Fake concubine, real queen

Even if Lord He Xiaohou is a fool, he understands now——

Your Highness, this is...

I am drinking the vinegar of Second Brother Wang.

...It is true that He Gu should feel guilty and introspect for making the Third Highness feel unhappy because of himself...

But he recalled that, when he thought of that King Ke, who was always reserved and self-sufficient on weekdays, was so jealous of him at this moment, he did not hesitate to pull down his face and turn back to the original outfit that he had no choice but to do...just to be with Wang Er Brother compares the energy that can't be beaten at all...

Cough... Master He Xiaohou still feels a little sweet in his heart.

He couldn't hide what he was thinking on his face, and he didn't realize that the corners of his lips had begun to rise. When Pei Zhaoheng saw it, his eyes moved, and he said, "...What is Zihuan laughing at?"

He Gu raised his eyes to look at him, and said: "I'm laughing at you and I bet all afternoon, just to eat second brother's unreasonable mouthful of jealousy."

Pei Zhaoheng's five fingers were originally resting on He Gu's shoulders, and his words silently followed He Gu's tall, straight, smooth and well-defined back little by little until they pinched his waist.

He looked down at He Gu, and said in a low voice: "...Wang Er's intentions towards you are not pure, I have already noticed it at the beginning..."

Although the tone was flat, the dissatisfaction in the words was obvious.

The implication is that this sip of vinegar is not without reason.

He Gudao: "... I didn't know what the second brother was thinking at all before. Even if I knew it now, he and I are already married people. It would be absurd to talk about these things. The second brother is a smart person. Today is his He lost his sense of proportion when he was drunk, and after thinking about it, he will not be like this again."

He Gu felt that these words had explained the matter between him and Second Brother Wang very clearly, but His Highness the Third Highness did not buy it, and just looked at him without saying a word, with deep and quiet eyes.

He Gu looked a little stunned, and then he was a little belatedly thinking in his heart——

How did he ignore this?

Even if the memory is restored, what Pei Zhaoheng recovers is not only the connection between Chengyu and him because of the wishful thinking in his previous life, but also the inhumane and lingering romance between the two of them...

His Highness the Third... is an emperor who has ruled the world for dozens of years...

Just looking at the current emperor, one can see that after sitting in that position for a long time, whether it is suspicion or desire for control, with the passage of time and day after day, complicated and lengthy entanglements and interests of various forces, large and small, will be formed. The involvement of a little expansion——

Then gradually...gradually become that real loner.

He Gu's breathing became a little quicker. For some reason, the yellow-faced Taoist priest's sentence in his dream, "There is only this life, and there will be no next life" suddenly appeared in his mind——

... In his previous life, he had gone through Ling Chi, and he was so thoroughly dead that he couldn't see it any more. How difficult was it to bring the dead back to life and go back to the past?

No matter how powerful the yellow-faced Taoist priest is, how could His Highness not pay a little price?

So... that's all true.

Outside, the surrounding fields are dim, the sky is low, and there is silence, but the room is so warm that it almost makes people feel confused and drowsy.

He Gu's consciousness has never been so clear.

……

However, although Pei Zhaoheng came out on impulse, but just now when he saw He Gu laughing, he felt a little recollection in his heart, and felt a little embarrassed——

...He didn't know what happened to him today. The marriage with Zihuan in this life was not easy to come by. No one knows better than him what is God's pity.

He shouldn't care about anything, but people are always like this...

The more you get, the more greedy you become.

Wang Er's mind, ever since Pei Zhaoheng saw him for the first time, saw the way he looked at Zihuan, he had already noticed it.

Wang Muchuan has read a lot of poetry and books, of course he is restrained enough, but even if there is only a little bit of admiration hidden in his eyes, others, even He Gu himself, have not noticed it, but Pei Zhaoheng has a feeling that seems to be carved deep into his bone marrow when he looks at those eyes. almost innate acuity.

