Chapter 89 The Return of the Tiger

"If I had known this, I would have stayed in Qian Tang at the beginning." Queen Xu sighed faintly and looked at the gloomy sky outside the window: "It's snowing again. It's really cold."

Mrs. Bu glanced out of the window, squeezed her mouth and smiled, "If it snows or not, can it still freeze you? When did you learn the sourness of those scribes and use the scenery to express your feelings.

Queen Xu stared at Mrs. Bu with a stiff face, but after a while, she couldn't help laughing: "I said practice teacher, you are really getting more and more sour now. I'm just saying that the weather is a little cold. Why is it sour?"

Mrs. Bu smiled and said nothing. Queen Xu is in a bad mood, and she is not in a good mood. Sun Quan has just hired a new Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang is young and beautiful. She is from Langya. I don't know how she entered the palace, but she is very energetic. She became pregnant in less than a month after entering the palace. A few days ago, she just gave birth to a son. This is Sun Quan's third son, and she hasn't been named yet. Sun Quan's face finally smiled after a year of haze. In the past two days, he ran to the palace of Mrs. Wang after finishing her official business, saying that she was going to see her son. Not only did Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu rarely see each other here, but also Mrs. Nanyang, who was originally very favored, tasted. In the past few days, she lost her temper in her own palace for no reason.

And Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu have already lost all their temper, and the other has never lost their temper. They have become the closest people in this palace. Queen Xu has never had a child. The eldest son Deng is her adopted son. After Sun Deng became the prince, he went to Funan for another year. He won a great victory and returned triumphantly. Now he is working as a supervisor on the Western Front, and his future is bright. Queen Xu also saw hope in her heart. Even if there were thousands of complaints, they were just words. In her opinion, her good son would eventually come.

Mrs. Bu only had two daughters, and there was no hope for the queen, but this also allowed her to live in the palace at ease. She did not need to be wary of others. However, Dahu first went to Qian Tang, and then to Funan. In order to be able to fight and be a general, she simply did not come back. This compartment lady was very frustrated and complained from time to time.

The two of them gossiped and spent endless time in the palace. Sometimes they had nothing to say, and they were silent. Only the small clock with a golden wall in the corner of the room made a rattling sound. This clock was made by Sun Luban in Qiantang and specially sent it back. Mrs. Bu was very proud of it for a period of time, but now, she just wants to see her daughter, especially when she heard that Dahu fought against the Funan people outside Xijuan City. She was so scared that she didn't sleep for a few days and always woke up from her sleep.

"Practiceer?"

"Huh?"

"The king is actually very annoying these days." Queen Xu turned her head and picked up the corners of her eyes with crow's feet. There was a little pleasure in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth also raised. Although he is nearly 30 years old, the charm still exists, and his expression is still a little naive when he was young.

"Is it?" Mrs. Bu answered unintentionally.

"Well, the king of Yue wrote to the emperor that he wanted to mediate the disputes of Wu and Shu at the same time at the East China Sea Conference. The sailors of the State of Yue have gathered in Qian Tangkou, and the iron riders of the State of Wei are also rushing to the area of Jianghuai. If the State of Shu is coming, it must pass through the big river. The letter of the state was handed over half a month ago, but the king has not yet made a decision. He was afraid that the king of Yue's mediation was fake, so he took the opportunity to attack Wu Shizhen. If this is the case, the emperor will come forward, and the three countries of Wei, Shu and Yue will work together to attack Wu. I'm afraid that the State of Wu will not last more than half a year.

Mrs. Bu looked at the corner of her eyes and was silent. After a while, she said, "Do you think it will be like this?"

"How do I know?" Mrs. Xu waved her hand lazily and smiled indifferently, "I'm a woman. I don't know what these men are thinking. When they were strong, they wanted to rob other people's land and other people's women, but when they saw that others were strong, they began to worry that their land and women would be robbed by others, which was really tired.

