Reborn as King again

Originally, he wanted to expose the matter of surrendering the letter, but unexpectedly the next morning, Liu Guogong went out and asked about Zhang Cheng's eight-hundred-mile urgent item brought back from the Dayan border.

Liu Guogong said: "Your Majesty, did something go wrong during the war?"

I have to sigh with emotion, this Liu Guogong's news is quite well-informed, I tried to cover it up as much as possible, but he can still detect it.

"No problem, no big deal."

However, Liu Guogong still refused to let go and said: "Your Majesty, war is a big event, not to mention the urgent matter of eight hundred miles. Instead of worrying about yourself, you might as well speak out and let the humble ministers share your worries."

Liu Guogong seemed to want to know the contents of the dispatch.But the surrender of the letter must be concealed, so I made up a lie and said: "It's the end of the year, General Xia just asked if I can stay here first, and wait until next spring, when I start an attack, Liu Guogong, what do you think of this kind of thing?" Will it bother me?"

I thought about sending Liu Guogong away like this, but Liu Guogong's expression told me that he didn't believe it, but he couldn't say anything more.

******

A few days later, there was a heavy snowfall in the capital, and the whiteness of the palace was considered a beautiful sight.Although the weather is cold, I still came to the imperial garden for a walk.

I picked out places that were not cleaned and walked on the snow, making creaking noises, when I suddenly saw a few people on the gazebo not far away, and I took a closer look, and it turned out to be Jia Wanru and the maids serving her.

So I walked over quietly, and when I got closer, I saw that the palace maid Taohong seemed to be saying something to Jia Wanru in a very secret way. I wanted to scare her, so I suddenly said, "Concubine Wan."

As soon as I made such a sound, Jia Wanru was really frightened, and even the maids around her turned pale and immediately knelt on the ground.

I walked up to the gazebo and saw that Jia Wanru was cooking wine, I smiled and said, "Drinking wine while enjoying the snow scenery, Concubine Wan is really in a good mood, I wonder if I can ask you for a glass of wine?"

"What is the emperor saying? It's too late for my concubine to be happy." Jia Wanru greeted me with a quick smile, pulled me to sit down, then poured me a glass of wine, and handed it to me, "The emperor has a drink first." , Warm your stomach."

I took the glass and drank it down.I was thinking of chatting with Jia Wanru or something, but seeing that the faces of the maids in the gazebo hadn't calmed down, I couldn't help but suspect that I was so scary just now, or Jia Wanru and the others were talking about something that I couldn't let me know.

I pretended to be joking and said: "What little Jiujiu are you talking about just now, I don't even know when I'm here."

This is good, not only Tao Hong and the ladies in the court have changed, but even Jia Wanru's smile is a little stiff, she hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this matter... the concubine can't talk about it."

"What do you mean you can't say it?" I couldn't understand, "What happened?"

"This... this..." Jia Wanru was a little embarrassed to speak, it seemed difficult to speak.

"I forgive you, can't you say that you are innocent?" I took a step back and continued to ask.

Jia Wanru hesitated for a long time before she said, "This... the emperor really shouldn't care about the affairs of the harem."

At this time, Tao Hong who was standing beside Jia Wanru couldn't stand it any longer, and immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Let this servant tell, this has nothing to do with Concubine Wan, it's a slave, it's a slave who has a long mouth, and I can tell Concubine Wan everything. , Your Majesty, don't force me to ask Concubine Wan."

The more I listened, the more confused I became. I don't think this is considered forcing Jia Wanru.

Tao Hong kowtowed a few times, and told the whole story, "My servant... When I passed by the Taiye Court today, I saw the people from the Sizhengfang walking towards the Taiye Hall. I am just curious, so I asked the young lady in the Sizhengfang What happened to the eunuch? The little eunuch said that they were summoned by the empress, saying... that the concubine Chen had committed a crime and would be punished with a staff. The slave... When the servant told the concubine Wan about this , you suddenly appeared, so... so the servant was taken aback..."

"Concubine Chen committed a crime?" This is unlikely, Duanmu Chen has only been in the palace for how long, and he probably didn't even recognize his concubine's face, so I asked, "What did he do?"

"I don't know about this servant," Tao Hong thought for a while and said, "Actually, it's only [-] rods, and the concubine Chen will not have any accidents."

I am well aware of how shady the methods of punishment in the palace are. If you really want to kill someone, twenty sticks are enough to kill you. If you want to spare someone, even two hundred sticks will cure you in half a month. .

I really don't know what Zhou Ling is going to do, he wants to use Duanmuchen for surgery, I stand up, and I plan to leave and go to Taiye Hall to have a look.But just before he took two steps, he was blocked by Jia Wanru.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't go." Jia Wanru said.

