was that Mrs. Wang not only could not help Sun Quan to share his worries, but felt that Sun Quan might fall ill at any time, so she was anxious to ask Sun Quan to make her son Sun He the crown prince, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and Sun Quan was furious. Almost unable to catch his breath, he swallowed directly.

As a valet who has followed Sun Quan for more than 30 years, Gu Li knows Sun Quan's temper like the back of his hand, and the voices of "Ali" made him very sad. He knew that Sun Quan regretted driving Sun Deng to death. If Sun Deng was still there, things would not go wrong It will come to this point, even if there is any difficulty, Sun Deng can understand his difficulty and help him deal with it properly, instead of making trouble for him like Mrs. Wang.However, Sun Quan is a strong person, even in front of Gu Li, he would not admit his mistakes, so he could only call out one after another.

"My lord, do you want to invite the imperial physician?" Gu Li asked softly.

"No... use...." Sun Quan moaned feebly, and slowly shook his head: "I'll just rest for a while."

Gu Li responded, helped Sun Quan tuck up the quilt, quietly left the room, closed the door, then raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes.When he looked up, he saw Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu standing at the other end of the corridor looking at him.He thought for a while, walked over quickly, and bowed to salute.

"Is Your Majesty feeling better?" Queen Xu frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

"Not good." Gu Li shook his head sadly: "I just got angry again, and my mood is very unstable, and I am resting now."

"Oh, it's all my fault." Mrs. Bu sighed, the corners of her eyes were moist.

"What does this have to do with you?" Queen Xu gave her a hand in disapproval: "If you want to blame it, you should also blame those women who don't know the heights of heaven and earth."

Gu Li saw that Queen Xu was about to vent his dissatisfaction with Mrs. Wang again, and his voice became louder and louder. He was afraid that Sun Quan would hear him, so he coughed quickly and hesitated: "His Royal Highness Yue Wang is in charge, and he may be offering prisoners in Luoyang in March. .”

Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu were astonished, they glanced at each other, and immediately understood.Now that Sun Shao is back, this matter cannot be delayed any longer. With Sun Shao's character and his friendship with Sun Deng, he is likely to magnify the matter.The reason why Sun Luban shouted fiercely, but never sent troops to invade the border of Wu State, was because on the one hand, Bu Zhi, the general who led the troops to guard against her, was her uncle, and she was not willing to embarrass Bu Zhi, and on the other hand, it was also because she Insufficient troops.Without Sun Shao's order, what she brought here was only her own personal guard battalion, and the symbolic significance was far greater than the actual military significance.But if Sun Shao wanted to participate in this matter, it would be more than shouting.

Thinking of the seriousness of the situation, Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu couldn't help but gasp.

When it comes to quarreling with Mrs. Wang, they still have some ideas, but when it comes to these important national affairs, they are completely blind.The two were at a loss for a long time, not daring to disturb Sun Quan, so they had to ask Gu Li to say hello, and hurried back to their residence.

Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the front of the hall, and waited quietly.After an unknown amount of time, Sun Quan's weak voice came from the hall: "Ali!"

Gu Li entered at the sound and rushed all the way to Sun Quan's bed. Seeing that Sun Quan's head was covered with sweat, he quickly took a towel from the side to wipe him off.Sun Quan stared straight at him, gasped and said, "Chuan Zhao, announce that Zhuge Jin will come to see you."

"Here." Gu Li hurriedly turned and walked out.

In the prime minister's mansion, Zhuge Jin and his son sat facing each other, chatting and playing chess.There are two books next to it, Zhuge Jin is next to "Funan Journal", and Zhuge Ke is next to the latest issue of "New Book of Mountains and Seas". On the cover is a deer-like animal with a long neck, and next to it is written two Two characters: Qilin, followed by a big "?".

Zhuge Jin was holding a chess piece in his hand, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't find a suitable place to place the chess piece after thinking about it for a long time.After Zhuge Ke stayed at home, Sun Quan recruited him many times to serve as an official, but he refused because of his poor health.In the past two years, he has been hiding at home, and besides reading books, he is playing chess. His chess skills have improved greatly, and Zhuge Jin is no longer his opponent.

"How to solve this?" Zhuge Jin glanced at Zhuge Ke angrily.Zhuge Ke smiled slightly and shook his head: "There is no solution, we are doomed."

"Duh!" Zhuge Jin threw down the chess pieces, took a sip from the teacup, licked a piece of tea leaves on his lips with the tip of his tongue, and suddenly said, "Is there really no solution?"

Zhuge Ke was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "How can there be so many coups in the world to resurrect the dead, and there is no solution."

Zhuge Jin let out a long sigh, put down his teacup a little depressed, and shook his head with a wry smile: "That's a pity, it seems that it's a destiny that cannot be broken, my prime minister is really incomparable to your uncle's prime minister."

