After Sima Zhushan ascended the throne, he carried out a series of drastic reforms.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate, Your Majesty." Sima Lanting spoke.

As early as a few years ago, Sima Lanting reached an agreement with Sima to stop orders.

In fact, it is actually Sima Lanting who has no ambition for the throne all along, and Sima stopped just showing it, and it has been nearly ten years since he showed it. Sima stopped ordering sometimes he didn't know what kept him going. From the beginning of pretending not to care about anything, to today's position, the suffering during this period is only known to Sima Zhu.

The replacement of the heir to the throne is not just a matter of one person, but also involves a lot.

Coupled with this sudden change, everyone in the capital was caught off guard. Many questions remained. Who killed Sima Liangyi, why was Sima Zhushan able to enter the city with soldiers without being stopped, and why Sima Lanting was unwilling to be the emperor.

These puzzles have been haunting the hearts of everyone, and they want the new emperor to give an explanation. But the people were pushed up by everyone, and they didn't dare to ask directly. You can only knock on the side. At the same time, Sima Zhushan was also a little dizzy because of recent events, and he didn't think for a while that he actually had other things.

Sima Lanting looked at the blue and black under Sima Zhu's eyes, and said slowly: "It's been a few days, and Your Majesty still won't let this king go?" ”

Sima Zhushan raised his head and looked at him a little tiredly: "Brother Huang, just help Zheng for a few more days." ”

Sima Lanting shook his head disagreeingly: "No, this is different from what I said before." ”

"Zheng knows." Sima Zhushan shook his head a little painfully: "But Zheng didn't expect that things would turn out like this now." It's too early. ”

Sima Yucheng should still feel fortunate sometimes, although his son is not close to him. There are still a few who are always looking forward to their early death, and there are still a few who are not so looking forward to it. But the ultimate goal is the same.

Sima Lanting looked out the door, and the last bit of afterglow left by the sun was almost gone: "It's not too early, this king will go back first." ”

"Nope." Sima stopped and stood up suddenly: "Do you want to go to Concubine Jin?" Looking at Sima Lanting's eyes, he was a little sharper.

Sima Lanting looked at him lightly: "This has nothing to do with Your Majesty, right?" ”

How can it be that it doesn't matter, it's a sacrificial dance, the sacrificial dance that the Medicine God Valley secretly threatened, if you find someone first, and then make friends with it, then the connection with the Medicine God Valley is indispensable.

Sima's abacus to stop the order is played well, but it is just a little wrong.; The Valley of the God of Medicine secretly said that it was about protecting Arlinn, and the sacrificial dance was nothing more than entrainment, and Arlinn took precedence in everything. Now that Sacrificial Dance and Arlinn are gone, it's hard to know her safety and whereabouts.

Sima stopped and didn't let people go, and his tone was a little anxious: "No, it's not time for you to do this." ”

Sima Lanting looked at him with suspicion: "Why?" ”

If there is a sacrificial dance, there will be yesterday's Sima Liangyi incident again.

Sima stopped not allowing such a thing to happen, and he didn't explain, anyway, he just didn't let people go: "You still have to help Zheng go to the Jiangnan area to inspect, and when you finish the inspection, I can let you go." "If you can't think of any good way, you can only drag people first, maybe when Sima Lanting comes back, you will already be one step ahead of you to find the sacrificial dance.

Recently, because of Sima's suspension of orders, some disobedient officials have made trouble with their heads, and there are still some signs of rebellion. This matter was said to be sent to Lord He early in the dynasty, so why is it a temporary replacement now?

"It's just a small thing, and if you show what you've done before, they won't be dissatisfied." Sima Lanting frowned and looked at this Sima Stop. Think about how you can convince him.

"But Zheng suddenly felt that it was better for you to go, not to mention that He Shi is not very convinced of me now, if he let him go rashly, if he does something that Zheng doesn't know, then it will be very detrimental to the court." Sima stopped and looked at Sima Lanting firmly, as if this matter had to be him.

Sima Lanting thought for a moment and was silent.

"That's it, if the imperial brother is really so embarrassed, forget it." Sima stopped pretending to be understanding.

However, Sima Lanting took it seriously and said, "Since this is the case, Your Majesty should believe in Lord He's ability and sincerity to you. ”

What Sima Zhushan wanted was not He Shi's heartheart, what he wanted was actually Sima Lanting's heartheart. Why did Sima Lanting just challenge his patience with him again and again?

Sima stopped the order and didn't understand.

Sima Lanting said: "Then Weichen will go back first." ”

Sima stopped ordering and could only nod. Let people go back.

