Fake concubine, real queen

Empress Chen finally woke up.

Pei Zhaoheng raised his head, looked at his mother in a daze, looked at her thin face, silently tearing eyes, a thought that had never appeared before suddenly appeared in his heart——

The queen mother seemed to really wake up.

Not only did he wake up from the high fever and comatose chaos that lasted for two full days and nights, but he also woke up from a long and sweet dream that had lasted for more than ten years.

Empress Chen seemed finally willing to break the shell that had been surrounding her all this time, finally willing to open her eyes again and take a look at the real world.

Empress Chen's hands trembled slightly, and her fingertips were warm. In the middle of the night, the night watchmen at Zhiyang Palace couldn't bear it anymore and began to doze off. The lights were dim. She looked at her grown-up son and couldn't stop Sobbing in a low voice, she seemed to want to say something, but she didn't say a word.

Pei Zhaoheng's Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes felt a little hot, but he still controlled his emotions, and comforted her in a low voice: "It's good for the mother to wake up, the father has been very worried about the mother's body for the past two days... after sleeping for so long If the rice doesn’t come in, is the queen mother ever hungry? Erchen went to ask Nanny Li to prepare some food so that the mother’s stomach can be cushioned..."

He was about to stand up, but Empress Chen grabbed him, only shedding tears while shaking her head, she stretched out her hand and took her son into her arms, patting his back repeatedly, her voice hoarse and trembling.

"Heng'er."

"You've grown up so big...but mother never took good care of you. Mother is the most useless mother in the world..."

Pei Zhaoheng was silent for a while, and said: "...the queen mother is very good, but the minister is too useless."

Empress Chen was startled when she heard the words, tears were hanging on her eyelashes, she looked at her son, slightly lost in thought, and was about to speak, when a lazi and hoarse voice of a young man came from the outer hall, the voice seemed to be coming from a dream wake up.

"Your Highness, I just heard you talking, are you calling for someone? Mother Li..."

Holding the lampstand, He Gu rubbed his eyes and yawned, but as soon as he stepped into the inner hall, when his vision became clear, he suddenly saw Empress Chen who had sat up on the bed and the third highness, mother and son, who were sitting beside the bed. People, He Gu was stunned, and after a long while, he came back to his senses and stammered: "Ah, is the empress awake now...I'll go and call Mother Li..."

He Gu was about to turn around, but was stopped by Empress Chen.

"...It's not yet dawn, and since Nanny Li has rested, there is no need to disturb her to get up. I am fine now." He Gu hesitated: "But... His Majesty left a message during the day, saying If the empress wakes up, no matter what time it is, she must go over there and report it to His Majesty, this..."

Empress Chen was silent for a while, He Gu was far away, and the lights in the room were dim, so he couldn't see Empress Chen's expression clearly, and it took him a long time to hear her whisper: "...It's okay, it's not too late. Tell His Majesty... we should wait until dawn before going."

As soon as Empress Chen said this, He Gu immediately sensed something was wrong. I don't know if it was his illusion. The tone and emotion of the Empress Empress seemed to be different from the past...

But what is the specific difference, after such a while, He Gu couldn't detect it.

He was a little dazed, so he heard Empress Chen pause, and suddenly said: "Gu'er, come here."

Although He Gu already knew that the marriage between him and the "Eldest Princess"...or His Highness the Third Highness was purely an oolong, but after all, he had been with Empress Chen for half a year, and He Gu was always gentle and gentle towards this matter. The gentle, kind and unassuming "mother-in-law" is very fond of her, and has always admired and respected her. He Gu put down the lampstand in his hand and walked to the bedside despite not knowing why when the queen called him.

Empress Chen pointed to a small round stool beside the bed, and said, "Gu'er, sit down."

He Gu Yiyan sat down, then looked up at the queen, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Does your empress have any orders?"

He Gu just sat down and took a closer look, only to find that Empress Chen's face was covered with tears, she couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong with your mother?"

Empress Chen didn't answer, she just raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and then said: "... At the palace banquet that day, I got the news that Yu'er had an accident in Zongshan, and I vaguely saw you running out... On New Year's Eve It's so cold every day, is Gu'er freezing?"

He Gu was startled, for a moment he didn't understand what Empress Chen was asking, but after thinking about it carefully, on the way back to Beijing, He Gu suddenly understood the old things that Lan Shu and His Highness the Third Highness had explained to him——

The empress must have been kept in the dark all this time, and she didn't know that the "Eldest Princess" was the Third Highness. Now that she finally woke up in the middle of the night, the first thing she did was to ask him to talk, probably to comfort him and fear that he would Can't you think about it because of the "pain of bereavement"?

