Reborn as King again

After the death of Concubine Jia, the harem returned to the original peaceful and peaceful period. A few months later, Jing Zhaoyi gave birth to the eighth prince in the palace, named Mu Bing.

At the beginning, when the emperor knew that Jing Zhaoyi gave birth to a prince, he was still a little disappointed. I wondered if it was because he didn’t have the fate of a daughter. The dead baby said that the daughter was the father's little padded jacket, and the emperor even dreamed of having a daughter.

But when the emperor saw Li Mubing's small face, all the small disappointments and disappointments disappeared without a trace.Ordinary newborn babies are wrinkled, blushing, and have their eyes closed, making it difficult to see why.But the newborn Li Mubing had noses as noses and eyes as eyes, which were carved from powder and jade, which instantly made the emperor's eyes meet, and the phrase "little eight" came out of his mouth involuntarily, so the palace All the concubines in the palace followed the emperor's name, and affectionately called the eighth prince Xiaoba, and even the eunuchs who asked for peace also called him His Highness Xiaoba.A few months later, Li Mubing, also known as Xiaoba, had more and more exquisite facial features. At this time, other children were all chubby, and their small arms and legs were section by section like lotus root. It was festive to see, but Xiaoba It gives people a completely different feeling. His exquisite facial features, especially those big watery eyes, always make people feel an inexplicable desire for protection. When people see him, they will hold them in their hands carefully, for fear of falling. hit.

When other princes were young, they liked soft and fragrant things, and they were always held by their mothers and concubines or nuns. The emperor is a man with a hard body, who would like children?So when the emperor hugged them, they cried and made noises. Later, when the princes grew up and became sensible, they knew the identity of the emperor. They were emperors first, and fathers second, so every time they met, they had to behave like emperors and ministers, so The relationship between the emperor and his son is not close.But the birth of Xiaoba made the emperor fully enjoy the feeling of being a father.

For some reason, Xiao Ba has a special feeling for yellow things, and just wants to play with them, so a certain person in the palace who wears bright yellow clothes every day naturally becomes Xiao Ba's object of grabbing and playing.As long as Xiao Ba saw the emperor, he would hold onto his sleeve and not let go, and he was not afraid, and smiled sweetly at the emperor, which filled the emperor's vanity as a father.After the emperor finished court every morning, he went to Jing Zhaoyi to wait for Xiaoba to wake up, and played with him for a while before going to approve memorials or work.

Later, after the early court, the emperor was entangled in some important matters, and had to go to the Imperial Study Room to discuss with the ministers.As soon as Xiao Ba saw that none of the bright yellows she was looking for to play with at the same time every day did not come today, she started to cry. No matter how Jing Zhaoyi tried to coax her, she couldn't coax her well. Then she wondered if Xiao Ba missed the emperor?So he quickly sent someone to look for the emperor, and when the emperor arrived, Xiao Ba immediately reached out to him for a hug, and Xiao Ba, who was hugged by the emperor, immediately stopped crying and rubbed his tears and snot on the emperor's dragon robe. wiped.This gave the emperor a sense of accomplishment. Look, Xiao Ba is still close to me, no matter how you coax him, he will stop crying when I come.

The first time Xiao Ba crawled away was towards the emperor. The first time Xiao Ba spoke, he called his father. The first step Xiao Ba took was supported by the emperor. Every word was taught by the emperor. It can be said that the emperor poured all his unfinished fatherly love on Xiao Ba. Obviously, Xiao Ba is the emperor's most beloved son.

Both the crown prince and the emperor's favorite sons were born of daughters of the Xia family. In this way, the Xia family squeezed out the Liu family who had previously dominated power and became the most powerful in the capital.

But Xia Lizhi is not complacent about this, the flowers are not popular for a hundred days, if he can squeeze out the Liu family today, others will be able to squeeze him out tomorrow (You are telling the truth, the future Xia family will be destroyed by the Jia family...) , he must plan ahead and make plans for the future of the Xia family, so Xia Lizhi shifted his attention to Prince Li Muyi.Li Muyi is the new emperor in the future, if he can catch his heart, the Xia family will have nothing to fear in the next few decades.

