When Sima Dan first met Sima Tong, the Emperor of Longding, he was constantly thinking about his own safety.

Should it be dismissed? Or should he be crowned the crown prince?

No one would believe that Sima Tong really wanted to pass on the throne to Sima Dan, a nephew, and if he were, he would not have been placed in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Even if he pushes back, he will always become a threat to the throne, and under the premise of not having any strength, his fate can be imagined.

What made him even more chilling was that the emperor had just given death to another nephew, who was a cousin he had never met, who had been stripped of his title in his fief when he was the crown prince of Han last year, and was sentenced to be beheaded not long ago.

The emperor of the Jin Dynasty seems to be the best at slaughtering his own family, since the rebellion of the eight kings, the Sima family's fratricidal means have reached the extreme, the royal family does not seem to think that this world is still based on the clan family, when the Jin Guang Emperor Zhongxing, with the strength of the Chen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and for example, now those in the court have been prominent in the world since the previous dynasty Xie, Wang, Huan, Chen four families, there is that clan family is not a prosperous person?

Sima Dan was brought into the imperial city by the two people of Zuo Yong and Right Yong, that is, the fat and thin two Hans.

Facing the magnificent and ingenious Sima Dan, he was absent-minded, and Zuo Yong, a fat man wearing a eunuch uniform beside him, asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has something on his mind?" ”

Sima Dan's strange eyes rolled: "We have traveled more than 1,000 miles in ten days, and we haven't slept well when we get off the boat, and the people who are beaten by iron don't have the energy to think about things."

You Yong tidied up Sima Dan's appearance: "The emperor is in a hurry to see His Royal Highness, it is a blessing for His Highness, and others may not be able to see it if they wait for ten or eight years." ”

Sima Dan muttered and walked through a porch, and I don't know how many pavilions and attics, how many exotic flowers and plants I saw, and after passing an endless lake, I saw a palace in front of me, the outer wall was purple-red, and there was a sign on the door, which read: "Qianyuan Palace".

Sima Dan knew that this was the emperor's living place, and the name of the emperor's palace in the court was "Qiantong Palace", and as for their current destination, it was the place where the emperor approved the chapters: "Qianqing Pavilion".

After entering the Qianyuan Palace, Zuo Yong and Right Yong both became solemn, bowed slightly and walked forward in small steps, their eyes did not dare to squint, but Sima Dan did not pay attention to the teachings of the left and right, and still strode forward, looking around.

Suddenly, the sound of breaking the sky was loud, and Sima Dan was also startled, but he judged that the coming object was far away and should not be in danger, however, in the palace, why was there the sound of weapons breaking through the sky? .

When he looked back, he saw an arrow flying behind him, but it did not touch anyone, and fell lightly into the garden.

"Humph!" A woman who is no longer young but still dressed as a girl ran out from the right in front, although she is no longer a little girl, but her face is good, and her demeanor is a little innocent, Sima Dan, a person in the mountains and wilderness, has never seen such an old girl, but she thinks it is also cute.

Zuo Yong was afraid that Sima Dan would be rude, so he hurriedly reminded: "It's the county lord of Jingyang, see you soon!" ”

It turned out to be Sima Yan, the emperor's sister who was thirty-two or thirteen in their mouths, this should not be terrible, but fortunately it was not Sima Yan, another Ziyang county lord who had married the Wang family.

Sima Dan was about to make a meeting gift, but Sima Yan had already sneered: "Another one to send him to death?" The old prince's bones are not cold, and those ministers send another one, hey! My emperor's brother is still young, in the prime of spring and autumn, and he will not die so quickly! ”

After speaking, his face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands.

She can scold the prince, but she must not mention half of the word "death" to the emperor, so even if she is mediocre and mediocre, she was pale with fright at this time, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, the county lord of Jingyang knew that she had said the wrong thing, she stomped her foot, and shouted when she turned to leave: "Zuo Yong, you know what to do!" ”

When Sima Dan was suspicious, he found that the sixteen guards who were following him were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and one of them was fighting first: "Left... Right... Father-in-law... Plentiful... Spare me and other villains... We swear to God that we will never vent half a sentence to the outside world! ”

The death of these sixteen guards made Sima Dan completely sober.

