Sima Wende, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was a little like sitting on pins and needles.

The national teacher said "do your", and he really didn't give face to Xiangguo Yuan Shixin.

He wanted to open his mouth to mediate, but he didn't know what to say, his mouth opened and finally said: "Both of you are my ministers of the Great Jin Humerus, don't hurt the harmony." ”

Huo Xingwei was still calm, but Yuan Shixin, who had lost face, was a little angry.

"Your Majesty, the true appearance is just asking one or two, if the national teacher is not ashamed in his heart, why do you need to speak so wildly?

"This ......"

Sima Wende, who originally wanted to find an excuse to leave, was in a dilemma.

Huo Xingwei stood up and saluted Sima Wende and said, "Your Majesty, Fang Caichen is rude." ”

Sima Wende hurriedly said: "National teacher, please sit down, if I can't even tolerate such a sentence, how can I have the world in my mind?"

Yuan Shixin flicked his sleeves and sat back.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

After bowing, Huo Xingwei also sat down and said no more.

For a while, it was a little cold above the main hall.

Sima Wende also found that the atmosphere was a little wrong, if it was in the past, Xiangguo would not have had such a dialogue with the national teacher, what was the matter?

Sima Wende coughed lightly and said to His Royal Highness: "National teacher, father, if there is nothing to discuss, I will visit the Queen Mother, and by the way, tell the Queen Mother that my aunt has come to the royal capital, which also makes the Queen Mother happy." ”

Huo Xingwei and Yuan Shixin glanced at each other, got up and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Sima Wende got up and moved, pondering as he walked, but he didn't figure it out.

Huo Xingwei watched the monarch leave, walked towards the outside of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this, Yuan Shixin opened his mouth and said, "Master Guoshi, please stay." ”

Huo Xingwei stopped, turned his head sideways and asked, "Do you have any advice, do you want to talk to the old man about the Book of Rites, or tell the old man how to be a national teacher?"

Yuan Shixin said with a smile: "The national teacher said that he was joking, Shixin just lost his words, collided with the national teacher, and wanted to make a compensatory relationship with the national teacher." ”

Huo Xingwei smiled slightly and said, "The old man is not so petty, and he has a heart for the country." ”

After saying that, he wanted to leave again, Yuan Shixin stretched out his hand and beckoned: "Don't worry, the national teacher is in a hurry, Shixin still has something to ask for." ”

"Oh, what can there be that Lord Xiangguo still needs the old man's help?"

Yuan Shixin was already standing in front of Huo Xingwei, and said with a smile: "Dog Bingde has admired the national teacher for a long time, and the prime minister has prepared a little wine in the mansion, and I want to invite the national teacher to come to my mansion to talk about it, I don't know if the national teacher is convenient?"

Huo Xingwei shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient." ”

After speaking, regardless of Yuan Shixin, whose face was a little ugly, Huo Xingwei walked towards the outside of the hall, and left another sentence for Yuan Shixin, "The scenery of the stargazing platform in the National Teacher's Mansion is good, if the prince has a heart, I will open the door to greet him." ”

"Old fox!"

Yuan Shixin scolded secretly, but did not walk towards the outside of the palace, but turned in the other direction.

After all, the abolished emperor Sima Xiangle was the former emperor, that is, he was deposed, and in this imperial city, life was still chic.

Although the food is no longer in accordance with the monarch's specifications, it is far from being comparable to ordinary people outside the imperial city.

The wine is enough, and the beauties who used to accompany Sima Xiangle were all arranged to serve Sima Xiangle.

The national teacher once said to him, if you are used to pleasure, I will give you a lifetime of wealth, but in this life, you can only leave the word wealth.

Sima Xiangle's Waste Emperor Palace is not small, but he feels that he is a caged bird.

And in this abolished emperor's palace, he is the only one who eats and eats brocade clothes, and the other concubines are not so lucky, the former title is not there, and their treatment is no different from that of ordinary palace maids.

But he Sima Xiangle is no longer an emperor after all, his power is not there, he is not worthy of the favor of all women, how can they be willing to serve a waste when they are demoted to concubines?

