Seeing that Liu Qi had been pondering for a long time, Kuai Yue shook his head and persuaded: "Eldest son, now the second prince is too strong. You might as well give up, before his death, the general repeatedly asked the second son to treat his family well, his brothers and sisters, and as long as you don't compete with him for the throne, he won't treat you well? ”

"But Qi is unwilling...... "How can Liu Qi not understand the current situation, let alone Zhao Fan, I am afraid that even Kuai Yue and Liu Bei will not help him.

But as the eldest son, Liu Qi is indeed unwilling, although he is ashamed when he sleeps in the second half of the night, he involuntarily thinks of the gap between himself and Liu Cong, but now that everything has become a fact, he is still difficult to accept. He is ten years older than Liu Cong, and he has been the pearl of his father's palm since he was a child......

After that, Kuai Yue's strong dissuasion was not Liu Qi and Kuai Jian's dead heart. Liu Qi even went to Xinye City in person. Although Liu Bei was still very polite after knowing Liu Qi's intention, he was not sure about leading the troops to raid Xiangyang City, so he comforted Liu Qi and said, "Virtuous nephew, you might as well stay here for a few days." Wait for me to write to the court to show you as the pastor of Jingzhou. ”

"Thank you Uncle Huang for this, but now there are a lot of things in Xiangyang, with Uncle Huang's words, the little nephew will go back to Xiangyang for the time being and wait for the news."

What Liu Bei said is indeed a way, Liu Bei is the identity of the emperor's uncle, Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, if the court is allowed to decide, maybe there is really a glimmer of hope. But Liu Qi didn't know that Liu Cong had only been to Xuchang half a year ago and called the emperor brothers. At this time, Liu Bei's appearance is equivalent to impeaching Liu Cong, and the emperor will naturally not agree.

Even Cao Cao was happy to see Liu Biao grow up and grow up, and his brothers killed each other. Therefore, this road is still impassable.

Liu Qi waited in Xiangyang for more than half a month, and Liu Bei had no movement.

However, Liu Cong has already completed his mourning and officially presided over the overall situation as the pastor of Jingzhou.

On this day; Liu Cong ate snacks, sat by the window in the study, read the book, and saw that the rain and snow had stopped, so he walked to see Mrs. Cai. Now that Liu Biao is gone, Liu Cong doesn't want to snub Mrs. Cai and make her complain.

Liu Cong was walking and walking, and suddenly a faint sound of the piano came, and Liu Cong's heart moved, so he lingered and listened. After a moment, I remembered and asked, "Who is playing here?" ”

"It's Miss Bai, have you forgotten?"

Bai Xiaoqing, Liu Cong rarely went out during the mourning and was about to forget about this person, for Bai Xiaoqing, Liu Cong has always kept a distance, and Huang Quan even said that this person is Cao Cao's spy. This Liu Cong doesn't believe it, after all, there is no white, and the assassination of Jia Xu will not be so smooth. It's just that why Bai Xiaoqing wants to help herself, Liu Cong wants to ask but can't ask why.

Liu Cong shook his head before he was about to start, the piano also stopped, and someone inside was shouting Bai Xiaoqing: "Miss, you should go; The old lady is there. ”

Isn't the old lady Mrs. Cai, it seems that this Bai Xiaoqing really has a heart, and she goes to visit Cai's every day?

So he stopped at the door and waited for Bai Xiaoqing.

Sure enough, a moment later, a maid came out with Bai Xiaoqing, holding an oil umbrella, only to see Bai Xiaoqing's hairpin ring skirt and a plum blossom that had just bloomed on the bun.

Seeing Lu Cong, she stepped forward and saluted like other ordinary people in the house: "Lord." ”

Liu Cong smiled and said, "I just came out. Let's go not far, let's go and see the old lady together."

"Yes"

Between the houses, is the corridor, then follow the corridor into the walk, not far away, you see five upper rooms, all by the corridor to connect, the courtyard is lined with mountain stones, planted with plantain and begonia. It was obviously carefully trimmed by Liu Cong's order.

When I got inside, I went in, and I saw Cai Lin and Ah Ying, talking with Mrs. Cai.

Seeing Liu Cong and Bai Xiaoqing coming, Mrs. Cai smiled and said, "Oh, here, I also think it's almost time, hurry up and set the dishes." ”

Within ten minutes of speaking, the middle of the small hall was already in place.