This is royalty.

Just because I heard one more sentence, no matter how much I begged, I would only die.

When Sima Dan walked into: "Qianqing Pavilion", he had thrown a luck out of the clouds.

"Your Majesty, my nephew is terrified, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take on the great responsibility of the crown prince."

"Huh! Jingyang's little girl scared you! Sima Tong, the Longding Emperor, who was a head taller than ordinary people, stared at his small eyes and laughed.

"No, Your Majesty, nephew... The nephew feels that in fact, in the world, it is not the nephew who has a tighter blood relationship than the nephew and the emperor, so the nephew is not qualified to take the position of the crown prince. Sima Dan thought that the emperor would never have operated on him so early, so he just spoke freely at this time to leave some foreshadowing for the future.

Sima Tong looked at Sima Dan's back towards the sky, felt that he was not shaking, and thought: "Wang Chen, this kid dares to say to people that it is my dearest?" ”

The old prince Sima Qin is the son of Sima Yuan, Sima Tong's brother, and can be regarded as his own nephew, while Sima Dan is the grandson of Sima Dian, the younger brother of Emperor Guang Sima Cheng, and is only the emperor's cousin.

In this way, if you want to abandon the traditional idea of male superiority and female inferiority, Sima Tong's nephew Wang Chen is indeed closer than Sima Dan.

The Jin Dynasty is a clan-based society, from the Eastern Han Dynasty inherited from the disciple system is becoming more and more solid, but also influenced by the Hu people, which is sometimes very flexible about the difference between men and women, if Wang Chen's father, the identity is changed to enter the widow, then Wang Chen can inherit Sima's surname, which is suitable for law and reason, so Sima Dan's words are not unreasonable.

The problem is that Sima Tong now establishes Sima Dan as the crown prince, precisely because he can be abandoned at any time when he wants to abandon him, and Wang Chen is behind him is an extremely prominent Wang family, and it will certainly affect the political government, and it will not be easy to abolish it at that time.

The master analyzed it like this when he was not drunk, and Sima Dan decided to break it first.

Sima Tong was furious! "Bastard, it's child's play to set up a prince! You obediently give me to Beidaying, and after you make meritorious contributions, you can be recognized by your subjects, and it will be logical in the meantime. Take up my burden! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Sima Dan was also stunned, watching the emperor go away, he suddenly felt the loneliness of Sima Tong's lonely family.

Sima Tong was really tired, so tired that he didn't want to do a meaningless performance anymore, he only said two words to Sima Dan in total, and the ceremony of establishing the prince was only a hasty reading of the holy decree in the early dynasty, and even Sima Tong did not attend the early dynasty that day.

After the pipe string put the crown crown of the crown prince on Sima Dan's crown, Sima Dan was congratulated by hundreds of officials.

In fact, the hundred officials were very cold to Sima Dan, and only one or two people came forward to greet him, because they knew that this so-called "prince" had nothing to do with the court situation, and the next day Sima Dan was going to leave Beijing and go north, guarding the border pass, and it was not easy to establish a relationship.

Besides, the emperor will definitely watch who makes up his mind on the crown prince.

But Sima Dan was still invited to the "China Town" in Chang'an City to congratulate, just on the day of the establishment, the night before leaving Beijing.

Fortunately, Xiao Min and the others had gone north directly.

Jin is the Han Dynasty after the rebellious period after the Confucianism, scholars advocate the study of Huang Lao, and deviant to sell fame and reputation of the greater people, so the scholars are more prodigal, the pursuit of enjoyment, so like Chinatown such **, has become the actual paradise in people's minds.

There are two cities in Chang'an City, and the Chinese city is better than the Imperial City.

Sima Dan arrived in the evening.

