Fake concubine, real queen

Three full days have passed since that day when Qing Zhu bumped into Pei Zhaoheng with Pei Zhaoheng at the Moon God Stone.

For the past three days, He Gu's heart has been in agitation, like hanging a dozen full buckets, for fear of any accidents, or he knows in his heart that Empress Chen probably cannot easily accept her son, and He got it together by himself, and although outsiders saw that Uncle Lang and Uncle Lang had a good relationship, it seemed pretty good, but what was going on, he, Pei Zhaoheng, and Empress Chen were all well aware of it.

When I came back that night, He Gu didn't sleep well all night, waiting for Empress Chen to send someone to ask him to go to Xingshi to inquire about the crime. All I could think about was how to explain this matter, but no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't think of an answer. It was really not the right time for Zhu to come, and it was also his fault that he could not help getting carried away and indulging in it every time he got bored with the third highness. Someone came and didn't hear it in advance, and Qingzhu happened to see the one who was so alive... ...Cough...I saw him holding down the Third Highness's inseparable appearance...

...I can't explain it to the empress, saying that he had an appointment with the Third Highness to discuss matters by the river, and then accidentally fell, and it happened to fall on the Third Highness, and his mouth happened to be right, and that's how he happened to have Qingzhu The scene I saw——

... Isn't this lying to ghosts?

Although the empress looks like she doesn't have a lot of eyes on weekdays, she is not really stupid, so she probably won't believe it.

It's just that despite He Xiaohou's ups and downs, restlessness, tossing and turning, and sleeplessness in the middle of the night, the emperor's imperial tent over there is always calm. Empress Chen didn't send anyone to ask him to interrogate him. He Gu observed it , and did not ask the Third Highness to go down——

But the more this happened, the more panicked He Gu felt. The tranquility before the storm was the most terrifying thing. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Empress might want to have a big one. Although the Empress loved her son so much, now she knew His Highness the Third Highness intends to compete for the crown prince, so he will definitely conceal this matter for him and the emperor, but for the sake of his son, what about him, who has spoiled someone else's son?

He Gu was flustered, and naturally lost his mood. He was going to meet the Third Highness next to the Moon God Stone in the evening. He was also afraid that one wave would come up again, and someone would catch him right away. But Pei Zhaoheng was very indifferent, and turned his head to persuade him , don't worry too much.

It's just that it's impossible not to worry. After three full days, there was still no movement from Queen Chen's side, which made people feel more anxious. Hanging like this was more tormenting than getting a bad result. Master He Xiaohou deliberately went to talk to Chen The queen explained one or two things, but every time she stepped into the imperial tent, she was too scared to go any further when she was about to approach.

On the contrary, when she met Qing Zhu twice, she looked at He Gu very delicately, which was different from the panic that day, and also carried a bit of meaning.

Fortunately, the silent tug-of-war did not continue like this.

The penultimate day of the ring competition.

On the first day of the martial arts competition, He Gu had already become the champion of the North Second Stage, and had obtained the qualification for selection, so he was no longer allowed to challenge on the stage.

Therefore, he has been watching the competition during the day in the audience. After all, it is a grand event held every three years. Almost the entire Da Viet Dynasty gathered in the Horse Bow Conference, and more than half of the young generals who are about to show their talents in the future can occupy the next stage and become The champions all have real skills, and this contest is naturally exciting, especially on the last day, everyone knows in their hearts that opportunities are running out.

So at times like this, those who have obtained the qualifications naturally smiled at those who were not yet in their prime, fighting with bloody heads, and just cheered and booed under the stage all at once, and those who hadn't won became more and more ruthless, and took out the last look He worked even harder, gritted his teeth and blushed.

In the past, He Gu must have seen his blood surge, but these three days he was pretending to be busy, he didn't know what to eat, and he didn't see any tricks in the martial arts competition. He Cheng stood under the stage together, and the two younger brothers were satisfied with their eyes, but He Gu was wandering beside him.

When Qingzhu found him, He Gu was in a daze. Hearing Qingzhu's voice, his back stiffened. The voice immediately reminded him of the embarrassing scene at the Sun Moon God Stone. The little maid suddenly felt her heart rise to her throat.

Empress Chen sent Qingzhu here, saying that He Gu was going to meet her and have dinner together.

After Qing Zhu spoke, He Gu had only one thought in his mind——

It's over, and it's still here.

His Adam's apple rolled, and he didn't explain what was going on to Yan Dingye Hecheng who was confused beside him, he just told them not to wait for him to have dinner, and followed Qingzhu away.

But after entering the imperial tent, He Gu was stunned.

