When Zhou Xun walked into the cabin, he slowed down in front of the main cabin for Sun Deng to rest, and bowed to Sun Deng and the others who were sitting together to negotiate, Sun Deng smiled, did not speak, and did not invite him in, just watched him walk over slowly. Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing both closed their mouths and said nothing. Zhou Xun didn't hesitate any longer, quickly walked into his cabin opposite, and gently closed the door.

As the door clicked shut, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

It was obvious that Sun Deng was not satisfied with his answer just now, and the three of them were talking in secret, intentionally or unintentionally excluding him. He felt helpless, could he have answered wrong? What did Sun Deng do when he went to Jiaozhou, wasn't it to make meritorious service and seize military power? Since you want to make meritorious service and seize military power, how can you not fight on the front line? Do you really want to hide behind Sun Shao and be as naked-out as Liaodong?

Zhou Xun shook his head and sighed. Sun Deng may have read too many books and does not have the courage to pioneer, if he has a good relationship with Sun Quan, he may be able to be a prince of Taiping, but at the moment the situation of Wu is very difficult, there is Wei in the north, Shu in the west, and there is a powerful Yue Kingdom in the back, and there are still people inside who covet the position of the prince, which can be described as a crisis. Sun Deng is timid, without a little courage, and is by no means a suitable successor.

Zhou Xun sat alone thinking about his thoughts, and unconsciously drank a pot of tea, during which he looked through the crack in the door on the opposite side, the opposite hatch was closed, silently, and all that could be heard was the neat trumpets of the soldiers rowing below the deck and the sound of the rushing waves.

"Knock knock knock ......" A rush of footsteps sounded, the contemplative Zhou Xun raised his head in surprise, the footsteps seemed to be coming towards him, he had just stood up, and someone had already knocked on his door, knocking quickly and loudly: "Knock!" Boom! Boom! ”

"Who?" Zhou Xun was very strange, who knocked on his door, and even the guards standing at the door did not stop him?

"Open the door!" It was Sun Luban's eager voice. Zhou Xun hurriedly got up and opened the door, and as soon as the door opened a crack, Sun Luban squeezed in. She was wrapped in a big coat, covered in [***], her face was blue, and as soon as she entered the door, she closed the door with her backhand, shook off the big one, revealing her slender figure wearing only a swimsuit.

"Quick, wipe me with a hand towel!" Sun Luban shrank and stomped his feet, and his little feet stomped on the deck, making the deck clang. Zhou Xun was startled, and he didn't have time to call the maid who served Sun Luban, so he took a handkerchief and wiped the water on Sun Luban's body. Sun Luban jumped on the bed like a fish and got into the quilt, only then did he shudder and scream: "Alas, I'm freezing to death." ”

"What's the matter, fell into the water?" Zhou Xun said distressed and angry.

"It's not." Sun Luban wrapped himself in the quilt, only revealing one head, and grinned embarrassedly: "I went into the water with them, but I didn't expect it to be very cold in the water." I barely swam half a mile, and I couldn't hold on. ”

"Nonsense." Zhou Xun couldn't help but get angry when she thought of her only wearing a swimsuit and arguing in the water in front of so many people: "You are a dignified princess, how can you be like this?" There are also Destroying Camp and Zhenhai Camp next to it. ”

"What's wrong with the princess?" Sun Luban pursed his lips: "My aunt and sister-in-law both went into the water together." ”

Zhou Xun was speechless, if Sun Shangxiang and Guan Feng also started together, then there was really nothing to say.

"Tuk tuk tuk ......" the door rang again.

Zhou Xun opened the door angrily, and Xiahou Hui stood at the door, and behind him stood two maids with trays in their hands. Xiahou Hui chuckled and said, "The queen ordered to send two bowls of ginger soup over, and asked the princess to take it while it was hot, so as not to catch a cold and be bad for your health." ”

"Thank you, Queen, thank you, Madame." Zhou Xun hurriedly bowed down to salute, and a maid next to him came over to pick up the tray and sent it to Sun Luban. Sun Luban stretched out a hand from the quilt and shook it, and said with a smile: "Little sister-in-law, it's okay, you tell Yinping's sister-in-law, I'll go again tomorrow." ”

"Okay, you can rest well, I won't bother." Xiahou Hui smiled and shook his hand, and left with the two maids. Zhou Xun closed the door and hurriedly brought the ginger soup to Sun Luban. The ginger soup was steaming hot, and a sweet smell of ginger permeated the cabin.

