In the castle lord's mansion, Li Su stood in the warm pavilion and looked west, his eyes revealing a look of longing.

Today is already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, originally Li Shu should have rushed to Sixian City to spend the Spring Festival with Wen Xin and Ugly, but the war on the side of the U Kingdom has just been decided, and there are still a bunch of messes everywhere, Li Shu can't leave at all, so he had to write a letter to Wen Xin and them, explaining that they can't go back, and Wen Xin and they are also very understanding, especially when replying to the letter, there are ugly small handprints on it, which makes Li Shu feel relieved, and the thoughts of his family are even greater.

The weather was not good today, it was gloomy from the morning, and by noon it finally began to snow, and now it was almost dusk, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, but the snow still showed no signs of stopping.

The fire in the warm pavilion is booming, Li Su is sitting on the chaise longue covered with thick fur, and there are a few small dishes and a pot of old wine on the small table next to him. Wen'er also just arrived at Iwami Castle from Si Xuan, because Li Su came out to fight this time, so Wen'er and Hua'er didn't bring these maids.

However, after Wen Xin received Li Su's letter, he knew that the war in the Japanese Kingdom had been decided, and he was worried that the weather would be cold, and Li Su did not have someone around him to take care of him, so he asked the most intimate Wen'er to come with the reply, but unfortunately Wen Xin didn't know that Li Su also had a charming and lovely Wu Meiniang by his side, and he would never freeze to death in this winter.

Li Su took a sip of the old wine in the cup, and felt a line of fire from his throat to his stomach and intestines, and there was a little more heat on his body. In this cold weather, it feels extra comfortable. It's a pity that Wang An went to Hezhou in the Wa Kingdom. As a result, he couldn't even find anyone to drink with, so he had to pour himself a drink here.

The Emperor of the Wa Kingdom was destroyed. The Su I clan surrendered, and the entire Wa Kingdom was completely pacified, and Wang An rushed to maintain the operation of the Wa State, and at the same time took over the Wa State in its entirety. However, because of the previous war, the Asuka area, which was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Japanese state, was greatly damaged, and murder and arson were endless. Rush there to restrain the army and establish a new set of order in the war-torn state.

After all, as the number one wealthy clan in the country, whether it is strength or prestige, it is an existence that needs to be looked up to by others, but now it is begging for his life from His Royal Highness the King of Qi in the Tang Dynasty, which makes the other wealthy families of the Japanese Kingdom shocked and made a wise choice and began to send people to contact the Tang army in the Asuka area. Express your determination to surrender.

Li Su was naturally very happy about this result, and although the Shi Shang clan had great hatred for the Su Wu clan, after seeing that this was what Li Su meant. They didn't dare to say anything, but after the surrender of the Su Clan, the army was also dispatched by Su Dingfang on the front line. I don't know why, the armies of the Soga clan and the Ishigami clan are next to each other. This led to a constant shostle between the two armies, with occasional skirmishes erupting. This led to an even worse relationship between the two clans.

Speaking of which, the Su I clan originally had 20,000 elites, but in order to resist the encirclement and suppression of the emperor's family before, half of the 20,000 people were killed and wounded, and now there are only about 10,000 people left, and the Ishigami clan only has about 20,000 miscellaneous troops, and the combat effectiveness is extremely weak, but it has the advantage of a large number of people, but it is comparable to the strength of the Su I clan, and no one can suppress anyone. As for Li Su's steppe people, Kunlun Nu and other armies, they all watched from the sidelines, and even the 15,000-strong Silla army no longer listened to the dispatch of the Ishigami clan.

Thinking of the current chaotic situation of the Wa Kingdom, Li Su is a little headache, the Wa Kingdom is different from Silla and Baekje, there are many wealthy families in the country, each Hao clan is equivalent to a small kingdom, although now on the surface to Li Su has expressed surrender, but no one dares to guarantee that they will not give birth to any chaos in the future, after all, these Hao clans have how many uneven armies in their hands, this situation makes Li Su, who has long been accustomed to the great unification of the dynasty, very uncomfortable, and now can only hope that Wang An can solve this situation.

, for the New Year, these worries should be put aside, and it is best to find something easy to do. Thinking of this, Li Su shook his head, and Wen'er next to him was very intimate, and when he saw Li Su's appearance, he immediately spoke: "Your Highness, today is twenty-nine, although we are not with the princess, but the New Year still has to pass, why don't you write a few Spring Festival couplets, and then let's paste the doors of the study and bedroom together?" ”

Originally, there was no Spring Festival couplets in the Tang Dynasty, and every family was hung with peach charms during the Spring Festival, but after Li Su crossed over, he brought the set of the New Year in later generations, and in the past two years, the Spring Festival couplets were pasted to eat dumplings, and it was very lively.

