Fake concubine, real queen

Since Lan Shu "surrendered" and left the palace with His Royal Highness, it has been a long time since Lan Shu stayed overnight for the nobleman for such a long time. His Highness is not a harsh and harsh master, she and His Highness have a youthful relationship, so Pei Zhaoheng naturally treats her extraordinarily generously.

But on such an important day today, although there are many servants in the palace, His Highness has never used them before. Lan Shu is not worried about these young children, fearing that they will not serve them properly and delay the enthronement ceremony. He stared at him from morning till night, not daring to slack off at all.

It wasn't until the ceremony was over, and two small internal officials were arranged to replace His Highness...or now it should be said that the Emperor, bathed and changed clothes, and it was night, that she yawned a little, leaned against the porch and closed her eyes for a while. god.

Unexpectedly, before Lan Shu closed his eyes for a long time, he heard a faint voice from the inner hall of the Palace of Government behind him——

That voice seemed to be coming out of someone's throat, uncontrollably, with a bit of pain and forbearance, and it seemed to be mixed with some imperceptible tremors, revealing a bit of ambiguity.

This voice was very familiar to her, but it was not the emperor's.

Lan Shu was stunned, and soon a man with broad and bright handsome eyebrows appeared in his mind, and the corners of his mouth twitched suddenly. At this moment, a voice of an internal officer came from behind: "Aunt Lan?"

Lan Shu was taken aback, and quickly turned his head away. Seeing that it was Zhai Er, he said, "So it's Zhao Neiguan, I don't know..."

Zhao Zhai'er laughed and said: "My aunt is the person who is close to the emperor when he is in the hidden residence. From now on, Zhai'er will rely on Auntie's advice more. If you don't mind, just call me Zhai'er."

He raised the tray in his hand again, and said: "The tea that His Majesty just ordered has been brewed. Auntie, look, the temperature of this tea soup is still suitable? If there is nothing wrong, I will send it in."

Lan Shu's face trembled, and he thought to himself that if you sent it in now, it would be a big mistake.

But it's hard to say clearly that the master is doing important things at the moment, and it's even harder to explain where the master who was doing important things with him came from... I could only cough dryly, and said from left to right: "Uh... It's getting late, the emperor should rest, drinking tea is not suitable for sleeping, I think today's tea, there is no need to send it to the emperor."

Zhai'er was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he was a little puzzled.

He clearly remembered that it was the emperor who personally ordered to make a cup of spring tea after taking a bath, why at this moment Aunt Lan...

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lan Shu finished speaking, there was another extremely low sob from Lanzheng Palace.

Now even Zhai'er can hear it——

It was a man's voice.

Zhai'er was taken aback for a moment, and his face immediately changed——

Although he was young, he had grown up in the palace since he was a child. He was an old man in the palace, how could he not understand what that voice meant.

But... this is the palace of government!

Inside...inside...but there is only one master...how can there be another man's voice, and it's still...

Zhai'er didn't dare to think about it anymore, and looked up at Shang Lan Shu's cold eyes, and was startled immediately, this time he finally didn't dare to be curious, and said: "Then...then I'll take this tea down, Aunt Lao Take care here."

Lan Shu said indifferently: "I heard it today, don't spread a word, otherwise you have to watch your own head carefully."

Zhai'er was startled, and quickly answered, turned around and ran away.

Lan Shu sighed, thinking to himself that these two masters really know how to pick the time to play. Not half a day after the enthronement ceremony, the king of a country and the minister of the arm and arm announced in the daytime... Cough, well, it's not a daytime... …

Commander He inside didn't know, he went back to the emperor's dormitory blindly, and Lan Shu outside had already noticed, and even dutifully wiped his ass with the emperor. Unable to straighten up from the case.

When the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, the cicadas were already singing outside, and the moon was in the sky.

He Gu wanted to leave, but Pei Zhaoheng refused to let him go, but he couldn't resist He Gu after all, so he had to compromise in the end.

Pei Zhaoheng probably saw that He Gu had something on his mind during the day, and also guessed the reason. Before He Gu left, he told him several times what he had said in Qingyu Palace during the day, with a very serious look on his face. It does not seem to be fake.

He Gu listened, but just smirked for a while with the corners of his mouth pulled. In fact, the left ear went in and the right ear went out, so he didn't take it seriously.

Or rather, not seriously.

It's not that He Gu doesn't believe in Brother Heng, it's just that he has already figured it out on the road back to the Lanzheng Palace in pitch blackness today—

What he has to face now, he should have realized that it will happen, he should have been mentally prepared, people can't be insatiable and insatiable, God let him meet Brother Heng, inherit his grace in the previous life, and be reborn again , is already compassionate, he Gu should be content.