Li Muyi is almost 12 years old, and in a few years it is time to choose the crown princess. Generally speaking, in order to prevent foreign relatives from monopolizing power, it is impossible for the queen of two consecutive dynasties to come from the same family. But if this crown princess, the future queen is Li What did Mu Yi choose?What if Li Muyi really fell in love with a daughter of the Xia family?In history, there are many emperors who turned angry into beauties, so Xia Li signed a plan to send a daughter of the Xia family to the palace to be raised next to Empress Xia. At this time, Xia Zhisu, a concubine, appeared in front of him. within the field of vision.

One day, after Xia Li signed the court and returned to the mansion, the mansion was in chaos. Xia Li's only prostitute daughter was frightened by a concubine, and she is still in a coma.

After careful questioning, it turned out that this was the case. An unfavored concubine accidentally bumped into the Persian cat raised by his concubine. Sister, seeing her younger brother being bullied like this, she naturally held a grudge in her heart, so she grabbed the Persian cat at night when no one was around, disemboweled it, and quietly threw it on the bed of the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law came together in the morning, Seeing blood on the quilt and a dead cat, I screamed and fainted.But the concubine didn't hide the bloody clothes well, and was quickly arrested by the mistress, and she might die.

It is not without reason that I would rather be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine.In the countries of the Central Plains, the distinction between concubine and concubine is very obvious, especially among the nobles, the treatment is simply very different. An unfavored concubine is not as good as a high-ranking servant in the mansion.Originally, Xia Li's signature didn't intend to prevent his wife from punishing the concubine daughter, he planned to send the concubine daughter to the palace, and if the concubine daughter was scared stupid, he would punish the concubine daughter severely.

When Xia Lizhi saw the appearance of the concubine, he immediately told his wife to stop and ordered the concubine to be locked up in the firewood room first.This concubine's eyebrows are four or five points similar to Empress Xia, especially her posture of protecting her younger brother, who must retaliate, is exactly the same as Empress Xia.And this concubine is Xia Zhisu, another future Empress Xia.

Xia Zhisu's biological mother was the Huo family, an aunt who had been signed by Xia Li long ago.After Xia Li signed and sent Empress Xia to the palace, he was really sad for a while. At this time, he accidentally discovered that the Huo family who was working as a water boiler in Xia's mansion was somewhat similar to Empress Xia, so he immediately accepted Huo as his wife. Concubine, it's a pity that Mrs. Huo doesn't have the temperament that Empress Xia should have at all. Xia's divorce soon got tired of her, and she almost didn't go to Mrs. Huo's room anymore.How many people in the Xia mansion are jealous of a little girl who was originally a servant girl who turned into an aunt, so the life of the unfavored Huo family is very difficult.

When Xia Li went to Mrs. Huo's room and saw Mrs. Huo whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she couldn't help but wonder what kind of eyes she had in those days. Why did she look like Mrs. Xia, even though Mrs. Xia was three years old? She is more than ten years old, but she still has charm and enchantment, but Huo's face is sallow and skinny, she is no longer the beauty of the past, and now she is even more ill, and she may die soon.

Xia Lizhi didn't gossip with Huo Shi, just threw her a medicine bottle and said: "If you want your children to be prosperous and rich in the future, then eat it, otherwise..."

What else can the Huo family say, even if they don't eat, they will be forced. Since Xia Lizhi has said so, she can only follow suit, and only hope that Xia Lizhi can treat their children well.

Xia Lizhi will never know in his life that he forced Huo to take poison and was seen. A small figure was lying outside the door, witnessing all this through the crack of the door.

After Huo's death, Xia Li signed to find Xia Zhisu who was locked in the firewood room, and told her that her mother had run out of fuel and died.

Xia Zhisu's body trembled, his head was lowered, his hands clasped his arms tightly, holding back his tears.

Xia Li signed to Xia Zhisu's side, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Cry if you want to, dad is here."

Finally Xia Zhisu couldn't help crying.

After a long time, Xia Lizhi patted her on the back and said, "Mother is dead, have you considered your younger siblings?"

