Chapter 34: The Beginning of the War (I)
As soon as Sima Jingling asked this, no one dared to answer easily.
Although she seemed to have a very friendly attitude, as if she was casually laral, none of these people standing below thought that Sima Jingling was just looking for a very ordinary topic to talk to them.
All they could do now was show an embarrassed smile to Sima Jingling.
These people are not newcomers to the palace, but they know enough about Sima Jingling.
Recently, the new officials in the palace who were promoted by Sima Zhan have not faced the horror of Sima Jingling, so naturally they will not take those rumors about Sima Jingling to heart.
Even those who took it to heart, because they had not personally experienced and felt it, they couldn't imagine the horror of Sima Jingling.
But these old guys are different.
Whether it was when Emperor Xiang was still there, Sima Jingling had already severely cramped and pulled out the bones from them, making them have to suddenly spit out some benefits that had already been swallowed in their stomachs, and ruthlessly made them break their muscles and bones.
Or is it that after the death of Emperor Jing, Sima Jingling controlled the government and the candidates for the throne with one hand, so that several princes who had performed well in the ordinary power struggle were all played by herself, and no one could escape her palm, they all saw it clearly and remembered it clearly.
These things have been experienced by these old people, so they naturally feel it more deeply than others, and they can experience the horror of Sima Jingling more clearly.
Therefore, it cannot be said that they are timid, it can only be said that these experiences have carved a deep imprint on their bodies, so that after they saw Sima Jingling, they suddenly involuntarily did not dare to say anything more.
But if they want to pretend to be dead and want Sima Jingling to think that they don't exist, then naturally they won't be able to do it.
Sima Jingling did not continue to stay in Changle Palace any longer, but deliberately put on such imposing clothes, intending to support Sima Zhan.
Of course, this is not entirely true, after all, in some senses, Sima Jingling is not a person who likes to do useless work.
She was able to come for Sima Zhan to relieve the siege this time, so she was naturally ready to get it back from Sima Zhan.
Therefore, Sima Jingling not only can't let these people who came to trouble Sima Zhan secretly retreat now, but also make it impossible for them to stand directly in the main hall and above the court like this.
So the smile on her face was even stronger.
There seemed to be some innocence and doubt in her voice, like the legendary bewitching kraken encountered by those explorers who went to the waters of the eastern borderland, the voice was soft, but deadly enough,
"Huh? Why don't you speak? Could it be that uncles and uncles, who haven't seen this palace for a long time, feel unfamiliar, and don't know how to chat with this palace, or are they actually looking down on this palace in their hearts? ”
"No, no, no, Your Highness laughed, how could we have such thoughts."
After listening to Sima Jingling's voice, these old magnates couldn't help but tremble.
After listening to Sima Jingling's words word for word, she was even more frightened, and a cold sweat broke out directly.
"And what do you mean?" Sima Jingling seems to be really a little confused, but if you listen carefully, or if you have the courage to look up at Sima Jingling, you will find that Sima Jingling is everywhere and is about to spread carelessly.
Although her tone was still very light, there seemed to be no anger, questioning, or disappointment and ridicule, but everyone was an old man who knew Sima Jingling, and no one would take Sima Jingling's carelessness to heart, thus ignoring the danger hidden under Sima Jingling's calmness.
They just thought about not saying anything, or casually talking to Sima Jingling to express their mistakes and concessions, and forget it.
But these people don't answer Sima Jingling's questioning, so naturally there are other people who want to answer Sima Jingling's words.
Don't forget that here at this time, in addition to these magnates, there is also the object that these magnates were looking for at the beginning - Sima Zhan.
At this time, Sima Zhan didn't care whether he wanted to get rid of Sima Jingling's relationship, so that he could get rid of the identity of the emperor who was supported by Sima Jingling's subordinates, but he was very eager to use Sima Jingling's power to give himself a bad breath.
