Chen Xi didn't know when yesterday's banquet ended, because it was already noon when he woke up, and the people sleeping next to him were Guan Yu and Yu Jin.
"Get up, get up, what happened last night? How could I sleep with you? This is my home!" Chen Xi kicked Yu Jin with a bit of a scolding tone.
"Water, water, water, give me some water." Yu Jin said drowsily, falling asleep face down, probably because his face hurt, but the internal energy left his body and resisted the beating, so it was no problem.
"Here's some water!" Chen Xi called out to the door, but when an unknown maid came in, Chen Xi was stunned.
"Wait, who are you!" Chen Xi looked at the maid with a confused face. Does my family have such a maid? Ah, that’s not right, this beam doesn’t look like it belongs to my house. Whose house am I in now?
"Reporting to Marquis Chen, you are in Changle Palace now." The palace maid said to Chen Xi very carefully.
Chen Xi's mind was broken for a few seconds after hearing these words, and then connected again, "What, why am I in Changle Palace!"
In fact, Chen Xi is really in Changle Palace. Fortunately, there are no people living in Changle Palace now. Otherwise, Chen Xi would have to be recorded in the history books as staying in the harem overnight, causing harm to the concubines. However, if there are no concubines these days, then it will be fine. He will just drink too much. Yes, we went to the wrong place.
"Your Highness, several princes have woken up." After Chen Xi and others woke up, the palace maid hurriedly went to notify Liu Tong, but Liu Tong didn't even bother to raise his head.
"Then send them away. When they wake up, let them leave as soon as possible. If they stay for a while, I will have to take care of the food." Liu Tong buried his head in Si Niang's arms and didn't even want to move. She also drank too much last night. It is said that She held the wife of Zhou Yu's family in her arms and refused to let go. She had to take her back to the palace. It was Si Niang who forced her back. I heard that she was embarrassed a lot.
"Speaking of which, why did the three of them follow me back to the palace yesterday?" Liu Tong asked Si Niang with some doubts after the palace maid left.
"It seems that I was escorting His Highness back and then the road went sideways, so I fell asleep there." Si Niang's brain has always been in a gaseous state, so there is no possibility of fragmentation, and she still has some memory.
"Who wants them to give it away!" Liu Tong straightened his back with difficulty, sat up straight and said, "If they didn't give it away, maybe I would have brought Xiao Qiao back."
Xiao Qiao was not drunk, Liu Tong was really drunk, and then Liu Tong hugged Xiao Qiao and did not let go. If Si Niang hadn’t sent Liu Tong back, Liu Tong could have hugged Xiao Qiao back, and the meaning of separating women and men would be Here, a lot of trouble is saved.
On the other side, when Guan Yu woke up, Chen Xi had already asked people to make tea. After all, Dachangqiu Zhanshi was Chen Xi's apprentice, so he still had some respect. In addition, the wine these days was all high-quality grain wine. It doesn't make you feel heady after drinking it, and you can almost feel fine when you wake up.
"Drink some, Yunchang." Yu Jin poured a cup of hot tea for Guan Yu, and then sat down to relax while the three of them drank tea around the stove.
"Why doesn't this look like Zichuan's house?" Guan Yu asked while holding hot tea. "This is Changle Palace. I don't know how the three of us got here. Anyway, we must have been drinking wine, singing songs, and seeing people off." Chen Xi said nonchalantly, "I have already called the kitchen to cook. I ordered some seafood porridge and it will be delivered immediately. After eating, we will go out."
As for Liu Tong telling Chen Xi and others to get out of bed when they woke up, Chen Xi pretended not to hear it. He had been drinking all night. He just woke up in the morning and had not fully recovered yet. He didn't drink some porridge to warm up, so he sent me away. Come on, are you kidding me? The dining room is also under the name of my young master. I run it and make porridge for me.
"Is it seafood porridge for lunch today?" Liu Tong chose to cut off his beard unceremoniously. When the seafood porridge cooked for Chen Xi in the dining room was about to be brought over, Liu Tong lifted up from Si Niang's arms without any hesitation. I politely chose to cut off my hair.
"This seafood is really good. There are indeed a lot of delicious ones in Jingchu." Liu Tong was very satisfied with the seafood porridge. He had eaten some hard vegetables before, but now it is good to drink some porridge, especially with the meal. After Fang prepared all kinds of side dishes, Liu Tong ate even more happily.
