Chapter 168: Failure to Abide by Duty

Sima Jian, the king of Qi, is the son of Sima You, the younger brother of Sima Yan, the king of Qi Xian, Emperor Wu of Jin, and the relationship between Emperor Wu of Jin and King of Qi is full of hidden dangers. At the beginning, Sima Yi's two most talented sons were Sima Shi, who was posthumously named Emperor Jing, and Sima Zhao, who was posthumously named Emperor Wen.

Among them, the eldest son Sima Shi is especially good at commanding the army and is the successor selected by Sima Yi. However, Sima Shi originally had a tumor in his eyes, and later suppressed Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin in the "Huainan Three Rebellions" who supported Cao Wei, and was attacked by Wen Qin's son Wen Yang Baicai, Sima Shi was so frightened that his eyes shook out of his sockets, and his disease worsened since then. Although the three rebellions in Huainan were finally completely quelled under the command of Sima Shi, Sima Shi also died of pain due to the deterioration of his eye disease on the way back to the army, and did not leave an heir, but asked Sima Zhao to take over the power in his place.

Sima Shi had no son, and Sima Zhao had great respect for his brother Sima Shi, and passed on his favorite son Sima You to his brother as an heir before Sima Shi's death. If Sima Shi had not died of eye disease, it is likely that Sima Yan would not have been on the throne, and the founder of the Jin Dynasty would probably be Sima You, who would later become the king of Qi Xian.

Sima You is not only handsome, very famous, but also very talented in calligraphy, in the era of Sima Zhao in power, there are many people to persuade Sima Zhao to take Sima You as the prince, one is to respect the late Sima Shi, and the other is that Sima You is indeed more famous than Sima Yan. Sima Zhao also hesitated again and again, and almost made Sima You the prince.

Later, although Sima Yan succeeded and established the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan's son, Sima Zhen, the Emperor of Jin Hui, was a fool and everyone knew that at this time, many people in the court asked Sima Yan to make Sima You the prince. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yan was under great pressure from the ministers and almost gave in, but later he listened to the advice of Xun Xun and Feng Zhen to let Sima You leave the dynasty and become a vassal domain, and added the temple name of "Sejong" to Sima Shi in the temple to cover the mouths of the ministers.

But he didn't expect that Sima You, who thought that he could be the elder brother, became ill in a fit of anger when he heard this situation, and asked his mother Wang Yuanji to guard the tomb and not go to the domain, but the imperial doctors sent by Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, all obeyed Sima Yan's wishes, and they all said in unison that Sima You was not sick. Under the urging, Sima You had to take the sick on the road, and soon died of illness at the age of 36. At that time, Sima Jian, who was still the prince of the King of Qi, was extremely sad and angry. complained to Emperor Wu of Jin about those imperial doctors, and Emperor Wu of Jin executed all these imperial doctors in order to hide their eyes. But the seeds of hatred have long been planted in Sima Yin's heart.

Luoyang

Qi Wangfu

The wind was raging outside the window, and the entire Qi Palace's mansion was immersed in a gloomy and cold color, as if it was covered with a layer of gloom by the hazy weather, and it was dull and lifeless.

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, the heavy curtains are swaying lightly in the night breeze, filling the sideburns of the nose, the four corners of the palace lamp are dim, and the peony and green feather screen inlaid with red and green gems faintly refract the blurred light.

On the table covered with hidden red silk is a vase of lotus flowers, the petals are crystal like snow, white as jade, and the light gilds its outline with a shimmer of light gold, which is more and more bright and dusty, not like ordinary flowers.

Beside the lotus sat a young man with a disheveled head, although he was not neatly dressed, but that kind of noble and arrogant aura seemed to come from the depths of his bones and blood, and he invisibly exuded without any foil. At this moment, the young King Qi was slightly lowering his eyebrows, looking expressionlessly at Zhou, the nurse who had taken care of him since childhood, on the ground covered with a luxurious flying phoenix velvet blanket, dying and struggling.

The woman in her fifties of the Zhou family, because she has been properly maintained, looks only like she is in her thirties. However, at this moment, she clutched her neck in pain, looking at the blue jade bowl that rolled down beside her, knowing that her life was coming to an end.

Driven by the instinct of survival, she suppressed her pain, crawled towards the young King of Qi, the corners of her lips with purple-black blood couldn't help moving, and she said hoarsely: "Your Highness...... Your Highness...... Please, Your Highness's slave is really ...... Really didn't do ......."

The corners of the young King Qi's mouth pulled out an arc, as if with some compassion, obviously King Qi's eyes were as cold as iron, but he still had to say in a voice as gentle as the wind: "Didn't you do it?" Perhaps, but then I will feel more at ease, because in the future, you will never have a chance to speak again. With that, he gently ripped off the corner of his clothes.

Zhou gradually stopped struggling and turned into a cold corpse, King Qi looked at Zhou, who occasionally had a slight twitch, and laughed, at this time, an eerie voice sounded in the room: "Fourth, such a good nurse, just killed like this, what a pity?" How nice it is to keep it for fun! ”

When King Qi heard this voice, he only frowned slightly, the look of disgust on his face flashed, and he said lightly into the darkness: "Third brother, this time I will have to work hard for you again." ”

With the swaying of the candlelight in the hall, the face of the man in the darkness gradually emerged, and it turned out to be the elder brother of the King of Qi: Sima Yu, the third king of the North Sea. Sima Wei said gloomily against the flickering candlelight: "Fourth, do you insist on staying in Luoyang this time, are you still obsessed with that matter?" Fourth, it's not me who is the elder brother who said you, so many years have passed since that incident, is it necessary to continue to investigate? ”

King Qi Sima Jian glanced at Sima Wei lightly, and said coldly: "King Zhao, who is not ashamed, flatters Jia Nanfeng all day long, and has no dignity as the old prince of the clan, he really doesn't even want his face, it can be said that now the entire court is Jia Nanfeng, this woman has the final say." I stayed in Luoyang for two reasons: first, I wanted to find out the truth about what happened many years ago; Second: I want to see how Jia Nanfeng will die when the time comes! ”

Sima Wei, the king of the North Sea, looked at Sima Jian and was stunned, and said with a faint smile: "This time I went out to the domain, our brothers should not see each other for a long time, the current court seems to be all in the hands of Jia Nanfeng alone, in fact, who can not have ambition in the royal families of the various clans and clans that are divided outside, if Jia Nanfeng does not know how to die at this time, then all over the country will be famous, I believe Jia Nanfeng will not be so stupid, right?" ”

Sima Wei, the king of the North Sea, paused and continued: "The Jia faction is actually quietly waiting for the opportunity, as long as these ambitious princes see a glimmer of hope, chaos will occur, fourth, I hope you can stay in this Luoyang City, so that you can do it yourself." ”

Sima Yin, the king of Qi, stood up, his handsome face showed a warm smile, and said with a smile to Sima Wei, the king of the North Sea: "Third brother, now that there are only three of us brothers left in this world, how can I be reckless?" Don't worry, third brother! ”

Sima Wei, the king of the North Sea, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, but turned around and left the hall, Sima Yin, the king of Qi, looked at the black shadow of Sima Wei, the king of Beihai, the door of the palace opened, a gust of wind blew in, and the candlelight swayed even more, Sima Yin, the king of Qi, felt that the figure of Sima Wei, the king of the North Sea, became more blurred......