He said directly to Sima Jingling: "Sister Huang, these people are not here to come to this palace on any special day to catch up on the old days.
As for whether they have you in their hearts, I can't say if they have you in their hearts, but I think that they may really not have you in their hearts, after all, when they met me just now, they didn't have any respect for me at all.
The first thing they said when they saw me was that they came to me to ask for an explanation. ”
"Oh?" Sima Jingling originally came for Sima Zhan.
Since Sima Zhan took the initiative to open his mouth, Sima Jingling would naturally follow Sima Zhan's words and say,
"I didn't expect the magnates to show up in the palace for a long time, but they gave themselves a long confidence. I don't know which ancestor I worship now, but even our Sima family looks down on it. ”
When Sima Jingling said the end, her tone was obviously a little heavier, as if a heavy shout exploded in everyone's ears, making everyone kneel down directly at once, lying on the ground and shivering.
Sima Jingling sneered when she saw that these people were unproductive, and said to them sarcastically: "Uncle and uncle, what's the matter, why did they all kneel down after listening to the words of this palace?"
This kind of etiquette, as a junior, it's really unbearable? ”
After listening to Sima Jingling's words, these magnates became even more frightened.
It was at this time that they really remembered that the reason why they have today's glory is all because of the support of the ancestors of the Sima family.
Although Sima Jingling now calls them an uncle and uncle, there are very few of them who really have something to do with the Sima family, and even if they do, they are separated from the Sima family's own family by 108,000 miles, and they are not familiar with it at all.
People who are really close to each other are now basically contracting a Zhuangzi outside, and they usually live in those places when they have nothing to do, and their lives can be described as very leisurely.
They didn't want to pursue anything that didn't belong to them, so their lives were very comfortable, even if Sima Jingling interfered in the affairs of the DPRK and China from time to time, it had nothing to do with them, and Sima Jingling would not treat them harshly or affect what they deserved.
But now the person who came to Weiyang Palace to find trouble with Sima Zhan was different.
It was nothing more than because of the shadow left by some ancestors at that time, little by little, they developed and grew their power and wealth, and successfully infiltrated their power into all parts of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, and became entangled with the Southern Imperial Kingdom.
This is very detrimental to the entire development of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, and it is also an intolerable thing for the Sima family.
However, because not every generation of emperors of the Sima family is promising, it was too late for Emperor Jing to discover the hidden dangers of this problem.
If Emperor Jing wanted to take strong measures to suppress these people, it would inevitably implicate the fortunes of the entire country of the Southern Imperial Kingdom.
And at that time, the Southern Imperial Kingdom could no longer withstand such a blow, after all, at that time, the Wang family covered the sky with one hand, and the struggle between the princes was also very serious.
Of course, for the situation, the biggest blow is the death of the former queen and the former prince.
The death of the two of them directly made Emperor Jing, who was still a little high-spirited and in the prime of life, suddenly seem to have lost all his spiritual energy and became a dying old man.
And the relationship between Sima Jingling and Emperor Jing deteriorated at this moment.
Although in the eyes of everyone, Emperor Jing is going to favor Sima Jingling more than before, and he can be said to be responsive to Sima Jingling's needs.
But for Sima Jingling, she hated Emperor Jing, hated this palace, and naturally hated those disgusting people who always wanted to get something from them.
The more Emperor Jing pampered and indulged Sima Jingling, the more Sima Jingling couldn't forget.
She looked more and more coldly at the kneeling magnates on the ground, her voice stern and full of sarcasm,
"This man is sometimes just greedy and swallows elephants. Obviously, you are in the Southern Imperial Kingdom, and you have successfully achieved what you are today because of some things accumulated by your ancestors, but you still want to touch the root of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, do you think that my Sima family is really so easy to bully, you can just ride on our heads casually, as if we don't exist? ”
The magnates present were all pale, trembling as if they could faint at any moment.
