Fake concubine, real queen

Pei Zhaoheng returned to Beijing and came to the Princess Mansion, but was rushed into the palace by the guards sent by the emperor on the way. He Gu felt that this incident was faintly weird, which made him feel a little uneasy.

The crown prince failed to force the palace, and Ji Hong was removed from the post of the capital commander of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Army in Gyeonggi, and sent to prison. scattered.

Although the emperor did not deal with the big and small officials who supported the crown prince at the beginning but had nothing to do with the forced palace, but even so, those who have followed the crown prince sincerely are nothing more than those who follow the wind and just want to sell it to the new king in the future. Benefits, those who follow the crowd and talk about the prince well, who doesn't have regrets in their hearts?

I can't wait to go back to the beginning and eat back all the thoughtless things I said.

The government and the public have been quiet for more than ten days, and no monsters dare to take the lead in plucking the emperor's beard at such a time.

But they didn't want to commit crimes against the wind, but they couldn't bear someone pushing them forward——

Maybe half a month later, the emperor didn't show any intention of abolishing the prince. The Chen family probably knew that they couldn't get rid of it because of their relationship with the prince. , so he no longer sat still and waited to die, and took the brunt of the book to express his love for the prince.

When Old Master Chen was still alive, he thought that the late emperor's poems won the favor of the heavenly family, and his writing was as beautiful as weaving. Chen Yuanfu is his eldest son, so naturally he is quite worthy of his father's true biography——

It was clearly just a letter to intercede for his nephew, but he wrote thousands of words eloquently and magnificently, and the words were sincere. Even the prince of Shu didn't have any evil intentions towards Junfu. After these wolfish and ambitious ministers swayed, they lost their heads, and repeatedly mentioned that although the prince was forced into the palace, he still sent someone to take care of the emperor and empress, and did not hurt the two brothers and the princes and ministers. It can be seen that he is not mad. It is incurable, His Royal Highness still has a conscience, as long as he teaches carefully, he can repent and ask the emperor to appease his anger.

Given the status and prestige of the Chen family in the court, although all the ministers and workers did not sincerely hope that the crown prince would be spared such a serious crime, they could hold the handle in the hands of the Chen family and have been the disciples of the old Mrs. Chen for decades. Those who have been promoted, and those who have received favors under the eaves, although they each have their own ideas, they still all agreed upon seeing Chen Yuanfu taking the lead, so they wrote a letter to support them.

Chen Yuanfu's booklet has a lot of names of the elders and co-signed officials. It is Wang Zhonglu who has been with him for many years, but this is the first time he has seen such a battle. He can't help but sigh in his heart. , and with the help of a family with a big tree and deep roots like the Chen family, even after such a big somersault, they were able to linger on.

But even so, the emperor loves Empress Chong, and also His Highness Chongsan...

Wang Zhonglu knew his temperament, even though he looked at the jaw-dropping joint booklet, the emperor just glanced to the end indifferently, without showing any emotion.

But the more this is the case, the more it means that this matter really poked his lungs, otherwise His Majesty would not have stayed up late at night for several days, reading seventy or eighty pages of Buddhist scriptures by himself.

Wang Zhonglu originally thought that this incident might become an opportunity for His Majesty to attack the Crown Prince, but he didn't expect that His Highness the Third Highness would come here at this time——

It was the first time he saw His Majesty being so angry by the Third Highness.

His Majesty the Third Highness had always been well-measured and knew how to advance and retreat in the past. Why did he want to touch His Majesty's bad luck at this time?

This matter was quite weird, he couldn't figure it out, so he had to give up, although he was curious, he still led the embarrassed and tortured Yang Wen into the Lanzheng Palace with his head down.

He took a sneak look at the two masters from the corner of his eye, but saw that the faces of the third highness and the emperor were all gloomy.

The old inner officer's heart skipped a beat, and his intuition told him that he couldn't stay here at this moment, so he immediately bowed and walked away with inaudible steps without moving his expression.

After going out and blowing the night wind for a short while, the faint sound of arguing between the father and son came from the hall, as well as the sound of Yang Wen begging for mercy and whispering something...

