Although Liu Qi's establishment of the Chu State did shake the entire Han Dynasty, it had little impact on Liu Qi's office, and there was even a trace of disharmony.

First of all, Kuai Ruyu gave birth to a son for Liu Qi during his expedition to Shu, and he didn't choose a name until several months, so he had to temporarily call him by the nickname slave, and it was not until Liu Qi returned that he was officially named Liu Yi, in order to commemorate Liu Qi's expedition to Yizhou.

After Liu Qi returned to Xiangyang, he heard that he had become a father, and he was naturally pleasantly surprised, and after his busy official duties were handled, he went to Kuai Ruyu's small courtyard to see his son, and by the way, he also compensated for his wife's hard work and grievances in the past.

But in this way, it will inevitably snub the four daughters of Xiao Qiao, Huang Yueying and Zhen Luo, the four of them have not seen their husbands for more than a year, and they naturally desire to be pampered in their hearts, but Liu Qi and Kuai Ruyu seem to have completely forgotten them, which makes them feel a little sour, and when Liu Qi compensates Kuai Ruyu enough, and then thinks about going to see the four girls, but they have repeatedly eaten behind closed doors, these four girls are like they have made an appointment, and they are always closed, so that Liu Qi's belly of evil fire can not be vented, Liu Qi was also embarrassed to go back to find Kuai Ruyu, so he had to reluctantly choose to spend the night in the study.

This kind of day lasted for three days, and on the night three days later, Liu Qi quietly came to Huang Yueying's room, but saw that the room was brightly lit, and familiar and beautiful voices came from the room, sometimes mixed with laughter.

Liu Qi tried to push the door, but he didn't expect it to open in response.

"Hehe, it looks like I'm having a show tonight." Liu Qi had a wicked smile on his face and walked inside.

As soon as he walked in, he heard the sound of Mrs. Lala, Liu Qi raised his eyes, but was stunned by the scene in front of him: because these four women were playing mahjong together.

"You, you guys are not doing your job, and you actually started this kind of thing." Liu Qi couldn't help but shake his head, and said again and again: "The plaything is demoralized, it really shouldn't be." ”

"Yo! Who is the concubine? It turned out to be our Lord Chu Gong, hehe, how did Chu Gong have time to come to our sisters tonight? Why didn't you accompany the eldest prince today? Huang Yueying's face showed a hint of banter, and she said with a grin while touching a card.

"Ahem, of course I want to accompany my son, but I want to accompany more sons, so I hurry up and come to you to discuss the issue of having a son? I wonder which of you came first? ”

Liu Qi smiled, originally thought that the four girls would rush over, but he didn't expect that they all sat upright, like clay sculptures and wood carvings, playing mahjong in their hands.

"Alas, I knew that there was today, why did I have to invent mahjong in the first place?" Liu Qi couldn't help but want to cry without tears, and secretly let out a sad voice.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Qi decided that he would attack from the weakest place first, just like attacking a city.

And among these four women, the weakest link is undoubtedly Da Qiao, this woman is the most gentle and virtuous, and she has always been obedient to her husband. So Liu Qi first said to Da Qiao: "Ying'er, come to your father's side." ”

Da Qiao raised his head, glanced at Liu Qi apologetically, and said in a snort: "Sister Yueying has already instructed the concubine not to let the concubine pass, otherwise the three of them will no longer pay attention to the concubine in the future, if the husband loves Ying'er, don't let Ying'er be embarrassed." ”

"Huh? This nasty girl. Liu Qi glanced at Huang Yueying, then rolled his eyes, and said to Zhen Luo: "Luo'er, you read the most, you are the most knowledgeable, you can know the righteousness of husband and wife, today for your husband to order you to come, do you never obey?" ”

"My husband has a life, how dare Luo'er disobey?" Zhen Luo sighed, slowly put down the cards in his hand, and then stood up and whispered.

"Hehe, I've finally been convinced." Looking at Zhen Luo, who was more charming than before, Liu Qi couldn't help swallowing his saliva, secretly thinking proudly, and then ordered: "Or Luo'er knows etiquette, even so, why don't you come over quickly?" ”

But he didn't expect Zhen Luo to just stretch his waist, and slowly sat down and said: "It's just that Luo'er also knows that she is young and old, and Sister Yueying has orders, and Luo'er doesn't dare to disobey." ”

"Uh......." Liu Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then said to Huang Yueying with a wry smile: "Ying'er, what are you doing here?" Is it jealous of your eldest sister? ”

Huang Yueying, who only listened, said: "What the husband said is not right, the four of us are knowledgeable and know how to be a wife, how dare we be jealous of the eldest sister?" The eldest sister has been with Yi'er these days, I don't know how much suffering she has suffered? If you spend a few more days with their mother and son, we won't be able to rejoice, so where will we be jealous? When my husband said this today, it can be seen that he does not know our sisters. Besides, the three of them are also sensible people, and if I connect the three of them just out of jealousy, how can they agree to unite with me? ”

