On the Jinling and Wangxiang Tower, Xiao Ling and Sima Yi were playing chess. ===== It was setting sun, and it seemed that the spirits of both of them were not on the chessboard. One was careless, and the other was paying attention to the scenery outside the window from time to time.

"Brother Sima, if you want to talk about this scenery, I have walked a lot of places in Jinling, so I only look at the Xiang Tower. Sitting here, you can enjoy the scenery. Whether you play chess or listen to music, it has a taste. At night, I will bring the dancer from my palace to dance with a song, and return home drunk, and this is the pleasure of life."

Xiao Ling said something a little fluttering, as if he was immersed in the beautiful life he knitted.

Sima Yi smiled and shook his head slightly and said, "What I want is different."

Xiao Ling smiled and said with a wry smile: "Brother Sima is really unpredictable, but it doesn't matter. If you make friends, we can seek common ground while reserving differences. Just say that playing chess... Brother Sima doesn't seem to be very good at playing chess. After playing these games, Brother Sima seems to be intentionally asking me."

Sima Yi looked at the chessboard, and he lost again on the chess.

He was not good at playing chess, and although Xiao Ling's chess skills were not as good as Li Shanye, he was also the best among young talents. After all, he taught Xiao Ling's chess skills, and was not a national player, but also a master of chess skills.

"I am not good at this, so it's normal to lose. If it were a friend of mine, Mr. Li might not have won so easily." Sima Yi said thoughtfully.

Xiao Ling said in a daze: "Brother Sima is always talking about your friend. Where is this friend of Sima? In addition to being good at drinking, he can write poetry and good martial arts skills. Is he good at chess skills... also good at chess?"

Sima Yi smiled slightly and said, "I wonder if Mr. Li has seen a comic strip?"

"Of course I have seen this... I have all seen it. It's all circulated from the north, and it's made in a rough manner. But I have a few original versions, which are very well-made. Brother Sima is also interested?" When it comes to comic strips, Xiao Ling also became interested, but he got a lot of "branded products" on hand, which was something he was quite proud of.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "No need. Comics are created by this friend. Even the carved version is painted by him personally and found someone to carve it. Every time there is a new stereotype, he will take it to us first."

"Oh, is there such a strange man?" Xiao Ling said in surprise, "Brother Sima said. I want to meet this gentleman. I don't know where he is now?"

Sima Yi sighed: "Young Master Li probably didn't have the chance to see you again. He had been to Jiangdu once, but it soon disappeared, and then he returned to the north alone."

Xiao Ling frowned and thought for a while. Suddenly, he suddenly said, "Brother Sima must be talking about the Eastern King of the Northern Dynasties. I have heard of him. Now in the north, he took over the Eastern King's Mansion. I heard that he was doing it so well... Cough cough, it may not be appropriate to describe it. After all, he is the Eastern King. Alas, I am also the King, why do I be a King? There is such a big gap? Looking back, should I also find someone to go to the stereotype comic strips?"

Sima Yi ignored Xiao Ling's nagging and continued to look out the window.

The third floor of Wangxiang Tower, looking southwest from the window, is exactly the Qinhuai River. Although the Qinhuai River is famous for its flower boats at night, during the day, especially during the clear summer day, half of the scenery of Jinling City can be seen. Looking up at the distance, Sima Jie's mood has also become more broad.

But at this moment, a carriage escorted by the followers of the crowd stopped downstairs, and the carriage was parked at the door of Wangxiang Tower.

Then, a woman got off the carriage. This woman was just wearing an ordinary green and long skirt, but she had an indescribable lightness, as if she could float up when walking. What's important is that when the woman got off the carriage, many followers surrounded her. When the woman waved her hands, the followers retreated. Then the woman entered Wangxiang Tower.

"What are Brother Sima watching? Why don't we go to another game? It's just fine. In the evening, I invited a troupe to come. You may have not seen our Nan Opera yet. There are a few famous actors who sang very well... I can't even learn it." Xiao Ling said aside again.

