Fake concubine, real queen

He Gu closed his eyes, and after an unknown amount of time, he said slowly and in a hoarse voice: "He's not a bad person..."

...but worse than the bad guys.

Baoyin was a little dazed, but the people in the yard seemed to recognize who the voice was speaking outside, and tremblingly said: "Gu'er...is it you...Gu'er?"

The boy dozing off at the entrance of the courtyard was finally awakened by the sound. He opened his eyes and looked up to see who it was, but he was startled and said, "Master Hou, why... why are you here?"

He Gu was silent for a while, and said, "Open the door."

Hearing this, the little servant said that although he was puzzled that Lord Hou had never seen the old Lord Hou in the future for so many years, and even when he returned to the Hou Mansion, he only met the second young master, why did he come here suddenly today, and brought the little boy with him? The princess, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, she just took out a key from her pocket, and opened the lock on the door swiftly.

The yard door opened with a creak.

He Gu held Bao Yin in his arms, and as soon as he looked at the door pushed open by the servant, he immediately saw the old man with a hunched body and a crutch standing on the edge of the stone bench in the courtyard.

He has...become this old.

He Nanfeng is only in his 50s now, but compared to the three old members of the He family who came to force him to release him just now, he seems to be more than 20 years older.

In just a few short years, he has become like this...

"Gu'er...it's really you..."

He Nanfeng seemed to want to come up, but he hesitated for two steps for some reason, but he still didn't come up. He squinted his eyes with some effort to see who was coming, but in the end he just closed his eyes and sighed in vain.

He Gu said: "It's me."

In his arms, Baoyin looked at He Nanfeng in a daze, and then turned to look at his father's frosty face.

"Daddy, who is he?"

He Nanfeng seemed to be stunned when he heard the sound of daddy. After a while, he took two steps forward, looked at Baoyin and said in a daze, "I heard someone say...you and the eldest princess have a child, is this the little girl?" ..."

A smile gradually appeared on his face, he seemed a little dazed, and he seemed a little relieved: "Not bad... not bad... Although she is a girl, this girl is smart, like me... like me..."

He Gu: "..."

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and said to the boy: "Go back to the front hall, tell Guanshi Liu, ask him to prepare a banquet, prepare some good wine and food, and bring them here."

The boy answered yes, turned around and left immediately.

He Gu listened to his footsteps walking away, until he disappeared and could no longer be heard, then turned his head to look at Old Master He, and said indifferently: "This girl is indeed my daughter, but she is not the child of me and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. "

He Nanfeng said blankly: "Then she is..."

Perhaps because of his old age, he still seems to have completely lost the vigor he had a few years ago. When talking to He Gu, he no longer stares and scolds as he did back then, and his neck is thick with jealousy.

He Gu's voice was calm and unwavering, as if he was talking about the most common thing: "I gave birth to this child."

When He Nanfeng heard the words, he obviously didn't come back to his senses, and his face was full of confusion: "...What?"

For some reason, He Gu felt an inexplicable desire for revenge in his heart. He looked down at Baoyin, covered the little girl's ears, then looked up at He Nanfeng, curled his lips and said in a low voice : "Didn't you understand? I said just now that this child was born to me, and I had intercourse with a man—the child was born in October."

I don't know how long it took, but He Nanfeng seemed to finally come back to his senses. He opened his mouth and didn't say a word for a long while.

He Guruo smiled nonchalantly, and said: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, the biological father of this child is His Highness the Third Highness, and he has now inherited the great line and is the new king of our dynasty."

"Didn't father always hope that the child would become famous and shine on the lintel of the He family? The child did not dare to forget father's expectation, and he always kept it in his heart. No, yesterday the emperor has been promoted to the noble of our family. From now on, there will be no Marquis of Changyang, but only the He family." The Duke of Yongguo congratulates the family."

Master He looked at him blankly, as if he was meeting this son for the first time.

"Oh, it doesn't stop there, besides this girl, am I still pregnant with the emperor's child?"

He looked at He Nanfeng, and said with a smirk: "When the child is born, if there are no accidents, the child may become the second male queen after the emperor Gaozu Zhonghuiwen of this dynasty. Tsk, by then, Dad But it’s the head of the country, is this lintel glorious enough, isn’t dad very happy?”

