Sun Quan thought for a while, and deliberately provoked Sun Shangxiang and said: "Little sister, the second brother wants to introduce you to a good family matter, but Guotai is afraid that you will be bullied, and he wants to ask you." ”

Sun Shangxiang thought of the Jiangdong heroes introduced by Sun Quan, but they were nothing more than that, and said dissatisfied to Sun Quan: "Second brother, the objects you introduced to me are all useless, crepe, and very boring. However, second brother, you also underestimate me, I am not afraid of heaven and earth, where else do I dare not go, if I don't like it, I won't marry. ”

Wu Guotai saw Sun Shangxiang speak wildly, and said: "In Jiangdong, you are favored by Zhongmou, and naturally everyone is afraid of you. This time, the person introduced by your second brother is not trivial, it is Yuan Xi, the general of the dynasty. ”

Sun Shangxiang had also heard of the general Yuan Xi, even if this person was even more powerful than the eldest brother he admired the most, he suddenly had no bottom in his heart, and said nonsense: "The general must be my opponent, I'm not afraid, but the child has to take care of his mother, and he can't go to Hebei." ”

Wu Guotai also guessed that Sun Shangxiang didn't want to go to Hebei, so he wanted to refuse, but Sun Quan laughed and said: "Little sister understands for my brother, so I will order Yu to choose another suitable candidate and form an alliance with Hebei." ”

Sun Shangxiang was unconvinced and said: "Second brother is slow, don't you just want to form an alliance with Hebei?" As a member of the Sun family, I should do my best for the Sun family, and this time I personally went out to persuade Yuan Xi to form an alliance with my Jiangdong for my second brother. ”

Sun Quan deliberately said urgently: "No, no, no, you can't mess around with major national affairs, in case you offend Yuan Xi, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

Wu Guotai also glared at Sun Shangxiang, and said: "You usually just mess around at home, this is related to my Jiangdong interests, you can't interfere." ”

Seeing that Sun Quan and Wu Guotai disagreed, Sun Shangxiang knew that it was not good to be hard, so she pretended to be aggrieved, and said sadly and tearfully: "You all look down on me, you think that I am useless as a woman, and you want to marry me as soon as possible." ”

Seeing Sun Shangxiang crying, Sun Quan immediately softened his heart and compromised: "The second brother will promise you, but this time you have to listen to Yu Xuan's arrangement and try your best to promote an alliance with Hebei." ”

Seeing Sun Quan agree, Sun Shangxiang burst into tears and laughed, and said mischievously: "Second brother, don't worry, I will live up to my mission and wait for my good news." After speaking, Sun Shangxiang went to pack his clothes and prepare to go to Hebei.

After Yuan Xi returned from the Central Plains, in addition to inspecting Jizhou, he accompanied his wife and children at home and personally educated his children. Yuan Xi has three sons under his knees, the eldest son Yuan Rui is already six years old, he is out on the expedition, he has Xun Zhan to teach knowledge, when he is at home, he is personally educated, Yuan Xi does not want to repeat the mistakes of Yuan Shao, Yuan Rui has been established as his future successor since he was a child.

Yuan Rui did not live up to Yuan Xi's hard work, he was very sensible at a young age, diligent and studious, and had more insights than children of the same age. One day, Yuan Rui pleaded with Yuan Xi that he wanted to practice martial arts and be able to fight on the battlefield in the future to share his father's worries. Yuan Xi stroked Yuan Rui's head and said: "Rui'er is very happy to have this idea as a father, I will let your Uncle Zilong pass on your martial arts, I hope that in the future you can lead the three armies and dominate the world." ”

Yuan Xi's second son, Yuan Fang, was born to Cai Yan and was just over two years old; Yuan Xi's youngest son is Yuan Li, born to Zhang Xiuer, who is just over a year old. When Yuan Xi is at home, he is not tired of the crying of the little children, and often fights two children by himself, Yuan Xi believes that although the children are small, they also know how to be intimate and have more companionship, so they are naturally cordial and easy to educate.

Cai Yan and Zhang Xiuer also agreed with Yuan Xi's point of view, although there were subordinates in the General's Mansion who could help, they were all hands-on and took care of the children by themselves. The two also know that Yuan Rui will definitely be the successor in the future, although they have no desire to compete, they also hope that their children can make a difference.

Lu Qiling gave birth to a daughter and was very depressed, how she hoped to have a son who would be able to fight on the battlefield in the future and carry forward her family's Lu family halberd method. Yuan Xi was very fond of this little daughter, and said to Lu Qiling: "What's wrong with having a daughter, when we get married in the future, we will at least ask for a thousand catties of gold, how cost-effective, much more practical than my brothers." ”

Zhen Mi listened to Yuan Xi's words, only rolled her eyes, and quipped: "You are a general, how can you be so greedy for money, this will bring bad atmosphere." ”

Yuan Xi said embarrassedly: "I'm not greedy for money, it's worth the money." I just want to say that my daughter is not bad. Then, Yuan Xi walked up to Lu Qiling's ear and continued to comfort: "If you want sons, let's have a few more, there will always be." Lu Qiling blushed when she heard this, and ignored Yuan Xi.

