Shen Ning and Jia Xu chatted for a long time and had a very happy conversation.

During the conversation, Shen Ning not only showed the intention of solicitation, but also expressed his admiration for him, the system had a 70% favorability influence, so the cautious Jia Xu also felt Shen Ning's attention, thinking that Shen Ning would be a master in the future.

However, being able to take refuge does not mean that he will take refuge now, it is obvious that Jia Xu is now assisting Sima Liang to have his own plans, and he will not be pulled by Shen Ning to switch to the door with a few words.

Shen Ning didn't continue to look at the thatched house, he was also curious about Jia Xu's intentions, but wanted to see the plot of this poisoner.

In the next few days, Shen Ning stayed in the southeast palace and did not go out, and his days were peaceful.

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In the past few days, Emperor Sima Zhou has been obsessed with Zhao Qingxuan's gentle township, and he is very fond of her, and the degree of favor indicates the rise of the next favorite concubine, so the harem concubines are shocked and angry, because they have never seen this Xuan nobleman at all, they only know that he is a medicine boy, and he has the support of the Heavenly Master behind him, and he is ignorant of everything else.

Zhao Qingxuan is not an ordinary woman, she has already chosen this path, naturally she will not give up, and she is very smart, she understands that there are three thousand beauties in the harem, each with its own merits, Your Majesty has not seen any beauty, and if you want to become his favorite concubine, you must have unique skills.

The smart Zhao Qingxuan soon had a way.

His Majesty was obsessed with immortality and had to take pills every day, so Zhao Qingxuan started from the aspect of immortality, so as to occupy the emperor's favor and favor.

In this way, Zhao Qingxuan began to take full charge of the alchemy room.

And the banquet of the king of Runan naturally reached the ears of Emperor Sima Zhou.

Sima Zhou had just taken a pill, Zhao Qingxuan was pinching his shoulders, and there were two people standing not far away.

One is the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch, the most powerful eunuch in the palace, and the eunuch who is most trusted by Sima Zhou, Xu Chongzhi.

The other is Huo Tianguang, the commander of the Tianlong Guard, who is responsible for the entire palace guard, and is also Sima Zhou's most trusted general of the forbidden army.

Xu Chongzhi is insidious and cunning, Huo Tianguang is cold-blooded and ruthless, and he is a close minister who serves the emperor, and is known as two of the five traitors of the Great Jin.

Huo Tianguang had just reported to Sima Zhou about the banquet held by the King of Runan, Sima Zhou closed his eyes and enjoyed the comfort of pinching his shoulders, and scolded: "This group of chaotic ministers and thieves, colluding and uniting under my nose, is too indifferent to me, how can it be reasonable!" Dare to threaten me, the entire Jin world is mine, I really don't know whether to live or die! Huo Tianguang, send someone to kill them! Kill them all! ”

Sima Zhou was mediocre and narrow-minded, when the eight kings were sealed outside, he couldn't see it so he was not upset, and when he summoned them a few days ago, he was angry, so he naturally held a grudge.

Huo Tianguang immediately clenched his fists and said: "Humble to the command, let's go and dispatch troops, and enter the Runan Palace" tomorrow to share your Majesty's worries!" ”

This is the reason why Huo Tianguang can be the commander of Tianlongwei, whatever the emperor says, he does it, and never resists the order, Sima Zhou likes such subordinates, so he is naturally more important.

And Xu Chongzhi reminded: "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of the Eight Kings are still outside the city, there are about 20,000 soldiers and horses, once they start, the slaves and maids are afraid that the soldiers and horses outside the city will attack the city, do you mobilize the Su Guards to destroy them at the same time?" Lest the Eight Kings fiefdom raise troops to rebel, do you still have to call in the Yamen Army? ”

Xu Chongzhi was smarter, and he didn't persuade Sima Zhou, but reminded Sima Zhou by knocking on the side, telling him that the eight kings were all over fifty years old, and they would die when they died, but after they died, their heirs would raise troops to rebel, and the world would be in chaos at that time.

Sure enough, hearing Xu Chongzhi's words, Sima Zhou shouted angrily: "Forget it, spare their lives." But I was so panicked that I just watched them plot? ”

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of gaps between the eight kings, such as the King of Qi and the King of the Southeast, it is an inextricable grudge, if you can let them fight in the nest, it can not only destroy their union, but also let them fight and weaken each other's strength, why not?" Xu Chongzhi said respectfully.

Sima Zhou nodded and said, "This is reasonable! It's hard to get them together this time, just to worsen their relationship, it's really not good, kill one or two, and it should be a big birthday celebration for me, haha... Xu Qing, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

"Slaves obey!" Xu Chongzhi hurriedly knelt down to accept the order.

He is not only the master of ceremonies, but the earth tiger guard is also under his control, so Xu Chongzhi's power can be imagined, similar to Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Qingxuan on the side pinched his shoulders intently, as if he hadn't heard their conversation at all. However, the smart Zhao Qingxuan has a new idea, that is, to win over Xu Chongzhi.

Zhao Qingxuan understands her disadvantages, she doesn't have a family to rely on, and the concubines in the harem will do everything to deal with her in order to compete for favor, and she must find a helper.

And Xu Chongzhi is the most suitable person!

If Xu Chongzhi can be wooed, Zhao Qingxuan's position in the harem will be more stable.

So how to win over Xu Chongzhi?

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The time soon came to the day of the feast.

Shen Ning, Zhang Liao, and Lu Xun escorted Sima Haiyun to the Runan Palace, and the prince had already come and was chatting in the living room.

After Sima Haiyun went to visit one by one, he sat in a corner and did not participate in the conversation between the elders.