In the past, Pei Zhaoheng didn't know where this sharpness and familiarity came from. He didn't realize it until the memory of his previous life was restored——

Of course Wang Muchuan was restrained, but compared to Pei Zhaoheng who had been forced to restrain himself for decades thinking about a dead person, what was that little restraint?

Pei Zhaoheng was too familiar with that look.

Just because he knew well what that look meant, so as long as he thought of another person who dared to covet this person who he had waited for dozens of years to come back, he couldn't bear it all the more.

...and became more and more unable to hold back, wanting to get a definite answer.

...he was so out of control.

The air in the bedroom was silent for a long time, and He Gu's silence seemed to be another silent answer.

Pei Zhaoheng closed his eyes, withdrew the hand on He Gu's waist, raised his hand and pulled out the hairpin tied at the back of his head, his hair as smooth as black satin and like a cloud of ink fell on the magnificent To the androgynous face.

Pei Zhaoheng exerted a little force on the fingertips holding the hairpin, and his fingertips turned white. He was silent for a while, and then whispered: "I lost my temper, Zihuan..."

He Gu suddenly took his hand, raised the hairpin, and said seriously: "I remember this hairpin."

"In the past... His Highness always carried this jade hairpin when he practiced swordsmanship. This hairpin is very beautiful."

Pei Zhaoheng was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head to meet He Gu's dark pupils looking at him.

He Gu's fingertips crossed the hairpin held by Pei Zhaoheng, followed Pei Zhaoheng's slender five fingers, and covered the slightly cold back of his hand with his palm, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness's practice of sword...it's very beautiful. I haven't seen it for a long time." I see your sword."

"I've been thinking about it for a long time these days. When Shuangshuang grows older, His Highness will teach her to use a sword, and I will teach her to use a knife. The lady of the other family is good at painting and calligraphy, and we are both good at swordsmanship. Isn't it wonderful?"

"Your Highness..."

He Gu spit out these two words, but suddenly paused, and when he spoke again, his face was inexplicably reddened, but even so, his voice did not become quieter.

"... I will not call you Your Highness anymore. You used to be the 'Eldest Princess', and I called you 'Sister Yu'er', but now you are not the 'Eldest Princess'. It didn't make sense for us to get close back then, but now But you have to give birth..."

"From now on... I'll call you Brother Heng from now on, okay?"

Pei Zhaoheng looked at He Gu without saying a word, a little embarrassed and embarrassed, obviously embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to move his hands and feet.

My heart softened inexplicably.

The tip of his nose was a little sour, but he didn't show it at all, he just whispered: "...OK."

But He Gu seemed to have crossed a certain hurdle, the embarrassment on his face dissipated little by little, he looked up at Pei Zhaoheng, and said seriously: "Of course I won't leave."

Pei Zhaoheng was taken aback.

He Gu said: "Just now... didn't you ask me if I would go...I said, of course I won't go."

"If you don't leave today, you won't leave in the future. Whether you are 'Sister Yu'er' or 'Brother Heng', I will not leave, and I will never leave for the rest of my life."

The more he said, the more serious his eyes were: "...Brother Heng, don't eat those irrelevant jealousy anymore. No one in this world can compare to your little finger in my heart. How can they deserve to be compared with you? ?”

"I know that Brother Heng had a hard time in the previous life. You didn't have any peace in your heart, and now you can't help but have a lot of worries, but now... now it's very different from before, we still have Shuang Shuang... Let me tell you something In my heart, I don't care whether you will become a great treasure in the future, whether it is a dragon or a worm, I don't care, and I will not look at others."

"In the future, if brother Heng succeeds to the throne, I will help you. Don't let you live a lonely life like in the previous life. If something happens, we will go to hell together. If what the Taoist said is true, brother Heng only has one life... ...I will stay with you for the rest of my life, even if black and white impermanence comes, it cannot be separated, I say this, can you rest assured?"

Pei Zhaoheng couldn't control it this time, his voice was a little hoarse, and said: "... don't worry."

