The New Year is almost here in a blink of an eye, it’s freezing cold and snowy.
Sima Zhong's leg has mostly recovered, but he is too lazy to go out and walk around. If there is anything, he always asks Zhang Du to pass the message on his behalf. In fact, nothing happened to him.
Sima Lun was quite happy. After all, before the New Year, most of the rebels who caused an uprising by Jia Nanfeng's cousin Zhao Lian were suppressed, and the world became much more peaceful. He sat in the middle chatting with the Sima royal family and did not even get up when Zhang Du came over with the imperial edict to deliver the message.
Zhang Du had no expression on his face, just standing in the hall and looking at these people. Most of them are from the Sima family, they are related by relatives, and there are no outsiders.
"The emperor said that today's seal will be sealed, so you princes and adults do not need to attend court in the morning."
After hearing this, Sima Lun waved his hand, indicating to Zhang Du that he could step back, and did not take him seriously at all. "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Even if we don't have a big banquet for civil and military officials, we still have a family banquet, right?"
"Why bother? It's so uncomfortable when everyone gets together and eats uncomfortably. It would be so uncomfortable to cause a murder case at the Great Cold Banquet later." Some people disagreed.
"Or, should we arrange Sun Hui's marriage first?" Sima Lun looked sideways at Sun Xiu, "Has your mansion been repaired? Hurry up and marry Princess Hedong. Speaking of which, she is older than Rong'er. Quite a few, I see she has been shouting that 'the queen is out of the house' these days, and she is also eager to go out for a walk."
"Everything is ready." Sun Xiu laughed, "Rong'er went out to do business, and Princess Hedong just went to play. It is true that she has to marry into the family quickly, and it is also an honor for my Sun family."
"Okay, then pick an auspicious day and get the wedding done as soon as possible." Sima Lun had a smile on his face and suddenly turned to Sima Ying, "You are not young anymore, so you have to get married."
Sima Ying originally wanted to take a sip of hot tea, but she didn't drink it and her hands froze in mid-air. "Nephew, don't be in a hurry."
"Look, everyone of your generation is already married and has children. It's better for you to be a cool and unrestrained person, right?" Sima Lun actually showed the loving look of an old father, "Don't listen to Xu Zhenren's nonsense. Besides, That was also a fate that was calculated twenty-five years ago and was not counted. It must have changed now. Otherwise, let him calculate it later. I heard that Master Xu has returned to Xuanji Palace in the past few days."
"Nephew, don't be in a hurry." Sima Ying's smiling face showed a sense of alienation. When he was born, the late Emperor Sima Lun specially asked Master Xu to perform divination for him, but unexpectedly what he got was the divination of "when the time is rich and when he is alone, his wife will die", which made everyone very unhappy.
But as he grew up, his handsome appearance became one of the rare men in the Sima family, so there were also many people who proposed marriage. When he was just over fifteen years old, he already had the title of prince and general. His marriage to a wife naturally attracted everyone's attention.
When the late Emperor Sima Yan was still alive, he betrothed Hua Zhi, the daughter of General Protector, to him. However, General Hua died in battle, and the Hua family also fell. Originally, Sima Ying's mother-in-law, Mrs. Cheng, still wanted to fulfill her promise back then, but when the wedding was approaching, she found that Huazhi's appearance was ruined by illness, so she refused to agree to the marriage.
Later, General Chen's only daughter was selected. Unexpectedly, this daughter died in the sedan chair on the wedding day, but the cause of death could not be found. Two years later, two more marriages were arranged one after another. The strange thing is that the two brides also died in the sedan chair, and the reason cannot be found.
Since the cause of death is unknown, it is impossible to determine whether it was homicide or suicide. The matter became an unsolved case, and Sima Ying's reputation as a "wife-killer" spread, and no one dared to mention the matter in front of Sima Ying.
However, Sima Ying's marriage has been brought up recently. There was no other reason. After deposing Jia Nanfeng, he took over everything in the palace, and also assumed the duty of guarding Luoyang City. More importantly, he was a prince, a prince with military power.
The recent Fengluan murder case, the Shakuhachi murder case, and the Sui Gong poisoning case of Xiao Ruobai and Shi Kaizhi who had just been killed were not clearly revealed to the outside world to be the Queen Yang Xianrong, so they were all blamed on him. Folks have always liked to hear about these things and spread gossip.
What's more, he is young and promising, handsome in appearance, and his radiance in front of Feng Luan is still something that the ladies talk about.
Now, the idiot emperor Sima Zhong treats him very well, and often asks him to pass on imperial edicts, vaguely looking like the next Sima Lun to supervise the country.
Sima Lun knew that his sons and grandsons were all average, especially Sima Shan, who was simply capable of eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and could not be counted on at all. Therefore, he also wanted to win over Sima Ying and let him do things for him completely. He hinted that Sun Xiu found some girls of the right age to betroth to Sima Ying, which was also a way to win over him.
"I met Mr. Sun's direct granddaughter the day before yesterday. She is really good-looking. Although she is not as good as Rong'er, she is still pretty." Sima Lun had already spoken out.
Sun Xiu immediately smiled and said, "Yes, Xiaohe has also reached the age of marriage. She is half a year younger than Rong'er, so that's about the same."
Sun Qi, who was sitting aside, lowered his head and drank a cup of hot tea, feeling extremely unhappy. His direct granddaughter was going to marry a talented man like Sima Ying, but his direct granddaughter married the fool Sima Zhong. So what if she has the reputation of being the Queen of the Jin Dynasty? Even if you are smart and beautiful, so what? What's the point of guarding a fool in the palace for the rest of my life?
"Everyone in the world says that Sima Ying is charming and free-spirited, but she is an orphan. Her life is full of punishment, including punishment for her parents, brothers, wife and children... Isn't Mr. Sun afraid of killing his granddaughter?" Sima Ying's smile was extremely bright. , but what he said was frightening.
Sima Lun and Sun Xiu were both stunned. Sun Xiu laughed a few times before replying: "Didn't the prince just say that, it was all done more than 20 years ago. Maybe it has changed now? I'll ask Zhenren Xu later." Do the math again.”
"Actually, it would be good to do some calculations for this girl." Sima Ying laughed again, "Master Xu will have to wait a few days before returning to Xuanji Palace. We might as well do some calculations for this girl first."
"Oh, her life is also very noble." Sun Xiu laughed again, "When I calculated it for Rong'er, I also calculated it for Xiaohe, saying that she is 'bead curtain embroidered curtain Axiang Yan' , isn’t this what it means to be rich and powerful? Haha.”
Sun Qi listened on the sidelines and said "hehe" twice. He drank another cup of hot tea and thought that he would go to his granddaughter's place to see her and take the undergarments her mother had prepared for her. past. In addition, the silly Yang Xianlian was already waiting outside the palace gate. The queen took her into the palace to stay for a few days, which was considered a reunion of the sisters for the New Year.
