Chengdu Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Tao Zhan came to Sun Shangxiang's yard as usual, since Jiangdong came back, Sun Shangxiang began to change, from time to time felt chest tightness retching, experienced Tao Zhan immediately realized that it may be happy, she asked the house doctor to diagnose, as she expected, Sun Shangxiang finally pregnant.

This is a major event in Liu's house, Tao Zhan immediately rearranged Sun Shangxiang's courtyard, arranged her in his adjacent Qilin courtyard, easy to take care of, and added eight maids and ten female guards to Sun Shangxiang, and took the most experienced midwife in Chengdu to the mansion, not only that, Tao Zhan also persuaded Liu Jing to send someone to Jiangdong to report the good news to Sun Shangxiang's mother.

Tao Zhan was very thoughtful and took care of Sun Shangxiang meticulously, but there was one thing that she finally showed her tough side as Liu Jing's wife, that is, her attitude towards Cai Shaoyu, Cai Shaoyu can live in the state pastor mansion for a long time, but she doesn't want to get any name.

Tao Zhan's attitude is very clear, Cai Shaoyu was Liu Jing's second sister-in-law, and Liu Cong is still in Yedu, no matter how complicated and unclear the grievances between them are, they can't avoid this fact, once Liu Jing accepts her as a concubine, this will be a major blow to Liu Jing's reputation.

She knew that her husband was soft-hearted in some aspects, and he would be confused for a while to accept Cai Shaoyu, but Tao Zhan was not confused, before she was just hindered by Liu Jing's face and did not mention this matter for the time being, as time went on, when Liu Jing finally calmed down, Tao Zhan picked out the matter, she resolutely opposed Liu Jing's acceptance of Cai Shaoyu as a concubine, and her attitude was very tough and there was no room for negotiation.

This is the ritual that has been used since ancient times, where a man can spend a lot of time outside, but if he wants to bring a woman into the house, he must get the consent of his wife.

It was Tao Zhan's strong opposition that finally made Liu Jing temporarily dispel the idea of taking Cai Shaoyu as a concubine, so he had to appease Cai Shaoyu with kind words, let her live in peace, and give her an explanation in the future.

Tao Zhan walked into the courtyard and heard Sun Shangxiang shouting in a tantrum, "When will this damn retching end?" ”

Tao Zhan laughed knowingly, Sun Shangxiang's pregnancy reaction was very serious, with her xìng character, of course, it was unbearable, but women have this level, just get through it, she walked into the room and smiled: "What's wrong, it seems to be in a bad mood today!" ”

Sun Shangxiang was half-lying on the couch, and when she saw Tao Zhan coming in, she quickly sat up, her brows furrowed, and said, "It's only been a little more than an hour since I got up in the morning, and I've already retched four times."

As soon as she said this, she suddenly covered her mouth, rushed behind the screen, retching, two maids hurriedly came over with a basin of water, and after a while, Sun Shangxiang rinsed her mouth, and then helped the maid to walk back slowly, her face was yellow, and she was depressed, Tao Zhan hurriedly helped her to sit down, and handed her hot tea, and after a while, Sun Shangxiang sighed and said: "I have never suffered this since I was a child, and I knew that it was so painful to give birth to a child, so I didn't look forward to it!" ”

Tao Zhan smiled and comforted her: "It's all like this, when I was born as a child, the reaction was even more serious than you are now, tossing during the day, and how many times I got up at night, now I feel scared when I think about it." ”

"I'm fine at night, basically calm, it's very serious in the morning, and it will be better in the afternoon, eldest sister, they said that they will stop retching in three or four months, is that so?"

"After seven or eight months, when sleeping at night is a trouble, I can only lie down, but what! Women have to go through this hurdle, and without the pain of childbirth, there will be no happiness of motherhood. ”

"I just want to give birth tomorrow." Sun Shangxiang muttered quietly.

Tao Zhan smiled, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, only to hear Cai Shaoyu in the courtyard and ask with a smile: "Shang Xiang, is it better today?" ”

"Sister Cai, please come in!"

Cai Shaoyu walked in quickly, carrying a food box in her hand, "I boiled a little porridge for you"

She stopped for a moment, she didn't think that Tao Zhan was also in the house, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed, Tao Zhan smiled: "Shaoyu has a heart!" I also stewed porridge, I can't think of what it is, let me see. ”

"It's a little black chicken and lotus seed porridge, a good recipe for Xiangyang women to have children, which can alleviate the reaction."

Cai Shaoyu walked in slowly, put the food box on the table, and smiled reluctantly: "When did the eldest sister come?" ”

"I just arrived, Shaoyu sit down!"

Although Tao Zhan resolutely opposed her husband taking Cai Shaoyu as a concubine, she didn't hate Cai Shaoyu herself, and was quite sympathetic to her, and sincerely kept Cai Shaoyu to live in the mansion, Cai Shaoyu had nowhere to go, and Liu Jing still gave her a little hope, so she lived with peace of mind.

Tao Zhan's affection made Cai Shaoyu's embarrassing mood relaxed, she smiled, opened the food box, and handed the porridge bowl to Sun Shangxiang, "Drink it while it's hot!" ”

Sun Shangxiang drank porridge slowly, and her mind calmed down, she didn't know that Tao Zhan opposed Liu Jing and Cai Shaoyu as a concubine, this matter was very secret, only the three parties knew about it, and Tao Zhan naturally wouldn't tell her, not that she couldn't let Sun Shangxiang know about it, but that Sun Shangxiang had no city mansion, and she was very arrogant, and it was easy to talk about it, and it was rumored that it was not good for Liu Jing's reputation.

