Sima Yi still didn't seem to know that he had been indifferent to Xiao Ling, and he still went to the back house of King Hui's mansion without hesitation. There were many attendants, domestic servants and even slaves and maids along the way, but no one dared to stop Sima Yi when he saw him in a hurry. Everyone knows Sima Yi's role in the rise of King Hui, and Sima Yi still has his influence in King Hui's army, and some loyal generals of King Hui still serve as Sima Yi's first adviser in King Hui's mansion.

But before he reached the back hall, he had already heard bursts of women's laughter, Sima Yi stopped, and the entourage behind him who had passed the news also stopped.

"It seems that it is still not appropriate to go in and disturb." The entourage looked embarrassed, obviously Xiao Ling was frolicking with his women, this time was also the time when Xiao Ling was the most proud, and it was not good for anyone to disturb him. If someone in the army rebelled, or if there were soldiers and horses who came to Jinling City, they had to go in and disturb it, but now I just heard that Zhu Tongjing sent someone to Jinling, and the matter was not serious enough to alarm Xiao Ling.

Sima Yi said: "This matter can be big or small, if King Hui continues to indulge in such pleasure, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before Zhu Tongjing's people come back." ”

After that, Sima Yi seemed to have no scruples and went in the direction of the back hall, and when he arrived at the door, Sima Yi still hesitated. The door was closed, but it could be seen that the lights inside were brilliant, and the figures of Xiao Ling and his women were reflected on the door, which made Sima Yi feel a sigh of emotion. In the past, Xiao Ling was also considered a corporal of Lixian, and many people were willing to work for him, but Xiao Ling was like an emperor who didn't know how to check, and when he really took power, what he wanted was not how to work hard, but how to have fun. This made the situation in the Southern Dynasty complicated, Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo's two parties have been eliminated, but Zhu Tongjing is not dead after all, and he will become a big trouble for the Qi Dynasty at any time.

"Mr. Sima, you can't go in." On one side, the guards of King Hui's Mansion had come to stop him. Although these guards also respect Sima Yi in their hearts. But after all, it involves the issue of King Hui's reputation, and they can't let Sima Yi just break into it and see King Hui and his concubines in rags.

"I'm tired, just say I have something important to see." Sima Yu finally sighed and didn't reach out to push the door open.

The guards of this ...... were also very embarrassed, and now they all knew that King Hui was on the rise. Whoever disturbs it may touch the head, Sima Yi doesn't want to destroy King Hui's good deeds, can a group of their low-status guards dare to touch King Hui's scales?

"Forget it." Sima Yu hesitated again and again, but before he could leave, the guard suddenly knocked on the door and said loudly, "Your Royal Highness King Hui, Mr. Sima asks to see you." ”

At this time, the guards still tied Sima to disturb King Hui. Although it was in his name, Sima Yi knew that the guards were also courageous. This is kidnapping him, and it is also helping the Hui Wangfu, and at the same time helping the Qi Dynasty. These guards may never have to go to the battlefield, nor do they make any great achievements, they only do nothing wrong every day, but when it comes to major matters involving the military state, they are as responsible as a soldier on the front line.

Sima arched his hand as a thank-you. But the guards stepped aside, and not long after. The door opened, and King Hui Xiao Ling stood at the door in disheveled clothes, but he looked at the situation outside: "Brother Sima, you actually came to me for something?" ”

Sima Yi stepped forward and saluted, "King Yuhui, please see me if you have something." ”

Xiao Ling was a little impatient, and waved his hand to signal Sima to speak in the hall on the side. And he went in to explain to the woman inside, and when King Hui came out again, his clothes were neater, but he didn't even notice that the back of his belt was tied by a woman with a pink brocade. When I walked, I ran and swayed in the wind, which was a bit of an eyesore. When Sima Yi saw it, he just smiled bitterly, he really couldn't figure out what kind of "game" Xiao Ling was playing with those women just now.

"Brother Sima, what's the big deal, say quickly, I'm very busy. Besides, I drank a few more glasses today, and my head still hurts a little now. King Hui spoke with a bit of perfunctory, obviously absent-minded. Sima Yi knew that King Hui had been drugged by someone these days, and someone had offered some medicinal powder, and King Hui was fascinated after eating it. Even at the banquet for the officials on today's Shangyuan Festival, King Hui was absent-minded, and he didn't even remember the names of many ministers.

