On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, on the Tongque Bridge in Jinling, Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, was drinking with Sima. On the water pavilion in front of Tongque Bridge, there is a woman playing solo piano music in the moonlit night.

Above the canal, the reflection of the vast moonlight, Sima looked up at the sky, and came out to admire the moon like this, although it was not as cold as the north, but it was also a bleak feeling of seeking pleasure in suffering.

After the song, Xiao Ling clapped his hands and applauded: "It's really like heaven, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

Sima took a sip of wine and said, "What's the pity? ”

Xiao Ling said with a sad face: "It's a pity that it wasn't played by Miss Qian......"

Xiao Ling said, looking far away, as if she was remembering someone. Sima Yi is no longer surprised, Xiao Ling is the kind of person who talks a lot but is not fine, and it is easy to feel nostalgic for his life experience when he gets up casually. In the past, it was always Miss Qian, but now the conversation has changed, and there are only a handful of times when Miss Qian is mentioned, but once it is mentioned that Qiansu Oak, it always seems to be sentimental. Sima Yi knew that this kid was thinking about Da Xiliu again.

Since Jinling saw Daxiliu once, Xiao Ling has been haunted by dreams, and since then Miss Qian has become his past, which is equivalent to "finding a new love". It's a pity that the identity of Da Xiliu is more than a hundred times more complicated than that of Qiansu Quercus, for a woman from the old department of Xiliang, she was in the dust, and now she is working under the East Wangfu, and she is a secret agent and a meticulous work for the East King. Such a woman, how beautiful her appearance is, is just a cover-up, who would dare to have anything to do with this kind of woman? Only this Xiao Ling, he doesn't seem to have a difficult challenge to the woman he doesn't even bother to approach, first Qian Su Oak who disdains him, and now he is a big Xiliu who is impossible at all.

"King Hui. If you think Miss Qian's piano music is incomparable, why don't you send someone to invite you to play? Miss Qian will probably not refuse now. Sima said.

"Alas! Why bother to force people. Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Miss Qian's heart is completely on Brother Sima's friend, looking for her, her heart is absent, even if the person has no soul, then the qin music will have no soul." It's not like now, I think it's good to play the piano, but I can pull it over and sit down. Have a glass of water and wine together. Isn't it more relaxed? ”

Xiao Ling said, the woman who played the piano just now had already walked down from the water pavilion, Xiao Ling had already sent someone to reward, and now the woman came to thank her.

By the faint light of the lantern. Sima glanced at the woman playing the piano. Although it can't be called a national color. But it is also the Jiangnan woman I saw who still pity Zhong Lingyuxiu.

Xiao Ling smiled at the woman and said, "Raise your head, this son and Sima Gongzi take a good look." ”

"Yes." The woman raised her head, but she also bowed her head slightly, a little shyly and shy.

Xiao Ling laughed. Said to Sima: "Brother Sima, this woman ...... Does it fit your eyes? ”

Sima Yi smiled and didn't answer, he knew that if he said that his appearance was okay, Xiao Ling's next sentence was to give him this woman.

"It doesn't seem to be eye-catching." Xiao Ling waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go down first and then receive the reward, and when my son gets bored, I will let you come up and play a song." ”

"Yes." The woman replied and retreated.

When the others left, Xiao Ling continued to pour wine and drink, completely taking care of herself. This is the way he and Sima Yu get along, they don't have to be too rigid about the form, they don't have to drink and pour it themselves, and they don't need some polite words to salute them. He also felt at ease.

"Where did people come from? Why haven't we seen it before? Sima asked.

Xiao Ling smiled: "Oh? Brother Sima still thinks he looks cute? It was sent by Jiang Chuan Taishou, and there were ten people together, all of whom were talented, and the important thing was that they were all virgins, and they were well trained. If Brother Sima is interested, go back and take a look, choose a few, you always need a few depressed women around you, right? ”

"Egawa Taishou?" Sima Yi didn't pay much attention to Xiao Ling's nonsense, but he was a little strange about Jiang Chuan's too shou sending Xiao Ling's beauty.

"There is something I haven't told Brother Sima yet, recently my imperial sister-in-law wants to choose a son-in-law for my little niece, this matter is not a big deal, originally in the capital, there are only a few young talents who can be counted, either they are forming factions, or they are famous flowers. No, according to Brother Sima's words, how do you say it? Oh, it's the grass that has its master. ”

Sima Yi frowned and said, "Could it be that Jiangchuan Taishou wants to be Princess Yongdan's son-in-law?" ”

He thought, bah, Hu Ling, this old man, is in his forties, he has the heart and the guts. He's here for something else. This time, my sister-in-law not only wants to choose a son-in-law for her little niece, but also for her little nephew...... Hu Ling has a bunch of twin daughters, ten years old, born quite handsome, this time she is to Tong Guò I see, send the two daughters to the palace, even if they can't be queens, they will be concubines or something. ”

Sima Yi nodded, indicating understanding.

Now Xiao Ling is very close to the Queen Mother and has replaced Zhu Tongjing at the beginning. And if foreign officials want to have anything to do with the palace, taking Xiao Ling's road is indeed a shortcut. But Sima Yi was a little puzzled by Empress Dowager He's move.

