Rebirth of Glory and Splendour

In the fourth year of Wanchang, Princess Hanshan descended, because she was the third princess to be married within four years, and the people in the Shaofu were very familiar with handling marriage affairs, so they didn't need to bother their parents, anyway, there were old rules.

I don't have an older sister, only one younger sister, Princess Qinghe Wei Nuo, but above Wei Nuo, there are three other princesses in the palace, namely Princess Huaiqing Wei Shi, Princess Ruyang Wei Ci, and Princess Hanshan Wei Yu.

None of the three princesses were the daughters of their father. Their father was Wei Xuan, the eldest son of Emperor Renzong, Prince Xiaoyi.If it hadn't been for the assassination of Prince Xiaoyi and his death, the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme would probably not be the turn of the emperor's grandfather and father.

The father respected Prince Xiaoyi very much, and made his three daughters princesses after he ascended the throne.Zongzheng Temple did not express any objection to his father's actions. With the example of Princess Le Yi, it is really no big deal for the princess to be promoted to the princess.

Princess Huaiqing and Princess Ruyang descended in the first year and second year of Wanchang respectively, and their marriages were carefully selected by their father and father.

Like Emperor Renzong, Emperor Father is also a vacant harem, except for my father, the queen, there is no one else.Coincidentally, Empress Xiaoren is from the Jun family, and my father's surname is also Jun.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong, occasionally some courtiers who were not good-looking would give a book, allowing the emperor to accept concubines and spread their branches and leaves.When he came to the father, there was no one to speak out. Compared with the grandfather who didn't even have a queen, the father's performance was already good.

Moreover, the imperial grandfather only has a single seedling of the father, and the father still has brother Huang and me, as well as the three sons of Wei Jin, no matter how you look at it, it is enough. Mildew.

To be honest, don't say that the father has three sons, even if there is only one brother, I think it is enough.

Brother Huang and I are identical twins, except for a quarter of an hour difference in birth time, everything else is exactly the same.I heard from the wet nurse that when Brother Huang and I were first born, my father immediately ordered someone to tie a little red string around Brother Huang's ankle when he saw us, saying that our brothers look too much alike. He looked dizzy, and if he hugged the wrong one in the future, he might not be able to tell, so it would be safer to make a mark.

If we are not the eldest son and the second son of the emperor, it is really a mistake, and it is irrelevant, but the emperor is the crown prince, who is his eldest son, the emperor's grandson of the Dayan Dynasty, this question It is not to be underestimated.

In the history of the Dayan Dynasty, there is only one precedent for being a grandson upon landing, and that is Emperor Chengzong's eldest grandson Weiyi, and my brother is the second.I am the second son of the crown prince. As a rule, I can only be canonized as the county king after the ten-year-old Yuanfu. However, the imperial grandfather may think that the imperial brother is a grandson. I was born like him, but I am a bald emperor. It looks good, so he also made an exception for me, and made me the king of Linjiang.

Before I was three years old, I hardly felt the difference in identity with my brother Huang. We ate and slept together, and it is no exaggeration to say that we are inseparable.The elders call Huangxiong Tuantuan, and I am Yuanyuan, and the palace people call us His Highness, and when we meet, we just kneel and worship.

At the New Year's Eve banquet in the third year of Zhenghe, my father said that I was no longer an ignorant child. I couldn't be hugged by my wet nurse in front of the emperor's grandfather like the previous two years. I had to go to salute and pay New Year's greetings myself .

I nodded ignorantly, and asked habitually: "Where's brother?" I want to go by myself, so should my brother.

I don't think I asked any profound questions, but my father was stunned, and said for a while, "Yuanyuan, you go by yourself, not with Tuantuan." But my father didn't tell me why we weren't together. It's not like that.

That night, the emperor's elder brother and father's emperor were next to the emperor's grandfather, and they accepted the kneeling ceremony of civil and military officials together with him.

I don't quite understand why, but I can vaguely feel the weight of the status of emperor grandson.

The following days were not much different from before, Brother Huang and I were still together all day long.Dad had a little sister, and we moved to the Zichen Palace of the imperial grandfather together, and when Dad gave birth to a little sister, we moved back together, and we were never separated.

We separated for the first time when we were six years old. In that year, Brother Huang and I entered the palace school to study.

But before entering the palace school, the imperial grandfather asked the imperial brother to move to the Zichen Palace again, this time he was the only one.I couldn't bear to be separated from Brother Huang, and cried and fussed in front of my father and father for a long time, but it was useless, Brother Huang still moved away.

At that time, I naively thought that Brother Huang just moved away for a while and would come back soon.

It was only after I grew up that I realized that it was a complete divergence in the life paths of my brother and I, and there was no possibility of overlapping.