Wang Zhonglu didn't have much trouble at first, but after a while, the more he listened, the more frightened he became——

Although it is obvious that His Majesty has deliberately suppressed it, but he has been with you for a long time, and when he heard the voice, he knew that His Majesty was really angry, and he was really angry, not the thunderous and rainy Shiwei as in the past.

I don't know how long it took, the thunderstorm finally stopped inside, the emperor called for someone, and Wang Zhonglu immediately went in without any delay.

"Zhong Lu, go and draw up an order for me. Yang Wen will be sent to the sky prison. There is no need to go through the Ministry of Punishment for further discussion. Let the Yizheng Pavilion make a decision. Wen will be executed in three days."

Wang Zhonglu agreed, and immediately asked the guards to come in and escort the already ashen and disheveled Yang Wenbin out.

The old internal official left the Lanzheng Palace to draft an edict for the emperor. At the last moment when he was about to leave the Lanzheng Palace, he heard His Highness King Ke in the hall behind him say calmly: "I have one more thing, I want to ask for the grace of my father."

But Wang Zhonglu has already left the Palace of Government Affairs, so naturally he no longer knows what His Royal Highness Ke asked the emperor.

...Perhaps it is not appropriate to ask for help.

The old inner officer's footsteps stopped abruptly, and he finally realized what was going on with the faint strange feeling he felt in the palace just now——

His Royal Highness King Ke... said that he was asking for something from the emperor's father, but in that tone of voice just now, how could he be asking for it?

It's...it's as if...the lord has long been confident in his heart, knowing that His Majesty can't refuse him.

Wang Zhonglu was stunned.

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Now that He Gu woke up, the two elders of the Yan family finally felt relieved and stopped guarding the main courtyard of the Princess Mansion all day, but they were both young, although He Gu believed that the nanny arranged by Lan Xiao must be very carefully selected. It is reliable, but Mrs. Yan is not at ease, she will stay here and stare at Shuangshuang and refuse to go back to Yan's mansion, so Lan Xiao had to ask her servants to tidy up a clean yard for the two elders of the Yan family to stay in the princess mansion. .

He Gu hadn't recovered yet, and his body was injured again. After entering the night, the old lady didn't want to disturb him, she wanted to let him have a good rest, she didn't say any more, just gave a few words of advice, and said that the little girl would be taken care of by her, so that the grandson Don't worry, I asked Nanny Qu to carry both of them and leave.

He Gu was indeed very tired, but he still remembered Pei Zhaoheng being called away by the twelve guards. Although he couldn't bear it anymore and closed his eyes and squinted, he didn't sleep well all night. It was a strange dream. Again and again.

For a while I dreamed that Pei Zhaoheng turned into a butterfly and flew away, and for a while I dreamed that my daughter had grown into a big black monkey, so ugly that it shook the world and wept ghosts and gods, not to mention the city of Bianjing, even if I ran all over the Da Yue Dynasty, I couldn’t find anyone willing to marry her A man who is a wife.

In his dream, Master He Xiaohou was worried about the Third Highness and his daughter, but when he woke up in the morning, the sky was just dawn.

He opened his eyes for a while, and was about to sit up, but he heard a footstep outside the house hurriedly from far to near, and finally stopped.

"……What did you say?"

It was Lan Xiao's voice.

"Don't dare to lie to my sister, just wait at the door!"

It was the voice of the little girl who sent the message.

The bedroom door creaked open——

Lan Xiao's tone was a little flustered: "My son-in-law, are you awake?"

Lan Xiao would never rush into his bedroom like this without saying hello, so it can be seen that she is indeed in a hurry.

He Gu said: "What's wrong?"

Lan Xiao said: "The internal officials of the palace came to the mansion to deliver the decree, and said... said... the decree is for the young lady."

He Gu was taken aback, and said, "What... which lady?"

The door of the courtyard outside opened, and a series of noisy voices came from far and near. He Gu heard Mrs. Yan's somewhat flustered explanation——

"This internal official, the child's mother is gone, Gu'er was sad for a while, caught a cold, and is still sick, can it be convenient for us old couple to lead him for him?"

"Your Majesty's will is not for Lord Hou, so don't worry about the old lady."

