"Say hello to Uncle Huang. Sima Gongzi, it's been a long time. Xiao Zhan walked over and saluted the two.

Sima knew that Xiao Zhan had a purpose in coming, so he still had to stand up and greet him respectfully. And Xiao Ling just smiled and said, "The imperial niece is too polite, this is outside the palace, there are many people, and there is no need for formal etiquette." Sit. ”

Xiao Zhan was also polite and sat down at the table. After Xiao Zhan was done, Sima Yi sat back in his seat.

"The emperor's niece came to see the play? This play is very good, better than the performance of the southern opera troupe in the palace, I used to come to see it from time to time, this time I brought Sima Gongzi over to let him see the charm of our southern opera. Xiao Ling said with a big grin.

Xiao Zhan smiled slightly and glanced at Sima Yu, but Sima Yu avoided his gaze. Xiao Zhan is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, and Sima Yi knows very well that Xiao Zhan is not easy to mess with, and such a person can avoid it.

"Uncle Huang, the queen mother, did you want to mobilize the southern army to Jinling City?" Xiao Zhan asked suddenly.

Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment, looked at Sima Yi, and said unnaturally: "Who did the imperial niece listen to?" How do I not know? The imperial sister-in-law asked me to transfer troops? When did this happen? ”

Xiao Ling's series of questions were asked in one go, and the look of surprise on his face also made Xiao Yan feel a little surprised. In her eyes, this imperial uncle is quite upright and can't hide things at all.

"The niece just asked, if there is no such thing, the imperial uncle should not have heard of it." Xiao Zhan smiled and said, "But I still have to remind the imperial uncle that the people of the Xie Party are now traitors in Jinling City, if the queen mother does not let the imperial uncle transfer troops, the imperial uncle may wish to ask the queen mother." Let the queen mother allow the emperor's uncle to transfer troops in case of emergency. ”

Xiao Ling blinked, he obviously didn't understand what he said. In front of Xiao Zhan, he didn't want to ask Sima Yi in detail, so he just nodded.

At this time, Xiao Zhan got up, saluted and said goodbye, and left the big teahouse.

When the others left, Xiao Ling came back to his senses and asked with a puzzled expression: "Brother Sima, my emperor's niece...... Which side are you on? ”

Sima Yi shook his head. Said: "Where do you know below?" ”

"That's weird. She asked me about the transfer of troops, and explained that she had received the news, but it was certainly not the imperial sister-in-law who told her, if she was sure that there was such a thing. No need to ask. Can...... This is in addition to the royal sister-in-law and you and me. Is there a fourth person who knows? ”

Sima said: "Maybe it was the person who delivered the letter that day who leaked the news. ”

"The letter is sealed with wax. This matter is so close, how can the imperial sister-in-law tell outsiders to know? Does this mean that the surname Zhu is hinting at us. The imperial sister-in-law asked them to transfer troops, so let's not act rashly? ”

Sima turned the teacup in his hand as if he was thinking about the question, but he answered quickly and said it without much thought.

"Even if King Hui transfers troops over, at most in Jinling City, it will fall into a three-legged stand, and each other will be horns. Probably because Zhu Tongjing wanted to take the opportunity to show goodwill with King Hui, as for sending troops, it was just a reason. Zhu Tongjing should know very well that King Hui did not transfer troops, and the Queen Mother will know it in a short time. King Hui should still think about how to explain to the Queen Mother. ”

Xiao Ling thought about it and said with some annoyance: "It's complicated, the affairs of the imperial court are complicated, I still don't want to." Brother Sima just give me more cāo. My imperial niece seems to be also extroverted, and now that she is less restrained by the imperial sister-in-law, I believe that she will call this surnamed Zhu as a concubine. Later, the surname Zhu rebelled and let the emperor's niece become the emperor, which was interesting at that time. ”

After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he really stopped talking about the court, and watched the opera below.

Sima Yi was thinking back to what Xiao Zhan said, and he felt that Xiao Zhan would not let go of his loyalty to the royal family of the Southern Dynasty. And whether Zhu Tongjing betrayed the Queen Mother, even if he did, he would pretend to be misunderstood by the Queen Mother in front of Xiao Zhan. Perhaps from the beginning, Xiao Zhan was sandwiched between the Queen Mother and Zhu Tongjing, because she had a good relationship with both sides.

"Then she's a kind reminder." Sima Yi said in his heart.

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Jiangdu, Dongwangfu.

Han Jian just met with several officials of the imperial court and discussed the issue of Luoyang's administrative security after the soldiers entered Luoyang.

When the empress returns to the dynasty, things will not be in such a hurry. Now that Luoyang City has just been recovered, there will be an army of the Northern King Army pressing the border, and the empress is not in a hurry to return to Luoyang. And the Dongwang Mansion obviously won't move to Luoyang, and Han Jian won't go either.

This makes it possible that even if Luoyang is recovered, Luoyang will lack a "principal" who can live in the field after all. Han Jian sent Zhang Xing, but Zhang Xing was a military general, after all, he had no experience in administering the country, even if he could temporarily maintain stability in Luoyang City, but for some affairs, he always had to ask Jiangdu for instructions. The mountains and rivers are far away, time-consuming and laborious, and it is easy to delay.

As a result of Han Jian's discussion with Lin Ke and others, he first sent some administrative officials to take over the administration of Luoyang City. And this "best candidate" is naturally Lin Ke himself, who replaced Gu Weipan in charge of the affairs of the imperial court temporarily.

