Chapter 42: The Return of the King
Sima You soon arrived at Sima Xunian's mansion on the pretext of visiting the sick.
Once inside, he went straight to his bedroom.
"What's the matter, is it Qin Tianlin's ghost?" As soon as he entered the room, he asked anxiously.
Sima Xunian was drinking porridge, since he was going to act in a full set, Sima You didn't know his gadgets, and he didn't want Sima You to know.
"You see that I'm getting better......"
"Hundreds of thousands of Northwest Yidi didn't kill you, a wind chill can bring you down?" After a pause, he saw Shen Jiyue wiping his face and hands worriedly, Sima Xunian looked like he couldn't even hold a sweat towel tightly, it seems that this illness is really not light. "Are you alright, what did the doctor say?"
"My life was saved, but the doctor said that I would have to recuperate for at least ten days and a half months. I got drunk, and when I came back, I hit the wind and coughed at night. Sima Xunian was weak and weak, patted Shen Jiyue's hand, and signaled her to stop working and sit down to rest first.
"Then you can't find anything, can you?" Sima You had a disappointed expression.
"It's not Qin Tianlin, it's Song Zhongming."
"What?!" Sima You was taken aback and stood up with a swish, "How can he have such great ability?" ”
"Naturally, the saint is still in the palace, but when he arrives in the other garden, there are more opportunities. Moreover, when the saint traveled, the Ministry of Rites assigned him to do a lot of things, and the time and place were favorable, and he was handy. ”
"Will Concubine Qin allow him to do such a thing?"
"Qin Guifei naturally won't, it's hard to say that Prince Ning is not Qin Guifei's biological son. Of course, it may also be that I am a villain, people didn't do anything, the whole thing is just that Qin Tianlin mistakenly believed Song Zhongming, so he had a chance. Sima Xunian didn't dare to say too much.
"In this way, the last time the saint returned to the court, the court changed the sky?"
"The Holy Wise I will not subvert his own dynasty, but Song Zhongming should be able to soar."
Sima You slapped the table fiercely, "I didn't expect him to have such an obscene trick!" ”
"Using women is the usual trick of the Song family's father and son. I guess soon, he's going to divorce his wife and marry again. ”
Sima You and Shen Jiyue were stunned, not knowing what Sima Xunian meant.
"After the Holy Emperor returns to the court, it should be no problem for him to jump three levels in a row, and when the time comes, he is afraid that he will covet Qin Shuying."
"Qin Tianlin would marry his daughter to this kind of person?" Sima You had an incredulous expression on his face.
"Of course not, but if Song Zhongming gains power, Qin Tianlin will definitely find a way to entrap him, and he will definitely not let him take refuge in Sima Yang, or, on his own."
Sima You was silent, he knew that what Sima Xunian said was right, Song Zhongming had nothing left, he had nothing but desperate bets, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he couldn't do anything.
Shen Jiyue held Sima Xunian's hand with a little worry, "Is there no way to stop him?" ”
Sima Xunian held her and said softly, "Whether it is me or Sima Yang, to the saint, they are all outsiders, no matter how much persuasion is made, I am afraid it will have little effect." To make the saint change his mind, he must rely on his own family. ”
"Who?" Sima You hurriedly asked.
"If Prince Rong is in power again, it will be difficult for your brother to bring him down again, right?" Sima Xunian raised his eyebrows and looked at Sima You.
"You mean, Prince Ying, the second prince?! He was sent back to the fiefdom, how could he still shake the saint? ”
"The saint is now overly drunk, his body must be exhausted, and in the dead of night, he can't help but feel sad. It is said that the saint used to be very fond of Prince Ying, but now Prince Ying is far away from Beijing, and he has not seen each other for a long time. After speaking, Sima Xu began to close his eyes and recuperate.
Sima Yu understood.