Xia Zhisu stopped crying, yes, what should brothers and sisters do?I'm still young, so I can't protect them at all.

Xia Li signed the sign and said temptingly: "Su'er, do you want to live a life of glory and wealth? Do you want to be a prostitute?"

Xia Zhisu looked at Xia Liqian suspiciously, not understanding what he meant.

Xia Li signed with a smile: "You are a good daughter of father, father will give you a chance now, let you enter the palace to become the crown prince and queen."

Enter the palace?Xia Zhisu was stunned, this was simply a fantasy for an unfavored concubine like her.

"What? Don't you want to?"

Xia Zhisu shook her head and said, "What about Rou'er and the others?" If she leaves, who will take care of her younger siblings?

After Xia Li's signature suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, father will record their names with you under the name of the mistress. From now on, you will be the legitimate sons and daughters of the Xia family. No one will bully you anymore. When Rou'er grows up, If she is willing, father will also send her to the palace, just like your two aunts."

Later, the daughter-in-law who was frightened by Xia Zhisu really went crazy in the end. She was crazy and silly all day long, and she was especially afraid of cats. Those who are most afraid of rat poison, after eating rat poison, the cat will not come. The next day, the real daughter of the Xia Mansion accidentally ate rat poison and died. No one suspected it.So Xia Zhirou and Xia Zhisu became the only second daughters of the Xia family.

Xia Li signed and asked the nuns to dress up Xia Zhisu well, and then brought Xia Zhisu into the palace to meet the queen.

When Xia Zhisu saw Empress Xia's appearance, she couldn't understand more clearly. Her own mother Huo Shi, who was bullied by others and suffered from long illness but was still waiting for her father in the room, was just the most noble woman in Datong. just a substitute.

Xia Li signed and sent outsiders to secretly tell Empress Xia that after she entered the palace, she met Xia Zhisu's mother Huo Shi, and because she saw that she looked similar to Empress Xia, she took her into the house and gave birth to her daughter Xia Zhisu. Still in the name of the mistress.Huo's family died recently, he loves this Xia Zhisu very much, but the man should not meddle in the affairs of the rear house, he is afraid that his daughter will be bullied without the protection of her birth mother, so he asked if he could send his daughter to the palace to be with Empress Xia.

Although it happened many years ago, Empress Xia still remembered their relationship, and Xia Zhisu lost her mother at a very young age. If there are too many, I will find another palace to live in. Now raise a little girl as a companion.So Empress Xia agreed.

In this way, Xia Zhisu, who was only eight years old, entered the palace to accompany Empress Xia. Xia Lizhi had been instilling in her a thought that the prince would fall in love with you, and you would definitely become the princess and queen.

Empress Xia doesn't have a daughter, so she treats Xia Zhisu who looks similar to her very well, almost treating her like her own daughter.Xia Zhisu tried her best to please Empress Xia in order to be a princess and to make her younger siblings live a better life.

By the way, the crown prince Li Muyi is a filial lord, and he goes to Fengyi Palace to greet Empress Xia almost every day, so Xia Zhisu has many opportunities to see Li Muyi.Xia Zhisu tried every means to make Li Muyi pay attention to her existence, but unfortunately Li Muyi only regarded Xia Zhisu as an ordinary little cousin.Xia Zhisu secretly observed Li Muyi for a long time, and found that he is a very gentle person, with a maturity that does not match his age, gentle and refined, who greets everyone with a smile, but keeps a distance from him invisibly, only When facing his real brother or his companion, he will show a childlike and innocent smile.

But Xia Zhisu didn't give up. Now that they are still young, one day, he will notice her existence and become his concubine, his queen.

Xiao Ba gradually grew up under the pampering of everyone, carefree, as the emperor's favorite prince, enjoying all the glory, when he grows up, he wants to go to feudal land, the emperor will allocate a piece of fertile land for him, and wants to stay in the capital for leisure Wang, the emperor also prepared the best royal food for him. All in all, he should be the purest and happiest prince in the Datong Dynasty, but as a member of the royal family, can he really be pure and happy to the end?Sometimes the more harmless a person is on the surface, the darker his heart is.

