Emperor Sima Dan of Jin Mu ascended the throne at the age of two, his mother Empress Dowager Chu set up a white gauze curtain in the Taiji Palace, hugged the emperor in the court, began to listen to the government for 13 years, the Empress Dowager Chu is smart and knowledgeable, circling between the gate valve and the ministers, good at balancing the forces of all parties, and maintaining the stability of the imperial power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The special edict informs the world that from now on, the annual rent and requisition will be suspended except for the urgent needs of the militaristic state. "His benevolence and virtue are respected by the government and the opposition——

When Sima Dan was fifteen years old, the Empress Dowager Chu returned to his son, but only four years later, Sima Dan died, and Sima Pi, the son of the emperor, was established as the emperor, Sima Pi only believed in the art of immortality, and took the golden stone medicine bait to cause illness, so that he could not take care of the government, the Empress Dowager Chu came to the court again to listen to the government, half a year later, Sima Pi collapsed in the west hall of the Taiji Palace, and set up Sima Pi with his maternal brother Sima Yi as the emperor, Sima Yi has become an adult, so the Queen Mother returned to the government again, and also lived in Chongde Palace, only in the Buddha house to burn incense and worship the Buddha, no longer ask about the government, Therefore, the Empress Dowager Chu did not know about the recent uproar in Jiankang City, after all, the matter has not yet been officially carried out, and the Emperor Sima Yi and the Lu family are testing the reactions of all parties, if the time is ripe, the Emperor Sima Yi must inform the Empress Dowager Chongde about the matter.

On May 26, the Empress Dowager Chu was escorted by three hundred guards, led dozens of female officials and servants to the Waguan Temple outside the Qingxi Gate to worship the Buddha and rejoice, and on the eighth Buddha's birthday at the beginning of the previous month, the Empress Dowager Chu failed to go to the Waguan Temple to worship the Buddha because of the jade body violation and the recent physical recovery, I want to see that the Waguan Temple listened to the elder Zhu Fatai say the "Diamond Sutra"——

Zhu Fatai greeted each other in front of the mountain gate, guiding the Empress Dowager Chu to the Buddha halls everywhere to rejoice, and it was indispensable to watch the eight dragon statues and Vimala statues on the east and west walls of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, but saw a pair of young scholars and girls waiting in the hall, the man's eyebrows and eyes were quite far apart, and he looked sparse, and the woman looked shy, delicate and moving, and the Empress Dowager Chu saluted in both directions-

Elder Zhu Fatai said with a smile: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, do you still know this little couple?" ”

Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun are both unforgettable Peugeot characters at first sight, Empress Dowager Chu smiled and said: "The surviving people have spent forty years this year, and they are not old and dizzy, how can Jinling Xiao Gu Langjun and Wumen Zhang Xiaoniang forget!" He asked, "Are you here to admire the old works?" ”

Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun are only the only ones.

Elder Zhu Fatai had already passed the news with Gu Kaizhi and said: "In March last year, Gu Langjun and Chen Langjun, as well as Zhang Xiaoniang and Lu Xiaoniang, painted the mural of this thing, which was passed on as a beautiful talk for a while. ”

Empress Dowager Chu nodded and said: "The murals of Waguan Temple have become a famous spot in Jiankang City, which is of course the exquisite painting skills of Chen and Gu, Zhang and Lu, and the two little ladies, but also the great compassion of Buddhism and the profound touching. ”

Elder Zhu Fatai even said, "Good! Wonderful! He raised the conversation again and said: "Now Gu Langjun and Zhang Xiaoniang have married each other, they are really a good couple in the world, congratulations!" ”

Empress Dowager Chu looked at Gu Kaizhi's little couple, who really looked affectionate and respectful, and couldn't help but think of Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui, a pair of bitter lovers, so she asked Gu Kaizhi: "Jun Chen Langjun worshiped the prince to wash the horse, and sent an envoy to Qin a few months ago, I don't know if there is any information back?" ”

Gu Kaizhi replied respectfully: "Empress Dowager, Chen Zizhong has made meritorious contributions before he arrived in Chang'an, resolving the crisis of Huaibei Zhuwu being attached to Qin, and now he must have arrived in Chang'an. ”