After thinking about this, and then thinking about what happened in just a few days, these outrageous things that he would not have believed even if he had been told before, He Gu was in a daze for a while, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he sighed in his heart. In his tone, he thought to himself that his mother was not relieved, but now... is he "bereaved of his wife" soon?

He Gu was about to answer, but he heard the Third Highness suddenly ask: "Mother, don't worry about Zihuan, he already knows."

Empress Chen was startled when she heard the words, she turned to look at Pei Zhaoheng and said, "... Gu'er knows?"

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The sky broke.

The news that the queen, who had been in a coma for nearly three days, recovered from her illness, spread throughout the entire palace with the first rays of sunlight in the morning.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they counted their son inside and out many times. After the frightened Concubine Wen Gui heard that the queen was fine, her fever had subsided, and she woke up, she couldn't help being in her palace. In the Buddhist hall, I bowed to the god statue again and again, chanting words to thank the Bodhisattva for blessing, the queen is blessed, and I am lucky to be fine.

Concubine Wen Gui has been in the palace for many years. Although she has a son, she has no intention of competing for favor. A woman is the most sensitive about how much she cares about a man. The emperor's heart is full of only a little Chen. Empress, other women are dispensable, and she herself is only relying on her elder brother's ability to live a decent life in the harem compared to other concubines. No one can beat Xiao Chen, if you don't believe it, just look at the unbeliever back then, the grass on the grave is not even a few feet high now.

Now that her silly son was being framed, even though Tian Yan was offended and reprimanded, His Majesty did not really punish Lin'er after all, Lin'er and His Majesty are still father and son, even though the Queen is involved, it is a matter of touch It's against His Majesty, but as long as the Empress is fine, it's luck in the midst of misfortune. She can still intercede with her son, and His Majesty will be tolerant, but if there is something wrong with the Empress, Lin'er will break through I'm afraid it's not that I can be fooled by pleading for mercy.

Seeing his mother, Pei Zhaolin was very grateful. Even though she had scolded her so badly these two days, he still couldn't help muttering about his grievances: "...but I didn't ask that person to report on purpose to scare the queen. It's because he can't do things by himself, so he doesn't know how to ask me first..."

Concubine Wen Gui stared, and stopped fiddle with the Buddhist beads in her hand, raised her hand to pinch Pei Zhaolin's ear, and cursed in her mouth: "You stupid thing, you have wasted my palace for two days, and you are wasting money!" After drooling so much, is it possible that you still can’t figure out why your father is angry with you? Do you really think your father is as confused as you? Didn’t you think that you didn’t call that person into the palace to report on purpose? What makes your father angry is that you are in charge of the entire Twelve Guards of Mystery, but you don’t realize that the people under your hands have a different heart, and you let people take advantage of your loopholes, and you can’t control the patrol. How can the emperor not be angry if you are so useless when the emperor puts the twelve guards under your control with the jitters of those speech officials?"

Pei Zhaolin was yelled "Ouch" by his mother, and said again and again: "My son knows, my son knows, mother and concubine, stop screwing, it hurts—"

Concubine Wen Gui gave him a hard look, and then she let go. Pei Zhaolin rubbed his ears and said, "I've thought about it for the past two days, and I always feel that this matter must have something to do with my elder brother... Who else can help me but him?" How immoral? But the emperor still trusts the eldest brother like that, it's really annoying."

Concubine Wen Gui glanced at him, and said: "You only know what's the use of saying, but to bring evidence to appeal to your father?"

Naturally, Pei Zhaolin couldn't find the evidence, so he could only curse and accept the anger for the time being.

The crown prince in the East Palace didn’t know that someone was scolding him over there, so he sneezed violently, which startled the little eunuch below. The little eunuch was hesitating whether to ask His Highness if he was not feeling well, Pei Zhaoyuan He rubbed his nose, frowned and said, "When did you wake up?"

The little internal official bowed and said: "If you want to go back to His Highness, I heard that it was enough last night, and today at dawn, the people from Zhiyang Palace went to Lanzheng Hall to pass it on to His Majesty."

The crown prince was silent for a while, and said: "Father, did you go to Zhiyang Palace?"

The little inner official said: "Yes, His Majesty got the letter and took the prince directly to Zhiyang Palace."

The prince was silent for a while, and said: "Understood, you go out of the palace and ask Mr. Yue's son to come into the palace. I just want to see him."