After he entered a high wall composed of towering trees, his eyes suddenly opened up, and there were many houses scattered on the boundless lake, which were connected by covered bridges, and the lights on the covered bridges were colorful, and the buildings of the houses were also of different styles, large and small, but when integrated, they looked chic and luxurious, and the whole lake was also reflected like jewels, and the various Ana beauties walking on the roundabout bridge were even more beautiful.

Sima Dan was ushered into a large room large enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and the room was hung with light veils, floating in the candlelight.

The rest of the decorations were all wooden, but they were also quaint, and there were not too many flashy carvings, but when he saw that he still had to kneel and sit for dinner, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, thinking that he would not be at ease after eating this meal.

The host of the banquet, Huan Wen, the ancestor was a big family in the south, and he was also one of the pillar states of Emperor Guang in the middle of the reign, he was the son of Sima Huan Feng, the great of the dynasty, and he was the elite of the family, and he could take up an extremely important position when he was only twenty years old.

Sima Dan never imagined that the Huan family, one of the four major families of the dynasty, would give him a banquet for a prince who was powerless and in danger.

After three rounds of drinking, Huan Wenjun's white face flushed with a red tide after drinking, "It's vision, the ancestors can enter Beijing from the dragon, it depends on vision, it can build a family and a business, and it also depends on vision, if we don't contact the prince, how can we maintain our consistent tradition?" ”

Sima Dan drank another big cup and arched his hand: "Brother Xie Huan is honest!" I'll lose a cup! ”

Huan Wen laughed, pointed at Sima Dan and shook his head: "You are grabbing wine again, got!" However, if you want to be honest, drinking is the way to go! ”

Sima Dan shook his head: "I don't have to drink to be honest, and I can't be really honest with you!" You should understand my situation, the so-called nine deaths, so you don't have to worry too much, don't you? ”

Huan Wen laughed even more: "I like you more and more!" It's a pity that those who are in the court, only care about the small profits in front of them, it's really a mouse's eye, just imagine if my ancestors only cared about the ancestral inheritance, how could there be today's prosperity? ”

Sima Dan didn't know: "What did Brother Huan say?" ”

Huan Wen drank a cup: "Hmm... No wonder you don't know, in fact, the so-called Central Plains is just a corner of the world, further west, not only the two regions and other countries, further west, there are Tianzhu, Persia, and even the more prosperous Great Qin. ”

Sima Dan asked knowingly: "Great Qin? ”

Huan Wen nodded: "It's just our name, they call themselves Rome, the territory is wide, even more than us, and they have been fighting against the barbarians for many years, compared to us trapped in the Great Wall, it can be said that they are more manly!" ”

Sima Dan praised: "What a sentence to trap yourself on the Great Wall, come!" Drink a cup! ”

Huan Wen smiled bitterly: "I envy the prince, you can go outside the Great Wall to cross the sword immediately... Alas! This life is enough...! ”

Sima Dan also smiled bitterly: "What happened in the coming day, how can I know today, if you can ride a horse outside the gate with Brother Huan one day, you will live up to the ambition of a man!" ”

Live up to the ambition of a boy!

Sima Dan's crazy sprint is also the vent of the man's ambition.

The orchid under him told Sima Dan several times to stop thinking that he was going to kill her, and the orchid hurriedly told him to work harder, and finally taught Sima Dan about the affairs between men and women.

The next day, Huan Wen respectfully sent Sima Dan to a place ten miles outside Chang'an City, and said to Sima Dan when he parted: "Prince, Huan has one more place to admire the prince." ”

Sima Dan looked at Huan Wen in puzzlement.

Huan Wen gave a thumbs up: "Once, you only had one time with Hu Ji last night, which proves that the prince can be released and collected, and he is very human." ”

Sima Dan smiled with a red face, he did remember the master's words: "The color can be approached, but it cannot be indulged!" ”

So Zuo Yong and Right Yong still hugged Sima Dan on the road and rushed to the prairie where the eagle soared in the north.