Shen Huang Yan Feng

3 Out of the Palace

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent someone to ask you if it's time to marry King Mu?" Xiao Feng said carefully.

After Sima Yan heard this, he didn't say a word, but took out the jade seal calmly, dyed it with cinnabar, and prepared to stamp the seal on the written edict of bestowing marriage.But after a long time, he just couldn't put the jade seal stained with cinnabar on the imperial decree.

"Your Majesty, do you feel that the selected concubine is not worthy of King Mu? Otherwise, you can choose again."

That night, in Mu Wangfu's study room, Shen Mu sat quietly, looking coldly at Xiao Feng who came to look for him.

"My lord, this is a letter from the emperor, please read it yourself." Xiaofeng said obsequiously while taking out an envelope from her sleeve, and handed it to King Mu respectfully.

Mu Wang took it with a cold expression, without looking at it, he tore it in half and threw it on the ground.

"My lord, this is also a letter from the emperor, please read it yourself." Xiao Feng said while handing another envelope to Mu Wang.

King Mu took it with a colder expression, but still didn't look at it, and tore it into pieces.

After some tossing, there was a pile of shredded paper on the clean floor.

"No matter how many envelopes are left, I will tear them up."

Then, Xiaofeng took out the last envelope from her bosom, and handed it to King Mu respectfully.He said cautiously: "My lord, this is the last envelope. The emperor said, if you really don't want to read it, then let the servant go back to the palace on his own."

Shen Mu looked at the envelope in his hand, and casually looked at the pile of scraps of paper on the ground, without reaching out to pick it up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked your servants to tell you something. Your Majesty is waiting for you to come into the palace at the Peach Blossom Grove in the Royal Garden." Xiao Feng said to him respectfully.Then, he put the envelope on the table next to King Mu, bowed back, and stood respectfully outside the door.

Mu Wang looked at the envelope on the table, and after a long time, reached out to pick it up.Unfold the rice paper, there are only eight handsome characters on it.

I know I was wrong, so let’s not make an example.

King Mu followed Xiaofeng to the imperial garden, and when he reached the peach blossom forest, Xiaofeng stopped.

"The emperor ordered that King Mu go alone. This servant will leave."

King Mu took the palace lantern and walked forward alone.Looking at the peach branches covered with snow, and thinking of the withered peach blossoms, I suddenly felt a lot of emotions.

When the music came, King Mu froze in place for a moment.

The snowflakes fell on the shining stars in the lake one after another, making the whole lake more quiet and beautiful.The bright moonlight shines down, and the whole place made of ice and jade reveals a strong tenderness and affection.And on the waterside pavilion in the middle, Sima Yan in a brocade suit is sitting there playing "Phoenix Qiuhuang" on his flute.

Shen Mu put down the palace lantern in her hand, and stood there quietly listening to the song 'Feng Qiu Huang'.

What more can I ask for!

Accompanied by the sound of the flute, Shen Mu walked forward with a smile on her face.Stepping lightly on the few steps paved on the lake, he slowly approached Sima Yan.

"Ah Yan, tell me, where did you go wrong?" Shen Mu looked at him with his head tilted, and asked with slightly annoyed brows and eyes.

Sima Yan just finished playing "Phoenix Qiuhuang".He casually put the flute on the table beside him, stood up, wrapped Shen Mu's waist with one hand, stroked his cheek with the other, and said softly to him: "Shen'er, I swear to you today, if you don't want to , I will never choose a concubine for you in the future."

"Is this true?"

"Yes. Shen'er, it's cold outside, don't go back today, just stay in the palace."

"Ah Yan will follow me back to the Mu Palace."

"There are countless palaces in the palace. I will never wrong Shen'er. You come with me."

"This is the palace I promised to Shen'er."

Shen Mu looked at the three words 'Huang Hou Gong' and thought about it for a long time.Sima Yan looked at his expression carefully, and asked softly, "Don't you like Shen'er?"

"Ah Yan, what do you want others to talk about?"

"You and I share the same interests and learn piano music from each other, why not this name."

The two of them were naturally lingering overnight.After Sima Yan woke up, he turned his head to look at Shen Mu's sleeping face, and couldn't help but smile gently at him.Then, Sima Yan got up quietly, put on the dragon robe, and was about to go to the morning court.But not long after Sima Yan got up, Shen Mu woke up in a daze.

