Fake concubine, real queen

Many years later, He Gu carefully remembered that the Holy Majesty was already wary and suspicious of him and the He family at that time, but Baoyin was able to receive such unusual love and indulgence from him. The reason is that they are genuine relatives, grandparents and grandchildren, but the emperor who has always been scheming and suspicious, his sudden softness, actually showed some signs that he was about to run out of fuel——

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

It was probably because of intrigue, hiding a knife in a smile for a lifetime, and finally, in the last glimmering time of his life, he could no longer resist his longing for family affection and family happiness.

He Gu's conjectures and emotions are naturally not known to outsiders. Others can only see that the emperor loves Princess Fucheng. After seeing his granddaughter once after recovering from his illness, he kept her in the palace for seven days as a companion. .

The ministers were a little relieved, thinking that this time the imperial hospital had finally cured the emperor's three-year-long cough, but they didn't expect that on the seventh day, the chariot and horse escorting Princess Fucheng back to the mansion just left. At the Gate of Supreme Harmony, the shrill shouts of the internal officials summoning the imperial physician came from the Lanzheng Hall——

Destiny is impermanent, life is limited.

Even if the emperor is really ordered by heaven, he is still a human being after all, a mortal body, unable to escape birth, old age, sickness and death.

This time, all the imperial physicians were called together for an overnight consultation, but the emperor on the imperial couch failed to open his eyes again.

On this day, the entire imperial city stayed awake all night, and the mourning voices of the palace people spread from one end to the other. It was like a gust of north wind suddenly blowing in the Forbidden City in midsummer, crying hopelessly.

The old emperor left suddenly, but he obviously knew it well. His deadline was approaching, and the documents for the establishment of a new monarch were quietly laid out on the case in the Lanzheng Palace. Every word and sentence was written by him himself. When the elders got the news and rushed into the palace, the ink marks on it were still wet, and the seal, which symbolized the supreme power of the country, was quietly put aside.

Li Qiushan didn't know when he entered the palace, and with a cold face, he led a group of forbidden soldiers to guard the imperial edict on the imperial case, waiting for the seven ministers of the Yizheng cabinet and the two kings Zhong and Ke to arrive in full force In the government hall, Cai said: "Your Majesty has an order before he dies. All adults and princes must come together, and the imperial edict can only be called."

The old foxes all looked at each other in silence, but King Zhong's attention was not on the edict of passing on the throne. He just looked at the direction of the imperial couch in the inner hall with red eyes and said nothing, while King Ke lowered his eyes slightly and didn't say a word. There was silence in the hall, only the sobbing sounds of the palace people in the inner hall accompanied by the smell of burning incense.

In the end, it was Mr. Wang, the head of the Yizheng Pavilion who was the first to cough, lifted the hem of his robe and knelt down and said respectfully: "Old minister Wang Tinghe, respectfully accept the imperial edict."

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When He Gu got the news, he still couldn't believe it, or... he was in a daze——

That day when he entered the palace, the emperor saw that although he had lost weight, he was still full of vigor and good energy. It was really unexpected that he left so soon...

It's just that the next series of affairs - the national funeral and the succession of the new king will naturally disturb him, the commander of the twelve guards, and Li Qiushan and Li Du together to be busy like a spinning top, without touching the ground, and have no time to think about it. Think eight.

——The difference from the previous life is that in this life, even though the crown prince fell, Pei Zhaolin, for some reason, seemed to have given up the idea of ​​seizing the heir apparent after the abolished crown prince was secretly executed by the emperor and died of a sudden illness. Nothing happened.

He Gu just didn't know what this guy was thinking at the beginning. It was clear that even if Pei Zhaolin and the crown prince fought like a black-eyed chicken in the previous life, they should have a deep obsession with the throne, but they didn't know why. It turned out to be so easy to give up, even Master He Xiaohou originally thought about how to deal with his nine-nine-eight-one style in his plan——

They haven't been used yet.

He Gu was a bit skeptical about whether Pei Zhaolin really had this idea, or whether he was trying to recharge his energy and pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger. It's just that in the past three years, he had sent people to follow him without a trace. I have checked more than once, but I don't think that His Royal Highness Zhongwang really didn't act. He ate wine and tea all day long, occasionally made gestures with his cousin Miss Wen, and played fists and swords. His life was very happy, at least better than him The fake son-in-law who has to work for the Pei family day and night is much happier——

The first few times He Gu got the news about the spies who came back from Prince Zhong's Mansion, he still didn't believe it, and even gave Pei Zhaolin a second look: he thought that this time he knew how to play tricks to cover up, and he could also perceive that the world's light kung fu was the most outstanding The whereabouts of the "Teng Snake" Yiwei who disappeared without a trace...

Thinking about it, he is Wen Xiuming's nephew after all, and his biological mother, Concubine Wen Gui, was born in the general family, and this person has also been in charge of the Twelve Guards, so it seems not surprising to find out.

He Gu thought so.

