After Sun Ce entered the palace, he headed towards the main gate. Ma Yunlu led a team of Yulin Guards to come towards him. Seeing Sun Ce, he stopped and bowed.

"King."

Sun Ce nodded and returned the greeting. He watched them walk over, remembered another thing and called Ma Yunlu again. Ma Yunlu signaled Yulinwei to continue patrolling, and she stayed to reply. Sun Ce asked about Ma Chao's recent situation. Ma Yunlu was a little embarrassed, looking at his toes, not knowing what to say.

Sun Shangxiang chased after him. Seeing that Ma Yunlu looked embarrassed, she thought she had made a mistake and was scolded by Sun Ce. She quickly asked what was going on. Before Ma Yunlu could speak, she first said that she was the governor of Yulin. If there was anything, she was the main responsibility. Ma Yunlu became even more embarrassed and quickly pulled her sleeve.

"Three Generals, the king asked me about my brother."

"Oh, your brother, what's there to ask? You're idle and have nothing to do. You're drinking and fighting all day long, and you're owing a lot of debts..."

Sun Ce was also amused and couldn't help but interrupt Sun Shangxiang. "If you talk about it, there will be no place for you in the palace."

"I understand, I understand." Sun Shangxiang reacted, turned around and ran, took two steps, and remembered that the palace could not move quickly, so she quickly slowed down. Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and had some headaches, but he couldn't say anything in front of Ma Yunlu, so he had to pretend that he had not seen him.

"What the hell is going on, tell me slowly."

Ma Yunlu had no choice but to briefly talk about Ma Chao's situation. In the battle before the New Year, Ma Chao was fooled by others, and was not a human inside or outside. Although he saved his life, his reputation was broken. People in Wu were unwilling to pay attention to him, saying that he was a fiancé, and suspicious character, and surrendered generals and soldiers were unwilling to contact him. In private, some people said that he was a traitor. If he had not worked or worked, the emperor would not have been defeated. Ma Chao had a bad temper. He naturally couldn't bear it when he heard such words. He fought several times and injured people. He won the fight, but his reputation could not be restored. He was so angry that he had no choice but to drink alcohol or gamble with others. However, the wine taste was not good, and he would cause trouble when he drank too much. He would not be good at gambling. He would lose every time he bet and owed a lot of debt.

"Master, I... I ask the king to be kind and let my brother go back to Xiliang. If he stays here, he will be ruined."

"He is really useless when he returns to Xiliang." Sun Ce waved his hand. "Okay, I know, you go and do it."

Ma Yunlu was skeptical. However, she still bowed to Sun Ce, pressed the knife ring, and turned around and walked quickly. Sun Ce walked along the palace wall and towards the side hall where Yuan Quan lived. He was not ignorant of Ma Chao's situation, and it can even be said that it was caused by him. Ma Chao's return was originally a helpless choice, not to take the initiative to vote. He was not a person who knew how to advance and retreat. If he didn't hit him, he would not be grateful no matter how good he was to him. So he did not arrange Ma Chao's new position and kept him idle. One day, two days, one month or two months, not only Ma Chao himself panicked, but others saw it, but also lost awe of Ma Chao, and all kinds of resentment naturally fermented slowly. With Ma Chao's personality, it was normal to get to this point.

In history, after he surrendered to Liu Bei, he died of depression in this mood. This was his disaster and he was destined to be unable to escape, but he would not die. Now the temperature is almost done, and it is time for him to lift it out of the sludge and wash it clean.

"Ling Tong, go to the door and see who is on duty today. Go out in the evening and call Xie Guanglong and ask him to check where Ma Chao is."

Ling Tong, who was accompanying the service, responded and turned around.

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Sun Ce walked into the side hall where Yuan Quan lived. The hall was full of people and was waiting for the table to start. As soon as Sun Ce entered the door, Nannan, the daughter who had just walked, held the desk and walked over shakingly. She opened her arms, grinned at the mouth that had just grown a pair of front teeth, drooling, muttering "Hug, hug", and greeted her. Feng Wan hurriedly followed her and stopped her.

Sun Ce bent down, picked up Nannan, kissed her pink little face, and took advantage of the situation to kiss Feng Wan's face. Feng Wan was ashamed and happy as she said shyly: "Sisters are watching, and there are children."

"What's wrong with the child? Gu Nai is your husband. You are Gu's wife. You are open and upright, not having an affair. What's so shameful?"

"You..." Feng Wan was embarrassed and quietly pinched Sun Ce.

Yuan Quan smiled and said, "Okay, what are you talking about? Go back to your palace later and say, don't delay everyone's meals. Before you eat, let's have a big bowl of sour sauce first, who can withstand it?"

"That's--" Zhen Mi echoed in a long voice. Mi Lan, Yin Wei also smiled. Yuan Heng didn't say anything, but there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sun Ce was used to this kind of scene. As if nothing had happened, he walked to the front seat with Nannan. Yuan Heng stood up to greet him, took Nannan, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and pointed her little nose. Nannan grinned, grabbed Yuan Heng's clothes and stood up, hugged Yuan Heng's neck and shook it hard, and she didn't know what to say.

