Fake concubine, real queen

The little internal official who sent the message was caught off guard by the crown prince's lifting of his front, but before he could recover and answer, Pei Zhaoyuan immediately asked, "Who is here? But the fifth imperial guard?" what..."

It's just that before the words were fully uttered, Pei Zhaoyuan quickly regained his senses——

Right now, the imperial palace has been taken over by the Imperial Army for many days, if it is Ji Hong's person, just tell him about anything, why would he go to such lengths to get in?

What's more, Ji Hong will never and never dare to do such a thing.

Pei Zhaoyuan is very aware of his current situation, since the visitor is not his own, it can only be an enemy.

He looked gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but the five fingers that were holding the front of the little internal officer in his hand were slowly released, and the little internal officer fell back to the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to him again and again.

He turned his head and glanced coldly at Junfu who was lying on the imperial couch, and suddenly said in a low voice: "It seems... I still underestimate Father."

The emperor didn't answer, just snorted softly, he seemed completely unaware of the conversation between the little eunuch who had just sent the message and the prince, and looked as if he was still sinking and sinking in the pain that was hard to break free from his body, unable to relax It's like a moment and a half.

Pei Zhaoyuan closed his eyes, knowing that his father was going to pretend to be crazy with him and delay the time to the end, and then think about his father's "well-intentioned" words that disturbed his mood two days ago, no matter how stupid he is, How can I not understand at this moment?

Looking back, the emperor and him... had indeed spoken two sincere words.

Father has already made up his mind... He is sure that he is not his opponent, he is sure that even at such a critical juncture, he can still grasp his weakness with just a few words, and fool himself into a turmoil— —

That's why...the father will look at his stupid, stupid son like the poorest dog in the street with the attitude of a winner who is sure of winning, and hope that he can "get back from the wrong way", Can "leave a way out" for himself, and not force him to kill his parents and children.

The more Pei Zhaoyuan thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt. He wanted to laugh in his heart, but he no longer held back his throat, and let out a low laugh. The laughter echoed in the empty Lanzheng Palace, appearing lonely and mocking.

Pei Zhaoyuan laughed for a long time, almost laughing so much that his abdomen convulsed with the movement of laughing, so he had to stop.

After a while, the smile on his face finally gradually faded. He didn't approach the imperial couch again, but his eyes fell on Junfu, and his tone couldn't tell the slightest emotion: "Father...why didn't you answer my son? Is it because you feel that you have a sure chance of winning, so you don't want to deal with this ambitious, rebellious and rebellious minister?"

"In the final analysis...the royal father is just sure that the minister still cares about you as a biological father, so he was dragged back by your bitter plan...isn't it?"

"Father said that he used Wen Yin to coerce his ministers, but he knew better than anyone in his heart that your bargaining chip for coercing his sons...was not Wen Yin from the beginning to the end, but... it was just relying on... The son is the father's son, and the father... is the father of the son..."

The emperor was lying on the imperial couch. Hearing these words, his eyelids trembled, as if he was touched. His Adam's apple rolled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but for a long time, he still didn't speak.

The prince bowed his head in silence for a moment, and when he raised his head again, he lost all expression, and said expressionlessly: "Today, the emperor taught me, and my son has been taught."

The emperor's face twitched slightly, and finally he couldn't hold back anymore, half-opened his eyes and said in a low voice: "Yuan'er...you..."

But the prince ignored him.

Pei Zhaoyuan said coldly: "Come here, go and bring the Queen and King Ke in."

The little internal official was stunned, and said: "His Royal Highness, this...but...but there are..."

Pei Zhaoyuan sternly said: "Gu asked you to bring the Queen and King Ke up, you are deaf!"

The internal officer was taken aback by his yelling, and now he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and immediately turned around and left the hall as if to escape.

Sure enough, within a few moments, there were guards outside escorting the Queen and Queen Ke's mother and son into the inner hall of the Lanzheng Palace.

At this moment, a few more people came outside.

The person who came was none other than Yue Huaimin.