Mrs. Bu moved her mouth and didn't say anything. Thinking about it, she smiled again. The Xu family knew that Sun Deng had a good relationship with Sun Shao. This time in the south, Sun Shao sent Guan Feng to help Sun Deng, and Sun Deng did not mention Zhou Yu again. He let the Zhou family go to the State of Yue without saying a word, just as if this matter did not happen, it was obvious that the two sides had a tacit understanding. In the current situation, I'm afraid that Sun Shao will not be unfavorable to the State of Wu. Even if it is unfavorable to the State of Wu, it is also aimed at Sun Quan and will not be aimed at Sun Deng, so the Xu family is not worried, not to mention that her brothers are all officials in the State of Yue. Even if the State of Wu dies, she will not lose anything. Mrs. Bu herself also has a plan. Sun Shao has always been good to her. Now Dahu is still a general beside Sun Shao, and her son-in-law Zhou Xun is also a general of the State of Yue. Even if the State of Wu dies, she can live a comfortable life in the State of Yue. Maybe she can live a more at ease than now. The two of them had a good understanding, but neither of them said anything. They just glanced at each other, squeezed their mouths, and smiled understandingly.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside. Then, the bells and drums warning upstairs in the northeast suddenly rang. The officials on duty outside were in a panic. Sima Linglie strode in and clenched his fists and saluted in the porch: "Queen, madam, someone broke into the palace ban. Please ask the queen and wife to sit down. There must be ministers waiting. It's all right."

Queen Xu put away her smile, nodded majestically, and gently waved her sleeves. Ling Lie turned around and stood forward. More than a dozen officers each held weapons and held the door tightly. Mrs. Bu followed in surprise and looked at Queen Xu doubtfully. Queen Xu knew what she wanted to ask, but she was also confused and didn't have time to say anything at this time.

The noise outside was getting closer and louder, and Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu were a little nervous. Since the son of Sun Shao, the son of Yue, Sun Shao, was robbed from the palace that time, the protection in the palace has been very strict. What's going on today? Someone actually broke into the palace? Thinking of Sun Quan's bad mood during this period, Mrs. Bu couldn't help but worry.

"Ring!" Ling Lie's nervous voice came from outside. It seemed that the people who broke into the palace did come this way. Mrs. Bu's face tightened and pulled Queen Xu back, ready to avoid it for the time being, so as to avoid accidental injury between the two sides. As soon as Queen Xu was about to follow her, she suddenly heard a cry from outside: "Princess!"

"Bop out of the way!" A familiar voice shouted, "Little Shuzi, I haven't beat you for a year. You're bold. How dare you stop me?"

Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Bu had rushed out. She didn't look gentle and virtuous at all. She rushed to the door like a gust of wind and shouted before she could see anyone: "Big Tiger, is that you?"

"Mother, it's me." Sun Luban stretched out his hand to develop Ling Lie and the officials, strode over, rushed into his wife's arms like a bird, and hugged Mrs. Bu tightly. Before he could speak, tears gushed out.

The mother and daughter cried together.

Sima Zhuyi came all the way with dozens of officials. As soon as he saw Ling Lie standing at the door, he quickly stopped and asked breathlessly, "Captain Ling, where did the thief go? Did you shock your wife?"

Ling Lie shook her head: "It's okay. The eldest princess is back. Let the alarm be lifted upstairs, otherwise the king will be angry."

"Ah?" Zhu Yi was shocked: "Is it the eldest princess?"

"It's indeed the eldest princess." While dispersing the crowd, Ling Lie frowned and asked, "What's the matter? Why is the eldest princess so nervous when she goes back to the palace?"

Zhu Yi was stunned and patted his thighs in frustration. He is the eldest son of Zhu Huan, the governor of Ruxu. He just entered the palace. Because of Zhu Huan, he was promoted quickly and had achieved Sima, but he had never seen Sun Luban. Hearing the man guarding the palace gate, someone beat the guarding the palace guarding the palace and breaking into the palace. He was so scared that he didn't have time to ask in detail. He immediately ordered a warning, and he chased after him with the officers. Unexpectedly, this thief was very familiar with the situation in the palace and ran very fast. He chased slowly all the way, but still didn't keep up. Now he was relieved to hear that it was the eldest princess Sun Luban. However, when I thought that I had made such a big mistake, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous. I don't know how to face Sun Quan's responsibility after a while.

