Fake concubine, real queen

Early winter is coming, it should be withered leaves and everything is bleak, but this place is the garden of the emperor, so naturally there will be no dilapidated scene like other places. The internal officials are diligent and meticulous in cleaning. In fact, it is difficult to find even half a fallen leaf. .

But the more this is the case, this clean and lonely atmosphere, against the silence between the father and son at this moment, where no one speaks and the silence is so frightening, it makes people feel more and more sad. The way the prince looked at Junfu , I felt almost lost my voice in my throat for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to have made up his mind, and finally kowtowed heavily, watching the emperor whisper a few names.

The emperor was silent for a while, seemingly thoughtful, but he didn't seem to respond at all. He just ran his fingers along the crown of the prince's hair twice, but he didn't speak.

The prince didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but he felt a little comfort and warmth from these two touches, and he couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

The emperor said: "I know, Yuan'er go back first, let me think about it."

The prince paused, and said: "They... and uncle..."

The emperor said: "I know everything, you don't need to say more, go back."

So Pei Zhaoyuan didn't dare to pester him anymore, even though he was still a little uncertain, he still retreated.

After he left, Zhai'er did not come back. This time it was Wang Zhonglu who came back. The old servant held a small broom, bowed in front of the emperor, and said: "His Royal Highness has returned, and this old servant is your Majesty's servant." The flowers sweep the soil."

Hearing this, the emperor backed away half a step. While watching Wang Zhonglu sweep up the broken soil spilled from the flower bed, he remained silent and didn't know what he was thinking.

When he reacted like this, a bad premonition suddenly rose in Wang Zhonglu's heart. He had served the emperor for many years, and he could tell something was wrong just by looking at the emperor's eyes. He immediately held his breath, and became more afraid to make a sound.

But the emperor was still furious.

The emperor, who could finally see the obvious signs of aging, suddenly frowned and folded off the branches and leaves of the plant that he had carefully dug and cared for just now, and fell to the ground hard, angrily said in a low voice: "Unfilial! Unfilial!" !"

The flowers and leaves were instantly smashed and scattered, and the stems and leaves bounced on the ground due to a sudden force, and finally hung down feebly.

Wang Zhonglu immediately threw the broom to the side, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down."

The emperor was obviously out of breath, his chest was heaving back and forth quickly, his footsteps were really a little unsteady this time, seeing this, Wang Zhonglu quickly knelt down and walked up to the emperor, letting him half-bend to hold his shoulders As a support, his head was hanging down, and he did not hesitate to move. Obviously, he was already prepared and thought about doing this.

The emperor put his hands on his shoulders, panted for a long time, then looked down at him, and said in a low voice: "...Old man, you guessed that I was going to get angry, so you told your little apprentice to go down on purpose, didn't you? You should be nice..."

Wang Zhonglu bowed his head and said: "The old slave is also afraid that this thing is clumsy, has no eyesight, and if it makes His Majesty even more unhappy, it will be bad."

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "Where can he make me unhappy, the only ones who can make me unhappy...there are only... these unworthy sons of mine."

In the past, whenever the emperor mentioned matters such as government affairs and the reserve position, Wang Zhonglu always played Tai Chi with the mud and never mixed the answer, so as to avoid expressing his attitude and causing the emperor to be paranoid. The angry prince said something nice and said in a low voice: "Your Highness is still young, why should His Majesty hurt himself by making himself angry? Your Majesty only had a day of comfort, and you are so angry, old slave It’s also worrying to watch.”

The emperor said: "...I am not angry for him, I regret for him and feel pity for him."

Wang Zhonglu finally caught the emperor's words. Even though he had already guessed and was sure about it, his heart was still shocked. Even though he was always deep in the city, his emotions and anger were invisible, his shoulders and back were still slightly stiff. stiff.

Fortunately, the emperor did not notice.

Without him, the emperor is also in a trance.

He looked at the empty courtyard, his eyes drifted a little, and his murmur was so low that only he could hear it.