In Empress Chen's imperial tent, besides her, there was only Nanny Li and another maid waiting beside her. A large blanket was placed in the center of the tent, and a small table was placed on the table. Seven or eight delicate dishes had been laid out on the table. It is not easy to prepare such a small table with all kinds of color and fragrance on the grassland. It can be seen that Queen Chen has already made full preparations for calling him here.

He Gu came back to his senses, and couldn't help feeling even more nervous. He looked around the tents, the empress and the emperor shared two tents, and he didn't see the emperor at the moment. ,but……

Why did the empress ask him to have dinner, but he was really the only one, and the third prince was not there?

In the past, whenever Empress Chen called him, no matter whether it was greetings or meals, she would definitely call the Third Highness, but today...

...That's right, but don't forget this meal, why did the queen ask him to come.

When Empress Chen saw him coming in, she pointed to the small desk in the tent, the seat opposite her, and motioned for He Gu to sit on the cushion. A gentle and kind appearance.

Empress Chen said, "Gu'er, sit down."

He Gu tightened his five fingers under his sleeves, couldn't help swallowing a small mouthful of saliva, and sat down opposite Empress Chen as he said. He didn't dare to move his chopsticks, let alone look into Empress Chen's eyes, and just lowered his eyes. Said: "Your Majesty asked me to have dinner, but do you have any orders?"

It's just that he asked a question, but he didn't hear Empress Chen's answer for a long time. He felt even more uncertain for a moment, but suddenly heard two crisp sounds of bowls and chopsticks clashing. , I am sandwiching a large piece of sweet and sour pork ribs.

Empress Chen picked up the sweet and sour pork ribs that were still stained with bright soup, put them into He Gu's bowl, and said, "I know you like this, so I told them to make more of it and less cooking." Mutton, roast leg of lamb, I'm afraid you're used to pork and think mutton is too strong, Gu'er try it, is it okay?"

He Gu was stunned for a moment, and was a little confused for a moment. He didn't know which song Empress Chen was singing, but Empress Chen stared at him and urged him to move his chopsticks. He Gu didn't dare to move, so he raised his chopsticks nervously. , took the piece of sweet and sour short ribs into his mouth, the pork ribs soup was delicious, salty and sweet, and white sesame seeds were sprinkled on top, the aroma of the chewed sesame seeds mixed with the soup and the fresh sweetness of the pork ribs, it was He Gu The taste he likes the most, but at the moment he feels that it is really tasteless and tasteless.

Fortunately, Empress Chen seemed very relieved to see him eat, and finally she was willing to speak, saying: "What is the purpose of my palace calling Gu'er here, Gu'er should have guessed it."

He Guwen said, put down the chopsticks, the preparations he made for today will finally come in handy these days, the best way right now is probably to confess to Empress Chen in tears, after all, Empress Chen is pure, kind and soft-hearted, but It takes time for tears to brew and tears to flow. Master He Xiaohou was trying to squeeze tears, but suddenly he heard Empress Chen say: "Gu'er, don't worry, I understand."

He Gu was slightly taken aback. He really didn't understand the meaning of what Empress Chen said, and he put aside his plan to squeeze tears for a while, and said blankly, "What do you mean by what your mother said...?"

Empress Chen only looked deeply at He Gu, her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the skin, to understand He Gu's inner thoughts, and to see through all the little things in his heart.

He Gu was terrified by her look, but she heard Empress Chen slowly say: "I have gone to see Your Majesty yesterday, and found an excuse to ask His Majesty to push Heng'er to refer to the marriage for a while, even if Lin'er is married Now, I am not in a hurry to continue to arrange Heng'er's marriage, I just said that I intend to ask him to rest for his imperial sister for two years, Heng'er herself has no intention of getting married, and Heng'er's age is indeed not as good as the two of them Brother, there is nothing wrong with taking a while, His Majesty has already agreed."

When He Gu heard this, he couldn't help being stunned. He didn't realize what Empress Chen meant by this for a while, and his mind was a little dazed. He just raised his eyes and looked at her blankly, and murmured: "Your Majesty, what are you..."

Empress Chen looked at him but she didn't know why, besides kindness, there was... a little love?

Empress Chen said: "This matter... is also a mistake, it's not your fault, if you really want to say who is not... then it's all my fault, Gu'er will be confused now, and she's on the edge of her horn, she's human Naturally, Ben Gong also understands...you have been moved by true feelings, so you are so depressed in your heart, which is hard to get rid of."

He Gu heard the words, the five fingers on his knees could not help but grasp the material of the clothes little by little, and his throat began to feel a little astringent.

He Gu was silent for a while, and then said after a while: "Thank you... Thank you for your concern, but..."

But he is not digging into a dead end.

