Sima Hongyan was slightly unhappy, and said angrily: "In your eyes, am I only going to cause trouble?" Why must I be in trouble, can't it be that someone else is deliberately making trouble for me? ”

Seeing that Sima Hongyan was angry, Yan Hong smiled and said, "Don't be angry, the reason why I say this is because until now, there is really not much trouble taking the initiative to find you." ”

Sima Hongyan was not in the mood to laugh with him, and asked, "What do you think the Queen Mother will want to see me for?" ”

Yan Hong thought about it carefully and said, "It's hard to say. The Queen Mother generally rarely summoned foreign officials, let alone their children. Unless、Unless the person who is really looking for you is not the Queen Mother. ”

Sima Hongyan's heart moved, but he didn't say anything, and the two said a few more gossips and said goodbye.

Two days later, Sima Hongyan packed up and prepared a few ordinary casual clothes. took out a telescopic stick and a ring, and gave Ban Lingruo and Shi Jinyan a set respectively.

Both of them have already used this thing, and they have already used it, so they put it away closely.

However, this time, the three girls did not bring maids and guards, which made Qinghan depressed. Sima Hongyan directly explained that the Nine Emperors would bring sixteen master guards to protect them, and there would be no problem, so Qinghan gave up.

When they arrived at the Nine Emperors, a group of two carriages and sixteen rides, they went to Tianling Mountain outside the capital together.

For this trip to Beijing, the three girls were extremely excited, and even Shi Jinyan, who usually did not smile, kept admiring the scene outside the car.

Ban Lingruo asked curiously: "Poetic girl, it seems that you have never been out of the capital?" ”

Shi Jinyan smiled: "Since you used the word 'also', it means that you must be it?" ”

Ban Lingruo nodded and said, "Since returning to the capital for more than a year, it is the first time I have left Beijing. Usually my father locks me up at home, so I have to learn more etiquette rules, but I can't learn anything well, and I'm very depressed. Later, I met my sister, and I felt much more interesting. I didn't expect that even this time I went out to borrow my sister's light! ”

Sima Hongyan said with a smile: "Women have always been bound by a lot of restraints and many rules, so any behavior must be restricted. That's why I don't usually like these rules. You see, I usually seem to be very reckless in doing things and talking, but in fact, I am also venting my dissatisfaction with these rules. But I didn't vent willfully, I must have seen the opportunity well, so I dared to be a little willful. ”

Shi Jinyan's eyes lit up and said, "That's right!" I don't think you're the kind of reckless and casual person, or you would have ten heads and you would have been cut off. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "This is a kind of psychology. As long as you can see through the weaknesses in the other party's heart, go straight to the point. Even if you are a little capricious, others will not take care of it. ”

Ban Lingruo wondered: "Psychology? What is that? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "To put it simply, you have to think about the problem from the other party's point of view. Where are the strengths of the other party, where are the disadvantages, what are the scruples of the other party, if you can see through these, you can achieve your own goals according to the needs of the other party. ”

Sima Hongyan looked at Shi Jinyan and continued: "Well, I think Miss Shi is very good at this!" ”

Shi Jinyan smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that Ban Lingruo still didn't understand much, Sima Hongyan said again: "Little sister, there have been several times when I talk and do things, and you are very worried, right?" Because you think some of my practices are unruly and easy to get into trouble, don't you? ”

Ban Lingruo thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Not bad!" Just like when you talked to the ministers on the day of the temple examination, I was about to get scared. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "When the face saint came back that day, I analyzed with you what the emperor thought at that time. I guessed the emperor's intentions, so I dared to say that to the emperor above the main hall. And on the day of the palace exam, did you find out? The emperor has always encouraged ministers to accept women as officials. ”

If Ban Ling thinks about the scene at that time, the emperor did remind the ministers twice to choose female officials.