"Someone is coming up." Sima Yi suddenly said.

"Hmm? Who?"

Xiao Ling looked at the stairs and after a long time, someone came upstairs. However, it was the woman just now. Most of the woman's followers stayed downstairs. Only two burly men came up with her. At first glance, you could tell that the two men were from soldiers and were wearing swords.

"Ha. What a coincidence." Xiao Ling laughed when she saw the woman, got up, almost knocked down the chair, turned around and glanced at the shaking chair. Xiao Ling greeted the woman, "Little niece, have so much time to come out for tea?"

When Sima Yi was slightly surprised when he heard Xiao Ling's name.

What is Xiao Ling's identity? He is King Hui, the cousin of the current little emperor and the brother-in-law of the current queen mother. He calls him the little niece, needless to say that this woman is also a royal family.

When the woman saw Xiao Ling, her expression changed. It seemed that Xiao Ling was not as expected in Wangxiang Tower. However, the woman then looked at Sima Zhi. Out of politeness, Sima Jie still stood up and walked behind Xiao Ling.

"I've seen the emperor's uncle." The woman walked up and bowed to her body and said, "Uncle is so excited too?"

Xiao Ling laughed and said, "I am so intrigued every day. My little niece, I will introduce you to a friend, this Sima Brother, whose name is Sima Yi, and he has no name. Brother Sima, this is my niece, and he is also the sister of His Majesty today, Princess Yongdan..."

Only then did Sima realize that this was the rumored Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan is not famous in Jinling City, but because people always like to compare the Southern Dynasties with the Northern Dynasties, when the Northern Dynasties passed the throne to the emperor, while the Southern Dynasties passed the throne to his younger son. The people always compare Princess Yongdan and Princess Ning Xi of the Northern Dynasties, so Sima Yi is not unfamiliar with the name "Princess Yongdan".

"I've seen the princess." Sima Jie just bowed his hands calmly.

"You are welcome." Xiao Zhan smiled and his eyes turned from Sima Yi to Xiao Ling. "Uncle, the niece has something to do, so she won't disturb her. Go down to the second floor first. After a while, you will see someone."

"Oh. Want to meet someone? Or, Brother Sima and I will give you the third floor?" Xiao Ling said with a smile.

"No need. The niece dares not disturb the emperor's uncle's viewing scenery. Besides, the niece's affairs are not a matter of concern, but just don't want outsiders to disturb them."

Speaking of "outsider", Xiao Zhan glanced at Sima, as if his words were meaningful.

Sima and Han Jian have been together for a long time. Although they cannot learn the essence of Han Jian, they can still look like they are. At this time, Han Jian will always mention him and just treat himself as transparent.

"Then I won't send my little niece down. Hehe, after talking about it, I'll come up to have a meal together. I haven't seen you for a few days. Three months... It's wrong. I haven't seen you much after the New Year. I don't know where you went. Last time I went to the palace, I asked you about you, but the emperor sister-in-law didn't say it. I just said you have something to do."

Xiao Zhan heard Xiao Ling's long-lasting words, as if he had been used to the emperor's words irrelevant. He smiled lightly and looked very elegant. Then he saluted again and took his entourage to the second floor.

When the others left, Xiao Ling and Sima Yi sat down again. Xiao Ling sighed, "My niece is good at everything, but I just ignore others. I am almost twenty years old. I don't even like a decent prince-consort, but I always mingle with Master Zhu. I think she is going to recruit Master Zhu as his prince-consort."

Sima Jie was not familiar with Xiao Zhan, and he was very familiar with "Master Zhu" Zhu Tongjing, and the two of them met many times. This time, they forced him to stay in Jinling, and it was Zhu Tongjing. When Xiao Ling mentioned Zhu Tongjing, Sima Jie naturally became angry. If he were in Jiangdu, he would have cursed, but now he is in Jinling, and he can only bear it if he has anger in his heart.

