The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 141: Sima Shi is the one who opens his eyes

"Yi?"

"Are you at home?"

Outside the courtyard, a noble lady called softly.

The lady was of plump figure, full-bodied, slightly fat, and had a chubby face, but her expression was exceptionally kind, dignified and elegant, and her smile was even more amiable.

She was accompanied by several maids.

Hearing the lady's call, one of the maids couldn't help but rush in, but was stopped by her.

"Don't be rude."

She called out again, "Bai? I'm here to see you."

Someone opened the door immediately. The general's mansion was very large and consisted of three parts. The backyard where his family lived was divided into more than a dozen courtyards. Sima Yi lived here.

When Sima Yi came out, the ladies were stunned for a moment.

I haven't seen Sima Li for a long time, and she has become so thin. It's really heartbreaking.

There was no light in Sima Yi's eyes as she stared at the noble lady outside.

The servant frowned, but the lady smiled and said, "Don't you recognize me?"

"Mother."

The noble lady was Sima Shi’s current wife, Yang Huiyu.

Yang Huiyu stepped forward and gently took the other person's hand. "Why have you become so thin? Where's Ping? Isn't he at home?"

"He just went to bed."

Sima Li's attitude remained indifferent.

Yang Huiyu didn't care about her attitude at all. He took her hand and followed her into the courtyard.

"Why don't you come to see me? Ping is my grandson, and I don't see him all day."

Yang Huiyu took the initiative to talk about family matters, but Sima Yi just responded dully.

The two sat in the house, and Yang Huiyu said a lot more, but the atmosphere was still a little cold.

"In a few days, you will be entering the palace. It will be difficult for us to meet again."

Yang Huiyu said, and then said seriously: "Don't worry about Ping, I will bring him to my side and take good care of him. You can come to visit him anytime."

After hearing these words, Sima Yi's eyes finally showed some life.

"Ping is weak and sickly and needs to take medicine frequently."

"I have already written down the medicine you need to take every day."

Sima Yi carefully took out a piece of paper from the side and handed it to Yang Huiyu in front of her.

"Mother, Ping has never left me since he was born. He lost his father before, and now he has lost me. If he cries, please don't hit or scold him. He is easy to comfort. Just a few words will make him very well behaved. But..."

Sima Yi talked more and more, but every sentence was related to her children.

Yang Huiyu fell silent.

As she doesn't have children, it might be difficult for her to understand her feelings, but at this moment, she also feels extremely uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, I will never let him suffer any injustice. I will have the imperial physician take care of him and stay by his side all day."

After listening to Yang Huiyu's words, Sima Yi's emotions finally calmed down.

"Thank you, mother."

Sima Yi's voice was also slightly hoarse, just like Sima Shi's.

"Why are you so polite to me?"

"Don't blame the elders in your family. People like us are born to suffer such things. My mother is like this, I am like this, and your biological mother is like this. No one can avoid it."

Yang Huiyu sighed, then quickly realized he had slipped up. He changed the subject and continued, "This is also a good thing for the child. He will surely be very rich in the future. If they don't give it to me, I will give it to him myself!"

Yang Huiyu comforted the child with a few words, waited for the child to wake up, gave him some gifts and left.

After Yang Huiyu, several other relatives came to visit.

These people were doing "ideological homework" for Sima Yi, persuading her to accept this matter and not to have any resistance. In their words, it was as if this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that should not be missed.

The last person to come here was Sima Shi.

Sima Shi's way of appearance remained unchanged, unlike everyone else. Sima Yi just went out to pour water, and saw her father standing in the courtyard, looking around.

Sima Yi looked at her father quietly without bowing.

Sima Shi didn't care about this. He looked at his skinny daughter without a trace of emotion in his eyes. He walked into the house and sat down.

"Sit down."

"Ah."

"Ping has been having a lot of fun at my place these past few days. With You by his side, he's not lonely at all."

Sima Shi said calmly.

Yang Huiyu came again a few days ago and took Ping to his place, saying that he wanted him to gradually adapt. The young Ping did not think there was anything wrong. Yang Huiyu really obeyed him in everything, and Sima You also played with him.

Sima Yi went to see him secretly several times, and seeing the smile on her son's face, her mood became much more stable.

"Thank you, Father."

Sima Li said coldly.

Sima Shi said, "Tomorrow, you will go to the Imperial Palace to pay your respects to the Queen Mother. The ceremony is not urgent for now."

"Then, you will stay by the emperor's side. I don't need you to do anything else. Just stay in the harem. I have already arranged the rest."

Sima Shi wanted to insert his hand into the palace. With a daughter in the harem, he could legitimately gather the people in the harem around his daughter and cut off the power and influence of the empress dowager.

There are many officials in the harem. From cleaning, washing, changing clothes, cooking, to serving food, almost everything has its own dedicated officials. Most of them are eunuchs, but some are scholars.

In fact, some well-known military positions are also officials in the harem. Officials in the harem are collectively called eunuchs, but eunuchs are not necessarily castrated.

Using the Empress to fight against the Queen Mother was a valuable experience left by the Eastern Han Dynasty. Sima Shi then slowly spoke about the things Sima Yi should pay attention to, speaking in great detail and pausing from time to time to ask questions.

Sima Yi listened to his instructions expressionlessly.

"Okay, I won't say much about the rest."

