It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 404 An unpalatable dinner

Xu Zhenren refused to go to the Luoyang Palace. He said that there was a strange sign coming from the sky, and he had to do it in a more open place to stop the heavy rain.

Sima Chi almost knelt down and kowtowed, but Xu Zhenren still refused to return to the palace.

Liang Lanbi tugged at the corner of his clothes and indicated that the matter could be discussed later. After all, the currently haunted place was not his place of residence. Sima Chi secretly nodded, but returned to Guangmo Palace and Yang Xianrong and said, "It's getting late, the heavy rain has just stopped, and the road is difficult to travel. The queen and I want to stay here for one night, okay?"

Faced with such a request, Yang Xianrong could not refuse, and quickly asked people to tidy up the corresponding palace for them. After all, this was where the new emperor would live, and even Yuan Jianshuo wrinkled his face to clean it up.

Sima Chi was quite happy. He took the queen and Yang Xianrong and sat in Guangmo Palace to eat and drink. "Queen Su Wenhui has a very good royal chef here. I finally got it today."

Mao Hongmao cooked a lot of food. Although it was not big fish or meat, the variety of porridge and side dishes and the presentation were very good. He stood aside to serve and said with a smile: "Queen Hui has had a bad appetite recently, so she cooked more delicious vegetarian dishes, which are different from the food in the palace."

"By the way, where is Princess Qinghe? Let's eat together." Sima Chi drank a bowl of egg custard, which was very delicious, and his eyes narrowed happily.

"My child ate early and is currently studying." Yang Xianrong took a sip of porridge and put down his chopsticks early.

Liang Lanbi saw that Yang Xianrong didn't eat much and couldn't help but asked: "Although my complexion is better this time when I come to see Queen Hui, my body is still too thin. I should eat more."

"I didn't eat much at night." Yang Xianrong said casually, but his eyes caught sight of Sima Jing running in from the small door of the palace with a bamboo slip and shouting: "Mother, what is this word?"

Lan Xiang and Forsythia chased after them. When they saw the empress sitting here, they quickly knelt down. Taking advantage of this gap, Sima Jing rushed to Yang Xianrong's side in one step. Fortunately, Sima Chi had quick eyes and quick hands and snatched the bamboo slip from her hand, otherwise he would have stabbed Yang Xianrong.

Sima Jing was suddenly taken away from the bamboo slips and was stunned there. For a moment, she didn't know whether to snatch the bamboo slips back first or hold the sheep in front of her.

"Jing'er, salute the emperor quickly!" Yang Xianrong scolded her.

"Your Majesty? Isn't he your father?" Sima Jing became even more confused and looked at Sima Chi with wide eyes, "Who is he?"

"This is the Emperor." Yang Xianrong had a slight headache. Although she told Sima Jing that Sima Zhong was dead a long time ago, Sima Jing still didn't understand the meaning of "death" and never even asked about Sima Zhong. Why didn't you show up for so long?
"Oh." Sima Jing nodded, but still said: "Father is the emperor, he is not."

"What did you say? Quickly salute." Yang Xianrong also lost his patience and wanted to reach out to pull her. Lan Xiang had already knelt and crawled over, and whispered something in Sima Jing's ear. Sima Jing knelt down directly. Her small body was extremely polite, and her voice was slightly low, but very clear, "I have met the emperor."

"Hey, there's no need to be polite." Sima Chi said with a very loving smile, "Princess Qinghe is already this old, and she is a beautiful child at a young age. She is really similar to your mother."

"The queen is the most beautiful." Sima Jing stood up and leaned against Lan Xiang, still feeling a little timid. Liang Lanbi also laughed and said softly: "Although the princess is young, she is already learning to read and write. How can she be like the prince in this palace who runs around like crazy all day long? Why not go back to Luoyang Palace and meet Quan'er Be a companion and play together.”

Yang Xianrong was startled, his face changed, he stretched out his hand to pull Sima Jing to his side, and said: "Jing'er has been raised wild by me, so it's better not to lead the prince astray. After some time, when they are older and more sensible, If so, I will send her to the palace and learn the rules. If the emperor and queen do not accept her, I will not obey her. "

"Oh, hahaha, okay." Sima Chi laughed and looked down at the bamboo slips in his hand, "What is this? The Book of Songs? It doesn't look like it was kept in the palace?"

"My mother-in-law brought her here, and it was also for Jing'er's enlightenment." Yang Xianrong smiled slightly, and there was something clever between his eyebrows, which made Liang Lanbi a little scared. Even though this woman is wearing no makeup or clothes, she still has a heart-stopping beauty. Fortunately, Sima Chi just looked down at the bamboo slips and didn't see it. She quickly stood up, walked to Yang Xianrong's side, took off another jade bracelet in her hand, and put it in Sima Jing's hand. The jade bracelet was so big that Sima Jing's little wrist couldn't hold it up and almost fell to the ground. Yang Xianrong quickly caught it again and asked Sima Jing to hold it with both hands.

"How can a child like her afford such an expensive gift?"

"Hey, I think this gift is too light. I came out in a hurry today and didn't bring anything with me. This jade bracelet was a dowry gift from my natal family. It's a pair of Laoshankeng jadeite. This child looks very lovable. "Of course I have to give it to you..." Liang Lanbi is really generous. She also has one in her hand, and it seems to be in excellent condition.

The sheep were offered but refused to be accepted.

Sima Chi also said at the side, "It's just a bracelet, take it. When Jing'er gets married someday, the queen will give her another one as a dowry. You also know that I only have one stepson, and the princess is even more so. No, now that Jing'er is so cute, of course I have to treat her with sincerity."

As he said this, Yang Xianrong quietly clenched his fists.

Sima Chi, Liang Lanbi, and Liu Meiren had no children. They adopted a son, Sima Quan, from their thirteenth brother Sima Ya, who died young. But it was such a coincidence that Sima Tan, the prince Sima Zhongli had before, was the half-brother of this child. Sima Tan had just been killed by Sima Yue... Not to mention the large number of people in the Sima family, the relationship between them was extremely complicated.

Yang Xianrong didn't want Sima Jing to get involved with these people. People of their generation haven't figured it out yet. Even if Sima Chi takes over, so what? Who knows whether he will also be killed in an instant? However, this person cannot be offended now. After all, in the matter of revenge for Sima Zhong, without his cooperation, things would not go so smoothly.

Thinking of this, Yang Xianrong had no choice but to say: "This is a great gift, Jing'er, please kowtow to the emperor and empress to thank them."

"Oh." Sima Jing was also obedient. She raised the bracelet above her head with both hands and bowed politely.

Everyone was very happy and praised Sima Jing again.

While they were talking lively, another figure flashed out of the small door of the bedroom, wearing a green shirt and looking very elegant. She also held a bamboo slip, walked directly to Yang Xianrong, and asked, "Third sister, know how to read."

Yang Xianrong didn't feel anything yet, but she happened to see an indescribable emotion in Sima Chi's eyes, and she couldn't help but secretly clenched her fists.