When He Gu asked him to reply, a bright smile appeared on his face. He suddenly raised his head, and touched the corners of Pei Zhaoheng's eyes with his indifferent lips——

Pei Zhaoheng was caught off guard and felt a warm touch from the corner of his eyes, and saw He Gu standing back, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, looked at him and smiled, "...that's salty."

Pei Zhaoheng: "..."

He Gu coughed dryly, and said solemnly: "I haven't told you before, but I actually like Brother Heng's eyes the most. Don't cry in front of my eyes, I want to feel sorry for you."

Pei Zhaoheng: "..."

……

Lan Shu in the court just followed His Highness's order to close the door from the outside, then she stood very far away knowingly, and stopped the maids and servants from listening to the corner of the bedroom in the main courtyard.

She was sitting on the porch leaning against the courtyard pillars and dozing off, but unexpectedly, despite being so far away, she still couldn't guard against it, and was forced to listen to the corner:

There was only a bang sound from the room where something was hit, and then Master He Xiaohou's resounding voice——

"Hey...what are you doing, let me down...well..."

Lan Shu: "..."

For some reason, I suddenly felt that this scene was inexplicably familiar.

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Near the two gates on the east side of Bianjing City, there is a small courtyard. Although it looks inconspicuous, it is heavily guarded inside and out.

A person with a special identity is imprisoned here——

Crown Princess Meng Shi.

Meng Wenyin was pregnant in nine months, and once she gave birth, she didn't expect that she, who used to be a princess, would give birth in this situation. The people who guarded her were the twelve guards, but Meng Wenyin knew that it was King Ke who was in charge. ——

Her husband's third brother is also the most promising candidate to inherit the throne after the collapse of the Eastern Palace.

At the beginning when she was searched from the place where the crown prince hid her, it was the Xuanji Twelve Guards who brought her back to Beijing. This must be the emperor's will, and Meng Wenyin knew it well.

She also breathed a sigh of relief, with a little hope in her heart——

Although the crown prince forced the palace and rebelled against him, since the emperor did not deal with it, it shows that he still has no heart for this son. If the crown prince is not abandoned, she is still pregnant with the emperor's eldest grandson——

It is impossible for the emperor to kill his only grandson, is he so heartless?

The facts are as Meng Wenyin thought, the emperor did not kill the child in her womb, even though she was imprisoned, he still sent a doctor to reinstate her, obviously he did not want to lose the child.

Meng Wenyin's heart became more and more hopeful.

If the baby in her womb is a boy, then...then the crown prince can be counted as contributing to the successor of the Pei family, so can the royal father...don't be so heartless towards him for the child's sake?

But Meng Wenyin also knew that treason is a serious crime to punish the nine clans. It is true that Pei Zhaoyuan is the father's own son, and it is absolutely impossible to punish his nine clans, but it is absolutely impossible for the father to let him go lightly.

Will the father wait until the child in her stomach is born, and for the sake of the child, will the prince reduce the punishment?

Meng Wenyin's heart was full of ups and downs, but what she was most worried about finally came true——

The emperor handed over this small courtyard to King Ke.

When Meng Wenyin found out about this, her heart became half cold.

Everyone knows that Empress Xiao Chen has been favored by the harem for [-] years. If the emperor has any intangible traits, it is probably only Empress Chen, and King Ke is her son. How can His Majesty be careless? Favored?

The East Palace collapsed, if King Ke really succeeds in the future and cuts the grass and roots, how can he tolerate the child in his belly?

His Majesty handed her over to King Ke, which killed both their mother and son.

Meng Wenyin's thoughts were all hopeless.

However, unlike what she had guessed, King Ke never showed his face except for visiting her once in this other hospital and asking the doctor who came to ask for fetal pulse how the child was in her stomach.

Meng Wenyin didn't dare to take the anti-fetal medicine that was brought in, and she didn't dare to eat the food that was passed in, but she had a small one in her stomach, so it was impossible not to take it.

While worrying about her husband, the prince, who is out there who doesn't know what to do now, she made up her mind to gamble.

In the end she won the bet.

There is no poison in the anti-total medicine, and the food delivered is also not poisonous.

