Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

Liu Xi's first ascension to the Great Treasure, logically, was at a time when everything was waiting to be done, but because there was a Sun Quan in the southeast whose strength should not be underestimated, no one in the court focused on internal affairs, and all disputes revolved around whether to attack Wu and how to attack Wu. Wu Lai unfolded.At yesterday's court meeting, Zhuge Zhan was a little smug because he was allowed to participate in the court affairs by Liu Xi's special permission. Although it can boost morale, it also shows his military innocence to the fullest.For example, he said that Jiangdong "is a paper tiger. Soldiers are afraid of death. As long as they are frightened, they will throw away their helmets and armor, and they will have no power to fight."——If Sun Quan is really that weak, he will not be entrenched in Jiangdong. The Three Kingdoms became a hegemony.

Military and political affairs are not children's house wine. If Zhuge Zhan was a man with his tail between his legs in the court, the old officials might turn a blind eye and close their eyes. All veteran ministers will be sorry for his efforts if they don't impeach him.Chaohui Qianjinbao secretly let me know. Yesterday Liu Xi received a total of 120 seven memorials, more than half of which were opposed to Zhuge Zhan's participation in politics, and one fifth of them incidentally suggested that "the princess's discussion of politics is the rooster who sits in the morning." move", hoping to expel our mothers and daughters out of the court in one go.

In this regard, of course, I will not simply retreat.But even as Zhuge Zhan's mother, I can't deny Zhuge Zhan's superficiality against my conscience. Kong Ming specially gave Zhuge Zhan relevant training last night. The content can be summed up in only seven words: listen more, talk less, Not expressing his opinion, the bear boy reluctantly agreed.

On the carriage, Zhuge Zhan was still a little unhappy: "Mother, the emperor gave me so much five baht, but I just stood there in the hall and did nothing. I am so sorry to the emperor."

General Tianzong's annual salary is five hundred yuan, although it is not high among officials, but in the eyes of Zhuge Zhan, who has no idea of ​​the market price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, it is already a huge sum of money.He usually doesn't need to spend money, but he just learned from the nanny that his five hundred can buy tens of thousands of strings of candied haws, so he feels very sorry for Liu Xi's generosity.

But boy, as long as you don't mess with your uncle, thank God!

I teased him by pinching his pouty, bun-like face: "Then let's return your salary. Do you remember what your father taught you? You don't get paid for nothing, right!"

Kong Ming narrowed his eyes and looked at me meaningfully, then turned his head away and pretended not to see my evil deed of abducting an ignorant child.

Zhuge Zhan had a bitter face, and tears were about to fall out of distress: "No, no, I want to keep the money to marry a wife. The emperor said that there is no money, and no good-looking girl will marry me, so I can only do it." married an ugly girl."

...This is Zhuge Zhan's nonsense that Liu Xi coaxed him when he was four years old. This silly boy still remembers it!

I was happy: "Then Zhan'er said what to do?"

"Well, I don't know..." He looked extremely distressed, frowning for the whole journey, with a look of bitterness and hatred, "Mom, am I too greedy, so useless and want to marry a beautiful wife... "

"Well, it's quite greedy." The villain in my heart couldn't help rolling on the ground, how could my son's pitiful appearance be so cute!It's a pity that I can't tease him anymore, if I tease him again, he will really cry.If he goes to court with a golden bean on his face... Thinking of those officials who are only waiting to catch us wronged, I tried my best to control the corners of my mouth that were already slightly upturned: "How about this, your uncle is sitting on such a high On the dragon chair, you can't see the expressions of every official below, even if others lie to him, he doesn't know. Some people will say something insincere for various reasons, so you help your uncle pay attention to see who is Those who lie and tell the truth, how about secretly telling your uncle after the court meeting, as a reference for him?"

"This way, can it work?" Although Liu Xi had taught Zhuge Zhan some micro-expression knowledge, Liu Xi himself had only learned a little, and even less was taught to his apprentices, so he was not very confident.

I encouraged him: "Of course, you can learn slowly if you don't know it." I just wanted to use this as an excuse to exercise Zhuge Zhan's observation skills and find something for him to do by the way.Most of the children are interested in 3 minutes. To put it bluntly, the court meeting is a group of sour adults discussing "business" in difficult classical Chinese. Don't look at Zhuge Zhan's interest in Shang Dynasty now. After a long time, it is estimated that it will soon tired.

Moreover, many times, the courtiers debated for a long time with red faces, and they may not be able to reach a result. When they go to court the next day, everyone will re-fry the cold rice that was fried yesterday with the same question, even if it is like me Adults will inevitably find it boring.

Take whether to send troops to Sun Quan as an example. Civil servants and military generals have been arguing from the beginning of the month to the end of the month, and they still hold their own opinions, and no one can persuade the other.And Liu Xi sat on the dragon chair and watched coldly the courtiers fighting with each other, and had no intention of stopping it at all.

