King Lingyu

That night, Sima Lingyu came to the Yuhua Hall together with many royal nobles who came to celebrate his birthday.The Yuhua Hall is located on the north side of the palace, and it is specially used for banqueting guests, which can accommodate hundreds of people to dine at the same time.

The seats of the birthday banquet are arranged strictly according to the hierarchy system. The emperor is at the front, facing south, and the empress dowager is on the left.On both sides are the emperor's relatives and relatives, and then high officials and ministers in turn.

The birthday banquet was extremely lively, and all the singing and dancing artists in the palace showed their housekeeping skills, and it is said that they specially invited the most famous opera troupe in the capital.The emperor and empress dowager were happy, and the reward was very generous.

Although Sima Lingyu was a little dizzy from this unprecedented bustling scene, she didn't get carried away. She didn't drink much, but was quietly observing all kinds of people at the banquet.

There are not many princes who are still in Beijing, only Prince Su and Prince Yi, who are compatriots of the late emperor's concubine.In addition to Zhang Liao, these two also hold military power.

After thirty days of drinking, the emperor suddenly asked everyone to quiet down, saying that there was something important to announce, and the noisy hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

The emperor glanced at the empress dowager, cleared his throat, "today is a good day, not only is it the birthday of my most beloved queen mother, today I have two good news to announce, one is next month, my wedding , is going to marry Li Ying, the granddaughter of Li Xiangye, the elder of the three dynasties. On the same day, my imperial sister, the eldest princess, was appointed by the empress dowager to marry Sima Lingyu, the son of Prince Dun, and became a good friend of Qin and Jin. Sima is now specially named The title of Prince Ling Yujin, bestowed on the Prince Consort’s Mansion, ten thousand acres of fertile land, ten thousand households, permanent residence in the capital, and a lifetime of glory!”

Hearing what the emperor said, Sima Lingyu was stunned, what?Marriage to the eldest princess?She and the eldest princess only met today!She quickly looked for the eldest princess with her eyes, and found that the eldest princess was right in front of her left, also looking at her, with a teasing smile in her eyes!

The emperor continued, "Emperor Niang chose the eighteenth day of the next month for me and my sister. I will immediately order people to draw up a decree and announce it to the world. On the eighteenth day of the next month, the whole world will celebrate together. I will also order people to work hard day and night, Pass this good news to Prince Dun, and let him quickly go to Beijing to celebrate together."

What the emperor said made the second monk Sima Ling Yuzhang puzzled, and was stunned for a moment, until Prince Su stood up and took the lead in toasting, "The emperor and the empress dowager are wise, and the eldest princess and the son-in-law are a match made in heaven. "

All the officials stood up and raised their glasses to congratulate, "The emperor and the empress dowager are wise, congratulations to the eldest princess, and congratulations to Prince Jin."

Sima Lingyu was awakened by the chorus of the ministers, and hurried out of the audience, knelt down to thank the empress dowager, "Thank you, the emperor, the empress dowager! I am honored to marry the eldest princess, and I will love you very much, and I will not let the empress dowager down!"

The Eldest Princess also came out to thank her, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your fulfillment!"

The two stood up together, and when Sima Lingyu's eyes met those of the eldest princess, she suddenly felt that all this was a conspiracy, and she had no intuition and no ability to resist being plotted!

After the banquet, Sima Lingyu was summoned by the Empress Dowager alone.

"Yu'er, I don't know if you are satisfied with Aijia's gift of marriage?" The queen mother asked slowly, "Aijia expected that Prince Dun and his wife would be happy, what an honor it is! You became a prince at a young age, Which family in this court has two princes at the same time? You married the only daughter of the Ai family, the only eldest princess in this dynasty."

"What the empress dowager said is very true, Yu'er thanks the empress dowager for her kindness!" Sima Lingyu knelt down again to thank the empress dowager.

This time the empress dowager got up and helped Sima Lingyu up herself, "Yu'er, you married the daughter of the Ai family, and you will be called the Ai family's empress in the future! Su Ying grew up in the palace and has never been out of the palace." Men, although she is a few years older than you, she has a simple mind. Before Su Ying fell ill, she was well-behaved and sensible, not as rude as she is now. She has never made any request to Aijia. You, want to make your family complete."

Sima Lingyu listened to the Empress Dowager's homely narration, and her mind was full of the eldest princess' eagle-like eyes and the teasing smile in her eyes at the banquet.She falls in love with me only once she sees me?Is it because of this that she forced her way into the Longevity Palace?For a while, Sima Lingyu still found it hard to believe that the eldest princess would have any kindness towards her.This must be the empress dowager's conspiracy. Although he was granted the title and married the eldest princess, his personal freedom was restricted. The emperor made it clear that "living in the capital forever" meant that he was imprisoned in the capital in a different direction!In the capital, at the feet of the emperor, what other tricks can he pull out?All of this happened too fast, and Ama and Er Niang would know the news soon. Would Ama blame herself for being trapped in the capital without finding out the situation?

"Since Su Ying likes you, the Ai family hopes that you can treat her well. The Ai family has also heard about what happened since you came to Beijing. The Ai family hopes that you will restrain yourself. Although Su Ying is sick, she is still an Ai family. Your daughter is the eldest princess! The Ai family allows you to have three wives and four concubines, which man doesn’t? But you are not allowed to linger in the place of fireworks, do you understand? In the forehead mansion, you can do whatever you want, but outsiders In front of you, the Ai Family does not allow you to disgrace the royal family." The last few words of the Empress Dowager were very serious.

The change in the Empress Dowager's tone made Sima Lingyu nervous, and she knelt down again, and changed her words wisely, "What the Empress Dowager taught me is that Yu'er understands!" Sima Lingyu knew that his words and deeds in the capital from now on They are all under surveillance, and Ama and Erniang must not make any mistakes during their visit to Beijing, otherwise Ama and Erniang may be implicated.

After the empress dowager finished speaking, seeing that Sima Lingyu was considered sensible, she felt relieved.I was with Su Ying's mother and daughter. Although she couldn't figure out how her well-behaved and sensible daughter became so rude and weird, but in any case, it was her daughter's wish this time. planned.After marriage, Su Ying moved to the Prince Consort's Mansion, so as not to be reckless and troublesome in the palace.

The empress dowager looked at this young man in prime of life in front of her, she was a bit like Ama when she was young, but Ama was not lustful, otherwise how could she only want Jiangshan but not beauties! ?

Thinking of Prince Dun and the Empress Dowager felt an unspeakable bitterness in her heart, so she said that she was tired and sent Sima Lingyu back.

Sima Lingyu hurried out of the palace in a confused way, A Yue behind her didn't leave even half a step, she seemed to have forgotten about him, she hurried away with her head down.All of this happened too suddenly, Sima Lingyu wanted to go back to the prime minister's mansion to tidy up, could it be that he was already defeated before he even started to attack?Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy. The empress dowager's gift of marriage was announced by the emperor in front of all the ministers, and it was announced to the world. She had to agree to it or not. No one asked her opinion at all!

Sima Lingyu walked faster and faster, she hurried back to the prime minister's mansion to discuss with the third sister!