Sun Xiu and Sun Yi are of the same clan, and their relationship has always been close, and they have talents and resourcefulness, but they have not been taken seriously. After Sima Lun relied on Jia Nanfeng to become the crown prince, he thought he was a good branch, so he immediately leaned over, and he didn't pay attention to it before, relying on his ability to slip around and shoot horses, he was in front of Sima Lun, and he also won some favor from him.

Sima Lun himself was stupid, he wanted to make the queen happy but didn't know what to do, and later listened to Sun Xiu's words to send beautiful men to the queen's palace, and slowly became more and more favored by Jia Nanfeng, so he also had some trust in Sun Xiu. More than a year ago, Sima Lun's subordinates killed someone in the downtown area, and the incident was seen by Zhang Hua's subordinates and reported to Zhang Hua. Who is Zhang Hua? He was born in the Shu clan, but because he was elegant and strategic, he was not threatening and favored by Jia Nanfeng, and was named the prince and young master, in charge of court politics. Today's stability in the world is mostly due to Zhang Hua's contributions, so although Jia Nanfeng is cruel and jealous, he still respects Zhang Hua.

The one who was killed was the young son of a wealthy family in Luoyang City, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he was walking on the road and met a few people flirting with a little girl, he couldn't look at it, so he stepped forward to stop it, and before he finished speaking, he was beaten to death by a few people who rushed up, it was noon, and the road was very lively, but no one was willing to help, until one of Zhang Hua's entourages saw the rescue, and there was no room for recovery.

The rich family sued Luoyang Ling, and soon Zhang Hua came forward, and his subordinates confirmed that the son of the rich family was innocently killed, and Luoyang Ling found that it was Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, who killed the murderer, and the eldest grandson of the ancestral temple Shangshu was headed by him. Sima Lun wanted to rescue him as soon as he heard the news, but was stopped by Sun Xiu. Sun Xiu knelt at his feet every day despite Sima Lun's anger and begged him not to interfere with Luoyang Ling's people, and also sent people to trick the villains out of his home without authorization, and sent them to Luoyang Ling after being arrested. Not long after, Shangshu's grandson was sentenced to death, and Shangshu of the ancestral hall was also demoted and fined.

Sima Lun was angry with Sun Xiu because of this incident, but before the anger was finished, Jia Nanfeng praised Sima Lun with a smile, and inexplicably he learned afterwards that the ancestral hall was not satisfied with the official position so far, and actually had the intention of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, and it happened that Jia Nanfeng and Sima Xin's eldest daughter Princess Hedong reached the age when she should leave the cabinet, so he begged the Jia family to promote the good things of his eldest grandson and princess.

Jia Nanfeng originally felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter, but who knew that Shangshu's grandson refused to do it, not only saying that the queen was cruel, and her daughter must not be much better, but also told others that the princess was ugly and that he would never marry an ugly woman. These words naturally offended Jia Nanfeng, and when she was still thinking about what to do, that person committed an accident, and was happily dealt with by Sima Lun, which naturally made her feel comfortable.

Sima Lun, who was in a cold sweat, gave him a deep look after seeing Sun Xiu, and since then, he has relied on Sun Xiu very much.

After Sun Xiu gained power, he specially found Sun Yi, drank with him, and after a few words of homely chat, he said: "Your father and son are both serving in the Zhan Mansion, and King Zhao is the crown prince, we are in the same place, and those who should take care of each other should take care of each other." ”

In the past two years, the prince has been absurd, Sun Yi is deeply troubled, the subordinate officials persuade the prince to be motivated today, and persuade the prince to be benevolent tomorrow, but it is useless, and it has also aroused the prince's disgust. Earlier, Sun Hui was a person who could speak in front of the prince, but now he has also lost the trust of the prince, and as for him, he has a lot of old words, which makes the prince even more disgusted.

Therefore, Sun Yi shook his head: "You are in the prime of life, but we are in the waning days." ”

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" Sun Xiu shook his head: "Although you are from the Zhan Mansion, in the final analysis, you are serving my Great Jin Dynasty and serving the emperor." You are capable, your sons are capable, the queen mother knows. ”

Sun Yi was silent, Sun Xiu wanted him to bow his head to the queen, but for so many years, one is because the prince, the other is because he can't get used to Jia Nanfeng's actions, and in order to ensure the safety of the family, Sun Yi has never been involved in the rights and wrongs of the court, and the queen doesn't care much about the family.

"Do you know that some time ago, the prince went to the suburbs to ride a horse, and he almost injured the crown princess because of a horse injury, and he kicked a small inner eunuch to death?" Seeing Sun Yi nodded, Sun Xiu said again: "The prince asked whether that guy was instructed by the queen to harm the royal heirs, do you know?" ”

Sun Yi was taken aback, he knew about Sima Shu's hurtful things, but he didn't know that when it came to the queen, he never mentioned it when his granddaughter went with him that day.

"Then the queen, she ......," Sun Yi asked worriedly.

