Fake concubine, real queen

After all, He Gu is a son-in-law and has a title of title. During these days when he was away from Beijing, the emperor and empress in the palace never forgot him. Give silver gifts to the Marquis of Changyang.

Therefore, in the past few months, everyone in the capital has seen clearly that this little son-in-law, although he was really unlucky, and his wife died just a few days after he got married, but it was also because he was going to mourn for the eldest princess, Another act of inviting him to Zongshan to help the spirit and preside over the funeral ceremony followed the emperor's heart and won His Majesty's favor.

Although there are some people who don't believe that He Gu is really willing to do this, these people don't say it, but they really despise his flattering foreign relatives, relying on nepotism, and eating a dead wife's soft food to climb up.

But even if He Gu's actions are only for the purpose of climbing up the ladder, he can be as ruthless as he is, and he will not hesitate to marry for the rest of his life for the sake of gaining a living, and in the coldest and worst weather in February and March, he can kiss him. Going outside the pass to help spirits, if you can have this kind of courage and action, then you can be regarded as a ruthless person.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this time, the future of this young son-in-law of the He family is truly limitless in the future.

He Gu didn't care much about what other people thought. After all, other people's thoughts had nothing to do with him. He just asked the concierge to push away all the piles of greeting posts. He was never a person who was good at socializing. , but when he found King Ke's greeting post from inside, He Gu still hesitated for a while.

...or in a trance for a while, which is more appropriate.

Time flies so fast, it seems like yesterday they lived together under the same roof of the Princess Mansion, getting along day and night.

Whether it's studying "Preface to the River" with "Sister Yu'er" in Zhifangzhai, or with the Third Highness in the hot springs and chatting lazily in the hot springs of Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, it seems that not long has passed, congratulations Gu closed his eyes, and could even recall the situation at that time and every look the Third Highness looked at him.

However, this thought only occurred for a short moment, but He Gu suddenly trembled again.

...Why do you think of him again?

The concierge was a little puzzled when he saw that he was holding on to the post, scratched his head and asked him: "What's the matter, my son-in-law, will this post not be returned?"

He Gu hesitated for a while, before saying, "This one... I'll keep this one for now, I'll think about it... then I'll talk about it."

The little concierge was even more confused when he heard this.

Isn't it just a greeting post, the son-in-law will see it whenever he wants, and if he doesn't want to push it, it will be over, why think about it, what is there to think about?

But since the son-in-law had given the order, he didn't dare to say more, he just accepted the greeting post alone, and didn't push it like other posts.

On the way back to Beijing, He Gu had already made up his mind. He planned to visit his two younger brothers and sisters who hadn't seen each other for half a year as soon as he came back, but he never thought that His Majesty would ask Wang Neiguan to come to the princess so soon when he knew he was back. The mansion passed the decree, and this was interrupted. Now that the matter is over, he was full of dust all the way, and he hurried back to his residence, took a bath and changed clothes, and then left the princess mansion and went to Changyang Marquis mansion.

Knowing that he was coming back, today He Rong was also sent back to the Hou Mansion by the Yan family elders to see his eldest brother, but after half a year, He Rong has grown a lot taller, and his face has lost a little bit of baby fat. She was so tender and cute before, although it was not obvious, but she also faintly looked like a girl, slender and beautiful, and she seemed to be starting to twitch.

As expected, she was going to grow into a big girl, He Gu sighed in his heart.

It's just that I didn't see the second elder of the Yan family.

He Rong ghostly spirit, could tell at a glance what elder brother was thinking, and whispered: "Grandfather and grandma are still angry with elder brother..."

He Gu Wenyan was stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses and probably guessed why He Rong said that. He went to see the emperor in the palace that day and asked himself to go to Zongshan to help the spirit. It was not marrying for life, even though it was not his wish, but the whole Bianjing city knew about it, he did it as he wanted, he didn't go to say hello to the two elders of the Yan family, nor did he tell them in advance.

Of course, He Gu himself knew it well, even if he said it, the elders of the Yan family would never agree to him doing this...

So I had to cut it first and play it later. It wasn't until a few days before the departure from Beijing that I sent someone to Yan's house to pass a letter. I never dared to go to Yan's house in person to face the storm, and I was thinking about waiting for him to finish his work. It's time to go to Beijing, the two elders calmed down and went to meet again, but just looking at them, it seems that they are still not calm...

He Gu secretly sighed in his heart, thinking that he couldn't dodge it, so let's admit his mistake with the elder one another day...