Sun Ce sat in, glanced around and found the big tiger. The little tiger was waiting for the meal. Cao Wan squeezed between the two, staring at the food on the table, swallowing saliva continuously. Da Shuang, Xiao Shuang twisted his body in the baby chair and was about to get up. Sun Shangying was also there, but he didn't see Sun Shangxiang and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Let's go to dinner." Sun Ce picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, announcing that the dinner began. As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Wan threw herself on the table and reached for the pastry. Xiaohu stopped him, picked up a piece with chopsticks, and tried it with his hands. He found that it was a bit hot, so he tore off one piece, pouted and blew it twice before putting it in Cao Wan's hand. Cao Wan immediately stuffed it into his mouth, didn't even chew it, and swallowed it directly.

Sun Ce couldn't help but want to laugh. Cao Wan was not like his father Cao Ang at all, but like the children of the Sun family, and they were very fierce when snatching food.

Dahu held a plate of pastries and squatted in front of Dashuang and Xiaoshuang, smiling and seducing his two sisters to call "Brother". Dashuang, Xiaoshuang spoke early, spoke clearly, and screamed in a sarcastic voice, making Dahu smile. When he was talking to Milan, Yin Wei had to remind him to slow down and not choke Dashuang and Xiaoshuang. Dahu agreed repeatedly, but his hand was not slow at all. Yin Wei was anxious and pulled him over and slapped him on the butt. Dahu did not scream, but laughed brighter.

Sun Ce saw that most of the hard work of the day had gone away. While eating, he chatted with Yuan Heng. At present, in the Runan Palace, many female relatives from local families came to visit Yuan Heng every day. Sometimes Yuan Heng would take the initiative to visit and contact many people and information. Yuan Heng would choose the important ones to talk to him first so that he could prepare and talk in detail after dinner. Yin Yu, Mi Lan and others were also in charge of their own affairs. If they needed to communicate with him, most of them would take this opportunity to show that they would speak in a clear way, rather than blowing the pillow wind, which would make each other suspicious.

Yuan Heng mentioned one thing: Sun Shangxiang came back from Wujun today and brought a handwritten letter from Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu said that Sun Quan had taken several Hu maids in Jiaozhou, but he had never married a real wife. She was very anxious about this and wanted to be a wife of a noble family in Sun Quan in the Central Plains, and entrusted the matter to sister Yuan Heng. But she also mentioned another thing. Sun Quan's letter mentioned Xu Jie and another girl from the Xu family many times, which seemed to be interesting, but she was afraid and did not dare to mention it directly.

Sun Ce didn't say anything. He had an impression of what Mrs. Wu mentioned. Sun Quan was indeed very interested in Xu Jie and Xu Kun's daughter Xu Hua. Unfortunately, he was so hot that he was shaved and had no interest in Sun Quan at all. Xu Hua was not very clear about Xu Hua's situation, but according to Mrs. Wu's opinion, it probably wasn't interesting, otherwise he would not need to pass through.

Speaking of which, Xu Hua would have been Sun Quan's wife, but unfortunately, like Mrs. Xie, they were unable to reach the end. In history, they married Sun Quan because of Sun Quan's identity and not feelings. Now that Sun Quan is far away in Jiaozhou, there is no future at all. Naturally, they will not think that Sun Quan is the ideal husband.

In marriage between aristocratic families, interests are always the first priority, and personal feelings are not important. If he doesn't nod, no one will agree to this marriage, and even if his mother, Mrs. Wu, comes forward, it is useless. Mrs. Wu did not tell him directly, but instead asked Yuan Heng, which itself has a hint of resentment. After all, parents are parents, and it is normal for them to be favored by weak children. In the face of family affection, pure rationality does not exist. Brothers' discord - although they have not broken up - is still difficult for them to do.

"How is Boyang doing recently?"

"It's pretty good." Yuan Heng smiled faintly.

"How is it a good way?"

"It will be better to seek benevolence and get what you want."

"That's good." Sun Ce held back his laughter, nodded seriously, and then changed the subject.

After dinner, Sun Ce sat for a while, changed into casual clothes, and went out. Xu Chu, who was on duty, was waiting at the door with a group of tiger soldiers, all wearing regular clothes and wearing ring-headed battle swords. He looked similar to ordinary warriors, but more powerful. Guo Wu and others were there, and Xie Guanglong was getting together with Liu Hu, whispering something.

"Have you found out?"

Xie Guanglong came up and bowed and looked serious. "King, I found out that Ma Chao is in Wanjinfang west of Yangting."

"Far away?"

"It's not far, it's only about ten miles."

"Who is behind the scenes?"

"A local ranger, whose nickname is Eight-Armed Dragon, is very good at gambling, and his martial arts are reasonable."

Sun Ce glanced at Xie Guanglong and snorted: "The meaning of being able to pass is to surpass you, right?"

Xie Guanglong smiled embarrassedly. "My best-in-class skills are shooting skills, not fists and short-strife. Besides, gambling and drinking, fighting are just a helping person, so how can you really kill people? If the king wants to kill Wanjinfang, there is no need to mobilize the troops like this, I just need to bring a few people there."

Ling Tong brought the mount, Sun Ce turned over the horse, sat firmly on the back of the horse, and looked down at Xie Guanglong from a high place.

"Can you win, can you bet?"

Xie Guanglong's eyes lit up. He patted his chest and was very happy. "As long as the king agrees, I can win all the eight arms of the eight-armed dragon. Oh my god, I don't know what I'm doing, I have to say I'm cheating. If it weren't for the strict military discipline and I can't be rash, I..."

Liu Hu coughed, Xie Guanglong woke up suddenly and raised his hand to give himself a loud big mouth. "Good King, I am excited, and I can't control my mouth anymore."

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