... She even considered that she was raising a baby, and the food in the kitchen was good for her body.

Meng Wenyin breathed a sigh of relief, but her nerves did not relax, but she became more vigilant.

Even if the life of the child in her womb is not taken for a day, the child in her womb will be the biggest disaster for King Yu Ke in the future, how can he really let it go?

Meng Wenyin didn't believe it.

But she had no other choice.

She wanted to see the crown prince and His Majesty, but the guards and wives were naturally indifferent, even ignoring her.

She wanted to ask how the crown prince is doing now, but the women just sneered, squinting at her and said: "His Royal Highness is well now, and the crown princess should not be too worried, and spoil the child in her stomach."

Meng Wenyin was dubious.

However, just worrying about it day after day, Meng Wenyin never imagined that King Ke never did anything to her, and she was going to give birth so safe and sound.

As soon as Meng Wenyin saw the first signs of childbirth, the women went out to spread the word that they were going to the palace to find His Royal Highness King Ke.

Meng Wenyin gritted her teeth while half dreaming and half waking, thinking: It's over, childbirth is the most dangerous time, at this time, it's easy to take the life of the baby in her belly, and it's a matter of course, far more than she did before. It's much smarter when you're pregnant.

It is so, it is so.

Yuan Lang, my concubine and this child... I'm afraid I can't save you... See you in the next life...

she thinks.

But once things didn't go as she expected.

The child was born smoothly, although she was a little thin, she looked fine, and she was also safe and sound.

is a girl.

Meng Wenyin was very conflicted in her heart. She was both grateful and disappointed. She couldn't bear it anymore this time.

"I want to see King Ke."

"Please rest assured that the princess will recuperate her body, and don't make it difficult for the servants."

Meng Wenyin took out a piece of broken porcelain from her cuff that she didn't know when she hid it, pressed it to her throat, looked at the women in a low voice and shouted: "I want to see King Ke! Let him come to see me! Don't force me to see you!" !"

The women's eyes were full of pity.

"If you don't even feel pity for the life of the Crown Princess, who else in this world would care?"

"It's really unnecessary for you to threaten the servants with this."

Meng Wenyin was speechless.

Although the women were sneering and sarcastic, they actually went to Tong Bing to King Ke.

Meng Wenyin looked at this little uncle who hadn't dealt with much in the past, feeling exhausted, said hoarsely: "I want...I want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The room was filled with a strong smell of medicine, but King Ke didn't come in, he just stood at the door and said indifferently: "Father said that elder brother is not allowed to see anyone during his confinement."

There was some pleading in Meng Wenyin's voice.

"Third brother... I beg you as my sister-in-law...you...you are a good person, you never took the lives of me and my children. Wen Yin admires me all my life, and I dare not forget it, but...but I really can't stand it anymore, I want to see you On Yuanlang's side, I want to know if he is okay, I... I gave birth to a daughter for him, does he know?"

Perhaps the high level of mental tension for many days had already made Meng Wenyin lose her mind, even though she knew that her request was almost impossible to be satisfied, she still spoke up brazenly.

"Third brother, can you please convey a message to His Majesty, just...for the sake of this child. Although she is not a male, she is...but also His Majesty's eldest granddaughter. Let me see Yuanlang face to face, I have no other request..."

Meng Wenyin only held a very small hope in her heart, but she really got a response. King Ke at the other end paused, and said: "Okay."

Pei Zhaoheng then went into the palace to meet the emperor and conveyed Meng Wenyin's words.

The emperor was silent for a long time, and said, "Is the child born?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "I gave birth to a girl last night."

The emperor said: "Is it all right?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "The doctor has already looked at it. Although the child is a little thinner, he hasn't noticed any serious problems. The Crown Princess is also in good health, but she is a little out of sorts."

The emperor nodded, and said: "I have asked you to take care of your sister-in-law these days, and you are still doing your best. This is a good job."

Pei Zhaoheng said: "I am ashamed to be a minister."

He said again: "Will the emperor agree to the princess's request?"

