Reborn as King again

In the morning, after waking up, I saw a familiar figure lying beside me, which made me miss it endlessly.I stretched out my hand to hug him tenderly, but after seeing his face clearly, I suddenly woke up and couldn't help laughing, I recognized the wrong person.

I realized that the person lying next to me was not He Wenliu, but Duanmuchen whom I used as a substitute.

During the three days I was thinking about Duanmuchen, I sent someone to Xinyue to tell He Wenliu that I found someone who was similar to him, and that I would pet him People, very doted on, just like I doted on him.

I thought, if He Wenliu was jealous, or cared about someone taking his place, he would appear and bow his head to me to admit his mistake, but he didn't, he still stayed in the cold palace, as if he didn't hear about it.I just realized that this trick doesn't seem to be working. I remember He Wenliu told me before that he would be jealous, but there was nothing he could do about it, so the only thing he could do was to stay in Qingluan Palace, try not to go out, and not to negotiate with others , regardless of the affairs in the palace, so that he won't hear something he doesn't want to know, which makes him feel uncomfortable.This is He Wenliu's way of survival in the harem, the four words "don't care".

I leaned sideways and observed Duanmuchen who was still asleep. The longer I got along with him, the more I had the illusion that he was He Wenliu. Although they were not exactly the same, they were [-]% similar, indifferent, quiet, Like to be in a daze, even the reaction between the beds is very similar.

Regarding the fact that I canonized Duanmuchen as the concubine of the morning, the ministers above the court had quite a few words, but they were limited to words.Anyway, I did a lot of absurd things, not to mention that in history, after the collapse of many countries, the concubines in the harem were either rewarded by the emperor of the enemy to the generals and warriors, or included in the harem by themselves, but in my case, the concubines became princes.

Giving Duanmuchen the concubine position and letting him live in the Laiyi Palace is because his status is indeed noble, the royal family of the Duanmu clan, and secondly, his status is embarrassing. He has changed from a prisoner to a concubine. Giving him a higher position is to hope that he will be a concubine. It's better to be in the harem.

I stretched out my hand and stroked Duanmuchen's eyebrows with my index finger. This is my favorite gesture when facing Duanmuchen, because his and He Wenliu's eyebrows are most similar.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh, if only He Wenliu was the person lying beside me now.

At this time, the door of the dormitory was opened, and Wan Fu led all the eunuchs in, it was time to get up.I sat up and was changed by the eunuchs.When I was changing clothes, I glanced at Duanmuchen who was still sleeping. In fact, when Duanmuchen first started sleeping, in order to please me, he forced himself to wake up with me in the morning, looking at his sleepy eyes , I let him lie down again, and I told him, don't get up so early in the morning, just go on sleeping if you want to sleep.He is very similar to He Wenliu even in this point, he wakes up very late, I don't want to break this feeling.

After changing clothes and washing up, I left the Laiyi Hall, and it was time to go to the morning court.

After Wanfu helped me sit on the imperial chariot, the chariot slowly drove towards the Golden Luan Hall.

I was sitting in the chariot, and Wanfu followed beside the chariot, and he said to this side, "Your Majesty, Su Dutong has received news this morning that the Duanmu family has all been killed..." Wanfu made a gesture of wiping his neck .

I nodded knowingly, and asked, "Did you clean it?" I don't want them to make excuses to make trouble after being discovered by the officials.

"Back to the emperor, not a single one was left alive." Wan Fu said.

"kindness."

From the very beginning, I didn't intend to let the Duanmu clan leave alive? !Letting them go is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and killing them will prevent future troubles forever.In fact, for those captives, it is better to die early than to be tortured.As for Duanmuchen, he will never know that the Duanmu clan has perished, except me, Wanfu, Su Zhongyi and a few confidantes, no one knows.

Su Zhongyi was also implicated because of Li Jishi's younger brother, just because his son Su Zhuo was Li Ji's companion. He said he was the supreme commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and he only listened to my dispatch.

As for Su Zhongyi's son Su Zhuo, he is very smart and a talent, he knows what to do and what not to do, he probably doesn't know about Li Ji's affairs, otherwise he will definitely stop him.So after Li Ji was demoted, I didn't punish him. After a while, I ordered Su Zhuo to be the companion of the Eighth Prince Li Qian. Li Qian is one year younger than Li Ji and two years younger than Su Zhuo. The difference in age is not too big, if Su Zhuo supports Li Qian well and does not have any other intentions, he will definitely make a big difference.

"Your Majesty," Wan Fu still has something to say about Su Zhongyi: "In the past few days, Grand Master Xia, Liu Guogong, and Prime Minister Jia all intend to win over Su Dutong. Look..."

Deliberate wooing is inevitable. Datong's troops are either fighting or stationed at the border. Only the Imperial Forest Army in Su Zhongyi's hands remains in the capital. It can be said that whoever Su Zhongyi stands on will have an absolute advantage.