I comforted her and said: "Don't worry, you won't be involved in this matter, and I won't let the queen know that I got the news from you."

Jia Wanru smiled wryly and shook her head, said: "Your Majesty, I don't mean this as a concubine, but I don't want to create a barrier between you and the empress."

"..." I remained silent, waiting for Jia Wanru's explanation.

"To be disrespectful, you dote on Concubine Chen too much," Jia Wanru slowly said to me, "Concubine Chen's status is embarrassing, even if the country is gone, Concubine Chen is still a member of the Duanmu clan. If you spoil him, the empress will not say much, but the problem is that you brought him into the imperial study. The concubine guessed that the empress was afraid that the concubine Chen would overhear some secrets in the imperial study, and she was thinking about the country, so Only the empress will..."

Jia Wanru's words were very cryptic, but I understood, "You mean to say that the empress is using the name of the stick to kill Concubine Chen?"

Jia Wanru was silent for a while, and then said, "Even so, the empress is doing it for your own good." On the surface, Jia Wanru seemed to be apologizing for Zhou Ling, but in fact she confirmed the fact that Zhou Ling wanted to kill Duanmuchen with a cane.

I finally found someone who could replace He Wenliu, but Zhou Ling wanted to kill him? ! "Wanfu," I told him, "Hurry up and send someone to Taiye Hall, hurry up and stop the queen from attacking, just say it's my will, anyone who dares to disobey will be against the order, and I will kill them all, even the queen!" No exception!"

"Your Majesty," Jia Wanru deliberately put on a difficult look, trying to stop her, "You will make things difficult for the Empress."

I ignored her and hurried towards Taiye Hall.Jia Wanru herself did not fall behind, and followed me cautiously.

When I arrived at the Hall of Taiye, there were indeed quite a few people from the Sizhengfang standing in the hall. When they saw me coming in, they all greeted me and gave way to me.

In the center of the hall, there was a bench, and Duan Muchen was lying on this bench, with the executioner standing beside him.

Zhou Ling didn't expect me to come so soon, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "Your Majesty, you..."

I ignored him directly, walked to Duanmuchen, looked down, Duanmuchen was pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead, probably after being beaten several times with the stick, the people I sent rushed to stop him.

"Concubine Chen." I called out, trying to make sure he was still alive.

Duanmuchen seemed to be still conscious. Hearing my voice, he reluctantly said: "Weichen...Weichen..."

As long as I knew he was still angry, I said to the little eunuch beside me: "Help Concubine Chen back to Laiyi Palace, and then go ask the imperial doctor to treat him."

"Your Majesty!" Zhou Ling was a little embarrassed, doing so was really saving his face.

I didn't want to hear what Zhou Ling said, "Concubine Chen was beaten to death, the queen still doesn't want to let him go?"

Zhou Ling pursed his lips and said, "Concubine Chen cannot stay."

After hearing the words, I sneered and said: "I made you queen back then because I thought you were upright and kind, but look at what you have done now! How did Concubine Chen offend you?!"

"Just because I'm the queen, I have to do this!" Zhou Ling argued, "Concubine Chen is from the country, but you took him to the imperial study room, and sent an urgent message [-] miles away from the front line to the imperial study room that day." , This is a major military matter, but Concubine Chen is also there. You may not know that when Concubine Chen was chatting with Concubine Liu today, she was talking about the urgent matter of the Eight Hundred Li! , do you know how serious the consequences are?!"

"Concubine Liu?!" I looked around, "Where is Concubine Liu?! Didn't you say that the two chatted together? Why did you only punish Concubine Chen, but let Concubine Liu go?!"

This time Zhou Ling's confidence was obviously lacking, "Concubine Liu said that Concubine Chen mentioned it first, so I let Concubine Liu go back first..."

"You can believe whatever Concubine Liu says." I said coldly, "Queen, I am so disappointed in you."

Zhou Ling froze there immediately, with red eye circles. As a queen, he didn't think he had done anything wrong. It was because Duanmuchen won the emperor's heart that he had to get rid of it. "Even if Concubine Liu asked first, Concubine Chen He should have avoided it too, but he didn't do that, and it's only natural for this minister to punish him!"

I know that it is Zhou Ling's responsibility to do this, and he is not wrong. I sighed and eased my attitude, "Concubine Chen has only half life left. I believe that Concubine Chen has learned a lesson. Let it go."

I did this as a step down for Zhou Ling, and Zhou Ling would not buy my face, so he agreed.

I have to say that the recent movements of the Liu family are very strange. They are very concerned about the eight-hundred-mile urgent mail on the front line. In the court hall, Liu Guogong couldn't find out from me, so he asked Liu Sha to approach Duanmuchen, trying to inquire about it. Come to Liu's house, this is a dog jumping over the wall, after all, they are the ones I want to get rid of next!

