Daily life of noble ladies of the Three Kingdoms

With this thought in mind, Si Qi and Liu Yun drove to Sikong's mansion early this morning.

Cao Cao was very busy all day, and the two waited for nearly two hours in the reception room outside the study before being summoned by Cao Cao.

According to what he discussed with Si Qi before, when Liu Yun saw Cao Cao, he didn't bring up the rumors about him, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei. Siqi explained the newly developed fireworks to Cao Cao.

Siqi has developed three colors and two styles of fireworks, which can convey six different messages after being arranged and combined.If two or three kinds of fireworks are used to transmit messages in sequence, depending on the style and quantity, then there will be more permutations, just like Morse code, which can transmit more complex messages.

This is exactly what Cao Cao wanted.

Listening to Si Qi's introduction, Cao Cao nodded again and again: "It really is a good thing, Ah Ying has been tired these days."

Liu Yun sat down, sweating coldly in the winter, but now Cao Cao's attitude is still kind, and his restless heart has finally let go a lot.

Si Qi also said: "Thanks to Mr. Cao's love, such a trivial matter is nothing to worry about."

Cao Cao naturally knew their intentions for coming this time.

After receiving the secret letter, he sent someone to investigate. After learning that Yao had received a reward from Liu Biao, he returned to his hometown in Taiyuan, where he arrested Xu Du and interrogated him.

Everything is exactly as he expected, this is a bureau set up by Liu Biao, he wants to muddy the water in Xudu and make trouble for himself.

This matter can be regarded as wrong, since Liu Yun has already expressed his unwillingness to resist him, he naturally has to accept this intention.

"In these days, there have been a lot of rumors in the city, and there are many rumors surrounding Yang'an. Those rumors that are false have never been believed. If the emperor doesn't believe it, you don't believe it either. I also know that they are sticking to you, not you. You go to provoke other people. Yang An is just too easy to talk, and he always can't save face, so he gave them some unrealistic ideas and mistakenly thought that he was close to you. "

Liu Yun said yes.

Cao Cao said again, "Actually Gu has seen it for a long time. Yang An is such a person. When you chose Chengping instead of Changyi when choosing the fiefdom for Ah Ying, Gu knew your good temper. It's just that, It will inevitably give those who don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth and restless people an opportunity to take advantage of it, but it will cause people to misunderstand, and they will be at a disadvantage, and they still hope that Yang An will be careful in the future."

Thinking back when Liu Yun chose a fief for Si Qi, he had the idea to break his heart to think about other people, too self-restraining but not knowing how to reject others, now that he has this opportunity, he naturally wants to Hit it.

This trip to the Sikong Mansion made Liu Yun feel more at ease. On the way back, Liu Yun swept away the nervousness of the past few days and finally had a smile on his face.

"I heard that Ah Ying has brewed a lot of fruit wine these days. Your grandmother has already used two jars and said it tastes very good. Do you have time to get two jars for my father to taste?"

Autumn is a good time to eat fruit. After making plum wine from plums, Siqi made red wine from grapes.

But because it was just started, there are still many shortcomings, and the taste of the finished product is very ordinary compared with the wine she drank in later generations.

But because of the good weather and abundant rain this year, there were too many grapes growing in the house and in the manor, so Si Qi also made a lot of red wine, and he didn't mind sharing a share with Liu Yun and the elders who had good friends with the family.

only……

"This wine is different from ordinary drinks. You need to let it sober up before drinking."

"Wake up?" Liu Yun obviously didn't understand what his daughter said.

"Yes." Si Qi responded, "Drinking red wine is to sober up."

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Another month later, it will be the New Year of the seventh year of Jian'an.

On New Year's Eve, news came from the palace that Liu Xie had caught a cold and fell ill in his bedroom on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, so this year's palace banquet was also canceled in advance.

And Cao Cao said on the New Year's Day that in order to celebrate the successive victories in the crusade against Yuan Shao this year, he will treat guests to dinner at the Star Observatory on New Year's Day. I hope everyone will attend on time.

It turned out that when Cao Cao said that he would hold a New Year's banquet at the Star Observatory, Liu Yun was in a dilemma.

After all, he is the emperor's uncle, if he didn't go to the New Year's banquet held by the emperor in the palace, if he went to Cao Cao's side, it would be unreasonable.

But if he insisted on going to the palace for a banquet, he would inevitably offend Cao Cao.

When Liu Yun was worried at home, the news that the emperor in the palace was ill came, which lifted his spirits.