Empress Dowager Chu nodded and said: "Chen Xima is not afraid of hardships and worries for the country, which is commendable." ”

Gu Kaizhi immediately said: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, that Chen Zizhong traveled thousands of miles to serve my Great Jin, but the recent rumors in Jiankang City have made people feel good-"

Empress Dowager Chu frowned slightly and asked, "What is the rumor?" ”

Gu Kaizhi said Lu Shi about sending women to the palace one by one, the Empress Dowager Chu was surprised, the emperor Sima Yi did not mention this to her, Zhang Tongyun presented Lu Weirui's "Chen Qing Table", the Empress Dowager Chu was moved, silent for a while, and said: "The surviving people don't know about it, and they will discuss it when they go back to the palace to ask clearly." "Calmly salute the Buddha, drive back to the palace, let the chamberlain go to listen first, sure enough, there are rumors that the Lu family girl entered the palace, and I know that a few days ago Langya King Sima Yu had told the emperor Sima Yi about this matter, Langya King wanted the emperor to issue an edict to refute the rumors, but the emperor did not allow it, it seems that the emperor does have the intention of letting the Lu woman enter the palace, this is such a big deal, it will destroy the balance of the existing forces, and there will be a big change if you are not careful-Empress Dowager Chu was very worried, and the next morning she ordered the inner servant to invite the emperor Sima Yi to come to Chongde Palace, and directly asked about the Lu woman's entry into the palace,

Emperor Sima Yi is very depressed, a few days ago the emperor's uncle Sima Yu asked him to refute the rumors, today the Empress Dowager Chongde asked about this again, listening to the tone is also quite dissatisfied, the Empress Dowager Chongde is not Sima Yi's mother, just an uncle, but has listened to politics for more than ten years, the palace and the court are very prestigious, Sima Yi does not dare to be disrespectful, and Lu Weirui's entry into the palace is (sooner or later) to let the Empress Dowager Chu know, if you want to be canonized as the queen, you need the permission of the Empress Dowager Chu, so Sima Yi did not hide it, according to the truth to the Empress Dowager Chu, said that this is all for the sake of the Zhongxing royal family, with the support of the three Wu gate valves, the imperial power will be strengthened-

Empress Dowager Chu has been in the dynasty for many years, how can it be as simple as Sima Yi to consider things, and said: "The three Wu men valves are heavy on literature and light on martial arts, although they have a good reputation, but once something happens, they may not be able to help with the power of the clan, compared to the martial Yixing Zhou family, Wuxing Shen family is much inferior, Huan's soldiers are only three days away from Jiankang, and they are worried that they can't find an excuse to enter Jiankang, but the emperor is angry with the Huan family at this time, isn't it to give him the truth!" In the current situation, maintaining the status quo is the first, if you seek change, it is my Dajin royal family who suffers. ”

Sima Yi said angrily: "Concubine Zhenna, what is this Huan Wen, how can I talk about giving him the truth, will Huan Wen raise troops to usurp the throne because of this matter!" ”

Empress Dowager Chu didn't speak, and looked at Sima Yi coldly.

Empress Dowager Chu was still there, and Sima Yi was soaked in cold sweat on his back, and he didn't dare to call himself "I", and said: "This matter was proposed by Lu Shi, the five soldiers, and the father and son of Shi Yu, if the nephew refuses, it will damage the face of the southerners, so it is better to let Lu Shi know about the Jiankang style and retreat in the face of the difficulties, how about it?" ”

Empress Dowager Chu shook her head secretly, Sima Yi didn't hit the south wall, she wanted to understand Huan Wen's strength, and thought: "Since I have returned to Chongde Palace, it is not good to interfere in politics anymore, let Sima Yi deal with this matter by himself, let him run into a wall in front of Huan Wen, no matter what, without my permission, Lu Weirui will not be able to enter the palace." ”

Sima Yi hung his head and returned to the middle of the palace in a dejected manner, and ordered Xianglong to urgently summon Lu Yu into the palace to discuss the matter, half an hour later, Lu Yu hurriedly arrived, and learned that the Empress Dowager Chongde opposed Wei Rui into the palace, Lu Yu's heart was half cold, Huan Wen has not yet expressed his position, and they can't get around this Chongde Empress Dowager alone, this matter can only be suspended, to see if Jiankang public opinion and Huan Wen are fiercely opposed to the decision-