At this time, Sun Shangxiang remembered something and said to Tao Zhan: "The general told me last time that we might move to Chang'an next year in the future, will this be the case?" ”

Tao Zhan smiled slightly, and said softly: "Maybe there is this possibility, the last time I moved to Chengdu, he said that Chengdu was only a temporary residence for a few years, I asked Jia Junshi, Jia Junshi said that it is certain to move to Chang'an in the future, but when it will be, he can't say for sure, but since the general told you to move next year, it must be something." ”

Sun Shangxiang sighed, "I don't like the north, it's too cold." ”

"Shaoyu, do you want to go to the north?" Tao Zhan turned around and asked Cai Shaoyu with a smile.

"Me?"

Cai Shaoyu hurriedly shook her head, "I don't know what to do!" ”

After a while, she whispered again, "I never thought about it. ”

At this time, Cai Shaoyu felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, so she got up and said, "I'll go back first, and you can talk slowly." ”

Tao Zhan also smiled at Sun Shangxiang: "I'll also go back to see the child, and I'll come back to chat with you later." ”

She got up and followed Cai Shaoyu out of the yard, Cai Shaoyu understood what Tao Zhan meant, slowed down, and the two of them slowly walked side by side along the willow path.

"Are you mad at me?" Tao Zhan asked lightly.

Cai Shaoyu nodded, then shook her head again, and said with a wry smile: "It's a little bit at first, but it's understandable when you think about it, after all"

"What do you want to say?" Tao Zhan glanced at her and asked.

Cai Shaoyu sighed and said: "After all, I have married Liu Cong in a beautiful way, and I have seen the spectacular wedding scene all over the city, this is a mistake I made, and I should bear the consequences left by it, so if I figure it out, I can understand your attitude." ”

"It's good if you can understand, if it's an outsider, I won't object, it's his cousin, Shaoyu, I hope you can marry a good family and marry again in style, do you understand what I mean?"

Cai Shaoyu bit her lip and didn't speak, Tao Zhan said again: "Of course, if you don't want to marry and are willing to stay, I am very welcome, no matter how long you live, I will treat you as my sister, but I can't guarantee the future." ”

Cai Shaoyu nodded, "I understand!" ”

Speaking of this, Cai Shaoyu laughed again, "Actually, I also figured it out, as a woman, my biggest hope is to have a place to rely on, a place to live, I am very happy to live here, I really don't want to leave, as long as the eldest sister is willing to accommodate me, why should I make trouble for myself, eldest sister, rest assured!" I'm not going to say anything about what makes everyone feel embarrassed. ”

Tao Zhan smiled and nodded, she was glad that Cai Shaoyu had such an awareness, she gently grabbed Cai Shaoyu's arm, and the two walked slowly with their arms in hand, "Shaoyu, I want to change the master for Zhi'er, how do you think I should mention this matter to the general?" ”

"I think it's best to tell Jia Junshi what you think, and let them talk to the general, after all, changing the master for Zhi'er is a big deal."

"You're right, but I'll wait until he's done with this battle, I don't want to distract him now."

"Eldest sister, when will the general come back?"

"I don't know, I just hope he can come home and see it on New Year's Day."

The two walked as they talked, and gradually walked away.

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On the surface of the Yangtze River, a Han army fleet composed of 500 thousand stone ships went down the river, marching towards the direction of Xiakou, stretching for hundreds of miles, the momentum was magnificent, this was the 30,000 Han army that rushed to Anlu County, led by Liu Jing himself.

According to the agreement reached by the Han army and the Jiangdong army, the battle of the northern attack on the Central Plains will start in early October, today is the end of October, the autumn harvest has passed, the weather is getting colder, there is still half a month at most, and the prelude to the war will slowly open.

"Judging from the information sent by Jiangdong, the Jiangdong Army's expedition this time was not smooth, and there were great internal differences, it is said that Gu Yong, Yu Zhuan, Lu Ji and other Wuyue officials resolutely opposed the Northern Expedition, and there were also internal differences within the army, and some veterans led by Huang Gai did not approve of the Northern Expedition."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi sighed and said, "I'm very worried that the internal disunity in Jiangdong will affect this Northern Expedition campaign. ”

Liu Jing smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, this northern expedition, I don't want to seize much benefit, my fundamental purpose is to put pressure on Cao Cāo, and I can successfully end in Guanlong, so as long as Jiangdong sends troops to contain Cao Cāo's troops, it will be enough, as for whether Jiangdong wins or loses, it will have little impact on us." ”

Sima Yi has always had a feeling that the state pastor did not completely tell him the true intention of this Northern Expedition, and many things were only realized by him after the fact, such as ceding the four counties of Jingnan to Jiangdong, and after Sima Yi got the news of Liu Bei's unification of the state, he suddenly woke up to Liu Jing's foresight.

Despite this, he still felt that he had unknown information, such as how to put pressure on Cao Cāo in the Battle of the Central Plains, if he won, maybe he could put pressure, and if he lost? In particular, Jiangdong was internally unappeased, and it was going north to the Central Plains to fight against the strong Cao army, so there was little chance of victory.

But Zhou Mu's statement, it seems that Jiangdong's victory or defeat has little impact, which makes Sima Yi puzzled, he pondered for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking: "How is Zhou Mu laid out in Guanlong, can you tell Weichen first?" ”

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