The emperor said: "She is credited with giving birth to the emperor's heir. Since she begged herself, you can arrange for someone to take her to the palace."

Pei Zhaoheng said: "Yes."

Then he turned and exited the palace gate.

The son left, but the emperor looked at his leaving back, wondering what he was thinking, and was a little dazed.

Wang Zhonglu looked at the emperor's expression calmly from the side, and his heart moved slightly.

The emperor said: "Go and call Li Qiushan here."

Wang Zhonglu paused and quickly went to do it.

Li Qiushan was the commander of the twelve guards, the yamen guard of the twelve guards was very close to the gate of the palace, so he came quickly as promised.

Just as Li Qiushan was about to salute, the emperor said: "Excuse me, I asked you to enter the palace because I have something to ask you."

Li Qiushan said: "Please, Your Majesty, I know everything."

The emperor said: "I asked you to allocate manpower to King Ke to guard the princess. What has he done in the past six months?"

Li Qiushan paused, pretending to be confused, and said: "Your Majesty is stupid, I don't know what His Majesty's words mean?"

The emperor said: "Just now, King Ke came into the palace and said that the crown princess gave birth yesterday and gave birth to a daughter, and now the mother and daughter are safe."

Li Qiushan was taken aback, and said: "This..."

The emperor said: "I asked him to watch the Crown Princess. For half a year, he really looked at the Crown Princess and arranged for a doctor to ask for a pulse for her to give birth. He didn't do anything? Just watched the Crown Princess give birth to the child?"

This time Li Qiushan understood the meaning of the emperor, and said: "The people below have not mentioned this matter to my ministers, presumably His Royal Highness Ke is also following orders, and there is nothing wrong with it, as long as the mother and daughter of the crown prince are safe and sound, then I see."

But the emperor suddenly sighed for some reason, and said in a low voice, "Is it really so..."

Li Qiushan was so blessed that he guessed the emperor's thoughts, but that conjecture surprised him a little. He pretended to be stupid and said: "This...His Royal Highness Ke is pure, filial, benevolent, and treats his brother and sister-in-law wholeheartedly."

The emperor had a calm expression on his face, and said: "Pure filial piety and benevolence are good, but you can't be indecisive and benevolent."

Li Qiushan choked up and dared not speak.

The emperor sighed, and said: "Chenghe's military power has changed. I thought this child has grown up and knows what should be held in his hands. I can't always wait for me to give it to him. I don't think it turns out that he has never changed in his bones. I favor him because of his temperament, but with such a temperament... When Heng'er succeeds me a hundred years later, if there is another Chen family, how can he resist?"

Li Qiushan's heart beat as fast as a drum.

Although the whole court knew that His Majesty's heart belonged to King Ke, but he was probably the first one in the world to hear the emperor's statement that he would pass on the throne to his youngest son so clearly——

The emperor said these words in front of him, and his trust in himself was self-evident. Li Qiushan knew what it meant.

He respectfully said: "The matter of the Chen family, the lord and the ministers have already investigated and dealt with it closely. Now that everything is ready, the only thing we need is Dongfeng. As long as His Majesty gives an order, you can start trouble. Why should Your Majesty worry about it?"

The emperor said: "I am not worried about the Chen family, but..."

Having said that, he was silent.

Li Qiushan understood what he meant this time, and a person immediately appeared in his mind, and whispered: "Your Majesty is worried...is it the He family?"

The emperor said: "Chenghe mutiny, Heng'er arrested Yang Wenbing and returned to Beijing, and killed several of his generals, and the Yan family's children will be promoted later."

Li Qiushan said: "This... I heard that the prince promoted more than one person, and what else... the son of the Korean public, who also showed his prowess at the Xishan Bow Horse Conference last time. Killing the enemy like hemp, the military exploits are not insignificant, and..."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with these people, Yan Dingye is He Gu's cousin."

Li Qiushan said: "This... the emperor means that the reason why the prince promoted Yan Dingye is because he is He Houye's cousin? This..."