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Huan Wen received Xi Mi's letter in early June, saying that Lu Shi wanted to send Lu Weirui into the palace, Xi asked Huan Wen to make it clear against it, but Huan Wen was not in a hurry, he carefully asked Jiankang Chaoye Shishu about the reaction to this matter, and sneered in his heart: "Wang Shu and Wang Biaozhi don't come out to oppose these old slippery heads, but they want to see my Huan clan and Lu clan fighting, it's really suspicious, I don't keep quiet, see how Sima Yi and Lu Shi behave?" What else can there be besides self-damage to her reputation, it really makes sense for the Lu family to become a queen! ”

On June 23, Huan Wen received a secret letter from Shen Jin and Chen Caozhi, and was greatly admired by Chen Caozhi's strategy, and was determined to break Chen Caozhi's loyalty to the Jin family, so that Chen Caozhi's dead heart could be used by him, so he had to create an irreconcilable contradiction between Chen Caozhi and Emperor Sima Yi, but according to Jiankang's secret report, the Empress Dowager Chongde reprimanded Emperor Sima Yi for the Lu family's daughter entering the palace, and Sima Yi didn't seem to dare to accept the Lu family's daughter into the palace again, so his Huan Wen's plan was not in vain!

Therefore, the news that Chen Caozhi was taken captive to Hebei by the Xianbei people spread through Gu Kaizhi in Xifu, Gu Kaizhi is a senior official of Huanwen, and it is not unusual to learn this secret, Gu Kaizhi is simple after all, he doesn't know that people's hearts are sinister, he is only worried about the safety of his friends, and he is anxious to rush back to Jiankang again, and he told his wife Zhang Tongyun about it, I don't know whether he should report it to Lu Weirui, Zhang Tongyun was so anxious that he only shed tears, and said: "How can I say it to Wei Rui, Wei Rui will cry to death!" ”

When Chen Shang learned of this, he was stunned, this is a matter thousands of miles away, it is useless to be anxious, he complains that the sixteenth brother wants to take on such a drudgery, how can it be good now!

The next day, Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun were still discussing whether to go to the Lu Mansion to tell Wei Rui about this, but the entire Jiankang City knew that Chen Caozhi sent an envoy to Di Qin but was captured by the Xianbei people, and the remarks were swarming, and those courtiers who originally opposed Chen Caozhi's envoy took the opportunity to criticize Chen Caozhi, the Eastern Jin Dynasty never communicated with the Wuhu envoys in the north, they were all chaotic ministers and thieves, and they were about to be defeated and exterminated, how could they be used as an equal country to send an envoy, Chen Caozhi's trip can be described as self-inflicted humiliation, detrimental to the national prestige!

Lu Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Very good, very good, Chen Caozhi and shepherd sheep for the Xianbei people in Yan Kingdom, if the sky is merciful, you can put it back after nineteen years." "After discussing with his father Lu Shi for a while, he entered Taicheng to see Emperor Sima Yi-

In the east hall of the Taiji Palace, the emperor Sima Yi was discussing the capture of Chen Caozhi with Sima Yu, the king of Langya, Wang Shu of Shangshu, Lang Xi of Zhongshu and others, according to Sima Yi's intention to cut off Chen Caozhi's post of prince washing horses, but Sima Yu, Wang Shu, and Xi were all opposed, and the Yan army raided Luoyang City, and it was not Chen Caozhi's fault that he was captured, unless Chen Caozhi betrayed and betrayed the country, so that he could be convicted and punished.

Sima Yi saw that all the ministers did not second, quite displeased, retreated to the court, Lu Yu was led by Zhu Lingbao, and came to Zhongzhai to meet the emperor Sima Yi, explaining that Chen Caozhi was captured and returned to the country indefinitely, and it was reasonable for the county Lu Weirui to enter the palace, and the government and the opposition would also approve it, and Huan Wen had not clearly expressed his opposition so far, so he must have some scruples and did not dare to be too domineering, after all, it was just Lu Weirui who entered the palace, and he was not canonized as the queen, what reason did Huan Wen have to object?

Sima Yi thought so.