Sima Ying was the sixteenth son of the late emperor Sima Yan. His mother-in-law, Cheng Cairen, had a low status, but she finally had a son who raised her status and was promoted to concubine. In addition, as Sima Ying grew older, Sima Ying became more handsome and taller, and Sima Yan liked him more and more.
When Sima Ying was thirteen, his marriage was put on the agenda. At that time, General Hua had also died in the war for three years, and Huazhi, who had completed his filial piety period, could prepare for the wedding.
Sima Yan promised Sima Ying that once she gets married, she will own a fief and become a king. Concubine Cheng thought that this was a good deal. Once she left Luoyang, Sima Ying would be freer and would not have to quarrel with the Sima royal family.
Therefore, when she looked at Huazhi and Yu, her eyes softened a lot.
General Hua has superb martial arts skills, and Yu also has good skills, so Hua Zhi has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He often practices martial arts with Sima Ying and other princes like a boy, and lives a good life laughing and joking.
At that time, Sima Zhong was already the crown prince, and he was much older than them, so when he walked past the martial arts training ground, he would just take a look, and occasionally pretend to be an elder brother, and reward him with some iced drinks on a hot summer day. cheese.
The martial arts arena in Luoyang Palace is also very large. On weekdays, in addition to the Imperial Guards practicing here, the princes also compete here, taking every move very seriously.
The words in "Guangling Observation of the Soldiers" written by Cao Pi at that time are still hanging on the high platform of the martial arts field, "The mountains are covered with spears and spears, and the black armor is dazzling. The fierce generals are furious and courageous."
Sima Yan was good at martial arts and once said: "You need to work hard to practice martial arts and sharpen the embroidery needle on the iron beam, and the success will come naturally." When the princes heard such words, they naturally had to behave.
However, since her wedding date to Sima Ying was set, Hua Zhi no longer competed in martial arts, but only watched from the sidelines as Sima Ying competed with her royal brothers. Sima Ying actually didn't like it, because these royal brothers had different ideas and often made small moves during martial arts competitions, injuring their opponents.
For example, the tenth emperor brother has just received a saddle as a reward from the emperor, and the next moment he will hurt his leg in the competition; the sixth emperor brother has received a big bow from the emperor, and his clothes are likely to be torn inexplicably in the competition field; If the emperor's brother is rewarded with a bowl of cheese, someone will attack his abdomen...and so on, all kinds of little tricks are constantly happening, making it difficult to guard against.
Especially the younger son like Sima Ying, who was favored by Sima Yan more and more, encountered more and more minor situations. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Concubine Cheng had warned her son not to compete with them.
But Huazhi liked it very much, and she even liked seeing Sima Ying knocking down those royal brothers. She felt that her future husband was the best general and prince in the Jin Dynasty! He is a person worthy of being proud of for the rest of his life!
On this day, just after breakfast, the princes gathered at the martial arts arena again. Anbei General Yan Xun was fighting fiercely with Xianbei Murongxian in Changli, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. Sima Yan planned to send a prince to supervise the battle and encourage the soldiers.
Although the battle was fierce, it was obvious that Jin Dynasty was about to win. At this time, no matter which prince went there, he was going to pick the fruits of victory. It was a reward deliberately given by Sima Yan, and it would also give the prince weight when he was crowned king in the future.
Not only the princes stood in the center of the martial arts arena, but also some princes came to join in the fun, planning to have a martial arts competition, and the winner would go to "pick peaches."
Although Sima Ying is young, her skills have always been at the front, so she is naturally the target of everyone's attention. He won five games in a row and was sweating profusely in the hot summer competition. The princes, princes and imperial guards who were watching around all sighed at his good skills. Huazhi was extremely happy after hearing this. She pretended to be Sima Ying's personal attendant and followed him. Although she couldn't go on stage, she helped carry clothes, wiped sweat, prepared food and other things very quickly.
Huazhi was still quietly analyzing other people's martial arts routines for him and telling him some things to pay attention to. The two of them were whispering to each other and their relationship was quite good.
When the then prince Sima Zhong came over, he looked at it for a while and felt bored and wanted to leave. The eunuch Zhang Du beside him whispered: "You have to reward these brothers with something to show that you, the emperor, care about them."
Sima Zhong was already very fat at that time, and the heat made him want to open his chest all the time. The surrounding young eunuchs had been standing by to fan him, but with little success. "You can give it as you see fit, I have to go back and take a nap."
Zhang Du thought for a while and asked someone to make a few large barrels of cheese and bring it over, saying loudly that it was a reward from the prince. Everyone thanked and kowtowed again, and the scene became even more lively.
Sima Ying doesn't like sweets or cold food. He handed the bowl of cheese he had just scooped out of the bucket to Huazhi. Huazhi was arranging the clothes Sima Ying had just taken off. They were all wet with sweat and even touched her hands.
"Why are you sweating so much?" Huazhi asked him with a smile.
"Oh, Brother Fourteen said that pouring some water would make it cooler, so I poured half a bowl of water on my body, but I felt uncomfortable, so I wiped it and my clothes got wet." Sima Ying also laughed, " Brother Fourteen is so stupid, he gave me this broken bowl, you take it first and throw it to him later."
"Okay." Huazhi reached out to catch the broken bowl, but unexpectedly cut his thumb on the broken bowl and bled.
"Hey, why are you so careless?" Sima Ying complained, "Put it down quickly and go wash it off."
When Huazhi saw the blood, she panicked. She accidentally knocked the cheese bowl and almost spilled it. Sima Ying frowned again, "Don't be impatient. Drink this bowl of cheese first, then wash your wounds and then come over and help me tidy up my clothes."
"Okay." Hua Zhi was very obedient and felt much better after drinking the cold cheese. "The Sixteenth Prince is really the best. I like you."
The sudden confession stunned Sima Ying. Then he also laughed, urging Huazhi to quickly deal with the wound, and then come over to watch him continue the competition.
But until the competition was over, Huazhi did not come back.
After all, Sima Ying was young and lacked physical strength. In the end, the fifth prince won the victory and was assigned to the front line by Sima Yan, and got this glorious opportunity.
Now that the results have been obtained, the princes dispersed and went back to rest. There are so many people that it’s very chaotic when everyone mixes together. Sima Ying waited for a while before returning to her residence.
But after returning home, I didn't see Huazhi, and even the servant said that I had never seen Huazhi coming.
Sima Ying felt strange, so she sent someone to look for him, and also went to Yu's place to ask. According to common sense, Huazhi always sticks to him and will never be separated for a moment. But now, where has she gone?