Fortunately, there are many ministers today, and no one really cares what happened to King Hui. If King Hui was also upside down in the last dynasty, then the people below must see that there was a problem, now King Hui is the backbone of the Qi Dynasty, if something happens to him, many people will stare at Jinling City and covet this imperial capital.

"His Royal Highness King Hui, I just learned a news that the King of Linjiang sent someone to Jingshi, and the secret has arrived outside Jinling City." Sima reported through the play.

"King Linjiang? Who? Am I the Seventh Emperor Brother? Isn't he dead? King Hui was a little confused, and suddenly remembered, "Oh yes, the current King of Linjiang should be the one surnamed Zhu, right?" Did he come to Beijing? ”

Sima Yi repeated again: "It was the King of Linjiang who sent someone to Jingshi. ”

"Go, just send someone, what's the big deal. What if he himself came? He is just a villain, he used to be only on the grace of my imperial sister-in-law to ascend to the throne, what kind of master to be, to put it bluntly, he is not a little white face? Now even if he becomes the king of Linjiang, he can't change his former habits, Brother Sima, look at it, in a few days, he will cry and shout and beg me to let me let him go. It's a trifle. King Hui said and yawned, as if he was very tired, "Don't say anything, I'll go back." ”

"King Hui, please stay." Sima Yu suddenly stopped Xiao Lingdao.

Xiao Ling looked at Sima Yi, frowned, and said, "Brother Sima, why is this?" I'm going to go back to rest, and you're going to stop it? ”

Sima sighed, he knew that many people were patting in front of Xiao Ling now, and the words they said were all flattering, so he naturally held King Hui to the sky, and said that Zhu Tongjing was very unbearable. He knows very well Zhu Tongjing's strength, this is a dangerous figure, he can rise in the political arena of the Southern Dynasty without any connections, and he can still use the old ministry of King Linjiang to deal with the court, how terrible is such a person? But Xiao Ling thinks this is an easy "villain" to deal with.

"I still have something to say to King Hui." Sima excused himself.

"If you have something to say, I'm busy." King Hui said impatiently.

Sima borrowed Zhengse and said: "Your Highness, don't think that the king of Linjiang is now negotiating peace with the imperial court, and there is an internal disagreement, then he is already at the end of the crossbow." But he didn't know that the king of Linjiang still had his old subordinates in the capital to deal with him, and secretly colluded with the imperial court. I'm afraid it will put King Hui's Mansion in danger. ”

Xiao Ling blinked, reacted for a moment before asking, "Brother Sima, why don't I understand what I mean?" ”

"In other words." Sima Yi explained, "Your Majesty may use the power of the King of Linjiang to balance the Hui Wangfu, and the King of Linjiang will be used as a pawn by His Majesty for the time being. In the future, he may return to the court and fight against His Royal Highness King Hui. ”

"Your Majesty? Wait......" Xiao Ling patted her head and said a little confused, "I don't even know who is who." Your Majesty...... Isn't that my little niece? After she ascended the throne, she is very well-behaved now, and after entering the palace, she is also respectful to me, you say that my little emperor's niece wants to use the surname Zhu to check and balance with me? Brother Sima, although our relationship is not bad, you can't provoke my relationship with the emperor's niece, you do this...... Ill-intentioned! ”

Sima Yi didn't expect Xiao Ling to be able to rely on him. But instigating the relationship between the monarch and the minister is a big crime after all. He hurried to confess his sins.

"Alright, alright, that's all. It doesn't matter if his niece is still surnamed Zhu, let's wait until the surname Zhu really wants to compete with the Huiwang Mansion one day. King Hui said impatiently, "I want to calm down these days, there will be someone to take care of the affairs of the court, and Brother Sima will rest more if he has nothing to do." Those dancing girls in the house, if you have an eye-catcher, just choose it, and if you don't like it again. Let people choose some show girls from the people to come to King Hui's mansion, that's all. ”

After speaking, Xiao Ling didn't give Sima Yi a chance to explain. Hurry away. When the people left, Sima couldn't help sighing, some words still didn't come out after all, and he just watched King Hui, who had been assisted by him, indulge in pleasure and couldn't extricate himself, but he didn't have any way.

"Mr. Sima, look at ......" The entourage had been waiting outside, and he could basically hear what he said just now. Waiting for King Hui to leave, he dared to come in and ask Sima Yi about his meaning.

