"The Queen Mother said that King Hui was diligent and self-denying, and he was a model for the courtiers. Now the king of Hui is authorized to open the door to attract guests, come to the court of the day, and stand in front of the hundred officials. ”

After the eunuch's words were finished, all the people present were called Chitose. Xiao Ling smiled, although he didn't understand the meaning of this, he knew that this was a kind of praise from the Queen Mother.

Originally, as King Hui, there was no important festival that he could not attend the court meeting. But now that King Hui is an auxiliary minister, it is logical that he will attend the court meeting. Now the Queen Mother let him stand in front of the hundred officials, and clearly said to people that King Hui is ranked first among the new auxiliary ministers, and Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo will also stand behind.

This can be regarded as the Queen Mother's "favor" to him, and it is also a gesture of goodwill.

"Go back and greet the Queen Mother on behalf of the king." In addition to asking people to reward the two eunuchs, Zhu Tongjing also gave an explanation to the two eunuchs.

"Of course. His Royal Highness King Hui, tomorrow's court meeting is your first time attending the court, so don't get up late. The eunuch reminded.

Xiao Ling thought about it, she usually wouldn't get up until three poles in the morning. Maybe the Queen Mother also knew about this, so she would send a eunuch to start him.

Because the time of the early pilgrimage is very early, the fifth watch will begin, and it will be before dawn. In order to cope with the early dynasty, the general minister has to go to bed early the first day, but now that he is clearly entertaining guests at a banquet, the queen mother is naturally afraid that he will drink too much and will not be able to get up the next day.

"The imperial sister-in-law is really hearty, since it is a great dynasty, I can't wake up, what is it like?" Xiao Ling said, send the two eunuchs out of the door, and come back. The officials who had come to congratulate him had surrounded him and kept flattering him with nice things as if he had really become the chief of the Auxiliary Ministers.

Xiao Ling replied casually, wanting to find Sima Yi in the crowd to relieve himself, but saw that Sima Yu had already gone to the main hall alone. Xiao Ling sighed, casually perfunctory two sentences from the officials around him, and caught up, but finally caught up before Sima Yi entered the hall.

"Brother Sima, why are you in such a hurry? I still have some questions, I want to ask you. Xiao Ling panted.

"Go in and say." Sima excused himself.

The officials who were originally complimenting Xiao Ling. Seeing Xiao Ling, he deliberately opened everyone's eyes. went to talk to Sima Yi alone, and naturally they all showed hatred towards Sima Yi, and hated to give Sima Yi a thousand cuts.

When he got to the hall, Sima asked someone to close the door of the hall. Xiao Ling was a little surprised. I don't quite understand why Sima Yi is like this.

Wait for the door to close. He was the only one in the hall. Sima Yucai took out a letter from his arms, but it was a letter sealed with fire paint, which seemed to be very formal.

"Brother Sima. The letter ...... Where did it come from? Xiao Ling asked puzzled.

"Earlier, you went to receive the two fathers-in-law, and someone handed it to me." Sima excused himself.

"Who? Could it be...... The people of the Northern Dynasty, or is it for you to return to Jiangdu? Xiao Ling hurriedly asked.

Xiao Ling shook her head and said, "It was your imperial sister-in-law who gave it to you." There are many people, you are talking in front, so many people are watching, naturally I am afraid of being detected, so I gave it to me and asked me to pass it on to you. ”

"It's really unusual. Have you seen it? Xiao Ling was a little puzzled in his heart, he naturally felt that he had no "ulterior" relationship with the Queen Mother, and there was no need to be so mysterious.

"It's better for King Hui to see it himself." Sima said as he handed the letter over.

Xiao Ling opened it, and after reading it, he spread his hands and handed the letter to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi glanced at it, and the content of the letter was very simple, asking him to transfer troops into Jinling City to supplement the guards and horses he had mastered.

"What does the imperial sister-in-law mean by this?" Xiao Ling looked at Sima Qian and wanted Sima Qian to give him an answer.

"The queen mother's meaning is to let you transfer more troops and horses, so that you will be in Jinling City, and your power will be consolidated."

"But there is a fixed number of guards and horses, and it is not just a casual adjustment. I just took over this guard soldier, and I am not familiar with it yet, so I will be recruited casually, and there will be no opinions below? ”

Sima Yi shook his head lightly and said: "The generals of the Jinling City Guard are inextricably linked with the original auxiliary ministers, as well as Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo, if you don't transfer your own people in, how can you guarantee that in the face of major events, these people will listen to you?" ”

"Oh, I see. But the soldiers and horses of the Southern Army have to be transferred to Jinling, which cannot be solved in a day or two. Brother Sima, do you want to ...... Can you help me? ”

Sima looked at Xiao Ling, if someone else made such a request to him, he would never believe that it was sincere.

A prince who leads the troops, is "too lazy to do" the transfer of troops, and it sounds absurd to let him, a person from the Northern Dynasty, be in charge. But in fact, Xiao Ling trusts him so much, he is not ambiguous at all, and he can even hand over the transfer of troops to him.

"As a Wei person, even if I go to the barracks, who will recognize me?" Sima Yu let out a long sigh and said.

"Don't be afraid of this, with my talisman and my handwritten letter, no one will embarrass you. When the time comes, you just have to transfer the soldiers and horses to the outside of the city, and I will ask the imperial sister-in-law for the documents of the military department, so that you can take the soldiers and horses into the city. ”

Hearing this, Sima felt that something was wrong, but after all, he was not a person in the officialdom, and he didn't know much about the troop transfer process.