On the other side, at the Changle Palace, three people were sitting on the floor. Because Liu Tong dismissed a large number of palace attendants and maids, the Changle Palace seemed much lonely, with almost no people, and
Normally, food would not be delivered here, but Chen Xi couldn't stop him from talking, so of course the food was there.
The Shaofu is really opened by Chen Xi, and the dining room is opened by the Shaofu, so there is nothing much to say.
"It's really exquisite. There are so many ingredients when you have porridge." Just like an ordinary old man from Yongliang, Yu Jin made a big bowl of porridge, served it with side dishes, and finished it with a slurp.
"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if it tastes good." Chen Xi said angrily, holding a small bowl, drinking porridge and side dishes, and quickly warmed up, "All it takes is a small clay oven to heat some wine. , with some snacks, you can get through it today."
"With you, the biggest difference is that the quality of life has soared so much that what we used to eat was like pig food." Guan Yu drank a whole casserole of porridge, then turned to greet Chen Xi, "Too Be particular about it.”
"It's nothing, I just want to be particular about it. Most of the time, I don't eat like this." Chen Xi smiled and said, "It's so particular. I only do it when I have nothing to do to kill time. Most of the time, I don't eat like this." Just order something delicious and eat it quickly."
"It's snowing." After Guan Yu had eaten and drank enough, he raised his hand and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword flew directly into Guan Yu's hand from nowhere, and outside the window was the fluttering snowflakes.
"Let's go, it's not good to stay in Changle Palace. Come back quickly. His Highness didn't drive us away. It's a shame." Yu Jin said with a yawn, and then walked down the steps.
"What are you going to do after you go back?" Chen Xi also walked down with Guan Yu and Yu Jin. Although the wind and snow were heavy, they didn't wear any cloaks and just went down the jade steps.
"Of course I go back to cook mutton on a snowy day." Yu Jin said matter-of-factly, "It's just that there weren't so many sheep to eat before, but now we can eat them. It's such a cold day and it's snowing outside, so of course I cook sheep at home. Already."
"Cook two fat sheep, heat some rice wine, and watch the snow in the courtyard and eat meat for a whole day." Yu Jin had a cheerful look on his face, and Guan Yu was somewhat interested when he heard this. If they don't go to war recently, then there will only be one in Chang'an. Eat and drink.
"It's an uncreative way to spend the winter." Chen Xi retorted casually, but there is a saying that cooking meat every day is also a happy way to spend the winter.
"What kind of creativity do you want? I don't have great ambitions. Although you all mocked Xiaozhiding and cooked the yellow sheep, but once you say it, I think life should be lived like this, and the life of the princes should be so dull and boring. I How about eating a sheep?" Yu Jin looked like he could argue with you, but I just did it.
"Forget it, forget it, it's the Chinese New Year anyway and I won't go to work. Let's have hot pot at my house tomorrow." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "We don't see each other a few times throughout the year. We just happened to have a dinner at my house. Come all of you. , so no one will come to me."
At the end of every year, a group of people would come looking for Chen Xi. Chen Xi didn't want to be found by that group of people at all, so he put it in a simple way. I'm having a meal with a group of big guys, and I don't care if any of you come to disturb me.
"That's okay, your cook is really good at cooking." Yu Jin said unceremoniously, "But in this case, I have to take my son with me."
"Your whole family can join the battle together." Chen Xi said nonchalantly, "With my family's conditions, I'm afraid that a group of you won't be able to survive."
Guan Yu, who was silent on the side, also said that it was okay. Anyway, at the end of the year, we just had nothing to do but eat and drink together. At the end of the year, this was the only way to have fun. Let's get together more and be happy.
Chen Xi said goodbye to Guan Yu and Yu Jin at the door of their home, and then when they returned home, they saw Chen Qian and Chen Yu having fun in the garden. It was obvious that the two people, who had already felt the spirit of the New Year, were particularly happy recently.
"Dad." Chen Yu rushed over and hugged Chen Xi's thigh, "When will we have a feast again? I want to have a second meal."
Since Chen Yu was a child, this is the first time that Chen Xi's family has held such a big banquet. For a child who likes crowds and liveliness, this kind of thing is simply too happy.