"Naturally, I was angry." Sun Xiu took a leisurely sip of wine, squinted at Sun Yi with his kung fu of picking up vegetables, this Sun Yi is an old fritter in the officialdom, of course his face is not shocked, but Sun Xiu clearly saw the worry in his heart. The prince is not yet mature, how dare he be so arrogant? Sun Xiu smiled again: "The reason why the queen did not punish the prince is because the prince is still young, and he is about to become a father again, so it is understandable that he is too nervous." But," Sun Xiu paused, and then stared at Sun Yi again: "You know the queen's temperament." ”

"Alas," Sun Yi sighed: "In the past two years, the prince has become more and more disagreeable, and we all know that the Xianyang Palace is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the East Palace, but we are also helpless. ”

"As I just said, it doesn't matter if the prince is young, playful, or even has a big temper." Sun Xiu smiled "hehe": "What the queen cares about is whether the prince has any relationships with people who shouldn't be associated behind his back, and the queen also cares about the prince, afraid that he will be instigated." That granddaughter of yours has always been good friends with the prince, and every time the prince goes out of the palace, he also looks for her, oh, and the young daughter of General Jianwei. ”

"You wait," Sun Yi frowned and stopped Sun Xiu's words: "They are just children, what tricks can they have?" Boss Sun Yi said unhappily, this General Jianwei is very capable, and it is well known that he can never participate in the affairs of the court, a Hun man, what can he fight for the prince because of the good relationship between several children? Besides, the prince is surrounded by the queen's people, and what the prince does, I'm afraid the queen knows much better than him.

It's just that Sun Xiu's words made Sun Yi even more uneasy, it sounded like the queen was already dissatisfied with the prince, whether it was because she felt more and more threatened by the prince or the child that the prince was about to give birth made her worry, it was a sign. Sun Yi keenly felt that the prince's opportunity might be coming slowly, but he didn't know whether this opportunity was a good thing or a bad thing for the current prince.

Sun Xiu stopped talking about the prince, and turned the conversation to King Zhao again. King Zhao got a favor because he got rid of the evil in his heart for Jia Nanfeng, and whatever reward he wanted, the queen would find a way to achieve it for him. Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, is a popular person, although he does not lack anything, but he always has a heart in his heart, that is, he has not entered the power center of the court, and most of the people under him value his grace from the queen, but once something happens to the queen, he has no real power, and there is no one to rely on, so the end will not be sad.

Therefore, Sima Lun asked for a record of Shangshu, but Zhang Hua disagreed, and he asked to be a Shangshuling, but Zhang Hua still did not agree. Because Jia Nanfeng respected Zhang Hua, he also rejected Sima Lun's request, so angry that Sima Lun scolded his mother at home but there was nothing he could do.

"Aren't you his advisor?" Sun Yi smiled and said, "Don't you have an idea?" ”

Sun Xiu shook his head: "Zhang Hua's old man is very stubborn. As he spoke, he smirked again and said, "But the queen feels sorry for King Zhao, and she has thrown a great grace, do you know what it is?" ”

Sun Yi shook his head, he was not interested.

"Princess Hedong's marriage." Sun Xiu smiled and said, "The queen asked King Zhao to recommend a candidate for the concubine, isn't this a great grace?" If it weren't for the same clan and clan, King Zhao would have liked his grandson to marry the princess of Hedong. Do you know how many people want to become the queen through Zhao Wangba? After the wedding, the concubine must be reused by the queen, so this candidate is naturally chosen from King Zhao's cronies. ”

"That's nature," Sun Yi said without raising his head, "This is a good thing with King Zhao, a good thing with the queen, and a good thing with the chosen person." It's just," Sun Yi raised his head, and there was some impatience in his tone: "What does this have to do with me?" ”

Sun Xiu laughed, and pretended to be mysterious: "King Zhao recommended my son to the queen, Sun Hui. ”

Sun Yi was stunned for a moment, immediately got up, made a gesture to Sun Xiu, and said, "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

Sun Xiu was born in a family, and his family background will not insult the princess, and at the same time, Sun Hui is handsome and has excellent martial arts, although his position is not high, he can be appreciated, and he does not have to worry about his future. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the palace to make the grandson the captain of the horse and marry the princess of Donghe on a certain day. At the same time, Sun Xiu was also added to the official, and he was directly crowned as a servant, the third rank in the court, and his position was high and powerful.

Sun Xiu's sudden rise made Sun Yi really jealous, after all, Sun Xiu has been under him for decades, who knew that overnight, he actually became an important minister in the court, you must know that the position of the servant is by no means unusual, and he can directly participate in the government politics. All this made Sun Yi begin to reflect on himself, he has always thought that he was noble, for Mingzhe to protect himself, and he was unwilling to participate in the rights and wrongs of the court, but the family was getting worse. The prince is what he has always had high hopes for, he has almost pinned his life's hard work on the prince, and even, he also took his two sons, just a few years ago, the future of Sun Yi's family was still bright, so that Luoyang officials who had no way, especially the Yang family, were envious, but now it seems that all this will come to naught. Maybe Sun Xiu is right, he should indeed go a different way.