When Xiao Ba was almost two years old, he could talk and run, but was teased by that little troublemaker Li Mujing, and he also had a tendency to develop into a troublemaker, running around in the palace every day, wanting to play with everything he saw.But after all, he was too young, and after going out, a large group of people waited on him, for fear that something might happen.

One day, Xiao Ba ran out to wander around again, and ran to Nanling Gate to see what was interesting there. He took advantage of Jing Zhaoyi not paying attention, so he was a little anxious, no, he hadn’t reached Nanling Gate yet , accidentally lost his footing and fell over.

A child must cry when he falls, and Xiao Ba is no exception. Sitting on the ground, he burst into tears, and the two eunuchs who followed him secretly cried out. His Highness Xiao Ba has been raised by the emperor. If you cry, no one else can coax you except Jing Zhaoyi or the emperor.

There is no hurry, a little eunuch ran back to find Jing Zhaoyi, and another little eunuch coaxed him first, no matter if it was useful or not, just don’t make this little ancestor cry more.

The cry of the child disturbed the guards guarding the Nanling Gate, so they sent a guard to check, and saw a child in gorgeous clothes sitting on the ground crying, and the little eunuch next to him was about to cry too.

The guard is a newcomer, and he doesn't recognize the child in front of him as the Eighth Prince.He stepped forward, picked up Xiao Ba with one hand, patted the dust off his body and said, "How can a boy cry."

The little eunuch next to him was frightened by the guard's actions, and it took him a long time to utter two words: "Bold!"

The guard ignored the little eunuch at all, seeing that Xiao Ba was still crying, he took out a small oil bag from his arms, opened the oil paper and coaxed, "Don't cry, uncle has pine nut candy here, if you don't cry, I'll give you candy eat."

Children always like candies. Seeing that there are candies to eat, but he has never seen them before, Xiao Ba immediately stopped crying and murmured: "I want candy..." He opened his mouth and didn't grow all his teeth. small mouth.

The guard smiled, and threw a pine nut candy into Xiao Ba's mouth.

Xiao Ba felt sweet and greasy in his mouth, it was delicious, and then he looked at the guard with admiration, and made a decision in his heart, okay, I won’t cry when he comes to coax me in the future (Xiao Ba , so you did it on purpose...).

Not long after Xiaoba was coaxed, Jing Zhaoyi arrived, "Xiaoba."

As soon as Xiao Ba heard that it was the concubine mother calling him, he turned around and saw Jing Zhaoyi and ran towards her, tugging at the hem of her skirt to hug her: "Concubine mother~"

Jing Zhaoyi was amused by her coquettish son, squatted down and picked up Xiao Ba, looked at the tears on his face, and said with a smile, "Didn't you cry just now? Who coaxed you?"

Xiao Ba showed a big smile, pointed to the guard in front of him and said, "That uncle will give Erchen some sweets~"

Jing Zhaoyi looked along Xiao Ba's small hand, but saw the person she least wanted to see in this life!That guard was the one Jing Zhaoyi wanted to elope with, Zhang Dan!

The sheet was also stunned at this time, what did the child call her just now?Mother concubine? !How did she enter the palace? !

It is said that Zhang Dan has been depressed for a long time since Jing Zhaoyi disappeared. He didn't understand why no one showed up when he clearly agreed to leave together.But he is not Jing Zhaoyi, someone supports him, and he wants to live, so he puts away the unhappiness in his heart and continues to be his little clerk.The head of the yacha had a good relationship with him, so he gave him a back door and entered the palace as a servant. Although he was a third-class bodyguard, his salary was a little more, and with Zhang Dan's talent, he would be promoted sooner or later. No, Zhang Dan entered the palace Later, he was sent to guard the Nanling Gate.

Jing Zhaoyi stared blankly at Zhang Dan, his mind went blank, he didn't understand why this person appeared again, could it be that the remaining feelings are still there!

At this moment, the eunuch behind Jing Zhaoyi made a voice: "Bold! A mere third-class guard dares to look at Lady Zhaoyi!"

Only then did Zhang Dan come to his senses, knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty: "I deserve death for the crime of humble duty, please forgive me, Empress Zhaoyi!"

