Qingniling Shu army camp. The Zhou army had just launched another attack during the day. This time the forces were more dense, both armies suffered heavy casualties, and unlike the last time, this time there was a hand-to-hand fight.

"Ouch, ouch......" The wounded soldier cried out in pain in the firelight.

A petty officer chewed very bitter herbs in a simple shack, spit them out and put them on the waist of a wounded soldier, spat a few mouthfuls, turned his head and said, "Water." A soldier covered in mud hurriedly grabbed a bowl and asked him to rinse his mouth.

The wounded soldier lying on the bed was covered in mud and blood except for his thighs, and the blood on his pants had congealed like a hard cloth that had been pasted and framed. The civil official said: "Cover him thicker at night, in my experience, he is very susceptible to wind and cold after being injured." ”

He was about to leave, when he was suddenly dragged by a wounded soldier. The wounded soldier said in a Sichuan accent: "Am I going to die?" ”

The civil official glanced at the wound and said, "Don't get dirty, you can't die without suppuration." ”

The wounded soldier begged: "I can't read, if I die, ask the prime minister to help me write a suicide note to my wife." ”

"Ge Laozi, so you want to die?" The civil official scolded, "Lao Tzu has to see other injuries, and I will talk about it when you die." ”

"Mother......" In the dim and dirty shack, the wounded soldiers cried out in pain. ...

……

In the harem of the Shu Kingdom. In front of the jasper window, the window is really a flower window carved from jade, and then inlaid with glass in winter; The glass is not glass, and the transparency is very limited, but it sets off the light of the rising moon in a hazy and gentle way. The halo of mist reveals the light green of jasper, and the streamer in the room is full of colors.

Madame Blossom, who stood in front of the window, had a smooth and flat forehead, long eyebrows, large eyes, a smooth and flat face, slightly less full, and a slightly pointed chin. Her physiognomy is actually not good in this era, and the world thinks that the full goose egg round face is the blessed appearance; However, her skin is fair, her eyes are bright, her hairline is black and her white skin is bright, she has such a posture, even if her face is not good, she will be considered a wonderful beauty, so her lowly status as a courtesan can be extra loved by Meng Chang from thousands of beauties.

Her eyes sparkled, but there was no smile in her eyes, but she was a little cold. She is holding a very thin and sharp knife studded with gemstones, cutting the "wine bone trough", a kind of lamb's head meat marinated in wine, which is her unique culinary skill. The mutton that was cut out was as thin as paper and crystal clear; So it takes extra care to do it, and her eyes are very focused.

Madame Blossom is not good at smiling, and the shape of her lips seems to be a little stubborn, so she doesn't smile now, and she rarely laughs...... When people in the world mention courtesans, they always think that they are laughing; But there are actually various ways to please a man, and it doesn't have to be a smile. Madame Blossom is precisely with her kind of cold and pitiful coquettishness, and men can't help but take the initiative to please her.

But she doesn't have to deliberately please men now, because she is already a concubine.

Madame Blossom carefully and gently cut a sparkling flake and placed it on a golden plate beside her. Only Meng Chang, the emperor of Shu, could enjoy her painstaking cooking skills...... Even she didn't want to enjoy it, it was really laborious.

Treat him well tonight...... A man is like a child, and when he is willing to work hard, he should be encouraged.

But Meng Chang is that kind of person, everything is done on a whim, and he has to be angry at this time, if the situation gets better after a while, he will leave it behind and continue to study the room in the women's pile. But no matter what, as long as he has the motivation, he can't hit him, maybe he figured it out sometime? Madame Blossom can only rely on him, hoping that he will be the emperor well.

In any case, only Meng Chang gave her an identity, a place to live, and lived like a person. Everything she has now is given by Meng Chang, and she cherishes it very much. In the past, when I was a courtesan, although I had an excellent appearance, it was easy for the dignitaries and nobles to be courteous, and once or twice I could satisfy my vanity in the drunken gold fan; But soon she could sense that they were just playing on the spot.

Even her glamorous name was picked up by Meng Chang, if it weren't for the emperor's praise and the title of "Mrs. Flower", she would have been a beautiful courtesan.

Madame Blossom naturally twisted a thin slice with a very delicate gesture and placed it on a gold plate, and her every move was very elegant. She couldn't help but think of when she was twelve or thirteen years old, the bustard repeatedly taught her movements and tone, "So, slow down, right...... You have to remember that every place you do is to make men like you. "The bustard's voice is in my ears, and it has been many years, and those things seem to have happened yesterday.

"Yikes!" Madame Blossom let out a painful cry, and when she came back to her senses, she saw blood pouring out of her fingers, and she hurriedly pinched her fingers with her right hand.

"Mother, you're injured!" The palace maid standing next to her panicked, came up to take a look, panicked, and went to get the potion and bandaged gauze.

Madame Blossom muttered angrily, "I'll just say you can't be distracted, tell you to be distracted!" ”

When she saw that there were many flakes in the gold plate, and that her hand was injured, she reached out and smoothed out the slices of meat, and that was it.

After a short time, Madame Blossom walked to the splendid palace outside with a gold plate and put the "wine bone trough" on the table. Meng Chang drank the wine and said, "Don't get it, come and drink with me." ”

Madame Hua Rui persuaded softly: "Your Majesty drinks two cups less, doesn't it mean that you will go to court early?" ”

"Haha, I'll listen to Madame!" Meng Chang smiled, the flesh of his double chin trembled. Meng Chang's face is fine, he has a full forehead, good facial features, he doesn't look particularly fat, and his complexion is very fair. However, the body is very fat, and it is all soft fat, and it is the result of being pampered in the palace all day long when he is young.

