Concubine Ben Xianliang

Zixuan looked at Sima Ming! "Master Sima came out early. My princess would have to burn down half of the Xima mansion to see Sima's loss. I didn't expect Lord Sima to be impatient."

Sima Ming couldn't think of it, but it's not a slow thing to sit still when the house is on fire: "I'm late to meet you, please forgive me, my lord and princess." He glanced at the fire behind him: "My lord I don't know, what is the princess going to do?"

Zixuan blinked at him: "Guess."

Sima Ming was so anxious that he wanted to jump his feet when he heard the word "guess", he was really angry: "I can't guess it, please tell the princess clearly."

Sima Hui went over immediately: "Father, someone slandered the prince and the princess, saying that last night..." He briefly explained the matter like this, and of course he did not forget to say what Xi Shunqing said: Then he leaned into his father's ear and spoke softly. [

He couldn't continue before he finished speaking. He turned around and looked at Shui Muxia in embarrassment and surprise: "Mr. Shui, what are you doing?" Beside him and Sima Ming, Shui Muxia didn't know when The one who came over was leaning sideways and sticking out his head, looking like he was listening carefully.

Shui Muxia came over and "eavesdropped" on Sima Hui's natural law before continuing, and such an upright eavesdropping also made him a little at a loss: Among the eldest sons of the four great families, Sima Hui was obviously the least outgoing. color'.

Shui Muxia stretched out her hand and smiled: "Speak, just go ahead, it's clear that you haven't finished." Very polite and polite.

Sima Ming smiled wryly: "There's nothing shameful..."

"Is there no shame?" Shui Muxia nodded and said, "I thought what you father and son said was shameless and frivolous. It turns out that Master Sima's heart is different from those of us, so I don't have to hide it for you. The old lady of your Sima family has passed away, and the coffin is behind this hall."

"Lord Sima, you didn't invite Ding You, did you?" He looked at Sima Ming: "This fire will not disturb the old lady's spirit in heaven, will it?Tsk, you are really a filial son, and you don't mourn after death, so I don't need to talk about it, I believe everyone in the court will have a fair opinion. "

This matter was beyond the expectations of Prince Jin and Zixuan. No one thought that Sima Ming's old mother had died, and Sima Ming hadn't reported to the court yet: Of course the emperor would not seize love at this time, he would only serve as Sima Ming. Going to observe filial piety for three years tomorrow will save the emperor much thought.

Sima Ming must also know that the emperor would not take his feelings to keep him as a council member in the court, so he concealed the news of his mother's death in order to stay in the court. Most people don't know about it, they only know that the old lady is not in good health.

As for the second hall being used for the mourning of old lady Sima, it was because Sima Ming didn't want to be too sorry for his mother: after death, the mourning hall should be set up in the main hall.

The Sima family also found an excuse for this, saying that the second hall was going to be greatly renovated, so most people in the mansion were not allowed to come; and the servants who were guarding the spirit in the second hall were of course not allowed to leave.But Sima Ming, who had exhausted all the tricks, did not think that it was such a coincidence that Zi Xuan rushed to his Sima Mansion to make trouble at this time.

And without saying a word, he set people on fire when he entered the mansion.He came out in a hurry because he didn't want the fire in the hall to go into the hall, so as not to disturb his mother: Sima Hui was also a filial piety, he asked his father in a hurry because he was afraid that his grandmother would not be at peace after her death.

Sima Hui was worried because his father came from the study room instead of the second hall. He was really worried that the grandmother in the second hall and the servants who guarded the spirit would be discovered by Zixuan and others after being frightened and panicked.

But he didn't expect that Shui Muxia would actually come over to eavesdrop when he whispered something to his father at his home.

Sima Ming heard that this matter could not be concealed, so he bowed to Zixuan and Prince Jin: "I will plead guilty to the emperor for the matter of Ding You, but I can only ask the prince and princess to take shelter temporarily, and I will make a decision in the future." I will go to the house to plead guilty."

Zixuan said indifferently: "If there is any fire, you don't need to go around in circles, this fire was lit by the princess: if you want the life of the princess, of course the princess will come to ask for interest .”

Sima Mingwen Shan straightened his body: "Princess, it is a felony for you to indulge in flames in Beijing."

"Lord Sima, is it not a felony for you to assassinate the prince in Beijing? That would be a disaster for the nine clans.

" Zixuan looked at him fearlessly: "You don't have to think about scaring off the princess with just one word.

If there is any crime, the princess will confess to the emperor, but you probably won't see it. "[

Sima Ming raised his head: "Based on Xi Shunqing's one-sided remarks, isn't the princess afraid of wronging a good man?"

Zixuan stared at him: "If you are wronged, you are wronged. The word "good man" has nothing to do with you, Mr. Sima: the words are true. This princess might as well tell you that this princess is not very serious. Believe what Lord Xi said. But, if you burn it, you will burn it. You are not good people anyway. If you burn it wrong, you will not lose a hair of your Sima family.