But Lin Ke obviously didn't want to take the risk. Luoyang is still on the cusp of the limelight, and when you go to Luoyang, you have some intention of going to die.

"Jian'er, who are you going to send to Luoyang? Erniang made an appointment with you first, and you can't take this risk in person. Seeing that Han Jian had sent away the people from the imperial court, Han Song came over and said to Han Jian.

Han Jian smiled and said, "Erniang wants me to go, and I won't go." ”

"That's good. It's better for you to send a few people who are worthy of your trust, especially those from our East Palace. There are a few loyal ministers that you can consider. ”

"Erniang, sending people from the East Wangfu to Luoyang now will only make the people of Luoyang unstable. If Mrs. Gu can go in person, it would be the best, Mrs. Gu can't go, and it is reasonable for Lin Shangshu to go. ”

Han Jian's meaning, although it was the soldiers and horses of the East Prince's Mansion who recovered Luoyang City, the officials sent to be in charge of administration in the past could not be from the East Prince's Mansion, otherwise it would make the people of Luoyang City change their minds.

"Then you go and ask for instructions to see if there is a suitable candidate." Han Songshi thought about it, and he didn't have a good way, so he said.

Han Jian sighed helplessly, now it's not that he doesn't want to ask the empress, it's that the empress's attitude is very resolute. He had already gone to see the empress before, and the empress's meaning was very clear, she wanted to return to Luoyang City in person. How could Han Jian send the empress to Luoyang lightly, does that mean that he wants to stick to the lonely city of Luoyang and resist the soldiers and horses of all parties?

"Your Majesty has been unwell for the past few days, I'm afraid...... I don't know how to meet. Han Jian casually found a reason.

"So...... That Erniang goes. It's finally convenient for Erniang to go to see her, right? Han Songshi got up and said, "Your Majesty has indeed been estranged from the East Wangfu recently, after coming to the East Wangfu for a banquet, Erniang has not seen Her Majesty for more than a month, Jian'er, Erniang went to go in person and told Her Majesty Xià about the matter." You stay, just wait for Erniang to come back. ”

After saying that, Han Song was really anxious to see the empress.

Han Jian was a little stunned, the empress's resistance to him mainly came from his stubborn pursuit. And the empress wants to return to Luoyang, to the point where she has nothing to do with her own safety. This made Han Jian feel that the empress wanted to leave Jiangdu and return to Luoyang to avoid him at all.

How could he let the empress "succeed"?

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The side of the Empress's bedchamber.

The empress had just recited the Buddhist scriptures and was about to visit the Buddha statue, but she heard the palace maid come to tell her that the princess of the county had come to ask for a meeting.

"The princess of the county?" The empress thought about it for a while, and then realized that it was one of Han Jian's aunts who came. In the past, she was the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and Han Jian's aunts were very respectful to her, and they had to write to him every month to inform him about Dongwangfu and Han Jian, and treat her like a sister.

But since Han Jian became an adult and took charge of the East Palace, things have changed. After she disappeared and returned, Han Jian's aunts only came to ask for peace once or twice, and they hadn't seen her yet.

She couldn't remember the last time she saw Han Song.

"Let the princess in." The empress put down the sutra and got up.

The palace maid went out to see her, and not long after, Han Song entered the small hall next to the palace. In order to show her importance to Han Song, the empress personally greeted her at the door. But Han Songshi felt very restrained, not as generous and natural as when he met her before.

"The concubine body is see His Majesty." Han Song saluted.

"Princess Jun, I haven't seen you for a few days, how are you doing?" The empress personally helped Han Song up and asked with concern on her face.

"Let His Majesty worry. The concubine's body has always been fine. The concubine heard that Her Majesty was in poor health, so she came to greet Her Majesty......"

Han Songshi said, looking up slightly at the empress. At this time, the empress has a ruddy complexion, how can she look a little sick?

Han Song muttered in her heart, she didn't know why Han Jian panicked and said that the empress was sick. Thinking about it again, this was most likely an "excuse" that the empress deliberately made in order not to see Han Jian, and she couldn't help but feel a little more distant from the empress.

"I ...... Sick? The empress was also a little inexplicable, and thought to herself, could it be that Han Jian was spreading rumors behind her back?

She couldn't understand what good Han Jian would do to him by "spreading rumors" like this.

"Yes, I've not been feeling well these days, but it's gone. Princess of the county, please be seated. The Empress didn't dwell on it, but just said something along with it.

Han Song's attitude was respectful, and he sat down on the chair on the side, and the empress did not return to the desk, but sat down on the chair next to Han Song's across the coffee table.

"Your Majesty, there is still something that the concubine wants to ask for His Majesty's meaning. I don't know who His Majesty is going to send to Luoyang this time to take care of Luoyang's government affairs? Han Song's heart was a little resentful, so he didn't want to say more, and went straight to the point.

The empress frowned slightly, and said in her heart, this means that the king of the east did not inform her that I was going to Luoyang.

"What does the East King mean?" The Empress did not uncover, but asked.

"Athlete...... The intention of the king of the east is to send a powerful man to go, which can not only calm the people's hearts, but also not dominate the guests. But at the moment, the East Wangfu is not suitable for sending candidates, so it is still necessary to ask for His Majesty. ”

The empress said: "Now that the situation in Luoyang is unstable, someone should be able to stabilize the overall situation." Therefore, I am also considering whether to return to Luoyang and preside over the overall situation. ”

"Huh?" Han Song looked at the empress with a look of astonishment. (To be continued......)