It was a snowy night, and Sima stopped walking alone in the suburbs, which was a problem that had been bothering him for a long time, and he had never understood why. So at the suggestion of his subordinates, he went to the suburbs alone to relax.

The suburbs are not the same as in the capital, it is very desolate, and it takes a long time to walk before you are lucky enough to meet a family. It just so happened that Sima Lanting also happened to come back from outside that day, and the two met.

Sima Lanting and Sima Zhudan were not very compatible in one direction, and that day Sima Zhudan stopped him when he saw Sima Lanting. Sima Lanting was very surprised, because he was not in a hurry, and looked at Sima Zhu's pleading, I didn't know why he stayed.

"Brother Huang, do you say that I was born to win glory for my mother?" Sima Zhudan was very envious that Sima Lanting did not have a mother and concubine, and there was no family trouble. When Sima Zhudan was very young, he was instilled with the idea that he must win glory for the family, although he was not a descendant, and he already had a prince, but there was still a chance to fight for that position. Under the cultivation of the family, Sima Zhudan has a deep city government, and he is very well disguised, and the elder brothers and Sima Yucheng above did not see it. has always looked like he wants to be an idle prince in the future, and it is very difficult to have such a child in the royal family, and he doesn't pursue anything. This is what Sima Yucheng deeply loves.

It's just that Sima Lanting doesn't believe in Sima Zhudan's usual appearance, and he won't take the initiative to befriend him like other color brothers, but when he sees someone, if he can dodge, he pretends not to see it, and if he can't dodge, he just greets casually. Sima Lanting didn't want to deal with such a person.

Fortunately, Sima stopped the order because he thought that his usual pretended temper was too hot, and he was always unwilling to pay too much attention to himself. It was precisely because of this that he felt that Sima Lanting would definitely not be interested in the throne in the future.

Sima Lanting listened to his unclear words, and said lightly: "No." ”

Sima stopped listening to his words, not believing it, and his tone of voice was a little prickly: "That's right, you are a person without a concubine, how can you have such troubles." ”

Such extremely disrespectful words, Sima Lanting was not angry when he heard it, but was a little surprised. I wondered if I had misseen Sima before, if he was really deep in the city, how could he say such a thing directly.

It's like ...... It's like two people are enemies. That's why I speak with such a mocking purpose.

Sima Lanting looked at the road in front of him, and his tone was deep: "I can't understand it, but do you have to live for them?" Don't you have a mind of your own? ”

Finally, Sima Lanting stopped and asked, "You should think about what you want to do the most first, instead of asking this question here." ”

Sima Zhushan heard Sima Lanting's words, didn't say a word, and walked forward by himself, his voice was very soft: "I know." But I don't know. ”

"What?" Sima Lanting asked.

Sima Zhudan turned around and looked at him, the rare sun in winter hit his back, he turned his back to the light, and the expression on his face was not clear, but Sima Shudan thought that it should be soft. Only a gentle person can be worthy of such a light, Sima stopped and said, "I don't know if that's what I really want, or if it's what they asked for." What I wanted most was what they wanted. So I don't know. ”

Sima Lanting couldn't understand this feeling, this was the year before he agreed with Sima Yucheng, and he went to Jiangnan to play because he liked it. There are so many princes in the capital, Sima Lanting just sometimes runs to play, and Sima Yucheng doesn't care. There are no outside requirements, he always does what he wants. He doesn't value the throne either, unlike his other brothers, who need to do a lot of things to be recognized and accepted.

Sima Lanting looked at Sima Zhudan's face with a clear expression, and said in a somewhat gentle tone: "Then what did you think at first?" ”

Sima stopped the order and did not answer immediately.

The two of them walked quietly forward, and there was a house not far away.

None of them would have thought that the two would have such a peaceful conversation before that. It is still the scene where Sima Lanting is comforting this Sima to stop the order.

"I'm not really sure, it's been too long, maybe there was before, but now I just can't remember." Sima stopped and looked at his elder brother, as if his younger brother in an ordinary family's family had encountered trouble and needed his elder brother to solve it.

Sima Lanting said slowly: "Then do you have anything else you want to do besides this one?" ”

In exchange, Sima stopped shaking his head.

"When I asked you what you wanted to do at first, you thought about it for a while before answering me, but when I asked you about it, you shook your head without thinking about it." Sima Lanting looked at him gently: "Is it because I tried others, but in the end they didn't succeed?" Or did you die before you started doing it? ”

This sentence hit Sima to stop the order, he lowered his head and said nothing.