"Can you not drink it?" Sun Luban had a bitter face and looked at Zhou Xun pitifully: "It's too spicy." ”

"No, if you don't drink it, it's easy to get cold." Zhou Xun shook his head and persuaded with good words: "The fifth general is really, why don't you get used to it and go into the water directly?" What if you get a cold, drink it. ”

"I don't want to drink, I'm fine, I'm much better now." Sun Luban twisted his body and found all kinds of excuses, just didn't want to drink ginger soup. She didn't like to eat ginger since she was a child, and she had to pick out ginger in the dish, so suddenly let her drink a big bowl of ginger soup, what is the difference between that and drinking medicine? Just now, I was disobedient and jumped into the water without drinking ginger soup.

"No way!" Zhou Xun was angry, wrapped one hand around Sun Luban's waist, and glared viciously: "If you don't drink, you won't be allowed to go tomorrow, and I will go to tell the king and tell him that if you don't obey the military order, you should not join the army." ”

"Uh-" Sun Luban pursed his mouth, no longer resisting, leaning on Zhou Xun and taking small sips, his face was so bitter that water could drip out. Zhou Xun didn't dare to pretend to be colorful, and watched her finish drinking it in one gulp, and then smiled. Sun Luban glanced at him timidly, and said with a small mouth: "Husband, you were so fierce just now!" ”

Zhou Xun was stunned for a moment, touched his head, and smiled embarrassedly: "The minister was in a hurry just now, and his words were disrespectful, and he asked the princess to forgive him." ”

"Hee-hee-hee-hee......" Sun Luban waved his little hand and said in a big way: "Look at your performance today, this princess has spared you." ”

Guan Feng pulled [***] hair while entering the cabin, Sun Shao, who was sitting in front of the desk writing something, heard the footsteps, and did not raise his head, so he laughed: "Listening to these footsteps, you can know that the queen is in a good mood today." ”

Xiahou Hui, who was grinding ink, hurriedly got up, ordered someone to take a hand towel, and personally wiped Guan Feng's hair, Guan Feng nodded in thanks, and said to Sun Shao with his eyebrows: "I haven't been in the water for more than a year, and today I finally enjoyed it, and I swam more than two miles in one breath." ”

"It's only more than two miles?"

"Alas, I haven't been in the water for a long time, and my physical strength can't keep up." Guan Feng shook his head: "The female pawns in the Flying Tiger Camp are not simple, and I can't keep up with them. In my opinion, if they really want to let go of their hands and feet to compete, they should be able to compete with the soldiers of the Zhenhai battalion. ”

"Let's have their own strengths." Sun Shao smiled faintly: "You have only been in the camp for a few days, and you are not very clear about their advantages and disadvantages, and after a period of familiarity, you will have a number." How about it, do you want the Flying Tiger Battalion to be your personal guard battalion, or do you want to form another battalion? ”

"Let's just fly the tiger camp, it's all women, it's convenient." Guan Feng glanced at Sun Shao with satisfaction, and his eyes were full of happiness.

"Okay, you pay more attention and don't let the big tiger have an accident." Sun Shao said while writing and drawing, "Dahu, that child has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never suffered hardships, don't use too much force." Aunt Yan'er, a newlywed, I'm afraid I can't notice it, you have to pay more attention. ”

"I see, I'll take notice." Guan Feng grinned, smiled and exchanged a look with Xiahou Hui, Xiahou Hui nodded, Guan Feng said: "The big tiger is willing to endure hardships, and he is bold, as long as he trains well, he will be a tiger general in the future." ”

"Alas-" Sun Shao sighed, put down his pen, gently tapped his thighs with both hands, and frowned slightly: "The second uncle's vein is also strange, how did he give birth to a daughter who is full of tiger spirit, but his son is wilted and has no energy?" I just talked to Zigao about cooperation, and he actually wanted to hide behind and go through the motions, and he didn't have the courage to be on the front line at all. Could it be that if you read too many books, you can really consume people's blood surnames, and you only dare to point out the country on your lips, but you don't dare to put it into action? ”

