Chapter 183 The Third Prince’s Dark Moonlight Eunuch 20
Sima Jian frowned and whispered to the two guards, "Take him back to the cold palace."
Watching Sima Yi being led away by the guards, the imperial concubine looked dissatisfied. "Just let him go like that? Then how will he be held accountable for trespassing into Xianfu Palace without permission?"
Sima Jian's voice was low and serious: "He's just a junior, what's the point of you bothering with him?"
The Imperial Concubine looked at Sima Jian with eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness. "Then my son is no longer a junior? He didn't receive your favor during his lifetime, so how can you remain indifferent after his death? Is it because you have so many children that he is insignificant to you?"
After the imperial concubine finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something, and a strange smile appeared on her face. "You don't think that your first two sons are useless, so you turn your attention to Sima Yi? But I tell you, he is equally useless. He likes to play with eunuchs!"
Sima Jian didn't explain, but frowned and asked, "Do you have any evidence? Why do you say that?"
The imperial concubine's eyes were filled with contempt as she sneered, "Isn't his performance just now enough to explain everything?"
Sima Jian's eyes flashed. He had never counted on Sima Yi. Sima Yi liked to play with eunuchs, which was a good handle for him.
Sima Jian then announced in a deep voice: "The Imperial Concubine's words were disrespectful and she is confined to Xianfu Palace for six months."
Sima Jian turned around and strode away after he finished speaking.
The imperial concubine was not angry at all. Instead, she shouted at his back, "My prince is dead. None of your sons will have a good life. You should be as grieving as I am!"
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When Sima Yi woke up, he was already in the cold palace. He sat up from the bed and accidentally saw a box of candy. The corners of his lips curled up, and his smile was full of self-mockery.
Fushou disguised himself as a eunuch delivering food and sneaked in. "Master, you were too impulsive this time. A little eunuch almost ruined your plan."
Sima Yi lay on the bed with a dull expression, "He is not an ordinary eunuch."
Fushou said helplessly, "I have been in Xianfu Palace the whole time. The imperial concubine certainly didn't let Xiaoxiangzi go there."
After Fushou finished speaking, he took the food out of the food box and placed it on the head of Sima Yi's bed, lowering his voice and saying:
"I checked for you. A young eunuch saw Xiao Xiangzi talking to an old man who delivered vegetables. I think Xiao Xiangzi might have escaped--" out of the palace.
But before he could finish his words, Sima Yi glared at him and interrupted him harshly, "Shut up! He promised me he wouldn't leave, so... he must be dead."
After Sima Yi finished speaking, he looked into the distance again and murmured to himself: "If he doesn't come back, it proves that he is dead."
I don’t know whether I was trying to convince Fushou or myself.
Fu Shou wanted to say something but stopped himself because he knew that Sima Yi was terribly stubborn about some things.
The eunuchs had their own set of survival rules in the palace. When they saw that Xiao Xiangzi was thin and small and was often bullied by the senior eunuchs, they felt sorry for him and adopted him as their godson.
He actually ran away without even saying goodbye to me, wasting all my years of care for him. He didn't even think about how a helpless eunuch could survive if he escaped from the palace!
The afternoon sun slanted into the cold palace, creating a mottled effect.
Sima Jian walked in amidst the light and shadow, his eyes fixed on Sima Yi. His voice was cold and hard: "I'll give you one last chance. As long as you admit your mistake, I'll set you free."
Sima Yi slowly raised his head, met Sima Jian's gaze, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, I admit my mistake."
Sima Jian was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting Sima Yi to be so straightforward. He thought to himself that the influence of that little eunuch on him was indeed extraordinary.
Sima Jian then showed a satisfied smile on his face. He gently patted Sima Yi on the shoulder and said, "He's just a little eunuch. If this one is gone, there will be another one."
Sima Yi clenched his hands at his sides and narrowed his eyes slightly. He would never let himself experience this feeling of abandonment again.
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After defeating the Cao family, the Sima family established Canglan.
The old ministers of the Cao family were divided into two factions. The conservatives chose to surrender, while the radicals led the prince to break out of the palace and flee to the south to hide, hoping to revive the former Jinlan Dynasty.
The prince and Cao Qingyan are indeed twins, their thoughts are exactly the same.
Cao Qingyan chose to disguise herself as a young eunuch. In order to avoid being discovered by others, the prince disguised himself as a woman and lived as Cao Qingyan.
After Shen Xinran and the old man arrived in the south, they were able to make use of the identity left by the prince.
The leader of the radical faction was Fang Huairen, the prime minister of the previous dynasty. With the help of the wealth left over from the previous dynasty, he became the richest man in Jingchu.
Time flies, and two years have passed in a flash. Shen Xinran's current identity is Cao Qingyan, the daughter of the richest man in Jingchu.
Shen Xinran was feeding the fish in the garden when a maid came up behind her and said with a faint smile, "Miss, the shopkeepers are here. The master wants you to go to Qingfeng Garden."
Shen Xinran nodded, then stood up and walked towards Qingfeng Garden slowly.
Many people have gathered in Qingfeng Garden. Although they are called accountants, they are actually former officials of the previous dynasty.
When they saw Shen Xinran, they did not show any special reaction.
Shen Xinran didn't care and took the initiative to sit in the back row of chairs, looking calm.
Fang Huaishan looked around, stood up, and announced in a deep voice: "I summoned you all today because I received news that the new emperor will be touring the south and passing through here."
The square-faced man sitting in the upper left corner is named Li Jian. He was a general in the previous dynasty. He is now a bodyguard, commanding the former dynasty's former subordinates.
He frowned and asked, "Is that Sima Yi, the man who grew up in the cold palace and killed his father to seize the throne?"
Fang Huaishan nodded seriously, "Yes, I'd like to hear what you think."
The man sitting in the upper right corner, wearing a black robe, is named Deng Ming, the Grand Marshal of the previous dynasty.
He pondered for a moment and then said, "Sima Yi has just ascended the throne. If we kill him, Canglan will surely fall into chaos."
Li Jian's eyes lit up. "Yes, he can't bring many people with him on his southern tour. Why don't we make sure he never returns?"
Fang Huaishan nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "Yes, I think so too."
Then, he turned to Li Jian and said in a deep voice, "Then I'll have to trouble you to gather the manpower during this period."
For the next two hours, Fang Huaishan led everyone in discussing how to assassinate Sima Yi.
Shen Xinran was sitting in the back row, witnessing everything. Everyone was talking at once, leaving her no room to interrupt.
In fact, there is such a scene in the plot, but Sima Yi is the male protagonist, so it is not so easy for him to be assassinated.
Hundreds of people went this time, but in the end only Li Jian came back alive.
Li Jian didn't know whether he was able to come back or Sima Yi deliberately let him go in order to find out where their lair was so that they could be caught in one fell swoop.
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