When Jing Zhaoyi heard Zhang Dan's words, "Ms. Zhaoyi", she was a little unsteady, but thanks to the support of the maid beside her, Jing Zhaoyi didn't dare, and didn't want to see Zhang Dan's face again, so she turned her head and left.

After Jing Zhaoyi left, Zhang Dan easily inquired about the identity of this Empress Zhaoyi from the guards. It turned out that Jing Zhaoyi was the queen's sister, who had a son for the emperor, and was also a talented woman. Very much loved by the emperor and empress.

Zhang Dan sneered in his heart. He thought that Xia Jing was sincere to him and was willing to live a hard life with him, but he didn't expect that she still couldn't let go of her glory and wealth. Her original sincerity was all regarded as a dog's lung by her, but she still couldn't forget her , now it's time to give up.

Jing Zhaoyi decided to swear not to step into the Nanling Gate in the future, and Zhang Dan also planned to forget Jing Zhaoyi, but how could Xiaoba understand this kind of love between adults, he only knew that the guard uncle gave him delicious pine nut candies , and he still wants to eat.

In this way, Xiao Ba often went to Nanlingmen to look for Zhang Dan. In fact, Zhang Dan was very reluctant to see Xiao Ba. In his view, Xiao Ba's existence was the most powerful evidence that Jing Zhaoyi betrayed him, but Xiao Ba was Prince, I can't wait to see you, and every time Xiao Ba's beautiful face and pitiful eyes make Zhang Dan really uneasy, so he reluctantly buys some folk snacks every time he enters the palace, like pine nuts Sugar, plum meat, ice cream and so on, so every time Xiao Ba goes to play with Zhang Dan, his little stomach can always get the greatest satisfaction.

After more than ten days like this, Jing Zhaoyi noticed a change in Xiaoba. He used to eat up all the snacks on the plate every time, but recently he didn't touch it, so he asked Xiaoba if he felt uncomfortable.

Xiaoba smiled and said, "I'm fine, it's because the guard uncle brings a lot of food to my son from outside the palace every time, not only pine nut candy~"

You don't need to think about who the guard uncle is. Jing Zhaoyi panicked and rushed towards Nanling Gate after hearing this. What exactly is Zhang Dan thinking? !It's fine to provoke her back then, why come to provoke my son now!

When they arrived at the Nanling Gate, Jing Zhaoyi asked the outsiders to retreat first, leaving her and Zhang Dan alone, and then said straight to the point: "Zhang Dan, you should have known when you abandoned me back then. You still have to pester my son!"

Due to his current status, Zhang Dan couldn't do anything wrong, he just lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid of a lowly position, I don't understand what you mean, Mrs. Zhaoyi."

"Stop playing with me in an official tone!" Jing Zhaoyi spread out the things of the year and said: "You clearly promised me to take me away, and I waited for you under the Nanmen Bridge on the night of the fourth day of April. You didn't come all night, and now you still have the nerve to stand in front of me!"

Without even thinking about it, Zhang Dan blurted out: "Isn't it under the locust tree at the north gate?"

"Under the locust tree! You still want to lie to me!" Jing Zhaoyi blushed anxiously. After so many years, does Zhang Dan still think she is as stupid as before? !

"I...I didn't lie to you." Zhang Dan hastily explained, and then he took out a folded and yellowed paper from his arms and said, "This is the letter you wrote to me back then, and I always carry it with you." by your side."

Jing Zhaoyi took the letter tremblingly, opened it, and there was only a short line written on it, "On the fourth day of April, at Zishi, under the locust tree at the north gate, take me away."

"Take me away." This was Jing Zhaoyi's wish back then. Although it was in her handwriting, she never wrote this letter. Who did it? !

Jing Zhaoyi burst into tears: "No! This is not written by Bengong. I really went to wait for you back then. It should be under the Nanmen Bridge. You believe in Bengong."

Zhang Dan took a step back, smiled wryly and said, "Is there any point in saying it now?"

Yeah, does it still make sense?Three days have passed since they agreed on the fourth day of April, and things have changed.