Anyway, it is definitely impossible to marry again, even if they are angry, there is nothing they can do about it, now and then his mind wanders away from time to time, thinking about the appearance of that surnamed Pei, how can he marry again, to harm other ladies in the boudoir, called What about being a widow and ruining a person's life?

On the table of the Eight Immortals in the dining hall of the Hou Mansion, more than a dozen dishes have already been served, and the brothers and sisters He Gu and He Rong have also talked, but He Cheng has not been seen for a long time. After serving the dishes, he frowned and said, "How did the kitchen do so much, only me, the second young master and the third young lady are eating, so there is no need to prepare so much, what about the second young master?"

The maid was about to continue passing the dishes, but when He Gu called her, she stopped in her tracks, hugged the tray and said, "If you go back to Master Hou, the second young master is still in the kitchen."

He Gu was startled, and said, "What?"

The gentleman is far away from the kitchen, what does He Cheng, a scholar, do there?

On the other hand, He Rong smiled cunningly "hehe", and said, "Brother has been away from Beijing for such a long time and came back. Second brother wants to give big brother a surprise."

He Gu immediately figured out what was going on in his heart, but although he felt good in his heart, he didn't admit it on the face, and just said to He Rong very stiffly: "It's not that there is no cook in the mansion, I want your second brother and a young master to go to the kitchen to stir things up What, what surprises are not surprises, can't you figure it out when your big brother?"

Turning to the maid again, she said, "Go and call the second young master, there is no need for him to do this."

But before the words fell, He Cheng's voice came in from outside the door: "Here we come! The last finale—"

"Sweet and sour short ribs!"

He Gu was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw a young man coming in from the dining room with a tray. He Cheng had a smirk on his face. It reminded He Gu of those puppies who were not very smart and would wag their tails when they saw people.

He Gu said helplessly: "It's not that there is no cook in the mansion, why did brother Cheng suddenly start cooking, you are a scholar, people say..."

He Cheng put down the plate, interrupted He Gu's chanting, and said, "I know, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, isn't he?"

While sitting down, he lifted the chopsticks, and took He Gu the largest piece of pork ribs with the most soup in the middle of the plate, and put it in her bowl. The cooks in the mansion used to do so well. My third sister and I got the news yesterday that our elder brother was going to the capital today, so we invited the cook from Huizhen Building to come over and do it. I didn’t do it myself, but I was just curious and wanted to see it. Look at the cook of Huizhen Tower, he is so famous, he has some kind of skill in cooking, but he didn't know much about it..."

Seeing He Gu staring at him not moving, he scratched his nose again, looked at He Gu with a smirk and said, "Brother, why don't you move your chopsticks, how about a taste?"

He Gu stared at He Cheng for a while, then looked at his little sister He Rong who was smiling like a winter jasmine beside him, looked down at the sweet and sour pork ribs in the bowl, and felt a little recollection. coming.

He Cheng and He Rong are all smart kids.

When He Gu and the "eldest princess" got married before, he never concealed his feelings for the "eldest princess" in front of them. The two brothers and sisters must also know that the elder brother fell in love with the princess's eldest sister-in-law. Later, he lost his wife and divorced. Jing Shi didn't bother to explain to He Cheng and He Rong on purpose, he didn't want time to fly by so fast, he had been away for half a year, and it fell into the eyes of He Cheng and He Rong, I'm afraid that at this moment he still thinks that he is still hurting because of the loss of his wife Pregnant.

That's why I was so careful to please him, I wanted him to go home so that he could let go of his worries, stop being in the pain of losing his wife, and be happier.

He Gu was a little moved in his heart, but he didn't say anything, he just picked up the chopsticks to pick up the pork ribs in the bowl, and put them in his mouth. After eating, he raised his eyes to look at his younger brother, smiled and said, "That's right, the cook of Huizhen Building It really is amazing, Brother Cheng has a heart."

Seeing him showing off his face, He Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Brother, eat more!"

He Gu let out a "hmm", he is the eldest brother, and now he is the head of the family, he moved his chopsticks, and He Cheng and He Rong followed suit.

At the dinner table, He Gu saw that He Cheng had changed his blindfold, which was not the thick deerskin blindfold before, and remembered that his eyes were still healed, so he asked.

He Cheng said: "Dr. Yan's medical skills are superb. After the back-acupuncture at the end of March, I can feel a little light in this eye, but if the light is too strong, it will hurt again. I brought back the eye mask. If you have been carrying the previous thick one, and it is not conducive to recovery if there is a little light, then it is called this thin one.”

He Gu was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately put down the bowls and chopsticks when he came back to his senses, grabbed He Cheng, looked him in the eyes left and right, and said happily: "Really? Why didn't you say something about such an important matter, and you can see the light? Then Dr. Yan didn't say anything, when will he be able to see clearly? How should he be treated, and how long will it take?"