Sima Yu sighed and said, "King Hui is now in charge, I'm afraid he won't be able to get through this difficulty." If he can really make up his mind, he may become a generation of wise men in the future. But if he is still so muddy, it will be his fate, he really has no emperor's fate. ”

Sima Yi suddenly remembered Li Shanye's words. Li Shanye's evaluation of King Hui is "It can be a generation of Ming Jun, but not a generation of Ming Jun", which Sima did not believe in the past. He felt that since King Hui had the capacity to tolerate people and an honest heart, he could accomplish something as long as he was good at persuasion after he had great power. But it turns out that it is really difficult to get King Hui to change the habit of leisure and hard work that he has cultivated since childhood.

"In any case, even if King Hui ignores this matter, we as courtiers and subordinates can't ignore it." Sima said, "Now that Zhu Tongjing intends to return to Jinling, we must be careful. First send someone to find out the whereabouts of the envoys who came from Jiang Gan, if you can......" Sima made a killing gesture.

The attendant immediately understood what he meant, and saluted, "Mr. Gaojian." Let's go ahead and arrange it below. ”

When the people left, Sima Yi came out of the hall, and when he passed by the back hall just now, he heard another burst of women's laughter coming from inside, and the sound was extremely harsh in his ears. You must know that he and King Hui were so close in the past, but now they are also the same passers-by.

"Looks like I made the wrong choice!" Sima Yi suddenly looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed, but no one could understand his state of mind at this time.

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On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, Han Jian finally did not stay in the Dongwang Mansion and entered the palace.

In the palace, Han Jian enjoyed the treatment of an emperor, but the real emperor Yang Rui served as a concubine wholeheartedly, without the slightest emperor's shelf. In addition to Yang Rui, there is also Yang Rui's personal palace maid Hui'er.

Until late at night, everything continued, but the place became a bathing pool in the palace. Yang Rui asked people to burn someone early, only she, Hui'er and Han Jian went, this is the place where Han Jian and Yang Rui first fell in love, and it is also the place where Hui'er inadvertently bumped into it. At this time, returning to the pool room is more like going back to the past.

Everything is calm, Han Jian sits in the pond and closes his eyes to breathe, he is too busy these days, he doesn't care about many things, he originally wanted to stay in the Dongwang Mansion to spend the Yuan Festival with his family, but Han Song's family was angry with him, he also knew in his heart that many things could not cause a positive conflict, and he came to the palace to avoid the limelight. And Yang Rui took care of his position with the Nanqi people during the day, but he was "repaying" him.

"Looking at the appearance of the husband, I don't know that I think the husband is tired to death." Yang Rui came out wearing a bath towel, after all, Yang Rui is a woman who has been born and raised, and she is no longer as young as she was at the beginning. A lot of words are not taboo in private. It's just that these words were listened to by Hui'er, and Hui'er lowered her head and didn't even dare to raise her head.

Han Jian took off the towel on his face and said, "If Rui'er continues to be so demanding, I'm afraid I will die of exhaustion sooner or later." ”

Yang Rui didn't expect Han Jian to joke so easily, he pursed his lips and smiled, with a bit of youthful brightness in his smile, and said, "Or husband, you miss your wife and children at home and don't want to stay in the palace for the night?" ”

Han Jian smiled, took Yang Rui's body over, and said, "It's not that I won't go back, but I haven't seen you all night, how can I miss it?" ”

Yang Rui sighed lightly: "But I don't know that the concubine occasionally doesn't see her husband, but her heart is full of thoughts." If you don't see each other for a day, the husband will not be considerate of this kind of thing, who calls the husband a man, there are many women around him, if everyone has the mentality of a concubine, I am afraid that the husband will already die of liver and intestines. ”

What a resentful woman. Han Jian sighed in his heart, thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger, as a woman grows older, many things are beyond her control. Before Yang Rui committed to him, he could calm down by practicing Buddhism, but once the floodgates in her heart were opened, she couldn't raise Yang Rui now. Women are like this, they can be pure-hearted and have few desires, but once they trespass, it is almost impossible to return to nature.

"The north is urging supplies again." Han Jian said suddenly.

Yang Rui smiled: "These things, the concubine doesn't want to work hard. Isn't there still a husband, and the husband is about to hollow out the river now, right? A batch of money and grain was transported to the north of Guanzhong before, but now there is a mutiny in Guanzhong, and there are Xianbei people making trouble, so I am afraid that it will not be requisitioned. At present, Luoyang's grain and grass are in short supply, and there is no money and grain to adjust, only the only available is Jiangdu's inventory. But Jiangdu is now ...... I'm afraid it's also the empty grain. (To be continued......)