Sima Lanting looked at his younger brother, who was a little taller than himself, and smiled gently. It's just that even I was surprised. Maybe it's because you go to Jiangnan and see the beautiful scenery that you will love, Sima Lanting thought.

Sima Zhudan actually didn't expect that an impulse at that time would stop a person who was not very compatible with him, and would comfort himself in such a gentle tone.

"Yes. I tried, it was very young, and then my mother scolded me and punished me, and I was not allowed to continue. It took a long time to hear Sima stop.

At this time, he happened to be in front of the door of the house, Sima Lanting walked over and knocked on the door, but no one opened the door, so he patiently knocked on the door again and asked, "Is there anyone at home?" ”

After a while, they were slowly opened, and it was a gray-haired old woman.

"What's the matter?" The old woman looked kind, and spoke a little slowly.

"Mother-in-law, borrow some water." Sima Lanting said this skillfully.

Sima stopped watching in astonishment as the old woman came out with two bowls of water, and then laboriously took out two ponies in the room and sat them down.

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Sima Lanting was very polite.

When people get old, they will be a little lonely, and now there are people who are cold, and there is a person who likes to say something to them, asking, "Are you going to Beijing?" ”

Sima Lanting nodded.

The old woman then said, "Then how far have you come?" ”

Sima Lanting replied with a smile, "It's from Jiangnan." ”

The old woman looked at them kindly: "It's so far, it's really hard." ”

Sima Lanting smiled and did not answer. Sima Zhushan didn't understand what he meant, but drank the water in his hand, and the old woman reached out to pick up his bowl when she saw it: "I'll pour you another bowl." ”

Sima stopped the order and looked at Sima Lanting in a hurry, not knowing what to do. I only heard Sima Lanting say, "Thank you, mother-in-law." ”

Sima stopped the order and had to give the bowl to the old woman. Immediately afterwards, I heard Sima Lanting ask the old woman, "Mother-in-law, are you living here alone?" ”

After the old woman gave the water to Sima to stop the order, she said, "Yes, there is no one in the family, and now I am the only one left." ”

Sima stopped a little sympathetic: "Then why don't you live in the capital?" ”

The old woman listened to Sima Zhudan's innocent question and said, "Child, not everyone in the capital can live. What's more, I'm alone, so there's no need for that. It's also good to live here, and from time to time give people like Xiang Xiang who go to the capital a little water to drink. ”

"Alright, let's go." Sima Lanting took the bowl in his hand, got up and said to Sima Stop.

Sima stopped and got up obediently.

The old woman heard that they were leaving, and she didn't stay, something like this had happened many times, but instead she smiled and watched them leave.

After walking for a while, Sima Lanting asked, "What do you think now?" ”

"What?" Sima stopped ordering and had forgotten what he said.

Sima Lanting looked at him and didn't have the desire to remember, so he didn't ask any more.

But just when Sima Lanting thought that Sima Zhudan had really forgotten, Sima Sudan suddenly asked: "If I don't drink Meng Po soup, I can live with the memories of this life until the next life." Then ......"

Sima stopped his words before he could finish his sentence when he was interrupted: "Then you live with painful memories." You will think about what you have done in this life and what kind of life you have lived. If the family of the person who is unlucky is not very good, then you will miss the good in this life and complain about the bad in the next life. ”

Sima stopped ordering obviously not thinking of this stubble, but after thinking about it carefully, what Sima Lanting said was right, and he immediately stopped thinking about what he could do in the next life.

"Second brother." Sima stopped and called Sima Lanting, and then stopped.

Sima Lanting also stopped and looked at him puzzled.

Looking at Sima Lanting's eyes, Sima stopped as if he had made up his mind and said, "I want to be the emperor." ”

Sima Lanting understood. This is probably what Sima stopped being troubled by, which is what he wanted to say most at the beginning.

After Sima stopped speaking, he looked at his brother uneasily. He knew it would be a great rebellion to do so. But he still mustered up the courage to tell Sima Lanting about it.

Sima Lanting and Sima stopped looking at each other for a long time before speaking: "Okay, I'll help you." After finishing speaking, Sima Lanting realized that he was talking about something just now. Then he lowered his head, not wanting Sima to stop seeing the unfirmness in his eyes. Knowing that Sima Zhushan was an ambitious person early in the morning, he had a city government and a plan, and he didn't look like he was pretending to be, but he still said that he wanted to help him, why is this?