The little internal official should have turned around and exited the palace gate to deliver the letter. By the time Yue Huaimin got the letter and rushed into the palace, it was already almost noon. As soon as he entered the inner hall of the East Palace, he saw the prince sitting on the desk. Before, he looked at the chessboard in front of him blankly, but when Yue Huaimin took a closer look, it was clear that there was no chess game on the chessboard, there was nothing at all, and he didn't know what His Royal Highness was looking at.

Yue Huaimin had followed him for many years, and when he saw that the chessboard was empty, he immediately realized that His Highness seemed not in a good mood at the moment.

Sure enough, before he opened his mouth, the prince said, "Auntie is awake."

Yue Huaimin was slightly taken aback, but after a while he came back to his senses, his complexion suddenly changed, and with great difficulty, he lowered his voice and said, "I woke up...how could it be so fast?"

The prince picked up a white jade chess piece, pinched it with his fingertips, and said expressionlessly: "Fengying went to the imperial hospital to look for it, and it was Fengying who patted his chest and assured Gu that if he drank the medicine, he would not drink it. After burning for seven or eight days, it is absolutely impossible to wake up. Even if I wake up after seven or eight days, it is impossible to wake up my mind again, but now in less than three days, people wake up as soon as they say they wake up. Gu also wants to ask Fengying, What the hell is going on? And what about your errands?"

Yue Huaimin was taken aback, quickly lifted the hem of his robe, knelt down with a plop, and said, "This... this... the people from the Tai Hospital also made a promise with me. He said that the medicine, the old man surnamed Wen I didn't notice the difference, and I did send it to Zhiyang Palace to be taken by the empress, but how could I wake up so quickly now... I really don't know... By the way, I heard that the son-in-law recommended a medical girl and sent her to the palace. I went to Zhiyang Palace to see the queen, could it be this medical girl..."

However, before he finished speaking, the crown prince raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the case, with a "snap", scared Yue Huaimin's words back into his throat, and dared not say any more.

The prince has always been well-preserved, and his emotions and anger are not visible, but today is the first time Yue Huaimin has seen him get so angry at him.

There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

The prince said coldly: "What can a teenage girl do? It's probably because the people in the Tai Hospital didn't do the job well. In the final analysis, it was just their fooling around. No one saw it from the beginning to the end. Watching the medicine being swallowed by my aunt."

After the prince finished speaking, he raised his hand and threw the chess piece back into the chess box. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then opened his eyes again and looked at Yue Huaimin who was still kneeling. At this point, it’s useless to talk too much, it’s inconvenient for me to go out of the palace to see my uncle right now, otherwise I’m afraid that my father will be suspicious, you go and tell my uncle, and ask the people at Yushitai to press all the notes, and there is no need to play any more.”

Yue Huaimin agreed, then turned around and exited the palace gate as if he had been pardoned.

As soon as he left, only the crown prince was left in the inner hall of the East Palace, and it was completely silent again.

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Time flies, and it is almost the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in a blink of an eye, but the ordinary people in Bianjing City are full of joy, immersed in the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival, but the palace is far from such a good atmosphere.

Perhaps because of what happened at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, the empress fell ill again. Although she woke up later, she was still weak. The emperor went to Zhiyang Palace to accompany her every day, even though the emperor had not ordered it. But everyone in the palace is full of spirits. Right now, one of the emperors and empresses is sick, the other is obviously in a bad mood, and the eldest princess of Zongshan is also alive or dead. All the festive rituals in the palaces are quietly cancelled. After all the chaos, no one dared to stand out at this time.

However, perhaps it was God’s intention to prevent the royal family from having a good time this year. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the people sent by the crown prince to Zongshan to visit the eldest princess returned, and they also brought back the sad news that Princess Pei Zhaoyu of the Qing Kingdom had passed away——

The year has just passed, and the lanterns and colorful knots in the palace have not had time to be removed. No one thought that in just a few days, they would be replaced with white banners for the eldest princess.

When the news spread, it shocked the government and the public, and there was an uproar in Beijing.

Who could have imagined that this eldest princess, who was married half a year ago and celebrated with the whole country, would die like this, and her soul would die forever?

At that time, the entire Bianjing city witnessed how much she was loved by the emperor and father. The gongs and drums were as loud as yesterday, not to mention the two emperors and empresses who loved the princess. They were all distraught when they heard the news. After three days of mourning, even ordinary people who were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of her half-beautiful shadow on the wedding day of the princess and her son-in-law could not help feeling sad when they thought of her.