Yue Huaimin had already put on a layer of thin armor at some point. He looked anxious, and a few guards followed him. When he saw the prince, he immediately shouted: "Your Highness, follow me!"

Pei Zhaoyuan said: "What are you doing?"

Yue Huaimin's eyes widened when he heard the words, and he looked at the prince in disbelief and said, "... Could it be that His Highness hasn't heard any movement outside after such a long time? The Xuanhua Gate in the north of the city has probably fallen, and a group of people rushed in When the palace comes, Commander Ji has ordered someone to go to the south of the city to inform him, but the guards in the palace may not be the opponents of that group, they have already arrived at the Chongtian Gate, and they will arrive at the Lanzheng Palace in less than two minutes at most Alright, Your Highness, let's go first..."

Pei Zhaoyuan didn't seem to hear Yue Huaimin's barrage of persuasion, he just said: "Don't leave alone."

Yue Huaimin was taken aback for a moment, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and said dumbfounded: "Don't leave? How can this be done? If you make a mistake, what will you do if you ask the minister, Commander Ji, and Uncle Guo? Life and death are at stake, and the matter of the imperial edict is still..."

Pei Zhaoyuan ignored him, turned his eyes and glanced coldly at the young empress Chen and the third younger brother Ke Wang who were tightly cut by the guards, tied up tightly and gagged, and said: "What are you afraid of, as long as the aunt and the third brother It's still in Gu's hands, Gu wants to see if the emperor dares to..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, his eyes froze when he looked at Empress Chen, mother and son. Pei Zhaoyuan's face suddenly twitched violently. He walked up to Empress Chen, grabbed her by the bun, and forced her to lift her hair. start-

With just one glance, Pei Zhaoyuan became furious, kicked the woman in the vermilion palace dress down to the ground, turned to look at the guard who escorted her in and said angrily: "You are a good-looking man, Gu Te calls you Staring at it all night, where are people now?! Come and see for yourself, where are people?! Trash! Trash!"

The guards who were escorting "Empress Chen" were snarled until their calves softened, and they almost couldn't stop. They lowered their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw the eyes of the woman who was kicked and prostrate on the ground by the prince's highness shrank. Still trembling slightly.

Empress Chen won the emperor's heart and was very pampered. However, even though she was horrified when she faced the prince a few days ago, she never showed such a look in her eyes.

Several guards looked at each other and felt a thud in their hearts. The leader immediately knelt down to touch her face, and sure enough, he felt a little stickiness from the junction of the hairline and the skin, and raised his hand to tear it——

Good guy, where is this little Empress Chen?

It was clearly Daizhu, the maid beside the empress.

And that "King Ke" who has kept his head down and kept silent since he was escorted into the palace just now, needless to say, when the guards touched his face, they immediately found out that he was also a counterfeit as expected.

Pei Zhaoyuan was furious: "Where is the queen! Where is King Ke! You are all dumb, talk back!"

Seeing this situation, the guards naturally knew that they had caused a catastrophe this time, but if the prince hadn't been astute, they might not have discovered that the person had been replaced until now, so what could they do to get back What words?

Pei Zhaoyuan said angrily: "Two big living people were handed over to you alone, and they were specially ordered to be strictly guarded. Don't you know that they were dropped? Whoever entered the side hall last night, today there is another one." Who has gone out? Could it be that they can still fly with wings?!"

The guard kowtowed bitterly and said, "This subordinate deserves to die, this subordinate deserves to die, I don't know what's going on... This subordinate has clearly been sleeping lightly, and now there is an urgent errand ordered by His Highness, which is to borrow another ten of my subordinates. Courage, you dare not delay! But... But last night, for some reason, maybe it was cold in winter, and it was night... and I happened to be leaning on the porch, so I couldn't help but take a nap , I think it was then that..."

Pei Zhaoyuan said angrily: "Even if one fell asleep, could it be possible that all of you can still fall asleep?"

The guard opened his mouth and didn't dare to answer. Pei Zhaoyuan saw his expression, but he probably understood——

He pinched himself fiercely, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said: "From last night to today, whoever entered and exited the Lanzheng Palace should be searched immediately!"