There is a terracotta hot pot in the middle of the table, the charcoal crackling on the bottom area, the soup inside is turning flowers, and all kinds of beef, mutton, belly slices, fresh shrimp, meatballs, chicken breast, fish maw, sea cucumber, shiitake mushrooms, shredded shallots and so on are placed around. As soon as it is served, the aroma is immediately overflowing and salivating.

There are also a few cold dishes on the left and right.

This is also one of Liu Cong's inventions, in fact, it is also nostalgic for the Sichuan hot pot of later generations, Liu Cong ordered someone to prepare these, and now it has become Mrs. Cai's beloved.

Everyone smiled and sat down, saying that now there are only a few family members, Cai Lin knew Liu Cong's habits, and personally held the pot in one hand, first poured a glass of sweet wine into Mrs. Cai, and then poured it for Liu Cong.

A-Ying was also in a good mood, so she quickly stood up and said, "Madam, I'll come next." ”

Cai Lin smiled, and without refusing, she gave it to her.

Liu Cong was full of smiles, thinking in his heart, it seems that these two women get along well, but I don't know if it will be as harmonious as today if seven or eight more women will be accepted in the future. In the end, is this hot pot culture working?

It looks good and comparable to the level of harmonious future generations, Liu Cong immediately sandwiched a piece of mutton, put it in boiling water, and after a while, it was cold, filled it into his mouth, and couldn't help but say: "It tastes good!" ”

"The general's chef Ma Wu made it really good, but it's a pity that the general was not in good health before, so he didn't need it." Mrs. Cai said suddenly, but her mind was infinitely missing Liu Biao.

Speaking of this, it was a little cold, and Liu Cong said with a smile: "Erniang, come and eat more." ”

Mrs. Cai said this, and she also felt speechless, so she hurriedly ate, and said: "The twenty-seventh day has passed, and you have to go to the two ladies' rooms more." ”

Originally, on the twenty-seventh day of the funeral, husband and wife were not allowed to have sex together, but when they heard it, Cai Lin and A-Ying were both a little shy and a little expectant.

I have been in the same room with Cai Lin for three years, and Cai Lin's body is also plump, why hasn't there been any movement? Could it be that there is something wrong?

Thinking of this, I can't sit still. The issue of the ancestral hall is a big deal in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After finishing the Chinese food, everyone rested a little, and Liu Cong followed and went to Cai Lin's room.

Cai Lin's body was in Liu Cong's arms, but she shirked his hand, Liu Cong knew that she was unwilling to prostitute herself during the day, so she just kept it for a while, and said: "You have a lot of concern, have you encountered something?" ”

Cai Lin was silent for a moment, shook her head slightly and said, "Aunt and I talked about the differences between you and your father, it doesn't matter, right?" ”

Liu Cong stroked her hair, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "You are always too preoccupied, you are my wife, and your father-in-law is the hero who followed his father to pacify Jingzhou, even if there is any disagreement, it is a hypothesis, suppose Cao Cao raises an army to attack." Then it's going to be gone, so why worry too much? ”

"But my aunt said, even if the Chinese military minister of the city is not willing to fight, and the general repeatedly instructed you before he died, wouldn't you be embarrassed." If you surrender, you will disobey your father's orders, and if you fight, you will be isolated......"

"You're too careful, there are still people in the city who are willing to fight, it's just that Kuai Yue and others are more powerful. But since I'm talking about it, I want you to do something for me. ”

"What?"

"Go and lobby your father-in-law."

"My father is nearly fifty years old, so he naturally has an idea in his heart, can one of my daughters talk about him?"

"I'm not exactly a lobbyist, I know that my father-in-law is worried that my insistence on confronting Cao Cao will bring disaster to the Xiangyang people. So I thought of a compromise and wanted him to change guards with Lord Huang Zu. But I'm worried that he'll think I'm snubbing him......"

"Go to Jiangxia? Aren't you snubbed? Although Cai Lin was caught in the middle, she was not biased.

"Do you know, Grandfather Huang has guarded Jiangxia for more than ten years, and the grudge with Jiangdong Sun Quan has deepened. I fought against Cao Cao with the United Sun Quan. Grandfather Huang is not suitable in Jiangxia after all.

But the importance of Jiangxia, I usually told you about it, this is a sharp knife for zigzag defense, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others. Besides, Jiangdong Sun Quan is by no means a good person. Looking at Jingzhou, there are very few people who can take on this important task.

And if I can successfully resist Cao Cao's first attack, I want to make Jiangxia a city more prosperous than Jiangling or even Xiangyang, as a political center in the future. With such a heavy construction task, the first thing that came to my mind was my father-in-law.