At dawn the next day, Yu Lian and Yu Ying woke up from sleeping in the outer room. They got up at this time every day, but today they hid under the quilt and did not dare to move. They heard the familiar sound coming from the inner room again.
Yu Lian quietly pointed out three fingers, but Yu Ying shook her head and pointed out five fingers.
Yu Lian was stunned, Yu Ying pointed at her and made a sleeping posture,
Yu Lian understood. There were two other times when she was asleep. The two of them hid in bed and covered their mouths and laughed.
After a while, the clouds finally stopped and the rain stopped on the wedding bed. Lu Xiu lay limply on Ai Lang, eyes closed, still immersed in the blissful world of heaven.
Chen Qing kissed her lips. Lu Xiu slowly opened her eyes, hugged her husband's neck tightly and laughed softly: "I'm done. I like this feeling so much. What should I do?"
"Then do it again!"
"No! No! My whole body is falling apart. Let me rest for a day and come back in the evening."
Lu Xiu suddenly remembered something, pointed outside and said, "Those two little girls must be eavesdropping!"
"Actually, it doesn't matter if they hear it. Just get used to it. They have to live here. Otherwise, how are you going to get clothes in such a cold day?"
Lu Xiu was discouraged after thinking about it. Today she could no longer wear her wedding clothes. She had to change all her clothes and take a shower. It was so cold outside, she didn't even know where Yu Lian put her clothes.
"Please help me call them! I'm sorry."
Chen Qing coughed lightly, and the sound of rustling clothes was heard outside. Not long after, Yu Lian walked in and saluted, "Sir, madam!"
Lu Xiu blushed and asked her, "Where is the bag of clothes I gave you yesterday?"
"Outside in the closet!"
"Fetch it for me, and bring the clean bucket in too!"
"I see!"
Yu Lian turned around and went out. Soon, the two of them brought clothes and a bucket.
"You two, go out first! I'll clean up and call you later."
Lu Xiu changed into a pair of underwear. Chen Qing looked at the two steep peaks covered with snow in front of him. He was about to get a nosebleed again.
But Chen Qing also knew that Lu Xiu was thin-skinned and there were two little ladies outside. She would never obey him again.
Chen Qing had no choice but to restrain himself and quickly put on his clothes. After busying for a while, Lu Xiu put away the red-spotted white satin, which could not be seen by others under any circumstances.
"Ah!" Two young ladies shouted happily from outside.
"What's wrong?" Chen Qing asked.
"Sir, it's been snowing outside all night, and it's all accumulated."
Lu Xiu said happily: "Let's go and have a look!"
The two of them put on shoes and socks. Lu Xiu simply pulled up her hair in a bun, put on her cloak, and walked out of the room holding hands.
As expected, the outside turned into a snowy world, with thick snow accumulated in the yard, and the two little ladies were busy building snowmen!
Seeing the young master and his wife coming out, they realized that they had neglected their duties, and quickly stood up and said: "Let's go get hot water!"
The two of them quickly ran to the front yard.
Lu Xiu was in a very good mood. She simply put her head on her husband's shoulder and asked with a smile: "Husband, what are we doing today?"
Chen Qing scratched his head, "I don't know either! What do newlyweds usually do on their first day of marriage?"
"Let me think about it, my sister-in-law seemed to have told me so."
Lu Xiu blinked her beautiful eyes and smiled: "I remembered, I went to see my parents-in-law, then went to worship my ancestors, and then... I closed the door and counted the money!"
"I met my parents-in-law yesterday. When it comes to ancestor worship, I don't even know where to go. What's the matter with closing the door and counting money?"
"Count the gifts! Look at how many gifts the guests sent yesterday. Sir, how much money does our family have?"
Without the restraint of her parents-in-law, Lu Xiu was like a bird flying free. She no longer restrained her own nature. She hugged her husband's arm and asked coquettishly.
She is also thinking about how to be a qualified hostess. The first thing is to control the family finances. Of course, her husband's money is her own money!
Chen Qing raised his head and thought for a while, "Probably more than ten thousand taels of silver! There seems to be another three hundred taels of gold, most of which are stored in Chengdu Cabinets, and some are in Baling County. There are also a bunch of treasures from the Bianliang Palace.
I haven’t carefully counted the things I snatched from the puppet Qi State and the Jin people. Let’s freshen up first and then go have breakfast. We’ll look at the gifts when we have time.”
Yu Lian and Yu Ying have already fetched hot water. The young couple finished washing and went to the main hall to have breakfast...
Another vacant courtyard was temporarily used as a warehouse and was filled with various belongings, including a batch of belongings brought back by Chen Qing, Lu Xiu's dowry and personal belongings, and congratulatory gifts.
"Here is the gift list!"
Chen Qing handed a list of congratulatory gifts to Lu Xiu, "There are 2,300 guan of money, 1,200 taels of silver, and seven congratulatory gifts."
"What is this?" Lu Xiu asked, pointing to the four red paint boxes at the door.
"This is a gift from the emperor. It's not on the list. Stay away and I'll open it!"
Chen Qing was very cautious. He pulled Lu Xiu aside, picked up the Fang Tian Hua Ji in the corner of the room, picked out the lock, and opened the lid of the box. When he saw that there was no movement, he stepped forward.
"Husband, do you think the officials will harm you?" Lu Xiu asked Chen Qing quietly.
"The officials may not, but there is an old woman in the palace who wants to kill me and then kill me. Who knows if she sent someone pretending to be an official? You're right to be careful!"
