Fake concubine, real queen

In early spring and March, the scarlet peach blossoms in the royal garden were full of trees.

Fallen flowers are colorful and youthful.

There was a long silence between the emperor and the eldest princess under the tree.

After a while, the eldest princess lowered her eyes and said, "How dare my son."

The emperor's voice was a little hoarse.

"I'm not asking if you dare, I'm asking if you... have you?"

"..."

"...As the Ninth Five-Year Supreme and the co-lord of the world, father needs to take into account many things, even if he is negligent and unable to do what he wants, it is not what you want. My son understands the difficulty of father, and has never felt resentful .”

After hearing his words, the emperor was silent for a long time, and finally said: "You don't have to comfort me, what happened to your imperial sister and your queen mother... In the final analysis, I was too negligent... Now she is like this... It is also because It's not mine."

"Heng'er...you are the most sensible of my children, but you are also the one I am most sorry for. If you hadn't been quick-witted back then...your mother's empress is now...now..."

When the emperor said this, his voice was so dry that it was almost unsustainable. The face that was originally only finely wrinkled seemed to have aged more than ten years suddenly.

"It's been many years since what happened at the beginning, father don't need to be so concerned."

"How can I not mind?"

The emperor suddenly coughed twice violently, he stretched out his hand to support the tree trunk, and said in a low voice, "Of my three sons, you are the most intelligent, the most talented, and the most sensible one, but because of my fault, you are punished." After so many years of grievances, if it weren't for the matter of your mother and the emperor, why would you..."

"My son doesn't feel that he has been wronged."

"As long as the queen mother is in good health and able to serve the queen's knees, the children and ministers will feel satisfied, and they will never have the slightest bit of resentment."

After hearing his words, the emperor sighed: "...you are a filial child, why don't I know?"

"But you are not a daughter after all, and it is impossible to be your sister's substitute for the rest of your life. One day..."

The eldest princess said in a deep voice: "The son followed the father and came here precisely for this purpose."

"The mother's illness has been taken care of by the Tai Hospital for many years. It was not until recent years that she got better. But last night and today, she fell ill one after another. I think it's probably because of worrying about my son's marriage. If this continues, my son It is really disturbing.”

"Over the years, the royal father has rejected the marriage arrangements arranged by the empress many times on behalf of the son, but after several times, the empress has never let go of it, and is still concerned about it to this day.

"Since that's the case, it's better to fulfill the queen mother's wish... let's get married."

The emperor was completely stunned by his words. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, his pupils dilated slightly, and he shouted: "You silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about?! You are the same man as them, how can you get married?"

"Princess Yiqing of the previous dynasty was accused by the late emperor of marrying Liu Mao, the son of Liu Chong, a scholar in Wenying Hall. The princess did not like Liu Mao. The two had been married for many years, and they had never slept in the same bed, let alone had any children. They also respected each other as old guests. gone."

"Son and son-in-law, as long as this is the case, it is not difficult."

The emperor's lips trembled, and he said, "How can this be done... you two men, if this is the case... what should the heirs do?"

The eldest princess was silent for a while, and said: "Just let him take a concubine, and the concubine's house will naturally leave an heir for the son-in-law, and will not make his family have no descendants."

The emperor shouted in a low voice: "I'm not talking about the son-in-law! It's you!"

"..."

"Father has an elder brother and a second elder brother. The two elder brothers can leave children for the royal family. I will never be missing one of them. But the queen mother...she has only one child, the son, and please grant the request of the son." .”

Hearing his words, the emperor's chest rose and fell rapidly, and he closed his eyes after a while, sighing softly: "Sin, sin..."

"...I also ask my father for permission."

The emperor suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the eldest princess. His eyes suddenly became very dark for some reason, "I ask you, are you not unwilling at all?"

"Although your elder brother was born in the Yuan Dynasty, you and him are both my sons, and now he is in the East Palace, but you may not even be able to keep your own heirs... Have you really never felt reconciled in the slightest? "

The eldest princess knelt down, kowtowed to the emperor, raised her head and said: "Father is the emperor, and the emperor is the crown prince who was conferred by the father himself. Over the years, the virtue of the emperor is obvious to all, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also praised the emperor. , my son neither has nor dared to have the slightest unreasonable thought."

"...Do you really think so?"

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At the same time, He Gu, Wang Muchuan, and Lu Guining had just stepped out of the palace gate.

He exchanged greetings with the internal officer who brought them out, and watched them turn back.

The three of them stood in front of the palace gate, Lu Guining cupped his fists at He Gu and said, "Your brother He's demeanor on the school field today is truly unforgettable after seeing him. I also want to congratulate you on winning the martial arts test. I think he will come to Changyang Hou's mansion soon." I can receive His Majesty's imperial decree of marriage."