It is true that he and Brother Heng are in mutual agreement, and they once promised each other not to marry for life, and not to look down on other women, but in today's enthronement ceremony, He Gu followed Pei Zhaoheng, looking at the black people below. He Gu was suddenly awakened by the endless pious courtiers who could not see the end, listening to the voice of the mountain shouting long live, like a tidal wave.

There are thousands of miles of land and many subjects, and with this heavy burden on their shoulders, it is not easy to do whatever they want?

He thought that Cheng Yuli's appearance of Pei Zhaoheng in his previous life was still vivid in his memory. As long as He Gu thought that such a life was actually the previous life that Pei Zhaoheng had actually experienced, he would feel suffocated. He really didn't want to ask Pei Zhaoheng to embarrass him for his own sake. .

So today I went back to the Lanzheng Palace, opened the window and met each other, it was a naked, undisguised, almost begging kiss. He felt the breath of this person, and told himself over and over again in his heart, He Zihuan, enough Enough, enough, you should be content.

——So when Pei Zhaoheng promised him again that even if he ascended the throne today, the two of them would still be the same as before, He Gu didn't ask any more questions, but just answered with a smile.

He raised his head and pecked the corner of Pei Zhaoheng's lips.

The emperor seemed to have asked the servants of the palace to take a bath, and his body was covered with a moist fragrance of flowers and plants——

... It smells very good, but He Gu feels that it is not very familiar.

In the morning when the sky was about to light up, he didn't wait for Pei Zhaoheng to wake up, he got up from the couch by himself, put on his clothes and slipped out of the Lanzheng Palace without a sound -

No one knows better than him where there are defensive checkpoints in the palace, where there are many guards, where there are few guards, and when and where they patrol. and doorway.

The sky broke.

It wasn't until the guards opened the palace door that he took advantage of the gap between them changing defense and turning around, and popped out just right.

The little guard in front of the Taihe Gate was dozed off and still a little sleepy, but when he turned his head, there was a big living person in front of him, and it was none other than his serious face, rumored to be young, but very difficult to get along with The immediate boss turned pale with fright.

"Commander, Commander, why do you..."

Commander He opened his eyes and spoke nonsense, and said with righteous words: "I am ordered to enter the palace to face the saint, how dare you be so slack? I didn't pay attention when changing the defense at the palace gate. I just walked in straight, and no one noticed. , What is the system? Isn't this internal defense useless?"

Hearing the words, the little guard immediately lowered his head in shame, and said: "It's a humble job... I was too sleepy just now, so I couldn't hold back, I didn't see it for a while..."

He Gu said: "Be careful next time."

After speaking, he swaggered away.

The little guard was dazed for a while in the morning breeze, thinking that this is the end?Didn't the commander punish him?

But it wasn't until he could no longer see Commander He's back outside the palace gate that he suddenly realized——

its not right!

Didn't the commander say that he came to the palace to face the saint, why did he leave?

And look at what he is wearing, isn't it the golden red jade python robe that is only worn on important ceremonial occasions?

Isn't it a day since the enthronement ceremony?

The little guard was very confused.

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As expected by He Gu.

Less than a month after the new emperor ascended the throne, the ministers urged him seven or eight times at the court meeting, expressly implying that the post was vacant, and there was not a single concubine in the palace.

Moreover, the new monarch has no sons and half daughters under his knees, so it is time to recruit beautiful women to continue the incense for the royal family.

It's just that the ministers were active, but the young emperor didn't give face. Not only did he drop the book with a sullen face at the court meeting, but he also counted down all the officials who asked him to marry a wife quickly, saying that although the first emperor was merciful, he would serve the country. Sheji considered that as long as they persisted in taking the clothes and released them on the 27th, but the bones of the late emperor were not cold, they would ask him to happily draft, what's the point?But do you still have a conscience?

As a result, none of the officials who played the role, nor the soldiers and crab generals who followed along, were spared, and they were all accused of disloyalty and unfilial piety, and were sent home to contemplate behind closed doors for three months.

Originally, there were people who could not persuade the emperor, and planned to go to Zhiyang Palace to ask the queen mother to persuade the emperor. After all, it is well known that the emperor has always been filial to his biological mother, the queen mother Chen, and he must be willing to listen to her advice. The reaction was so big, and the meaning of this pass to scare chickens and monkeys couldn't be more obvious. Immediately, no one dared to risk their lives to stroke the young new emperor's beard.

After all, everyone has witnessed that although the new emperor is young, he has been in charge of the country for three years before he ascended the throne. He is different from the deposed prince and the former emperor. A good old man who hangs his clothes and governs.

In just three years, there were more than one or two so-called old ministers who fell under his hands. The emperor looked young, and when he was not in power, he was filial and generous to his father and brothers, but somehow, once he arrived Chaotang, when rectifying the administration of officials, seems to have changed into a different person. He has the courage to make decisions, speaks what he says, and has a fierce temper. He can't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes. Not a good lord.