In the 300 years since the founding of Dayan, there are countless princes and grandchildren, and the life experience of my father is the most legendary.During Emperor Xingzu's reign, his grandfather fought against Zongzheng Temple for several years in order to get his father's name on the jade plate and become the son of King Qin.

The emperor's grandfather was the second son of Emperor Xingzu, and his relationship with his eldest brother, Emperor Renzong, had always been close. Therefore, for a long time, his greatest expectation for his father was to be a qualified prince and heir.

But the abolished emperor went against the grain, murdered his elder brother and framed his younger brother. The emperor's grandfather held the will of Emperor Renzong to abolish the emperor to stand on his own.

Father didn't grow up receiving the education of the crown prince. In order to improve his ability to govern, the emperor's grandfather made him practice in the other five ministries except the Ministry of War, and then let him learn how to lead the court.

When I came to the emperor's brother, the way the emperor's grandfather raised returned to normal. How the emperors of all dynasties raised their princes was the same as how he raised his grandsons. First theory and then practice.

I was also studying in the palace school. Like other students, I just listened to the lectures of the masters, but Brother Huang was different. He also had separate courses, which took up all his spare time. As for what he learned specifically, I don't know.

Occasionally, I would envy Brother Huang, the feeling of being valued and expected by others, I rarely have the opportunity to experience it.

But most of the time, I will sympathize with him. Brother Huang is so pitiful. He has so much to learn every day, and he has no time to play. I don’t know if he has regretted coming here a moment earlier than me. world.

I used to think about what would happen if I were my elder brother, and in the end I felt lucky, but fortunately I am not.

I am lazy by nature, pass everything along, and never treat myself with high demands. Brother Huang's homework is much heavier than mine, but he can handle it with ease, but I procrastinate to the end.

I can't imagine at all, if we exchange identities, whether the grandfather and father will collapse.

In the year when my brother Yuanfu and I took the throne, the imperial grandfather abdicated and handed over the empire with the most complete territory since Emperor Shenwu of the Shenchuan Dynasty to the emperor.

Then our whole family moved together, my father moved to Zichen Palace, my father moved to Weiyang Palace, my brother moved to East Palace, and my younger siblings and I lived in Weiyang Palace with our father.

When he lived in Yongfu Palace before, his father used the East Palace as his office and never stayed overnight.It's the same now, he went to court, received ministers and reviewed memorials in Zichen Palace, but spent most of the night resting in Weiyang Palace.

Only the emperor, he lives in the East Palace alone, separated from the Zichen Palace and Weiyang Palace by the entire East Sixth Palace.

At that time, I would no longer cry like I did four years ago, because I knew it was useless.

After moving to the East Palace, Brother Huang liked someone, although he never told anyone, even the person he liked.

As we grow older, Brother Huang and I have no similarities except our looks, but our hearts have never changed, so Brother Huang's little secret can't be kept from me at all, even though I don't know about this matter. I can't say I'm happy at all.

I always thought that as the prince of the empire, the emperor could easily get everything he wanted. He didn't show his heart to the person he liked, probably because he felt that the time had not come. As a younger brother, I naturally wouldn't do unnecessary things , then Brother Huang will be angry.

When Princess Hanshan's marriage was settled, I was completely stunned, speechless for a long time.

How could it be him? !

How could Princess Hanshan descend to Ruan Meng? !

Is there something wrong? !

Ruan Meng is the younger brother of Ruan Ning, the king of Nanyue. As far as he is concerned, Shangzhu is a bit reluctant. After all, South Vietnam is remote, and the status of the vassal king is equivalent to that of the county king, and he is just the younger brother of the vassal king.But Ruan Ning has a bonus point, that is, he is the nephew of Prince Xiaoyi, and he and Princess Hanshan are aunts and siblings. His cousins ​​and cousins ​​agree with each other. Princess Chen also has no objection to Ruan Meng, and the emperor naturally does not Whatever you say, just decree to grant marriage.

But Brother Huang, why didn't he even fight for it, and just let the person he likes go.

I really couldn't figure it out, so I ran to ask Brother Huang. He obviously didn't expect me to ask such a question, so he was stunned.

"Brother, why don't you do anything while you're talking?" Brother Huang remained silent for a while, and I tugged at his sleeve and shook it.

He came back to his senses, looked straight at me, and sighed in a low voice for a long time: "What can I do?"

I was anxious, so I raised my voice and said, "If you don't say anything, how do you know that Ruan Meng doesn't want to be the prince's wife?"

Ruan Meng has been in Yujing for more than three years, and has a very good relationship with the emperor, which makes me jealous sometimes, but Princess Hanshan, the two of them have met very few times, if the emperor confessed his love earlier, she would definitely not have the chance of.