It didn't take long for Sima Jian, the king of Qi, to walk in.

Among the eight kings, Sima Jian had a brutal personality, and several princes couldn't get used to him, so when they saw him come in, they just nodded.

After Sima Jian came in, after sweeping around, his eyes locked on Sima Haiyun, and then walked straight over and sat next to him.

Sima Haiyun was so frightened that his heart trembled, and secretly scolded a room so big, why did he come!

"Good virtuous nephew, this king's henchman will be lost in your hands, as well as this king's 3,000 soldiers and horses, what do you say this king should do? I thought your father would come in person, but I didn't expect him to make a shrunken turtle and let you come to die. Sima Jian asked with a sneer.

Sima Haiyun was really afraid that he would kill him violently, and when he didn't know how to respond, Shen Ning behind him smiled and said, "Prince Qi is really joking!" The court has investigated clearly, it is Wang Xiao who colluded with Wei Chizhan with bad intentions, if the prince wants to settle accounts, he can only find Wang Xiao, but unfortunately Wang Xiao has already confessed to the law. ”

Sima Jian glared and said angrily: "Who are you, are you qualified to speak here?" ”

"The villain's status is humble, but when he came to Beijing, the prince had a life, so let the villain protect the son." Shen Ning said respectfully.

Sima Haiyun hurriedly said: "He is my sworn brother, and he was accepted as a righteous son by my father. By the way, the conspiracy of Wei Chizhan and Wang Xiao was discovered and designed by him to lure! ”

In order to divert Sima Yin's anger, Sima Haiyun directly threw the blame to Shen Ning, fearing that Shen Ning's status was too low and would be looked down upon by Sima Yin, so he specifically said that he was the righteous son of his father.

Shen Ning had long known Sima Haiyun's character, so he was not annoyed, but bowed to Sima Yin.

Sure enough, Sima Yin's anger shifted to Shen Ning, and after looking at it, he sneered: "I didn't expect that the King of Southeast would be able to accept such an outstanding righteous son before he died!" Where are you from? The family should not be unknown. ”

"The villain's uncle is Li Yuanxiao!" Shen Ning replied.

When Sima Jian heard this, he immediately slapped the table and got up.

Back then, his Qingzhou soldiers and horses were defeated and retreated by Li Yuanxiao, so the two people Sima Jian wanted to kill the most were Sima Yue and Li Yuanxiao.

"It turned out to be Li Yuanxiao's nephew, good, good! This king remembers you! Sima Jian did not hide the murderous intent in his heart at all, and threw away his sleeves.

As soon as the person left, Sima Haiyun breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Shen Ning, thanks to you." Sima Haiyun reminded: "With the insidiousness of the King of Qi, he will definitely send someone to assassinate the two of us, or transfer the soldiers and horses from outside the city in?" ”

Shen Ning shook his head and said, "The soldiers and horses are enough, as long as you stay in the palace, you will be fine, and he King Qi does not dare to lead troops into the southeast palace." ”

It didn't take long for Sima Liang to arrive late and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'll deal with some trivial matters." Please also come and eat. ”

Everyone then came to a spacious room, where the tables on both sides had already prepared wine and food, and Sima Liang invited everyone to take a seat.

As the banquet host, Sima Liang sat on the main seat, and the six princes and Sima Haiyun sat on both sides.

Shen Ning was naturally not qualified to sit at the table, and he was standing behind Sima Haiyun, but he didn't expect Sima Liang to say, "Everyone else will step down." ”

Sima Haiyun hurriedly said, "Uncle, can you leave my guard?" ”

"We have big things to talk about, and outsiders must avoid them." Sima Liang said with a smile.

Sima Jian sneered even more: "Virtuous nephew, you are also not a small child, how can you look like a son who has not been weaned." Is he the son of the world, or are you the son of the world? What your Uncle Runan Wang said is very right, what we want to talk about is a big matter, what is he, is he qualified to listen? ”

Sima Haiyun was helpless and could only look at Shen Ning.

Shen Ning gave him a reassuring look, and then retreated.

"What the hell are Sima Liang and Jia Xu doing?" Shen Ning stood in the courtyard, puzzled.

At this time, there were only seven princes and Sima Haiyun left in the house.

Sima Liang raised a glass of wine and said with a smile: "We are all a family, so this king will not play dumb riddles, and he will hold a banquet to entertain you today because he wants to make a covenant with you." ”

"The Covenant?" Everyone was stunned.

Sima Liang nodded and continued: "The eight kings have become a thorn in the side of Your Majesty, and after Your Majesty's birthday this time, it is estimated that they will attack us." ”

"Although we hold the power of the army and are feared by him, we are all royal families, and we are making trouble, this is the matter of the Sima family, but the current top ten military marquis, the assassins of various states, which one does not support the army and respect himself?"

"To put it mildly, our Eight Kings and His Majesty fought back and forth, and in the end they were all cheaper than others. When we die and see our fathers and fathers, how will we have the face to see them? ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately resonated with others.

Sima Wei, the king of Chu, said: "The soldiers and horses of the ten princes are no longer inferior to us. His Majesty only stared at us, but he forgot that we are all surnamed Sima, and those princes are the ambitions of wolves! ”

Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, agreed: "What the king of Runan and the king of Chu said is that we are the royal family of the Great Jin, and everything is still for the Great Jin, but other forces want to oppose the Great Jin!" ”

The other kings also nodded.

Sima Jian also said angrily: "Let me say, Sima Zhou still trusts the eunuch's relatives too much, look at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they are all traitors, and they should all be killed!" Sima Zhou still believes in them! ”

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