The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

Compared to Queen Yuan.

In addition to being shocked, Empress Xian was also wary and worried.

Ever since her personal maid Rong Yu told her about this, she had been a little restless. At this moment, holding the Buddhist beads in her hand, Empress Xian walked around her palace, stopping from time to time, her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows tightly furrowed.

At this moment, how could she still look like the gentle Bodhisattva she usually is?

Rong Yu was somewhat puzzled by this: "Why is your Majesty so worried?"

She really didn't understand.

They have never had any dealings with Princess Changle. Even if there are some grudges because of the marriage, it was a marriage granted by His Majesty. What does it have to do with them?

In the future, the King of Chang'an will not make things difficult for them because of this matter, right?

Concubine Xian frowned and said, "Have you forgotten the relationship between Mingyao and her?"

When Rong Yu heard this, his face changed slightly, and he finally understood something.

She also heard that Princess Changle did not get along with their future concubine. She also heard that Princess Changle would move out of the Marquis' Mansion and live alone in the Princess' Mansion, which was also the work of their future concubine.

The previous marriage between Princess Changle and His Highness may not have any impact on this.

But if His Highness really marries her in the future, then Princess Changle, the future Princess Chang'an, will get tired of seeing her every day.

If this causes trouble to His Highness...

When Rong Yu thought of this, his face suddenly turned pale.

"Then, what should we do?" Rong Yu asked nervously.

Empress Xian pursed her lips and said nothing.

She continued to twirl the Buddhist beads in her hand.

After a long while, she suddenly turned to the Guanyin statue not far away and said softly, "Mingyao can't stay any longer."

She had been dissatisfied with Mingyao for a long time.

At the Qianqiu Banquet that day, Mingjin was so majestic and dazzling, but Mingyao looked so miserable in comparison.

She can still remember the mocking look on Concubine Li's face when she looked at her.

If Mingjin had not married Prince Chang'an, she might have been able to save her life for the advice of Master Yunshang.

But now.

There was absolutely no way she would keep Mingyao anymore.

She wouldn't let herself gamble her son's future on a chess piece that she didn't know when she might use.

Not only Gu Changxuan but also Concubine Xian knew the importance of Prince Chang'an.

She didn't want to displease Ming Jin because of the motto, so she became an enemy of King Chang'an.

Mingyao is not qualified enough to be worthy of their mother and daughter's protection.

Unworthy chess pieces should be thrown away as soon as possible.

She acted decisively. Once she thought of it, she immediately told Rong Yu, "Hurry up and prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I want to write a letter to my brother and ask him to find a good time to resolve this matter. Mingyao must die before she marries Yue Qing."

Rong Yu naturally did not dare to be negligent.

He hurried inside to prepare writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

Concubine Xian continued to stay outside, turning the Buddhist beads and looking at the Buddha statue.

There wasn't much sunlight where she was standing, and half of her face was hidden in shadow.

Empress Xian's facial features are very gentle.

But those eyes seemed to contain all the darkness, making people feel creepy just by looking at them.

A quarter of an hour later.

After Empress Xian painted the envelope red, she handed it to Rong Yu and said in a deep voice, "You must hand it to your brother in person and don't let anyone know."

Rong Yu knew the key and importance of the matter, so he nodded immediately.

"That's fine, but what about His Highness?"

She was asking about Gu Changxuan.

When Empress Xian heard this, she did not hesitate at all and said calmly: "For such a small matter, there is no need to ask Yue Qing's opinion. I think if he knew, he would definitely agree with my approach."

Rong Yu didn't say anything more.

Empress Xian thought of something and said in a deep voice, "Watch An Cheng carefully these few days and don't let her run around again. If she acts rashly again and offends Princess Changle, even I won't be able to save her."

Rong Yu's heart tightened.

She knew that the princess disliked Princess Changle very much, but now she was no longer someone they could deal with casually.

If the princess still doesn't understand, something serious will happen in the future!

By then, neither Her Majesty nor His Highness will be able to protect her!

"I understand. I will explain it later." She promised immediately.

Empress Xian nodded.

After giving all this explanation, she felt exhausted and waved her hand for Rong Yu to leave.

After Rong Yu left, Empress Xian closed her eyes and twirled the Buddhist beads in her hands. She didn't know if she was getting old, but she felt that she was not as energetic as when she was young.

Or maybe the road we are taking now is just too difficult.

That's what makes her so tired.

If she had known that the eldest daughter of the Ming family would have such great fortune, she would not have instigated Yue Qing to be with that substitute.

It's really like one wrong step leads to another.

But in this world, who doesn't make one wrong step at a time?

East Palace.

Gu Changze is writing.

After hearing Chang Bao's report, Gu Changze raised his eyebrows in surprise. He did not speak immediately, but recalled what had happened before: "So that's it."

He finally understood why his uncle was suddenly punished.

"This is a good thing. Please pick a gift for me later. I want to go and congratulate my uncle."

Chang Bao quickly agreed with a smile.

"How is the person I asked you to investigate before?" Gu Changze asked while continuing to write without raising his head.