Lu Xiu nodded silently, knowing that her husband was talking about Queen Mother Wei.
She looked at the contents of the box and exclaimed: "This is Dragon and Phoenix Tea!"
Chen Qing only drank sencha and had not had any tea yet. He asked with a smile: "This tea should be very good!"
"Of course it's good. Dragon tea and Feng tea are the top teas. You can't buy them even if you have money. They are exclusively for the palace. My grandfather has five kilograms. He collects them like treasures."
Chen Qing quickly opened four boxes, three of which were filled with Dragon and Phoenix tea. Inside the fourth box was a set of official kiln Jun porcelain tea sets and a complete tea set, all made of silver, extremely exquisite.
"Madam, can you order tea?" Chen Qing asked with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"Of course I can, I've learned it professionally."
"You want to learn some tea?"
Lu Xiu rolled her eyes at him, "Families with better conditions in Bianliang will send their daughters to study and learn arts. Studying and literacy is to support their husbands and raise children. Learning embroidery, tea art, painting, and music is to marry a good family. If the daughter-in-law is not embroidery
, Tea art will be rejected by my parents-in-law. I started learning embroidery and playing the piano when I was seven years old, and started learning tea art when I was ten. I was too young and could easily get burned by boiling water."
Chen Qing scratched his head and said with a smile: "Well, I have never had tea before, so why not do this? Madam, order a pot of tea, and let's drink tea and enjoy the snow together, how about that?"
.........
At dusk on the third day after Chen Qing's wedding, Zhang Jun was urgently summoned by the emperor.
He quickly came to the imperial study room and was led directly into the imperial study room without waiting.
In the imperial study, Qin Hui and Li Hui, the secret minister, were both there. The official Zhao Gou's face was so cold that it was almost dripping with water.
Zhang Jun didn't know what happened, so he bowed and reported: "See your Majesty!"
Zhao Gou threw a copy of the letter on the table and said coldly: "Secretary Li told Mr. Zhang what happened!"
Li Hui said quickly: "Today I received a message from the flying pigeon sent by the Xuanfu Division of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province. Wu Jie abandoned Dashan Pass and led his army to retreat to Nanxianren Pass. The situation in Hanzhong is critical. Zhu Shengfei and a large number of Hanzhong people have already sent troops to the Hanzhong Pass.
Bashu retreats."
Zhao Gou slammed the table, "I don't understand why Wu Jie gave up Dashan Pass?"
Zhang Jun sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I actually understand in my heart that if Hechi County is lost, Wu Jie will have to give up Dashan Pass!"
Zhao Gou said dissatisfied: "I remember you said that there are passes before and after Dashan Pass. Even if it is attacked from both sides, it is difficult to capture it. Why can't he hold on and why should he give up?"
"Your Majesty! The problem is not Dashan Pass, but Nanxianren Pass. If Hechi County is lost, the enemy can not only attack Dashan Pass from behind, but the army will directly go south to attack Nanxianren Pass. If Nanxianren Pass cannot be defended, not only Hanzhong will be lost
, the Jin soldiers can directly attack Xingzhou and follow the Jinniu West Road south to Bashu. Bashu will probably not be saved. Wu Jie must protect the Immortal Pass, which is more important than Dashan Pass."
At this time, Qin Hui said slowly: "Wu Jie can completely divide his troops into two groups, guard Dashan Pass on one side, and support Xianren Pass on the other. He has 20,000 troops, can't he still defend two passes?"
"Your Majesty, the situation is not as simple as we thought. Wanyan Wushu worked step by step and built another city in front of Dashan Pass. He attacked Dashan Pass from a high position. It is only a matter of time before Dashang Pass falls. If, as Qin Xianggong said, the remaining
Ten thousand troops are at Dashan Pass. Once the escape route to Dashan Pass is cut off, these ten thousand troops will definitely destroy the whole army. The whole Wujie army retreats in order to avoid being suffocated in Dashan Pass."
Zhao Gou waved his hand impatiently and said: "I just want to know, can Hanzhong be saved? Can Bashu be saved? Don't make excuses for them! Can Hanzhong and Bashu be saved by holding the Xianren Pass?"
Zhang Jun pondered for a long time and said: "Wei Chen tells the truth, there is a possibility that he will not be able to keep it!"
"Why? Didn't you just say..." Zhao Gou's eyes widened.
"Yes! What I said just now is that if you hold the Nanxianren Pass, the Jin soldiers will not be able to attack Hanzhong and they will not be able to kill Bashu, but the premise is that the opponent cannot fully grasp the defense of the Qinling Mountains. Now that Fu Xuan has surrendered to the Jin soldiers, he once
He is fully responsible for the defense of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains. He knows the situation there very well. Once he leads the Jin soldiers to take the Ziwu Road and rush into Hanzhong from the east, it will be meaningless whether to defend Nanxianren Pass or not. The Jin soldiers will not only attack from behind
At Nanxianren Pass, you can also directly take the Jinniu East Route and fight to Bashu in the same way. Therefore, I have repeatedly suggested to Your Majesty that Chen Qing must return to the northwest immediately. At present, Hanzhong and Bashu cannot be defended by the Wu Jie brothers alone."
Zhao Gou took two steps with his hands behind his back, and immediately ordered: "Send the message, Chen Qing will come to see me immediately!"
Zhao Gou knew very well the consequences of the fall of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and now he was finally anxious.