Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 392: Diverting trouble to the east
The first year of Shengping (AD 357), March th.

The spring rain continued in Chang'an. Although the sky was cloudy, Huan Xi's mood was sunny.

He came early in the morning to Sima Xingnan's palace alone and had breakfast with his mother.

Although Huan Ji also had a mansion in Chang'an, Sima Xingnan would definitely still live with Huan Xi.

In the main hall, only mother and son were eating. Sima Xingnan looked at the radiant Huan Xi, suddenly put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said sarcastically:
"Xier, now you have got your wish."

With the flesh falling off his body, how could Sima Xingnan not know what Huan Xi was secretly happy about.

Huan Xi felt guilty and said:
"It is a child's lifelong wish to be able to spend time with his mother day and night."

Sima Xingnan sneered:
"In this case, let the widow of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King return home, so as not to let the sheep fall into the tiger's mouth and be eaten alive."

Huan Xi coughed dryly:
"I and King Zuo Xian's widow are innocent. Mother can't make nonsense, lest she tarnish her reputation."

Sima Xingnan hummed:

Sima Xingnan snorted coldly and did not reply.

If you love the country, you also love beauties.

Judging from Huan Xi's current power, lust is not a shortcoming that can be criticized.

It is true that Sima Xingnan was a jealous woman, but Huan Xi was not Huan Wen. She did not allow the old slave to take concubines, but for Huan Xi, Sima Xingnan had always had double standards. He only hated that there were fewer women around Huan Xi and could not Give her more grandchildren and grandchildren.

Seeing this, Huan Xi could only smile bitterly:

With Huan Xi's intelligence, he guessed at the first moment that the matter must be related to the Empress Dowager Chu, especially since Sima Xingnan went out to play in the palace yesterday. Huan Xi had reason to believe that there must be rumors about himself and the Empress Dowager Chu at that time. It entered Sima Xingnan's ears.

But it happened today. Sima Xingnan bluntly accused Huan Xi of focusing on other people's widows.

"Of course I am innocent before I arrive, but once I enter Chang'an City, I will have no reputation to speak of."

But after all, the late emperor was Sima Xingnan's biological brother, and Empress Dowager Chu was her sister-in-law.

"I really don't know what kind of woman you can't get with your power today, but you still miss other people's widows.

Huan Xi knew that it was definitely not because of Tuoba Yan that Sima Xingnan had been scornful of him the whole morning.

Huan Xi asked with a frown.

"This is who is fanning the flames in front of my mother."

"Xier, I don't remember that I taught you this way when you were a child."

Sima Xingnan could match up Huan Ji with Sima Daofu, Huan Yi and Yu Shu. Even though one of them was his cousin and the other was his cousin, they were still unmarried, unlike Empress Dowager Chu.

Empress Dowager Chu was the widow of her younger brother. How could Sima Xingnan deal with the rumors between Huan Xi and her calmly?

To put it bluntly, not to mention that Tuoba Yan is already a widow, even if Huan Xi bullies men and women, Sima Xingnan will never say anything more because of Sima Xingnan's doting on him.

"What kind of gossip did mother listen to?"

Hearing this, Sima Xingnan slapped the table hard:
"Your Huan Bo Taoist heart is known to everyone in the world.

Seeing that his mother was silent, Huan Xi knew that his guess was correct. He spread his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"This is just the talk of ignorant people. Even if the mother doesn't believe in the child, she should still believe in the Queen Mother. How could she really have a secret love for the child."

Sima Xingnan said coldly:

"Suan Zi is of course good at keeping herself clean, but I can't bear the thought that someone will coerce her and force her to submit in the future." Huan Xi was shocked:

"What! How dare my father have such a wishful thinking? Don't worry, mother, the child will definitely protect the queen mother. She will never sit back and watch her father do such a heinous thing."

Sima Xingnan spat after hearing this:

"Don't throw dirty water on your father, he doesn't have the courage!"

Huan Xi laughed and said:
"My mother still underestimated my father. I heard that Yuan Zhen, the prefect of Lujiang, donated three beautiful girls to my father. My mother had said that if any foreign ministers offered girls, they would all be sent to Chang'an, but my father still stayed with me. I’m afraid my mother doesn’t know about this yet.”

Huan Xi's attempt to divert trouble to the east was surprisingly effective. Now that there was a fire in the backyard, how could Sima Xingnan still have the heart to look after Empress Dowager Chu?

"What you said is true!"

Sima Xingnan's eyebrows stood up, which showed that she was already filled with anger.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. Huan Xi nodded repeatedly:

"This is absolutely true, I just heard about it."

With Xi Chao in Xiangyang, Huan Wen couldn't hide any secret from him. In fact, Huan Xi had known about this for a long time, and he was very concerned about it.

It was not because Huan Wen broke his promise and did not send the three women to Chang'an.

After all, the Xue family, the Guo family, and the Ma family were all dedicated to Huan Wen by Yuan Zhenjin. The most indispensable thing in the world is beautiful women, and Huan Xi has no need to compete with Huan Wen.

But if Huan Xi remembers correctly, in the original time and space, Yuan Zhen also presented a daughter to Huan Wen. They were also Xue, Guo and Ma, and Ma was Huan Xuan's biological mother.

This made Huan Xi wary. Huan Wen could not control his crotch, but he could not kill anyone.

Huan Xi continued to remind Sima Xingnan:

"The mother should not rush into the attack, otherwise the father will know that the child is leaking secrets. It is better to wait until the mother returns to Xiangyang before making arrangements."

Sima Xingnan glanced at him:
"You are trying to force me to leave."

Of course Huan Xi didn't mean this. He wished that Sima Xingnan could stay in Chang'an for a while.

"My child once said that being able to get along with my mother day and night is the happiest day for me."

Although the year of birth and death of Sima Xingnan is not clearly recorded in the history books, one thing is certain that Sima Xingnan was ahead of Huan Wen.

Because of the appearance of Huan Xi, the Huan family was far stronger than in the original time and space. Therefore, Yuan Zhen should be eager to join the Huan family, so he dedicated the Xue family, Guo family, and Ma family to Huan Wen in advance.

However, the time difference between before and after will not be too far, at most a few years. After all, Yuan Zhen in the original time and space could not wait until the three women were old enough to send them out.

Huan Xi's status as a time traveler can do many things, but it is difficult to change the life span of those who did not die accidentally. Therefore, he cherishes the days he can spend with Sima Xingnan.

Sima Xingnan stared into Huan Xi's eyes to make sure that he was not lying to him with sweet words, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Now that Ling Jiang is pregnant, how can I leave? As for the old slave, let him be happy for a while. When my mother returns to Xiangyang, I can settle accounts with him."

Huan Xi emphasized:
"Mothers must not forget to cover up for their children."

Sima Xingnan's smile disappeared fleetingly:
"You really think your mother is a fool! You still need to be reminded of this kind of thing!"

It was one thing to teach Huan Wen a lesson, but Sima Xingnan would not let conflicts arise between father and son.

(End of this chapter)