At this time, it was not as good as that time, Sima Jingling didn't know when she had already stripped out some of their forces in the shadows, so that their influence on the Southern Imperial Kingdom was not so great.
And as far as this incident is concerned, the reason why they came to Sima Zhan so urgently was not because Sima Zhan had already touched their roots?
If they don't stop it, then it is very likely that they will be directly dug up by Sima Zhan.
They originally thought about it well, until Sima Jingling appeared, breaking their illusions.
They almost forgot that Sima Jingling was actually a madman in some ways, and if they didn't know how to converge, then the final result would probably be that Sima Jingling would drag them to destroy together.
After all, the reason why they would suffer at the hands of Sima Jingling at that time was not because Sima Jingling always had a feeling of burning jade, and she was not afraid of their threat at all.
Sima Jingling might be able to ignore Nan Yuguo, but they can't.
Almost all of their worth is in the Southern Imperial Kingdom.
Everyone lowered their heads, sweating and remorsefully admitting their mistakes to Sima Jingling.
But Sima Jingling looked indifferent.
These people are all old fritters, so they naturally know what Sima Jingling means.
When they were about to hand over some of the things they were holding, a small yellow door ran in, looked at Sima Jingling directly, and then under Sima Jingling's signal, said in Sima Jingling's ear:
"Just now, Lord Taiwei sent someone to send a message, saying that there is something important to discuss, and I want to invite Her Royal Highness Princess Jinning to go to the Taiwei Mansion to talk."
Sima Jingling's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the temperament around her body also changed.
Ah Pu obviously felt the changes in Sima Jingling's body, so he suddenly looked up at Sima Jingling, and found the disgust in Sima Jingling's eyes that he didn't have time to hide.
This kind of Sima Jingling actually surprised Ah Pu a little.
He still remembered when he first came to Sima Jingling's side.
At that time, Sima Jingling also met with Taiwei, but at that time, Sima Jingling's attitude towards Taiwei was a little annoying in Sima Jingling's opinion, but it was not as disgusted as it is today.
What happened in between?
Ah Pu thought in his heart.
But he thought about it, but he really didn't come up with what happened to Sima Jingling recently, but he didn't know about it. And this incident also directly affected Sima Jingling's attitude towards Taiwei.
Ah Pu couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart.
However, when he looked up again, he found that Sima Jingling's face was only slightly unsightly for a moment, and then returned to normal.
And she waved her hand directly to let the little yellow door leave, but she didn't have any intention of leaving.
She stared at the trembling magnates below, originally only thinking about knocking and knocking these people in her heart, so that they could honestly stay in the Southern Imperial Kingdom without being demons, but now she suddenly wanted to change to make these people leave an unforgettable experience, so that they could not give birth to the slightest resistance.
After all, at this time, Taiwei suddenly sent someone to find Sima Jingling, except for these magnates, Sima Jingling really couldn't think of any other reason.
Since Taiwei intends to save these people, Sima Jingling will definitely not let Taiwei succeed.
However, since Taiwei had already made such a move, how could he let Sima Jingling be able to do what she wanted?
"It seems that it is really difficult to ask His Highness to come to the old man's house to talk about it.
However, the old man also expected this situation, so he had to come in person to meet His Highness. ”
Suddenly, a powerful voice came from inside the hall, attracting everyone's attention.
He strode into the hall, bowed slightly to Sima Zhan and Sima Jingling, and said: "The old minister sees Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, I have seen Her Royal Highness Princess Jinning, Your Royal Highness is a thousand years old." ”
Sima Jingling heard this familiar voice, and before she even looked up at the person who spoke up, she already knew who the person who was coming.
The hand in her sleeve was clenched tightly, as if she was forcing some emotion.
Then, she raised her head, and after Sima Zhan said a few words to the Taiwei, she spoke:
"This is not Lord Taiwei, I haven't seen you enter the palace for a long time, and this is the wind that blew you in today?"