"I like this wine bone trough the most!" Meng Chang said, picking up a piece. As soon as he put it to his mouth, he suddenly saw the gauze soaked with blood on Mrs. Hua Rui's fingers, and frowned: "Why is it hurt?" ”

Madame Blossom said softly: "I accidentally scratched a little skin, it doesn't matter if the skin is injured." ”

"Come, I'll see." Meng Chang put down his chopsticks and took her hand, "Does it hurt?" Madame Blossom hurriedly shook her head and smiled. Meng Chang said: "Don't be careful." ”

The two of them continued to drink and eat, and Mrs. Hua Rui noticed that Meng Chang no longer ate the "wine bone trough", and did not even move the piece that was clamped before. She knew that Meng Chang didn't like blood the most, probably because seeing blood affected her mood. Madame Blossom's heart was slightly blocked, and it took a lot of work to make the lamb's head meat and cut it so thin...... But she won't care, get used to it. It's like they have been practicing their talents hard since they were children, just to have fun with the officials and nobles on stage.

Madame Hua Rui looked sideways slightly and said, "Come on, bring rice for Your Majesty." Prepare the hot water, and your majesty will rest after bathing and changing. ”

Meng Chang listened to it and said with a smile: "Yes! Dine. I said, let's start working hard tomorrow! ”

…… The next morning, it was not yet dawn, but the early morning of winter was almost the hour. Madame Blossom had already dressed up, and walked up to the main hall, and she walked lightly on the wide hall with lotus steps, looking up at the high throne inlaid with gold on it.

She pursed her lips, held her hands slightly in front of her abdomen, and walked slowly towards the Zanzheng Pavilion next to the main hall. There was a room on either side, in which sometimes the scribes and scribes who made the notes would sit and write; But most of the time it was just a stack of the emperor's ceremonial utensils.

Madame Hua Rui walked in and said to the eunuch palace maid who followed her, "Close the door and don't make a sound for a while." I want to sit here and listen to Your Majesty's handling of the government. ”

The eunuch hurriedly closed the wooden door, swept a round stool with a whisk, wiped it straight with his sleeve, and carefully moved it to the carved window framed by paper. Madame Blossom walked over slowly, put down her graceful and slender waist, and sat quietly on the stool.

After waiting for a long time, it gradually became lively outside. First, the drums were beaten, the eunuchs sang the lyrics, and then the music was played. Many people entered the main hall one after another. Then Meng Chang walked slowly towards the throne from the open main entrance of the main hall, followed by the eunuchs and palace maids who bent down to follow. "My emperor has no borders!" Many people shouted together and fell to the floor.

Meng Chang, who was wearing a crown and a robe, slowly walked to the front of the collapse and sat down, then raised his wide sleeves, slowly stroked it from left to right, and said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

"Thank you." Hundreds of people got up from the ground one after another.

"Your Majesty, good news!" An official couldn't wait to come out of the ranks, holding a thing in both hands. Meng Chang on the dragon chair was suddenly overjoyed and said, "Tell me in front of the ministers!" ”

People looked sideways, only to see that it was Wang Zhaoyuan, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, who called himself "Mr. Wolong".

Wang Zhaoyuan was so angry that he first bowed down to the top and saluted elegantly, and then despised the ministers, and said: "Shannan Xidao Jiedu made Li Jin quickly report a great victory, and the Great Shu army defeated the Zhou army in Qingniling, and the Zhou army has been kept out of the country!" Those colleagues who have been terrified and alarmist all day long can now rest easy? ”

Prime Minister Li Hao came out and said: "As far as the old man knows, this battle is the general Hou Mao of the Xingzhou defense envoy, and it has nothing to do with the Shannan Dao Jiedu envoy; And it was just a tentative attack by the Zhou army, and the casualties of the Zhou army were very small, so how could it be said that it was a great victory? The 20,000 Zhou army is still in the north of Qingniling, how can it be said that the Zhou army has been shut out of the country? ”

"Hou Mao?" Wang Zhaoyuan looked back and said, "Have you heard of this person? ”

Everyone shook their heads.

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "What benefit did Prime Minister Li Cheng get from that person, and he wanted to ask for credit for him in the main hall?" Even if it is Hou Mao, Xingzhou is the jurisdiction of Shannan West Province, and the credit for the victory is not counted on the main general? ”

Meng Chang on the dragon chair didn't say a word, listening to the two of them reasoning separately.

Li Hao said: "The old man doesn't want to compete with you for anyone's credit......"

Wang Zhaoyuan suddenly snorted coldly: "Prime Minister Li Cheng is addicted to cultivating the table? ”

Li Hao said angrily: "Wang Zhaoyuan! What do you mean? ”

Wang Zhaoyuan's words really touched Li Hao's sore spot, because when Qianshu perished, it was indeed Li Haoxiu's descent...... Moreover, Li Hao's family has huge assets and is rich enough to rival the country, and there are many wives and concubines in the family. Therefore, Wang Zhaoyuan's "truth" is aggressive and has the upper hand.

Li Hao has no power to parry until now, and he can only avoid the topic when he is scolded. But Wang Zhaoyuan said it so directly, it was too much, and Li Hao was already angry.