Chapter 91 **
Lv Yi was restless. From time to time, he covered his mouth and yawned, sweating coldly. Since the merchant who sold Wuyou grass to him disappeared, he felt something was wrong. The reason is actually simple. He saw with his own eyes that Sun Quan couldn't put down the soup made by Wuyoucao. Finally, he couldn't help **. He took out the worry-free grass hidden in private and tasted it and tasted it. He felt that it was extremely delicious. Later, he slowly took a good bite, and soon felt that he couldn't leave this worry-free grass. He didn't drink it every day. I always feel that there is something missing in the soup bowl.
Although Wuyoucao is expensive, Lv Yi's income is quite rich. Especially after doing school work, many people gave him a lot of gifts for the sake of safety. Although Lv Yi's official position is not high, his family is rich, and he doesn't even pay much attention to the business he used to make a living. A year's hard work is not worth a bribe. The money was too hard. Lv Yi felt that it was a big mistake for him to do business so carefully before.
However, now he is holding gold but can't find worry-free grass. There are bursts of sleepiness, which makes him restless and powerless, but there are bursts of palpitations.
He is not worried about himself, but about Sun Quan - he knows that Sun Quan needs worry-free grass more than him. Once Mrs. Wang's inventory is out, she will definitely ask for it again. If she can't get worry-free grass at that time, the matter will inevitably be exposed. This woman is no longer the original cautious woman. Relying on Sun Quan's favor, she almost regards herself as the empress dowager. It seems that her son Sun He has taken the throne of the King of Wu. She not only intervenes everywhere, but also is not so polite to his confidant. If Sun Quan is angered by the worry-free grass, Lv Yi has no doubt that this woman will regard him as a scapegoat.
But why did the businessman disappear? Haven't you come back from business yet? The more Lv Yi thought about it, the more suspicious he became. He sent someone to visit the businessman in private, but he knew nothing except that he came from Jiaozhou.
There are many businessmen from Jiaozhou. Almost all merchants pass by Jiaozhou. He doesn't know where the businessman is from. Lv Yi suddenly found that he had made a big mistake. It seemed that he didn't even know whether the merchant was a Roman or a Sassanid, or a noble man. Anyway, those Hu merchants seemed to be similar in his eyes, not to mention that in addition to the merchants of the three countries, there were many Hu merchants from many small countries.
Just when Lv Yi was nervous, Sun Quan sent someone to call him. Lv Yi did not dare to neglect him. He immediately got into the carriage and rushed to the Wu Palace. As soon as he entered the door of the hall, Lv Yi felt a cool air coming up from the bottom of his heart: Mrs. Wang knelt aside with her hair. Her beautiful cheeks had swollen into pig's, and countless palm prints were crisscrossed, blue and purple. Sun He knelt beside her, but she didn't even dare to cry loudly. She just pulled Mrs. Wang's arm and trembled. Mrs. Wang moaned feebly and almost collapsed on the ground. As soon as she saw Lv Yi, her swollen eyes showed a resentful light, and she hissed, "Thief... son, you...you hurt...me..."
"Where did this poison come from?" Sun Quan, with a blue face, strode to Lv Yi like an enraged bull, kicked him in the chest, and kicked Lv Yi, who had just knelt down and was ready to salute. His throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth.
Poison? In an instant, Lv Yi was disillusioned and felt that everything he had done before was a dream. He always felt that he was Sun Quan's confidant and his favorite minister, but now he finds that he is not even as good as a dog in Sun Quan's eyes.
"Tay it!" Sun Quan roared in a hoarse voice.
"Buy... I bought it." Lv Yi turned over and knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice. His usual calmness was gone.
"Where did you buy it?" Sun Quan pulled out a knife and put it on Lv Yi's neck, and the murderous spirit soaked into his skin, making the hair on Lv Yi's neck stand up.
Lv Yi often tortured him when handling cases. There was more than one person who was beaten to death by him. Once upon a time, he felt that he was the kind of person who could talk and laugh in the face of blood and death, but when this danger suddenly came to him, he could no longer control his fear and fell to the ground. Come on, I can't even speak.
