In autumn, the weather is cool day by day, after an autumn rain, the leaves on the trees have been knocked off, in front of the Sima Mansion, on the bluestone ground soaked with rain, several servants are holding brooms, and are working hard to clean the thick residual leaves.

Sima Chao led the horse back, the tall horse was covered with muddy water, so dirty that he could hardly see his true colors, Sima Chao was also full of embarrassment, his face was tired, the windward behind him was not much better, and his face was the same embarrassment.

Love's disappearance, he went out of the city in a hurry to find, only took a person to the wind, the road to Fancheng is far away, the two single-handedly, walked halfway to meet several waves of bandits, although the two of them are skilled, but they can't stand the bandits' continuous harassment and exploitation, a circle down, not only did not find a trace of Love, the valuable items on the two were robbed by the bandits, leaving only two people and two horses to return in embarrassment.

Sima Chao has never been so angry when he is so old.

He entered the door of the mansion, threw the reins of the horse to the little maid with a gloomy face, the little guy was stunned in place, and when he caught the reins of the horse, he looked at Sima Chao in a daze, twisted his brows and said suspiciously: "Are you the eldest prince?" ”

Not only the little servants waiting at the door wondered, but even the people who swept in front of the door saw Sima Chao's appearance, and they all stopped what they were doing, and couldn't help but look at him quietly.

The eldest prince of Sima Mansion, who has always been well-dressed and majestic, suddenly appeared in this embarrassed appearance, let alone who it was, he had to be curious.

Sima Chao was holding his breath in his heart, but now seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he had a gloomy face, and shouted angrily: "What do you see!" Dare to look at it again, this son is slaughtered with a sword. ”

Everyone hurriedly retracted their gaze and did not dare to trespass.

Sima Chao lost his temper at the door, and went to his Qingsong Garden angrily.

When he entered the courtyard, the servant maids in the courtyard were also stunned by his appearance, but before everyone could recover from their surprise, they were frightened back by Sima Chao's sharp eyes.

Finally waited for Sima Chao to return, and Mama Qi hurriedly told Sima Zhengde about looking for him in a hurry.

Sima Chao thought that his father was looking for him for political affairs, but when he heard Mama Qi say that she was going to choose a wife for him, his face turned gloomy again.

Sima Chao washed up, changed his clothes, and was just about to go to see his father, when an entourage came in to tell him, saying that Sima Rui was in a hurry to see him.

Sima Rui is now the deputy envoy of Yulinwei and belongs to Sima Chao's direct command.

Sima went beyond the gate of the mansion, turned over his horse, and went straight to the imperial city, and when Sima Rui saw him, he first asked, "Where has my cousin gone these days?" ”

Sima Chao didn't answer him this question, but asked, "How many days is it still peaceful in the palace?" ”

Sima Rui replied: "The Queen Mother has just issued an order, saying that she will go to Jinshan Temple for incense at the beginning of next month. ”

"An assassin has just appeared in the palace, and the Queen Mother wants to go out?" Sima Chao muttered, and then turned to ask, "Could it be that the Queen Mother wants to?"

Before Sima Chao finished speaking, Sima Rui understood, he nodded at him tacitly, and said in a low voice: "This is exactly what the Queen Mother meant, so I was in a hurry to find my cousin to discuss." ”

Sima Chao smiled faintly: "Please enter the urn, I am the best." ”

Sima Rui glanced at his expression, and couldn't help but ask again: "Where have you been in the past few days?" ”

The two cousins are of the same age, they grew up under the knees of Mrs. Tai, they have a good relationship and a tacit understanding of things, and their feelings are not comparable to other brothers.

Sima Chao glanced at Sima Rui and asked, "What do you care about this?" He quipped: "Could it be that I am afraid that I will lose it." ”

Seeing him talking about him left and right, Sima Rui asked directly, "Are you having trouble with your cousin of the Luo family again?" ”

"Nope." Sima Chao's face was clear, he deliberately pretended to be relaxed, and replied with a smile: "The so-called misfortune and blessing, since Afu experienced the villain's assassination last time, the relationship between the two of us now is much better than before, I have already decided, when I find a good time, I will marry her and officially be my wife." ”

Sima Rui tugged at the corners of his mouth: "If my cousin can get what he wants, it would be gratifying." He paused, and then said, "I just heard from my grandmother that my uncle was recently marrying his cousin, and all the people he chose were nobles." ”

Sima Chao looked at Sima Rui, with a clear displeasure in his eyes, and snorted coldly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Sima Rui knew that Love was missing again, although he didn't know why she left again, but Sima Rui guessed that it must be inseparable from Sima Chao, and Sima Rui couldn't see that Love was bad.

Therefore, Sima Rui, who has always been self-contained, is a little breathless today.

He looked at Sima Chao's gaze and said word by word: "I just hope that you can treat Afu well, if you really like her, you should protect her well, don't let her be hurt again and again." ”

The two brothers looked at each other, their eyes flowing, burning with rage.

Sima Chao opened his mouth and said: "She is my woman, how do I treat her, what do I have to do with you?" ”

Sima Chao knew Sima Rui's thoughts, he pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a sneer: "Cousin, don't forget, Afu's real love is me, no matter how we make trouble, she is mine in the end." ”

Sima Chao's hurtful words finally made Sima Rui shut his mouth, his eyes dimmed, and he left lonely.

Although he defeated Sima Rui, Sima Chao's heart was not comfortable, he stood at the window, looking at the dark sky, and all that came to his mind was Love's figure.

Didn't he treat her well enough?

He obviously really loves her, but why is she always so ruthless to him.

Sima Chao's heart was empty, and he didn't know when a line of tears was left in the corner of his eyes, he stood alone for a while, then sighed heavily, raised his hand to wipe his face, and opened his mouth to call his subordinates.

After a while, several of his deputy envoys were in place, except for Sima Rui.

Sima Chao glanced at the empty position, his heart was desolate, but he had always been a person with a deep city, even if he had something in his heart, he was also very self-controlled.

The queen mother's exit from the palace is a major event, not to mention the fact that there is also the matter of inviting the king into the urn to secretly arrest the assassin, Sima Chao carefully deployed, and discussed with several subordinates until midnight.

After going out for a few days, Sima Chao's desk was full of government affairs that needed to be dealt with, and after everyone dispersed, he did not go back to the settlement to rest, but sat in front of the desk and got busy.

He flipped through a few books, annotated them, and then picked up another one, Love's voice unconsciously squeezed into his mind, Sima Chao picked up the tea cup on the desk, raised his head and drank the already cold tea in the cup, he forced himself to settle down, and shifted his attention to the political affairs he was busy with, but after a while, he was uncontrollable and missed Love.