It wasn't until he didn't give up and went to the Zhongwang Mansion to squat on the roof for nearly half a month that he had to admit...

His Royal Highness King Zhong is now, indeed, not scheming and harboring evil intentions, he really has given up the heart of competing with his younger brother, and is happily living the carefree life of his rich and noble prince.

... I really don't know why in the previous life, this person insisted on fighting to the death with the prince, which made He Gu spend a lot of time trying to deal with him.

Up to now, the loyal king has no intention of fighting, and the edict of passing on the throne was issued under the eyes of all civil and military officials, so it is naturally completely settled——

On the seventh day of July in the 26th year of Guanghua, the emperor collapsed, and the third son of the emperor, Ke Wang Pei Zhaoheng, succeeded to the throne. He pursued the posthumous title of the late emperor as Emperor Mu Zongwen and Huiren. Can't help but don't disturb.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, civil and military officials are urging, the second secretary of the inner court and internal affairs naturally dare not neglect, the enthronement ceremony immediately started non-stop preparations, and the ceremony was stopped in just half a month, the new emperor's enthronement is imminent——

Ever since he was reborn, He Gu seems to have been looking forward to this day, but now he has gone through many difficulties and dangers, big and small twists and turns, and worries, and finally he is about to watch Pei Zhaoheng ascend the throne above ten thousand people. Yes, he suddenly calmed down.

Even a little too calm.

It seems like a lifetime away...

Or, it's been a lifetime.

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As the leader of the Twelve Guards of Xuanji, He Gu is the head of the emperor's personal guards. Naturally, he must be accompanied by the guards all the way, and he must not slack off at all, and cannot make any mistakes——

Before dawn, Qingyu Palace was surrounded by maidservants and internal officials coming in and out. Wang Zhonglu had invited himself to follow the late emperor to guard the mausoleum. The new manager is lowering his voice, arranging for the palace people to wash and change clothes for Pei Zhaoheng, counting the clothes, robes, ritual objects and jade crowns that the emperor will use today...

Only then did He Gu realize that he was really naive.

Since Brother Heng moved back to the palace from Qiandi three days ago, everything was complicated, and He Gu himself couldn't get away, so naturally he had no chance to meet him alone.

In fact, in the past three years, they have not stayed together every day. Pei Zhaoheng is still King Ke in name, but he has already performed the responsibility of supervising the prince of the country. Naturally, he is not idle. He Gu wants to help him clean up Zhang San again today. , To clean up Li Si's bad face tomorrow, the two can easily separate for a month or two, or three to five days.

So now the enthronement is about to part for three days, it's actually nothing.

But this time, for some unknown reason, it was clearly only three days, and even Pei Zhaoheng never left his sight. He Gu watched over and watched him every day, but he never had a chance to talk and get along alone. Suddenly felt a vague, unreasonable uneasiness——

And the more he watched Pei Zhaoheng being surrounded by the stars, the more uneasy he felt... the more he couldn't be ignored.

The enthronement ceremony is probably the most solemn and irresponsible celebration that every king will experience in his life. He Gu stood far away by the screen door of the inner hall of Qingyu Palace, watching the palace people inside carefully give Pei Zhaoheng layer after layer. wearing—

Xinjun's complexion is as white as cold jade, and his figure is tall and slender. Just standing there with his eyes down, he looks like an elegant tree——

Xuanyi clothes are layered on top of each other, but they still cannot hide the broad and smooth lines of the shoulders and arms. The jade inlaid belt vaguely outlines the shape of the waist. But extremely gorgeous luster.

Pei Zhaoheng's concentration is really extraordinary, almost half an hour later, he is still motionless, standing there calmly accepting the service and tidying up of the palace people, his slender fingers are lightly retracted, his eyebrows are slightly drawn, and his peach blossom eyes are more and more light-tailed. The eyelashes and feathers are fine and dense, the lips are thin and the lip peak is clear, and the color is light.

The emperor's ceremonial robes were complicated and gorgeous, but they still didn't take away half of his color.

If the color is fragrant.

This person... is like a painting, every stroke is thrilling, but it's just right, neither deep nor shallow, with just the right shade.

If it is not a picture of immortals, how can there be immortals?

He Gu was a little stunned...

He spent countless days and nights with him, how could he not know...

His Brother Heng is the most beautiful in the world?

But on this day, when he wants to see him rule the world, dominate the world, this person who originally belonged to him alone, and finally wants everyone to look up and kneel for him, he suddenly feels a little uncomfortable...

The voice of the internal officer came from the side: "Hey, isn't this Commander He? Why did you come in? The ceremony will not start for a while, and His Majesty will start when the ceremony officer arrives. Why don't you wait outside?"

Only then did He Gu come back to his senses, turned his head and saw that it was Zhai Er who called him, he didn't say much, just nodded "Yes", then turned and left.