Shi Jinyan also had some confusion about this matter, and asked: "I also wonder why the emperor would go against the norm and be willing to let a woman enter the court as an official?" ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Actually, there are two reasons. One reason is that the emperor hopes that Yanling will change somewhat! ”

Ban Ling was at a loss, and Shi Jinyan was thoughtful.

Sima Hongyan said: "Yanling has changed from a big country to the current five kingdoms in hundreds of years, why? It is because the previous Yanling no longer has the ability to control the world. We don't care why it caused the decomposition of Yanling in the past, but now the emperor's idea is to hope to be able to unify the five kingdoms again. ”

Ban Lingruo and Shi Jinyan were both surprised.

Shi Jinyan said: "How do you know that the emperor has such thoughts? ”

Sima Hongyan smiled: "It's not that I know, but any Yanling Emperor, I'm afraid he will have this idea!" ”

Ban Lingruo said: "This is understandable! But the emperor wants to change, do you know what the change is? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "It is precisely because the emperor doesn't know what changes need to be made, so I gave him a suggestion for a female army!" ”

Shi Jinyan suddenly said: "You mean, the emperor wants to make a difference, but he doesn't know where to start?" ”

Sima Hongyan praised: "She is worthy of being the first talented woman, just a little through!" ”

Shi Jinyan frowned and said, "Can you not always mention this first talented girl?" It's like I like it. It's just that others say it, why do you always make fun of me. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Actually, Jinyan, why do you care so much about other people's opinions? Since everyone recognizes your literature, what about being the first talented woman? If I have such a good knowledge as you, it must be the first talented woman to give up on me! ”

Shi Jinyan knew that Sima Hongyan's thoughts were always contrary to others, so she smiled helplessly and stopped arguing with her.

Ban Ling asked anxiously, "Don't change the subject!" What do you just mean? ”

Sima Hongyan continued: "I don't want to say the current situation of Yanling, you all know it. In terms of military, financial, human, and material resources, we all belong to the lower middle level, and we are in such a passive geographical location. Not to mention unifying others, it would be fortunate not to be swallowed up by others. ”

Ban Lingruo continued: "That's true, every time my father mentions the border situation, he will be worried, for so many years, Yanling has worked really hard. When her father Ban Jingchong guarded the Dongning border for more than ten years, she was deeply touched.

Sima Hongyan said: "In addition, as soon as my father died, the pressure on other countries was reduced. There is no guarantee that other countries will not be ready to move. Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to make some changes, at least to change the status quo of Yanling. The emperor must not want Yanling to be destroyed in his own hands! ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Only then will there be this Five Nations Competition, and there will be such a big gamble." The emperor hopes to use this opportunity to strive for ten years of peace, so as to recuperate and accumulate steadily. ”

Sima Hongyan admired Shi Jinyan's inference and said: "What the poet girl said is very right! If there is no period of stable development, and there is always harassment and dispersion by other countries, it is almost impossible for Yanling to become strong. Therefore, instead of being suppressed like this, it is better to be anti-customer and fight for a chance for yourself. ”

Ban Lingruo said: "Then the risk is too great, if you lose, not only will you not achieve your goal, but you will also lose ten cities, wouldn't that be even more of a loss?" ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Being eaten away step by step is not much different from losing at once." It's just a matter of speed and slowness, but if we can win, it will be very beneficial to us. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "On the surface, it seems to be like this. But you know, if we can think of this, do you say that the other four countries will not think of it? ”

Ban Lingruo said: "I think they can guess, right?" ”

Sima Hongyan smiled: "That's sure to be guessed!" So not only do they have to come, but they have to make sure they win. Taking away the ten cities of Yanling will never give us a respite in the past ten years. ”

Ban Lingruo was a little worried: "In this way, isn't the chance that we can win very small?" ”

Sima Hongyan and Shi Jinyan both smiled.

Sima Hongyan said: "In fact, if we want to win the most among the five countries, we still have a great chance, and the emperor is not such an easy person to suffer." I think there should be a few trump cards in the emperor's hands! ”