However, He Nanfeng seemed to have finally come back to his senses. He trembled like chaff for a long time, and asked, "What you said...is everything you said true?"

He Gu said: "Of course! How could I lie to you?"

"Besides, when you look at this child's appearance, why do you think she looks like you? Shuangshuang's good looks... Such clean eyes, how can a person with a dirty mind like my father leave the blood? "

After he finished speaking, he laughed a few times.

Actually, even He Gu himself didn't expect that after so many years, seeing He Nanfeng's unbelievably angry appearance, he didn't even feel any pity, only joy and indifference in his heart.

Even though the two lives have passed, he really can't forget the death-like desolation and loneliness in the He family's main courtyard when his mother died of illness, and he can't forget the hand that his mother held on him, which was dry, loosened gradually, and lost vitality little by little. He couldn't forget that he was sleeping in Wan Shu'er's gentle hometown at that time, and it wasn't until more than an hour after his wife passed away, when his mother's body was a little bit cold, that He Nanfeng appeared in the main courtyard in disheveled clothes.

Even if he is still reborn, he still can't forget the eternally blind eyes of brother Cheng in his previous life, and Rong'er's voice and smile that was always stagnant at the age of seven.

Even... even Wan Shu'er yelled "I don't believe it" like crazy in the court, he still remembers it clearly.

A person like his father... said to forgive, how easy is it?

Baoyin was in He Gu's arms, although his ears were covered by his father and he couldn't hear anything, and he couldn't see his father's expression above his head, but he could feel his body trembling slightly from laughing.

She felt that such a father was strange and a bit scary, so she could only curl up in He Gu's arms obediently, hugged his neck, buried her head in her father's shoulder, and obediently remained motionless.

He Nanfeng tremblingly said: "You lied to me... How can a man give birth..."

He Gu paused, and said, "Don't you believe me?"

"Believe it or not is Daddy's freedom. I have told the truth. If you really don't believe it, there is nothing you can do about it."

He Nanfeng trembled even more.

Although his son is disobedient, he has never lied to him since he was a child, never lied...he knows it well...he always knows it well...

The words that He Gu said just now are like nightmares reappearing in his ears at this moment. The loneliness for a long time, and the hope that his son can forgive him, take him back to the main courtyard, and the opponent who has always supported him The longing for family happiness almost shattered He Nanfeng at this moment.

He said dumbly, "You and...you and the emperor, you..."

Although he has been under house arrest all this time, although he has also heard from the servants and wives that there is a new king outside and who will succeed him, he never expected to hear such a thing from his son today. talk.

He Gu narrowed his eyes and said: "I just finished talking, didn't you understand? I said, the emperor and I have a child now, this girl is not your granddaughter, logically you should call her grandfather , didn't father hear?"

He Nanfeng finally coughed violently, and said furiously: "You... how could you do such a shameless and humiliating thing, a man, how can you use this to win favors, how can...how can...cough cough ...The face of the He family...you have completely lost it...You are like this...You are like...you are the queen of my He family..."

As he spoke, the walking stick in his hand also hit the ground twice violently. Seeing that he had a seizure, He Gu seemed to finally be satisfied, and he didn't remind the old He Hou who was already a little confused at the moment. There is also the matter of the second young master, who just smiled and said: "Why, isn't dad willing to be the head of the country?"

At this very moment, the servant boy who had just been dismissed by him came back with a few people dragging the dishes.

He Gu loosened his hands covering Bao Yin's ears, and asked them to spread the dishes, and said with a smile: "Today is a good day, the emperor's reward is so generous, it doesn't make sense that only my son is happy, and my father will also celebrate for me once or twice Bar."

"It's just that it's inconvenient for me to drink now, so I won't be with dad."

He suppressed his smile, looked at He Nanfeng from a distance, and said lightly.

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Ten days later, the palace of government.

Pei Zhaoheng dealt with government affairs all day long, and when the sun set to the west and everything was over, besides him, there were also a few ministers of the Yizheng cabinet who had been called into the palace by him to work as coolies sitting in the hall.

After working hard, it was supposed to treat others to a good meal. The palace people quickly hosted a banquet for the emperor, served the dishes, and just sat down without eating two chopsticks, when a young internal official came in outside.