"Chen'er, did I wake you up?" Sima Yan walked to the bed, sat beside him, and said softly.

"Ah Yan, what time is it?"

"Yinshi. I'm going to the morning court. Shen'er should sleep for a while."

"Ah Yan, accompany me."

Four words are enough to make Sima Yan compromise.At this time, Sima Yan only cared about being with King Mu, so he didn't have the energy to take care of those ministers who also had no choice but to get up.

It's a pity that the sky was not beautiful, Xiaofeng patted on the palace door anxiously, and shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager suddenly vomited blood and fainted!"

"Shen'er, I will go ahead."

When Shen Mu also went to the palace where the Empress Dowager lived, Qi Wang Sima You hurried over.He anxiously asked: "Brother Huang, how is the queen mother?"

"The imperial physician is feeling the empress's pulse." Sima Yan said coldly.Shen Mu, however, looked at Sima You, King of Qi, who looked a little like Sima Yan, but had a gentle demeanor, with great interest.After Sima You noticed it, he also looked back at him, and was immediately amazed at his beautiful face, and suddenly felt inappropriate and gave him a gentle smile.

"Ahem!" The Queen Mother suddenly coughed.

"How is the Queen Mother's health?" Sima Yan asked anxiously.But he stood in front of Shen Mu calmly, lest he go to see Sima You.Shen Mu pursed his lips and smiled lightly.

Everyone knelt down, and one of them replied helplessly: "The queen mother doesn't think about food and drink every winter. If things go on like this, her body will become weak. Now her illness is getting worse. If the queen mother can survive this lingering winter, she will be safe and sound. Otherwise, there is nothing the old minister can do. "

"What did you say? You are a bunch of trash!"

"Yan'er." The Queen Mother called softly.

"Mother, how do you feel now?" Sima Yan hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Is Yu'er here?"

Sima Yan's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.

"Queen mother, my son is here." Sima You stepped forward and said sadly to the queen mother.

"Your majesty, you have always been busy with government affairs, and you have no skills in sex. During this time, You'er will take care of the queen mother."

"I will follow what my mother said. My son will leave." Sima Yan said sadly.Shen Mu followed suit and left.

Sima Yan hurried back to the imperial study, looked coldly at the memorial on the table, and unconsciously clenched his right hand.Then, he finally said angrily: "Shen'er, why do you think the Queen Mother is so partial to Sima You!"

"Ah Yan, you don't have to bother to pretend. In fact, it is because of me that the queen mother will not let you accompany her. If you marry me a princess, and never have any contact with me from now on, the queen mother will definitely let you go day and night. accompany her."

Sima Yan released his right hand and turned to look at him.And Shen Mu looked back at him calmly, and said to him: "If you have a good candidate in your heart, I will definitely marry her as the princess."

"Chen'er, I stayed by your side last night and decided that I will not compromise with the queen mother." Sima Yan looked at him quietly, walked to his side, and gently touched his cheek, very sure answer.Then, he hugged Shen Mu's waist tightly and patted his back lightly.

"Ah Yan, I'm sorry."

A few days later, the Queen Mother still only let Sima You accompany her.But he ignored Sima Yan.

In the imperial study room, on a large chair, Sima Yan and Shen Mu were talking together.Sima Yan suddenly stretched out his hand to stroke his dark hair with sad eyes.After a long time, Sima Yan looked at his face, touched his red lips with his right hand, and asked softly, "Chen'er, what do you think I can't compare to Sima You?"

"Ah Yan, you were born to be an emperor. And Sima You is just one of your subjects. Why do you care about him so much?"

"He is a courtier who makes people feel that he can inherit the throne at any time."

"Ah Yan, you're flattering him too much. He's just a literary talent. When it comes to the strategies and methods of knowing people and governing the country, he's not as good as you. However, apart from literary talent, he is indeed better than you."

"What?" Sima Yan raised his eyebrows and asked unhappily.

"Sima You's smile is very warm and easy to get close to. Ah Yan, your smile cannot make people get close to you." Shen Mu laughed.Then, he hugged Sima Yan's neck and whispered in Sima Yan's ear: "Your smile can only be seen by me!"

Sima Yan smiled and hugged him tightly.