Brother Huang curled his lips, and suddenly smiled, but the smile was cold and clear, and it didn't reach his eyes at all.

I don't like Brother Huang smiling like that, he doesn't look happy at all, but it makes people feel distressed.

"Brother, stop laughing." I sat cross-legged beside Brother Huang, and reached out to touch his face, "It's not a good smile at all."

When Brother Huang heard this, his smile froze on his face, and he paused before asking, "How do you know I didn't say anything?"

I leaned on his shoulder and said confidently: "I just know, you can't hide it from me."

Brother Huang sighed and said with a wry smile: "He doesn't even want to stay in Yujing, let alone in the palace."

Now it was my turn to be dumbfounded. After a long while, I said in disbelief: "Since he doesn't want to stay, why does he still want to surrender to the Lord?" The Shaofu even repaired Princess Hanshan's Princess Mansion, so Ruan Meng wouldn't call it back. Thinking about bringing the princess back to Jing'an City.

"Nanyue is able to take the top spot among the southern border countries. The close relationship with Dayan is the most important reason. My aunt has gone. Ruan Ning doesn't want this relationship to fade away. The best way is to get married and marry a princess to go home. Wouldn't it be nice."

"Since that's the case..." I hesitated and said, "If you ask your father for an order, Ruan Ning will definitely not object." Anyway, it is a marriage, and it is better to marry the crown prince than a princess who is not the emperor's own daughter. , I secretly applaud my idea.

Brother Huang burst into laughter, unable to laugh or cry and said: "Of course I can ask Father for a marriage, but Brother Meng doesn't want to be trapped in the palace. If I force him, he will probably be resentful in the future. Why bother? Why don't you let go, at least There are friends who can do it."

I widened my eyes and looked at Brother Huang in disbelief.Before I came to the Eastern Palace, I knew that he liked Ruan Meng, but I never thought that he would like him to such an extent that he would not be willing to embarrass him.Suddenly, I realized that I hated Ruan Meng very much, to death.

It's not just because he made Brother Huang sad, but in Brother Huang's heart, he is actually so important.

Obviously me and Brother Huang are inseparable, how can he take away my position, it's too much.

On the day of Princess Hanshan's wedding, Brother Huang personally congratulated her with an impeccable smile, and no one could see anything unusual except me.

Back at the Eastern Palace in the evening, my brother Huang, who has always had a strong ability to control himself, took me to get drunk together, and got very drunk.

In fact, I drank no less than Brother Huang, but I was not drunk. Is this because everyone gets drunk if they are not drunk.

While I was taking care of Brother Huang, I scolded Ruan Meng in my heart. If it wasn't for him, my brother wouldn't be so sad.

Brother Huang tastes good wine, he sleeps obediently when he's drunk, he can't even say a word when he's drunk, and it's not difficult to serve him.

I sat cross-legged beside him, my heart was full of worry and joy, indescribably tangled and complicated.I struggled for a long time, but seeing no one around, and Brother Huang didn't intend to wake up for the time being, I bent down and kissed him lightly on the face, the movements were quick and flustered.

I asked myself many times afterwards, why did I do that at the time, and the answer was always three words, I don’t know.

I really don't know, it's an instinctive movement of the body, without going through the brain at all.

After sitting up straight, I covered my face nervously and looked around, but there was still no one around.

But brother Huang's eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at me without blinking, with a sense of bewilderment and unknown inside.

I was so confused that I didn't know what to do, would Brother Huang misunderstand me and think that I had unreasonable thoughts about him.Actually, I didn't think about anything, I just felt that he was sad, I wanted to hug him, kiss him, comfort him, I had no other intentions...

It's just that if you say something like this, don't talk about Brother Huang, even I can't convince myself.They are not ignorant children anymore, so there is no need to kiss him, but if I say that I have something wrong with Brother Huang, I feel quite wronged.

Just when I was so anxious that I wanted to jump off the bed and apologize, Brother Huang closed his eyes again and went back to sleep.

I let out a long breath, and the big stone in my heart was put back in place, but my mind was blank.

After a while, I gradually came to my senses, recalling my previous actions, I was scared to death by myself.

I didn't dare to stay for a long time, so I ordered the palace servants in the East Palace to take good care of my brother, and then hurried away.

The next day, Brother Huang saw me, exactly the same as usual, I don't think he would remember what happened last night.

This is probably the best result, and I feel inexplicably disappointed while being grateful.

Two years later, the emperor's elder brother got married, and made Gu Shi, the eldest granddaughter of Qi Guogong Gu Yu's descendants, as the crown princess.

It was night, and I was drinking alone against the moon in Yongfu Palace. The wine without company was bitter and astringent, and it was hard to get drunk.