The eyes of the king of Changsha swept over the bodies of the two princes, and it could be seen that the two were still a little nervous because of the affairs of the Tiger Hall, and they came to his Changsha palace just to listen to the news.

Sima Yi asked the two to scoop up tea, and said with a smile: "We are all surnamed Sima, but it is rare to drink tea in one place like today. ”

The king of Hejian did not speak, and the king of Changsha nodded with a smile and replied, "Very good." ”

"I saw Your Majesty today, and Your Majesty had a conversation with me, which really made me quite emotional." Sima Yi continued: "He said that ordinary people often have brothers in harmony, but in the royal family, brothers and nephews are not only not friendly, but they have dislike for each other, which often allows outsiders to take advantage of loopholes. Now that there are rebels outside and ministers inside, our clan is still more friendly and works together to guard this country for Your Majesty. ”

King Hejian glanced at Sima Yi suspiciously, and silently took a sip of tea. The king of Chengdu hurriedly leaned down and said: "You and I are brothers, and now that you are in charge of the government, I should fully support it." ”

"That being the case, if I have something to say, I will speak directly." Sima Yi said.

The two looked at each other twice, and then turned their eyes to Sima Yi, they knew that this was the end of the goodwill, and the next words were what Sima Yi wanted to tell the two.

"The first emperor ordered the clan to garrison the domain, in addition to believing in the children of the clan, he also hoped that the children of the clan could establish some meritorious deeds in various domains, and they should not all be abandoned in the capital." Sima Yi said: "After the death of the first emperor, the vassal kings returned to Beijing one after another for various reasons, and now there are only a few people who can guard the domain with peace of mind, which is really against the good intentions of the first emperor, not to mention, now the outside is not very peaceful, each garrison, although the general is ready to resist the enemy, but the army is not strong, it is really difficult to become a climate, so Li Tejun has even a few percent, and now the division of one side has formed its own small court. Both of them were military generals, and they made great contributions to welcoming back His Majesty, so His Majesty trusted the two the most, and now he also asked the two to return to the fiefdom, deal with the fiefdom affairs, and lead the fiefdom armies. ”

This is just a reason to drive the two out of the capital, the king of Hejian and the king of Chengdu both came to the capital with great effort, no one wants to go back to the fiefdom, where it is far away from the center of power, life is chic and happy, but what's the use? After all, nothing will be accomplished.

But now, Sima Yi made it clear that he wanted to blackmail the two of them on the grounds of the matter of the Tiger Hall, and today they agreed to leave Beijing, that is, they made a compromise, and the assassination of the Tiger Hall has nothing to do with the two of them, if they do not agree, Sima Yi can turn his face at any time, and mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the capital to arrest the two in the name of assassinating the imperial court, and the two of them have soldiers in their hands, but they have to be enemies of the imperial court, and they do not have such great ability.

If you don't swallow this breath, you have to swallow it, the king of Hejian stood up expressionlessly, bowed his head at Sima Yiyi, and said: "Since it is the intention of the auxiliary prince, this king will not dare to disobey, so he will go home and draw up a date for returning to the fief." With that, he took a step ahead without looking back.

The king of Chengdu looked at the back of the king of Hejian, sighed, also stood up, saluted Sima Yi, and said, "I will also go home and prepare." After that, Sima Ying was also about to leave, but was pulled by Sima Yi.

Sima Yi pressed Sima Ying back to his seat and sat down, and said, "Do you remember that my brother once told you that the country of the Jin Dynasty will depend on you in the future?" ”

Sima Ying didn't understand what Sima Yi meant, stared at him with eyes, and nodded.

"We are brothers, you are loyal and righteous, this is what my brother has always appreciated you, but you don't fall for others and are used by others." Sima Yi said.

"King ...... Hejian" Sima Ying opened his mouth to say something, but was robbed by Sima Yi.

"The mind of the king of Hejian, I know very well, he has ambitions, but it's a pity that virtue is not worthy, if he is allowed to take charge of the government, it will be the end of my Great Jin Dynasty, this point, you are not unclear." Sima Yi said: "If you want to be the prince, it's not impossible, Sima Tan is a yellow-mouthed child, I haven't seen anything yet, if he is really not suitable for the position of the East Palace, I will ask Your Majesty for a decree, and it is not difficult to abolish him." ”

Sima Ying's eyes lit up and asked, "What does my brother mean?" ”

Sima Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I mean, why are you in a hurry at this time? One wrong step, all the plate is lost. "Flying

Sima Ying was stunned, he was not valued by the first emperor since he was a child, but he had good qualifications, he was diligent and diligent, and he was also a very good person, helplessly, he ranked sixteenth, and the elder brother in front of him blocked him like a few mountains, so that his most respected father had never looked at him squarely, and even the stupid Sima Zhen could be favored, but he had always been unknown, not treated in the palace, and even among the courtiers, he was the one who was ignored. Even if he was sealed as an adult, he was also sealed to Chengdu, how hard and desolate Shu is, no one cares. He had given up the struggle for power and profit, and planned to be a happy prince in peace, who expected that under the fate of the meeting, he became a popular man in the court, and even was co-opted by many parties, and also gave away the position of the East Palace, the East Palace is the prince, one day he will be able to ascend to the position where his father once sits, proud of the ministers, his unwillingness, his grievances were all released at that moment, he wants to let the world know that he is not an incompetent person, he is the same as his father, he must be a generation of Ming Jun.

