Two days later, the Nine Emperors came, and when they saw Sima Hongyan, who was already safe and sound, he was secretly relieved, and at the same time brought her a piece of news.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the emperor invited the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to gather on the moon viewing platform in the palace to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival!

Sima Hongyan was not interested when she heard this, and directly threw two words: "Don't go!" ”

"Not going? It's rare that such a big event is only once a year, so why don't you go? "The Nine Emperors really don't understand her way of doing things.

Sima Hongyan sneered: "The reason is very simple. The emperor said that the Sima family is not allowed to enter the palace without a will! ”

The Nine Emperor Princes took out an edict from his bosom and said, "What do you think this is? As he spoke, he handed it to Sima Hongyan.

Sima Hongyan took over the unfolding, and it turned out to be the imperial call for Sima Hongyan to participate in the Chongyang Festival. Sima Hongyan asked in surprise, "I'll go!" Do you dare to forge the decree? ”

The Nine Emperor Princes were startled and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, who dares to forge a holy decree?" When I left the palace today, I met the eunuch of the Ministry of Ceremonies who came to give you an edict. I happened to come to you to visit you, so I brought it with me. ”

"But. Didn't the old man let me enter the palace? Sima Hongyan asked in confusion.

"It's been a long time coming, and the emperor has long since stopped pursuing it. Besides, General Sima is also an important minister of the country, and such a big event still has to give General Zhenguo some face, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. The Nine Emperors analyzed for her.

Sima Hongyan casually threw the holy decree back into the hands of the Nine Emperor Princes, and said nonchalantly: "Take me to buy people's hearts?" Then I won't go! ”

The Nine Emperor Princes smiled, handed the holy decree to his entourage, and said, "I think you should go, and you have to go!" ”

"Why?" He was a little surprised when he said this, Sima Hongyan.

"Three reasons." The Nine Emperor Princes stretched out three fingers and said, "First, ease the relationship with the royal family, no matter what the reason for canceling your marriage contract with the eldest prince at that time, it can be regarded as a royal violation of the marriage contract." The emperor specially invited you to go this time, just to save some face. Therefore, you have to give this face to the emperor. ”

Reasonable, Sima Hongyan nodded slightly and said, "What about the second?" ”

"Second, General Sima was powerful in the world back then. Although people are dead now, they are not without successors. I think that with your courage and wisdom, they will get to know you again, and there will be a lot less trouble from now on. I don't think you want anything like the second prince to happen in the future, right? The Nine Emperor Princes said with a pun.

Seeing Sima Hongyan's acquiescence, the Nine Emperor Princes continued: "Third, and most critical. You're going to definitely investigate the cause of your father's death, so there are a lot of people who have been involved, don't you want to get to know them? ”

The third point touched Sima Hongyan the most, and she immediately replied without hesitation: "Okay!" I'll go! ”

The Double Ninth Festival is a festival that many emperors attach great importance to. Although it is not the biggest festival of the year, many royal families feast their ministers in order to take the auspicious word "nine". In the tradition, the Double Ninth Festival generally has celebrations such as traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwoods all over the place, eating Chongyang cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine, etc., so this time Emperor Yanzhen specially set the banquet on the highest viewing platform in the palace.

In fact, there is a party or something in the palace, and there are still a lot of rules. Sima Hongyan was annoyed by these rules.

First of all, you must be dressed up to go to the meeting, not only what you wear, but also what you wear, and count no less than 100 pieces.

Sima Hongyan tried to pass it once, and these many things hung on his body, which were clumsy and heavy, and it was extremely inconvenient to walk. However, it also requires that the pace must be calm and decent. The tired Sima Hongyan said that he should not wear it a second time.

Don't look at Sima Hongyan's physical fitness, but it can't compare to those eunuchs and concubines who have learned manners and appearance since childhood, they have almost carved these habits into their bones, just to show their difference in front of people.

Secondly, everyone should prepare a congratulatory gift. Don't think that the emperor can just open your mouth to treat you, it's a crime to be empty-handed, and it's disrespectful! The gift should not be too bad, but it should be able to bring out the royal dignity. How can a gift that reaches this level be an ordinary object? Although you don't have to go bankrupt, it must be a rare thing that can only be found by searching the world.

