Above the main hall, the central imperial throne is empty, and Sima Lie and Sima are lined up on both sides of the high hall, looking down on the civil and military officials.

Under the hall, Sima He, Zuo Ruhui and Li Zhi were the first of the officials, and Cao Bairen was waiting on the side of the high hall as the Changqiu supervisor.

The sound of drums and horns begins early.

Because it was a joint dynasty of the two royal princes, the worship ceremony was omitted.

"Minister's performance," Gonggong Cao's voice rose slowly.

These words are like stones thrown into deep water, and no echo can be heard, and there is silence above the main hall.

The three of them had been waiting behind for a long time, and the voice also reached the nave, and she got up suddenly, her eyes resolute, her face bloodless, and her hands clenched into fists.

In the court, the insiders observed the words and looks, and the people who echoed looked at each other. Sima was silent for a long time, Sima Lie was angry, glaring at Sima, and Sima at this time also frowned, as if he was waiting for something.

At this moment, a voice came from a distance.

"Who said that the prince is back, let me see!"

The man's voice was like a huge thunder, and everyone looked sideways, only to see a strong man eight feet long, with a dark face, a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger beard, striding into the hall.

Sima Lie was impressive, he had obviously found a reason to send this person to the border to guard it...... He raised his eyes and glanced at Sima suspiciously, only to see Sima's eyes shining, as if he was waiting for this moment to come.

This person is the last of the six Shangshu of Shangshutai, the five soldiers Shangshu Zudi.

Zu Di walked to the front of the hall, turned his head and swept the obedient officials behind him, and finally looked at Li Zhi with a look of disdain, Li Zhi shuddered, lowered his head, obviously he was in a high position, but he didn't dare to look at Zu Di.

Zu Di is the "general of the town country" appointed by the emperor, although he is rude and informal, but he is also rough and fine, and has a violent temper, but he attaches great importance to the soldiers under his command and respects the scholars, but he also hates the appearance of civil officials, for the sake of the appearance of official rank, and he is not obsessed with officialdom. When the multiple feudal domains rose up, he was staying in the Lukeqin Mansion in the Western Regions, and hurried back to Luojing with a small number of his elite soldiers, but was charged with rebellion by Jia Zhang and other traitors, if he entered the city, he would be killed, in a fit of anger, Zu Di led the troops back to the Western Regions, and never asked about the affairs of the Central Plains.

Half a year ago, the first emperor died, Zu Di returned to Beijing to worship, Sima Lie suddenly remembered that Dayu and this fierce general, very jealous, although he wanted to take it under his command, but also worried that Sima's deputy general Yang Wei had a friendship with Zu Di first, so Zu Di did not stay for two months, and was driven back to the Western Regions by Sima Lie, Zu Di disdained the intrigue between the royal clans, and left again.

Zu Di bowed to the two high-ranking people and said bluntly:

"Zu Di heard that His Royal Highness Sima Ji returned to the court, and he came to see him, so he dared to ask where His Highness was?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar.

Sima Lie squinted at Sima, put his hands behind his back, stood with his head held high, paused, and said to the officials below:

"I haven't heard of it, have you ever seen it yourself?"

Sima Lie's voice resounded through the entire hall like a cracked stone, the ministers spoke silently, Zuo Ruhui and the others looked as usual, Li Zhi's face was embarrassed, Zheng Li sighed, and glanced at Lu Zhong helplessly, Lu Zhong was uneasy in his heart and lowered his head.

Seeing this, Sima He also hurriedly stood up to help, and shouted:

"I haven't seen it either, has anyone seen it?"

When Zu Di heard this, he raised his head in confusion, his expression couldn't help flashing a trace of panic, he shook his big arm, "hummed", and then said indignantly:

"I don't know if it's been hidden by Lord Lie."

It is estimated that among all the people in Wuyang above the court, only Zu Di can say this without taboo.

Sima Lie's face changed suddenly, his eyes widened with anger, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he finally held back his anger for a while.