Although Empress Chen only said a few words, He Gu understood her meaning very quickly. He also knew that he really loved the Third Highness, and this love was pure. To understand, maybe whether the Third Highness is a man or a woman has never been the most important thing to him, just because the Third Highness is that person.

But how should I tell the empress about this?

He Gu felt very uncomfortable in his heart. He suddenly found that even if he could share the same heart with His Highness the Third Highness, but the relationship between the two of them was destined to be immoral. The museum belongs to the men's hall, and the young man belongs to the young man. I have never seen a man marrying a man back home to be his wife. What Second Brother Wang said is indeed true, this is not the way.

Although he recognized the Third Highness, he was determined to take this sheep farm path with him, but the reason why the path was a small path was that he could not get the understanding of his relatives, let alone that the Third Highness was a descendant of the Tian Family?

He Gu had mixed feelings in his heart, and for a moment, he felt a sense of frustration rushing straight into his heart, which he couldn't get rid of, but when he raised his head, he suddenly found——

Empress Chen has been watching him steadily.

"...Son, I just want to ask you one question, you are like Heng'er now...have you really thought it through? Heng'er is just Yu'er's younger brother, the real Yu'er...has passed away more than ten years ago , Heng'er is a man just like you, have you really thought it through?"

Empress Chen's eyes were clear, she obviously asked seriously, and she stared at him for a moment.

He Gu's mind went blank for a moment, and then he almost didn't think about it, so he replied: "Chen... I have thought it through."

After hearing this, Empress Chen stared at him for a while, she didn't seem too surprised. He Gu was overthrown, and her heart became more and more panicked. Fortunately, Empress Chen quickly looked away this time, sighed softly, Said: "I know, let's eat."

He Gu: "..."

After a lot of thinking and thinking, he didn't want to recognize Empress Chen as his mother-in-law now, and he confessed so quickly this time. Fortunately, the empress didn't seem to be angry, and I really don't know what she thinks...

He Gu took a few bites, and finally couldn't hold back and asked: "Your Majesty...don't your Majesty blame me?"

Empress Chen said, "What are you blaming?"

He Gu was silent for a while, then whispered: "...I'm the one who made the prince tired."

Empress Chen sighed when she heard the words, and said, "What stupid things are you talking about? This child is also my own son... How can I not know what kind of temperament he is? As the saying goes, a slap can't Hearing, although Heng'er usually looks reticent and upright, but for this kind of thing, if you don't love me, would it be possible for him to be coerced by you as a man?"

Empress Chen's words were almost clear, and He Gu's face turned red immediately, and he stammered for a long time without saying a word.

I thought that today I was here to be beaten by the wicked mother-in-law, but I never expected such a development...

No, the Empress has lost her sleeves to her son, isn't this also a little too fast and too easy to accept?

Why is it not the same as imagined? ?

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That night, after returning from Empress Chen's place, He Gu simply fetched water to wash, took off his clothes and fell asleep soundly.

The big rock was no longer hanging in his heart, and He Gu finally had a good night's sleep. He had no dreams all night, and when he woke up the next day, he finally didn't have two bruises under his eyes.

It's just that in the past few days, he has been sleeping on the jade of the Third Highness, but he has never had a dream. It can be seen that this jade has either lost its effect, or it is a counterfeit, and it is not his "heart". Make your wish come true."

Fortunately... now the empress knows everything, and He Gu didn't feel that Empress Chen minded that he abducted her son and broke his sleeve... Although he didn't know why the empress could see it like this, But it's not a bad thing after all, not only that, Empress Chen also asked His Majesty to postpone the engagement of the Third Highness for two years. This is naturally the best news for He Gu, at least he can go out of Beijing with peace of mind without worrying When I came back, I heard that there was Princess Ke in the palace, and her hair was green.

Today is the last day of the martial arts competition. In order to compete for the final selection spot, each arena is very bloody. Lord He Xiaohou is in a better mood, and watching the arena is much more interesting than yesterday.

There was only one strange thing, He Gu had been absent-minded for the past few days, but after finishing the match this morning, he was about to ask He Cheng to have lunch with him, only to find that He Cheng had disappeared.

Thinking about it carefully, two days ago, when it was lunch time, it seemed that he and Yan Dingye had dinner together. Without He Cheng, he didn't think much about it. He just thought it might be to meet a new friend. .

Just why is it three days in a row?

It's also this hour every day...it's quite regular.

It seems that young people are young people, no matter how stable their temperament is usually, they meet new friends, they are all in full swing, and they play so much that they don't even remember their surnames...

After the competition in the afternoon, each arena finally decided the last place to be selected. What was more unexpected was that it was the leader of the Beisantai, and Liu Jianshan was finally selected.