The leading guard said with a bitter face: "Don't dare to lie to Your Highness, these few days the palace of the government has been strictly guarded, except for Mr. Yue, the subordinates dare not even let a fly in! Let alone let go People are out!"

Pei Zhaoyuan was slightly taken aback, and said: "So, the person is still..."

Yue Huaimin couldn't wait any longer at the side, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, let's go quickly! How can we find someone for you right now? That kid from the He family is going to kill Chongtianmen soon!"

Pei Zhaoyuan paused suddenly, turned to look at him and said, "What... who are you talking about?"

Yue Huaimin said: "It's the Marquis of Changyang, He Gu, who inherited the title! He belongs to King Ke, although I don't know where he got the soldiers and horses under him, but now this person must be there to save King Ke... ..."

Pei Zhaoyuan remained silent, and he didn't know what he thought of, his eyes were a little dazed.

Yue Huaimin said anxiously: "If you don't leave, it will really be too late, Your Highness!"

But Pei Zhaoyuan suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Gu understands, since this is the case, there is no need for Gu to leave."

Yue Huaimin was puzzled, holding the light armor prepared for the prince in his hand, with a blank face: "What?"

Pei Zhaoyuan raised his head and looked around the empty Lanzheng Palace. His eyes were cold and invisible, but his eyes were like the letter spit out by a poisonous snake. No matter where he skipped, he could be targeted by him. People feel a chill in their hearts.

Finally, Pei Zhaoyuan's eyes fell on the old emperor on the imperial couch.

"Father is indeed exhaustive, and my son is convinced today."

"Father's residence not only blooms better flowers than other places, but even a small side hall is unique. I can't even find it... That Lord He Hou, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it easily, right?"

The emperor's five fingers hanging on the brocade quilt slightly stiffened, he closed his eyes and did not reply.

"I have always heard that the boy of the He family values ​​love and loyalty, so my father must have taken a fancy to him, so he took great pains to train him for the third younger brother. Today is a good opportunity, so I will take a good look on my father's behalf. Can't use it."

Pei Zhaoyuan said so.

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Perhaps it was because the five imperial guards were assigned to guard the seven gates of the outer city of Bianjing. Although the guards of the palace were fairly strict, it was far better than He Gu's psychological preparation for the worst. More than a little.

He Gu spent the longest time in the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army in his previous life, and he was the youngest commander of the Gyeonggi Five-District Forbidden Army in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty. It is not difficult for him to find an angle that is easiest to break through the forbidden area in one fell swoop and drive straight in.

According to what Zhou Yufei said, when he escaped, His Highness the Third Highness was going to see the Crown Prince, but at this moment His Majesty, the Empress, and the Third Highness are all in the Lanzheng Hall.

It's just that it's not easy to clean up the imperial guards blocking the way, and it will take time. The more worried he is, the more the prince in the Lanzheng Palace got the news and ran away with His Majesty and the Third Highness, the harder Yun Zhui under his crotch urged .

Fortunately, when they arrived at the Lanzheng Palace, the gates of the Lanzheng Palace were closed, and it didn't look like anyone had escaped.

Ning Silang led a group of people to explore, and then reined in his horse and ran back to He Gu, cupping his hands and said, "The gate of the palace has been bolted from the inside, what should we do? Please ask the general to come up with an idea."

He Gu was silent for a while, then said: "...Bump away."

Ning Silang hesitated for a while, although he was stubborn, but when he looked up at this moment, he could see the three big characters of Lanzheng Hall on the plaque on his head, and he knew where it was, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit Fearful, he swallowed his saliva and said, "After all, this is the emperor's resting place, shall we knock it away..."

He Gudao: "It's not you or me who forced the palace to rebel, we are here to save you, Rong De don't have to be afraid, just run into him."

Ning Silang responded, and was about to bite the bullet and ask someone to knock on the door, when there was a "squeak" from behind the vermilion palace door——

Someone actually dropped the hitch.

Everyone outside the palace gate was startled, looked at each other for a moment, then looked at He Gu in unison.