He stood for a while and looked at Sun Luban's entourage who arrived with the gift at this time. He shook his head with a wry smile and went back dejectedly.

Mrs. Bu and Sun Luban hugged their heads and cried, and finally stopped crying. Sun Luban wiped his tears with embarrassment, touched the head of his sister Sun Luyu, who had heard the sound, and ordered someone to carry up the gift. More than a dozen guards carried several big boxes to the courtyard. As soon as they opened the lid, there was a piece of pearly treasure. There was just a touch of sunshine from the thick clouds and shone on one of the boxes. Suddenly, it was brilliant and eye-catching. Sun Luyu shouted in surprise for a while, rushed over, and took out a string of big and round pearls from the box. The bracelet was held in the palm of his hand and shouted, "Mother, it's so beautiful. I want this..."

"Silly boy, I really haven't seen the world!" Mrs. Bu smiled at Sun Luyu and stared at Sun Luban again: "Are you a general or a pirate? Why did you bring back so much property?

Sun Luban smiled and said, "Mother, I'm a general, but it's similar to being a pirate. You don't know that there are countless treasures in those wild places. Those savage children are like monkeys, and they don't even wear clothes, but maybe they are playing with a gem in their hands. I went to the South China Sea with my eldest brother and received so many gifts. When I came back this time, I brought them all to my mother and sister.

"Is it?" Mrs. Bu couldn't believe it, but Sun Luban had never been good at lying, and she was happy at this moment. She believed it a little. As she asked someone to put away the box, she looked at Sun Luban. Sun Luban is much taller, strong and full of strength, like a young female leopard. In the eyes of Mrs. Bu who has been in the palace all year round, Sun Luban has a unique wild spirit all over his body. Originally, the white face also turned into barley color, the hands were similar to the original, and the fingers were full of cocoons.

"Yo, my princess is back." A voice sounded at the door, and then Sun Quan, with a gloomy face, appeared at the door. Mrs. Bu and others took a look and hurried forward to greet them. Sun Luban also saluted, but before Sun Quan got her up, he rushed up, took Sun Quan's hand, leaned over to Sun Quan and looked at him carefully for a while, and then said solemnly, "Father, you have lost weight." Then he nodded heavily and said again, "I'm really thin."

Before the words fell, the tears that had just stopped couldn't help pouring out.

Sun Quan can't laugh or cry. He was looking at his newborn son in Mrs. Wang's hall. Suddenly, he heard the warning and trembled. He almost threw the son he was holding in his hand on the ground. Then he was furious and rushed out of the palace to get someone. Only then did he know that Sun Luban had come back. Originally, he was going to get angry, but when he saw that Sun Luban cared about him so much, his heart softened. He raised his hand, touched Sun Luban's head, and patted him gently: "Stupid, or he won't come back. As soon as he came back, he scared my father. I thought you had come back with a big army, which made such a big momentum."

Sun Luban burst into tears and smiled. He raised his hand and said with a smile, "Father forgives his sins. It was my daughter who was anxious and broke through the palace door and disturbed my father. However, those officials are too slow to react. If their daughters want to kill them, I'm afraid they won't even have time to pull out their knives.

"What? Do you still want to kill someone? Sun Quan's face sank and deliberately lowered his face.

"Where, my daughter doesn't dare to be wild in my father's palace." Sun Luban smiled flatteringly, turned around and dragged Sun Quan to the front of the box and patted him hard: "Father, look, this is a gift from my daughter to my father."

"Give it to me?" Sun Quan smiled and said, "Why did I just hear that it was for your mother?"

"Isn't it sent to my father to my mother?" Sun Luban said in surprise, "Will my father give what I gave to my father to other wives?"