Besides, he Sima Xiangle has no power to kill and kill, and everyone dares to throw his face at Sima Xiangle, even though Sima Xiangle is angry in his heart, but he is helpless.

More importantly, the chief manager can explain it, and it is okay to serve the abolished emperor, but if you accidentally conceive an heir, you will be unlucky.

There are also women who can't resist the temptation of food, and then listen to a few sweet words, and at the age of Na Sichun, they quietly betrayed a group of sisters.

The meat was also eaten, the wine was drunk, and the blessings were enjoyed, so I felt that the sisters who took the lead must have been kicked in the brain by the donkey, and they couldn't survive anyway, so why suffer from that dry pain again.

Later, these women were divided into two factions, one faction known as the Fulong faction and the other faction known as the Qingxiu faction.

The Qing Xiu faction once went to the chief manager to chew his tongue, saying that the Fulong faction had committed a taboo and was suspected of plotting rebellion, and was ridiculed by the chief manager.

I don't understand the meaning of Fulong, even our family, a rootless person, understands, you deserve to cultivate, don't make trouble for our family, and plot rebellion, you don't want to think about who is sitting on the dragon chair today?

The chief steward shook his head, in the end, he came out of the harem, this has been degraded, and he still likes to fight back and forth.

At this time, Sima Xiangle had nothing to do, and he was reading a book in his hand, reading it with relish.

The maid who was beating him on the shoulder leaned over and leaned over his shoulder and said, "Emperor, what's so good about this book? You are so fascinated by it, but you can tell me about it." ”

This woman is the eldest sister of the Fulong faction, her real name was Hu Weizhen before entering the palace, and she was canonized as one of the nine concubines in the harem after entering the palace, and was named Ronghua, but she only entered the palace for half a year.

Therefore, there are some reasons why Hu Ronghua became the first person to choose to continue serving after Sima Xiangle was deposed. And under her persuasion, there are many talented people who have never enjoyed the rain and dew to join the camp of the Fulong faction.

Sima Xiangle shrugged his shoulders, and Hu Ronghua, who was lying on his shoulder, said shyly: "Necrotic!"

"Who is necrotic? I can't wait to eat me, you tell me, eat my meat during the day, and eat my meat at night, and I can't bear to eat it like this!"

Closing the book in his hand, Sima Xiangle turned around and hugged it backhand, then took Hu Ronghua into his arms, stroked his delicate body and continued: "Look at you, I have fed you so plump. ”

Hu Ronghua chuckled and said: "Don't you like this? I still remember when I first entered the palace, the Emperor Taishang visited the concubine for the first time, but the concubine was frightened, and naturally served him badly, that is what the concubine always remembered the Emperor said." ”

"Why don't I remember?"

"The Emperor said, it's all bones, and it's a dead person!"

Sima Xiangle patted Hu Ronghua's plump body and laughed: "Is it okay? It's okay, it's okay, you were young then, aren't you growing up now?"

Hu Ronghua laughed and said: "Bad people, all day long, they know to take advantage of others." ”

Sima Xiangle sighed and said, "What else can I do? In the past ten years, I have almost counted the stones of the wall of this ruined emperor's palace. ”

After speaking, he raised the book in his hand and said, "I don't like to read since I was a child, but now, don't you have to have some fun in this book?"

Hu Ronghua took the book from Sima Xiangle's hand, looked at the cover, and said curiously: "Peach Blossom? What kind of book is this? Why have I never heard of it?" ”

Sima Xiangle smiled: "Naturally, you haven't heard of it, it was written by a little eunuch in the palace, and I don't know where this kid learned his skills, it's very interesting to make up stories, it's just ......"

Hu Ronghua saw that Sima Xiangle was silent, so he asked curiously, "Just what?"

Sima Xiangle suddenly laughed, Hu Ronghua in his arms trembled, Hu Ronghua was puzzled, hooked Sima Xiangle's neck with both hands and shook his body and said, "What are you laughing at, say it quickly!"

Sima Xiangle was fascinated by the scenery in front of him, so he stopped laughing and said: "This little eunuch is interesting, this book is not the first book he has written. He has written several books, I have read them all, but they are much more interesting than those saints' books, but he always tells stories with a beginning and no end, which is so disappointing, once I read one, and I didn't finish the story, so I asked him, "What about next?" Guess what he said?"