"Not necessarily." Zhuge Ke smiled mysteriously, and reached out to pick up the chess pieces.Zhuge Jin squinted his eyes and glanced at him, thoughtful, but seemed to have some doubts. After thinking for a while, he said, "You mean there is still a turning point?"

"At least for us, there is a turning point." Zhuge Ke said casually while picking up the chess pieces: "Just watch, as soon as His Royal Highness King Yue returns to the country, the King will send someone to invite you."

"Sun Shao returned to the country?" Zhuge Jin was very disappointed: "He is thousands of miles away. I don't know when this battle will last, and I don't know what the result will be. Which day will be the head."

"It won't be too long." Zhuge Ke raised his eyelids and looked at the frustrated Zhuge Jin and said, "You haven't gotten along with King Yue too much, and you don't know him well enough. Based on what I know about him, since he has already If we set off to Taixifeng City, we will definitely be able to conquer Taixifeng in the shortest time, otherwise, he will not go."

Zhuge Jin pursed his lips and was about to speak when the second son Zhuge Rong walked in quickly and shouted: "Father, brother, the king's envoy is here, calling you into the palace."

Zhuge Jin was overjoyed, and then she lowered her face and shouted: "Zhuzi, what a shame to be yelling."

Zhuge Rong was startled, and quickly put away his smile, arched his hands, and stood respectfully in front of his father and brother.

Lang Guan Zhu Yi walked in quickly, and when he saw Zhuge Jin and his son, he quickly saluted and explained his purpose.Zhuge Jin twirled his beard and responded, "Wait for me to change clothes, then go..."

Before Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Zhuge Ke suddenly interjected: "Ji Wen, is your father back?"

Zhu Yi is the son of Zhu Huan. He is famous for his talent and quickness. He is a smart man. He was quite surprised to see Zhuge Ke interrupting Zhuge Jin's words regardless of etiquette. However, he also knew Zhuge Ke's talent and name, so he dared not be careless. My father fought with the general in Wucheng and has not returned yet."

"Oh." Zhuge Ke replied nonchalantly, and did not speak again.Zhu Yi didn't know what was going on, neither advancing nor retreating, so he could only cast his eyes on Zhuge Jin.Zhuge Jin knew that Zhuge Ke had something to say, so she waved her hand: "Please wait a moment, I'll come later."

Zhu Yi responded and withdrew.Then Zhuge Jin frowned and said to Zhuge Ke: "Why, what are you worried about?"

"Father, I don't know what the king called you to do, but if you don't know the exact news about the king of Yue, you'd better not get involved in this matter." Zhuge Ke said solemnly: "Princess Tiger is not a reasonable person. The general is her uncle, so she can still give you face, but you don't have such face."

Zhuge Jin nodded, a little unhappy.Although his ability is not outstanding, he has a good way of dealing with people. When Sun Quan is angry, not many people dare to persuade him, but he dares to persuade him, and he often succeeds in persuading him.This time Sun Luban led troops "on the side of the Qing emperor", in his opinion, it was just a matter of sending an envoy to say something nice, but Sun Quan just wanted to give way to Bu Zhi and lead an army to intercept it, so he just made things stiff.It's just that Sun Quan didn't let him go, and he couldn't take the initiative to go. Now that Sun Quan asked him, how could he shrink back.Zhuge Ke advised him not to be in a hurry for the time being, but he didn't take it seriously, but he always knew his son's intelligence, so he didn't directly veto it.

Zhuge Jin changed her clothes, followed the Lang officials to the Wu Palace, and saw Sun Quan who was ill in bed.Sun Quanqiang sat up with support. Although the sweat on his face had been wiped off, his complexion was very bad, his lips were bloodless, and his eyes were weak.Seeing Zhuge Jin, he forced a smile: "Ziyu, you are so comfortable at home."

Zhuge Jin smiled cautiously: "By inheriting the great king Tianwei, the world will be fine, so I can be a prime minister of peace."

"There's nothing wrong in the world?" Sun Quan smiled lightly, "There's nothing wrong in the world, but there's something wrong at home. I... well, I'm really ashamed."

Zhuge Jin remained silent.In the past two years, the state of Wu can indeed be regarded as peaceful. With the state of Yue at its side, the state of Wu did not dare to be too harsh on taxes, for fear of driving the people into a hurry, and another large-scale exile incident occurred. With such pressure, whether it is Sun Quan is still a general, and they all know how to treat the common people leniently, and mainly accumulate wealth through business. Although life is a bit tight, it is still stable. It can be said that he is a prime minister of peace.The chaos in the Wu Kingdom lies in the position of the prince, and these are the affairs of the inner court, not under the control of him, the prime minister.