However, after hearing this, Li Su pointed at Wen'er and laughed: "You stinky girl, you don't know that my words are ugly, but you still want me to write couplets, if you stick it on the door, isn't it a joke?" ”

Wen'er naturally knew that Li Su's words were ugly, and she also knew that the Spring Festival couplets every year were written by Princess Wenxin herself, but she mainly wanted to make Li Su happy, so she smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness, the princess's words are naturally written very well, but women's writing is carried with three points of femininity, and the festival removes the old and welcomes the new, blocking the filth at the beginning of the year, the man is yang, His Royal Highness is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the yang energy on the body is more sufficient, so only the words you write are the most suitable for pasting in the Spring Festival." ”

Hearing what the little girl said was the way, although she knew that she was coaxing herself to be happy, Li Su was also very happy, and waved her big hand and said: "Okay, just Chong Wen'er, this king will make an exception and write a few words today!" ”

As soon as he saw Li Su agree, Wen'er immediately agreed happily, trotted to prepare pen and ink, and after a while, all the things for writing Spring Festival couplets were ready, and Li Su spread the big red paper on the case, and then picked up a wolf pen and wrote a few Spring Festival couplets with a wave.

To tell the truth, although Li Su has been in Datang for more than three years, he still has not made any progress in breaking the characters, mainly because he is too lazy and can't stand the pain of practicing calligraphy.

But it doesn't matter if the words are ugly, what you want is a colorful head, and although Li Su has no literary talent, he still remembers a few Spring Festival couplets, such as the most commonly used "The days increase the years, people increase longevity, and the spring is full of blessings." "Something like that, although it looks vulgar, but that's what you want to be festive.

Wen'er had long been surprised by Li Su's ugly words, and when she saw Li Su finish writing, she immediately picked up the scissors and cut them diligently, and pulled Li Su to paste all the doors she could see. At this time, Li Su's interest in the New Year was also raised, and he felt that he was not too happy after pasting the Spring Festival couplets, and asked the kitchen to prepare dumpling fillings, and he wanted to make a few dumplings himself. Wen'er was naturally very happy to see that Li Su finally stopped thinking about those troubles, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare.

The people in the kitchen are all old people from the Qi Wangfu who came with Wen'er, and they know that His Royal Highness wants to eat dumplings for the New Year, so the noodles and stuffing are ready-made, and they were quickly delivered, and Li Su was enthusiastic and rubbed the dough and rolled the skin with Wen'er, but although Li Su was good at food, he didn't know how to cook, and even the dumpling skin was not round, so he had to ask Wen'er to help.

Making dumplings looks simple, in fact, it is also a technical job, not everyone can do it, Li Su has eaten countless dumplings, but he has not made dumplings by hand a few times, but this time his face is full of flour, and the dumplings are large and small, strange shapes, and some have not been closed, as long as the pot is made, it will definitely become a filling soup.

Seeing Li Su's embarrassed appearance, and looking at those strange-looking dumplings, Wen'er finally couldn't help laughing, but Li Su was extremely angry and shouted to punish her for eating all the dumplings she had wrapped, but she didn't expect Wen'er to laugh even more when she heard Li Su take the dumplings he wrapped himself as punishment.

"Hey, by the way, why didn't you see Mei Niang come out today?" When Li Su and Wen'er Bao were getting up, he suddenly found that he didn't seem to have seen Wu Meiniang all day today.

Hearing Li Yu's question, Wen'er hurriedly replied: "Your Highness Qiqi, Wu Huan said that she was a little unwell, and she was more afraid of the cold, so she stayed in the room all the time. ”

Wen'er had seen Wu Meiniang when she was in Chang'an before, and when she came to Iwami Castle this time, she learned that it was Li Yu who kidnapped Wu Meiniang at the beginning, not Li You, the fifth prince who was now driven to Jincheng as the governor. However, Wen'er is one of Li Su's most trusted people, and Wu Meiniang will have to enter the door of the Qi Palace's mansion sooner or later, so it's nothing to let her know in advance, and even Wen'er has already commensurate Wu Meiniang with a person.

Hearing that Wu Meiniang was not feeling well, Li Yu thought that when he got up this morning, Wu Meiniang said that he was tired and it was cold, so he was too lazy to get up in bed. At that time, Li Su didn't care, told her to rest well, and then got up and went to get busy, could it be that Mei Niang was really sick?

Thinking of this, Li Yu didn't make dumplings anymore, stood up and came to the bedroom, this is where he and Wu Meiniang live, because this is the country of Wa, it is inconvenient to take a maid to serve, and now Wu Meiniang has only one of her own personal maids to take care of.

When Li Yu rushed to the bedroom, Wu Meiniang still didn't get up, she was half-snuggling on the bed, drinking porridge under the service of the maid, just looking at her frowning slightly, she didn't seem to want to eat.

"Mei Niang, are you sick, why didn't you let someone inform me earlier?" Li Su saw Wu Meiniang's somewhat haggard face, and couldn't help but blame herself a little at the moment, and at the same time, there was a bit of blame in her tone.

"Hehe, Mei Niang is fine, she just feels sleepy, she doesn't have much strength, it's not uncomfortable, she just doesn't want to eat, and her husband is rarely idle, and I don't want to disturb your rest because of this little thing!" Wu Meiniang felt Li Su's concern and said with a bright smile.

"No, in such a cold weather, maybe you have some kind of disease, Wen'er, hurry up and find a doctor to take a look!" Li Su saw that Mei Niang's spirit was acceptable, and her mood was also relieved, but she still decided to find a doctor to take a look. (To be continued.) )