Guan Feng was stunned for a moment, not knowing how Sun Shao suddenly had such an idea. But when she thought of Sun Deng's gentle appearance, she couldn't help but smile. She was silent for a moment: "King, you should ask the Queen Mother to go today, you haven't been there since you went to sea." ”

Sun Shao's brows tightened, and he picked up the pen again: "You and Yuanrong go for a while, I still have a lot of things to do." ”

Guan Feng moved to Sun Shao's side, gently pushed him, and begged softly: "Husband, it's not the same thing for you to hide like this after all. The Queen Mother is also kind-hearted, in my opinion, the sister of the Zhou family is also a hard-working person, and there are some things that she can't help it. Just like me and Yuanrong, how can we have the opportunity to choose by ourselves? ”

"Why, you're not reconciled?" Sun Shao glanced at them and feigned anger.

"Husband, how can it be, we just cherish this blessing, so we don't dare to be self-dedicated." Guan Feng sighed: "If the husband doesn't even go to see the Queen Mother because of his will, we will be in front of the others...... I can't help myself. ”

Sun Shao glanced at Guan Feng, Guan Feng nodded solemnly, he glanced at Xiahou Hui again, and Xiahou Hui also lowered his head in embarrassment. Sun Shao snorted, nodded and said, "In that case, there will be a family banquet on the Queen Mother's ship tonight, and we will go over together." ”

"That's great." Guan Feng nodded happily.

"Okay, okay, you go out and prepare first, I still haven't finished the manuscript, and after a while, Yuanrong will come in and help me polish it, I don't feel smooth about these lines."

"What?" Guan Feng glanced at it. There were a lot of words written on the piece of paper in front of Sun Shao, and there were some sketches, but it was very messy, and I couldn't see what it was. Sun Shao waved his hand: "Don't worry, I'll show you later." ”

Guan Feng still wanted to inquire, but was pulled away by Xiahou Hui. Xiahou Hui said with a smile as he walked: "Sister, you don't know, my husband said that the journey at sea is lonely, and the soldiers are prone to homesickness, so he made up some scripts, and prepared to pick some people who can speak and sing to come out, and sing a paragraph every day to relieve the boredom of the soldiers and drum up their morale." Originally, I wanted to find someone to write it, but although they were familiar with poetry and books, they couldn't understand what the husband wanted, so the husband decided to write a model first. ”

"Script?" Guan Feng was curious, "What is it?" ”

"It's just some stories, from the court to the people." Xiahou Hui patted his chest with his little hand, his eyebrows and eyes flew, and he said with a smile: "I just watched a paragraph, it's very interesting, that young man killed people in a rage and hid everywhere, but he was discovered by the officials, and I don't know if he was caught." Alas, I was a little nervous, and when my sister came in, my husband was thinking about how the young man would answer the official's question, which was not easy to answer both thoroughly and relievingly. ”

Guan Feng rolled his eyes and was speechless at the excitement shown by Xiahou Hui.

Daqiao and Xiaoqiao sat side by side on the Feilu, looking at the Flying Tiger Camp in the distance, which was still training, Xiaoqiao frowned: "Sister, you also swim like this?" ”

"I'm only dressed like this on my estate." Ohashi laughed: "There are so many people, I don't dare." ”

Xiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "That's pretty much it, I can't imagine you wearing so little." ”

Daqiao glanced at her, subconsciously looked at the eagle in the distance, the smile on her face was a little lonely, she thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "What do you dare not imagine, didn't your princess daughter-in-law just jump into the water just now?" In fact, it is really comfortable in the water, especially in the soup spring of Zhuya, soaking for half an hour, when it comes out, it is really refreshing and relaxed. ”

Xiaoqiao pursed his lips and did not say a word. She didn't agree with Sun Luban for being a princess in the Flying Tiger Camp, but it was useless for her to disagree, neither she nor Zhou Xun dared to disobey Sun Luban's intentions. Sun Luban is unruly, only Sun Shao can restrain her, and she doesn't listen to what others say. Whether the Zhou family wants to get ahead in Wu or wants to develop in Yue, they can't offend Sun Luban, otherwise it will be equivalent to offending King Wu and King Yue at the same time.