"Drag it down and torture it." Sun Quan jumped like thunder, kicked Lv Yi and strode back. As soon as he climbed a few steps, he felt that his legs were soft. He jumped over and tripped to the ground. His face hit the steps, and his face was suddenly full of blood.
Sun Shangxiang was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, dragged him to the hall to lie down, and ordered someone to call the imperial doctor to order Zhao Quan. Zhao Quan took Sun Quan's pulse and sighed silently. As soon as Sun Shangxiang was about to speak, Zhao Quan shook his head quietly and motioned Sun Shangxiang to speak outside the hall.
"The king is just angry for a moment, it's not a big deal, it's just..."
Sun Shangxiang frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "You have something to say."
"As long as you take good care of yourself, the king's body is safe, but his pulse is rapid and slippery. I really don't know why." Zhao Quan arched his hands and said word by word, "I have seen this minister when I gave the king's pulse before, but sometimes it's good and sometimes bad. I haven't figured out what the reason is, and this time it seems to be more serious than ever. I'm not good at medical skills, and I really don't know what it means."
At this moment, Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu came to hear the news and happened to hear Zhao Quan's words. They looked at each other and asked anxiously with Sun Shangxiang, "Princess, can you invite some medical craftsmen from Funan?"
"Alas..." Sun Shangxiang smiled bitterly and did not answer their words. She first ordered Zhao Quan to take medicine, and then told Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu about Sun Quan's poisoning. Xu Bu and the two of them were shocked and suddenly at a loss.
"It's useless for you to be anxious. It's better not to open up, so as not to panic." Sun Shangxiang had no choice but to appease him.
Xu Bu and the two of them burst into tears and only nodded to agree. They have been guarding outside the hall and never leaving.
In the evening, Sun Quan woke up. He trembled all over and his eyes were scattered. When he saw Sun Shangxiang and others, he was just surprised, and then hissed, "Tang Lai... Tang Lai..."
"There is no soup." Sun Shangxiang said with hatred. Although she didn't have a good impression of Sun Quan, she still felt very sad when she saw Sun Quan like this. "Do you still think it's not deeply poisoned?"
"Poisoning?" Only then did Sun Quan understand in a trance. His eyes were aw, and then he shook his head in pain: "Come on, soup, I want to drink soup, I want to drink soup..."
Sun Shangxiang remembered what Sun Shao said and knew that if he didn't let Sun Quan drink this soup now, he was afraid that it would be useless to tell him anything. In desperation, she had to let people go to Mrs. Wang's palace to find soup. Fortunately, these soups had to be prepared every day. The people in the palace only knew that Mrs. Wang was unlucky, but they did not know the reason for these soups. They took good care of them and did not discard them. The people sent by Sun Shangxiang quickly took a large jar of boiled soup.
Mrs. Bu carefully scooped some soup for Sun Quan, ready to wait for Sun Quan to drink, but Sun Quan couldn't wait. As soon as he smelled the soup, he kept sniffing his nose. As soon as Mrs. Bu scooped it up, he grabbed it and didn't care that it was hot. He drank it clean in three bites and two bites. While sticking out his tongue, he signaled to Bufu. People scoop up a little more.
Sun Shangxiang looked at Sun Quan coldly, feeling distressed and angry.
Sun Quan drank two bowls of soup in a row, and then he exhaled a long breath as if he had returned his soul. He lay down again and was silent for a long time. Then he opened his eyes and looked at Sun Shangxiang: "Where's Zhao Quan? What did he say?"
"He can't do anything about it." Sun Shangxiang said coldly, "Don't count on Funan College. Funan College doesn't have medicine to treat this disease."
Sun Quan choked for a moment, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "He won't save me?"
"It's not that I don't want to save it, it's that I can't save it." Sun Shangxiang repeated what Sun Shao said again: "Whether you can get through it or not, it's all up to you."
"Look at myself?" Sun Quan muttered, and his eyes gradually became fierce. After a while, he suddenly asked, "What if you can't get through it?" He turned his head and looked at Sun Shangxiang coldly: "Is he going to attack the State of Wu and turn Wu Yue into a family?"