The saddest one should be the son-in-law——He Xiaohou of Changyang Hou Mansion, right?

Although there have always been rumors that the princess and the son-in-law had a bad relationship, and the eldest princess hid in Zongshan because of the son-in-law, but now that the news of the death of the eldest princess came back, the emperor did not blame him, which shows the rumor Most of them are not trustworthy, and soon, another incident will thoroughly prove that the son-in-law and the princess must have had a deep affection back then.

The son-in-law actually begged the emperor to go to Zongshan to help the eldest princess back to Beijing. He wanted to personally move the burial place of the eldest princess back, and then reburied it to the place where the Luoling Imperial Mausoleum was located.

Not only that, the son-in-law even asked himself to mourn for the eldest princess, and promised His Majesty that he would never marry again in this life.

It is said that the son-in-law entered the palace to meet His Majesty, and when he said this, he was in the Palace of Lianzheng, and several elders were present at the time. His Majesty was shocked when he heard the words, and remained silent for a long time, and only said one sentence: "The son-in-law is kind and respectful. , I can't bear Fu Qing's wishes."

Allowed.

As soon as the news spread, Jingzhong immediately exploded, not only because the son-in-law was willing not to continue his strings in this life for the sake of the deceased eldest princess, but also because He Gu wanted to mourn the eldest princess and go to Zongshan Fuling——

Although there are many infatuated men in the world, it can be said that since ancient times, when a wife dies, the husband does not have to wear mourning. It's crazy.

And in this kind of weather, Bianjing City is still covered with deep snow and cold, not to mention that Zongshan is far away and is about to go outside the pass, and the weather outside the pass is even more bitter cold. It is no joke that dripping water turns into ice, and the concubine can't even wait. It is time to rush to help the Eldest Princess, which shows her sincerity and sincerity.

Originally a happy reunion, golden boy and jade girl, talented and beautiful young couple, who were blessed by the whole Bianjing city, just like this, heaven and man are separated forever, and the son-in-law is still so infatuated now, even if the princess dies, she still does not change her ambition , even more people can't help but sigh, for a while, the sad and moving love story between the eldest princess of Beijing and the son-in-law was almost spread by word of mouth, and the spread became more and more evil, more and more exaggerated, there were all kinds of unreliable stories, Some people even secretly peddled a book about ghosts and ghosts written by some daring gentleman for the princess and the concubine, which was widely circulated in the market for a while, and it made many ladies cry when they read it. Several handkerchiefs.

He Gu didn't pay much attention to these rumors. It was the beginning of February, and he was busy packing up and heading to Zongshan, but he didn't have time to pay attention to these rumors.

On the contrary, countless people came to persuade him, comfort him, and talk to him.

Among them, the painting with the most unique style belongs to the second brother Wang. From the beginning to the end, the nose is not a nose, and the eyes are not eyes. It doesn't look like he is here to comfort others, but rather he is here to fight He Gu.

When Second Brother Wang came to the Princess Mansion, he was brushing the horse's hair. Originally, he ordered the servant to lead Second Brother Wang to the teahouse to sit for a while. Why was he dizzy by second brother Wang, and brought him to the stable.

He Gu and Wang Muchuan stared at each other with big eyes, but after a while, he regained his composure, and only complained in his heart that since he got married with the "Eldest Princess", except for the day of the big wedding, Second Brother Wang also visited He never came to visit, but now he has "died his wife" and has become the most watched widower in the entire Bianjing city. Second brother Wang rushed to watch the excitement.

Thanks to He Zihuan's broad-mindedness, if he had a narrower mind, he would think over what Wang Er did, and he would probably be able to get angry and ask the servants to drive him out with two broomsticks.

He Gu glanced at him, did not speak, just continued to brush the horse with the brush in his hand, Wang Muchuan was silent for a while, and said, "Why are you doing this?"

He Gu said: "How am I?"

Wang Muchuan said: "You have to go into mourning... that's all, why bother to promise His Majesty that you won't remarry in the future? Could it be that you really plan not to marry for the rest of your life?"

He Gu said: "That's right, I won't marry anymore."

What he said did not lie to Second Brother Wang. In his whole life after rebirth, he gave all his love to the "Eldest Princess", even though he now knows that his marriage to the "Eldest Princess" was just a one-off The big oolong, the "eldest princess" is just a dummy disguised by the third highness. According to the truth told him by the empress empress and the third highness, the real eldest princess died a long time ago. The "eldest princess" he liked "In fact, it never existed. His infatuation seems to be a joke. After all, the "Eldest Princess" does not exist at all. Who is this infatuation for?

