On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, on the Tongque Bridge in Jinling, King Hui Xiao Ling was drinking with Sima Yi. On the water pavilion in front of Tongque Bridge, a woman was playing solo piano music on a moonlit night.

Above the canal water, Sima Yi looked up at the sky and looked at the moon. Although he came out to appreciate the moon like this, although it was not as cold as the northern country, he also felt a sense of desolation of seeking joy in suffering.

After the song ended, Xiao Ling clapped and clapped, "It's really better than the sound of nature, what a pity."

Sima took a sip of wine and said, "What a pity?"

Xiao Ling said with a sad look: "It's a pity that Miss Qian didn't report..."

Xiao Ling said, her eyes far away, as if she was recalling someone. Sima Jie is no longer surprised. Xiao Ling is a person who talks too much but is not very particular, and can easily feel her life experience when she gets casually. In the past, Miss Qian always talks about it, but now the topic has changed. There are only a few times when it comes to Miss Qian, but once Qian Suli talks, she always seems sentimental. Sima Jie knew that this kid was thinking about Daxiliu again.

Since Jinling met Daxiliu once, Xiao Ling was obsessed with her. From then on, Miss Qian became his past, which was equivalent to "looking for a new love". Unfortunately, Daxiliu's identity is more than a hundred times more complicated than Qiansuliu. He was once a woman from an old Xiliang subordinate, but now he is planning affairs under the Eastern Palace, and he works as a spy and a meticulous worker for the Eastern King. Such a woman has such a beautiful appearance, which is just a concealment. Who ordinary people dares to have something to do with such a woman? Only Xiao Ling, who seems to have no difficulty to challenge, doesn't bother to approach. Qiansuli, who was disdainful of him at first, is now another Daxiliu that is impossible.

"King Hui. If you think Miss Qian's piano music is unparalleled, why not send someone to play it? Miss Qian will probably not refuse now." Sima said.

"Oh! Why do you have to force others to do something?" Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Miss Qian's heart is entirely on Brother Sima's friend. I'm looking for her. My heart is not there. Even if I lose my soul, the music of the piano will be gone. Unlike now, I think that playing the piano is good, so I can pull it over and sit down. Drink a glass of water and wine together. Isn't it more obvious?"

Xiao Ling said, the woman who was playing the piano music just now had already walked down from the water pavilion. Originally, Xiao Ling had sent someone to give a reward, but now the woman came to thank him.

With the faint fire of the lantern, Sima Yi glanced at the woman playing the piano. Although it was not considered as the country's beauty, it was also the woman in Jiangnan who was still pity for me.

Xiao Ling smiled at the woman and said, "Raise your head, take a good look at me and Sima."

"Yes." The woman raised her head, but nodded slightly, and felt a little shy and embarrassed.

Xiao Ling laughed and said to Sima Yi: "Brother Sima, does this woman... close her eyes?"

Sima smiled and did not answer. He knew that if he said he looked OK, Xiao Ling's next sentence was to give him this woman.

"It seems that it is not eye-catching." Xiao Ling waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go down first and then receive the reward. I feel bored later. Let me come up and play a song."

"Yes." The woman responded sweetly and stepped back.

When the person left, Xiao Ling continued to pour wine and drink, completely taking care of himself. This is how he and Sima Zhi got along. He didn't have to be too obsessed with the situation, and wanted to drink wine and pour it himself, nor did he have to be polite to say anything to him. He also felt comfortable.

"Where did people come from? Why haven't you seen them before?" Sima asked.

Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Oh? Brother Sima still thinks he looks cute? He was sent by the prefect of Jiangchuan. There were ten people, all of them were both talented and beautiful. The important ones were also virgins and well-trained. If Brother Sima is interested, look back and choose a few, there will always be a few women around you who will relieve depression, right?"

"Prefect Jiangchuan?" Sima Yi was not very concerned about Xiao Ling's nonsense, but was a little strange about the fact that the Prefect Jiangchuan gave away the beautiful Xiao Ling.

"I haven't told you about something to Brother Sima. Recently, my sister-in-law wants to choose a son-in-law for my little niece. This is not a big deal. In the capital, there are only a few young talents who can be named. Either they form party members or famous flowers have masters. No, what is the saying of Brother Sima? Oh, it's famous grass has masters."

Sima Yi frowned and said, "Does the prefect of Jiangchuan want to be Princess Yongdan's son-in-law to ride the dragon?"

"He thought, oh, Hu Ling is already in his forties, he has the heart and no courage. He is here for another thing. This time, my princess is not only going to choose a son-in-law for her little niece, but also chooses a queen for her little nephew... Hu Ling has a bunch of twin daughters, who are ten years old and are quite handsome. This time she looks through me and sends her two daughters into the palace. Even if she can't be the queen, she will be a concubine or something."

Sima Zhi nodded to express his understanding.

Now Xiao Ling is very close to the Empress Dowager and has replaced Zhu Tongjing at the time. If the foreign official wants to have any contact with the palace, it is indeed a shortcut to take Xiao Ling's path. But Sima Zhi was a little puzzled about Empress Dowager He's move.