Sun Shangxiang also coldly met Sun Quan's eyes, with a contemptuous sneer on the corners of his mouth: "Do you think the State of Wu is very attractive?"
Sun Quan didn't say anything. He just looked at Sun Shangxiang without a smile. If it weren't for his dark cheeks and gray skin, he could hardly see the difference from him before. The majestic majesty of not anger made Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu, who stood aside, consciously close their mouths for fear of causing trouble as soon as they opened their mouths. They looked at Sun Shangxiang nervously, but Sun Shangxiang was not shaken by Sun Quan's eyes at all. On the contrary, the ridicule in her eyes became more and more obvious.
The anger on Sun Quan's face became stronger and stronger, and his thin hand was tightly pinched. In the past, he also condoned Sun Shangxiang, but he could not tolerate Sun Shangxiang's attitude in front of him.
"You are still like that. There is only such a small piece of sky in your eyes." Sun Shangxiang said disdainfully, "You don't know how big the world is. You don't know that the land you refuse to release is actually not so attractive, although this land is not yours in the first place."
"Not mine? Is it his?" Sun Quan suddenly became excited: "I know that you have always thought that this is the foundation inherited from your father and brother. Everyone thinks that this should be his, but have you ever thought that if it weren't for me, this land would not have been surnamed Sun? Cao Jian wanted it. I defeated him, and Liu Bei also wanted it. It was I tried my best to save the land. Do you say it's not mine now? Whose is that?" Sun Quan patted the edge of the couch and roared loudly: "Whose is that? Is it yours, is it his? No, this is mine. No one can take it away.
Sun Shangxiang looked at the angry Sun Quan coldly and said nothing. As Sun Quan roared, he beat his chest. Two rows of turbid tears flowed down his thin cheeks, wet with a dark and unrelated beard like dead grass. His voice slowly lowered, and his roar turned into crying, the most Later, he cried like an aggrieved child.
Sun Shangxiang squinted at Sun Quan, suddenly stretched out his hand, swept all the things on the case in front of Sun Quan to the ground, then took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it on the case, stood up, looked down at Sun Quan condescendingly, and said with his chin, "Do you know this map? Find your land from above.
Sun Quan was stunned, staring at the map with hazy tears in his eyes. The map is not big. It can be seen that it is just a brief map, which does not mark the location of the State of Wu, but the three countries of Dahan, Rome and Guishuang. More detailed is a large area of land between Rome and Guishuang, which are divided into more than a dozen pieces. There are several names marked on it, including Li Yan, Lu Xun, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Xia Hourong's name. Sun Quan quickly turned his eyes to the region of the Han Dynasty. Although this area did not indicate the position of Wei, Shu and Wu Yue, it was separated with a few lines.
The location of the State of Wu is not difficult to distinguish. Sun Quan often looked at the map and was not unfamiliar with the terrain, but he used to read most of the maps in the Han Dynasty. At that time, he felt that the area of the State of Wu was not small. Although it only accounted for half of the thirty prefectures Jingzhou, more than half of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, the actual area was close to one-fifth, but now he finds that he has always been proud of it. This one-fifth is fundamentally insignificant on this map. At best, it is similar to the land marked as Cao Zhang. Compared with the vast territory of Yue, it is obviously not worth mentioning.
Sun Quan immediately understood what Sun Shangxiang meant, and his face felt hot. He withdrew his eyes and did not dare to look at Sun Shangxiang again. He turned his head awkwardly and said nothing.
Sun Shangxiang snorted and slowly rolled up the map: "I will go to Luoyang to offer prisoners first, and at the same time, I will ask for a seal for Bo Yan and others. Can you go?"
"Do you think I can go like this?" Sun Quan asked angrily.
"The emperor ordered an edict to celebrate the first in Luoyang. If you, as an uncle, don't go, what will they think?" Sun Shangxiang inserted the map into his arms and said faintly.