Several old fellows looked at each other in blank dismay, knowing that this Zhao Neiguan was extremely clever, and now he was very useful by the emperor's side, if it wasn't for something important, he would definitely not come in to disturb him at this time.

"what happened?"

Pei Zhaoheng said.

"Your Majesty, the Department of Internal Affairs has selected the three candidates for the middle palace after screening these days, and sent them to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to have a look at them this morning. What about the eldest daughter?"

When Pei Zhaoheng heard the words, he was slightly surprised when he heard about it just now, and said, "Oh? Fanyang He's family? I remember that is also where the ancestral house of the Yongguo family is located?"

Zhai'er laughed and said: "If you go back to the emperor, you are indeed a distant cousin of Yongguo's family, but the relationship is not that close after five clothes have been released."

He asked very considerately: "May the emperor want to see the portraits of the three candidates for the middle palace?"

There is no need to ask about the horoscope, it is carefully selected by the Department of Internal Affairs, and naturally it is compatible with the emperor and cannot be matched again.

Pei Zhaoheng had nothing to say: "Well, let me have a look."

The elders were also very curious when they heard it, and their hearts were itchy. Gong Yun was even a little surprised just now. He really didn't know that after the Ministry of Internal Affairs was selected by the emperor, he chose He Jiatou again. Now, the emperor is very thoughtful, even if he looks like that just now, he doesn't know if this matter was arranged on purpose by him.

Tsk, I really don't know what kind of godlike appearance the eldest daughter from the He family looks like. Even if His Majesty knows well that if the queen is elected from the He family, there will be a great disturbance in the court, so he insists on doing so.

The emperor spread out the portrait little by little.

Yu Yicheng saw Master Gong's appearance on the verge of stretching his neck to get close to the emperor, he was a little speechless, and coughed dryly, but Master Gong didn't seem to notice at all, and he was fully focused on the portrait in His Majesty's hand at the moment .

Wang Ting and Mr. Wang were very peaceful, they only chuckled twice, and said: "The internal officials of Zhao and the fathers-in-law of the Internal Affairs Department are really hardworking. In such a short period of time, the post-election matter is already on the horizon."

The scroll in the emperor's hand had already been spread out.

The first one——

Zhai'er said: "Daughter of the Wu family in Luoling, thirteen years old."

Elder Gong frowned slightly:

She is also too young, so it is inevitable that she is not worthy of the emperor.

The second picture——

Zhai'er said: "Huizhou Xu's daughter, seventeen years old."

Boss Gong still shook his head slightly:

Although her age is not too bad, her appearance...is a bit too charming. This girl is really a bit petty, and she is really not the appearance of a good-natured mother who respects the world.

The third -

Zhai'er said: "Fanyang He's daughter, year...cough, year 23." Mrs. Gong Wei Wei... oh, it's not Wei Wei anymore, Mrs. Gong's brows are already frowning.

What happened to year 23?Although it's really inappropriate to be too small, but isn't 23 a bit...and...this portrait...on this portrait...this big girl from the He family looks a little too...too dutiful and good-looking, right? ?

Look at the eyebrows that are thick into two stripes, they are not much less than Zhang Yide, look at the face that looks like a floor tile, look at the thick figure, the dull and honest eyes...

This... This may indeed be selected by the Department of Internal Affairs according to the standard that I have always recruited concubines from the emperor, but... it is too standard, can the emperor see it?

Lord Gong shook his head secretly.

He looked at His Majesty's expression quietly from the corner of his eye, and as expected, the corner of the young emperor's mouth twitched slightly when he saw the portrait.

Boss Gong couldn't help but said, indeed, no matter how virtuous Your Majesty is, the nature of a man cannot be changed. I am afraid that even a virtuous Majesty would not be able to accept this honor with ease.

Pei Zhaoheng stroked the portrait lightly with his fingers, and after a moment of silence, he said softly: "Is she the queen mother and the concubine's favorite?"

Zhai'er respectfully said: "Return to His Majesty, it is true."

The emperor nodded when he heard the words, smiled slightly, and said, "It's really good."

Elder Gong: "..."

Elder Gong: "?"