Of course, Zhai'er knew about the relationship between Commander He and the new emperor, so how dare he offend this great Buddha, so seeing that he entered the Qingyu Palace without summoning him, he didn't dare to show any expression to He Gu, and felt that he had already spoken very well. To be tactful, I asked the old man to go out first with a smile, and don't stand in the way here——

Unexpectedly, as soon as Commander He was invited out, the new monarch in the inner palace suddenly opened his closed eyes, looked sideways slightly, and ignored the palace guard who was still holding the ribbon behind him in a daze, with his mouth open and at a loss. The servant girl said, "Who told you to call him out?"

Zhai'er was taken aback for a while, and it took him a long time to realize that the new king was talking to him. He was taken aback for a moment, and said, "This... Your Majesty... Your Majesty is still changing clothes... Commander He is here... a little... a little inappropriate……"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "There is nothing wrong with it."

After speaking, he raised his steps and wanted to go outside the hall.

This moment shocked Eunuch Zhai and the servants and internal officials, all the palace people looked at each other in blank dismay, all at a loss for what to do.

Pei Zhaoheng took two steps, then turned around and took something from the little maid who was dragging the ribbon, and said calmly: "You can just wait here."

Then he turned around and went out of the palace gate.

The enthronement ceremony is just around the corner, and the emperor just ran away like this. Zhai Er, the head of internal affairs, should have stopped him, but for some reason, the calm, natural tone and demeanor of the new king just now scared him too. Living……

...for a moment, he was stunned in place, and missed the best opportunity to stop the emperor.

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He Gu walked out of the gate of Qingyu Palace, feeling a little stuffy in his chest for no reason, and really wanted to go out to get some air, but when the grand ceremony started, he had to be the head of the emperor's personal guards to act as a front for Brother Heng, and followed him every step of the way. It was not easy to go far at this moment, so I had to stand on the porch and sighed while watching the falling flowers in the courtyard.

"What sigh?"

He Gu was stunned when he heard the words, turned his head to look, but saw that the person speaking was actually Pei Zhaoheng who was supposed to be standing honestly in the inner hall of Qingyu Palace and let the palace people sort it out.

He was taken aback, glanced left and right immediately, and said: "Heng... why did the emperor come out, the grand ceremony is about to come, you..."

Pei Zhaoheng stopped beside him, his eyes fell on the handful of fallen flowers that He Gufang was staring at in a daze, paused, and said, "Zihuan is not happy?"

He Gu choked, and said: "Today is a great day, I should be happy for Brother Heng, why not..."

Lifting his eyes, he happened to meet Pei Zhaoheng who moved back to look at him, and the word "happy" against his will immediately got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter it.

He was a little embarrassed, coughed dryly with sideways eyes, and said: "Cough... go in quickly, this dress looks dead dead, Brother Heng still wears it and comes out to look for me, don't you feel tired?"

After finishing speaking, he remembered that Pei Zhaoheng had already done this kind of thing once in his previous life, so he thought it was a bit stale and more proficient... It was indeed not unusual, so he just paused and said: "Brother Heng is overhearted. Now, I have nothing to be unhappy about, don't delay the business because of me..."

Pei Zhaoheng ignored him, and said: "After today, the relationship between you and me is still the same as before, there is no need for any differences."

Before He Gu could answer, there was a burst of ceremony, music and noisy voices from outside the gate of Qingyu Palace——

It was the Courtesy Officer from the Department of Internal Affairs.

Pei Zhaoheng seemed to want to say something more, but when he heard the voice, he knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he took a deep look at him, took He Gu's hand hanging by his side, rubbed his fingertips on his palm, then turned around and put on the apron. Ribbon went towards the palace servants who came out from the inner palace to look for him.

He Gu rolled his Adam's apple, and followed suit.

The emperor's royal pole is celebrated all over the world, and the scene is not small.

He Gu was always by Pei Zhaoheng's side, watching him being bowed down by the officials, and listening to the endless shouts of long live from the bottom.

... The scene I saw in the dream come true has finally come true today.

After a whole day, not to mention Pei Zhaoheng who was wearing a heavy dress, He Gu who followed was a little numb in his hands and feet, when the rituals and music stopped and the palace people retreated, it was already dead of night and the surrounding fields were silent.

It was late today when the palace gate was locked, and He Gu should have left early before the gate closed, but it was a coincidence. He didn't know whether he was driven by some mysterious force, or was he obsessed with ghosts. Avoiding Zhai'er, Lan Shu, and a group of palace officials who were dozing off in front of the palace gate in the dark, they entered this place that should never be imagined.

Who would have thought that he had evil intentions, and that the other person in the Lanzheng Palace was not clean. He Gu just turned in through the window lattice of the back hall, turned around without touching his feet, and fell into an embrace——

So as soon as he raised his eyes, he met the emperor's peach blossom eyes filled with a little smile. The two stared at each other. Commander He was a little embarrassed for a moment, and they were speechless.

After a while, He Gucai said slowly: "How do you know I'm coming back?"

Pei Zhaoheng smiled lightly, and said in a warm voice: "The one who knows Zihuan is also Pei."