Fake concubine, real queen

In the last life, although He Gu and King Ke, who is now the third prince Pei Zhaoheng, spent just two days together, and they met each other lately and hit it off, but because at that time, it was March [-] in Bianjing, and it was snowing heavily. , The weather was cold, and King Ke wore a veiled hat from beginning to end, so He Gu did not see King Ke's true face.

Although he had known for a long time that His Highness and Sister Yu'er were twins, there was nothing strange about their resemblance, but seeing him now, he couldn't help but feel...

This is too similar! !

Not to mention the facial features and appearance, even the stature is not much different. When he saw it suddenly, He Gu almost thought that the person in front of him was Sister Yu'er who was disguised as a man!

The only thing that made He Gu realize that they were indeed two people was those eyes——

Although born exactly the same, the eyes when looking at people are really different.

Although Sister Yu'er talked softly sometimes, her eyes were always indifferent. Even after they got acquainted, she occasionally looked at him with a gentle expression, but it was always a flash Fleeting, and soon nothing can be seen.

But the person in front of him, even when he looked at He Gu without saying a word, his peach blossom eyes were really sparkling and sunny, hiding a three-point smile in his eyes, gentle and warm, warm and bright, called When people talk to him, they can't help lowering their voices.

Therefore, He Gu lost his mind for a moment.

He Gu was followed by Zheng Ye, the maid from the palace gate, followed him to Zhiyang Palace, and a group of palace people. The maid was sent by the Queen's Palace to pick him up, and her name seemed to be Qingzhu.

Qing Zhu reckoned that he knew the third prince who had just entered the capital, so now he met His Highness the Third Prince, seeing the son-in-law stopped, thought he didn't know the third prince, and immediately introduced softly: "Master son-in-law, This is our Third Highness who just returned to Beijing from Jinling."

After He Gu heard her words, he came back to his senses and realized that he was stunned. He quickly lowered his head, stepped forward, lifted the hem of his robe, knelt down on one knee and said, "I have seen the Third Highness .”

However, before He Gu knelt down, he asked the third prince to hold him back. Pei Zhaoheng smiled and said, "The son-in-law and sister Huang are husband and wife, and they are also my brother-in-law. Although it is the first time we meet, there is no need to be so polite."

In fact, He Gu was stupefied, this move was indeed a little too polite, he was originally the son-in-law of Changyang who had been printed by the imperial court, and now he is a son-in-law. The prince who was conferred a title by the king, he was exempted from kneeling and bowing when he saw it, and he didn't have to make a grand ceremony.

But after being reborn in this life, no matter it is because he now knows that the crown prince is not a good lord, and his highness is as talented as the crown prince, or because he married his own sister, the eldest princess, Lord He Xiaohou has already made up his mind in his heart. , in this life, he must help this third prince, and fight for the throne above ten thousand people. He has a solid eye. Now that he has confirmed it, the third prince is already the lord in his heart. When we meet, he is naturally respectful of.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Third Highness was so friendly and approachable.

But that's true, after all, the Third Highness is no different now, when they met in the previous life, both of them were close to age, and now the Third Highness is still young, so it's not unusual to be more lively.

His Highness the Third Highness and the Eldest Princess are brothers and sisters, they really have a good appearance, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are all over the country. Although the elder sister is a woman and the younger brother is a man, and their temperaments are worlds apart, they are different from each other. There are all kinds of colors, and none of them is inferior.

If the eldest princess is a red plum that blooms on the cliff and in the independent north wind, the third highness is more like a tall and elegant white orchid.

When others compare flowers to others, they are afraid of humiliating flowers, but if the siblings use flowers to describe them, He Gu only feels that flowers are not as good as people.

Although the Third Highness was wearing a black suit, this black suit did not make the Third Highness look aloof and aloof, on the contrary, it made him appear clean, dignified, yet warm and detached.

He Gu asked him to help him up, but he was still a little dazed, and he suddenly thought about it—just because of this face, it is much easier to help His Highness the Third Highness to the throne than to help the Crown Prince.

In the previous life, why didn't he see it earlier?

Just thinking about it, when He Gu heard His Highness the Third Highness calling him brother-in-law just now, he absolutely didn't dare to be his brother-in-law, so he stood up and said, "Your Highness, just call me Zihuan, there is really no need to be so polite."

Pei Zhaoheng smiled when he heard the words, and said softly, "Alright, I heard that Zihuan is only sixteen years old this year. If that's the case, I'm going to be two years older than you, so I won't be polite."