He Cheng was dizzy from his shaking back and forth, and said: "I can only see a little light, and it's still far from good. Doctor Yan also said that my eyes have been dragging for too long, and now I can see the light. It's not bad, she said no." When will I be able to fully recover, I just told me to take off the blindfold when I have nothing to do, and look at the mountains and rivers, which may help my recovery."

He Gu Wenyan was a little disappointed at first, and said: "So..."

After a pause, another thing suddenly came to mind, and he said, "Look more at the mountains and rivers... I remembered something, the weather is hot in July, so the Imperial College should be on vacation, right?"

He Cheng was taken aback, and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

He Gudao: "Just in time, the sage ordered me to go to Xishan to participate in the horse bow meeting in July. Since you are fine, you can go with me to relax after studying for so long. It is a good time now, Xishan has high sky, wide clouds and lush forests. Lianye, there are mountains and rivers, wouldn't it just happen to heal your eyes?"

Although He Cheng has been studying since he was a child and looks calm, he is still a young man after all, who doesn't like to play around?

What's more, it is such a grand event as the Bow and Horse Conference.

Hearing this, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help saying happily: "Really? But...but my martial arts are really not very good, three-legged cat kung fu...I'm afraid I will embarrass our family..."

He Gudao: "What's the point? You are young, and you didn't go to the martial arts competition for the purpose of fighting. Anyway, you just went to watch the fun. There are so many things you don't want to do. Just go. I'm here and there is no one else." Dare to bully you."

He Cheng was already itching in his heart, and just now he just made a symbolic refusal, and he naturally agreed with joy when he heard the words.

On the other hand, He Rong listened anxiously and whispered: "Brother...I want to go too..."

He Gu was a little helpless, and said: "It's useless if you want to go, the horse bow meeting is full of men, how about a little girl like you going with me?"

He Rong pouted, unconvinced: "Then I'll pretend to be a man, wouldn't it be fine?"

He Gu said ruthlessly: "That won't work either. Look at how tall you are now, and you can only pretend to be a kid. If you can't pretend to be a man, just stay at your grandmother's house."

Seeing He Rong's unhappy face, he still couldn't resist softening his heart, and said: "Forget it, Rong'er wants something fun, big brother will bring it back for you, it doesn't matter whether you go or not, in fact, there is nothing to see in Xishan of."

He Rong viciously bit the dried fish in his mouth, snorted, and said, "Brother, don't fool me. If it's really bad, why should everyone go? Brother Dingye is so bad at horseback riding and archery. Go, although I'm not as good as big brother, but I'm much better than him, why can't I go if he goes, it's not fair."

He Rong used to be a very well-behaved and obedient little girl, but today she became obstinate somehow, so He Gu had no choice but to say: "But you are a girl, and you are going to get married and have a husband and a child in the future, so even if you go, You can’t choose officials and generals, and you’ve worked so hard for nothing, what do you do with the wind and sun, and when the eldest brother comes back this time, I’ll choose a good husband for you, be good, don’t make trouble.”

After all, it is rare for He Rong to be stubborn, but in fact, she regretted the words just now, and immediately remembered that her eldest brother had just died of his wife, and blamed herself in her heart for not embarrassing He Gu because of this, so she listened to him Such good words of persuasion, he did not continue to be stubborn, only responded with a grievance, blinked his eyes and stopped talking.

Her sensible appearance made He Gukan feel a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to let her go.

After the meal was over, He Rong was sent to Huiyan Mansion's carriage, He Gu didn't go back to the Princess Mansion, and only rested in Changyang Marquis Mansion.

When it was time to rest in the evening, He Cheng came to talk to him about Huitian, talking about what he had seen and heard in the Imperial College these days, and said that the second brother of the Wang family is also studying in the Imperial College and took good care of him; he also mentioned Weining Bowen The son of Xiu Ming is also his classmate. When He Cheng mentioned this person, he talked about a piece of gossip. He probably learned from this young man of the Wen family that the second prince, who is now the King Zhong, is going to choose the princess.

When He Cheng mentioned this matter, he just said it in passing, but He Gu was stunned by this matter, and gradually began to be absent-minded.

Seeing his mind wandering, He Cheng thought he was tired, so he didn't bother him much, and went back to his own yard, so that his elder brother could have a good rest.

He Gu is not tired.