In the fourth year of Taishi, in the first month, the Empress Dowager Wang died.All the people live in mourning, and they stop marrying for three years.As soon as Emperor Wu followed the ancient etiquette, he came to court in white clothes.He also has no intention of foreign affairs, but only makes people revise "Taishi Law" to sort out internal affairs slightly.A year later, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

"Your Majesty, I have received a secret report that Lord Wu Sun Hao will go out of the palace to observe the people's situation in the near future. Do you want to send someone to assassinate him?" Gu Ruo said respectfully.

"It's still my mother's anniversary, I don't want to add to the blood debt, so let him go."

"Your minister is sure that he will be able to assassinate Sun Hao. If the queen mother can see the emperor conquering the state of Wu in one fell swoop, under the nine springs, she will be very happy."

"It's really easy for me to conquer Wu. It's not in a hurry."

"But this time is indeed a rare and good opportunity. If the Lord of Wu can be killed, the court of Wu will be in chaos, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and the emperor will definitely send troops to recover Wu."

"Forget it, I don't want to use such a despicable means to take down the country of Wu. Let him go this time."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Jingguo would like to invite your Majesty to come to Sumengju for a gathering." Cui Heng replied.

"Do you know why?"

"The concubine said that this matter is about King Mu."

"I know, I will go out of the palace tomorrow to meet the concubine."

"Mu Wang! You are here, Mu Wang. Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time."

When Shen Mu in the silver crown and white clothes opened the door and came in, Sima Yan was the only one in the room reviewing the memorial.

"Ayan, why don't you even have a court lady serving tea here?" Shen Mu said while scanning the palace suspiciously.

"It's just for reviewing the memorial. What do you want for a court lady serving tea? Shen'er, why are you dressed so thinly after being warm and cold? Do you want to change clothes?"

"No need. Ah Yan, do you want to go out with me to play in the palace tomorrow?"

"I still have important government affairs to deal with tomorrow. If I go out of the palace tomorrow, there will always be something wrong. Why don't we go out tonight."

"Then we're leaving the palace now."

The two walked around happily, eating all kinds of snacks and tasting all kinds of fine wines.After a long time, the two stopped in front of a house. Shen Mu looked at Sima Yan and suggested gently, "Ah Yan, why don't we stay in the folk tonight?"

Sima Yan looked intently at the plaque in front of him.

Sumengju.

"Ah Yan, let's stay here tonight."

Sima Yan lowered his eyebrows in thought, not knowing how to answer.

"Ah Yan, don't worry. I'm here to discuss with the owner of this house, and he must agree to stay overnight with you and me." Shen Mu said while getting off the horse.

"Chen'er, let me talk to them." Sima Yan said gently to him after getting off his horse.

Shen Mu knocked on the door for quite a while, but no one answered him.He pushed the door impatiently and went in.Sima Yan also walked in helplessly.

Unfortunately, the lights were brightly lit and no one was there.

At this time, Shen Mu stood in the main room, concealed the anger in his heart, and said to him with a smile: "Ah Yan, let's stay here tonight."

"Shen'er, we don't have the consent of the owner here, how can we live here. Let's find another place."

"Is there really no master here? Could it be that Ah Yan is not the master here?" Shen Mu stared at him and asked seriously.

"Shen'er, it's also the first time I've come here with you, how can I be the owner of this house."

Shen Mu walked slowly to his side, leaned into his arms, and said lazily:

"Ah Yan, the whole world belongs to you, how could this not be your house. I'm so tired, I don't want to go anymore."

Sima Yan was about to say something, but suddenly left where he was standing with Shen Mu in his arms.At the same time, a few poison darts flew in from the window, and landed right at that position.Several masked assassins with sharp knives broke through the window.

After one round, Sima Yan used internal force to hit the acupuncture points of several assassins.The six assassins settled in place.Even Shen Mu secretly admired his martial arts.

Sima Yan let go of Shen Mu, walked over calmly, raised his hand to invalidate one of the assassin's martial arts, and kicked his right wrist and ankles to dislocate him, then released his acupuncture points, and asked calmly: "Who sent you here?"

The assassin said nothing.

"Wu Guo really has one heart and one mind, and insists on killing me. In vain, I spared Sun Hao's life out of kindness. It is really unnecessary."

"It's none of Wu's business. I just have a personal grudge against your Sima family."