He Gu's heart was flustered, and he simply didn't pretend to be modest. He smiled very generously, clasped his fists in return, and said: "We are happy together, we will definitely treat Brother Lu to a wedding wine later."

Wang Muchuan: "..."

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help thinking whether it was his illusion that these two people were still fighting in the school field half an hour ago.

He glanced at the two of them coolly, and said, "Brother Lu doesn't seem to have any interest in the position of son-in-law?"

Lu Guining laughed: "Young Master Wang saw it. I also received a post from the Empress Empress. I thought that none of the marriages that His Royal Highness had planned before could be fulfilled. I was curious and wanted to see what happened to His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. What does it look like?"

He Gu frowned when he heard this, and suddenly withdrew his hand that was clasped into a fist just now, and said coldly: "Your Highness is naturally a peerless beauty, a first-class beauty, those who divorced before are because they have no eyes, and their appearance is different from His Highness's." what is the relationship?"

Lu Guining saw him smiling just now, and didn't know what he said wrongly, but the young master of Changyang Hou's mansion suddenly turned black, and gave him a good meal, and was very confused for a while.

He could only touch his nose, and said with an embarrassed dry smile: "Naturally, naturally, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has golden branches and jade leaves, and she is naturally magnificent, uh... Lu's parents are still waiting, and they have different paths with the two, so they will leave first."

Wang Muchuan nodded, but He Gu snorted with nose not nose, eyes not eyes, and said, "No."

Then he watched Lu Guining climb into the carriage and leave.

Changyang Marquis Mansion and Wang's House are on the same street, only separated by a wall, so He Gu simply invited Wang Muchuan to go back together in the carriage.

The Hou's carriage was very spacious, even though there were He Gu, Wang Muchuan, and Zhengye in the interior, it was not crowded.

As soon as the carriage started running, Zhengye couldn't bear it any longer, looked at He Gu and swallowed, and asked, "Master, how are you doing today?"

He Gu smiled proudly, and for a moment he didn't care about Second Brother Wang being by his side, and replied: "Of course it's a sure thing."

Zhengye opened his eyes wide: "Really?!"

Before He Gu returned to Zhengye, Wang Muchuan suddenly asked, "Why do you suddenly want to be a son-in-law?"

He Gu was taken aback by his question, but the Second Young Master Wang frowned even more, and asked again: "You are talented and learned from the world, and you will definitely have a lot of promise in the future. I thought that you came to the election today because your stepmother tricked me, but I just saw you." You are on the school field, but you are clearly sincerely striving to win, what is going on?"

He Gu thought about it, and felt that there was no need to beat around the bush with Wang Er, so he simply told the truth, "It's nothing, it's just that I fell in love with Your Highness at first sight."

He was so honest that Wang Muchuan was stunned.

"You...you know that once you become a son-in-law, in the future..."

He Gudao: "I know that in the future there will be no hope for the imperial examination, and I will not be able to hold the army and do politics."

Wang Muchuan frowned and said, "Then you still..."

"I'm different from my second brother. I'm not as talented and knowledgeable as my second brother. I can take the imperial examinations. I don't know how to be famous in the exams. Is there any place that needs to use soldiers? If there is, there are so many talents in the court, and there is no shortage of a brat like me, there is no more than one more, and no less than one less."

While talking, he took melon seeds out of his pocket and ate them. Seeing his appearance, Wang Muchuan frowned.

"Then you don't think about yourself?"

He Guqi said: "Think about it, why didn't I think about myself, if I didn't think about myself, why would I still fight for the woman I like?"

Wang Muchuan: "..."

He Gu saw what he was worried about, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Second brother, don't worry about me, my family's noble family, even if they only care about their old roots, they can still eat him forever, even if I have nothing to worry about. Future, doesn't the He family still have my younger brother?"

What's more, if he becomes a son-in-law, even if he wants to starve to death, the palace will not give him this chance.

Doesn't he like eating soft rice?

And it is also the soft meal of His Royal Highness the Princess.

Wang Muchuan said: "Your brother? Not your stepmother's son, he..."

He Gu said: "Her mother is his mother, and he is him. Brother Cheng has a pure nature, not like his mother."

Wang Muchuan said: "You know people, you know the face, but you don't know the heart, how do you know..."

He Guxin said that not only did he know this, but he also knew that Wang Muchuan would be named on the gold list next time. The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Wang family will give birth to a beautiful girl, and they are still arguing to marry him after more than ten years...

On his mouth, he just said with distaste: "Second brother, why are you talking so much today?"

He just said casually, who would have thought that Second Brother Wang was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Don't you see it?"

"Your Majesty will not marry you and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."