Just now He Cheng said that King Zhong is going to choose a concubine, and He Gu thought, it's almost time, after all, the crown prince is the first, and the loyal king is the second——

And the crown prince has already married the crown princess. Although the crown princess has no sense of existence, He Gu has seen her in his previous life. Her family background is not considered prominent, but she is also from a noble and scholarly family. She behaves gracefully and has a gentle temperament , was chosen by the emperor himself for the prince.

The eldest brother has already become a relative, and it is normal for the second child to be King Zhong now, but what He Gu cares about is not King Zhong——

He was thinking, after the selection of King Zhong is over... the next one should be His Highness the Third Prince... or His Highness King Ke?

After listening to what He Cheng said, He Gu couldn't tell how he felt when he thought of this matter. If he said he didn't care at all, he would be deceiving himself and others, but in fact he wasn't particularly sad, he was even more melancholy, probably in his heart I sighed, "It really is like this", such a mood.

That's right, His Highness the Third Highness is now a prince. Compared with the previous life, it is a completely different path. In the future, he will go further and sit higher. He will have his own princess, side princess, and even have A group of concubines gave birth to him, spread branches and leaves for the Pei family, and spread incense.

I'm busy, but I don't have time to get entangled with a man like him. As the second brother Wang said, a broken sleeve is a path, and there can be no long-term future between the two men, not to mention Pei Zhaoheng is still such an indescribable status. .

He Gu can't bear to share what he likes with others, the more he likes it, the less willing he is to share it, he thinks it's human nature, when a Wan Shu'er was inserted between mother and father, what kind of ending it ended up is also seen now He didn't want to ruin other people's lives, and he didn't want to ruin his own life for others.

Be sober, He Zihuan, no matter he is "Sister Yu'er" or the Third Highness, you will never be able to stay with him forever, stop daydreaming, Zongshan has gone, and your heart is gone, you It's also time to draw a clear line with him. It's okay to support the lord, but there should be no other feelings that shouldn't exist.

You cannot have illusions in your mind.

The news of King Zhong's selection of concubine is like a basin of cold water that cools the heart. In the starry and slightly hot night of early summer, He Gu was sober and refreshed.

He didn't know what the Third Highness was thinking, what was the reason for the kiss before he left, what was on his mind, and He Gu didn't want to guess now.

In short, he just needs to take care of his own duty.

He Gu entered the bedroom. After washing, he took off his clothes and went to bed with a blank mind. He stared at the top of the bed curtain and lost his mind for a while. After a long time, he was still full of energy and didn't feel sleepy at all.

He Gu sighed, stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and paused for a while. He hesitated for a while, but he still sat up and put on his shoes, took the hanging coat, and took out a small piece of shiny white sheep. Zhiyu came.

Right now he is alone in the bedroom, Zhengye has already rested next door.

No one knows how he feels at the moment.

He Gu looked down at the piece of jade with a somewhat tangled expression.

Before leaving Beijing for Zongshan, He Gu had already discovered that his weird dream seemed to be directly related to this piece of jade.

As long as you put it under your pillow and fall asleep, you can see the third highness who is the emperor in your dream.

At first, He Gu didn't understand what was going on, but later he figured out something——

In the dream that this jade brought him into, he seemed to have the ability to get what he wanted, as long as he thought about it in the dream, he could get it.

So at the beginning, he wanted to have a cat to accompany the lonely and lonely Third Highness in the dream, and he became a cat; he wanted to know why the Third Highness in the dream became that way, and the time in the dream was Backtracking; he wanted to accompany the Third Highness in his dream, so that he would not be so lonely, so he had a body, could grind ink for the Third Highness in his dream, sit beside him and doze off, and accompany him to review papers——

This seems to be a piece of "all wishes come true", although only in a dream.

But the strange thing is, why in his dreams, he always sees the Third Highness who has become the emperor?

He Gu thought about it, and there was only one answer that was the most reasonable. He felt that what kept appearing in his dream was probably what he longed for most in his subconscious mind. Ruanfan's brother-in-law, but later the "Eldest Princess" was gone, but he was still having this dream...

Admit it...

Admit that what you, He Gu, long for... It's not the matter of whether His Highness the Third Highness will be the emperor, what you long for is just that person.

The Taoist said, this piece of jade is a magic weapon, and it really is a great magic weapon.

After all, no matter how high you are, the power in your hands, and the wealth, you can’t be free from troubles and hatred. People live in this world, but they have to be accompanied by greed, anger, ignorance, love, evil desires, and there is always something you can’t ask for. Who can really get what they want and get what they want?

This is the suffering that people cannot escape while living in this world.

But this piece of jade can.

Even if only in a dream.

The temptation to directly hit the most secret desire in the heart is too big and too irresistible, so He Gu couldn't help but take it with him when he left Beijing.