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "Qiu Shan, tell me... if He Gu had another younger sister, married Heng'er and gave birth to a son and a half daughter, would Heng'er still be able to suppress the He family?"

Li Qiushan was taken aback, and said: "This... Excuse me for being stupid, but I do know that Lord He has a younger sister who is not married, but if His Majesty is worried about this, give her another marriage, and don't let the He family die again. Having a relationship with the prince, that's it, not to mention that even if it is true as His Majesty said, the prince may not be able to suppress the He family, only to see that the Wen family, the imperial concubine, and His Royal Highness are all in peace now? Your Majesty... "

The emperor shook his head and said, "How can it be the same?"

"I called you to discuss this matter today, not Mr. Wang, do you know why?"

"Mr. Wang is He Gu's teacher. Even though he is indeed loyal to the imperial court, he will inevitably favor the He family because of the friendship between teachers and students. This kind of bias seems harmless, but sometimes it can influence the overall situation."

"I came to you because I believed in you, and asked you to share my worries, instead of evasive words and excuses, Akiyama, do you understand?"

Li Qiushan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, with regret on his face, he said: "I... I know the crime, but I didn't appreciate your majesty's painstaking efforts. If your majesty has any orders, I will go through fire and water and will not refuse."

The emperor seemed to be tired, and he let out a long breath while leaning on the dragon chair. After a while, he suddenly coughed violently. He took a few breaths, and then closed his eyes and said, "Zhen... I handed the princess to Heng'er , I just wanted to see what he would do, he didn't kill the princess and the child, and took care of Meng's childbirth safely, which shows that the child has a pure heart, and he will not be able to tolerate his brothers in the future, causing fratricide , Lin'er will have a way out..."

"but……"

Having said that, he didn't continue talking.

Li Qiushan took a deep breath and said: "I know Your Majesty's worries, but Rong Chen dared to say a few more words - these days, I have been watching, although the third prince is pure in nature, he is not lacking in determination, Your Majesty's parents It is really moving my heart to plan and arrange everything for the lord, but the lord is now an adult and has experienced a lot, is your majesty a little too worried?"

The emperor was silent.

Wang Zhonglu had already been sent out at some point, only the emperor and Li Qiushan were left in the hall, and there was silence.

After a long time, the emperor opened his mouth and said: "Ji Hong Fuzhu, now the five imperial guards in Gyeonggi are unified, and it has been vacant for more than half a year, and it is really not in shape. How about it, Qiu Shan, you will succeed the fifth imperial guard, the twelve guards... just Leave it to He Gu."

Li Qiushan knelt down and kowtowed: "I would like to accept the holy order."

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Meng Wenyin took her daughter and got on the carriage that sent her to the palace to meet the prince as she wished.

It's just that she didn't know that just as she left on the front foot, there was an uproar in Beijing on the back foot——

Not long after Qiuwei was released, more than a dozen candidates from Huizhou Prefecture traveled to Beijing for three days overnight to beat the Dengwen drum at the foot of the emperor and in front of the Imperial City Palace, and sued several examiners in Huizhou Prefecture for leaking Qiuwei's information. Examination questions, there are many famous cheaters on the list, and the emperor is required to investigate the matter thoroughly and uphold justice for scholars all over the world.

As the saying goes, the prosperity of the culture leads to the prosperity of the country. Fraud in the imperial court has always been a major case that the imperial court attaches great importance to. Although it is only Qiu Wei, it has come under the eyes of the emperor. This is really ugly——

The emperor was really furious, and personally sent the Supervisory Academy to Huizhou to thoroughly investigate the matter, and also sent the Qinglongwei to assist. Sure enough, in less than a month, a shocking scandal of the examiner leaking questions and selling officials to sell nobles was involved. .

Once the Supervisory Academy is dispatched, it is impossible to just hurt his muscles and bones, but to strip his flesh and blood.