Hu Ronghua saw Sima Xiangle smiling again, so he guessed randomly: "Is it gone?"

Sima Xiangle glanced at Hu Ronghua strangely, and suddenly lost his smile.

I've guessed it, it's boring.

"What's the matter, this laughing and not smiling, you haven't said it yet, what did he say?"

"It's gone!"

"Gone? What's gone?"

"It's gone down there!"

"It's gone? What does the Emperor mean that he won't write? But where does the Emperor come from laughing?"

Sima Xiangle pinched his thin waist and said: "You, you are really stupid, you said that he is a little eunuch, tell me that the bottom is gone, what else can I say?"

Hu Ronghuafeng was stunned, and then understood what was going on, so he couldn't help laughing, and laughed in Sima Xiangle's arms.

"That little eunuch is still in the palace now?

Sima Xiangle's big hand wandered around, and he said: "Have you heard of Taishi Gong? That little eunuch was originally a chronicler who recorded the emperor's words and deeds, and later Wende succeeded to the throne, and this little eunuch sorted out the manuscript. ”

"It turned out to be a historian, no wonder the literary talent is so outstanding, I also want to leave a name in future generations, but it's just wishful thinking. ”

Sima Xiangle smiled evilly when he heard this, picked up the beautiful woman in his arms, walked towards the bed, and said as he walked: "The little eunuch is gone, I have it, maybe you, the eldest sister of the Fulong faction, are also willing to put pen to paper and say a few more words." ”

Hu Ronghua's face was crimson, like a peach blossom.

At this time, a palace maid said outside the door: "Emperor Taishang, Lord Xiangguo is here." ”

When Sima Xiangle heard this, he looked at the beauty in his arms, put it down, and said to the door: "I know, I'll go over in a while." ”

Hu Ronghua looked at Sima Xiangle, who was disappointed, and said softly: "In this deep palace compound, the most important thing we need is time, go quickly, Lord Xiangguo rarely sets foot in this ruined emperor's palace." ”

Sima Xiangle pecked a small bite of cherries, pinched Hu Ronghua's face and said, "I know!"

Cloaked and went out, and when he arrived at the front hall, Yuan Shixin was already waiting there.

Sima Xiangle's face was expressionless, and he asked lightly: "Lord Xiangguo is busy with state affairs, but he came to my ruined emperor's palace, didn't he come to see my jokes?"

Yuan Shixin didn't mind Sima Xiangle's attitude, he could be regarded as his enemy.

Sitting down casually, Yuan Shixin said: "The princess has come to Luoyue City, and she will enter the palace in a few days." ”

"The eldest sister is here, will Lord Xiangguo be so kind?"

In Sima Xiangle's view, Yuan Shixin is the biggest traitor to the Sima clan of the Great Jin Dynasty, as for the national teacher, although he complained that he forced him to abdicate, but after all, he supported his son to ascend the throne, and this world is still the world of the Sima family.

Yuan Shixin said lightly: "The queen mother is sick, the princess is filial, I naturally won't stop it, don't think that you can visit the queen mother is the meaning of the national teacher, he is too lazy to worry about this, this is to tell you, you can be your emperor with peace of mind, don't do anything else, otherwise you won't even be able to sit in your son's position." ”

After speaking, Yuan Shixin got up and left.

Sima Xiangle stared at this back, his gaze uncertain.

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Sima Wende went to Xiangning Palace to visit the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother leaned on the bed, put a brocade handkerchief to her lips and coughed lightly to Sima Wende, who had just sat down, and said, "De'er, don't always run to your grandmother, state affairs are important!"

Sima Wende smiled bitterly: "Grandmother doesn't know, now in this state affairs, where is there anything that needs me to bother?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "Then listen more, think more, think more!"

After speaking, the queen mother covered her mouth and coughed violently, looked at the brocade in her hand, frowned, and handed it aside, and a palace maid took it and handed over a new brocade pa.

Sima Wende got up and was afraid of the queen mother's back, and asked with concern, "Grandmother, are you okay?"