Chang Bao replied in a low voice: "The person who cooperated with the Fourth Prince was a minor official in the Ministry of Works. His family members were not in the capital, so they should be in the hands of the Fourth Prince."

Gu Changze said calmly: "Check."

"Yes!"

Wait for Chang Bao to leave.

Gu Changze admired his own calligraphy.

There are only four large characters written in a flamboyant style on the finest paper.

——Hide one’s capabilities and bide one’s time.

He was short-sighted and thought that his third brother was ambitious, but he didn't expect that his fourth brother was even more ambitious than him.

He damaged Mingyue Tower, causing it to collapse, and took the opportunity to shift the blame to the Ministry of Works so that his father would dislike his third brother.

And his stupid third brother who does things without thinking would naturally think that it was a trap set by him, and would spare no effort and use all means to drag him into it with the Zheng family.

At that time, the only one who will benefit is Gu Changxuan.

It's really a clear conscience that gets all the benefits.

Even Gu Changze had to admire his fourth brother's strategy of keeping a low profile.

It really takes ten years to sharpen a sword.

pity.

If you don't make a sound, you'll be nothing. If you do make a sound, you'll start to surprise everyone. But you have to make a sound first.

Gu Changze's eyes were slightly cold, but there was a smile on the corner of his lips. He casually picked up the red pen and made a stroke on the four words "hide one's light and bide one's time". The four originally beautiful words were wiped out by such a stroke of red.

……

Chang'an Palace.

Gu Mingheng slowly woke up from his bed.

His back was injured. He slept on his stomach last night. When he woke up, he moved his body without paying attention, which affected the wound.

He frowned and groaned.

Eunuch An was just bringing hot water to see him, and when he heard this, he immediately quickened his pace?

"My lord, are you awake?"

When he turned outside and came in, he saw that his prince was really awake!

Eunuch An, whose eyes were swollen from crying and whose face was originally filled with sorrow, immediately shouted happily to the outside: "Someone, come here, the prince is awake!"

For a while.

There were footsteps outside, and soon, Wu Ji and others ran in.

A group of people gathered by the window, looking at Gu Mingheng who had just woken up. Before he could speak, they began to ask him, "My Lord, are you okay?"

"My Lord, are you okay with your injuries?"

"My Lord, are you hungry?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the prince must be hungry! I'll have someone prepare food right away!"

Eunuch An suddenly thought of something and ran out immediately.

From beginning to end, Gu Mingheng was blocked by their words. He didn't have time to say a word. He just watched Eunuch An run away.

He looked helpless, but did not try to stop it.

It was not comfortable to lie down like this, but fortunately only his shoulder was injured and his back was fine, so Gu Mingheng supported himself on the bed and sat up.

"My lord, be careful."

Zhuo Qian and others were naturally worried and hurried to help.

Gu Mingheng said hoarsely: "It's okay."

When Wu Ji heard his voice, he immediately poured a cup of warm water to quench Gu Mingheng's thirst.

After sleeping for almost a day and a night, Gu Mingheng was indeed a little thirsty.

But when he was about to drink water, he suddenly thought of what happened yesterday before he fainted. His face suddenly changed, and his heart tightened. He didn't care about drinking water. He looked at the three people in front of him and immediately asked anxiously: "Where is Changle? How is she?"

"Don't worry, the princess is fine." The three of them said in unison.

Hearing that Ming Jin was fine, Gu Mingheng's heart, which had just been squeezed, finally relaxed.

"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."

He murmured hoarsely.

After being persuaded by Zhuo Qian and others, he finally started drinking water.

"By the way, before the princess left last night, she told us to tell her when you wake up." Zhuo Qian suddenly said, thinking of something.

Wu Ji looked at the man on the bed.

Seeing that he was distracted, she also added: "The princess came back with you yesterday. She stayed by your side until very late."

"Qingxin, you're fast, go to the princess's residence and tell her so that she won't worry." Zhuo Qian also immediately instructed Qingxin.

Qing Xin agreed and was about to go out, but before he went out, he saw Ming Jin coming in alone.

"The princess?"

Qing Xin saw Ming Jin first and shouted in surprise.

As soon as he said this, Wu Ji and others looked over, even Gu Mingheng, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, looked over.

Ming Jin appeared in their eyes.

With light, bright and pretty, it stood there.

"I saw the door was open and there was no one outside, so I came in."

Mingjin saw that Gu Mingheng had woken up.

Seeing him wake up, she was naturally happy. She spoke to Gu Mingheng and her eyes were on him while she spoke.

"I hope the prince doesn't mind that I'm unruly."

She spoke to Gu Mingheng with a smile.

Gu Mingheng hurriedly said, "It's okay."

Despite what Wu Ji and the others had said just now, Gu Mingheng was not completely relieved until he saw Ming Jin appear in front of him safe and sound.

Although the thrill of yesterday has passed, Gu Mingheng still feels a little scared.

He didn't dare to think about it at all.

If yesterday was a little worse, if he couldn't hold her, if he couldn't stop her, she...

Think of this.