"There is an imperial edict coming from Luoyang, please help me as a staff officer." Sun Quan moved his finger and asked Gu Li to hand the edict to Zhuge Jin.Zhuge Jin took the edict and was stunned for a moment. The edict seemed to have been manipulated by someone. It seemed that Sun Quan was not in a good mood, and it must not be a good thing.He immediately opened the imperial edict and read it again. Seeing that Sun Shao had returned to the court victoriously, thinking of Zhuge Ke's analysis, he couldn't help but twitch his brows. A gleam of joy just appeared, and then he regained his calm.

After reading the edict, he gently placed the edict on the table, pushed it forward, and knelt quietly.

"What do you think?" Sun Quan asked.

"Such a big event should be attended."

"Who's going?" Sun Quan asked.

Zhuge Jin hesitated. The emperor's edict specified that three kings should participate, but since Sun Quan asked this question, he obviously didn't want to embarrass himself.It's not impossible if the king doesn't go, the prince should just go, but now the prince has not been decided, and I heard that Mrs. Wang is fighting with Sun Quan every day because of this matter, how dare he mention this matter.

Sun Quan squinted at Zhuge Jin, and the corners of his mouth trembled, as if he had expected that Zhuge Jin would not know how to answer this question. He coughed: "What is Yuan Xun doing at home?"

"Read... read!"

"What book are you reading?"

"New... Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"Is it the latest issue?" Sun Quan hooked his fingers, and Gu Li took a book from the desk next to him and handed it to Zhuge Jin. Zhuge Jin glanced at it and nodded quickly: "Exactly."

"Hmph." Sun Quan laughed: "I regret it now. He didn't want to let him go at the beginning. Otherwise, if he shows his power in Sasan this time, he can at least be named a prince with his ability."

Zhuge Jin didn't say a word, thinking when did you let him go, and now he said such things in reverse, but he didn't dare to poke him face to face, so he could only smile noncommittally.

"Study behind closed doors at a young age, do you want to learn from celebrities? Don't you hear that real celebrities are romantic, and that kind of demeanor can't be faked." Sun Quan said a lot in one breath, a little out of breath, and stopped After panting for a while, he continued: "Let him go to Funan and ask the King of Yue for some medicine. I, as an uncle, is so ill. Is it possible that he doesn't show any filial piety?"

Zhuge Jin suddenly realized, thought for a while, nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty has an order, how dare you refuse to obey, I will go back and convey the will of the Majesty to him."

"Not busy." Sun Quan waved his hand, sat up from the couch, stared at Zhuge Jin with a pair of blue eyes, the indescribable majesty forced Zhuge Jin to hold his breath involuntarily: "Ziyu, the widow's body It’s been a while, and it’s time to establish a crown prince, do you have any opinion on the candidate for the crown prince?”

Zhuge Jin gritted her teeth, feeling her temples throbbing wildly, her heartbeat was clearly audible, and a drop of sweat dripped from her temple hair.Sun Quan had six sons successively, the eldest son, Sun Deng, and the second son, Sun Li, who died early one after another. The third son was Sun He, who was born to Mrs. Langya Wang, and he is 15 years old this year. The fourth son was Sun Ba, who was born to Mrs. Xie, and the fifth son Sun Fen, born to Zhongji, and Sun Xiu, the six sons, were born to Mrs. Nanyang Wang.Originally, Sun He had the best chance, but for some reason, Sun Quan suddenly lost the favor he used to have for him, and even changed his attitude towards his mother, Mrs. Wang.

So, does he want to establish Sun Ba?Sun Ba is 14 years old this year, it is said that it is almost the same to be a crown prince, but will Mrs. Wang be willing to make Sun Ba?I heard that Mrs. Wang can make a kind of soup, which is Sun Quan's favorite. If you don't eat it for a few days, you will lose something. Now, because Sun Quan doesn't like their mother and child, he doesn't drink a sip of the soup, but who knows how long Sun Quan can last. At that time, he fell in love with Sun He again. Didn't he offend Mrs. Wang's mother and son badly?

Another question is, if Sun Ba is established, will Sun Luban be able to let go?I'm afraid it's a little hanging, so the final key lies with Sun Shao.

"The young masters are all extremely intelligent, and they are all rare talents. It's just that...talents are rare, and longevity is also a factor that must be considered. I don't know anything about physiognomy, so I can't tell which of the young masters has the longest life. Your Majesty, do you want someone to see it before we talk about it?"

"Who will see it?" Sun Quan thought thoughtfully, "When it comes to physiognomy, Zheng Yu of Gucheng is the number one. After her death, there are no more capable people who are good at looking after her."

"Zhuya Academy has it." Zhuge Jin said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)