According to Sima Jie's idea, if Empress Dowager He chose for his son, he would take the opportunity to win over a group of foreign ministers and make them use it for his own use. After all, he was a family in a closed door. These foreign ministers would definitely serve the Queen Mother for the sake of their daughter's future considerations. But after all, the young emperor was only nine years old, and even if he was "hiding a beautiful woman in a golden house", he would only truly understand the affairs of men and women after a few years. In other words, this kind of in-laws relationship would be very unstable, and no one knew whether the young emperor would accept the woman his mother chose for him after he became an adult.

"Hu Ling has found you, King Hui. What does King Hui think of the opportunity?" Sima Zhi asked.

"Opportunity? This is hard to say. To put it nicely, this is after the Emperor's sister-in-law chose a concubine for her son, but after all, she is not a few available people? Such a Jiangchuan prefect only has a town of troops and has to accept the restraint of the Northern Army. She is not a very available person. I believe that the Emperor's sister-in-law will make him two women the concubines of her little nephew. She may be lucky and can be a concubine or something."

Sima Yi asked again: "Is there a candidate for the queen?"

Xiao Ling's face changed cunningly, blinked, and came forward as a mysterious person and said, "I'm going to hide it from Brother Sima, there's really a candidate. However, the matter happened suddenly, and even when I heard the emperor's sister-in-law's words, I was shocked."

"Who?"

"The little granddaughter of Anlehou, whose boudoir name is Lin'er, is still young, but he is only six or seven years old and has been sent to the palace. However, I don't know anything about this outside. Brother Sima also knows that Anlehou has been very close to Xie Xiang before." Xiao Ling said, and couldn't help but sigh.

Sima Yi nodded. He had heard about Anlehou before.

The biggest enemy of Empress Dowager He was the Xie Party, who was already headed by Xie Rumo. Among them, there were several "backbone" members, including Anlehou.

Ordinary marquises are not powerful in Jinling City, but Anle Hou is different. Anle Hou himself is a marquis who is enfeoffed outside, with a fief of two thousand households, and there are almost more than one thousand households. The most important thing is that Anle Hou was born in the early years and had a group of family soldiers under him. Together, he had almost a few thousand people, but he was also elite soldiers and generals.

If Anlehou secretly went with Mr. He later, it would be like Empress Dowager He dug up Xie Rumo's wall. The situation of one's rise and the other's decline. After choosing, Empress Dowager He was able to win over Anlehou, which can be said to be very clever.

Xiao Ling smiled again and said, "What do you know about a girl who is six or seven years old? She will only serve as a playmate for her nephew in the palace. In the future, she will be able to officially complete the house when the girl is thirteen or fourteen. It will take six or seven years. Who can tell the truth about what happened to our Jinling at that time?"

Sima Zhi nodded.

What Xiao Ling said is reasonable. At this time, Xiao Ling was not the "Wu Xia Ameng" who was basically unaware of political affairs. Under his "cultivation" by Sima Zhi, Xiao Ling also knew how to think about the interests of the court.

"Then Princess Yongdan chooses a son-in-law..." Sima Jie couldn't help but ask.

Sima Jie and Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan had met several times. Sima Jie couldn't say why. Afterwards, he always thought about the scene when he first met Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan was discussing things with a strange woman that day, but he didn't even look at him at all, but his inadvertent look made Sima Jie seem to be unforgettable forever. Sima Jie didn't know if this was because he was interested in Princess Yongdan. When he said that Princess Yongdan at this time, he also had a strange feeling in his heart. He thought about it, probably a kind of reluctance. He didn't want Princess Yongdan to marry someone else.

"The emperor's niece chooses a son-in-law?" Xiao Ling thought for a while and said, "Everyone knows that the emperor's niece is close to the Zhu. The people of Xie Party even say that the emperor's niece has long been in harmony with the Zhu. But my niece doesn't know how to avoid it, and she always stays with the one with the surname Zhu. Could it be that she wants to steal the ancestral temple of my Xiao family for helping outsiders?...Where is it? Yes, it is the emperor's niece who chooses a son-in-law, and there is a Zhu surname. This matter is not easy to deal with. What is the one who gets married to the emperor's niece now? Everyone knows that there is a gap between the emperor's niece and the emperor's sister-in-law. Is it for the emperor's sister-in-law to be a son-in-law? Or is it for the emperor's sister-in-law? This matter is unlucky. Who dares to come out to ask if anyone with a strong reputation in the capital?"

Sima Yi sighed slightly.

Xiao Zhan is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty. She was originally highly respected in the court. At that time, she almost became the queen of the Southern Dynasty. But because she got close to Zhu Tongjing, the relationship between Empress Dowager He and Zhu Tongjing deteriorated, her status was deviated. Now no one dared to get too close to Xiao Zhan, because the reason is that she is uncertain about her identity and position.

"King Hui, I wonder if I am here... can I choose?" Sima thought for a while and finally began to ask.

"Ah?" Xiao Ling was shocked when he heard this, "You want to choose... the prince consort of the little emperor's niece? This... this is not good, right? In the future, won't you become my junior? Haha, joke, joke. Brother Sima, you kept telling me that you are not in the officialdom and will let go of this intrigue of power. Why is it right... the little emperor's niece... moved? Could it be that, I can't help but feel uneasy?"

Sima Yi said with a dark face: "That's true." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, and it is updated faster!

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