"Isn't Mr. Li the same?" Sima said casually.

"How is this? I have a heart. Originally, my princess also gave me a plan to marry a princess, but I really care about someone. Oh, I have not seen her for many days, and I don't know where she is now." Xiao Ling acted like a look and sighed, but then she showed a little unscrupulous expression. "But we men, hehe, even if we have a heart, women are always lacking. There are many women in my palace, and they don't have as long as they want it? But... I am with those obedient women, and I don't feel like I'm with her."

Sima Yi and Xiao Ling met for a while, and heard Xiao Ling mention the "Dream Lover". Sima Yi had asked Xiao Ling about this woman before, but Xiao Ling didn't say anything about it, thinking that such a thing was a secret and could not be shared.

"Brother Sima, do you have a woman you like?" Xiao Ling asked at Sima Zhi last.

Sima Yi shook his head slightly.

"Why don't a real man have no wife? Hey, if Brother Sima likes me, I will find you ten or eight at any time, but it seems that you don't want it. Ha, then I will write it down for you first. Even if you return to the Northern Dynasties in the future, I believe that your friend... even the King of the East will help you find it. Alas! I pity me, I can only look at the Qinhuai River and miss the beauty. I will be looking at the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch... Brother Sima, your two lines of poetry really touch my heart." Xiao Ling said with a self-pitying look.

Sima Yi secretly scolded Xiao Ling for being so sensible. In his opinion, since Xiao Ling is the King of Hui, in Southern Qi, a woman who hooks her fingers will throw herself into her arms. What kind of women he likes are "not obeying"?

"This poem is not a derogatory work, and it is not suitable to use it here." Sima Zhi said.

"It was your friend again. Hey, this Dong Wang is really a versatile." Xiao Ling said, "You said it was not suitable, but it was actually suitable. I, the beauty in my dream, disdained all men..."

"She likes women?" Sima Yi asked with his eyes narrowed.

"That's not." Xiao Ling said, "Don't slander her so maliciously, okay? I said she disdains all men because she is very cold by nature. Although she falls into the dust, she is self-disciplined. I have invited her to the mansion to sing and dance to entertain her. She just plays a piano. The sound of the piano... It's really a circle of three days. There seems to be a longing for another person hidden in the sound of the piano... How can I not be heartbroken?"

Sima Zhi smiled and he understood. Before Xiao Ling fell in love with a woman, the woman already had a heart. To put it nicely, this is called knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain and going to the tiger mountain. To put it bluntly, this is just a bad thing. Knowing that a woman’s heart is not in her own way, it’s not asking for trouble?

Sima Yi asked, "Does Mr. Li know who is the one who is tied to the woman's heart?"

"It's good that I know, I have to take the man out of eight pieces... Hey. I'm joking, how sweet is the forced melon? I didn't know, so I was worried. After that, she floated away like a rain butterfly, and the traces were gone. But I heard that she was very interesting to a piano player, and it was also... You northerners, and the piano score was still circulated from the north. What's the name... Outside the Changting, it seems to be very famous in the north."

Originally, Sima Yi was holding a tea cup and drank a sip of tea. When he heard this, he almost sprayed out the tea.

"Brother Sima, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Ling asked.

"It's okay..." Sima Yi said, "The woman Mr. Li mentioned should be Miss Qian Suli Qian?"

"Hey. Do you know too?" Xiao Ling raised his spirit and smiled.

"Well. I don't think you have to worry too much about who she is worried about. I recognize this person." Sima Zhi said.

"Do you recognize it?" Xiao Ling was surprised at first, thinking that she had been looking for so long. Finally, she knew who she was. Then she thought, and felt something bad in her heart, "Could it be you... that friend?"

"Yes." Sima Zhi nodded.