"The emperor's illness... at this time, it is really..."

Very ill!

Si Qi nodded and smiled.

With such a well-timed illness, it is estimated that Liu Xie's "sickness" may not necessarily be so sick that he can't get out of bed.

It is indeed a good thing to avoid the limelight after one illness. It can not only naturally cancel the banquet to save face, but also obtain a better living environment to save face.

It is indeed a brilliant move.

On New Year's Day, Liu Yun first paid homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth on behalf of Liu Xie who was too sick to get out of bed, and then went to the observatory for a banquet.

At night, Liu Yun came back and praised Si Qi's wine.

"Everyone at the banquet today knows that only my daughter Si Qi can make the kind of fruit wine they drink that can only be woken up by shaking the glass. Don't mention how envious they are."

Si Qi quickly grasped the point: "Did you also sober up at the New Year's banquet at the Star Observatory?"

"Yes." Liu Yun said, "I taught them. Just holding the wine glass like this, exerting force on the wrist, and shaking it in a circle, is that the case? Cao Gongdang also asked me, when sobering up It's not that you can't talk, otherwise you'll wake up the wine, which really stopped me."

A group of bigwigs sat on both sides of the banquet at separate tables, silently shaking the white jade wine glasses.

Thinking about it, Si Qi felt a little strange.

Liu Yun was obviously a little drunk, and he talked more than usual: "But the name of this red wine does not sound elegant enough, does Ah Ying have any novel names, come and listen to them?"

Si Qi: "Palace jade liquid wine?"

One hundred and eighty cups.

Liu Yun was so drunk that he couldn't walk straight, and walked back swaying with his hands behind his back. Hearing Si Qi's words, he immediately turned his head: "This is not bad."

Si Qi: ...

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In the past few years, Cao Cao has been busy dealing with Liu Bei and Yuan Shao in the north. Sun Quan, the general who broke the captives, continued to grow and develop in Jiangdong, and finally attracted Cao Cao's attention.

After the New Year, Cao Cao set his sights on Jiangdong again.

After the first lunar month, Liu Xie issued an imperial edict to Jiang Dong, saying that he was grateful for the contributions made by General Sun Ce and Sun Ce to the imperial court, so he called Sun Ce's only descendant, Sun Shao, to enter Beijing and accept the edict.

After receiving this edict, Sun Quan only felt strange.

It has been two years since my elder brother left. Before he was alive, he had thought about attacking Cao Cao while he was fighting on the northern front. Why did Cao Cao suddenly think of proclaiming Sun Shao to the palace at this moment?

Sun Quan was surprised, but after all, this was an edict issued by Cao Cao to the emperor, but he couldn't just pretend that nothing happened and ignore it.

Zhou Yu went to Xiakou for business yesterday, but Sun Quan couldn't find Gongjin, so he went to his mother, Mrs. Wu, to discuss.

When Sun Quan went to his mother's residence, he found that Zhou Yu's elder brother Zhou Heng was also there. It was a good time to discuss the matter with the two of them, so he told them about the edict coming from Beijing.

Madam Wu shook her head when she heard this, "I'm afraid it's not good to call Ah Shao into the palace so suddenly."

Sun Shao is the only son left behind by Sun Ce. Mrs. Wu couldn't accept Sun Ce's death at first. It took nearly a year to accept this reality and come out of grief.

Since Sun Ce left, Sun Shao has been Mrs. Wu's darling. No matter what reason she wants to send him under Cao Cao's eyes in Xuchang, Mrs. Wu is absolutely unwilling.

Zhou Heng also felt that something was wrong.

The emperor is now completely obeying Cao Cao. Sending Sun Shao to the emperor is equivalent to sending Sun Shao to Cao Cao. Cao Cao's cruelty is obvious to all. Trouble?

But no matter what, this time it was the imperial edict issued by the emperor himself. If he refused so clearly, there would be a reason for Cao Cao and others to criticize Jiangdong.

Besides, what if Xuchang really just wanted to proclaim Sun Shao to be canonized in Beijing, just like the title given to General Sun Quan at the beginning, there was no other purpose, but they pushed it here and there, and it became Jiangdong's fault, in their hearts There is a ghost.

After repeated deduction by the three of them, they finally decided to send Sun Shao to the Prince Li's Mansion in Xuchang to live temporarily, which can be regarded as advancing, attacking, retreating and defending, and it does not mean that he is completely handed over to the opponent.

Naturally, Zhou Heng had to ask his wife to write a letter to Beijing, asking Liu Yun to take care of it.