But when Sima He heard this, he was furious and immediately retorted:

"Zu Di, have you stayed in the Hu people pile for a long time, and you dare to speak wildly in the main hall."

"Lord He, I'm not talking about you...... Are you so excited, could it be that you are hiding? Zudi turned his head, his eyes shining fiercely, and his voice lowered.

"What do you say, how...... How...... It's going to be me! Sima He was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, jumping straight to his feet in a hurry, and his speech became unspeakable.

Zu Di glanced at Sima He contemptuously, and when he saw his timid appearance, he no longer entangled with him, turned his head and arched his hand towards Sima Lie, and said:

"Zu Di just said it casually, and asked the prince not to blame."

Sima Lie didn't speak, Zu Di raised his eyes, there was a hint of cunning in his eyes, and then asked:

"But dare to ask Prince Lie, if His Royal Highness Ji really returns to Beijing, what does Prince Lie plan to do with His Royal Highness Ji?"

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of everyone in the hall seemed to rise to their throats all of a sudden, and they held their breath and waited for Sima Lie to answer.

Zu Di seemed to be just asking casually, but in fact, he wanted Sima Lie to make a promise in front of the civil and military officials to promise that he would not hurt Sima Ji, and if he broke his oath one day, Zu Di would have a reason to crusade against Sima Lie.

Zu Di is tired of the days of Dayu day by day, he knows that he can only fight, not good at power, and he can't return Dayu to a piece of peace by himself, so when Sima Lie asked him to go back to the Western Regions, he would rather die in the Western Regions, and only hope that there will be a person who conforms to the etiquette and law, is not selfish, and is worthy of his loyalty, and at this time, Yang Xun's letter was delivered to him from thousands of miles away, so he came all the way to meet with Sima Li to ensure the peace of His Royal Highness Ji.

Sima Lie saw Zu Di's intentions, today he was ready to see the gods and kill the gods, see the Buddha and kill the Buddha, but he didn't expect to kill a god of war halfway, and played a word game with him for the first time, at this moment he couldn't avoid talking about it, Sima Lie inadvertently narrowed his eyes, if he couldn't get rid of him clearly, then he did it secretly.

Sima Lie smiled wickedly and said to Zu Di:

"Dayu puts filial piety first, Sima Ji is also my nephew, if he is really still in this world, I will definitely treat him well, and it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the emperor."

"Does it include the rivers and mountains of Dayu?" Zudi asked faintly.

Sima Lie was stunned for a moment, and pretended to be relaxed:

"Is Master Zu joking? I'm just the emperor's younger brother, because the prince is sick and willing to surrender his identity, so I have to cooperate with the prince to manage the government, you say yes, the imperial brother. ”

"What Lord Situ said is very true, if His Royal Highness Ji returns to the palace, we will definitely assist His Highness with all our hearts and help me to have peace forever." Sima directly made a decision for Sima Lie.

Sima He in the audience was anxious, didn't it be obvious that they couldn't hurt Sima Ji? Wasn't his and Sima Lie's plans ...... before that

Sima He's eyes were red in the audience, and Sima Lie on the stage put away his smile, his face was tense and expressionless.

Master Zu nodded with satisfaction, turned to face the ministers and said:

"When Zu left Beijing at the beginning of the year, he heard the news that 'His Royal Highness Ji's sister and brother' were in exile, and I got the news yesterday that when the Queen Mother returned to the palace, she also brought a teenager with her, and the young man was sixteen or seventeen years old, similar to His Royal Highness Ji, so Zu only ran to death a few good horses, and returned to Beijing overnight, I want to confirm this fact with my own eyes, I don't know what your opinions are."

Zu Di was silent, and the ministers were discussing, and Wang Gu, who had never spoken, stood up and said:

"This matter has reached the ears of General Zu of the Western Regions, it can be seen that in the capital, there must have been an uproar, this matter is only related to the blood of the royal family, I think the previous dynasty should confirm the identity of this person to the Queen Mother."