This morning, after the Qin envoy entered the city and was assassinated, the incident was quickly quelled by the Chu army who arrived later. Fortunately, Qin's son Dong Shang and military advisor general Jia Xu were safely sent to the annex to rest at some point.
The entire envoy was also arranged to move into the annex one after another, and the King of Chu ordered to summon them again in three days. After all, after such a big thing as an assassination, it is necessary to let people rest for two days to calm down, and now Chu State also has many things to deal with.
At noon, the important ministers of Chu State were called into the palace to hold a temporary court meeting.
As the saying goes, if you want others to know, you have to do nothing unless you do it yourself.
Over the years, the fog that shrouded Onizuka has been gradually lifted, and the upper echelons of the Chu State have long known that the Wei State was behind the original Jiangdong murder case.
Sun Ce was furious, and his anger over Han Dang's death finally found an outlet. If Zhou Yu and Ji Shu hadn't tried their best to dissuade him, Sun Ce might have already launched a war against Wei.
However, before Sun Ce had time to go to Cao Cao to settle the score, who would have thought that Cao Cao would come to his door today and plan to provoke him into war with Dong Zhuo.
Is it tolerable or not? Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi and others agreed to fight back to a certain extent against Wei, otherwise it would appear that Chu was weak and could be bullied. Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and others strongly opposed it and persuaded Sun Ce to capture Shu first and then attack Wei.
The two sides were at loggerheads and the resolution was temporarily shelved.
Sun Ce sat on the throne with a gloomy face, looking very depressed.
It was now the end of the court meeting, and the disposal of the prisoners was being discussed. Xing'er was escorted up by two guards holding halberds and knelt down in the main hall.
"Please, my lord, reward me with this woman!"
Just when everyone was about to discuss whether to kill her or use torture to extract a confession, Zhou Tai knelt down on one knee beside her and begged Sun Ce first.
Everyone was stunned, looking at each other for a moment, not knowing where to start. After all, except for Zhou Yu who knew the details, everyone here only heard that Zhou Tai had fought for this woman.
This was originally just a romantic affair, but once the relationship got serious, shouldn't Zhou Tai sever the relationship and draw a clear line between him and this woman? Doing this now is undoubtedly a joke on your own future. Even if the monarch is willing to believe you, he may be suspicious of you in the future.
In the eyes of everyone, Zhou Tai shouldn't even be able to see through the pros and cons of this.
"Youping, you didn't make any merit this time! Gongjin didn't hold you accountable for the crime of negligence, and you came to me to ask for a reward?"
Sun Ce gave Zhou Tai a big roll of his eyes angrily. He wouldn't doubt Zhou Tai's loyalty because of this. It doesn't matter whether he is careless and unprepared, or he knows people well and makes good use of them. In short, that's the kind of person he is.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and said nothing. Gan Ning originally didn't understand the meaning of Ji Shu's message to him, but now he saw that Zhou Tai wanted to save a Wei spy, and he was so frightened that he kept winking at Zhou Tai.
However, Zhou Tai ignored Gan Ning.
"Zhou Tai is willing to exchange all the rewards he has received in the past."
"Lord, I only want her!"
The atmosphere in the hall stagnated slightly due to these words, and everyone understood that Zhou Tai was serious.
"Be bold!"
Zhou Yu opened his eyes and glared at Zhou Tai fiercely, shouting angrily and unbearably.
"Zhou Tai, don't you know that she is a spy of the Wei State who wants to assassinate my lord? Are you obsessed? How dare you protect her!"
Zhou Tai was sweating slightly, but still kept his head down and refused to back down.
Although Gan Ning, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Jiang Qin and other generals did not know much about Zhou Tai and Xing'er, their fateful friendship made them believe that Zhou Tai would not do anything to regret the Chu State, but was just infatuated with this woman. With a long sigh, they all stood up to plead with Zhou Tai.
"Lord, please see that Youping is loyal in your daily life..."
"Okay! I'll give it to you."
Well?
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised. They didn't expect Sun Ce to agree to Zhou Tai's request so easily.
"Bo Fu!"
Zhou Yu glared at Sun Ce with eyes filled with accusations.
Sun Ce slapped his mouth and said to Zhou Yu in embarrassment.
"Oh, you Ping likes a girl, what's wrong? I don't like boys."
"It's this woman who wants to kill me, but it's not Youping who wants to kill me. How can I blame him?"
What's the point!
Zhou Yu was extremely angry.
"It's true that I don't blame Youping, but...that's not right! Why don't you blame him?"
Sun Ce almost got in. Zhou Yu was angry and annoyed and was about to continue talking.
However, Sun Ce actually wanted to protect Zhou Tailai.
"Look at you, you can't speak clearly. Okay, that's it!"
"Youping, remember to hand over your past rewards to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
The shameless Sun Ce took a bite of the pear placed on the table, turned around and walked towards the back of the hall.
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"Why are you so stupid! The master asked you to pay it yourself, which means that you can keep some secretly."
Seeing the officials from the Ministry of Finance leaving with carts of gold, silver and jewelry, Gan Ning relapsed into his old habit. He was so greedy that he kept chasing Zhou Tai.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Tai was very satisfied and kept giggling.
"My lord is so kind to me, Zhou Tai dare not hide his secrets."
"What do you want me to say about you?"
Gan Ning looked at Zhou Tai's proud face and felt helpless towards this fool. He pulled Zhou Tai aside and smiled evilly.
"I'm telling you, you have to be careful at night and subdue her first. I heard that you are a pretty powerful woman. Don't get beaten up until I don't recognize you the next day."
Zhou Tai glanced at Gan Ning with contempt and snorted.
"vulgar!"
"Brother Gan, I noticed that you have become more and more vulgar after getting married! I am sincere, how can you force yourself on you!"
Hey!
Gan Ning pointed at Zhou Tai and said.
"You bastard, come on, I'm leaving."
Seeing that Gan Ning was about to leave, Zhou Tai thanked him again and turned around to go back to his mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Xing'er standing in the yard waiting for him, he smiled.
"Hey, I don't have three hundred taels of silver to treat you to a meal this time. Before we receive our salary next time, I'm afraid we can only eat pickles and steamed buns."
Myolie looked at Zhou Tai expressionlessly and asked.
"You really like me?"
"of course."
She has asked this question to many people, and she has heard this answer many times. She also asked Zhou Tai this question when she met Zhou Tai for the second time, but why did the same question and the same answer give her different feelings now?
She stared at Zhou Tai in a daze, and Zhou Tai also stared at her lovingly with joy.
"By the way, Myolie, this is your stage name. What's your real name?"
Xing'er bit her lip and looked at him for a long time, then turned and went back to the house.
"My name is Zhou Xing'er."
"Huh? What a coincidence, your surname is also Zhou!"
Zhou Tai quickly followed into the house.