There was fraud in Huizhou, the radish was pulled out and the mud was pulled out, all the way from the southern officialdom to Bianjing City, officials of all sizes were arrested and imprisoned overnight by the Qinglongwei, the most outrageous thing was investigated, and it was finally investigated. It was only when some officials had something to do with the palace change half a year ago, or provided "convenience" to the East Palace, or offered "filial piety", that they would search for the people's fat and anointing, plunder and the people, greedy, and follow suit——

Now the prince is in decline, but the officialdom has been like this for many years, and it has already formed a habit. These people have got the acquiescence of the prince and the Chen family. Losing power, they didn't restrain themselves, and there was no other place where the protection umbrella of the Eastern Palace could protect them from doing evil, so they turned their minds on the way of prostitution.

Once the appetite is stretched, it can no longer be small.

This is what caused today's disaster.

It's just that although the big guys are well aware that this matter involves the rotten roots of the imperial court that have been eaten by moths, but if such a thing is brought to the table, it is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the emperor, and even It is related to the prince's plot to rebel against the palace half a year ago——

This time, Chen Yuanfu was quite obedient, and instead of submitting any joint papers for the prince to intercede for him, he directly handed over a letter of guilt to the imperial court, and laxly supervised his subordinates, so that the fraud case in Huizhou broke out, messing up the emperor Qing Ting's culpability and honesty. He admitted it, and admitted that he was indeed responsible for the prince's coercion of the palace, and he was willing to be punished, but he pushed the blame for instigating the coercion of the palace on Ji Hong.

Ji Hong is already a dead person, so it is naturally impossible for him to jump out and say that Chen Yuanfu blamed him. However, no matter how much he argues, the emperor knows exactly what happened when the prince conspired against the palace.

Chen Yuanfu, his eldest son Chen Quanli, his second son Chen Quanmeng, and his youngest son Chen Quansheng were all imprisoned. Because of Empress Chen, the female family members of the Chen family were not made official prostitutes, but were sent to exile in the hot southern Xinjiang as slaves.

Others that were involved in the palace change more than half a year ago were completely cleaned up and shuffled once, the house was raided, the exile was exiled, and the nine clans were punished.

In fact, it stands to reason that as long as the word "rebellion" is touched, the eight generations of ancestors in the family can't be beheaded enough to beheaded. There is really nothing to say about punishing the nine clans. , is the crown prince, some of the helpers may not know what happened, and they don't know that the crown prince was planning to rebel.

These words seem to be said casually, but in fact they are very cruel.

Loyalty?Which one is loyal?

He Xiaohou, who has been promoted again and no longer stays at home with his baby, heard this in the court hall, and couldn't help but click his tongue secretly——

Sure enough, he was an emperor once, and he knew where the lungs of the person sitting on the throne were, and he could be sure of it with a single poke.

What a loss.

As expected, the emperor remained silent, but his face darkened slightly.

On November [-], the emperor issued an edict, and the prince who was imprisoned in the palace finally became a deposed prince and could no longer return to his east palace.

Lifetime ban, not to be released unless ordered, no one is allowed to visit without reason, and violators are regarded as treason.

The old prince was abolished, but the new national reserve was not established.

The ministers who survived the cleansing of a storm naturally knew well that the emperor was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Those who have eyesight will naturally not rush, and those who have no eyesight will be damned dead.

It doesn't matter if you stand or not, anyway, everyone in the court with eyes knows who your majesty's preferred successor is.

He Gu is now the commander of the Twelve Guards. Although the Twelve Guards are all elites and the number of people is limited, the number of people in charge is not as many as he was a small general in Yangxi, but the Twelve Guards What is the position of leader?

The head of the emperor's personal guard.

This is considered high.

Moreover, although the Twelve Guards are not as important as the Fifth Division Guards in the defense of Gyeonggi, they are still a force that cannot be ignored. He Gu almost wrote the three characters Kewangdang on his forehead, and His Majesty entrusted him with such an important position , what it means is self-evident.

It's just that the prince was abolished, but the emperor suddenly fell ill and was bedridden for some reason.