But thinking about it, it should be necessary to ask the military department to transfer troops before they can mobilize troops and horses outside Jinling City. Otherwise, if others talk about the private transfer of troops by King Hui, it is a great crime related to rebellion.

"Since the Queen Mother is a secret order, it means that the Queen Mother wants to secretly transfer troops." Sima Yu analyzed, "At this time, when you go out of the city to transfer troops, unless something big will happen in Jinling, your abnormal behavior will definitely be discovered by Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo, and it is not the Queen Mother who wants to calm down the internal troubles, and Xie Rumo and Zhu Tongjing will not sit idly by." It's really inappropriate. ”

"That'...... What to do? Xiao Ling looked puzzled.

"Now that you are an auxiliary minister, you don't have to listen to the Queen Mother in everything. It's up to you to decide whether or not to redeploy troops. Now it is not appropriate to transfer troops. Sima said.

"Huh? That is to say, I don't care about the secret order of the imperial sister-in-law? This...... How does this work? I met the imperial sister-in-law at the court meeting tomorrow, what do you say? ”

"Your imperial sister-in-law gave a secret order, so naturally she won't make a noise, and if you don't transfer troops, you will be treated as if you haven't seen it." Sima Yu suddenly tore up the secret letter in his hand, and finally put even the shredded paper into the brazier and burned it clean, "You are King Hui, even if the Queen Mother advocates that you be an auxiliary minister, but in fact, the Queen Mother is only forced by the situation, not sincerely." You only need to do things for your own benefit, and you don't have to obey the Queen Mother in everything. ”

Xiao Ling's eyes widened, and he was a little unbelievable.

The idea that Sima borrowed from him before was that he wanted to form a faction with the Queen Mother in the court, and use the power of the Queen Mother to suppress the power of Zhu Tongjing, Xie Rumo, and even the Linjiang Wang's party. But now Sima Yi is telling him that he and the Queen Mother don't really need to stand together.

"What if the imperial sister-in-law is really afraid that something will happen in the city, or if she already knows that something is going to happen, if she doesn't transfer troops, it may involve life and death?" Xiao Ling was a little at a loss.

Sima Yi smiled calmly and said, "King Hui, dare to ask, no matter how urgent the situation is, can it be as close as when Xie Rumo besieged the palace before?" ”

"This ......"

"Now the northern army is stationed outside Jinling City, Zhu Tongjing and the Queen Mother are now inseparable, Xie Rumo is afraid that Zhu Tongjing will turn against the water, so he transferred the king of Linjiang over, and also transferred his cronies to come to Jinling City to protect. At this time, the Queen Mother asked you to transfer troops, but it was just to balance the soldiers and horses of these two sides. But just imagine, if you send troops and horses over, others will target you, which is really unwise. The best way is to pretend to be confused, you just lead your guards and horses, so that others will ignore your save. ”

"Really? I'm just afraid that they'll cut me. ”

Xiao Ling said, he couldn't help but shudder, he thought of the tragic situation of many dignitaries and dignitaries in Jinling City when Xie Rumo rebelled before, and he thought that this kind of thing would happen to him, and he had some palpitations.

"Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo are wary of each other, so they naturally have no intention of caring about you and King Linjiang. Even if you send troops, but you are in the city, there is only one guard and horse, what do you think you can do? Transferring troops will only make Zhu Xie and the others target you, so it is better to continue to be your original King Hui and pretend not to know. ”

Xiao Ling was a little uncomfortable, thinking that Xie Rumo and Zhu Tongjing both had a lot of soldiers and horses in Jinling City, and he himself was alone, so he was a little scared. But what Sima Yi said is also reasonable, he has a lot of soldiers and horses, Jinling City is still the world of Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo, and his transfer of troops will only let Xie Rumo and Zhu Tongjing take him first.

"Then listen to Brother Sima, I shouldn't have seen this secret letter." Xiao Ling gritted her teeth and said.

"Tomorrow, when King Hui enters the palace, he will act as if there is nothing. On the Queen Mother's side, she naturally thought that the news had arrived, and she also thought that you had secretly transferred troops. The Queen Mother will not pursue anything. Sima continued.

"Then what if the imperial sister-in-law knows about it afterwards?"

"Your imperial sister-in-law has lost power now, haven't you noticed it yet? In the future, in this Jinling officialdom, the Queen Mother will no longer be able to control the overall situation, Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo will dominate the officialdom, even if your sister-in-law finds out that you have violated her will, she will only find a way to win you over against Zhu Xie and the others, what are you afraid of? ”

"That's good, that's good." Xiao Ling said, couldn't help sighing, and said, "This Jinling City belongs to the Xiao family, looking at it now, why does it seem to be surnamed Zhu Xie , you said that if someone snatched the throne, what should I do?" ”

"So it's time to plan the way back. There is really a day when you can leave Jinling and turn around to King Qin, if King Hui also falls, then Jinling City will be occupied by bandits in the future, and there will be no way back. ”

Saying that, Sima Yi opened the hall door, but the noise outside was still uninterrupted, Sima Yi walked out of the door, and Xiao Ling also came out.

"Entertain these guests well, although the situation in Jinling City is decided by the fist, but the support of officials is also indispensable. King Hui, you are alone, if you don't have these ministers to assist you, who will speak for you in the court? Who will advise you? ”

Xiao Ling on the side smiled and said, "By my side, only you are enough." (To be continued......)