"You don't like it?" Ohashi asked.

"What does it matter if I like it or not?" Xiaoqiao sighed, very frustrated, she was always calculating the stakes, but in the end she found that she was still inferior to her sister, Ohashi didn't like to calculate these, she only did things according to her own heart, and suffered a lot, but in the end, it was bitter and sweet, and she got almost everything she could imagine. She became the queen mother of Yue as her father's concubine, Sun Shao treated her no different than her biological mother, and Queen Guan Feng and Mrs. Xiahou Hui also regarded her as the real queen mother, and they had to come to ask for warmth and talk to her every day. It's just that during this time, she found that Daqiao was not in a good mood, Sun Shao seemed to have not come to her boat for a while, it was said that he was busy, but he was also busy before, and he still had to take a little time every day, but now he didn't come at all.

Xiaoqiao was sensitive to realize that this might have something to do with their mother and daughter on the bridge boat, and Sun Shao didn't want to see them, so he didn't come to the bridge boat. As soon as he thought of this, Xiaoqiao was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry, and he weighed the pros and cons over and over again, but in the end he ended up with such a fate, is this really what the sages said, is there too much scheming, and people are not as good as heaven?

But she can't retreat, even if it's not for her daughter's happiness, she has to work hard for the future of the Zhou family. Zhou Xun married Sun Luban, the relationship between the husband and wife is not bad, but he has no meritorious service, even if King Wu wants to give him a promotion, there is no excuse, this time with the prince to go to the South China Sea, the strength of Wu is very poor, if you want to perform, Zhou Xun can't do without Sun Shao's support. Zhou Yin became an official in Yue State, and now he has given up the Changle Guard Captain and entered the Destroying Battalion to be a military marquis, although the military marquis does not have to rush to the front, but after all, he is a middle-level officer, and the danger is not small, if he wants to be promoted for meritorious service, he also needs Sun Shao's promotion. So she knew that Sun Shao was avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally, and she could only pretend not to see it, otherwise, the future of her two sons would be over.

"You, you're just looking ahead too much." Ohashi glared at her reproachfully: "I don't want to let go of this hand, and I want to hold on to that hand, and in the end, of course, I have to not implement it at both ends." It's been until now, you haven't woken up yet, I really don't know if your smart energy has been blocked, how did you become so stupid? According to me, you just let Bo Ying come to Yueguo, with his ability, there are 2,000 people in his hands, and it is not a matter of words to make meritorious contributions? ”

"This ...... Will it work? Xiaoqiao muttered, "What if Bong doesn't give him a chance?" ”

"You...... You! Daqiao couldn't get angry, and raised his finger and poked Xiaoqiao fiercely: "That's how you look at Feng Xian?" You treat him like that, but when Zhong Ying came to Yue Kingdom, did he feel sorry for Zhong Ying? You always think that you have already saved people, no wonder you are not happy in anything. Feng Xian was right, Bo Ying and Zhong Ying each scored five points from Gong Jin, but no one looked like Gong Jin. ”

"What five?" Xiaoqiao rubbed his forehead, blinked his eyes, and said blankly.

"Bo Ying is elegant, but he has no bearing, Zhong Ying has bearing, but he is a little less elegant." Daqiao said as he walked into the cabin: "Bo Yingsi thought too much about it, and he didn't have the courage to abandon the Lujiang family business to cross the river, so although he has the ability, he has too many restrictions and can't play it at all." And Zhong Ying dares to act boldly, but he is a little less delicate and not thoughtful enough. ”

Xiaoqiao was silent for a long time before he muttered, "Doesn't that mean that none of them value Gongjin's achievements back then?" ”

"Not really." Ohashi said: "If you don't have courage, you can cultivate, as long as you put down your burden, you will naturally move forward bravely." It's not delicate enough, it's not a big flaw, not to mention that you have experienced a lot, so you will naturally think about it more carefully, so let's just say that now you are dealing with those barbarians, why do you want so much elegance? Does the bard empower the enemy? ”