Days and nights after that, he was in his dream with the third highness who became the emperor, and accompanied him to get up, eat, lie down, sit, critique papers, watch the newly blooming roses in the imperial garden, and watch the four seasons in the imperial city. The sky is square, the clouds are rolling and the clouds are relaxing, the red walls are high, and the glazed tiles are.

The Third Highness in the dream is gloomy, and the emperor's temper is unpredictable. He Gu can only see that he is not very happy, but that is the Third Highness, Pei Zhaoheng, and his former "Sister Yuer". Someone who can make him cry.

Xu Shi was in a dream, and the desire in his heart would be magnified countless times. He Gu couldn't help but feel distressed. He didn't want to see the Third Highness like this, even if it was the Third Highness in the dream.

But when I turned around and thought about it, couldn't it be that the one who was happy was just the Third Highness in the dream?

...Didn't he use this dream to hide from the people and things that he couldn't face or give up in reality, so that he could settle down in this dream and be a coward?

It was He Gu who was accompanying the lonely emperor in the dream, but why wasn't the Third Prince accompanying him in the dream?

Little by little, He Gu got deeper and deeper. He gradually couldn't get out of this dream, and couldn't distinguish the Third Highness in the dream from the real Pei Zhaoheng. After all, they were all the same Man, He Gu knew in his heart that it was because he knew it was a dream that he would use the third prince in the dream to release his love desire and long-suppressed feelings that could not be relieved when he returned to reality.

So in the dream, He Gu became more and more wanton and could do whatever he wanted, and the third prince in the dream was indeed the third prince in "All wishes come true", he would always tolerate He Gu and tolerate all his presumptuous behavior. His Third Highness, in the eyes of others, is a high-ranking, unsmiling and cold-faced king, but he can tolerate it. In the middle of the night, the young man lay on him and kissed and bit wantonly on his slender, white neck like jade, without any scruples. left a long string of bright red tooth marks——

He never avoided, never blocked, and never blamed him. He didn't even ask why He Gu would do such ambiguous things to him, and he didn't even ask why He Gu would sometimes stare blankly after kissing. He was lost in thought, and then his eyes turned red for no reason.

The third prince in the dream never asked the reason, but would just look at him quietly, straighten his messy temple hair, put them behind He Gu's ear, and whisper to him: "...don't be afraid."

So He Gu got more and more involved.

Day after day passed, and He Gu woke up again and again from his dream. Even though he was exhausted from running through the snowfields of the North during the day, no matter how simple the place to rest at night, he still couldn't help it. Take out this tempting jade——

He Gu's rationality has already sounded the alarm. Although no one told him, he also vaguely felt that it was wrong for him to do so. He couldn't always rely on a piece of jade or a dream to escape reality. He should let go of this piece of jade. Even throw it away, and then make a clean break with the Third Highness in the real world, and never have any unreasonable thoughts in the future. Indulging in dreams does not make people strong.

The reason is very simple, and it is not difficult to understand.

But it is even more difficult to really do it.

It wasn't until the eve of returning to Beijing this time that He Gu made up his mind to try to "quit" with this piece of jade, and try to "quit" with the third prince in his dream.

But his willpower can only support him not to touch it for five days. As for really throwing it away, He Gu can't bear it no matter what.

Even though it was early summer, the room was much cooler than in the daytime. The milky white moonlight was hazy, penetrating through the window lattice and falling on the small, unattractive suet jade in He Gu's hand, setting off the There is a different kind of lustrous luster that seems to be absent, and the jade seems to have an indescribable magic power, so He Gu can't take his eyes away from it after looking at it.

Come on, fall asleep on my pillow.

It was as if a voice said so.

He Gu's eyes and expression struggled, his forehead was covered with a fine layer of thin sweat, he wanted to put this piece of jade back, he raised his hand and put it down, back and forth several times——

However, after a long time, the willpower finally came down.

The jade was placed under the pillow, and this time it was much faster to enter the dreamland.

The dream was soft, and the consciousness was hazy for an unknown amount of time. It seemed like a long time, but it seemed that it was just a moment. He Gu opened his eyes again, and what he saw was the emperor with long hair falling down on the bed, quietly looking at him.

The emperor in the dream had passed his age, and even though he held a high position, he had earned this high position through blood.

He has gone through countless hardships, and worked day and night after he became the throne, so he is only in his 30s, but there are fine lines at the corners of his eyes, and the years have left marks on his face. Eyes with fine lines, but still like the shimmering lake surface under the moon, it is shockingly beautiful.

He looked at He Gu and smiled, but for some reason, the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"Zihuan..."

"I thought you would never come again."