According to Sima Yi's idea, if Empress Dowager He is elected as the queen of her son, it will be to take the opportunity to win over a group of foreign ministers and make them use them for their own use. After all, it is a closed-door family, and these ministers will inevitably serve the queen mother for the sake of their daughter's family future. But after all, the little emperor is only nine years old after the New Year, even if he is a "golden house hidden Jiao", he will really understand the affairs of men and women in a few years. In other words, this kind of in-law relationship will be very unstable, and no one knows whether the little emperor will accept the woman his mother has chosen for him when he becomes an adult.

"This Hu Ling has found you, King Hui, what does King Hui think of the opportunity?" Sima asked.

"Opportunity? It's hard to say, it's good to say, this is after the imperial sister-in-law chooses a concubine for her son, but in the end, isn't it a few available people? Such a Jiangchuan Taishou, who only has a town of soldiers and horses in his hands, and has to accept the control of the Northern Army, is not a very useful person. I believe that the imperial sister-in-law will let his two women be the concubines of his little nephew, and he may be lucky to be a concubine or something in the future. ”

Sima Yi asked again: "Is there a candidate for the queen?" ”

Xiao Ling's face changed slyly at first, blinked, pretended to be mysterious, and stepped forward, saying, "Don't hide it from Brother Sima, this candidate is really there." However, it happened suddenly, and even I was shocked when I heard what the imperial sister-in-law said. ”

"Who?"

"An Lehou's little granddaughter, her maiden name...... The one named Lin'er is still young, but he is only six or seven years old, and he has been sent to the palace, but he doesn't know anything about this outside. Brother Sima also knew that before An Lehou, he was very close to Xie Xiang. Xiao Ling said, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Sima Yi nodded, he had heard about An Lehou before.

Empress Dowager He's biggest enemy before was the Xie Party headed by Xie Rumo. Among the Xie Party, there are several "backbones", including An Lehou.

The ordinary marquis is not powerful in Jinling City, but the Marquis of Anle is different. Anle Hou itself is a marquis who is divided into foreign feuds, and there are 2,000 households in the food estate, and there are almost more than 1,000 households in the actual seal. The most important thing is that this An Lehou was born in the army in his early years, and he had a group of family soldiers, adding up, almost a few thousand people, but they were all elite soldiers.

If An Lehou secretly corresponded with Mrs. He, it would be tantamount to Empress Dowager He digging up Xie Rumo's wall. A trade-off situation. Empress Dowager He was able to win over An Lehou after the election, which can be said to be very clever.

Xiao Ling smiled again: "Six or seven-year-old little girl, what do you know?" sent to the palace, but only to be a playmate for the little nephew, and in the future, the little girl will be thirteen or fourteen, and then the official round house will be made. It will take six or seven years before and after, what kind of situation will our Jinling be like at that time, who can say for sure? ”

Sima Yi nodded.

What Xiao Ling said is also reasonable, Xiao Ling at this time is not the "Wuxia Ameng" who basically didn't know anything about political affairs. Under the "cultivation" of his Sima, Xiao Ling also knows how to think about the stakes of the court.

"Then Princess Yongdan chooses a son-in-law...... Sima Yi couldn't help but ask after all.

Sima Yi and Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan have also met a few times. Sima Yi can't say why, but afterwards he always thinks of the scene when he first met Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan that day, discussing things with a strange woman, didn't even look at him, but it was a casual look that made Sima Yi seem to be unforgettable. Sima Yi didn't know if this was his intention for Princess Yongdan, but when he talked about Princess Yongdan at this time, there was also a strange emotion in his heart, and he thought about it, probably a kind of reluctance. He didn't want Princess Yongdan to marry someone else.

"The emperor's niece chooses a son-in-law?" Xiao Ling pondered for a moment and said, "Everyone knows that the niece of the little emperor is close to the one surnamed Zhu, and the people of the Xie Party even spread it outside that the niece of the emperor has long had an affair with the surname Zhu." But my little emperor's niece doesn't know how to avoid it, and she is always with the surname Zhu, is she trying to help outsiders steal my Xiao family's temple? …… Speaking of which? Yes, it is the emperor's niece who chooses a son-in-law, and there is a person surnamed Zhu, this is ...... It's not easy to get it, what is it to marry the imperial niece now? Everyone knows that there is a gap between the imperial niece and the imperial sister-in-law, and being a colt is to work for the imperial sister-in-law? Or is it for the one surnamed Zhu? This thing is unlucky, but if there is a head and face in the capital, who would dare to come out and ask? ”

Sima Yi sighed slightly.

Xiao Zhan is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, and she is also highly respected in the court, and she almost became the empress of the Southern Dynasty at the beginning. But because of her proximity to Zhu Tongjing, and then the deterioration of the relationship between Empress Dowager He and Zhu Tongjing, her status has deviated. Now no one dares to get too close to Xiao Zhan, the reason is because of the uncertainty of her identity and position.

"King Hui, I don't know where to go...... Is it possible to apply? Sima Yi thought for a long time, and finally began to ask.

"Huh?" When Xiao Ling heard this, she was taken aback, "Do you want to choose...... When the little queen's niece...... Bridegroom? This one...... This isn't quite right, right? In the future, will you not be my junior? Haha, joke, joke. Brother Sima, you have always told me that if you are not in the officialdom, this intrigue of power will eventually be put down, how can you ...... Little Queen's niece she ...... Tempted? Is this also, can't help it, can't help it, can't help it? ”

Sima said with a dark face: "That's it." (To be continued......)