Chapter 8 The Beauties' Invitation
While the group of people were entangled in front of the palace gate, a young man with brocade robes and jade belt rode his horse forward, and asked the Junhou calmly: "Who are they? Who are they waiting for?" The Junhou turned his face and looked up and saw that it was Prince Sima Yu. He was shocked and hurriedly wanted to bow.
Hearing Sima Yu's question, among the men and women, a young woman raised her head and looked at Sima Yu, and then said, "Ah, Tai... son."
At this moment, Sima Yu also saw her face clearly, jumped off the horse immediately, and said in surprise: "Ting'er, why are you? What's going to come to the palace?"
It turned out that this Ting'er was Wang Ting, the eldest daughter of former Shangshu Ling Wang Yan, who met Sima since childhood. He had met several times when he was young. If Jia Mi had not robbed her of love, gave her a betrothal gift and asked Empress Jia to betroth Wang Yan's daughter to Sima Yu, Sima Yu would have asked someone to come and ask her to come and propose marriage.
Sima Yu was surprised when he saw Wang Ting not only met her again, but when he saw Wang Ting herself, he realized that she looked so similar to her first wife in the previous lives. He thought to himself that no wonder that when he recalled the impression of this girl in his memory, Diao Chan, Yu Ji and Cao Min always showed his voice, appearance, and smile. He thought it was the confusion caused by the mixed memories of his life. Sima Yu had already determined that Wang Ting must be his first wife's spouse in this life.
When Wang Ting saw Sima Yu, she felt aggrieved and finally had a person who poured out her tears. She burst into tears from her beautiful eyes. She closed her red lips, but she didn't know where to start. Sima Yu said considerately: "It's not convenient to speak here, so you should follow me to go back to the East Palace before talking."
The imperial guard guarding the gate looked at the backs of the group, touched his head and said blankly: "Good, it turns out that they said they were waiting for the prince! I thought they were the family members of a yellow eunuch."
When they returned to the East Palace, Wang Ting and Sima Yu sat down in the study hall, and the former told the latter.
Since Sima Yu was deposed by Empress Jia, Wang Yan also forced Jia Nanfeng to terminate the engagement between the prince and his daughter with the Eastern Palace. But now this has become a handle for Sima Lun to convict Wang Yan, saying that when the prince was falsely accused of the prince, Wang Yan lived a life of slander and confessed to termination of the engagement, which was a crime of disloyalty. Now, not only did he not get rid of the position of Shangshu Ling, he was also imprisoned.
After Wang Ting said this, she knelt down in front of Sima Yu with a "thump" and said sobbingly: "I beg the Crown Prince to make the decision for the people and wash away my father's charge." Sima Yu was most disgusted with the girl crying, and hurriedly held up Wang Ting, who was carrying the pear blossoms and rain, and said: "Don't do this, my daughter, I will find a way to do this."
Afterwards, Sima Yu gave another comfort and greeting to calm down Wang Ting's mood. Finally, he prepared a carriage and horse to escort her and her male and female entourage home.
After Wang Ting left, Sima Yu, who had been busy for several days, calmed down alone and began to think about big and small matters. He knew that according to the historical development of the initial space, he should have been killed by Empress Jia, and then Sima Lun usurped power and seized the throne, entering the climax of the Eight Kings Rebellion.
The Eight Kings Rebellion led to constant wars in the north, the Jin Dynasty's national strength declined rapidly, the people were living in poverty, and a large number of refugees emerged. During the attack and killing of Sima, in addition to using the Southern Xiongnu, which had been attached to the Central Plains for hundreds of years as an armed force, he also introduced the nomadic peoples from the north and the West such as Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, etc., which eventually led to the situation of the Five Barbarians' invasion of China and the transit of their clothes to the south, and the entire China Shenzhou was turbulent for hundreds of years.
Sima Yu knew very well that his historical mission in this time and space was to end the Eight Kings Rebellion and at least to prevent the occurrence of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China. But now, the entire Jiuzhou has actually begun to boil. The beginning was caused by King Zhao Sima Lun.
When Sima Lun left the states of Yongliang, he acted because of his chaos, which led to the rebellion of the Di and Qiang tribes in Yongzhou. He appointed Di as the emperor of Qi Wannian, and killed Zhang Suan, the prefect of the northern region, and Ouyang Jian, the prefect of Fengyi. This is called the rebellion of Qi Wannian. This chaos was not quelled until the ninth year of Yuankang, but it kicked off the prelude to the Five Barbarians' invasion of China.
Sima Lun, the first to be a pupa, was not punished much. He simply changed from an outer town to an inner emblem, and was appointed as a general of the chariot and cavalry, an intermediate position of an imperial guard. After Sima Lun returned to Luoyang, he actively flattered and agreed to the Jia Hou party, which was deeply favored by Jia Nanfeng, Jia Mi and others. However, due to the strong opposition of Zhang Hua, the secretary of the Secretariat, and Pei Fu, Sima Lun did not get the position of Shangshu Ling, which he liked. As a result, Sima Lun, Zhang and Pei formed a private grudge.
[The first step I have to do now is to eliminate Sima Lun and Sun Xiu, but it requires a reason and an opportunity to succeed in one blow. If there is no reason, just kill such a person who has the first merit of restoring himself, how can I convince the public in the future?] Sima Yu thought about this, and he was tired and fell asleep in a drowsy way.
At dawn the next day, Sima Yu was woken up by the palace servants and went to visit Xie Shuyuan, the biological mother who had just been released from Jinyong City. As soon as Sima Yu entered Xie Concubine Xie's bedroom, he heard the sound of falling and incoherent crying. Then, Sima Yu saw Xie Shuyuan with a disheveled hair and a dull look. He asked quickly, "My mother, what's wrong with you?" Xie Shuyuan did not answer his words and continued to talk nonsense. At this time, a little palace maid next to him came and said timidly: "Your Highness, Xie Shuyuan is sick in Jinyong City. After being diagnosed by the imperial physician, she is a tragic disease. In the future, she can only treat her quietly and not have too much contact with the outside world."
Sima Yu sighed deeply, stayed in his mother's bedroom and checked, and asked the palace people to take care of his mother before leaving. At this time, the time for court was almost here, and Sima Yu hurried to the Tai Chi Hall.
As soon as the bell rang, the ministers began to enter one after another. The leader, Sima Lun, actually walked straight into the hall with his sword and his shoes. He was so proud that he felt like Cao Cao, the King of Wei, back then.
Sun Xiu, who was following him, recalled the night of the palace transformation and drafting the edict to be appointed Sima Lun, Sima Lun insisted on adding the "Swordsman's footsteps to the palace" behind the edict. Sun Xiu sneered in his heart at this time [Sima Lun, Sima Lun, you have a bad personality. In this court, your foundation is actually not solid at all, and you dare to be so arrogant and high-profile. If it weren't for me that you could only use it, how could you be your confidant?]
After the ministers entered the hall, with the sound of "The Emperor's Arrival", Emperor Hui Sima Zhong immediately went up to the hall surrounded by the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate and sat on the throne. His face was much better than yesterday, after all, he slept peacefully all night. A small yellow Gate sang loudly: "The Lord, you all report to me if you have anything to do, and you will retreat to the court if you have nothing to do!"
Chapter completed!