Soon, Sima Yang went to Chaolan Beiyuan to report to Sima Tao on the affairs of the DPRK and China, and at the same time brought a letter from the second prince Sima Yan to ask for an an.
After Sima Tao saw it, he sighed, and his eyes seemed to be full of tears. That night, Sima Tao did not drink and feast as usual, but sat with Sima Yang in the side hall and talked late at night.
Sima Xunian learned from Yang Zheng that Sima Yan was originally a favorite son of the emperor, and he was very similar to Sima Tao when he was young, both in appearance and temperament. Because his biological mother was not very favored, he also developed a modest and studious and introverted personality, but he was very decisive and quick in dealing with people. Sima Tao once said in front of the ministers that "I am very much like me", and specially hired Yang Xi, the great Confucian of the Hongnong Yang family, as his teacher, and rarely crowned Yang Xi as the title of the prince's teacher, and also deliberately chose the Yang family to marry him, which can be seen from the degree of favor.
After obtaining Sima Yang's consent, Sima Xunian immediately sent Yang Zheng to Qingzhou to tell the story of Sima Tao's adultery and evil bewitchment in Chaolan Villa, and the instability of the court. What's more, the emperor is already sixty years old, if he has been addicted to wine for a long time, the dinosaur body is not good, and I hope he will comfort him for one or two words.
Sima Yan knew that Sima Yang wanted to ask him to go out of the mountain, but this was also an excellent opportunity for him, regardless of whether he could regain his previous status, but at least he could use this to return to Chang'an, and he didn't have to be lonely in Qingzhou. Besides, he didn't want his father to be deceived and hurt his body and mind, so he wrote a tearful letter asking for peace, detailing the past between father and son when he was a child, which was sincere and very touching.
Sima Tao soon issued an order, because Concubine Liu Jing's body was in harmony and she missed her parents and children very much, so Prince Zhaoying Sima Yan returned to Beijing to ask for peace.
Sima Yan rushed directly to Chaolan Villa non-stop, and when the father and son met, Sima Tao was very touched, and stayed in Concubine Liu Jing's palace that night.
Sima Xunian still complained of illness, and only listened to Sima Yu tell about the affairs in the other garden every day, and the development of the situation was quite smooth, and he was a little relieved. On this day, Sima You was talking about the matter of the other garden, and Shen Jiyue said casually, "Song Zhongming's woman may have been found in the Jiaofang Division, the saint has been living in the palace, and he felt fresh about the woman in the Jiaofang Division, so he fell into the Tao, after this incident, I am afraid that he will not fall into Song Zhongming's plan in the future." ”
Sima You snorted coldly and didn't speak.
"Will the Holy One return to the court tomorrow?" Sima Xunian pinched his fingers and counted, and the deadline for summer vacation in the palace was approaching.
"The saint will return to Luan in the afternoon."
Sima Xunian glanced at it slightly, and said, "What benefits Song Zhongming can get, tomorrow will naturally see." ”
Early the next morning, the emperor returned to the court after a month of absence, and rewarded the entourage of the summer retreat according to the custom, and Song Zhongming was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites. Many people have been promoted to the first level, Song Zhongming is better than most people, promoted to two levels, and crossed the sixth grade, but it is estimated that it is far from his idea, and Sima Xunian can't help but raise the corners of his mouth in the court.
Since the Criminal Department has jurisdiction over the Teaching Workshop Division, the scope of Le Ji's activities has been trapped in the Teaching Workshop Division, and if he wants to go out to the market, he will be strictly investigated. The state assassins knew that the Jiaofang Division had caused trouble, and they did not dare to slack off, and strictly implemented the requirements of the Criminal Department.
Sima Xiu once again lost his wife and soldiers because of Song Zhongming, and he gradually lost his patience. Especially this time in the palace, when Song Zhongming proposed this plan, Qin Tianlin was resolutely opposed, but Sima Xiu was noncommittal. Later, Song Zhongming stepped up his lobbying for Sima Xiu, and offered two beauties to him to "try in advance", so that he finally acquiesced.