Mrs. Yan's voice was obviously stunned, and she said: "Ah, the internal official came to the Princess's mansion to pass the decree, it was to..."

But the internal official said outside: "Before I came out, the head of the king specifically mentioned our family, saying that His Majesty personally ordered, the son-in-law's shoulder injury has not healed, and his body is in ailment, so you don't have to come out to receive the order in person today to thank you, wait. Turn around and recover, it will not be too late to enter the palace to thank the little princess."

Little princess?

He Gu was slightly taken aback, but before he recovered, the voice of an internal official announcing the decree came from outside.

Although he has not fully recovered from his sleep, he is still dizzy after listening to a bunch of exhortations from the heavenly family, but the specific content is not so incomprehensible——

It turned out to be... the will of praising his black monkey girl and making the little girl a princess?

No... How long has it been? How did the emperor know that there was a little black monkey named Shuangshuang in his house?

Could it be that there is still the emperor's eyeliner in the princess mansion?

No, no... The title of Shuangshuang in the decree just now is "Gu, the son-in-law of He's son-in-law, and the daughter of Princess Qing." Such an important canonization decree was not drafted by those around His Majesty who grew up in the study since childhood. Internal officials who are not bad at civil affairs knowledge, and who are also cautious in their work, are several respected elders in the Yizheng Pavilion, and they will definitely not make such low-level clerical errors.

However, the "Princess of the Qing Dynasty" was clearly dead, and all civil and military officials in the court knew about it. Who would he have a child with?

But why does His Majesty insist on writing this in the canonized decree, isn't this... isn't this referring to deer as horse?

After all, he is the Son of Heaven, and the imperial decree of the Son of Heaven has already been stated. The one who is going to be crowned princess is the son-in-law and the eldest princess's child. Who dares to refute and say no more?

...But this is against common sense, and it is not the way the emperor used to play cards. Could it be... Could it be that the emperor not only knew that there was an extra lady in the princess mansion, but also knew that the child was his and the third highness's child, so he used it Is this to test him?

The more He Gu thought about it, the more frightened he became, but the internal officials outside who announced the decree had already read "Qin this", and then there was a dense "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En" that was either flustered or pleasantly surprised or not emotionally ups and downs.

Mrs. Yan seemed to be greeting the internal officer with a smile, and the people who came out of the palace were indeed all human beings. He Gu heard the young internal officer outside laughing and said: "Since the son-in-law is not in good health yet , our family has done some errands, so there is no need to bother me anymore, and I will take my leave first."

After speaking, he left.

He Gu was stunned for a while, the door of the bedroom opened with a creak, Old General Yan was holding an apricot-colored booklet, and Mrs. Yan was holding both of them, and they sat beside He Gu's bed together.

"I still thought that you, the princess's mansion, had few people and had a reliable mouth. Why did the palace know all about what happened in the mansion in a blink of an eye?"

The old lady said.

"His Royal Highness has been gone for such a long time... Why does Your Majesty insist that Shuangshuang is the child of you and Her Royal Highness? What is going on?"

The old general said.

He Gu: "..."

No, he was blind in both eyes, and he didn't know anything!

Fortunately, when the Third Highness came down later, He Gu and the two elders of the Yan family found out.

"So the matter of Shuangshuang...is actually the prince...the prince told His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to come here?"

Madam Yan said in surprise.

Pei Zhaoheng nodded and said: "It's not entirely true. I just begged my father to put both of them on the jade plate in the ancestral book and put them under the knees of Zihuan and... and sister Huang. As for the title of princess, it is my father's grace, not me. The king asks."

"Since the child has landed, he must have a serious identity. Both of them are the blood of Zihuan. It is naturally the best to be the first lady of the Princess Mansion."

As soon as he said that, Mrs. Yan and General Yan looked at each other, and immediately understood what was going on.

Master He Xiaohou didn't have any other thoughts. Generally speaking, even if the princess has a noble status, but the woman does not inherit the title, even if she is the princess's own daughter, she is usually just a "daughter of the clan". Some princesses who are not favored , I am afraid that I will never see my grandfather and emperor for the rest of my life, and my daughter is just born, so I just picked up a princess to do it for nothing. Could it be that he is not happy?