***Switch the angle of view***

After the emperor left, the people in the Sizhengfang were also evacuated, leaving only Zhou Ling and Jia Wanru in the huge Taiye Hall.

At this time Zhou Ling was really suffering and couldn't tell, he really wanted to help the emperor, that Duanmuchen was a scourge, he had to be eradicated no matter what, why the emperor couldn't understand.

Jia Wanru saw through Zhou Ling's thoughts, she took a few steps forward, and said in a low voice, "Empress Empress, you'd better stop arguing with the emperor about Concubine Chen, it's not worth falling out with the emperor."

Zhou Ling didn't think so, "No, that Duanmuchen is a subjugated slave, and the one who made him subjugate is the emperor. Now that the emperor spoils him so much, I am worried..."

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that he will become Daji who will bring disaster to the country and the people?" Jia Wanru gave Zhou Ling a reassuring smile, "Don't worry, this is impossible."

"But the emperor even let him in the Imperial Study Room. Maybe he will even let him play with the Imperial Seal in the future."

"Empress, you are really overthinking," Jia Wanru analyzed to him step by step: "If Concubine Chen is really as dangerous as you said, you don't need to take action at all. The first person who can't spare him is the queen mother, but Look, Concubine Chen has been in the palace these days, does the empress do anything to feel sorry for him? Not at all, and, have you checked the brochure of the respect office? The emperor still spends the most days resting with you, saying There is absolutely no reason for Concubine Chen to confuse the Emperor."

"..."

"Besides, don't you think Concubine Chen looks like a person?" Jia Wanru finally got to the point.

After Zhou Ling thought about it, he shook his head, he couldn't think of who Duanmuchen looked like.

"Like Concubine Wen."

When Zhou Ling heard the word "Concubine Wen", his complexion suddenly turned ugly. After all, his relationship with He Wenliu was not good. After He Wenliu was thrown into the cold palace, Zhou Ling was really happy for a long time, "Impossible, they look like ..." Zhou Ling was still at a loss for what to say next.

"You have also noticed that appearance is only one aspect, the most important thing is temperament. Their temperaments are too similar. The emperor doesn't like Concubine Chen at all, and just regards him as a substitute for Concubine Wen." Jia Wanru said to Zhou. Ling analyzed what happened since Duanmuchen entered the palace, "When Concubine Wen was still there, the emperor went to him to rest at most five or six times a month, so this month Concubine Chen served five times. The emperor likes to find Concubine Wen Chess, so the emperor will also play chess with Concubine Chen, but as far as the concubines know, Concubine Chen is not good at chess. Every time the concubine is required to participate in the banquet, Concubine Wen will always sit opposite the concubine. At the banquet, the person sitting opposite the concubine is Concubine Chen. Also, the emperor used to ask Concubine Wen to accompany him in the imperial study, so Concubine Chen appeared in the study. The shadow of Concubine Wen is everywhere."

"..." Zhou Ling didn't speak any more, although it was difficult to accept, but Jia Wanru's analysis was correct, the reason why Duanmuchen was favored by the emperor was entirely because of Concubine Wen.

"The concubine only has so much to say, it depends on whether you can listen to it." Jia Wanru asked An to leave.

Outside the Hall of Taiye

Tao Hong obediently followed behind Jia Wanru, she looked around for no one, and then dared to ask in a low voice: "Miss Wanfei, why are you so kind, reminding the empress of this? It's better to make the empress embarrassing again Concubine Chen, in this way he will definitely be hated by the emperor, the position of empress..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jia Wanru scolded in a low voice, just keep some words in your heart.She said to Tao Hong: "I just sold the empress a favor. Even if I don't say anything about it, the empress will mention the empress about today's matter." Of course, there is one more thing, she still wants to see , When the empress knew that the emperor had never forgotten Concubine Wen, the expression of heartache and loss.

After the two walked for a while, they saw that the palace sedan had stopped in front of Taiye's court, and it was specially here to pick Jia Wanru back to the palace.Tao Hong went to the sedan chair first, opened the sedan chair curtain for Jia Wanru, and helped the person to sit in, only to hear her pouted and whispered: "The queen is so lucky."

Jia Wanru heard Taohong's complaint, smiled slightly, and said no more.In the palace, beauty alone is not enough to win the favor of the emperor. When a new generation replaces an old one, there will always be times when the appearance will no longer be.To be able to stay with the emperor for a long time, the most important thing is to cater to the emperor's wishes.Duanmuchen is Concubine Wen's substitute, she, Jia Wanru, can see it, and the queen mother can also see it, but the queen can't see it.This kind of queen who has no ability to observe and can't fathom the emperor's mind will sooner or later be rejected and fall from power.And she, Jia Wanru, is looking forward to this day.