Sima Zhao looked at the inner room in the distance.
His face was full of confusion.
He took a few steps forward, but suddenly stopped, gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked back, but after taking a few steps, he stopped again.
Just as he was pacing back and forth, not daring to approach the inner room, a soldier walked up quickly and saluted him.
"General, the general has an order, please come in."
"Ah, good."
Sima Zhao didn't have any worries and quickly walked into the inner room.
Master Sima knelt down in front of the case, with memorials and documents like snowflakes placed in front of him. These things almost filled the entire room, without any place to stay.
Sima Zhao's eyes widened, and he hurried forward, took off his coat, and put it on Master Sima.
"Brother, why are you up again? It's freezing cold. Get up quickly. Shouldn't Zhong Shiji be responsible for these things?"
"Okay, my body is fine."
"ah?"
Sima Zhao was shocked, "Have you recovered?"
"Why, I see you're not happy?"
"Hahaha, no way!! Hahahaha!!"
"Brother is cured! Brother is cured!!"
Sima Zhao was extremely excited. The depression of these days disappeared without a trace in an instant. His heavy heart suddenly became clear, as if a mountain that was pressing on him suddenly collapsed. Sima Zhao could not describe his heart at this moment. He just Laughing like crazy, venting his inner depression to his heart's content.
"Great!! Great!"
"Brother! You don't know that these thieves are going too far. That Gao Rou actually threatened me and said he would defect to Guanqiu Jian!"
"The Queen Mother actually got together with Cao Mao!"
"Cao Mao still dares to teach my son!"
"Zhuge Dan met with Guan Qiu Jian in private!"
"Rebellion in many places in Hebei!"
Master Sima's face turned pale and quickly calmed down.
Sima Zhao no longer looked like he was outside. He was not young, but he was like a seven or eight-year-old child, complaining to his elder brother about the hateful behavior of these people, and wanted his elder brother to stand up for him.
When Sima Zhao finished speaking these things, Master Sima was silent for a long time.
"It's fine now. Since my brother has recovered, why should I worry about them?"
"Just now, I was worried that I would irritate my brother, and I was debating whether to come in. Brother, what should I do?!"
Sima Zhao's eyes were shining, and he didn't look as decadent as before. He was very high-spirited and confident. This change was entirely because of Sima Shi's words.
Master Sima said, "Let's talk about it one by one, starting with the Queen Mother's affairs. What did you just say happened to the Queen Mother?"
Sima Zhao quickly told his brother the truth about Guo Li just looking for him.
Master Sima listened to his words calmly, but a huge storm arose in his heart.
He knew better than Sima Zhao how important the identity of the Queen Mother could be, and after hearing Sima Zhao's arrangement, Master Sima nodded approvingly.
"You did a good job. It's feasible to let Guo Li keep an eye on the Queen Mother."
"The Queen Mother is timid, how could she suddenly be so tough? Just being an emperor is not enough to make her so confident. Go check and find out which ministers have visited the Queen Mother these days."
"Perhaps some ministers saw that I was dying and wanted to sell themselves for a good price."
Master Sima murmured and suddenly asked: "Has Wang Xiang gone to see the Queen Mother?"
"It seems like I don't know much about it."
"Well, let's ask first."
Sima Zhao asked: "Then do we need to do anything else?"
Master Sima said indifferently: "Your Majesty is too close to the Queen Mother. This is not a good thing. The palace needs someone of its own."
"What do you mean, brother?"
"Find a queen."
"good!"
Sima Zhao clapped his hands and asked seriously: "Brother, what if you let Qian marry Cao Mao?"
Sima Qian is the daughter of Sima Zhao and the sister of Sima Yan.
A trace of loneliness flashed in Master Sima's right eye, and he shook his head, "If you can't be a Qian, you can't be a queen."
Sima Zhao frowned and sighed. Sima Zhao liked his daughter very much, but his daughter was born with a disability and was blind. She could not become a queen because of her disability.
Sima Zhao said helplessly: "We can't let Yuan marry him. We have already made arrangements for her. My Jewish daughters have all gotten married."
Sima Zhao pondered for a moment and asked, "How about finding one from the other tribesmen?"
Master Sima shook his head, "It's better to be one of your own family. What do you think?"
"ah???"
Sima Zhao was shocked. This Sima Yu was none other than Sima Shi's youngest daughter. She was Guo De's wife. After Guo De was killed, she had returned to the general's palace and stayed behind closed doors. She was unwilling to come out and talk to Sima Zhao again. Teacher meets.
"Brother, she just lost her husband."
