Why can't it be?
Lu Meng said, "Ladies, you don't know, but General Sun has a younger sister who is not even ten years old. She can ride a horse and shoot arrows, and she can do everything."
Qiao Manman couldn't believe it when she heard that.
Qiao Jingjing knew that the girl Lu Meng was talking about was Sun Shangxiang.
Sun Shangxiang has a father named Sun Jian, who came from a military background, and brothers like Sun Ce and Sun Quan, who have fought their way up in the military. How could a girl from their family be as shallow as others?
Qiao Jingjing told Qiao Manman not to just be envious, but to muster up the courage to mount the horse.
For the past two years, Qiao Manman has been forced by her elderly mother to dance and play the piano, living like a prison and having not had any freedom for a long time.
She was hesitant.
Qiao Jingjing pointed to the medicine packet she was carrying.
Qiao Manman suddenly understood.
My older sister meant that if we didn't take advantage of the time when our mother was in poor spirits and didn't have the energy to take care of them, she would quickly learn something, and once she stopped taking her medicine and her spirits improved, she would start to tormenting the two of them again.
"What's there to worry about about riding a horse? It's a piece of cake. Leave it to me. I'll teach both of you to ride in three days."
Lü Meng gave his assurance.
Yu Mei and Yu Lan stood to the side watching.
Yulan vividly remembered Yuzhu's fate; her back, buttocks, and thighs were all badly beaten, and she fainted on the spot.
The Qiao family didn't hire a doctor for Yuzhu; instead, they sent a human trafficker to take her away.
When no one was around, Yulan asked Yumei if she had seen a girl whose legs had been beaten to a pulp by her master at the slave trader's place.
Yu Mei said she had never seen it.
However, Yu Mei heard from the people around her that there was a maid who had been sold by her master. She had made a mistake and was beaten. Now she was lying on that pile of firewood, half dead and half alive.
Yulan thought that it was most likely Solomon's Seal.
Yulan watched Qiao Jingjing ride a horse, watched Qiao Jingjing and this boy named Ameng chat and laugh together, and watched them go out of the city with the two young ladies, Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman, looking around. She no longer dared to tell the old lady about these things.
For a maid, survival is the most important thing.
A few days later, Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman learned to ride horses.
Then, Qiao Jingjing found Qiao Er.
Now, Qiao Er has two concubines serving and flattering him in his room. He doesn't need to do any work, study hard, or even practice martial arts.
Two years ago, after He Miaomiao gave birth to her son, she devoted all her attention to taking care of him, and her relationship with Qiao Er became much more distant.
But Qiao Er felt that his family business was already established, and even without making any great achievements, his life was still quite good.
As soon as Qiao Jingjing arrived, she asked Qiao Er to give her the six-flowered horse.
Qiao Er scratched the back of his head and told his concubine to get off his lap quickly.
Qiao Er carefully pulled Qiao Jingjing into the courtyard, far away from his elderly mother's room.
"You're not mistaken, you want my horse?"
"Yes, give me your dappled horse, for free, give it to me."
Qiao Er looked Qiao Jingjing up and down.
This demeanor is quite different from the one he had when he was being beaten and scolded in the past two years.
"How much money do you owe me? Do you want me to calculate it for you?"
With Qiao Jingjing saying this, Qiao Er was certain that this older sister was the one who had caused a stir in Lujiang City three years ago.
"What's the big deal? You're my older sister, do you need to be so calculating with me? I'm just asking you, what are you going to do with those six-flowered horses?"
"To give it or not? Whose money have you been spending these past two years? Mother said the gold was earned by you, and it really was!"
Qiao Er quickly told Qiao Jingjing to stop talking.
"Sure, it's just a dappled horse, right? Do you still want this Red Edge Sword?"
Qiao Jingjing smiled brightly.
"Enough!" She only wanted the horse, not the sword.
Qiao Er saw the bright shadow of her elder sister turning around and walking away.
Many emotions welled up inside me.
To be honest, he felt sorry for his older sister these past two years. It was because she couldn't find a husband that she couldn't hold her head up in front of her mother and was always being beaten or scolded. Although the family had so many maids and servants, she and Manman still had to cook for their mother, take care of her daily needs, and wash her clothes by hand.
Those confident and independent older sisters from years ago seem to have vanished overnight.
And today, when she came to him asking for the Six-Colored Horse, it was as if that older sister had returned in an instant.
Um.
Qiao Er turned around and went into his room, where he embraced two concubines, Wu Niang and Liu Niang, and had them keep him company while he drank, played chess, and sang songs.
At that time, although Yuan Shu had only been emperor for a short time, the situation in Lujiang City had already undergone many subtle changes.
Liu Xun's granaries were full, and his army was large in number.
He was Yuan Shu's confidant, and his power was at its zenith.
Since Cao Cao recommended Sun Ce as a general of Han, he also issued an edict in the name of Emperor Xian of Han, ordering Sun Ce to reorganize his troops and join forces with Lü Bu and Chen Yu in the north to plan military strategies and attack Yuan Shu together.
Before leading his large army north, Sun Ce secretly traveled north once, stopping at Lujiang City along the way, where he left Lü Meng with Qiao Jingjing.
After repeated questioning, Qiao Jingjing finally learned from Lü Meng the true purpose of Sun Ce's trip.
That night, Qiao Jingjing took out the map.
“Amon, look carefully! Your General Sun now occupies the area of Qu'a in Kuaiji, Wu Commandery. It is south of the Yangtze River and protected by natural barriers. As long as it is defended properly, this territory will be firmly yours.”
However, now there is an imperial edict! General Sun is ordered to lead an army on an expedition? If General Sun leads 30,000 troops on the expedition, he will leave 10,000 troops to guard Qu'a, Kuaiji and Wu counties.
Ah Meng, take another look! In the Qu'a Wu County area, there are mountain Yue people causing trouble. Yan Baihu and Pan Lin, whoever they are, can easily lead ten or twenty thousand people to fight to the death.
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