It's just that Shuangshuang hasn't even reached the full moon, and the name hasn't even been decided yet. The emperor immediately gave such a canonization decree, which is so obvious to the holy family. The plan, in fact, is that the weasel gave the chicken New Year greetings, and he had no good intentions.

Mrs. Yan didn't think too much about it, but she obviously changed her mind about the third prince, the heartless man who ruined her precious grandson——

At least he has the courage to act and is responsible to the little girl, so there is no need to label him as a heartbroken man anymore.

Mrs. Yan's tone softened a bit, and she said: "We have heard about the matter between the prince and Zihuan, the old couple, I was in a hurry that day, and when the prince lost his etiquette, he would not choose what to say. I hope the lord will not take offense to my old bones."

Pei Zhaoheng immediately stood up when he heard the words, and said: "Madam is serious, Zihuan was in danger because of me, and I was not in Beijing when the child was delivered. It's normal, I can't understand, how can I hate my elders?"

After he said these words, there was still a proper, apologetic introspection on his face, such a face that admitted his mistake so earnestly, immediately saw that the little resentment still in Madam Yan's heart dissipated, and felt that he It is clear that you are a prince, but you can admit your mistakes for Zihuan like this, and you have no airs in front of the old couple. With such a good temperament, if you are a woman again, and you are assigned to Zihuan as a wife, wouldn't it be a good marriage that even gods envy? ?

But now that these two children are determined to be together, and the little girl is born, it doesn't matter whether she is a girl or not...

Mrs. Yan said: "Shuangshuang is Gu'er's child, and also the prince's child. We old couple said yesterday that we would give the girl a name. I need to ask you what you mean."

Mrs. Yan didn't realize that her butt had gradually started to crooked, but Master He Xiaohou could see it clearly from the side, and couldn't help but choked up speechlessly.

Sure enough, the problem of looking at the face definitely didn't start from him, but an old problem passed down in the Yan family.

I heard that my grandmother was willing to disobey her father's order and marry her unremarkable grandfather when she was poor, because her grandfather was born with a handsome appearance, extraordinary bearing, and a good-looking talent——

Lord He Xiaohou leaned on the soft pillow and wandered for nine days on the bed, but the third prince sitting beside the bed was still being watched by the two elders of the Yan family with the same eyes as his granddaughter-in-law.

Mrs. Yan said: "Now Shuangshuang can only fall under Zihuan's knees. After all, His Highness is not married yet. If..."

When she said this, she suddenly stopped. Mrs. Yan wanted to say that if the third prince was unmarried but had a daughter of unknown origin, she might not be able to marry a daughter from a good family in the future, but she suddenly remembered, That's right, if he accepts a concubine in the future, what will Gu'er do?

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

However, Pei Zhaoheng seemed to see what she was thinking, put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Mrs. Yan and said softly: "Please rest assured, Mrs. I will never marry any woman in this life, nor will I take concubines or concubines. Zihuan alone."

He Gu suddenly felt awkward when he heard his confession in front of his grandfather and grandmother, his face was almost red like a monkey's ass, and he hurriedly interrupted: "This...how did you come to this, what happened 800 years later, grandmother What are you worrying about now... let's talk about something else..."

Mrs. Yan suppressed the smile on her face, she didn't pay attention to He Gu at all, she just looked at Pei Zhaoheng and said, "Third Prince, once a gentleman speaks a word, it's hard to chase after him, do you know that?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "I know it myself."

He Gu was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and get in. The old general Yan next to him obviously felt similar to his grandson, and interrupted with a dry cough: "Shuangshuang's name, our old couple has an idea, how about calling it Baoyin?" ? My lord, listen, do you think this name is appropriate?"

"... Baoyin?"

"...Huaibao Baozhen... Deyin is never violated. It can remind her to be a person with integrity and integrity in the future. It is indeed a good name."

He Gu choked up, thinking, Grandfather and grandmother probably didn't think about character or virtue, they just thought these two words sound nice together...

It's... a little embarrassing.

Sure enough, Old General Yan's eyes were a little erratic, he was silent for a while, and said: "...If that's the case, then it's decided, let's call it this name, and after a while, the family tree will be available."

Pei Zhaoheng nodded and said, "That's very good."