"I..." Sun Quan was stunned for a moment and suddenly sighed: "I said sister, didn't you say that when I arrived in Luoyang like this, didn't you smear Fengxian's face? In this case, why do you have to humiliate yourself? Feng Xian made an immortal contribution. Even if I don't go to the meeting, what can Cao Rui, Liu Chan and other children do with him? He asked for the title of prince for Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Li Yan. This is clearly to strip off the strength of Wei and Shu. From then on, is there anyone who can compete with Wei, Shu and Wu?
"How to solve that high thing?" Sun Shangxiang said bluntly, "People all over the world say that the king of Wu is confused by women and forced the prince to die. Don't you want to explain it?"
Sun Quan showed regret on his face. After hesitant for a long time, he said in a hoarse voice, "This is my business of the State of Wu. Why should I explain it to others?"
"Don't forget that the State of Wu is also a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. If the emperor asks, so what?"
"What do you think?" Sun Quan was annoyed and asked Sun Shangxiang angrily, "Tell me, what should I do?" Do you want me to plead guilty to the emperor like this?
Sun Shangxiang frowned and softened his tone: "Even if you don't go to Luoyang, you should make some preparations. The position of prince has been empty for a long time, and you are going to spend it like this all the time?
"I...I used to..." Sun Quan said a few words, and suddenly sighed. Two lines of tears overflowed his eyes again and swallowed, "Zigao..."
"Where is Zi Gao's child?" Sun Shangxiang was not interested in talking with him. He said bluntly, "People in the world think that the son is high and die for him. Why don't you take his son as your heir? On the one hand, you can block the mouth of the world, and on the other hand, you can comfort the spirit of the sky?"
Sun Quan frowned and his face sank. After a while, he said impatiently, "I'm not dead yet. It's not your turn to decide this matter. Although Zi Gao is dead, I still have a few sons. Why do I have to let Zi Gao's young son be the heir? Go back and tell him that I have my own opinion about the State of Wu. It's too early for him to be the Duke of Zhou.
Sun Shangxiang sneered and looked at Sun Quan meaningfully: "Then you take care of yourself." After saying that, she saluted Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu and turned around and went out. Sun Quan rolled his eyes angrily, but he had no choice. He closed his eyes angrily and gasped, without looking at Queen Xu and Mrs. Bu. When Xu Bu saw it, they sighed secretly and had to leave the palace.
Sun Quan lay on the couch. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He felt that this was Sun Shao's idea again. It seemed to seek justice for Sun Deng. In fact, he hoped to indirectly control the state affairs of Wu. Sun Deng's son is still young. After his accession to the throne, he can only rely on the support of Sun Shao to defend this land. He is not Sun Shao's opponent at all. Maybe one day the State of Wu will be gone and become a part of the State of Yue.
Why should I let my grandson be his heir? I still have three sons to choose from. Sun Quan thought angrily and thought about the right person in his mind, but his mind was in a mess. The energy aroused by the bowl of soup he had just drunk seemed to have been exhausted in the quarrel with Sun Shangxiang. The dullness surged up again, which made him couldn't help opening his mouth, yawning, and controlling his tears and snot. It flowed down uncontrollably.
"Ali!" Sun Quan closed his eyes and shouted feebly.
"Your Majesty, I'm here." Gu Li quietly flashed out of the side, knelt in front of Sun Quan's couch, and carefully checked Sun Quan's situation. Sun Quan's weak appearance made him feel sad, but he couldn't imagine it.
"And... bring me some more soup."
"Your Majesty..." Gu Li looked at the soup sprinkled on the ground and said with embarrassment, "Just now... they were all beaten by the princess."
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, stood up and looked at the soup flowing all over the ground, and then remembered. He hesitated for a moment and waved his hand repeatedly, "Go and let that bitch last a little longer. I'm really... really uncomfortable."
Gu Li hesitated for a moment and quickly got up and ran out. After a short time, he ran back empty-handed and shook his head against Sun Quan's eager eyes. Sun Quan was disappointed and then became furious. He stood up with all his strength and shouted, "Go find me, arrest all the people in her palace, and judge them one by one. I can't make this soup. I'll let them all die!"
(to be continued)