The person who opened the door was a small internal officer, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and he described it as a bit embarrassed.

When He Gu saw him, he was startled slightly, and said: "...is that you?"

It turned out to be Zhai'er, the young apprentice of Wang Zhonglu, Wang Zhonglu, who is next to His Majesty.

Zhai'er bowed and said, "Your servant has seen the son-in-law."

Zhai'er is still safe, does that mean His Majesty should also be safe?Are the Third Highness and the Empress who are with His Majesty safe?

He Gu jumped off the horse, walked quickly to Zhai'er and said, "You don't need to be too polite, how is your Majesty? Are the Empress and the Third Prince in the Lanzheng Hall?"

Zhai'er nodded, bowed his head and said: "It's all inside, His Majesty is very ill, Your Majesty is fine, but she was a little startled, lord... lord, he..."

With Zhai'er's expression, He Gu's heart suddenly thumped, and he immediately felt something heavy, which suddenly grabbed his heart and caused severe pain. His whole heart was enveloped by a slightly familiar feeling. , and its nasty horror took over—

He Gu has never forgotten this feeling, it was the feeling he felt when he heard the news of the death of the "Eldest Princess" at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve last year.

He grabbed Zhai'er's shoulder and asked in a trembling voice: "You really said it! My lord...what's wrong with my lord?"

The past few days have been full of wind and snow, and the fight all the way just now has almost exhausted He Gu's physical strength. In fact, he is only relying on his obsession to see Pei Zhaoheng alive, so he can grit his teeth and ignore everything. Discomfort, sleepiness and soreness in the body, ignoring the drowsiness in the back of the head, and persevering until now.

Although Master He Xiaohou is slow in certain things, he has always been very sensitive to danger and abnormality, so after only a few breaths of effort, he immediately came back to his senses and noticed something was wrong——

He Gu said: "...What about the prince, where is the prince?"

As soon as the words fell, the door of the Lanzheng Palace behind Zhai'er opened with a "squeak".

When He Gu heard the voice, he looked up, and immediately saw that the person who opened the door was none other than Yue Huaimin, the eldest son of the Yue family who had not dealt with him much in his previous life and had worked with the crown prince.

Yue Huaimin looked at him from a distance, and said calmly, "You don't need to look for Master Hou, His Highness is waiting for Master Hou inside."

He Gu's Adam's apple rolled, watching from a distance, Yue Huaimin didn't answer, but quietly put his right hand on the handle of the knife hanging by his waist.

Yue Huaimin obviously knew what He Gu was planning, smiled and said: "Your Highness has ordered, and please ask Lord Hou to unload the weapon alone before entering the palace."

He Gu was taken aback, but before he could answer, Ning Silang, who had been following him, raised his voice: "The crown prince conspired against the palace, and the general came to rescue him according to the order. Now all the imperial troops outside have been defeated, and there is only one who is in charge of the government." The palace is already surrounded by us, how could the general put down his knife and go in alone to fight with you? Could it be that His Highness thinks our general is stupid? Since the general situation is over, why should His Highness persist in obsession? After all, you and Your Majesty are father and son As long as His Royal Highness is willing to turn around, the Emperor will surely forgive him!"

Yue Huaimin saw his face clearly, snorted coldly and said: "Who am I? It turns out that you are just a barbarian from the Northland. What is your identity? You dare to speak nonsense in front of His Highness the Crown Prince. How can you speak here?"

Ning Silang's eyes widened immediately, he said "Hey", and said, "Who do you call a barbarian, I..."

Yue Huaimin didn't bother to talk to him anymore, just looked at He Gu and said indifferently: "Your Highness told me to tell Lord Hou, you have to think clearly, whether the third prince will survive today depends entirely on what Lord Hou does."

He Gu said: "... If I don't go, what can you do? Don't get me wrong, you are the ones surrounded right now, not me, He."

Yue Huaimin laughed and said, "Why does Lord Hou have to face such an enemy? His Royal Highness just has a few words and wants to speak to Lord Hou alone."

He Gu was silent for a while, and said: "Where is the prince? How do I know if he is still safe?"

