The year 306 A.D. is destined to be an extraordinary year.

It snowed all winter in Chang'an, roads were difficult to navigate, and food was in short supply.

Not only did the people have no food to eat, but even the people in the imperial city of Weiyang Palace couldn't eat enough.

Yang Xian tolerated the queen's decree, requiring that even the emperor's meal was only four dishes and one soup, and it was good to be full, and he didn't ask too much.

Other royal families, nobles, scholars, and others also reduced their meals to two meals a day and one bowl of rice, trying to save food until the weather warmed up in spring.

But under such circumstances, the number of people dying of starvation gradually increased, and the phenomenon of cannibalism also occurred, which caused the people of Chang'an to panic, their families closed, and most of them fled from Chang'an City, leaving behind a gradually desolate city home.

Princess Pingyang also lives in Weiyang Palace, and she comes to talk to her younger brother Sima Zhen every day. She is fifty-five years old, perhaps because of the difficult years, the whole person is unusually old, and she does not seem to be in a very good mental state.

Mao Hongmao was also in Weiyang Palace, and he actually took over all the things of the imperial kitchen, especially carefully making some delicious food with limited ingredients every day to send to Princess Pingyang. Sometimes the ingredients are not enough, and they are also sent to Princess Pingyang first.

But Princess Pingyang felt sorry for this stupid brother and often gave him her own food. After a long time, Sima Zhen preferred to eat with Princess Pingyang, and occasionally came to eat here at Yang Xianrong. Because he is very disgusted with the food of the sheep sacrifice, it is too sloppy and simple.

"Sheep baa, you can't always give Jing'er the food that Mao Hongmao cooks, you have to eat it yourself." Sima Zhen finally couldn't help it, and pointed to the chicken soup that Sima Jing was drinking, "She is a little child, what kind of chicken soup do you drink?" This is specially brought for you to drink from the eldest sister, you can see that you have lost a lot of weight. ”

"It's okay, Jing'er is growing her body, but she can't shorten these foods." Yang Xianrong didn't care, gently held the bottom of the bowl, and let Sima Jing drink slowly.

But when Sima Jing heard this, he didn't dare to drink any more, and obediently pushed the bowl to Yang Xianrong.

"Jing'er, don't listen to your father, this bowl of chicken soup is yours." Yang Xianrong's voice was extremely gentle, not slow, "Your Majesty, don't you want to say Jing'er, even Commander Yuan can't eat enough these days, in case Jing'er gets sick, don't you have to work Commander Yuan to go out to find medicinal herbs?" ”

"Why did you let Yuan Jianshuo go? Just let that little fool go. Sima Zhen was very unhappy.

"That little fool?" Yang Xianrong was stunned for a moment, when did there be a fool in this palace?

"Just that herald Cao or something, standing behind you like a fool every day." Sima Zhen still took out two small pastries from his arms, "You ate this quietly, I stole it from the eldest imperial sister." ”

"Your Majesty." Yang Xianrong couldn't laugh or cry, but he still took the small pastry, "Thank you, Your Majesty." The eldest sister doesn't know about this, right? ”

"She doesn't eat much, so she won't find out." Sima Zhen's expression was a little solemn, "I don't know what's wrong with the eldest imperial sister, she doesn't eat, but the whole person is white and fat, and it looks very strange." Imperial Physician Qin said that this might be some kind of swelling, which is not a good thing. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xianrong was shocked again. I have lived in Weiyang Palace for less than two months, and I only saw Princess Pingyang on the third day I just moved in. She didn't say anything about herself, just said, "It's hard work." Then he let himself take Jing'er back to the Juyuan Palace, which belonged to the queen, and did not say a word about her use of the embroidered messenger to spread rumors of miracles.

Mao Hongmao has never appeared on her side, and all the food is for Zhang Lianghoe and other palace people to go to the kitchen to get it, and it is supplied in different ways every day. But Yang Xianrong was still apprehensive in his heart.

Now that I heard that Princess Pingyang was in poor health, I felt a little indebted in my heart. So he said to Sima Zhen: "Perhaps, the concubine will go and talk to the eldest sister to relieve the worries in her heart?" ”

"Where is her concern? I was happy every day, and I also let my maid change a lot of dresses, and I had fun every day. Sima Zhen drank a cup of hot tea brought by Cuixi, and was extremely satisfied, "Yang Baa Baa There is still tea here?" ”

"Before, Brother Liu ...... Liu Yao bought some tea cakes, but later there were too many, and if he couldn't take them away, he put them in Yang's house. When the eldest brother and the second brother were pretending to eat, they felt that this thing did not take up space, so they stuffed it into the box, but they didn't expect that after brewing it now, it would still be very delicious. Yang Xianrong also poured himself a cup and held it in the palm of his hand, steaming.

"Oh, that Liu Yao, right?" Sima Zhen turned his head to look at Zhang Du and He Shaogong, who were standing beside him, and asked: "How do I remember what I saw the day before yesterday, it said Lao Liu, oh, that Liu Yuan sent his own servant Liu Yao as a vanguard general to attack Xiangyang and other places, and he went all the way south to fight over." ”

"Yes, the emperor's memory is really good." Zhang Du nodded immediately.

He Shaogong has been standing on the emperor's side, Dajin's official uniform has not been worn for a long time, and he is only wearing his own private clothes, gray-brown, extremely low-key, but the pair of cloth shoes makes him look a little homely. After all, he is not young, and with a solemn complexion, there is always a sense of heaviness of worrying about the country and the people. He sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, this Liu Yuan is the best military general in the Great Jin Dynasty, and he is also the one who has stabilized the five tribes of the Xiongnu, and now he has established his own ...... The dynasty, known as the "former Zhao", has become the emperor, which is a big bad thing! ”

"Hey, it's okay, let Sima Hao send someone to check the situation, didn't he say that he was very powerful, and anyone could beat him? I just told me that the country of the Great Jin Dynasty is very solid. Sima Cheng drank another cup of hot tea and was in a better mood.

"Actually, Yang Xianyong has been in Xiangyang for a while, why don't you let him go?" He Shaogong was very cautious when he said this, and he didn't dare to look up at the sheep.

Not surprisingly, Yang Xianrong had immediately put down the tea bowl and said extremely unhappily: "What do you mean? What to see? What to see? ”

"The Queen." He Shaogong knelt down, still bowing his head, "The minister knows that if he said this, the queen mother must be unhappy, but has the queen mother ever thought about it: a good man is determined in all directions, not in the warm nest of his relatives...... Or maybe the minister said that your brother had made great achievements in the First Battle of Chaoge, and he was at the forefront of the generals of his generation, and you let him follow you now...... Of course, it's important to keep you safe, but have you ever put yourself in his shoes and think about it, would he really want to do that? Shouldn't a good man make a difference? He has obtained military power and his own men and horses, sassy and heroic, who can stop him? If the emperor regains power, won't he rely on the queen's military power of the sheep family? ”