Sun Quan was suddenly very embarrassed. This tiger-spirited daughter really can't deal with it. He had to pretend to be interested and look at the things in the box for a while. Slowly, the fake smile on his face turned into doubt: "Big Tiger, is this really what you got in the South China Sea?"

Sun Luban looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "Can this still lie to my father?"

Sun Quan stroked his beard, his eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything. He turned to Mrs. Bu, who was at a loss, and said, "Practator, won't you invite me in?"

Mrs. Bu came to her senses. She was excited, hurriedly asked someone to clean up, and personally invited Sun Quan to enter the room. She also invited Queen Xu, who was also at a loss, to sit in with Sun Quan. Sun Quan hadn't come to her for a long time. Sun Luban made such a big trouble again. She thought that Sun Quan was going to take the opportunity to get angry, and forgot to ask Sun Quan to sit in for a moment.

Mrs. Bu asked people to make tea. While talking to Sun Quan, Sun Luban asked people to make the new tea he had just brought back. He said to Sun Quan with a smile, "Father, this is the tea I specially brought to you. The taste is so simple, and it is not easy to drink even in Temu City."

Sun Quan nodded with interest: "Then I'd like to try it. My big tiger knows filial piety and brings me tea all the way."

"That's right, I can be a filial daughter." Sun Luban patted his chest carelessly and said.

"Poo!" Sun Quan just took a sip of tea. Hearing this, he couldn't help spewing out all the tea in his mouth and coughed a few times. Mrs. Bu quickly handed a handkerchief to Queen Xu. Queen Xu looked at her gratefully and turned her hand to Sun Quan. Sun Quan didn't look at her either. He took his handkerchief and wiped his beard covered with tea. He suppressed his smile and said, "Big Tiger, can you still enter the filial daughter's biography? In order to be a general, you don't even want to go back to the State of Wu. Why are you filial?

"Hey hey hey..." Sun Luban smiled awkwardly: "Father, Wu Yue is a family. How can we separate? The State of Wu is peaceful. The daughter will go to the State of Yue for a few days. When the father has a daughter, she will definitely come back to help her father.

"What if Wu Yue starts a war?" Sun Quan took a sip of tea again and said half-jokingly, "Who are you helping?"

"Wu Yue started a war?" Sun Luban was stunned, and the smile on her face was suddenly stiff. She looked at Sun Quan with a strange look and said hesitantly, "Father, have you ever thought about fighting with your eldest brother?"

"This..." Sun Quan also hesitated a little. He turned his eyes and said with a smile, "I'm just saying that in case, I don't have this plan. Besides, now that Wu Yue's strength is so different, how can I want to fight with your brother?

"What if you have the strength?" Sun Luban asked reluctantly, "Will you go to war with your eldest brother?"

Sun Quan was speech-raped for a while.

When Mrs. Bu saw that Sun Quan was embarrassed, she lowered her face and stared at Sun Luban and shouted, "Big Tiger, what nonsense, Wu Yue Tonggen, your father has treated your eldest brother as if he has gone out. How can he go to war with him?"

"Yes, yes, I regard him as a son. How can I go to war with him?" Sun Quanyan echoed insincerely.

Sun Luban looked at Mrs. Bu and Sun Quan. The suspicion on his face slowly faded. He smiled again, patted his hands and smiled happily, "As expected, my father, like my brother, never wanted to be an enemy."

Sun Quan nodded repeatedly, but smiled unnaturally: "Yes, yes, it should be so. By the way, big tiger, does he say the same thing? Tell me, listen to what he said.

Sun Luban let go of his voice and laughed. The bold laughter echoed in the hall, and some of the dead hall was suddenly full of vitality. Mrs. Bu looked at her daughter with a smile at the corners of her mouth and Sun Quan. Sun Luyu's beautiful eyes had been falling on her sister's face. It seemed that she could not believe that the heroic woman in front of her, who looked familiar but was a little strange, was really her sister. Although in the past, when Sun Luban was in the palace, he often carried a knife and a sword, took a group of children of about the same age to play war, and beat a group of boys, but Sun Luban in front of him was not only so rude, but also had a little forceful power, which made her feel a little nervous and seemed to face it. Just like a dangerous person.