Yue Huaimin said: "The prince is in the palace."

He Gu was startled when he heard this, his head went blank for a short moment, and his throat felt a little tight.

But Zhengye held him back, He Gu turned his head to look, and saw Zhengye looking at him and shaking his head, there was worry that couldn't be hidden in his eyes.

"...Master, I can't go."

He Gu's movements paused, but he still raised his hand and slowly broke away from Zhengye's hand that was holding him, and said in a low voice: "No...Since the lord is inside, how can I gamble with the lord's life."

Zhengye didn't speak any more, but his eye sockets were gradually reddening in the cold wind as he looked at He Gu.

Knowing that he couldn't persuade He Gu, he sniffled and turned his head away from him as if angry.

He Gu slowly unloaded the saber from his waist, threw it to Zhengye, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "It's nothing, just to take a look, these soft-legged shrimps are not my all-in-one enemy , don’t worry, you first bring some people to Yingluan Hall to rescue the adults and the second prince, if I still haven’t come out, my mentor will teach you how to do it.”

Zhengye took his knife, and wanted to say something to him, but he didn't know what to say, he could only helplessly forget the half-view of his family's recalcitrant Hou Ye when he stepped into the garden of Lanzheng Palace.

Everything is withered, although the garden of Lanzheng Palace has always been the most colorful in the palace, but this moment is no exception, there is no more scenery to enjoy, He Gu walks through the long cobblestone path in the garden, only feeling Seeing the biting cold wind blowing over his cheeks, he walked up to Yue Huaimin, watched him smile slightly at him, then turned and opened the door of the palace.

He Guchang exhaled a breath of white air, looked up to see the white air dissipate in the air, and then stepped into the palace door.

Yue Huaimin said: "Your Highness has orders, so I won't go in."

After saying that, he closed the door of the palace.

The door of Lanzheng Palace closed with a "squeak", and the entire main hall was very dimly lit, and the air was filled with a strong smell of medicine. He Gu's pupils couldn't adapt to such a dim environment for a while. After a while, the vision gradually recovered.

Pei Zhaoyuan stood in front of the imperial case, looked down at him from afar, and said in a playful tone, "You are a courageous person, if Gu asked you to take off the knife and come in, if you really came in with the knife, is it possible that you will not be afraid of being hit by Gu? trap?"

He Gu saw the prince's face clearly, but felt a little dazed in his heart.

I don't know what's going on, but when he met Pei Zhaoyuan when he was reborn, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart and sweat on his hands and feet when he thought of how he was cooked by his cunning rabbits and lackeys in his previous life. , the kind of fear engraved into the marrow of his bones, even if he wanted to resist it, he couldn't resist it, but today when he saw Pei Zhaoyuan, he didn't have the same fear as before.

He just felt irritable and tired.

He Gu said coldly: "Don't dare to be, but I think His Highness's courage is not vulgar. You clearly know that the imperial army deployed in the palace has already been defeated by me. How dare you stay in this Lanzheng Palace without fleeing or fleeing?" , is truly extraordinary.”

Pei Zhaoyuan smiled and said: "Gu Nai is the rightful Crown Prince of the East Palace, the crown prince of the country, how can he run around like a dog in the water, isn't it a joke?"

He Gu was too lazy to argue with him, so he only asked, "Where is His Royal Highness King Ke?"

The crown prince said: "You really care about your third younger brother, you are indeed loyal, and it is not in vain that the emperor spent a lot of trouble on you."

He Gu was startled, and said: "What setbacks?"

The prince smiled and said: "Let Gu guess, why is the young master so loyal to my third brother? Why did he not hesitate to send troops without an order and risk his head to save him? But because of my gone Royal sister? Because the young master is so infatuated with my imperial sister, even though her imperial sister has passed away, she never forgets her. The third younger brother also loves Wu Jiwu, and treats the imperial sister's brother as his own, right?"

He Gu felt a little uncomfortable hearing this, frowned slightly and said coldly: "What does this have to do with His Royal Highness, His Highness asked me to come in, could it be because of these things?"