Only a very small number of people, including me, know that Liu Xi's mind is no longer on siege.Recently, he suffered from frequent attacks of head wind, to the point where he had to undergo surgery.Fortunately, after years of preparation, Hua Tuo finally had the confidence to use the knife, and planned to open Liu Xi's head in half a month.

It is conceivable that at this juncture, it is absolutely impossible for Liu Xi to find trouble with Sun Quan.Even Guo Jia, who has always been very optimistic about Hua Tuo's medical skills in front of Liu Xi, would not unrealistically deny the risks of surgery.Judging from the results of the execution experiment on death row prisoners, the probability that Liu Xi can walk off the operating table alive is only between five and five.

Kong Ming couldn't hide his worry: "If something happens, what will Ping An Han do?"

Guo Jia looked at him with a blank expression on his face: "A person's death is like a lamp going out, so I don't care about other people's life or death. How about Ping An Han, what has it to do with me?" Xi is happy, if Liu Xi dies one day, he will definitely abandon this great river and mountain like a shoe, whoever wants to take it.

This one, who usually doesn't show affection, is really a boyfriend force MAX when he confesses.And after these years of getting along, I found that he is essentially the same reckless person as Liu Xi, but his personality is not as ostentatious as Liu Xi, he is more deep and restrained, but no matter how low-key his style is, he can't hide his domineering side leak.

I couldn't help complaining to Kong Ming: "Look at Guo Jia and then look at you, why do I feel a little wronged?" Compared with Kong Ming, who cares about fame, he can live a more free and easy life with someone like Guo Jia , at least if I die, Kong Ming will never be able to do nothing for me.

Kong Ming had a hurt expression on his face: "The love is so deep that I can't help myself. How does Madam know that I can't do it?"

I just know it!It's a pity that there is no way to practice this matter. I am in good health and can live longer than Kong Ming, so I can't argue with him. I can only hum a few words and put this sensitive topic lightly.

In fact, Kong Ming has been very busy recently, and the risks of Liu Xi's surgery are there. Once on the operating table, it may be life and death, so even though Guo Jia is still calm on the surface, in fact, he has dropped all his work and is with Liu every day. Xi looks at the stars and the moon, wishing she could stick together day and night.As a good sister-in-law of the two, Kong Ming took over the burdens of the two without any complaints. He was busy from sunrise to sunset every day.

I'm not much better either.In order to avoid turmoil in the court, Liu Xi decided to perform the operation secretly, so how to hide from the public has become the biggest issue I face.According to Hua Tuo's estimate, even in the most optimistic scenario, it will take at least a month from the surgery to being able to get out of bed. The news will skyrocket.

Most worrying is Sun Quan's reaction.

Perhaps because of concerns about the strength of Pingan Han, Sun Quan did not proclaim himself emperor as most people expected, but chose to lie dormant to recuperate.In order to avoid a direct conflict with Pingan Han, he even accepted Liu Xi's appointment and dismissal letter to Jiangdong, and upgraded him to "King Wu", which eliminated the imminent war between the two forces invisible, and even Liu Xi could bear it. I can't help but praise him for his ability to bend and stretch: whether he directly proclaims the emperor or refuses the title rewarded by Liu Xi, Jiang Dong and Pingan Han are tantamount to tearing apart their faces. Even in order not to become a laughing stock, Liu Xi will have to send troops to attack Wu.Now Sun Quan chooses to take a step back, and while he has won development opportunities for himself, it also makes Liu Xi look at him with admiration.

Sun Zhongmou, the overlord of Jiangdong, has always been a qualified leader who is courageous, resourceful, and steady.

I am grateful from the bottom of my heart for Sun Quan's wise decision.Although Liu Xi's illness has reached the point of imminent danger, if Liu Sun goes to war, Liu Xi, who is the backbone of Ping An Han, will definitely postpone the operation without hesitation.As Guo Jia said, although he is a person without much sense of responsibility, when the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers are in front of him, he will still make the only decision in line with his status amidst the ardent hopes of everyone.Liu Xi, who is used to keeping everything in his own hands, doesn't want to escape from the craniotomy with great difficulty, and be captured in the palace that Sun Quan broke down as soon as he stepped off the operating table.

However, even if Sun Quan put away his sharp minions after considering various factors, we can't naively think that he has really become an obedient cat.I have no doubt that once the news of Liu Xi's "sudden illness" spreads, the tens of thousands of iron masters in Jiangdong will not hesitate to make great wishes to conquer Luoyang.

Therefore, when Liu Xi was pushed into the operating room, I was not only worried about the progress of the craniotomy, but also worried about Soochow's reaction.Guo Jia, on the other hand, knelt and sat outside the operating room stubbornly, waiting for the news of Liu Xi's recovery.