Sima stopped the order and was very surprised by Sima Lanting's answer. Originally, he was just thinking about talking to Sima Lanting, but now Sima Lanting said that he wanted to help himself. He opened his eyes wide, looked at the person with his head down, and asked in disbelief, "Is this true?" Second brother? Can you say that again. ”

Sima Lanting didn't want to say it again, because this was not what he wanted, but he didn't know why his mouth made a decision for his brain.

Sima Lanting didn't know, maybe this was his subconscious.

Sima Lanting's failure to speak undoubtedly hit Sima Zhudan's self-confidence, and said in an aggrieved tone: "I know, you are just comforting me." I understand. ”

"It's not." Sima Lanting raised his head and came up with a reasonable reason to convince himself. Watching Sima stop the order, his gaze also became firm.

Sima stopped looking at Sima Lanting excitedly, unable to speak.

The slanting sun shone on the pipe, and it was the time when the two princes were the closest to each other.

......

On the way back, Sima Lanting somehow remembered the incident of seven years ago, and then recalled the appearance of Sima stopping the order just now, and shook his head.

He still remembered that when he had promised Sima to stop the order, he always came to his house every night to look for him, and then he talked all night. After going on like this for a month, Sima stopped ordering and came out of the joy of his second brother agreeing to help him.

Sima Zhushan is a smart person, even if he was happy at the beginning, it was manifested when he came to see Sima Lanting secretly at night, and the relationship between the two was still the same as before during the day, so no one had ever doubted the relationship between the two. It is only now that Sima has successfully ascended to the throne.

Under the cultivation of Concubine Le and her family, Sima Zhushan has a lot of ambition and ability. They taught him how to pretend that he just wanted to be a free king, how to secretly cultivate his own power in the court, and how to quietly gather the hearts of the people on himself.

These Sima Lanting are all in their eyes. At the same time, he also taught Sima to stop ordering and not to trust anyone easily, no matter who it is, what he has done for you, it is all in the past. It's hard to say whether it will still be the same as before.

As early as three years ago, Sima stopped ordering and began to gradually distance himself from Sima Lanting. I don't believe in Sima Lanting anymore like I did at the beginning. Sima stopped thinking that he would not let Sima Lanting know about doing things quietly, but in fact, Sima Lanting already knew, but he just didn't say it.

Sima Lanting knew that he knew, but he still helped Sima stop the order as always. is to take revenge for knowing about his mother's concubine. is to watch Sima Yucheng's final designated candidate for the throne change under his own thrust.

During this period, the connection between Sima Zhudan and the General's Mansion was seen by Sima Lanting, and it was unknown what the transaction between them was.

Sima Lanting's indifference made Sima stop the order, always thinking that he was doing things without leakage. I feel more confident. Gradually, he began to have a significant change in his attitude towards Sima Lanting.

Sima Lanting had already arrived at his own stable palace, he leaned on the collapse, closed his eyes, recalled the past, and didn't know if he was right before. Now Sima's attitude of stopping the order made him a little suspicious.

If he doesn't blink, he will kill Sima Liangyi, so will this be his tomorrow. Could it be that Sima stopped ordering one day when he saw that he was no longer useful, so he would order to kill himself without thinking.

Sima Lanting didn't know, but the most important thing at the moment was to find the sacrificial dance. He vaguely felt the relationship between the sacrificial dance and the crown prince, and the relationship between the general's mansion.

In the meantime, what kind of role does the festival play in the dance?

Thinking about it, Sima Lanting bounced up directly from the collapse, quickly tidied up his clothes and went out with Qingqi.

Sima Lanting didn't have any news like Bai Zhou, so he went to look for it outside the capital. Instead, he went directly to the General's Mansion, and he always felt that the sacrificial dance was in the General's Mansion.

Chen Lianxin must not have been surprised when he saw Sima Lanting, but asked, "The prince is here to find someone?" ”

Qingqi muttered quietly behind Sima Lanting: Isn't this nonsense? In the past few days, everyone has been looking for a sacrificial dance and asked.

Sima Lanting heard Qingqi's muttering, and he didn't blame it, and said to Chen Lianxin: "This king knows that the sacrificial dance is here, you let her come out." ”

Chen Lianxin was as if he had heard a big joke: "What is Concubine Jin doing when she comes to our General's Mansion?" ”

Sima Lanting knew the attitude of the General's Mansion towards the sacrificial dance, but he was unwilling to let the sacrificial dance come out. So he said: "Isn't Concubine Jin sent to Yixiangyuan by your general's mansion?" ”

In fact, this was just Sima Lanting's guess, but when he saw the slight change in the expression on Chen Lianxin's face, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

Chen Lianxin quickly calmed down, with the same expression as always: "Don't talk nonsense, the prince." ”