Jing Zhaoyi quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with a brocade handkerchief, and said, "You are right, I was too excited just now, please forgive me, Guard Zhang."

"Where, Madam Zhaoyi, please take care of yourself."

Some people, some things, missed is missed, no one can go back to the past, can not forgive, can not make up.

Although what happened back then is irreversible, Jing Zhaoyi doesn't want to live in ignorance, she must find out what happened and who betrayed her.The first person that comes to mind is Xiao Miao, the maid who has served her since she was a child, and she sent the letter back then!

Jing Zhaoyi called Xiao Miao to her and asked, "Back then, I asked you to deliver a letter to Zhang Dan, did you deliver it?"

Xiao Miao was startled, why did Jing Zhaoyi suddenly ask about this matter, this matter is a taboo, few people know about it, Xiao Miao said with a smile: "Miss Zhaoyi, don't mention this matter, in case To be heard by those who care..."

Before Xiao Miao could finish speaking, Jing Zhaoyi slapped the table hard, and said sharply, "Don't change the subject for Ben Gong, you don't want to talk about it, do you? The prison guards came in and issued an order: "Pull this lowly servant girl down, and die with a stick!"

"Ms. Zhaoyi, please forgive me!" Xiao Miao cried out inwardly. I am afraid that Jing Zhaoyi knew about the past, but she had no choice. The letters were sent out separately to make Jing Zhaoyi give up and enter the palace obediently.In fact, Xiao Miao didn't want to betray Jing Zhaoyi, but she was just a little girl, and the whole family's deed of sale was in Xia Lizhi's hands, so she couldn't do without Xia Lizhi!

Listening to Xiao Miao's narration of her misunderstanding with Zhang Dan and Xia Li's instigation, Jing Zhaoyi turned pale. How could this happen?She regards Xia Lizhi as her own brother. For Xia Lizhi, and for the Xia family, she has given the emperor a lot of pillow talk, but Xia Lizhi sacrificed her happiness and love and used her like a chess piece. !

Xiao Miao cried and said: "Miss Zhaoyi, I don't want to betray you, but although I have a low life, I want to live a clean life, but the master said that if I don't do it, I will sell you to a brothel. If you sell your servant's younger brother to the small hall, there is nothing you can do about it! I beg your wife, Zhaoyi, to see that this servant has been with you since childhood, please spare this servant's life!"

Jing Zhaoyi felt that her headache was about to burst, the person she trusted the most in this world besides Empress Xia was Xiao Miao, but she didn't expect that Xiao Miao and her were not in the same heart a long time ago, or never were in the same heart, She was just the eyeliner that Xia Lizhi arranged by her side.Jing Zhaoyi's body was a little shaky: "You go down first."

Seeing her pale face, Xiao Miao knew something was wrong, and wanted to reach out to support her, but Jing Zhaoyi sternly avoided her: "I told you to get out, didn't you hear?!"

"Yes." Xiao Miao was extremely wronged.

After thinking about it after leaving Jing Zhaoyi's house, Xiao Miao still plans to tell Xia Lizhi about this matter, after all, the lives of her whole family are in Xia Lizhi's hands.

After Xia Li signed the news, the first thing he did was to ask people to inquire about Zhang Dan's whereabouts. He wanted to kill people to silence him, but he didn't expect that Zhang Dan had already entered the palace as a guard.Xia Lizhi secretly complained about this, and there are records in the palace when he enters the palace. If anyone is dead or injured, the palace will send someone to investigate thoroughly. If he is found out, it will be bad. Do it yourself, it seems that you have to use others.

So Xia Li signed and asked Xia Zhisu to bring Empress Xia a message, just one sentence, "The poor boy Zhang Dan who abandoned your sister back then has entered the palace as a servant."

When Empress Xia heard this, she was fine!If someone finds out, it's over. The rumors in the harem can turn black into white, and nothing into something. It's fine if this sheet hurt her sister once, but will it hurt her again? !So Empress Xia, who was completely unaware of the misunderstanding between Jing Zhaoyi and Zhang Dan, immediately ordered Zhang Dan to be killed without even giving him a reason.

That's it, poor Zhang Dan didn't even have a reason to die!