Sima Shi slowly stood up, his expression cold. He added, "By the way, your trip to the palace wasn't decided by your father-in-law."

"It was my decision. Your father simply didn't want to upset you and didn't want you to know that I was the one who issued the order, so he lied and said it was him."

Sima Yi looked at him calmly, without any emotion.

Sima Shi spoke again and said: "Eat more."

After saying that, he stood up and left.

Sima Yi sat in her seat in a daze, her eyes empty, but she couldn't even shed tears.

When Sima Shi walked out of here, Zhong Hui was waiting for him in the distance.

"General."

Zhong Hui helped Sima Shi get into the carriage. Sima Shi was very weak and needed to take a carriage even if he was in his own mansion. Zhong Hui also got into the carriage and sat opposite Sima Shi.

"Everything has been arranged."

"The Queen Mother was so timid that she didn't dare to object and simply accepted this daughter-in-law."

"His Majesty seems somewhat reluctant, but it is not his turn to decide."

"Ten days from now, the imperial court will issue an official order for Guanqiu Jian to come to the imperial court and serve as the Grand Commandant."

"The army is ready. Should we kill Guanqiu Dian as a sacrifice?"

Sima Shi said calmly, "We still don't know whether Guanqiu Jian is causing trouble or not, so there's no need to worry about it."

"Could it be that the great general will actually come to the imperial court to serve as the Grand Commandant?"

"There will definitely be a fight this time."

Zhong Hui said this with a solemn oath.

Sima Shi was in a very heavy mood.

He still did not have enough confidence to defeat Guanqiu Jian, even though he had advantages in military strength, food logistics, military morale, etc., but Sima Shi would never underestimate his enemies.

Especially a brave general who led a large army on an expedition of thousands of miles, defeated the Hu people and replaced the royal court.

"I'm afraid he'll delay. If I were him, I'd pretend to be sick and say I don't have much time left and can't come."

The dilemma Sima Shi faced at this moment was far more complicated than Cao Mao had imagined.

On the one hand, Sima Shi was not sure of victory and did not dare to attack rashly. On the other hand, his health was getting worse and he did not dare to leave Guanqiu Jian to his younger brother to deal with.

Zhuge Dan’s attitude is unclear at the moment, and the generals commanding heavy troops may not necessarily attack with all their strength.

Especially Guo Huai, who said he was seriously ill and never expressed his position.

Sima Shi was very worried that he was faking illness. If his army went to Huainan and Guo Huai sent troops from Liangyong, wouldn't the world be ruled by a new leader?

Sima Shi closed his right eye and fell into deep thought again.

"Sima Yi pays respects to the Queen Mother."

"Sima Yi pays respects to His Majesty."

Unless one has been granted the privilege of not using one's name when paying respects to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, one must use one's own name when paying respects to them.

At this moment, in Zhaoyang Palace, Sima Yi formally paid a visit to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

The Queen Mother had no objection at all.

He didn't even pretend to resist and just accepted it.

Cao Mao was originally worried that the empress dowager might go to another extreme, but now it seems that he was worrying too much.

I overestimated the Queen Mother. She was exactly like Guo Jian. With a little bit of favorable wind, she would swell up and fly, but if she encountered the slightest headwind, her true colors would be revealed immediately, and she had no intention of resisting at all.

This was the first time Cao Mao saw his new wife.

The first time Cao Mao saw Sima Yi, he was frightened by her and almost jumped up.

Looks like!! This is too similar!!

The skinny Sima Yi looks exactly like the sickly Sima Shi, even the feeling of being on the verge of death is the same!

How horrible it would be if this were cohabitation.

When he opened his eyes, he saw "Master Sima" lying next to him.

Even if you are not sick, you will be scared into getting sick.

Although I cursed in my heart every day that I wanted to become Sima Shi, I never thought about really becoming Sima Shi!
Empress Dowager Guo was a little embarrassed. She had met Sima Yi before, and at that time, she still called herself sister. But now, she was suddenly going to become her daughter-in-law.
Obviously, she did not realize why Sima Shi asked her to come.

In her opinion, as long as it does not directly harm her own interests, she should give in. As an emperor, it is reasonable to sacrifice some reputation for the sake of the world.

Sima Yi didn't even look at Cao Mao from beginning to end. She stared at the empress dowager with lifeless eyes. Empress Dowager Guo was a little frightened by her stare. She pretended to greet him for a few words and then asked Cao Mao to take her away quickly.

Cao Mao took Sima Yi out of Zhaoyang Palace.

He glanced at "Master Sima" who was following behind him, raised his head, and sighed weakly.

"Ugh"

"I still have to get used to it..."

PS: Many colleagues are still saying that my first order is not worthy of the recommended position on Qidian. As a result, some people in the comment section even said that I was cheating on the first order... But I don’t care anymore, and I’m too lazy to refute. Let them say whatever they want.

Now I just want to write this book well. I suddenly found the state where the more I write, the more I want to write. In this state, I really devote myself to writing the book and don’t want to care about anything else.

Some readers asked me to update 10,000 words a day. Actually, each chapter of mine is 3,000 words, so the minimum daily update is 12,000 words. I wrote one more chapter today, so it’s 15,000 words.

I will work harder in the future. If my hot form continues, maybe you will see Lao Lang post 20,000 words a day, hahaha.

Finally, I want to ask for a wave of monthly tickets from Zhongfu~
(End of this chapter)