When He Gu found out that it was him, he was also a little surprised. Without him, this trend is completely different from his previous life. If Liu Jianshan really went to Chenghe Camp, there would be no one in Guangyue Japanese Trouble in a few years' time. Leading the army to suppress, and the Guangyue barbarian rebellion, once these things happen, what will the court do?

Not only that, if Liu Jianshan doesn't go to the Luoling camp, he won't be recruited by the Wen family. King Zhong will lose his arm in the future, so he will definitely not be able to compete with the prince. How long can it last... If the crown prince targets the Third Highness in advance, it will be a little troublesome.

However, there must be a way for a car to go to the mountain, and a straight line for a boat to reach the bridge. It is useless to worry now, so He Gu can only keep these things in his mind, and try to figure out how to solve them later.

It was getting late, and He Gu and His Highness the Third Highness hadn't seen each other very much in the past few days. When they met during the day, they just pretended to be ordinary uncles and nodded to say hello. They didn't have much contact anymore. A little greedy, he simply took the opportunity of repaying the jade and went directly to Pei Zhaoheng's Wang tent.

As soon as he arrived at the tent, he ran into a small internal official head-on. The small internal official walked away in a hurry and didn't know what he was thinking. He almost bumped into He Gu by accident. blocked.

He Gu frowned and said: "Which master are you in? Why are you so restless and don't look at the road?"

The little eunuch was startled, saw his face clearly, and quickly knelt down and said, "Oh, this servant has no eyes and bumped into Lord Hou. Is it the servant's fault? This servant kowtowed to apologize to Lord Hou."

Seeing this, He Gu hurriedly stopped him, saying: "That's all, there's no need to knock, you go on your own, be careful not to bump into others."

The little internal official hurriedly stood up, brushed off the hem of his clothes, lowered his head and said: "Yes, yes, thank you Lord Hou for your reminder, slaves will save me."

He bowed his head and walked away quickly.

He Gu looked at his leaving back, and for some reason felt a little weird in his heart, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't think of the weirdness for a moment. He was in a daze when he heard a slightly surprised whisper from behind: "He Gu Marquis?"

He Gu turned his head and saw that the person who called him was actually a small internal official, but at the moment, this small internal official, He Gu recognized, seemed to be by the emperor's side, his name was Zhai'er.

He Gu said: "Why are you here?"

Zhai'er bowed and saluted, and said: "A few days ago, His Majesty sent servants and maidservants to wait on the Third Prince's tent."

He Gu looked at the clothes on his body, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he came back to his senses, just now why did he feel that there was something wrong with the internal officer who bumped into him——

The internal officer didn't dare to look up at him the whole time, so that he could see his face, and he was dressed in the same way as Zhai'er, even the tassels hanging around his waist were the same style, his stature, fatness and thinness were about [-] to [-] percent Similar, if you are not a familiar person, just look at the back, or look at it from a distance, maybe you will get confused.

Although He Gu was usually dull, he was still framed by someone in his previous life, which made Pei Zhaoyuan list the thirteen major crimes and died a miserable death. Therefore, he suddenly became alert in his heart, and instinctively told him... that little internal official just now, Absolutely wrong!

However, when he turned around, there was no one at the end of the path left by the layers of tents. He Gu turned around and grabbed Zhai'er, and said, "You have been serving in the prince's tent these few days?"

Zhai'er was startled, and said: "Yes... yes, besides the slaves, there are two maids in the palace, but the prince doesn't allow them to enter the tent."

He Gu said: "Where did you go just now?"

Zhai'er blushed, and said: "This... I don't know what happened in the kitchen this morning. I made sweet soup. The prince usually doesn't drink this, so he gave it to the servant... Uh... Ordinarily, the servant You shouldn't be greedy, you drank too much, and you have to delay your errands, it's just...it's just that I couldn't hold back for a while, and I was greedy for a while, and I couldn't help it just now, and I went out..."

He Gu frowned, and said: "Someone has sneaked into the prince's tent, hurry up and call a few people, and look around to see if there are any internal officials with the same stature and appearance as you. Get it out!"

Zhai'er was obviously dumbfounded, and said, "Huh?"

He Gu was anxious, worried that the man had taken something from Pei Zhaoheng's tent, or found something, and was about to explain to Zhai'er, when suddenly a familiar male voice came from behind.

"No need, let him go."

He Gu was slightly taken aback, turned to look at Pei Zhaoheng, and said, "Let him go?"

Pei Zhaoheng walked up to him, looked down at him, gave a "hmm", and said in a low voice, "This king is waiting for them to come and get it."