"Sister, are you ...... now It has also become mercenary. Xiaoqiao looked at Daqiao who was talking freely in surprise, and couldn't help but hide his mouth and smile: "I see that you don't like elegance in the country, even scholars like Lu Gongxu like women like your sister-in-law." ”

"What's wrong with Shang Xiang?" Daqiao glanced at Xiaoqiao unhappily: "Shang Xiang has little scheming, and he is righteous and doesn't let his eyebrows go, I look very good." ”

"Okay, okay." Xiaoqiao knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly accompanied her, and after a while, she said again: "Sister, you said that Boying came to Yue Guo and had more opportunities?" ”

"You want to go yourself." Daqiao impatiently shook off Xiaoqiao's hand, took two steps, and turned his head a little unbearably, looked at Xiaoqiao where Mu Ran was standing, turned around and took her hand and said: "Saying that you are a woman, you are not convinced, I always think that I am also a strange woman who can beat Xu Mei." In my opinion, you just let it go, Bo Ying is so old, it's time to make some decisions on his own, you can't make decisions for him all his life, right? When Gong Jin was as old as him, he had already resigned from Yuan Shu's appointment and went to Jiangdong with Bo Fu to fight the world. ”

"Perhaps...... It's time for me to let go. Xiaoqiao nodded: "For so many years, I have been in charge of the east and the west, but the more I manage it, the worse it gets, Boying has been delayed by me, Ayu has also been delayed by me, only Zhongying is the most disobedient and is the least affected by me." ”

"Who says I'm disobedient?" Zhou Yin showed his head from the side of the boat, strode over, saluted the bridge, and then saluted the bridge, and said with a smile: "Mother, you can't say that mine is not in front of my aunt." ”

"Who said you weren't." Xiaoqiao wanted to make a joke, but he was in a heavy mood and couldn't smile. When Daqiao saw it, he sighed to himself and changed the topic: "Zhongying, you have finished training, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

"It's done." Zhou Yin was happy: "I came over on the order of the queen to inform the queen mother that the king is going to hold a family banquet on the queen mother's ship tonight, and ask the queen mother to prepare." ”

"Family dinner?" Daqiao was surprised and delighted, she and Xiaoqiao exchanged a look, and quickly nodded: "Okay, okay, I'll prepare immediately." ”

"You don't need the Queen Mother to prepare." Zhou Yin said with a smile: "The queen will bring someone over to arrange it later, and the queen mother only needs to tell her subordinates to cooperate." ”

"Great, great." Ohashi was overjoyed, and he was a little out of shape for a while. Xiaoqiao thought that Daqiao was happy that he finally had the opportunity to speak to Sun Shao, and Daqiao may have thought the same, but Daqiao had another layer of thought. After not seeing Sun Shao for a few days, she felt bored inexplicably, although she still ate well, lived well, and the people waiting next to her were also very dedicated, but she always felt that something was missing. She is also very conflicted, she hopes that her mother's family can enjoy the glory and wealth in Yue like herself, but she doesn't want to lose Sun Shao because of this, even if it is just estrangement in her heart.

"Queen Mother, you are so happy, is there any happy event?" Da Changqiu Qiaoyue walked out when she heard the sound, and when she saw the forgetful appearance of the bridge, she couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the bridge, reminding her to pay attention to her identity with her eyes, but don't be too happy. As soon as he saw Qiao Yue, Zhou Yin smiled and said, "Aunt Yue, General Shuai has just arrived, and he is reporting the military situation to the king, and he may have to come over to see you in a while." But ......"

"But what?" Qiao Yue said with a smile. The year before last, Daqiao was in charge and promised her to Shuai Zeng. Shuai Zeng has been following Sun Shao to fight, and now he has become a confidant, and he has been on secret missions many times, and it is normal that he will not see each other for half a year. Suddenly hearing that Shenlong's husband had returned, although Qiao Yue was anxious, there was no abnormality on his face.

"However, he seems to have brought a maiden with him."

"What?" Qiao Yue's slender eyebrows were raised, and her face was suddenly full of anger, and the elegance just now was gone.

(To be continued)