As if it wasn't necessary.

Now that he is like this, in the eyes of some people, he seems to be playing a show. He Gu also knows in his heart that many people must think that he is taking this opportunity to flatter the emperor through his deceased wife, so that He won the closeness of the empress, but only He Gu knew that he did all this just to give himself an explanation.

Of course, there is another reason, but compared with this reason, it is not the most important.

He Gu knows better than anyone else that in his life, after going through such an experience, it is impossible for him to fall in love with other women again. The color of the country, how can the vulgar fans catch the eye again?

As for the chief culprit who created such a huge deception and fooled him around, the Third Highness, in the first few days, He Gu had mixed feelings towards Pei Zhaoheng, and he was in a mess.

His sweetheart is the "Eldest Princess", but the "Eldest Princess" is the Third Highness. He Gu was angry, annoyed, hated, and even dragged him for a while, but when it came, he had to Acknowledge this fact.

But how should he face the Third Highness?

How should he just laugh it off and not worry about it?

The Third Highness once told He Gu that he likes men, and before he knew the truth, the Third Highness even confessed his love to him, but it was one thing at that time, and it is another thing now. At that time, He Gu could treat him as a brother-in-law who had gone astray, lovingly caressing the head of His Highness the Third Highness, and telling him that there is no grass anywhere in the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower.

But now?Now he can still think like this, so why?

As long as you think about it, His Royal Highness knew everything at that time, seeing him have a deep affection for the "Eldest Princess", but still teasing him under such circumstances, He Gu can't figure out who he is at all after saying that. What do you think, and what is the psychology behind the confession at that time.

If he didn't know Pei Zhaoheng too well and knew that he was not such a despicable person, He Gu would have thought that he was deliberately teasing him like this at that time, wanting to see himself hesitating between the so-called two "siblings" , dizzy, for fun...

But this person is His Highness the Third Highness, so He Gu has an instinctive trust in him, thinking that he is not the kind of person who would do that.

But if it wasn't like that, the Third Highness... Could it be that he really admires him?

The more He Gu thinks about it these days, the more he feels dizzy. For a moment, he feels that he should not be involved in love with the future lord, not to mention that he and the third prince are two big men; , since the Third Highness is "Sister Yuer", it is actually not unacceptable if it is "Sister Yuer" who wants to engage in Longyang with him...

As soon as this thought occurred to him, Master He Xiaohou was frightened by himself and shuddered.

It must have been rolling in the snow that day, and I was so cold and confused!

What is he thinking!

Now that His Royal Highness has been determined to be the lord, as long as His Royal Highness sits on the throne in the future, he will be the successor of the Pei family. At that time, he will still bear the responsibility of passing on the incense to the Pei family and extending the succession. It is true that there is a throne to be inherited, so how could he possibly do anything to Long Yang...

His Highness said that at Yan's house that day, probably because he was drunk and was temporarily delirious and impulsive nonsense...

...It must be so!

Not to mention, if His Highness really wanted to, how could he not mention this matter since he refused that day?

And after confessing his identity to him, he never mentioned it again.

...This shows that His Highness the Third Highness has long since lost the idea.

... Then he shouldn't think too much about it.

On the one hand, He Gu told himself this, but when he was alone in a daze, he couldn't help but think of the Third Highness. Thinking of this, especially after knowing that the Third Highness was the "Eldest Princess", he thought of the "Eldest Princess" and set off Before heading to Bianjing, the night when they had a skin-to-skin relationship——

I felt even more blushing.

Of course, He Gu now knows how things are going between the two men, but looking back on that day, even though he was drunk, he still remembered that he only felt like he was floating in the air, and his butt didn't feel any discomfort at all. Doesn't it mean that, in fact, he did that kind of thing with His Highness that day, and the one whose ass suffered...is His Highness? ?

No wonder it took several days for him to recover his real identity and come back to Beijing. According to what Yan Zhiya said in his book, he had to recover for several days after his butt got hurt, so that he wouldn't feel bad...

This idea is really too stimulating, once it happened, it made He Gu's heart beat crazily faster, after all, if in the future, His Highness the Third Highness really ascended the throne as emperor——

Then isn't he, the man who once put Ninety-Five Supreme under him? ?

Thinking of this, Master He Xiaohou couldn't help grabbing the horse brush and lost his mind again. He couldn't help swallowing, and a smirk slowly appeared on his face that he didn't even notice.

Second brother Wang who still didn't get a response after calling several times: "..."