Sun Luban said a funny story about Sun Shao, and then he couldn't stop talking. Zhou Xun and Wei Ping began to recover Lin Yiguo. He talked about this tour of the South China Sea, and finally said, "I heard that Wu Shu was fighting, and my brother was very worried. Although the heroism of the father will not be defeated by Shu, the two sides are in-laws, and it is not a good thing to start a war for a trivial matter. Even if the father's flag wins and goes straight to Wushan, I'm afraid the loss is not small. If Wu Shu loses both sides, the State of Wei will definitely take advantage of the gap, so he tried his best to persuade him to peace. He was afraid that his father's face would be lightless, so he specially asked the emperor to come forward and issue an edict to Wu and Shu to negotiate. This time, he put the location of the alliance in the State of Wu, making the State of Shu and the State of Wei into a guest army. At that time, Wu Yue cooperated and showed the prestige of our Sun family in front of the emperor, so that Wei and Shu did not dare to underestimate us.

Sun Quan smiled faintly. Of course, he didn't believe Sun Luban's words. Through the hand of the emperor, Sun Shao issued an edict to join the alliance at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Cao Jian, the king of Wei, said that he was not in good health and could not come. Liu Bei had not made a statement yet, but said that the State of Wu would not declare an armistice. He could not enter the enemy's territory, and I guess he would not come, but he had no reason. If the emperor came to his territory, if he did not come forward to meet him. I'm afraid that I will give people a handle. If Sun Shao wants to use it to provoke the slang, it will be troublesome. With the strength of the State of Wu, it can't stop the cooperation of the three countries of Yue, Shu and Wei.

So when Sun Luban comes back, is it Sun Shao's instruction? Are these words Sun Shao's truth or Sun Shao's lies? Sun Quan listened to Sun Luban with a smile while thinking nervously in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more sad he felt. His living environment had been bad. Twenty years ago, Sun Ce suddenly died. When he hurriedly succeeded to the throne, he had internal and external troubles and dangerous situations. He easily stabilized the situation. He not only calmed the civil strife, but also conquered Jiangxia, killed Huang Zu, and avenged his father, which was regarded as fighting for himself. After getting a little capital, he didn't expect that Cao Qian pacified Jingzhou again at a lightning speed. 800,000 troops waved to the east. That time, Sun Quan thought it was difficult to escape the disaster. Even important ministers like Zhang Zhao persuaded him to surrender. It was he who resisted the pressure and used Lu Su and Zhou Yu to defeat Cao Jian and defeat Cao Qian to unify the world. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei was also an ungrateful guy. He not only treacherously took Yizhou privately, but also became his enemy for Jingzhou to meet him. After circling between the two enemies, Cao Jian and Liu Bei, Sun Quan tried his best to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He asked Cao Jian to surrender many times, and finally lifted the crisis again and again. When Cao Wei invaded Hanzhong for the second time, Sun Quan once optimistically thought that from then on, the situation of the world had been determined, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Who would have thought that Sun Shao would come back from the South China Sea and launch the Wancheng War, and then there was a military meeting, and the situation in the world immediately became uncontrollable. In three or four years, Sun Shao jumped from the smallest of the four kings to a big country that could compete with the State of Wei, while the State of Wu became the most dangerous one.

The situation is more dangerous than 20 years ago, but Sun Quan obviously feels that he lacks energy. In the face of the same dilemma, he can't be as ambitious as 20 years ago. He is old.

Maybe his body is okay, but his heart is old. He seems to struggle and can't find the direction to break the situation.

Sun Quan bowed his waist, narrowed his eyes, and looked out of the window at the suddenly bright and gloomy sky. He looked blank. Sun Luban's loud voice slowly faded away. Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu were also like shadows, slowly getting lighter and lighter. I don't know when, Sun Quan suddenly found that the changing clouds in the sky had turned into a face. A smiling face, a smile that makes him angry at a glance.

(to be continued)