Madam Wu took Zhou Heng's hand and sighed: "It's just for the sake of Ayue, and now I have to entrust her to send another letter to Prince Li."

Zhou Hengdao: "King Li and Bo Fu used to be good friends, and Ah Yue has always been optimistic about the child Ashao. If Ah Shao lives in the residence of His Royal Highness King Li, he will be able to marry the girl in the residence in the future... It would be a good idea if he thinks about it. It's a good story. If Ah Ying can marry to Jiangdong in the future, it will relieve A Yue's pain of missing her daughter."

After several people agreed, Sun Quan came to find Sun Shao in person and told him the whole story.

Since Sun Ce left, Sun Shaozhi has been much more low-key than before, staying at home almost every day to study and practice martial arts, which also makes it impossible for those with malicious intentions to attack him.

Sun Shao's quietness made many people in Jiangdong forget the existence of this original Sun Ce's orthodox heir, and he himself never imagined that Cao Cao and the emperor who were far away in Xudu suddenly paid attention to him who was far away in Jiangdong.

Sun Shangxiang was coming over to give Sun Shao new clothes today, and she frowned when she heard Sun Quan's words: "They have already beaten Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei, and it's not enough to force Liu Biao to stand up and protect himself. Reach out to our Jiangdong."

Sun Quan sighed and said, "After all, it is he who occupies the orthodoxy, and the emperor has to follow his arrangement. It is useless for us to talk too much here, and we have to find ways to minimize their calculations against Ashao."

Sun Shangxiang also knew that Sun Quan's idea was indeed the best solution for this incident, but he still felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Hearing that he planned to send Sun Shao to Prince Li's mansion again, Sun Shangxiang's complexion improved slightly some.

"A Shao, when you set off, you must take the letter that sister Xun's sister gave you with you, and hand it to Ah Ying when you go to Beijing. Last time I followed brother to Xudu City, I was lucky enough to meet Ah On the Ying side, regardless of appearance, character or talent, they are all first-class, even in the entire city of Xudu, there is no better girl than her, if you have any difficulties then, just ask her."

Sun Shao responded one by one.

Just after Sun Shao set off, Beijing came with a new order, asking Sun Quan to send his younger brother or son to the court as an official.

This is the obvious meaning of sending protons to Beijing.

Cao Cao asked Sun Shao to leave first, and then sent someone to Sun Quan to send this decree. If Sun Quan agreed to send the hostages to Beijing, he could exchange someone for Sun Shao. If Sun Quan refused, then Sun Quan Shao Bian is likely to be detained in Xudu, and will not be able to return to Jiangdong for a long time.

Regarding the matter of sending someone to Xudu as a hostage, Sun Quan recruited Jiang Dongduo as an official to discuss, and unanimously came to the conclusion that "it cannot be compromised on this matter, and it is controlled by others".

Although Sun Shangxiang and Mrs. Wu also agreed with this point of view, they were extremely worried about Sun Shao who had already left for Beijing.

Cao Cao's move of beheading first and playing later is really high. Now Jiangdong already knows his calculations, but Sun Shaoyuan in Xudu knows nothing about Cao Cao's sinister intentions. Although he sent someone to report to Sun Shao quickly, but Sun Shao had already gone for nearly ten days ahead of schedule, so how could he catch up.

I'm afraid that before the messenger went to Xuchang to report to Sun Shao, Sun Shao had already been detained by Cao Cao in Xudu City.

==

Xu Du, Jing Yuan.

After the beginning of spring, Mrs. Zhang always said that she felt tired and very weak. Liu Yun thought that the new year was just over and there was nothing to do in court, so she took Mrs. Zhang to Nanliang to soak in the hot springs.But now that there is no adult in the family, the two brothers Liu Heng and Liu Cheng also let themselves go, and went to a reception organized by a certain son of Tonghou's family early in the morning.

When Sun Shao arrived at Jingyuan with the tokens of Xun Yue, Sun Shangxiang and Sun Quan, he found that the adults at home were not there, and Si Qi, who was still in class at the Guo Mansion, returned to Jingyuan early to receive him.

Si Qi also knew that Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong in history, was born with a dignified appearance and full of heroism. He was one of the most handsome men in Jiangdong.

After meeting Sun Shao, Si Qi realized that Sun Shao was even more handsome than himself in his resemblance, so that people will never forget it for a long time after seeing him.

In addition, Sun Shao's voice is also very pleasant, like the clean breeze in the warm spring sun, which inadvertently makes people feel full of affection.