The prince smiled and shook his head, "Yes and no."

"He Zihuan, do you know that everything you did today was actually calculated by others. You were kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. You thought you were in love with my third brother, but in fact it was just a person who was manipulated, calculated, and plotted by him. It's just a tool to use and play with in the applause, this third younger brother is ruthless, not inferior to the father."

Although He Gu didn't know what he wanted to say, he was really disgusted by the prince's words, cursed "fart", and said: "The prince is upright and magnanimous, his appearance is the same, he is the most charming person, he is a An honest gentleman is very different from His Highness, but I don't know what he has used to deceive me, if His Highness the Crown Prince can't produce evidence, it's better not to spit on others."

The crown prince pursed his lips, but he wasn't bothered, he just picked up a booklet from the desk suddenly, threw it to He Gu and said, "Since that's the case, Young Master can carefully read what is written on it."

He Gu took the booklet, raised his eyes to look at the prince, and opened it dubiously——

Looking at it, the expression became a bit complicated, almost frozen on the face.

The crown prince seemed to have expected it long ago, and looked at He Gu's expression very playfully, with a half-smile: "How?"

He Gu raised his head and was silent for a while before closing the booklet.

He looked at the prince with a subtle expression.

I thought Pei Zhaoyuan was going to show me something, but this is the result?That's it?

Isn't it that the eldest princess is the third highness, and the third highness is the eldest princess?

He Gu said: "It's over."

Master He Xiaohou's expression was very calm, obviously there was not much fluctuation in his heart, but this time the prince saw his appearance and his expression froze.

"Are you... aren't you annoyed?"

He Gu rolled his eyes in his heart, secretly thinking that he was waiting for your reminder, the young master was already out of anger, but on his face he only pretended to be calm, and said leisurely: "Why should I be angry?"

"..."

He Gu suddenly understood a little bit, Pei Zhaoyuan...couldn't be because he didn't know that he and His Highness the third prince hadn't entangled with gender anymore, and thought that if he told him about it, he would immediately be deceived and marry him. Having adopted a man to be his daughter-in-law, do you hate the Third Highness and the Emperor who lied to him...

He wouldn't be taking this opportunity to instigate his own ideas, would he?

The more He Gu thought about it, the more he found it funny, and finally looked up at Pei Zhaoyuan, and finally couldn't hold back the sarcasm: "Your Highness, you really haven't changed at all."

These insidious and immoral tricks that can't be put on the table are exactly the same as in the previous life.

He Gu was thinking about it, but suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him quickly approaching him. In the blink of an eye, his ears had already recognized the direction, and he quickly dodged on his side. After avoiding it, he saw a sharp sword edge attacking quickly from the position he had avoided just now, piercing the air in an instant, and the blade made a "clank" sound.

This sword-wielding guard is very skilled, and I don't know where he came from. After only three or five moves with him, He Gu realized that this person is not a good person. If he fought fairly in the past, he would He is also sure of winning, but at this moment, he has a sword in his hand, and he is unarmed, which is more troublesome.

He Gu wanted to snatch this man's weapon and fight him again to win, but for some reason, he suddenly lost all strength and was delayed by a blink of an eye——

However, it was only in the blink of an eye that the extremely sharp blade of the long sword pierced He Gu's armor and clothing from his left shoulder to his arm, and finally pierced into the skin.

He Gu's mind went blank for a short moment, this familiar feeling of injury and blood loss made him vaguely think that he had returned to his previous life——

But his mind was in a daze, and he fell down and lost his sanity in just the blink of an eye.

The voices of the surrounding people gradually became noisy, there were the sounds of soldiers running and armor clattering, the sound of fighting with weapons, and even the sound of someone crying and cursing at the end.

In short, it was a mess, a mess, and it was really noisy.

Then there was a familiar, somewhat hasty footsteps squatting beside him——

It seemed that some jade object fell to the ground in a hurry, and it shattered into pieces with a "呲啦".

"Zihuan!"

——And it was Pei Zhaoheng's slightly trembling whisper that was torn apart like the broken piece of jade.