"Dongwang?!" Xiao Ling immediately slapped the table, like an angry bull, paced around the table. After walking for a while, she sat down again and said in a deep voice, "Let's go back, you must compare with him. I practiced the piano skills hard for Miss Qian, just to touch her heart... Wait, I remember that the Dongwang must have been married a few days ago, right?"

"Yes." Sima Yi nodded again.

"Who will marry? Oh, I remember, one is the second lady from the Nanwang Mansion, and the matter is quite sensational. The other one seems to be a grandmaster and the daughter of the prime minister. Yanfu is not very lucky... Miss Qian knows this, but she is so sad that she crying? It really doesn't feel worth it for her..." Xiao Ling suddenly imagined Feifei again with affection.

"Or why should Mr. Li find her and go to comfort her?" Sima asked with a strange look.

"I don't know where she is, how can I comfort her? Wait, I'll ask someone to find out who..."

Xiao Ling shouted, and the entourage waiting in the corner immediately trotted over: "What are the instructions for the young master?"

"Go and ask Miss Qian's ship when will she return to Jinling?"

"I have already inquired about it. Miss Qian's ship is in Jinling City, but not in Qinhuai River. Miss Qian has closed her door to thank guests these days, but there are still people who often see men entering and leaving her ship." The follower said.

"What? Don't slander Miss Qian or not? Since she is behind closed doors to thank guests, how could there be men on her flower boat? Tell me where her flower boat is. I will visit her in person. If you have something wrong, I will have to find someone to hit you with a stick."

"The villain dares not." The follower immediately saluted.

"Tell me where the flower boat is. I'm going to see Miss Qian. Could it be that Miss Qian... has fallen? What can you do with the beauty of Qing Ben... Am I not making trouble for myself?"

The entourage quickly told Xiao Ling the location of the Qiansuli flower boat. Xiao Ling couldn't wait to go downstairs to find him, and he did not forget to take Sima Lian with him.

"Brother Sima, I won't eat here for a few nights, but I will eat on the flower boat."

Xiao Ling said, going downstairs first, Sima Zhi followed behind.

When he arrived at the second floor, Sima Yi glanced inside and saw Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan talking to someone. Although the man was wearing men's clothes, he could not hide the woman's tenderness. He knew that he was dressed as a man. Moreover, the woman went out and simply tied her hair and changed into men's clothes, without deliberately dressing up. Sima Yi had the ambition to walk the world, and could still recognize such a clumsy dress at a glance.

Xiao Zhan was very attentive in his conversation with the woman, and did not notice Xiao Ling who was going downstairs quickly.

Sima Jie followed Xiao Ling downstairs and got into the sedan chair directly. Xiao Ling went out to bring a lot of followers, and Sima Jie was followed by someone. The sedan chairs of the two walked along the Qinhuai River. Soon after, they turned to a very fast canal. After walking for a while, the sedan chair stopped. Sima Jie and Xiao Ling got out of the sedan chair.

"Young Master, right in front." The entourage gave Xiao Ling guidance.

Xiao Ling looked over and found that there was a large flower boat in the canal. He couldn't help but exclaim: "I've been looking for you for so long, but I finally found it... Is it a man or a woman who came down from above?"

The entourage immediately replied, "Young Master, you're a man."

"What? Men are in and out in broad daylight? Oh, they must be here to deliver goods. Let's go up and see what goods are being delivered!"

Xiao Ling said, walking forward angrily. Then several men came down from the boat, and a little maid was sent off.

A man in his thirties said, "Miss Linlin, please come back. We don't have to send you it. I will come to visit you if you have the chance in the future."

Xiao Ling became angry when he heard this. He stood on the shore and shouted at the people: "Who are you?"

As he said that, the entourage behind Xiao Ling took over the shore with his guys. Suddenly, the people on the boat could not come to the shore.

"Who are you? How dare you come to harass Miss Qian?" The people on the boat seemed not very convinced. Although they did not bring weapons, they were all marching one by one. It seemed that they were going to fight.
To be continued...