Sima Ming's mouth trembled when he heard it: "Princess, are you taking revenge?"

"Is this the princess's revenge? At present, the princess and others have not received any errands. It is the meaning of the princess to come to you to settle accounts. Whether you really deserve it or not, the princess will be able to burn the Sima Mansion." I know if your words are true." Zixuan said lazily: "Lord Xima, you really can't think of anything? Are you really going to drag the whole family to die in the sea of ​​fire?"

Sima Ming gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and pointed at Xi Shunqing: "That's what he did, princess, he did all the killing of the princess yesterday. The minister's steward saw with his own eyes that Xi Zhuoming sent some people out of the city today: those people are all Confucians. For those of you who are strong in martial arts, go to the gate of the city to check this matter, and you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Zixuan glanced at Xi Shunqing after hearing the words: "Master Xi's memory seems to be very bad because of such a meeting, and he didn't say to the Princess: Well, now that Master Sima reminded me, Master Xi, what do you want to do?" Are you up?"

Xi Shunqing took two steps: "That's the natal family of my fourth concubine, because I'm going back to the border after I finish my job in Beijing, why can't I let my son send it to me? You're here, old man Sima How can the old man tolerate you when you spray people with blood."

Sima Ming was even more furious, loosing clothes and pointing at Xi Shunqing's nose: "How dare you say that you are spraying people with blood..." He was so angry that his fingers inevitably touched Xi Shunqing's nose.

Xi Shunqing was also extremely annoyed, so he stretched out his hand to pat Sima Ming's hand. After a while, the two of them wrestled together, and it seemed like they were going to die endlessly.

Sima Hui stepped forward to salute: "Princess, it's really not the work of the ministers and others. Please ask the princess to have a meal and let someone put out the fire." Facing the knives, bows and arrows in the hands of the guards of Prince Jin's residence, he could only make a compromise first.

Zixuan looked at the two people rolling on the ground, tilted her head and said, "Go to the city gate and ask."

After hearing this, Sima Ming ignored Xi Shunqing's old fist and shouted: "Princess, the truth will soon be revealed, this big fire..."

Zixuan said lightly: "You can't listen to one side's words. Before there is any real evidence, come and set the Sima Mansion's study and warehouse on fire. If what you said is true, I will Let the fire be put out."

Sima Ming almost fainted when he heard the words, the city gate is far away from here, how long would it take to go back and forth, and the fire would have engulfed half of Sima Mansion long ago: But before he finished speaking, Zixuan ordered lightly: "Come here! Ah, let's go see if the fire in Xi's house is extinguished? Light it up after it's extinguished, and you can't let it go out again after watching it.

Xi Shunqing yelled: "Master, you promised me."

Zixuan looked at him and then looked at Sima Ming: "You guys fight, you are biting each other, what the princess likes most is the dog-eat-dog scene: if you think this will make the princess not know who to seek revenge, then you all Wrong. Anyway, it's just what the three of you did, and this princess burned them one by one, even if two of them were wronged, they would definitely die."

"As for the two who were wronged, it is not wronged. How much trouble did your four great families find this princess? Today, this princess is in a bad mood, so I will count the old and new grudges together. I would rather kill a hundred wrong ones than let them go." Pass one." Zixuan said with a smile: "Well, the princess likes the last sentence very much."

Sima Ming and Xi Shunqing stopped scuffling: "Princess, have you asked the Xiao family?"

"Don't be too busy, just say that you are impatient." Zixuan smiled: "If Sima's Mansion and Xi's Mansion are burned down, the princess will go to find Xiao's family."

Shui Muxia hugged her chest: "I have seen that Xiao's house is too old, so it just happens to burn it clean and rebuild it."

Sima Ming and Xi Shunqing were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Shui Muxia to say such a thing: Thinking of Xiao's family raising such a son, they felt a little gloating in their hearts.

"It's the Ding family." Sima Ming stopped entangled with Xi Shunqing: "The old fox of the Ding family came to me, asked me about the night patrols in Beijing, and took a warrant to call the craftsmen to repair the road. Warrant. At that time, I didn't have much suspicion, I just thought that he wanted to change the roads around the mansion, and I didn't know what he was going to do until today." [

Zixuan looked at him: "Oh, so it's the old fox of the Ding family." She snapped her fingers: "Very good. Master Sima, I want to borrow your family's servants, as well as your family's firewood and oil. : Of course, Lord Xi is willing to help the princess, right?"

She ordered the servants of Sima's mansion to cut down all the trees that could be felled, and then asked Qian Tiangai to go to Xi's house to get some people, firewood and oil, and together they rushed to Ding's house in a mighty way. .

Arriving at the gate of the Ding's mansion, Zixuan pointed to the gate of the Ding's mansion and asked the people from Sima's and Xi's mansions to pile up the firewood and pour oil on it; When he saw Old General Ding running out, he smiled at him and threw the torch to the oiled firewood.

"Old General Ding, it depends on your skill whether you can save Ding's mansion." She added with a smile, and got another torch in her hand