After returning to the palace, Qin Guifei was very displeased, and Sima Xiu, the prince of Zhaoning, entered the palace and severely reprimanded him. Qin Guifei has been in the deep palace for decades, and she has never seen any means, and Sima Xiu's little cleverness has been seen through by her early on, but it is just because the emperor is on the rise, it is inconvenient. She even warned Sima Xiu that if he continued to hide from her and act recklessly, he would be abandoned by the Qin family and would eventually have nothing.
When the emperor returned to the court, Sima Yang's temporary post of superintendent was also revoked. Soon, Prince Ying Sima Yan returned to the court and awarded the third grade of the military department Shangshu. Sima Xunian keenly felt that the contradictions between the emperor and queen seemed to have deepened after the summer trip to Chaolan Villa......
Before Sima Xunian became the secretary of the military department, the secretary and the squire of the military department were all controlled by the Taiyuan Wang family. In the Battle of Border Pass, Wang's army was defeated and retreated, and Sima Xunian won victories one after another, and finally drove the enemy Mobei and successfully turned the tide of the war. Sima Xunian returned to the dynasty victoriously, and his prestige in the army was very high, and the military commander changed hands accordingly.
After Sima Xunian became the head of the military department, he first proposed to the emperor to remove the original military department squire, and recommended his own subordinate general Meng Yi, and the leading figures of the Wang family in the military department disappeared. Now the emperor has arranged Sima Yan in the military department, it seems that he wants to completely uproot the power of the Taiyuan Wang clan in the army. After all, the Taiyuan Wang family is the queen of the queen's maiden family, although it is rumored that the emperor's feelings have never been deep, and there is only one heir of Prince Rong after many years of marriage, but the emperor has done so ruthlessly, I am afraid that there is an insoluble contradiction with the queen.
Sima Xunian couldn't get more information, of course, he didn't want to know, the battle for the prince was disturbing, and it was unknown who killed the deer, and he didn't want to stand in line at this time. Moreover, he has more important things to do.
On this day, as usual, he personally went to Jishengtang to inquire about the diagnosis and treatment plan of Shen Jiyue's cold disease. Chen Jisheng still shook his head, and Sima Xunian's mood fell to the bottom in an instant......
Since he knew that this matter was done by Song Yunli, he knew that Song Yunli had used some secret recipes in the Teaching Workshop Division, so he found the Chang'an Teaching Workshop Division to teach, and obtained some of the prescriptions for Le Ji to take the Avoiding Zi Tang medicine in the Teaching Workshop Division, and handed it to Chen Jisheng to study his medical theory and find a cure for the radical cure, but he tried many times, but with little effect. Chen Jisheng once said that as long as he knew what kind of medicine he was taking, he could cure it, but judging from the current situation, the prescription he got was not the one used by Song Yunli.
If she can't find a radical cure, Shen Jiyue should be suspicious of Chen Jisheng, who came to check his pulse every three or five days, after all, she doesn't need to be conditioned for so long to regulate her body, if Shen Jiyue knew that Song Yunli drugged her, and Chen Jisheng was helpless, then she would be completely desperate......
Sima Xunian is not very eager for a child, after all, he was displaced when he was a teenager, went through hardships, and later his family was ruined, and he joined the army, and lived a life that he didn't know what would happen tomorrow today. But Shen Jiyue is not, she has lived under the protection of her father and brother since she was a child, she longs for a complete family, and as a woman, she naturally hopes that she will have the day when she will be a mother, if she knows that she can't have her own children in this life...... Sima Xunian couldn't even think of her desperate appearance......
Before the Jiaofang Division was placed under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, the head of the Yingchuan County Jiaofang Division was nowhere to be found, and Shen Guangfeng had already wanted and pursued her, but found nothing. The operation of the Song family father and son in Yuzhou seems to have an unfathomable trend.