"Really? Do you think I can't see that your martial arts come from the land of Wu? Since you said that you have a personal enmity with me, then what I do to the state of Wu in the future has nothing to do with you." Sima Yan was indifferent said to him.Then, he used his internal strength to lift the six poison darts on the ground, and with a little force, he sent them to the chests of those assassins.This time it was another one-shot kill.

Sima Yan turned around and looked at Shen Mu, and said apologetically, "Shen'er, I didn't intend to kill people in front of you to spoil your interest. It's just that I can't appease Wu again."

"Ah Yan is going to make Wu Guo bow his head and become a vassal?"

"Yes. I started thinking about this a few years ago. Tomorrow, I will appoint General Yang Hu of the Chinese Army as Shangshu Zuo Servant, and go out to supervise Jingzhou's military, and look for opportunities to attack Wu. I must let Lord Wu bow his head and become a minister." Sima Yan said with certainty.Afterwards, he said gently: "Shen'er, after thinking about it carefully, I still think we should go somewhere else." "

"Let's go back to Prince Mu's Mansion."

"It's not impossible. It's just, which room does King Mu want me to rest in? Will I have a talk with Zhen Bingzhu tonight?"

"This king intends to let Ah Yan sleep in the firewood room."

"If Shen'er is willing to sleep in the woodshed together, then it's fine if I really sleep in the woodshed."

"Ah Yan, tell me the truth, how many people have you coaxed?"

"Why are you asking me like that all of a sudden?"

"Yes. Ah Yan is the emperor, and there are countless concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards. I have always been dull, so I will ask you like this. I made a slip of the tongue for a while, it is really rude, please forgive me."

"Is Shen'er angry?"

"Please don't make fun of me, Your Majesty."

"I am the Ninth Five-Year Honorable. Everyone can't wait to flatter me every day. How can I coax them. Only you, Shen'er, can let me accommodate you."

"Ah Yan, then you feel aggrieved, have you never thought of asking the golden house to hide your beauty?"

Sima Yan's hanging heart can finally let go, it turns out that Shen Mu thinks that the person living in Sumengju is his beauty.He couldn't help but smiled and said:

"I am sincere to Shen'er. Even if I want a golden house to hide my beauty, I still want to hide Shen'er."

Shen Mu didn't care about him anymore.The two walked side by side and returned to Prince Mu's Mansion together.

In the fifth year of Taishi, Yang Hu served as the military officer of Jingzhou.In the next year, tens of thousands of Xianbei bald-haired trees gathered in Yongliang territory and rebelled.With arrogance and arrogance, most of the Yongliang territory was looted, and ten rooms were empty.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Hu Lie, the governor of Qinzhou, went out to fight against the enemy, and was ambushed by the function of the bald tree in the pile of thousands of dendrobium. Only a few people escaped from the tens of thousands of troops."

"Jia Chong, I order you to bring the bodies of those soldiers who died in battle back to their hometowns, and at the same time comfort the families of the soldiers."

"Shi Jian, I ordered you to be General Anxi, and you must fight the rebellion for me."

"The minister must fight the rebellion for the emperor."

In the imperial study room, Sima Yan ordered: "Xiao Feng, pass on my order to appoint Henan Yin Duyu as the governor of Qinzhou, and assist Shi Jian to defeat the enemy together."

"The servant obeys the order." Xiaofeng said respectfully.Then, he turned and went out, preparing to find officials to draft the imperial decree.At this time, Gu Ruo and Huo Bi came out from the secret passage.

"How is Yanghu's war against Wu?"

"Returning to the emperor, Lu Kai, the left prime minister of Wu State, is good at using soldiers, and it is difficult for General Yang Hu to capture Wu State for a while."

"Gu Ruo, send someone to tell Yang Hu to make a quick decision. I don't have the leisure to spend money and food with Wu at this time!"

"Yes. Resign from the humble position."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Jingguo invites the Emperor to gather at Hanlingju tomorrow."

Sima Yan frowned, pondered for a while, and then asked gently: "Is there something important for the concubine?"

"The concubine just said that she wanted to talk to the emperor about King Mu."

"Go back and tell the concubine that I will definitely go tomorrow."

At this time, outside the door of the imperial study room, a eunuch stopped Mu Wang and complained to him: "Mu Wang, go and persuade the emperor. The emperor has been reading the memorial, but it is useless even for lunch."

"You ask the imperial dining room to prepare some dishes, and I will persuade the emperor."