He Gu hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After the two finished speaking, they asked Qingzhu to lead the way and entered the main hall of the Queen's Zhiyang Palace.

Seeing that the two of them came together, the queen was also a little surprised, but she hurriedly greeted the third prince and He Gu to sit down first, and then asked Qing Zhu and Dai Zhu to serve tea and candied fruits, and then said with a smile: "I'm still waiting for you." Said, wait for Gu'er to enter the palace, and then introduce you Lang uncle to each other, I don't want you to meet first and come together, this will save my palace trouble."

He Gudao: "It was only a few days ago that I found out that His Highness the Third Highness had returned to Beijing. I didn't expect to meet him as soon as I entered the palace today. What a coincidence."

"It's just... I heard that His Highness is weak and afraid of the cold. I wonder if he is better now?"

As soon as he said this, Pei Zhaoheng was still there, but the empress on the throne blushed for some reason, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, empress Chen raised her eyes and looked at the third prince first, then He said to He Gu: "Heng'er was sent away from Beijing when she was seven or eight years old, and she has been away for more than ten years...Ten years, now Heng'er can be regarded as coming back, but she has become so thin , he must be ill, and he left me and his sister again, and was wronged in Jinling."

Pei Zhaoheng: "..."

He Gu: "..."

My lord, is this the child in my mother's eyes?

No wonder people always joke that there is a kind of thinness that makes mothers feel thinner.

Although He Gu is only 16 years old, he is considered to be of middle-to-upper stature among men. His Highness is half a head taller than him, and His Highness still has such broad shoulders and long legs. In the Forbidden Army, those old fellows who practiced shirtless all day long and had muscular bodies were strong, but they definitely couldn't be called thin, right? ?

How did the Empress know that His Highness has lost weight?

However, he was still confused, and He Gu said with relief, "Now that His Highness can return to Beijing and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Your Majesty, doesn't that mean that he is already in good health? Your Highness is the flesh and blood of His Majesty and Your Majesty, Fuze Long time, the body will gradually recover, the empress must not be too worried about it, worrying about hurts the spleen, if it hurts the body of the phoenix, it will make the third highness feel guilty."

When Pei Zhaoheng heard the words, he couldn't help being slightly startled, feeling a little surprised in his heart.

In the past, He Gu, in front of "Sister Yu'er", was always sincere, full of love, and even a bit naive. When he became nervous, sometimes he would speak inappropriately, and his face was red. It was the first time Pei Zhaoheng saw him like this like...

Right now, it seems that he has suddenly changed into a different person, and has matured a lot.

He paused, and said: "The son-in-law is right. My son-in-law has returned to Beijing now. My son-in-law is in much better health now, but he is a little afraid of the cold. He just needs to wear a few more clothes in winter. The queen mother doesn't have to worry about it." My son is worried."

Hearing this, the Queen stopped shedding tears, sniffled her nose, and said: "Bianjing is cold in winter, and Heng'er is afraid of the cold. Alas, I only hate Bianjing, but there is no doctor who can cure your disease completely." cured."

Pei Zhaoheng said helplessly: "My queen, since it is a stubborn disease, how can it be so easy to cure it? It's not the doctor's fault."

Empress Chen naturally knew this was the reason, and she just complained casually, and was about to say more, but He Gu suddenly said: "Speaking of doctors, I know one, who has rejuvenated hands, is quite capable, and is different from other doctors, My uncle has been suffering from cough for many years, and asked her to treat it for more than a month, and now it is gradually improving. It used to be difficult for me to even drink saliva, but now I can get out of bed. If the empress and the third highness don't dislike it, I can introduce it later This doctor is looking for His Highness."

The queen was taken aback when she heard the words, and then said joyfully: "Really? When did Bianjing have such a capable doctor? I have been asking for Heng'er all these years, why have I never heard of it?"

He Gudao: "This doctor was originally in another place. I heard her reputation and wanted to invite her to treat my uncle, so I specially invited her back to Beijing. Naturally, the empress can't find out about it."

The Queen said: "So that's how it is. Since Gu'er said that he is powerful, he must be really capable. If he can take good care of Heng'er's body, I will definitely treat him well!"

He Gu listened to the queen's consent, and said with a smile: "Since the empress has agreed, then I will introduce her to the Third Highness some other day."

He thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, there is one more thing. If Your Highness is weak and afraid of the cold, my family is in the suburbs of Beijing, but there is a Zhuangzi. Although there is nothing unusual about it, there is a natural spring in the Zhuangzi, which is warm all year round. It is hot, the servants saw it, and built a soup pool for them to take a bath there on weekdays, it is both warm and cold, and now it seems that it is suitable for His Highness to take a bath, and also to nourish the body?"

After hearing this, the queen smiled and said, "Oh? I've heard of this hot spring palace before, didn't you say that most of them are in the southern border? It turns out that there are also near Bianjing, and it happens to be in the village of Gu'er's family. That's good. In the future, you two Let's go to the bubble together, Lang and uncle can get to know each other a little bit, and they can also be called Heng'er, and they have been exposed to the hot spring at his brother-in-law's house."

He Gu also suddenly remembered that in his mother's dowry, there was such a Zhuangzi with a hot spring in the suburbs of Beijing. He would mention it, and naturally he was sincere and wanted to recuperate his brother-in-law's body.

And the queen, naturally, is also sincere and happy for her son to be able to soak in the hot springs and nourish his body...

Of the three people present, only Pei Zhaoheng was so far away——

Although he knew that Zihuan would like the "Eldest Princess", nine times out of ten it was because of his skinny appearance, but he really didn't expect that now he has changed his gender, changed his temperament, and even changed his person, but he just kept this face ...

Because of this face, Zihuan was able to openly invite him to take a bath together because of this face... This...

Although things really went as smoothly as expected, Pei Zhaoheng felt inexplicable and felt a little uncomfortable.

His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and after a while he said: "...Then I have to thank my brother-in-law."

The queen looked at him and said with a smile: "You silly boy, since you know that Gu'er is your brother-in-law, why are you being polite to him? We are a family, and naturally we are the best for our own family. With the queen mother, you don't have to worry about it." There are so many hypocrisy out there."

Sighing again, he said, "It's a pity that Yu'er got into trouble and ran away at this time, otherwise we would have had a reunion dinner this year during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

When He Gu heard this, his eyelids twitched slightly.

These days, He Gu has heard the rumors in Beijing that he offended the eldest princess and ran away with his wife, but he didn't take it seriously, but he didn't know if the empress would take it seriously.

Then he stood up from the bench, knelt down in front of the queen, and said: "My sister left Beijing suddenly, it is indeed my fault, I..."

The queen was taken aback by his sudden kneeling, and hurriedly called Qingzhu beside him to help him, and said: "What are you doing, on such a happy day, why do you kneel at every turn? How could Gong not know? If he didn’t know, he wouldn’t have been able to choose you as Yu’er’s husband back then, so get up quickly.”

He Gu was supported by Qingzhu to sit back, and the queen said again: "I won't be able to figure out the matter between you young husband and wife for a while. When she leaves Beijing that day, she will only fight with his father first." After saying hello, I got a letter from her later on."

She sighed, and said: "This child has an awkward temper. She has never understood love in the past. She became a husband and wife with you for a while, and she was afraid that she couldn't get used to it, so she ran away. It's just that she told Ben Gong in her letter that she was called I don't blame you for this, and said that it was not the son-in-law's fault that she left. It can be seen that she still cares about you in her heart. Maybe she will come back when she figures it out someday. Gu'er shouldn't do it too much Guilty mind."

When He Gu heard this, his heart warmed up, and he nodded quickly.

After some narration, this is the end, the sky is getting late, and the palace banquet is about to begin.

Last time at the Qixi Festival banquet, there was only He Gu at the male table, but this time there was the third prince, and the two of them bid farewell to the queen first, and then went to the small garden in the imperial garden where the table was arranged.

The sky was getting dark, and although there were palace lanterns every few steps on the road, the light was still a bit hazy.Both Pei Zhaoheng and He Gu are not people who like to attend such banquets, so right now, they are not in a hurry to get there right away, and the two walked slowly by coincidence, as if they were walking in a garden.

He Gu quietly looked sideways, and glanced at the profile of His Highness the Third Highness. Although he had been looking at it for a day, he couldn't help sighing in his heart——

God, it's too similar!

He Gu asked himself just glanced at it quietly, who would have thought that His Highness the Third Highness was still extremely keenly aware of it, he turned his head to look at He Gu, and said with a smile: "Why, Zihuan always looks at me, what's the problem?"

He Gu swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart, there is no problem, but Your Highness, you look too much like my wife...