"The second meal will be served tomorrow. Go ask your Aunt Ying to make preparations." Chen Xi bent down and picked up Chen Yu, shook it, and then put it down again. The kid who was enjoying eating and drinking quickly ran away. , and then saw Chen Qian wearing cotton clothes swinging in front of Chen Xi.
Chen Xishen
She was about to pick Chen Qian up, but Chen Qian dodged it naturally. Chen Xi couldn't help but shook her head. She had never disliked him as a father before.
"Teacher Xu and Sister Ji are missing." Chen Qian suddenly said to Chen Xi.
Chen Xi was silent for a while, "They followed your Uncle Lu to the Ganges River, just like Uncle Jia's family. Look, didn't you see your Uncle Jia too?"
"But I met Brother Su Zhi and Sister Yun'er." Chen Qian said with some thought. In her simple world view, many things were obvious.
"You will understand in the future. They will be fine. It's just that it will be much harder to see them." Chen Xi sighed and said. It is not that it has become much more difficult, but that they will basically not be seen. Xu Ning and Ji Xiang went to the Ganges River and would never come back.
This is not something that can be released under a general amnesty, because Lu Su has no official crimes and is just an ordinary transfer, so there is no such thing as a pardon.
"Is that so?" Chen Qian looked at Chen Xi in confusion. Chen Xi didn't say anything and touched Chen Qian's little head. "Well, that's it."
Lu Su, who has not yet left the Central Plains, opens the car window and looks north from time to time. Even when he gets here, everything is already clear and he knows that it is impossible to see him. Lu Su also opens the car window more or less habitually, and finally work hard for the world together. for more than ten years.
"Chang'an, so many things have happened." After Zhou Yu got drunk, he calmed down a lot and had time to carefully understand what happened recently.
"It has nothing to do with us, right?" Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu and asked, "There was quite a big fuss before. I thanked guests behind closed doors. I don't know exactly what happened, but several important officials under Liu Bei's command were captured."
"It doesn't matter, and we can roughly understand what happened. But it's over, so don't worry about it. Let's just do our own thing." Zhou Yu has thrown these reports aside, although he can still dig out some if he digs deeper. Things, but now they, Jingchu, are also a bunch of shit themselves, and Zhou Yu doesn't want to get entangled in this kind of thing at all.
"Gong Jin, in addition to changing the army system, are we also changing the navy?" Sun Quan asked tentatively. Of course, before he said this, Sun Quan's crisis alarm system had already given a hint, and there was no danger.
"Yes, the navy suffered heavy losses before. Although Cai Degui successfully retained some of his navy officers, our strength at hand is no longer enough to suppress the Indian Ocean, so we have to make a choice." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "So, instead of It’s better to say that it’s a new generation of navy soldiers, but it’s better to say that the situation is so bad that the new navy has to accept it no matter what it is.”
For the current Zhou Yu, this is really the case. No matter what kind of navy it is, as long as it is from the Han Dynasty, if you accept it, at least you will not die. If you don't accept it, it is really a matter of life and death. So in this aspect Zhou Yu didn't think about it directly, of course he accepted it.
"If you really want to talk about our situation in Southeast Asia, as long as we can ensure that there are no problems with the navy, there will be no trouble. As for whether there will be chaos or not, I think you have some experience."
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan and said calmly, Sun Quan was also a standard member of the civil strife in Jingchu, so he knew what Jingchu was like.
"I roughly understand." Sun Quan said expressionlessly. The chaos of the Jingchu family can be seen from many aspects, "What's the next stage?"
"After we have dealt with the Jingchu family, we have to deal with Mengkangbu. Even if we cannot completely suppress the Indian Ocean, we must at least ensure the logistics and transportation of the Han army." Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan with a fierce look in his eyes. This was again It's a fatal plan, but in something like the Navy, sometimes you have to prove your existence.
When there was a navy, the navy felt like a backdrop. However, when the navy was really gone, many problems immediately became problems that had to be faced.
"In other words, next year?" Sun Quan said with a twitching corner of his mouth. He had just returned from Central Asia and was about to participate in the imperial war on the other side. Moreover, his keen intuition was wildly hinting to him that there was no danger at all here. Lower than Begui.
"Yes, the danger of attacking at the beginning of the year
It’s huge, but it’s also the time that most scares Moncomb. He has definitely invested a lot in Ceylon. At that time, when we attack, he is unlikely to take both risks. Zhou Yu said very seriously.