Sima Yi's words knocked him back to his original form, and after working for a long time, he was still just the king of Chengdu who had to stay in the fiefdom and live the same life every day. gave Sima Yi a deep salute, and Sima Ying left the Changsha palace with unwillingness and resentment.

In the Xianyang Palace, Yang Xianrong first sent someone back to the Yangfu to pick up the little princess, and then, invited Yan Sheng, this time the king of Changsha can get the help of the Yamen army, this Yan Sheng's contribution is indispensable. The difference this time is that the king of Changsha can only deploy secretly, and they need to ambush them in the mountains near the woods for three days, in order to prevent the news from leaking, they can only secretly transfer troops, and ensure that the news is not leaked.

The king of Changsha is not good at making friends, and none of the generals of the Yamen army have a good personal relationship, this matter is naturally not at ease to be handed over to people who are not familiar with it, at the critical moment, they remembered Yan Sheng, Yan Sheng was transferred from the Yamen army to the guard camp, and he has been in the Yamen army for nearly ten years, and now he still maintains a good relationship with many old colleagues, and some of these colleagues have led the troops alone, let him contact, it is really the only choice.

Sure enough, Yan Sheng took the errand, and quickly contacted a close friend, and handed him the task of ambushing the Tiger Hall, it can be said that this ambush is a task that is guaranteed to win and not lose, and it can be meritorious without spending a single soldier, why not? After that friend took over the task, he took 300 people to ambush around for three whole days, and there was not a single mistake.

Yan Sheng arrived at the Xianyang Palace, and after some cumbersome etiquette, Yang Xianrong immediately asked Lin Shuang to take out a plate of silver taels, which looked at as many as a hundred taels. Yang Xianrong pointed to these silver taels, smiled and said to Yan Sheng: "Thanks to you this time, this is Xie Yin, please accept it with a smile." ”

"Don't dare." Yan Sheng excused himself again and again, and said: "Since it is to serve Niangniang, it is the honor of the lower officials, how dare you collect silver taels?" ”

"You deserve it." Yang Xianrong still smiled and said: "You have been doing things for me for many years, I have never said anything, this is a big event, you have done a very good job, if I pretend not to see it again, wouldn't it be too ignorant to lift?" ”

Yan Sheng thought about it, there is no allegiance in the world for no reason, the young master of Yangfu trusts him because he gave him benefits, and the queen trusts him because she trusts her brother, but it is really difficult to say that she can't be trusted by the queen. I want to find a way out, and now that I have taken refuge in the queen, why not let the queen rest assured that I have money to spend, and I win.

Thinking of this, Yan Sheng accepted the silver with a smile, kowtowed three more times to the sheep, and said loudly: "Thank you for the reward." ”

"The people in the Yamen army, except for you and me, have never dealt with others, after this incident, I know that this court and the central government, there are still people who are convenient, and the people in the Yamen army still rely on you to help the king of Changsha to contact more." Yang Xianrong smiled and glanced at Lin Shuang, Lin Shuang turned to leave, and after a while, she came in with a plate of silver in her hand.

"This money is for your friend as a thank you." Yang Xianrong said, and Lin Shuang also held this plate of silver in front of Yan Sheng.

"Niangniang, this time to exterminate the Tiger Hall, the king of Changsha has already rewarded them." Yan Sheng hurriedly clenched his fists and said.

"His reward is rewarded by the court, and the reward is to commend them for eliminating harm to the court," Yang Xianrong motioned to Lin Shuang to put down the silver, and said: "This is what I thank, thank that friend for helping me a lot." ”

Yan Sheng immediately understood what Yang Xianrong meant, he kowtowed to Yang Xianrong three more times, and said, "Then the minister will thank the queen mother for my friend." ”

As soon as Yan Sheng walked on the front foot, Sima Xuanhua entered the Xianyang Hall on the back foot, she looked at Yang Xianrong with a smile and asked, "After this step, can we sit back and relax?" ”

After pondering for a long time, Yang Xianrong shook his head and said: "If the king of Changsha is ruthless and directly kills the king of Hejian and the king of Chengdu, I may be able to rest assured for a while, but he is kind-hearted and puts these two princes back in the fiefdom, which is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, I don't believe that they will be willing, do you believe it?" ”

Sima Xuanhua shook his head: "They used to be only one step away from the commanding heights of power, and after seeing the scenery at the apex, they will no longer be willing to stay in the middle of the mountain, human nature is like this." ”

"Human nature is like that." Yang Xianrong sighed.