At this moment, his subordinates came to report that the Jiangdong envoy came to visit Jizhou. After this Central Plains War, Yuan Xi also realized that it was still a little difficult to unify the world with the strength of Hebei alone, and it was just right to make friends with Jiangdong and deal with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

In order to express his sincerity, Yuan Xi held a banquet in the General's Mansion and invited Jiangdong envoys to come to the gathering and negotiation. Jiangdong envoy Yu Fu and Sun Shangxiang came to the General's Mansion together, Sun Shangxiang was dressed in a man's clothes, as Yu Fan's deputy, there seemed to be no flaws. Sun Shangxiang looked at Yuan Xi carefully, and saw that Yuan Xi was wearing a cyan scribe's robe, although he was handsome, but he was very disappointed that Sun Shangxiang was not a hero in his mind, that is, he was born in a good family and had a good life.

Yu Pan saw that Yuan Xi was so polite to entertain himself, and he was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that Yuan Xi also wanted to make friends with Jiangdong, so he wanted Yuan Xi to say his intention: "General, Yu Fan came all the way north, and what he saw and heard, the people all praised the general. Therefore, my lord intends to form an alliance with Hebei to fight against Cao Cao, I don't know what the general wants? ”

As expected, Yu Fu came to form an alliance with Jiangdong, and Yuan Xi sighed: "This time in the Central Plains, my Hebei's strength has been greatly damaged, and I can't go south again in a short time." If they form an alliance with your army now, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will seek to capture Jiangdong, and I am afraid that they will lose their trust in their allies. ”

The meaning of Yuan Xi's words is very clear, he is unable to start a war with the Central Plains again, and if he forms an alliance with Jiangdong, he will not be able to send troops to save him. Yu Fu also knew that Yuan Xi was not so easy to convince, and he had to pay a certain price if he wanted to get Hebei's support.

Just when Yu Pan wanted to ask about the alliance's requirements, Sun Shangxiang sneered: "I thought that the general was far-sighted, but I didn't expect that I would only care about the immediate interests, my Jiangdong defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei will only increase the strength of the general's enemy, and the general will sit idly by, and he will definitely regret it in the future." ”

Yuan Xi also noticed that this deputy envoy of Jiangdong was white and tender, like a girl, and he didn't remember that there was such a person in Jiangdong, and asked: "This gentleman has a bit of sense, I don't know how to call it?" ”

Sun Shangxiang saw that Yuan Xi didn't dare to despise himself and impersonate his brother, and said proudly: "In Xia Sun Ren, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian is my father, and now Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong, is my second brother." ”

Yuan Xi thought for a while, and said to Yu: "What this Brother Sun said is extremely true, this general is not a person who will not be saved when he sees death, if Cao Cao and Liu Bei have the idea of fighting Jiangdong, Hebei will definitely send troops to help." But I can't sacrifice the Hebei soldiers in vain. This Sun family brother has extraordinary knowledge, and in order to promote the alliance between Hebei and Jiangdong, he stayed in Hebei as the person who delivered the news. In addition, my son Yuan Rui is in need of a brother to study, I heard that Sun Shao, the son of General Sun Bofu, is only eight years old, if his mother Da Qiao can take him to Hebei for exercise, not to mention the alliance, even the position of Wu Hou can also be discussed! ”

Sure enough, as Sun Quan expected, Yuan Xi is a womanizer and will definitely ask for Da Qiao. However, for the sake of the great cause of Jiangdong, forming an alliance with Hebei and sending Sun Shao away, Sun Quan decided to give up Da Qiao, and told Yu Tuo before coming that even if Yuan Xi wanted Da Qiao, he would agree.

Sun Shangxiang is unbearable, Yuan Xi wants to stay in Hebei by himself, but he didn't expect to have his sister-in-law, so he got up and said angrily: "Yuan Xi, don't deceive people too much, you actually covet my sister-in-law's beauty, and make excuses, it's really shameless, we Jiangdong will definitely not be wronged." After speaking, Sun Shangxiang asked to leave.

Yuan Xi looked at this Sun Ren who was also short-tempered, and said to Yu Tuo: "Mr. Zhong Tuo, are you people in Jiangdong who are not prioritized, obviously you are the main envoy, is it because the deputy envoy is the Sun family, you can ignore the elders and talk nonsense?" ”

Yu Fan was also embarrassed, glanced at Sun Shangxiang, and said with a smile to Yuan Xi: "The general misunderstood, General Sun Ren may be too excited, but my lord once instructed that the general's request must be fair and reasonable, I agreed for my lord, and asked the general to keep his promise." ”