Gu Mingheng's face became gloomy and nervous again.

He had a lot of things he wanted to say to Mingjin, and he also had a lot of things he wanted to ask Mingjin.

There seemed to be an atmosphere that belonged only to the two of them. Zhuo Qian, who was older, felt that something was wrong, but before he could think about it, Ming Jin smiled and said, "I want to talk to the prince alone, is that okay?"

Before Zhuo Qian could speak.

Wu Jixian said: "Of course you can."

Then Wu Ji didn't ask Gu Mingheng's opinion, and just pulled Zhuo Qian and Qing Xin out.

He hoped that this incident would help the prince to come to his senses.

Gu Mingheng didn't say anything either.

He himself had something to say to her.

What he wanted to say most was how could she be so bold yesterday to rush in at such a dangerous time!

Does she know how dangerous that is?

If anything had gone wrong yesterday, she would have been gone.

The more he thought about it, the more restless Gu Mingheng's heart became, and even his breathing became much heavier.

He didn't speak though.

But Mingjin could clearly tell what he was thinking from his eyes.

Knowing that Gu Mingheng wanted to blame her for her behavior yesterday, she was not afraid at all and sat down leisurely in front of the bed.

She asked with concern, "Is the prince okay now? Is there any pain?"

Of course it hurts.

But Gu Mingheng didn't want Mingjin to worry.

"I'm thick-skinned, so I'm fine. But you..." He wanted to talk about what happened yesterday.

But Ming Jin got there first and interrupted him.

"I entered the palace today."

She really knew how to control Gu Mingheng.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Gu Mingheng no longer remembered what he was going to say to Mingjin, and his expression changed almost immediately.

"Enter the palace? What are you going to do in the palace?"

As he spoke, he also saw what Mingjin was wearing.

That's the princess's attire.

Looking again, she was holding an imperial edict in her hand.

"What is this?" His face became even uglier, and even turned paler.

"What did my brother tell you?"

He was afraid that his brother would go against his wishes, so he told her, or he said nothing and just forced everything he wanted to do on her.

He suddenly felt very helpless.

I had a lot to say, but my throat felt like it was being strangled, and for a moment, I couldn't utter anything.

He was clearly asking the same question as Gu Changxuan.

But Mingjin did not show any displeasure or impatience at this time. Instead, he looked at Gu Mingheng with great interest.

Then he continued to speak to Gu Mingheng in a leisurely manner: "I ask His Majesty to grant me marriage."

"...You, beg?"

Gu Mingheng looked at Mingjin with a look of surprise and disbelief.

Obviously these two words are easy to understand, but he seemed not to understand them and just stared at Ming Jin blankly.

Ming Jin seemed not to have seen it, and continued to say to him with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty once promised me, and it just so happens that I have someone I really like, so please grant me marriage."

Gu Mingheng was stunned.

He didn't expect that this was completely different from what he had thought before.

Although it was indeed an arranged marriage, it was her own request.

"So that's it..."

He looked at Mingjin and murmured.

His mind seemed not to have completely regained clarity yet, but he felt a little strange in his heart, and relaxed a little, as he was able to breathe a sigh of relief because his brother had not gone against his wishes and because she knew nothing.

But I feel a little sad.

Still a little surprised.

It turns out she has someone she likes.

He originally wanted to ask her, but he didn't quite understand what she said yesterday.

He even thought about whether he should tell her directly what he was thinking. After what happened yesterday, he could still feel his heart beating.

He couldn't accept her loss.

He never wanted to go through what happened yesterday again.

But unexpectedly, he was one step late.

She actually has someone she likes, and she even asked the emperor to grant her brother a marriage...

Anyone who is liked by her must be a very good person.

who can that be?

Who is it and what does it have to do with him.

There seemed to be countless noisy voices in his brain, and his heart was also in a mess, but Gu Mingheng still tried his best to smile at Mingjin and congratulated him sincerely: "Congratulations."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I feel very happy too."

"Your Highness, please take a look at this." Ming Jin said, and handed the imperial edict in his hand to Gu Mingheng.

Gu Mingheng looked puzzled, as if wondering why he had to show it to him.

Ming Jin still spoke calmly to him: "Your Highness is as important to me as my grandmother. I naturally want to share such a good thing with Your Highness."

Listen to her.

Gu Mingheng felt a mixture of both sweet and sour.

He forced a smile.

I didn’t know what was so interesting about the imperial edict, but I still listened to Ming Jin and reached out to take it.

He read on word by word, but when he saw the words "granted marriage", his heart became desolate.

Until I saw a few familiar words.

At first he thought he was dazzled, or that he had been involuntarily indulged in his own extravagant fantasies, so he tried hard to open his eyes so that he could see more clearly.

But the words are still the same.

Gu Mingheng was confused at first, and then became surprised and uncertain.

"Granted marriage to Prince of Chang'an Gu Mingheng..."

After he murmured this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Ming Jin. Before he could say anything to confirm, Ming Jin was already looking at him with a smile and said first: "The emperor has made a promise, and Your Majesty cannot refuse it."