The queen mother who took the Jinpa waved her hand and said: "It's much better, I have to get through it, the doctor said, I have a lot of phlegm in my lungs, so if I can't cough it up, I will have difficulty panting. ”

Sima Wende saw that the Queen Mother was no longer coughing, so he sat on the edge of the Queen Mother's bed again, frowned and said: "Grandmother, you have to drink this medicine all the time, don't stop when you see it, although it is bitter, but it is not good medicine after all." ”

didn't cough much, the queen mother waved her hand, and retired the palace maid, and there were only two grandchildren in the house.

The Queen Mother took Sima Wende's hand, patted it lightly and said: "You child, you are much more sensible than your father, your mother did not enjoy a happy life, she died of illness within a few years of being the queen, in the final analysis, she was still heartbroken by your father, and became depressed, your father is a merry embryo, that is, now in the abandoned emperor's palace, he still knows pleasure all day long, and he does not want to make progress at all, and the burden of the rise and fall of the Sima family falls on your head." ”

Sima Wende's eyes were resolute, and he said to the Queen Mother: "Grandmother, my grandson is not afraid of hardship, I am only afraid that my ancestor's century-old foundation will be destroyed in my hands, and I will be ashamed of my ancestors on the Huangquan Road in the future." ”

"Bah, you kid, just say what you say on the Huangquan Road, kid, what you have to do now is to be your emperor well, as long as you are still in power, there is hope for everything. ”

Sima Wende nodded and said, "Grandson understands!"

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "You have to be careful with Xiangguo, and get closer to the national teacher, at least the national teacher will not covet your dragon chair." ”

Sima Wende lowered his head and said, "Grandson knows!"

In fact, he really wanted to ask, did the lord of the world have to be made by someone from their Sima family? Unfortunately, he didn't dare.

When he was a child, he said this sentence and was punished by his grandmother for kneeling and beating the handboard.

He wasn't afraid of pain, but he couldn't see his grandmother's disappointed eyes.

But why didn't my grandmother be stricter with my father in the first place?

The Queen Mother sighed: "It's a pity that your aunt married in Yangzhou, so she must be very tormented." ”

Sima Wende raised his head and said to the Queen Mother: "Grandmother, my grandson is here to tell you a happy event, my aunt has arrived in Luoyue City, and she will be able to enter the palace in a few days." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she sat up suddenly, leaned forward and asked, "What did you say?"

Sima Wende nodded and said, "Yes, grandmother, you will be able to see your aunt soon." ”

The Queen Mother lay back and muttered, "It shouldn't be like this, it won't be like this!"

"Grandmother, what do you say? what should not and what can't?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, by the way, have you ever seen the national teacher today?"

Sima Wende said: "I see, today's national teacher, Xiangguo and I are discussing in the main hall, for some reason, Xiangguo suddenly made a verbal attack on the national teacher. ”

"What's on the agenda?"

"Xiangguo proposed that his uncle take over as the king side by side, according to the ancestral system, the succession of the princes and princes does not need the approval of the king, but as far as I know, since the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are few princes and kings who have given up the throne like this. ”

"Uncle, hum!" the queen showed displeasure!

Sima Wende smiled and said, "Grandmother, isn't I close to my aunt, after all, he is my aunt's concubine." ”

Hearing Sima Wende say this, the queen looked a little better, nodded and said, "It's enough for your aunt to have a good nephew like you." ”

Then the Queen Mother was silent for a moment and said: "De'er, have you ever thought about why Xiangguo wants to give up the throne side by side to his son?

Sima Wende was silent, as if thinking about the Queen Mother's words.

The Queen Mother continued: "I'm afraid that Yuan Shixin won't be able to hide his wolf ambitions." ”

Sima Wende was taken aback and asked, "Grandmother, do you mean that Xiangguo is going to do that rebellious thing?"