"Since you still want to fool me...so unfilial...don't blame me for being unkind."

However, at this moment, the prince who had just left the palace did not know that his father had changed his mind about him——

After leaving the Lanzheng Palace, Pei Zhaoyuan didn't go back to the East Palace at all, but left the palace directly. The carriages and horses had already been prepared in front of the palace gate, and when he got into the carriage, he saw Yue Huaimin who looked a little nervous.

As soon as Yue Huaimin saw the prince getting into the car, his expression immediately became solemn, and he quickly whispered: "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

The prince sat down, his hands were slightly fisted on his knees, his eyes were downcast, Yue Huaimin couldn't see his expression for a while, and his heart became more and more anxious. He was about to ask again, but the prince suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him.

"After I said a few words at the beginning, Gu Ben thought that...the father was not angry, and his heart had never gone astray, but I realized later...Gu is really too naive."

The prince's voice was obviously toneless, but it made people feel a little chill after hearing it.

Yue Huaimin paused for a moment, then suddenly changed his expression and said, "Could it be, Your Majesty..."

The prince snorted coldly, and said: "Father still treats Gu as a teenage boy, thinking that if you talk about father and son and brotherly love, Gu will get hot-headed and explain everything to him."

Yue Huaimin was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then his pupils shrank violently, and said: "Your Highness, since the emperor asked, if you don't say it, it will be a rage?"

The prince said indifferently: "Half-true, half-false, false and true, the emperor wants to play Tai Chi with Gu, and Gu will accompany him to the end."

Yue Huaimin said: "But since Your Majesty asked the question in the open, this..."

The prince said: "Everyone knows."

After a pause, he said again: "...So we can't delay any longer, the night is long and the dream is full, I'm afraid something will change."

Yue Huaimin's breathing suddenly became short of breath, and he lowered his voice after a long while and said, "Your Highness... you have to think about it... this time, you can't turn back."

But the crown prince suddenly raised his head, his eyes were filled with water at some point, his brows had been lowered just now, so he didn't notice it, at this moment Yue Huaimin realized that His Highness had actually cried.

He was a little surprised, because the prince has been a prince since he was a child, he was regarded as the heir of the Eastern Palace, and he was raised and raised as an irreplaceable and important country. He has always been dignified and calm, and he is unusually good Self-restraint, his face is always full of spring breeze and rain, not revealing the slightest emotion in his heart, Yue Huaimin always feels that he is the real Taishan collapsed before and does not change his improvement——

He and the prince grew up together, and they had a close relationship with each other, but this is the first time seeing him with red eyes, showing his emotions like this.

The prince didn't wipe the water from the corners of his eyes, but just raised his head and blinked his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, as if he was smiling, but he was a little sarcastic when he looked at it.

He whispered: "Father...how did you talk about brotherhood with Gu, and how did you use the seven kings of the Pei family to persuade Gu during the Taizu period? I really don't know what the origin of Emperor Taizu was? Born from a lowly concubine, how much wronged I suffered from these brothers when I was young, and how much resentment I had in my heart, if not, how could I hang my head on my trouser belt in the future, risking my life to gamble? , elated? The later crowning those seven people as kings is nothing more than Taizu's stubbornness in his later years, so he had to soften his heart and accept this anger."

"...but this kind of evil spirit, at that time Emperor Taizu had proclaimed himself emperor and was rich in the world, he suffered because he didn't mind, if Gu Ruo was still soft-hearted, but wanted to have nothing, why did Gu suffer?"

"Gu will not listen to stories about brotherly love and seven kings assisting the government. How much effort did Emperor Gaozu spend to clean up these vassal kings? If the father didn't clean up the uncles back then, how can he do it now? To get this position, one person is under one person and above ten thousand people?"

"Father himself never believed in the so-called truth, let alone practiced it himself, but he used it to teach Gu. In the final analysis, it is just that Father's heart has been biased!"