After the two met and exchanged greetings for a quarter of an hour, Sun Shao followed the instructions of the elders and handed over the letter specially prepared by Xun Yue to Siqi. Siqi read the letter brought by his mother at a glance, and immediately He understood Sun Shao's situation.

The current situation is unknown, the less people in the family are involved in this matter, the better.

Even close relatives are no exception.

Now my father and grandmother are away, and the two elder brothers will not be able to return until dark.

Si Qi immediately had people prepare chariots and horses, took Sun Shao out of the city, and placed him in a village under her name.

In the past two years, Sun Shao has seen all the changes in human relationships, and his understanding of many things has improved a lot compared to the previous few years. He naturally knows the meaning behind Si Qi's cautiousness.

No questioning and inquiry, only obedience and gratitude.

After everything settled down, Siqi asked the servants to prepare a banquet for Sun Shao, and then drove back to the Jingyuan by himself.

As soon as Si Qi returned to Jingyuan, Ah Huang came to report that the king had returned to the mansion, but Mrs. Tai did not come back, and was still staying there to recuperate.

Si Qi was about to discuss with someone, so he told Liu Yun everything about Sun Shao.

Liu Yun understood Siqi's meaning, and knew that covering people's eyes and ears like this would be good for Fuzhong and Jiangdong, but he still felt a little disrespectful to Sun Shao's arrival.

"Speaking of which, when I was attacking Dong Zhuo back then, Bo Fu made friends with me and was kind to me. If it wasn't for his help, I would probably have died in the battle. Now he is gone, even without you Mother’s letter, I will try my best to protect Sun Shao.”

If the person who came to Beijing today was not Sun Shao, but Sun Quan's other younger brother or nephew, he might not care about it, but this is the only heir left by Bo Fu, and he will protect Sun Shao no matter how difficult it is.

Si Qi sighed softly: "Mr. Cao has already noticed the abnormal movement in Jiangdong, and this time he has made a serious move. It may not be easy to keep Sun Shao safe and retreat."

Of course, Liu Yun knew the reason for this, he thought for a while, and said: "When my son went to the hot spring with your grandmother, I happened to meet a merchant who brought a lot of Ganzhe over. I bought a lot of seeds with him, and I was thinking of finding a piece of land to try to grow one. Why don't you go to the village outside with me to plant vegetables and fish, and wait and see what happens?"

Si Qi nodded: "But according to Father's arrangement."

In the early morning of the second day, Si Qi asked someone to prepare the horses and horses again, and returned to Zhuangzi together with Liu Yun.

The incident happened suddenly yesterday, and time was tight, so Si Qi didn't read the letter from Xun Yue seriously.

Now that Liu Yun returned to the city, he supported him, and now that he was free, it was a good time, so Si Qi took out his mother's letter again, and carefully read it from beginning to end.

From her mother's letter, Si Qi read her full affection for Sun Shao.

Liu Yun has already helped Sun Shao present the memorial to the palace, but Liu Xie has not spoken in the palace for a long time, so Liu Yun has to bring Siqi to continue to accompany Sun Shao in the Zhuangzi.

After a few days of getting along, Siqi finally understood why her mother liked Sun Shao so much.

Sun Ce is also a famous handsome man in the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Shaoxiao's father.She was also born with sword eyebrows and star eyes, a man of talent.

In my heart, my mother also introduced that Sun Shao came from a family and received a good education since he was a child. He has a gentle temper, is humble and polite, and behaves thoughtfully and properly, like a master who will love others.

Whoever marries him in the future will surely be very happy too.

If he also has a daughter, maybe the type of son-in-law he likes will be Sun Shao.

On the seventh day when Sun Shao came to Beijing, Liu Xie sent someone to summon Sun Shao to the palace for an audience.And just yesterday, Liu Yun learned from Zhang Hong, the former Jiangdong envoy and the then imperial censor, that Cao Cao had the news that Jiangdong Sun Quan sent his brothers and nephews to Beijing as officials, but Jiangdong has not given any feedback so far.

Si Qi remembered that in history, Sun Quan never sent anyone to send protons to Beijing.

In other words, Cao Cao may have gotten the news that Jiangdong refused to send him away, but he took advantage of the information asymmetry this time and planned to use Liu Xie's hand to detain Sun Shao in the palace.

Si Qi made a decisive decision and said to Sun Shao: "In a quarter of an hour, I will prepare the car and wait for you at the east gate. Brother, please pack up the things that must be brought back to Jiangdong immediately, and follow me immediately."