However, at this moment, he was determined not to dare to say what Meng Lang said, so he just laughed a few times and said: "Uh... Your Highness is so handsome that people forget the vulgarity, so I couldn't help but read more Two eyes."

Pei Zhaoheng paused and sighed: "That's right, I have nothing but good looks, which is still passable."

He Gu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized in his heart that he wanted to slap himself——

That's right, which man would like others to say that he is only beautiful, and nothing else is mediocre?

He stammered hurriedly: "No... no, that's not what I meant. Your Highness's talent and learning are naturally...naturally good. How can it compare with those vases with embroidered pillows and a bag of grass? Of course, Your Highness is different from them." It's not the same, I mean, His Highness is both talented and beautiful, no matter who you compare to, His Highness is a dragon and a phoenix among people."

After I finished speaking, I felt that something was still wrong. Praising a man as "excellent in talent and appearance" always seemed a bit weird...

But this... is really his sincere words.

His Highness the Third Prince turned his head, smiled at him with crooked eyebrows, and said, "Oh? Does Zihuan really think so? You and I just met today, how do you know I'm a good learner?"

Fortunately, He Gu has a good memory, so he recounted the rainbow fart that he and the eldest princess blew to the third prince in Qingyu Palace that day, and he said it passionately and very seriously.

He Gu just started talking to deal with the Third Highness, but as he talked, he remembered that now is not the right time, if he can praise the Third Highness well, he will realize that he is actually no better than his handsome The elder brother who is different from each other, and the second brother with upturned nostrils are poor, so it's not just right!

He Gu blew it up, becoming more enthusiastic and exaggerated.

He was bragging with all his heart, and Pei Zhaoheng was at the side, listening to his sweetheart boasting so seriously about him, his heart was naturally very ironic, but after hearing the point of view of a certain article mentioned by He Gu later, he remembered him It seems that it has not been mentioned in the anthology, so how could Zihuan know about it?

Is it possible that...Zihuan only read one of his miscellaneous works, so he can understand his political views and thoughts so thoroughly?

Originally, I only thought Zihuan was cute, but now I realize...

The two of them can be regarded as confidants.

He Gu naturally knew about it.

In his previous life, he returned to Bianjing from the suburbs of Beijing. In just two days, he and King Ke had almost nothing to talk about. It was probably like this at first sight. Although the time was short, he could guess the other party's point of view on everything. and views.

It's just that He Gu himself didn't realize that he knew these words too early. If the Third Highness heard it, would he be overwhelmed?

Right now, Lord He Xiaohou is preoccupied with showing loyalty.

It's just that Pei Zhaoheng didn't show anything at all, only the smile on his lips, and his eyes looking at He Gu became more and more gentle.

The two chatted softly on the palace road like this, and when they talked about their exhaustion from time to time, Lord He Xiaohou couldn't help laughing heartily. The two masters chatted very happily, and felt that it was not the first time they met.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon was as bright as a plate. On such a fine day, the son-in-law and the third highness were both well-groomed people. One was handsome and cheerful, the other was gentle and handsome. The two laughed and talked side by side. It was really picturesque and one couldn't bear to disturb it.

When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the palace banquet and sat down one after another, they realized that the two of them were the last to arrive.

The crown prince smiled at the banquet: "It's fine for the third brother not to return to Beijing for a long time. Why did the son-in-law follow and take so long to come? Could it be that you don't know the way?"

He Gu was taken aback when he heard Pei Zhaoyuan's question, and was about to stand up to explain, but he heard Pei Zhaoheng say: "My younger brother returned to Bianjing for the first time, and he was a little uncomfortable with the climate, and the son-in-law came with my younger brother, so I got involved. It's my brother's fault that I walked slowly and missed my steps."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and bowed to the prince far away, which was regarded as an apology.

The emperor said: "Forget it, Heng'er is weak, it is reasonable to walk a bit slower, please sit down."

Pei Zhaoheng sat down as he said, but the smile on the prince's face froze slightly. Seeing this, the second prince who was not far away snorted and glanced at the prince, then raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, so unlike the Qixi Festival, most of the people who can enter the palace banquet are the royal relatives, basically there are no courtiers with foreign surnames, and the banquet is much more relaxed than on the Qixi Festival.

It's just that during the banquet, there was still the atmosphere of exchanging compliments, pushing glasses and scrambling to flatter the emperor. On such occasions, He Gu has always had no sense of presence, but today there is one more person to accompany him——

The seat of His Highness the Third Highness happened to be next to him, so He Gu couldn't help whispering to him.