Before the Southern Song Dynasty, the awareness of chastity among the people was not very strong. It was very common for emperors to marry widows. There was no requirement among the people that women must remain widows. Remarrying was very common, including the birth mother of Cao Pi's Queen Cao Rui, Queen Wen Zhaozhen. Other people's wives, it is worth mentioning that Queen Zhen was also given death by Cao Pi, and Cao Rui followed suit.
Although this kind of thing is very common, the problem is that Master Sima just killed her husband not long ago. Is it too inappropriate to send her to the palace now? ?
"Brother, she doesn't even want to see you now, why should you?"
Sima Zhao didn't understand Master Sima's thoughts.
Master Sima said calmly: "Her age is very suitable. Besides, she has children."
"Yes, she even has a child, how about that? My brother is saying"
"Even if it is my own daughter, if she marries Cao Mao, she will easily become a member of the Cao family. Even if it is your daughter, my daughter, it will be the same."
"But Hu is different. She loves her son very much. She can risk her life for her child."
Master Sima said indifferently, but Sima Zhao felt a chill on his back and his whole body started to tremble.
He finally understood what his brother meant.
If you choose someone else, you may side with Cao Mao, but Sima Yu will not, because she has a child. As long as she keeps her child, she can blackmail her and control her through the child.
However, that child is your biological grandson.
Sima Zhao looked at his brother with disbelief in his eyes. For a moment, he even felt a little creepy.
"Zhao, are you scared?"
"No, no, brother, how could I be afraid?"
Master Sima said seriously: "Zhao, you have to remember that for the great cause, nothing can't be sacrificed, including myself. At this point, it's either advance or die. There is no third option. What's in your hand?" , not only the lives of your family, but also all the tens of millions of people who have put their hope in you. If you can complete your great cause, then these people can live. If you can't make a choice, everyone will die with you. "
"Those in power must learn to make choices. Don't care about other people's evaluations. Don't be misled by others. If you must sacrifice, then sacrifice the one with the least value."
Sima Zhao nodded and said nothing.
Master Sima continued: "Although Zhao I have recovered, the big things in the future still have to be completed by you. You should become familiar with these things as soon as possible and try to solve them yourself. Don't be afraid. If you do something wrong, I will Nature will come forward and let it go.”
Sima Zhao nodded dully.
The two brothers discussed for a long time. After getting his brother's advice, Sima Zhao hurriedly left here.
As soon as Sima Zhao left, Master Sima immediately bent down with a ferocious look on his face.
The huge pain prevented him from straightening his back, and he collapsed on the edge of the bed, curling up in pain.
After the operation, his sarcoma no longer hurt, but his left eye began to hurt like crazy. Sometimes, he even felt that his eye was about to burst.
This excruciating pain haunted him all the time, making him miserable.
Master Sima supported his body with trembling hands and tried to sit up.
His left eye bled again, seeping out of the cloth, leaving a terrible blood mark on his face.
"Father, please protect me. I don't want much. I only need half a year. In just half a year, I can solve everything."
"Guanqiu Jian"
"Zhuge's Birthday"
"Cao Mao"
"Queen Mother"
"Wang Xiang"
"Hahaha, your matter has been settled!"
"You start preparing now. Tomorrow, you will go to Huainan!"
Gao Rou was sitting in the carriage and was in a good mood.
Sure enough, despite being tricked once, the ministers still gave themselves a lot of face, and the matter of letting their son become the prefect did not suffer much trouble, and it went very smoothly.
Gao Guang was sitting next to Situ Gong at the moment, but he was not as happy as Gao Rou. He was very worried about the coming days.
"Father, why are you in such a hurry to go to Huainan?"
"You have to go, the sooner the better."
"Otherwise, it will be too late when the Sima family jumps out."
Gao Rou said, and returned to his mansion with his son. The carriage entered the mansion, and Gao Rou carefully analyzed for his son what happened after going to Huainan.
"You can repair your book now. Write a letter to Guanqiu Jian, telling him that you are going to Huainan. Say more nice things, but don't say it too obviously. Guan Qiujian is a very smart man, he will understand what you mean, and I won’t embarrass you.”
"When you arrive in Huainan, go to see Wen Qin first, and then see Guanqiu Jian."
"This is because Wen Qin is far less generous than Guan Qiu Jian. If you go to see Wen Qin first, Guan Qiu Jian will definitely not blame you. But if you go to see Guan Qiu Jian first, Wen Qin may be dissatisfied."
The father and son talked and got out of the carriage.
When they got out of the car, the two fell silent.
Things have already changed in the mansion.
In the distance were heavily armed soldiers, holding crossbows, staring at them coldly.
Not far away, a middle-aged man who looked like a skeleton was standing on the steps of the study, his head lowered, staring at the father and son.
"General"
Gao Rou murmured, but her legs suddenly started to tremble.