As soon as the crown prince finished speaking, Yue Huaimin, who was sitting in the same carriage, changed his expression, and said in horror, "Your Highness, be careful with your words!"

Although there are only the two of them in the car at the moment, there is a groom in front of them. Once His Highness's shocking words are spread, will it be worth it?

However, Pei Zhaoyuan just closed his eyes and smiled lightly, and said, "What is there to be afraid of Gu?"

"Gu and father... have long known each other."

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Ke Wangfu.

It was almost noon, and the sun was high. Fortunately, the weather in November was not too hot. Even if we were basking in the sun for a long time, it was still not too hard.

The steward counted the outfits, and personally directed the servants and servants to pack and pack their things. This palace is not very big at all, and it is bustling with people coming and going at the moment.

There is only one master in the palace, and His Royal Highness King Ke is the sky of the palace. Now that the prince has received the decree, he is going to go to the north to do business. I don’t know how long he will be busy. The north is not as rich and rich as the south. Naturally, the more and more complete things you have, the better.

In fact, this steward has not been in the palace for a long time. Although he is a steward in his name, His Royal Highness is too diligent. When the court affairs are busy, he can spend all day in the yamen, and he will not come back overnight. It is hard to do. After finishing the errands, I can take a rest once in a while, and I still have to go to the princess' mansion, so the manager has never seen the prince a few times, and it is even more difficult to get a chance to show his face in front of him once on an errand.

Naturally, he is very concerned right now.

Pei Zhaoheng woke up, waited for the servant to change his clothes and wash his clothes, and when he walked out, he saw such a busy scene in the palace.

Seeing the prince coming out, the steward hurriedly came forward, took out a list from his cuff and handed it over, lowered his eyebrows and said with a smile on his face: "Look, prince, these things are still enough, do you want to buy something more?" ?”

Pei Zhaoheng took the list, glanced at it hastily, and handed it back. He said with a faint "hmm", "That's enough, there is no need to add any more."

Seeing that he was satisfied, the steward was overjoyed, took the list back and was about to turn around, but was stopped by His Royal Highness Ke.

"and many more."

The steward was a little dazed, and said, "My lord...but what else do you want?"

Pei Zhaoheng said: "...Cook, bring it here."

Suddenly, Monk Zhang Er was puzzled by the matter, but for a moment he suddenly remembered that when His Majesty just ordered the prince to go to Beidi, the prince seemed to have asked them to find a cook, and the request was very strange. Barbecued pork in honey sauce and sauced elbow, at least must be one of the best tastes in Gyeonggi——

But the prince usually doesn't like to eat sweets, does he?

The steward said: "But the sweet cook that the prince ordered to find earlier?"

Pei Zhaoheng let out a "hmm".

……

Since Zihuan went to the Kunqiong Mountain camp, there was only one letter, which was quite sloppy. During the period, he arranged a meal for the general Zhou who invited him to dinner, and ridiculed a bad meal. , There was not half of the dishes on the table that would make him want to pick up the second chopsticks, and in the end he only took two bites of the meal.

Before Zihuan left, Pei Zhaoheng felt that his appetite was not good for some reason, at least it was not as good as before, and he didn't know what was wrong. There is an excuse to picky eaters...

People are eighteen, but their minds are still a child.

This always seems to be the case with subrings.

...Even in those strange dreams that Pei Zhaoheng had recently, which seemed to be not completely traceless, it was the same.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhaoheng felt a little dazed.

Maybe it's because he's really tired these days, maybe it's because he's tired, and he's thinking about it. Whenever he closes his eyes and rests his mind, he always sees some weird images in his mind, and without exception, they are all related to Zihuan.

It's just a momentary reverie and hallucination, but when I fall asleep at night, it starts to become full of He Zihuan.

It's just that dreams are longer and more real than those images that suddenly appear in front of you when you close your eyes, and sometimes they are so real that they can make people forget that he is in a dream.