Perhaps the root cause of the disease was indeed caused by the palace change before, even if Yan Zhiya cured it, but after all, he is not as strong as a young and middle-aged person, and he can recover like this after repeated tossing, alive and kicking.

The court affairs were temporarily handled by the Yizheng Pavilion, King Ke, and King Zhong, while the power of approving awards was directly handed over to Pei Zhaoheng.

Although the "Eldest Princess" has passed away, He Gu is still a son-in-law in name, so it is natural for him to visit his father-in-law. However, he has entered the palace twice, but he has not been allowed to enter the bedroom. Every time he asked a question outside An, was sent away by Wang Neiguan.

I don't know what happened to the emperor inside.

Just thinking about it now that the crown prince is already withered, and the Chen family has already dealt with the emperor's heart disease for many years, he really has no other reason to pretend to be sick. Thinking about it this time, he should be really sick.

He Gu was sincerely worried for him, not to mention anything else, at least the marriage was not given by His Majesty at the beginning, and he and His Highness the Third Highness could not have the fate they have today. Knowing how to repay.

So even when Pei Zhaoheng went home and told him that there was no need to enter the palace again, Lord He Xiaohou still reluctantly went to the third round.

This time, he encountered a commotion——

Finally, the emperor was no longer in the Lanzheng Palace, but stayed in the Zhiyang Palace of Empress Chen.

It's just that He Gu hadn't invited the palace servants to help him, when he heard the sound of a porcelain cup being smashed to pieces from inside the room.

The emperor's rare voice seemed a little uneasy: "A Rong, you... are you still blaming me?"

Empress Chen's voice was very indifferent: "The concubine dare not."

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "Now, even...even if I... I am now our Heng'er...you still can't let go of the past?"

Empress Chen said indifferently: "It's cold and windy, Your Majesty should go back to the palace to rest quickly, don't mention these old things that have been going on for many years, my concubine has a poor memory, and now I can't remember it."

The emperor said: "If you really can't remember, why have you been angry with me for so many years? Back then... I was helpless..."

Empress Chen seemed to have been stepped on something sore, she suddenly took a quick breath, and said, "Let it go? Helpless? Your Majesty, stop joking. Your Majesty's body is ten thousand times... If you say let it go, you can let it go, but the concubine can't forget it... ...The concubine can't forget the way Yu'er died in the concubine's arms...she was still so young...the day before...she was still called the concubine's mother concubine...she died in front of the concubine's eyes, in the concubine's arms , how... how can I let go?!"

He Gu was startled when he heard it outside the door, but at this moment, a servant girl whispered in surprise: "My son-in-law? Why are you here?"

He Gu froze, turned his head to look, but saw that it was Dai Zhu from Empress Chen's palace.

As soon as Daizhu finished speaking, the voices of the emperor and empress arguing in the room stopped.

Soon the emperor came out from the door, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his eyes were very empty.

He Gu was very guilty at first. After all, he heard that a couple was arguing and was caught. Although it was not intentional, what if the emperor felt embarrassed and wanted to clean him up?

Just about to kneel down and kowtow to the emperor to admit his mistake, the emperor didn't even look at him, and walked along the porch of Zhiyang Palace garden in a daze.

Followed by Wang Zhonglu, Zhai'er, and a group of servants in the palace who were sincere and fearful.

He Gu scratched his head, a little dazed, wondering if he should go after him to say hello, but he thought that His Majesty seems to be alright?

Empress Chen's voice came from behind: "Gu'er?"

He Gu hurriedly turned around and greeted her.

Empress Chen saw that her complexion was not very good, and she was a little absent-minded. When she learned that he was entering the palace to greet the emperor, she said a few words of relief, telling He Gu not to worry, and then let him go out of the palace.

So Master He Xiaohou went back home with such a dazed expression.

He went back to the mansion, still pondering what happened in Zhiyang Palace, when Lan Shu happened to be there.

Lan Shu came here often these days, and was ordered to deliver things to Baoyin.

The weather was cold, and the house was on fire. Lan Shu did not leave immediately after delivering the things, but stayed with a few maids and nanny together.