After Shen Mu entered the room, Sima Yan stood up, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, and couldn't help complaining: "Shen'er, didn't I tell you that the weather is so hot that I don't want you to come out? Why are you so disobedient?" .”

"That's not why you told me, Ah Yan, that you would visit me after lunch. I waited for a long time, but I still couldn't see you, so I came out."

"I'm really busy with government affairs now."

"Ah Yan, the battle at the border between Yongliang and Liangzhou will be taken care of by the general guarding there. Since you can't go there, why bother thinking about those things."

"Understood." Sima Yan said wearily.

On the second day, after morning court, Sima Yan immediately went to Hanlingju.

"I don't know what the concubine wants to say to me?"

"Your Majesty, was it Shen'er who came that time?"

"Yes."

"The emperor should like Shen'er very much."

"Yes."

"Shen'er probably doesn't like the emperor."

Sima Yan walked to the window, looked at the flowers and plants on the window sill, and said calmly: "So what. I use the world as a dowry gift, and spend my whole life coaxing him. I don't believe that he will never like me for the rest of his life."

Concubine Jingguo heard this, but said nothing.After a long time, she said gently: "Back then, the late emperor believed that the Shen family was treasonous, so he imprisoned all the young and old in the Shen family. My concubine's elder brother died of an illness, and my sister-in-law followed her righteously. Fortunately, the emperor secretly sent someone to help and returned the Shen family. Innocent. The concubine was divorced by the emperor's uncle, and was rescued by the emperor. I am very grateful. The concubine should not have said too much about this matter. But Shen'er is the only son of the Shen family, so I ask the emperor to hold her hands high , Concubine Rong will tell him clearly about the past, let King Mu make an appointment with him, and open up branches and leaves for the Shen family."

Concubine Jing Guo saw that he was unmoved, and saluted while talking: "I hope the emperor can understand the feelings of a person who is an aunt."

"I would rather let King Mu hate me for the rest of my life, even if I die in his hands. I don't want him to leave me without hesitation after knowing the truth." Sima Yan said still unmoved.He knew very well in his heart that Shen Mu only felt that he killed his father, so he stayed by his side with hatred, and wanted to wait for the opportunity to kill him.If Shen Mu knew that he hated the wrong person, how could he be willing to stay by his side even though he was a man of seven feet.

"Your Majesty, I beg you."

"Since the concubine has nothing else to tell me, I will go back to the palace first. It's been hot recently, the concubine should take good care of her body." Sima Yan said coldly.Then, he immediately turned and left.Regardless of Concubine Jingguo kept calling him.

Sima Yan walked out the door with a complicated expression.But she didn't know that Shen Mu stood calmly outside the door of Hanlingju, quietly waiting for him who was about to come out.

Sima Yan walked to the door and looked outside casually, only to see Shen Mu standing there.He was slightly surprised, but immediately walked to his side with a smile in his eyes, and asked tenderly: "Chen'er, why are you here?"

"I want to go out of the palace with Ah Yan tomorrow and have a good swim. Naturally, I need to find some interesting places. Ah Yan, this time, is there a master in this house?"

"I also want to play with Shen'er tomorrow, so I came here to check. But after entering Han Lingju, I didn't see a single person."

"That's really a pity. If there were people in this room, they would be able to see the present Majesty."

"Shen'er, let's go back to the palace."

"Weichen is not feeling well, and he wants to go back to Mu Palace to recuperate, so he won't accompany the emperor to learn any music. Weichen resigns." Shen Mu said indifferently.Then, he turned indifferently and left angrily.He knew that if he entered the Han Lingju, he might just leave the building empty.

Sima Yan looked at Shen Mu who was walking forward in a hurry, and for the first time in his life, he understood what it means to be in a dilemma.

At night, Shen Mu closed the portrait of a beauty (Concubine Jingguo) who was three points like him on the red sandalwood table in his study.Then, he changed into black clothes, covered his face, and left from the dark room.

When Shen Mu went to the palace, Sima Yan was assassinated for the third time.Only this time, Sima Yan could only quietly look at the assassin who swung his sword.

Sima Yan looked at Shen Mu who was fighting with Gu Ruo and the others, and suddenly felt that the water pavilion in the peach blossom forest was broken.Broken along with all the good scenes.

Not daring to look at Shen Mu again, Sima Yan stood up and left dejectedly.