Zihuan in the dream is in various poses and with different expressions, except for the glimpse of He Zihuan on the long street when they first met, that He Zihuan with well-defined eyebrows and facial features that are unique to teenagers, which set off a bit of straightforwardness and bluntness...

There are many other appearances.

Moreover, Pei Zhaoheng had clearly never seen those scenes in the dream, but felt strangely familiar.

One of the places is the screen behind the throne of Chongwen Hall——

Pei Zhaoheng's ability to recognize there is also due to his marriage with He Gu when he was the "Eldest Princess". At that time, he walked out from behind the screen of Yingluan Hall, worshiped the heaven and earth, the emperor and queen, and married He Gu. for couples.

The screen in the dream is different from Yingluan Hall, the apse is a bit bigger, such a regulated palace can only be found in the Chongwen Hall of the Baiguan Court Meeting. These days, Pei Zhaoheng has never missed a court meeting, so he naturally recognizes the style of the decoration.

However, in such a solemn place where there is no room for jokes, he and Zihuan were actually in this place in the dream, separated by a screen, in front of all civil and military officials——

Ever since he could remember, Pei Zhaoheng had been wanting less and thinking less, but now, it was the first time he had such a dream.

... Fortunately, this kind of thing is not the whole of the dream. This dream also has other contents, but those contents are not very pleasant.

It's okay to be unhappy in the dream, the person who made people unhappy actually left the dream, and quickly found Ke Wang's mansion.

The prince came with the eldest son of the Yue family, and also pulled two or three carts of things, and said that King Ke would bring them with him when he left.

Although Pei Zhaoheng knew that this eldest brother was far from his usual temperament, and also knew that he had harmed Empress Chen, and even the death of the imperial sister was probably related to his aunt, but when the brothers met, they never showed any resentment , and didn't mention these things at all, just pretending to be completely unaware——

But at this moment, he saw his eldest brother's face that he was used to seeing in the past, always gentle and smiling face——

For some reason, the face in sight suddenly changed its expression and shape strangely. It was no longer so smiling and inquisitive, and only ten percent of it was mad, angry, and undisguised. hate.

He stared at himself, roaring and roaring, his hair was disheveled, disheveled and embarrassed, he no longer looked like that handsome nobleman, but instead looked like a jackal in distress.

……

"You seek to usurp the throne, kill the king and brothers, and commit treason. Even if you sit on the throne, it is not justified. Do you think you will be able to sit in this position and sit securely? Let me tell you, you are dreaming , I will not write an imperial edict for you, I will never write... I will never..."

"Brother doesn't want to write, so don't write."

"You... you are not afraid that in the future, someone will say that you... say that your throne is not right, and you are not afraid of others' rebellion? You are not afraid..."

"Eldest brother killed Zhongliang and believed in traitors. Why did my mother hurt you? Did Wen Guifei hurt you? How did Lord Qian and Lord Lu hurt you? Even when my second brother fights with you, he has always been upright, upright, and has never played against you. The elder brother was able to kill them all with vicious means, and he also killed the second elder brother’s wife and children, even his own nephew, the elder brother has lost his conscience, the law of heaven does not allow it, you are not afraid, why should I be afraid?"

……

This argument appeared in Pei Zhaoheng's mind very clearly at this moment, but there was only such a paragraph, and when he wanted to continue thinking about it, he only felt a splitting headache.

And the distorted face of the prince in front of him gradually returned to his real appearance——

The spring breeze transforms the rain, the corners of the lips are slightly curved, personable, friendly and generous.

"...Third brother, I have to work hard for you again. You used to be the most afraid of the cold. Although you are better now, but the coldness in the north, you should also pay attention to it. Don't burn your body."

"Brother has prepared some things for you. Although they are not rich and thoughtful, there is more than enough food for you to spend all the way. You don't have to refuse."

The prince smiled and said earnestly.

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In a blink of an eye, it was already December.