"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing." Liu Qi was very relieved when he heard this, and hurriedly apologized, and then asked, "Then what are you doing today?" ”

Huang Yueying, who only listened, snorted, and said dissatisfiedly: "Let's tell the truth, today's events are mainly arranged by the concubine, and the concubine is very happy to see that her husband was canonized as the Duke of Chu, and then her husband made the concubine unemployed because of this, hum, your Ordnance Division was created by me, but now it has been completely given to Han Ji, and the concubine body does not even have the power to research and develop, you can tell me, is it fair for you to do this?" ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he realized that it was Huang Yueying who thought she was too idle and wanted to do something, so she couldn't help but sigh: "Ying'er, your status is not low now, how can you do anything?" Wouldn't it be better to give birth to a child for your husband, and then teach your husband and children? ”

Clinker Huang Yueying shook her head and said: "I don't, I don't like that kind of day, the matter of husband and child, you let the eldest sister, Luo'er, Ying'er, and Wan'er do it." Ying'er, I don't do this very well, the concubine feels that the best thing she can help her husband is to help her husband develop weapons and equipment, and assist her husband to calm the world, although Ying'er can't be a female general like Lu Lingqi's sister-in-law, but Ying'er must make some contributions to her husband's great cause. ”

When Huang Yueying said this, her eyes were shining, which made Liu Qi couldn't help but feel a little sad, and then sighed: "Since this is the case, then okay, I will give you a task, you can specialize in developing a weapon, but the research and development process of this weapon is very dangerous, you must pay attention, first, fireworks are strictly prohibited, and second, some key tests can only be done by subordinates, and you are absolutely forbidden to participate." ”

"What the hell is this thing that even bans fireworks? Does it have anything to do with fire? Huang Yueying suddenly became interested, immediately got up and came to Liu Qi's side, took his hand and asked.

"Yes, the weapon I said is called gunpowder, it is easy to explode, its power is too powerful, you must be careful if you want to develop it, if you have a mistake because of this matter, I will not forgive myself in this life, alas, originally I was going to hand over the research and development of this weapon to Han Gongzhi, but now he is concentrating on developing a new weapon called Mo Dao, and he can't pull away, plus the research and development time of this gunpowder weapon is very long, it is estimated that it is difficult to succeed without three and five years of hard work, This will delay the progress of Modao, so I hesitated......"

"Gunpowder? I really don't know what this is, but I'm looking forward to it. Huang Yueying's eyes showed a hint of brilliance, and then she murmured.

"It is a combination of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal in proportion, and if it is lit with fire, it can exert great power, and if there are enough of them, even the city walls can collapse."

"So powerful?" Xiao Qiao couldn't help but be speechless when she heard this, and looked at Huang Yueying with envy and said, "Sister Yueying, I didn't expect you to develop such a powerful weapon, if you succeed at that time, what a great help it will be for your husband?" ”

Huang Yueying's mind was thinking for a long time, and she said slowly: "I really didn't expect that these three things together could form a powerful power, I really don't know where you learned about such a secret thing, husband?" ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and said: "This is the secret that Zhang Lu's grandfather Zhang Ling discovered when he was alchemy, and later this secret was passed on to Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu told me not long ago, but he only knew that the combination of these three things was easy to cause fire, but he didn't expect that this thing had the hope of being made into a weapon." I will pass on this method to you now, you can use it for research and development, but remember, the research and development place must be fireproof first, the second must be secret, and third, you are a woman, your hair is too long, and it is easy to cause fire, so you must be careful. ”

Huang Yueying smiled, and then said: "Husband, rest assured, the concubine will definitely pay attention to her own safety and will never let you worry." Hehe, today the husband handed over such an important task to the concubine, I'm afraid I won't have time to enjoy the husband's favor in the future, so it's better to stay here with me today. Three sisters, you have worked hard, and your husband will definitely compensate you well in the future. ”

Da Qiao and Zhen Luo, one gentle and virtuous, and the other knowledgeable, didn't say anything, but Xiao Qiao said dissatisfiedly: "Sister Yueying is really unrighteous, she obviously said that she would give her husband to us first, but she turned out to be exclusive to herself, hum, who will cooperate with you in the future?" ”

Huang Yueying knew that Xiao Qiao was just talking, so she just laughed it off, and after the three sisters left, she said to Liu Qi: "Husband, you have to do your best tonight, the concubine must suck all the rain and dew for more than a year at one time." ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in a lost voice: "Are you a juicer?" Will you squeeze me to the point where nothing is left? ”

Huang Yueying was stunned for a moment, and asked casually: "Husband, what is a juicer?" Do you have a new invention? ”

Liu Qi suddenly had a black line, so he had no choice but to stop talking.