Again, it is necessary to prepare talents. The children of the eunuch's family must not only be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, but also have a certain study of poetry and songs. If the emperor is happy to let you make a poem, you must be able to say it at that time, otherwise, you will be directly classified as mediocre and incompetent, and you will not think of you if there is good things in the future.

For example, when choosing concubines for the princes, those candidates are all produced from these up-and-coming banquets. As long as you can impress the royal family, maybe which princess's position is yours. In case this prince becomes the emperor in the future, it will really be a one-man gain power and a chicken dog ascend to heaven.

However, these conditions are of no use to Sima Hongyan. She didn't want to attract the attention of others, and she didn't want to get involved with the royal family. So she's happy to save trouble.

A few days later, on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, she didn't wear that heavy dress, but she couldn't stand Qinghan's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and finally folded it, and stopped wearing the jewelry, and the brocade dress inside, so she simply put on the dress outside and went straight to the palace with the gift.

On the way, Qinghan saw that the gift that Miss was holding was a big box, and asked curiously, "Miss, what kind of gift did you prepare?" Looks big enough. ”

Sima Hongyan smiled strangely and said, "This is a rare gift, I promise that no one has ever seen a rare treasure." Her treacherous expression gave Qinghan a sense of foreboding.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Qinghan couldn't follow up. She told her a thousand times, Miss, you must not cause trouble!

In front of the palace today, it is simply a crowd. Adults and their families came one after another. Every official present, there are deacons and eunuchs who sing the newspaper loudly. When Sima Hongyan got out of the car, the deacon and eunuch sang loudly and reported: "Sima Hongyan of General Sima's Mansion has arrived!" ”

Sima Hongyan walked into the palace gate on foot, and her own eunuch and palace maid came up to greet her, took the gift for her, and led her to the viewing platform.

The palace is the first time that Sima Hongyan, who came from modern times, has come in, and looking around, it is simply indescribably luxurious and magnificent. In particular, the viewing platform, which is several hundred meters high, is the most conspicuous. However, seeing the layers of stairs that seemed to have no end from a distance, Sima Hongyan's brows furrowed at that time.

As he was walking, someone behind him spoke: "Oops! And voila! Isn't this the orphan of the Sima family who died and came back to life? Several women giggled, "It's not her!" ”

Sima Hongyan stood still when he heard this, and turned his head to look. I saw three women not far behind her, pointing and laughing. Sima Hongyan turned around and strode over, stood in front of the three of them, and asked them, "Who spoke just now?" ”

A woman in red standing in the middle said, "What? Don't let people say it? Miss Sima, you are famous in our Yanling, and even the envoys of other countries are fascinated, and we all admire it very much. Finally, today, I saw my face! He giggled with the other two.

Listening to the voice, it was this woman who spoke just now, and Sima Hongyan looked her up and down. Melon seed face, very white skin, petite facial features, especially the pair of charming eyes, very attractive. Looking at the clothes again, she is also full of jewels, extremely luxurious, and there are no less than 100 gems on her clothes alone.

Sima Hongyan raised his chin and asked unceremoniously, "Who are you?" ”

A woman in a pink skirt with a round face next to the woman in red sneered: "You juniors of rough people in the countryside are really vulgar, and you don't know how to be polite when you speak. Any idea who this is? This is the daughter of General Liao, the current general of soldiers and horses, Miss Liao Yunhan, still don't you salute? ”

turned out to be the daughter of Liao Ziling, who replaced her father as a general!

Sima Hongyan snorted heavily, with a disdainful expression. I really have no interest in this kind of vulgar person who relies on his family background and everything else, especially when he sees that self-righteous expression, Sima Hongyan feels really ridiculous. Ignoring her, he turned and walked away.

That Liao Yunhan saw that Sima Hongyan was ignoring him, his pretty face changed color slightly, and he said angrily: "What are you angry about when you look like this?" Do you still think that you are the daughter of the original general Zhenguo? No matter how great the merit of a dead person is, he is now just a cold tombstone. ”