The weather is getting colder, and He Gu's sleepiness is getting more and more. Fortunately, the Kunqiong Mountain camp is busy with errands, and there is no need to work non-stop for a month to transport food. Usually, after the four or five days of busy work, there will be at least ten people. The leisure of the day.

So Master He Xiaohou covered his head and quilt in the tent, and fell asleep soundly, not knowing what night it was.

Except for getting up every morning and staring at the little men and horses under him, the drills are not very grand, and the rest of the time is back in the camp, either eating or sleeping, and the appetite has gradually improved. It was like another Lord He Xiaohou.

He himself didn't feel anything, Zhengye looked at it, thinking of Miss Riyan's words in his heart, but he only became more suspicious.

It is true that his Lord Marquis is a man... But in recent days, this appearance is very strange.

Could it be...or just in case...in case...what Miss Yan said is not nonsense, but true?

But I really thought so, and look at Lord Hou these days, such meat and vegetables are not taboo, and they are transporting food and practicing, and there is no shortage of drinking and riding horses. What kind of iron-clad "children" must be tossed like this, Still safe and sound, just let him eat more and sleep more?

The more Masayoshi thinks about it, the more he feels like it, the more he feels like it, the more worried he is——

Although it is shocking for a man to give birth to a child, it is not unprecedented. For example, the emperor Gaozu and his male empress had a son, but people talked about it very much.

Moreover, in Miss Yan's book, the story of "Brother" is written so vividly. The girl has superb medical skills and a kind heart like a Bodhisattva. Almost everyone who comes to her for medical treatment will come to her. What she has seen and heard is not comparable to ordinary people. That's it, Miss Yan can still write such a book, and asserts that Master Hou is a happy pulse, which means that Miss Yan has seen the same situation, and she may be very sure in her heart!

If this is the case...then Hou Ye's stomach is not...

Zhengye was heartbroken, and he didn't dare to show it in front of He Gu, for fear of offending him, so he could only inquire in private, and then quietly took advantage of the rest day to go to the small book in Yangxi Town to look for Emperor Gaozu. The story of how he and the male queen had a son——

He was actually found by him!

Not only did I look for it, but I also wrote it with a nose and eyes, and the more I looked at it, the more it seemed real.

So Zhengye gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, he would rather believe what he had or not, and let Hou Ye run away. He is the last line of defense beside Hou Ye. What are the three long and short grains——

Don't regret it in the future?

……

He Gu soon discovered that he suddenly added a lot of dishes to his daily diet, and he did it with great care, changing the pattern every day so that it was almost the same.

...There is only one person who would do such a thing.

But as long as He Xiaohou became a little suspicious and looked back at Zhengye, Zhengye would definitely look away, pretending to have nothing to do to look around.

He Gu: "..."

In fact, Master He Xiaohou has also discovered that recently his appetite has been getting bigger and bigger, and his appetite is also increasing. He smells oily water and meat, but he always feels like throwing up——

It is indeed abnormal.

Not only that, the originally clear and clear abdominal muscle lines started to become increasingly blurred after less than a month of effort.

He didn't eat too much either... right!

... The self-deception of escaping from reality finally came to an end. Master He Xiaohou didn't hold back, and finally rushed to take a rest on a certain day, and went to Yan Zhiya's small medical clinic for another trip.

This time Miss Yan was much more determined, and after taking his pulse, she picked up a pen and wrote a large page.

He Gu looked at the dazzled page of the masterpiece written by Miss Yan, and suddenly felt a headache, and said: "...What is this?"

Yan Zhiya held up the prescription, blew on the ink that was still dry, and said after finishing the work: "Actually... this matter... believe it or not, it's all up to Lord Hou, and whether you drink this prescription... It's all up to Lord Hou... ...If Master Hou doesn't believe it and doesn't drink it, then..."

He Gu interjected in a low voice, and asked, "So what kind of medicine is this..."

Yan Zhiya was silent for only a short moment, and then answered three words in a snappy way——

"...Antibiotics."

He Gu and Zhengye: "..."