The Queen Mother leaned on the bed, her eyes slightly closed and said: "De'er, grandmother is old, and she doesn't have a few years to live, but you are different, no matter what happens in the future, grandmother will not blame you, because God is like this, it is not your fault, grandmother only hopes that you can live well." ”

When Sima Wende heard this, he was sad, held the hand of the Queen Mother, lay on the couch, his eyes were slightly red, and muttered: "How can there be eggs under the nest." ”

The Queen Mother rubbed Sima Wende's head and said: "De'er, for today's plan, you can only rely on the national teacher, you find a chance to meet the national teacher alone, don't turn around, just beg him, if even he can't protect you, then it can only be said that the will of heaven is so." ”

Sima Wende nodded, and then asked, "Grandmother, where is my aunt, can't the Yuan family look at my aunt's face?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said: "In my opinion, your aunt can only protect herself, after your aunt enters the palace, let's have a good discussion, remember, go to the national teacher as soon as possible." ”

"My grandson knows!"

After all, Sima Wende was the king of a country, and after a few breaths, his face was as usual, and he asked softly: "Grandmother, has my father ever visited you?"

The Queen Mother nodded and said: "I've been here a few times, with his current status, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, it's just a cup of tea, don't look at your father like this, in fact, he has figured out a lot of things over the years." ”

Sima Wende said: "I was afraid of bringing disaster to my father, so I never dared to visit him. ”

"De'er, you are right to do this, your father can understand, after all, his identity is embarrassing now, and it is inevitable that there will be gossip when you visit him, if you provoke the national teacher and Yuan Shixin to dislike, I am afraid that your father's free days will be gone. ”

"Grandmother, I don't understand, why would the national teacher do this? Even if my father abandons the government, but with the national teacher, why should I abolish my father and push me to succeed to the throne?"

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time and said, "I don't know, but I've been suspecting another thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

The Queen Mother opened her eyes, got up again, slowly approached Sima Wende, and whispered to him: "Your imperial grandfather died strangely. ”

"What?"

Sima Wende exclaimed.

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Qingzhou, Langya City, Weifu.

In an independent small courtyard, Wei Long's master Lao Guangluan was lying on the Taishi chair swaying in the sun, holding a silver wine jug in his left hand, and a plate of fried peanuts was placed on the small table next to him.

The pot was brought to his lips, Lao Guang took a sip, smacked his lips, touched the small table next to him with his right hand, grabbed a few peanuts and flicked them gently, without opening his eyes, the peanuts fell into his half-open mouth.

Peanuts are wine, and the more you drink, the more you have.

Shaking the wine jug in his hand, Lao Guangluo shook it vigorously, and then bounced up directly from the Taishi chair, and after standing upright, he went down again, with his hands behind his back, and walked towards the door of the small courtyard leisurely.

Lao Guangluan has a quirk, he doesn't need to be served by others, after coming to the general's mansion, he is the only one in this small courtyard, if it's okay, he goes out to the city with his hands behind his back.

After coming out of the general's mansion many times, some careful people inquired about the identity of this uncle who often walked the street with his hands behind his back, and this inquiry was terrible, it turned out that this was General Wei's mentor.

General Wei is known for his reputation, one of which is that he respects his mentor so much that he accepts him in the palace and treats him as if he were his parents.

Gradually, the people in the city also greeted Lao Guangluo when they saw it, calling "Master Lao!"

Lao Guangluan likes this feeling very much, so he prefers to walk the street.

When he arrived at the door, he pulled over a subordinate and asked, "What's the matter in the house? Why is it so lively over there?"

The subordinate said: "Lord Huilao, our general's mansion has come up to a highness, I heard that it is the prince of King Lu, I don't know where the general picked him up, temporarily settled in our general's mansion, today King Lu's side concubine also came to the mansion, to recognize His Royal Highness the prince." ”

Lao Guangluan stood with his hands behind his back for a while, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, no wonder it's so lively, the old man won't go to join in the fun, I'll go out for a walk." ”

The man smiled and said, "Hello Master Lao." ”

Lao Guangluan, who walked out of the city gate with his hands behind his back, remembered that Song Lanyu had visited him in the General's Mansion thirteen years ago, and took a child with him when he left.

Mr. Lu from the General's Mansion later went to Penglai Pavilion.

Just thinking about things, he walked out with his head down, he almost collided with a person, frowned and was about to scold, who walked without long eyes, and a voice came from his ear.

"Uncle Shi, Song Lanyu has seen Uncle Shi!"