Mrs. Yan stood up and said, "Since that's the case, we old couple won't disturb your conversation anymore."

He said again: "I left Nanny Qu to look after both of you at the Princess Mansion. Gu'er, there is no one to look after Rong'er at home, and Rong'er has been alone for a few days, so your grandfather and I will go back first."

He Gu nodded in agreement, then watched Pei Zhaoheng send off the two elders of the Yan family, then turned back and sat by the bed.

He Gu said: "What are you doing sitting so far away? Come here."

Pei Zhaoheng paused, and sure enough, he moved the pear wood carved stool forward.

He Gu was inexplicably suspicious. Although he couldn't tell what was wrong, he still felt that today's Pei Zhaoheng was a bit weird——

"It's not about moving the stool, I'm asking His Highness to sit here... sit next to the bed."

Pei Zhaoheng was silent for a while, and sure enough, he sat on the side of the bed and looked down at him.

He Gudao: "What did His Majesty do to see you so anxiously yesterday?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "It's just an errand, it's done now."

But He Gu suddenly grabbed his left arm and said, "Take off your clothes."

Pei Zhaoheng's movements were obviously stiff, as if he wanted to retract the arm held by He Gu, but he didn't really do that.

He just said: "Today... this winter coat has complicated ties, so it's inconvenient to take it off at will."

After a pause, he continued: "...What? Does Zihuan want to watch me take off my clothes?"

He Gu was stunned for a moment, suddenly a little embarrassed, and said: "I... I don't mean that, I just feel that your left arm is not very sharp since looking at it yesterday, so I'm just a little worried."

Pei Zhaoheng looked at him, said "Oh", and said: "...Is that Zihuan you don't want to see?"

He Gu muttered, "Of course not..."

After speaking halfway, he suddenly stopped, raised his eyes and glared at him and said, "What a mess, tell me the truth, your left arm...what's wrong?"

Pei Zhaoheng withdrew the left arm held by He Gu, turned it around slightly, and said, "It's nothing, just a small injury."

He Gu Wenyan stared at him with wide eyes, and said like a cannonball: "I knew His Highness would not mention this kind of thing without asking. How could you be injured? Is it serious? What is the errand?"

Pei Zhaoheng looked at him, was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "It's not an errand."

He Gu asked: "What, what is that? How did it happen?"

Pei Zhaoheng replied very lightly: "Killed some of Yang Wenzhi's generals in Chenghe, received the Tiger Talisman, and escorted him back to Beijing."

He Gu froze in place for a moment, thinking he had heard it wrong, and changed his expression after a while: "You...what did you say...this...Your Highness killed them...what did you kill them for?"

Why did His Royal Highness suddenly go to deal with Yang Wenben?

This person privately voted for the East Palace. In the previous life, even He Gu, the prince's confidant, only found out about it a long time later. How come now... the Third Highness in this life is aware of it so early?

And dare to be so cruel.

He Guji said: "Your Highness, why are you so impulsive? If there is no evidence, you...you may just kill them, His Majesty may not believe it, and maybe you will be suspicious of His Highness, so I will guard against you in the future!"

For some reason, Pei Zhaoheng suddenly stared at him for a moment, his eyes were a little creepy.

He Gu was inexplicably stared at by him and felt a chill down his spine, and said, "...What is Your Highness looking at me for?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "Zihuan said that the father may not believe it, what do you believe?"

He Gu was startled when he heard this, and then he realized that the Third Highness shouldn't know that Yang Wenyin is the prince's man, but he—

But it shouldn't be.

He clearly has nothing to do with the crown prince in this life, if he knows who the crown prince is working in privately, wouldn't it make people suspicious?

The Third Highness probably thinks that he has some connection with the prince in private, right?

Otherwise, how should he explain that he knew about Yang Wenzhi...?

But how did the Third Highness know?

Master He Xiaohou was one head and two big, but he felt that Pei Zhaoheng grabbed his shoulder blades with such strength that it was a bit scary.

He Gu was startled, and raised his eyes to meet Pei Zhaoheng's eyes as deep as a lake under the moon.

"Zihuan, you remember... right?"

"No, you are him."

"Is it right?"

He Gu was stunned.