He raised his chin, pouted his lips at a young man in purple clothes in the distance, and said, "Did you see that?"

Pei Zhaoheng said in a low voice: "I see, this person... Since he is a man, why does he wear flowers on his temples?"

He Gu gave a low laugh, leaned over and whispered: "I was just about to explain this to His Highness, His Highness has been in Jinling for a long time, and he doesn't know the atmosphere in Beijing. In recent years, men in Beijing have become popular in dressing up for some reason. , Bringing peaches and flowers, and using them as beauty, if I remember correctly, this one seems to be Chen..."

He Gu wentssip here, but suddenly stopped.

Without him, he suddenly remembered that he was commenting, and wanted to sarcasm with His Highness the Third Highness, laughing at him for dressing up——

It is the youngest son of Chen Yuanfu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the uncle of the dynasty, and the cousin of His Highness the Third Highness next to him...

I almost forgot that the former empress and the current empress are sisters, and both belonged to the Chen family...

Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Pei Zhaoheng frowned and asked, "Zihuan?"

He Gu laughed dryly, changed his words quickly, and said: "Uh... this is His Highness's cousin, Mr. Chen Quansheng, the youngest son of Lord Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he wears this flower... Uh... he is very handsome. "

Pei Zhaoheng raised his eyes and looked at Chen Quansheng, who was fat in the distance, with big ears, eyes so small that he could barely see, and wearing a purple rhododendron on his head.

Pei Zhaoheng: "..."

It turns out that Zihuan...

Do you like dressing up like this?

...That's right, after all, he even wrote that kind of words in the notebook. It's not surprising that Zihuan would like this kind of men's dress with flowers and powder that is fashionable in Beijing nowadays.

It's strange to say that when other people dress like this, Pei Zhaoheng will probably feel feminine and frivolous, and even his cousin makes him not even interested in taking a second look.

But think about it carefully, if the one with flowers is Zihuan...

That's still...

Somewhat cute.

His Royal Highness thought so.

After the palace banquet is over, the moon is already in the sky.

He Gu stood up and walked to the entrance of the garden with the third prince. He was about to say goodbye to Pei Zhaoheng when he was stopped by someone.

The person who came turned out to be the king's official next to the Holy One.

He Gu was stunned for a moment, but Wang Zhonglu smiled and said first: "Fortunately, the two of you haven't left yet. It just so happens that His Highness the Third Highness is also here, so this old slave can bring your Majesty's message to you."

He Gu said: "Does Your Majesty have any orders?"

Wang Zhonglu said: "Third Highness returned to Beijing for the first time, and there is no time to arrange a residence for His Highness. What His Majesty means is to ask His Highness to live in the Princess Mansion first. At the end of the year, when the new palace is repaired, His Highness will move."

He Gu quickly reacted, quickly raised his hand, received the emperor's oral order, and then said: "I can save it, please trouble your father-in-law to tell your majesty, I will take good care of your majesty."

Wang Zhonglu nodded and said with a smile: "The son-in-law is naturally safe in doing things, otherwise the empress would not have said that although the son-in-law is two years younger than the eldest princess, he is more caring than others and knows how to take care of others."

He Gu smiled, then watched Wang Zhonglu turn around and leave, and went to ask the emperor to return.

He turned his head to look at the third prince, and said with a smile: "It seems that in the next six months, if His Highness wants to be wronged, he will first go to the Princess' Mansion and live here."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head away, he found that Pei Zhaoheng was looking at him intently for a moment.

He Gu told him to look at it and his heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Your Highness, what... what's wrong?"

His Highness the Third Highness shook his head slowly, and after a while he laughed lowly, and said in a warm voice: "Living with Zihuan... How can I be wronged?"

There seemed to be no problem with what he said. After He Gu heard it, he felt goosebumps on his elbows and back for no reason. easy going."

Unexpectedly, Pei Zhaoheng didn't answer, he turned around suddenly, bent down slightly, and raised his hand to pick a small, blooming white rose among the flowers on the side of the road——

Then he turned around and smiled at He Gu.

He Gu was dazzled by his laughter, and forgot to say anything for a moment, but Pei Zhaoheng suddenly walked up to him, pinned the flower to He Gu's temple, and said in a warm voice: "Zihuan, if you want to wear flowers, you have to wear this one." The white rose is the most suitable."

He Gu: "..."

He Gu: "?"

For some reason, he always felt that... this little brother-in-law...

Something seems not quite right.