I thought for a while and asked, "What's Su Zhongyi thinking?"

Wanfu replied: "According to reports from the people sent by the servants to monitor, Su Dutong did not approach anyone, and made it clear that everything will be followed by the emperor."

Hearing what Wanfu said, I pressed my temples. It seems that Su Zhongyi only knows how to fight and kill, and doesn't know how to be an official at all.The three families didn't try to win over Su Zhongyi before, it was because Su Zhuo was still Li Ji's companion. In their view, Su Zhongyi was on the side of the He family. Now that the He family has declined, I still use Su Zhongyi. Meaning, then the three big families don't hurry to please.

I know that Su Zhongyi is a straightforward person. Since he wants to work for me, he will definitely not seek refuge with others, but has he ever thought that if he expresses his stance so directly, he will offend all three families.Xia Taishi, Liu Guogong, Jia Chengxiang, which one is not the elder of the three dynasties, wanted to pull a person off the horse, and it turned out to be impeachment by the officials every three days.

When we arrived in front of the Jinluan Hall, Wanfu helped me out of the chariot, and before the morning, I told Wanfu: "Tell Su Zhongyi that it was my order to let him get close to Grand Master Xia."

Wanfu was stunned, he knew how much I hated the Xia family, "Your Majesty, this..."

"Do you want me to tell you why?" I asked back.

"I don't dare," Wan Fu immediately replied with trepidation: "After the morning court, the slave will go to Su Dutong."

"En." Take your time, don't worry, I will never do such absurd things as killing the Xia family without a name.

After morning court and breakfast, as usual, I went to the imperial study to revise the memorial.

When I was in the imperial study, I always asked He Wenliu to accompany me when I had nothing to do. Although it is said that the harem is not allowed to do politics and concubines are not allowed to enter if they have no important business, but He Wenliu is an exception. This is well known inside and outside the palace.

Now that He Wenliu is in the cold palace, the one who will take his place is naturally that substitute, Duanmuchen.

I sent someone to invite Duanmuchen, and after a cup of tea, Duanmuchen walked into the imperial study in a palace uniform, his expression was very unnatural, and he was very resistant.

Seeing him like that, I laughed uncontrollably: "Chen Fei, don't be nervous, I just want you to accompany me."

Duanmuchen pursed his lips, and said: "This is the Imperial Study Room..." His meaning was obvious, the Imperial Study Room is my important office, where state affairs and military secrets are all discussed, maybe there are other secrets here What about that, and his identity is the dead prince, so he shouldn't be here at all.

"It doesn't matter, come here," I waved to him, and said with a smile, "I trust you very much." Actually, it has nothing to do with trust, I just want him to accompany me like He Wenliu.

Duanmuchen hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards me, I smiled and embraced him in my arms, hugged him on my lap, then opened the memorial and started to review it.I could feel that Duanmuchen's body was almost stiff, he immediately stood up from me and took a few steps back.

"What's wrong?" I asked suspiciously.

"You are approving the memorial, the minister shouldn't be so close." You may accidentally see it.

"It's okay, didn't I say I trust you?" I smiled, "Don't be so uncomfortable, you will get used to it in the future." I remember that it was the same when He Wenliu came to the Imperial Study Room to accompany me for the first time, but he was summoned by me more often , it is not so resistant.

"..." Duanmuchen still shook his head, he knew the rules, it was unreasonable.

At this time, Wan Fu greeted him outside the door and said: "Your Majesty, General Xia sent someone to send an urgent message from [-] li, please summon me."

"Let him in," I said.

Hearing this, Duanmuchen thought about asking An to leave, "Then I will retire first." It is good to avoid important military matters.

"I just want you to accompany me, you don't have to be so defensive," I sighed and said, "Or you can sit on the soft couch, play chess, read a book, even take a nap, but you can't leave."

Duanmuchen had no choice but to walk towards the soft couch by the window.

The door of the imperial study room was opened, and a man in military uniform came rushing in. After he entered the imperial study room, he greeted me and said, "My minister Zhang Cheng, see the emperor."

"What's the rush for [-] miles?" I asked.

Zhang Cheng glanced at Duanmuchen who was lying on the soft couch, and for a moment didn't know whether to speak, after all, military secrets should not be discussed in front of concubines.

"Don't pay attention to Concubine Chen," I said, "Let's talk about the matter directly." It was the same way when He Wenliu was here before. I completely regarded him as invisible, and discussed it with the ministers as I wanted.

"Yes." Zhang Cheng took out a scroll from his pocket and offered it with both hands, "This is General Xia's order to deliver it to the emperor in a hurry."

Wanfu took the scroll from Zhang Cheng's hand, then turned around and handed it to me.

I opened the scroll and read the contents inside. I was powerful and powerful, and it was signed by Emperor Ji Ze of Yan Kingdom and sealed with a jade seal. "This is... the surrender letter?"