When the late emperor was around, the national treasury was already in short supply. Although it looked like seas and rivers, singing and dancing were peaceful, in fact, there was still a large area of ​​rotting quietly inside——

If it hadn't been for the new emperor, who was still King Ke three years ago, to supervise the country, this rot would undoubtedly continue to spread.

After three years of bureaucratic rectification, the deficit of the national treasury was finally filled slowly, and some surpluses began to be seen, but the officials had already had some fear of King Ke in their hearts——

This new monarch has always been a scumbag. He looks at the bright wind and the moon, and the gentleman is like a jade, but he does not show any sympathy when he does things. He hits a snake with seven inches. He is ignorant of the world, does not abide by the laws of the officialdom, is cruel and old-fashioned, and does not seem to care about how history books will judge himself a hundred years later.

He seemed to only care about whether what he did was what he thought was right.

Therefore, now that everyone knows that he doesn't want to be drafted, no one dares to force him anymore.

All of this was within He Gu's expectations, he guessed that Baiguan would not stand by and watch Pei Zhaoheng fail, and he also guessed that he would not easily compromise——

He is willing to do this for himself, He Gu is of course heartfelt, but He Gu still feels in his heart that one day or two days is enough, if things go on like this, ten or eight years, Brother Heng will always get tired and tired.

He told himself that if there was a day when Brother Heng really couldn't bear the pressure of the court and was selected as a noble, virtuous and docile queen in the middle palace, he would never blame Brother Heng.

... People are probably like this. Once you have no desires, no desires, and a calm mind, your life will be very comfortable and stable.

And in recent days, there have indeed been many happy events——

Three years ago, when He Cheng was a high school student in the spring, he is now an official in the Imperial Academy. The old emperor also fulfilled his promise and married him to Duo Muqi, the little princess of the Qiurong tribe. It is natural for He Gu to be a big brother. He couldn't help but single-handedly arrange He Cheng's marriage, and simply gave up the Changyang Marquis Mansion to the young couple to live alone. A few days ago, the mansion sent him a message, saying that the younger brother and sister were pregnant, and the child would be born around the end of this year. may be born—

Another happy event is Second Brother Wang. For some reason, he failed again three years ago, but Second Brother Wang was never annoyed by this. , the title of the gold list, and No. [-] Middle School is the second place in the top list. Naturally, my teacher, Mr. Wang, was very pleased.

The only thing that is not quite right is He Rong.

Mrs. Yan really broke her heart because of her marriage, but it's a pity that none of the young men selected by her painstaking efforts could make Ms. He San like them, and all of them were stamped with a red pen on the portraits. Fork, no one is willing to marry.

He Gu persuaded her twice after returning to Beijing. After all, she was going to be a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. If she defecated and missed the flowering period, it would be difficult to get married in the future. It's a pity that the girl has her own thoughts when she grows up. Although He Rong is still close now He Gu, the big brother, obviously didn't want to listen to him when it came to marriage.

If it were in another family, such a disobedient girl might force her to marry, but the Yan family gave birth to a Miss Yan. Because an unsuitable marriage ruined her whole life, she didn't want to force her.

As for He Gu, his only hope for He Rong is to hope that she will live a healthy, safe and long life in this life. Being alive and kicking is naturally the best. As for marriage, if He Rong doesn't want to marry, then don't want to marry. It's not so bad that she can't even support a younger sister, so she can keep Rong'er at home as a petite guest, that's all.

The little girl Baoyin in the Princess Mansion didn't know that Aunt Rong was such a characterful Aunt Rong, and Baoyin and He Rong didn't know why, they got along with each other when they were young, every time Baoyin went to General Weiyuan's Mansion Like a sticky candy, He Rong relied on He Rong not wanting to let go. Every time Mrs. Yan saw it, she was both happy and worried. She was happy because her aunt and nephew got along well, but she was also worried. A female mountain king is going to be famous in the capital.

There is another thing, it is also very amazing to say that the fate is wonderful.

The former emperor chose Princess Zhong for King Zhong two years ago, but she was a girl from Qingliu family, her family was not prominent, He Gu met Princess Zhong once, she was a beauty, but her body seemed not in good shape, her complexion was almost transparent, Slender eyes, thin eyebrows, slender figure, weak Liu Fufeng, I felt pity for him, I thought that according to the temperament of a loyal king, he probably didn't like to see such a princess, but he didn't want to see Pei Zhaolin, but he didn't know what switch was turned on. Love is like nothing, keep it in your mouth all day for fear of melting, hold it in your hand for fear of falling——

During the palace banquet on New Year's Eve the year before last, He Gu couldn't help looking at Princess Zhong more out of curiosity, and was almost gouged out by Pei Zhaolin with a knife.

Last year, Concubine Zhong became pregnant, but her foundation was poor and her health was really bad. This pregnancy was very dangerous. Just trying to save the pregnancy was like asking the concubine to take a walk in front of the gate of hell. Like ants on a hot pot, they searched for doctors and medicines everywhere, but in the end they found Commander He's house and asked him where the female doctor who treated Empress Chen had gone?

At that time, Miss Yan was not in the capital, and there was no other reason. Zhengye and Yan Zhiya had only been married for two months, and He Gu was not like that. Fake, the young couple went out together to stay in the mountains and play in the water——

According to Ms. Yan, this seems to be called Du Heyue.

... In short, regardless of what month Du is, in the end it was He Gu who invited Miss Yan back from Beidi for Pei Zhaolin, and saved the lives of Concubine Zhong and the little son in her womb. It was Zhao Hegu who put on a bad face, but he had to admit that he owed him a big favor this time.

When Miss Yan came back, Baoyin seemed to have passed the New Year, without him, except for the two fathers among the elders around her, if Aunt Rong was Baoyin's second favorite, then her first favorite must be Aunt Yan——

There is no other reason. Baoyin is a little girl who knows how to repay her kindness. As long as she can remember, she has known that it was Aunt Yan who saved her and her father's lives. If there is no Aunt Yan, she and her father can only Let's go to see Lord Yan together.

Baoyin clamored to play with Aunt Yan and Uncle Zhengye, but He Gu couldn't stop her, so he had to ask Lan Xiao to follow her, who knew that Yan Zhiya was going to Prince Zhong's mansion to recuperate Princess Zhong's body after giving birth. , I couldn't get rid of this little sticky candy, so I had to take Baoyin with me.

Baoyin has been a ghost since she was a child, and her mouth is as sweet as honey. When she came to Zhongwangfu and saw Zhongwangfei, she was a series of flattery without panting. According to Miss Yan and He Gu later, the little girl flattered in movies. The skill is really good, the blood on the princess's face was a little thicker, and when she heard that this little girl turned out to be Princess Fucheng of Princess Qing's mansion, she was the niece of her and Zhong Wang's husband and wife, she immediately fell in love with her. As if, Baoyin also took this opportunity to get acquainted with Zhong Wang Shizi, her cheap cousin, and when he was still in his infancy, he would only giggle and bully the little cousin by pinching his face Brother once.

Probably the son followed his father, and the young son of Zhong Wangfu grew up day by day, but he looked as stupid and careless as his father. He was bullied by Bao Yin since he was a child, but he was still drooling after him when he was a child. After that, Baoyin called "Sister Shuangshuang" one after another. Baoyin obviously enjoyed the feeling of being the king of the child and commanding the world. From time to time, he clamored to ask He Gu to take her to Zhongwang's mansion to play with her little cousin, which was very annoying.

The days went by without incident, but one day when He Gu went to Zhongwang's Mansion to pick up Baoyin, he suddenly met a few scholars with dark faces and green faces on the bustling long street. Seeing him, he asked, "Are you the son-in-law of Princess Qing's mansion, He Gu?"

He Gu was a little puzzled, but seeing that they were dressed as the Imperial College students, and presumably they were also the children of a good family in Beijing, he replied: "Yes, it's me."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, several scholars immediately opened their mouths, rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward, then punched him in the face——

This is really strange, Guan Gong played big swords in front of Guan Gong's gate, and He Gu lived two lifetimes, and it was the first time he met someone who was so eager to beat him, so how could he not satisfy them?

The other party found fault with himself, so he didn't hold back his hands. He picked up one on each side like a chicken, and threw it on the cobblestone road of Long Street. However, when he threw it, he still considered that this was a busy city after all, and the beating was too bloody. It is unsightly, and also afraid of scaring innocent passers-by, so I feel very gentle when I throw it away——

The two scholars were thrown dizzy, and a stream of blood gushed from the corner of their mouths.

Someone nearby cried, "Killer! Killer!"

Someone shouted again: "You cruel court sycophant! Today I will eliminate harm for the people!"

As soon as the words fell, He Gu heard a "crack" beside him, which seemed to be the sound of a short blade coming out of its sheath. He had spent two lifetimes on the battlefield, adding up to 20 years on the battlefield. , How could he be plotted against by these few scholars who have no skills like three-legged cats?

Immediately, he turned around sharply, holding the peak of the blade firmly with his two fingers, but as soon as he touched the short blade, He Gu suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, a kind of unexplained, yet somewhat familiar nausea hit, His head was dizzy for a moment, and he couldn't hold back his vomiting with great difficulty, but his hands shook, and immediately he was cut open by the short blade in the palm of his hand with a "puchi", bleeding profusely.

He Gu frowned, covered his bleeding palm, and kicked the scholar who drew his sword away, but when he saw his face clearly, he froze in place and said, "You are... Zhao Mo?"