"Revenge of the Noble Concubine"

I was a noble concubine who had just been beaten into the Cold Palace, because my great general father had died, and I was too emotional to accidentally tear the sleeve of the emperor who was in a bad mood.

The emperor got angry and threw me into the Cold Palace.

01 Enter the Cold Palace

I am a noble concubine who has just been beaten into the Cold Palace.

My name is Lin Wan, and my father is a great general of the Great Sima Dynasty, who has fought all his life and has worked hard and made great achievements. I could have retired and returned home to retire for the elderly, but the Northern Barbarians invaded, and the emperor issued an edict asking my father to go out on a campaign. As a result, he died on the front line, saying that he had been ambushed by the enemy, and he was hit by several arrows, and he had to hold on to the reinforcements before he was relieved to swallow his breath and fell straight into the bones of the ground.

But is that how my dad really died? Of course not.

So after I heard about it, I immediately rushed to the Divine Dragon Hall, blasted out the idle people, and scolded him as a traitor in front of Emperor Zhao Yu, for his personal vendetta and bullshit imperial power collusion with Northern Barbarians to mutilate Zhongliang.

To tell the truth, after I calmed down, I felt that it was quite strange that Zhao Yu did not kill me, I was so outspoken, and he was very upset because the group of courtiers said that they would send more troops and horses to the front line to avenge the great general and kill the northern barbarians, and in anger, they actually just threw me into the cold palace, and even took the time to tell a sentence not to treat the noble concubines harshly.

However, this time Zhao Yu actually couldn't be more severe with me, after all, the noble concubine Lin Clan Xianhui Zhili was famous in the world, and occasionally lost his dignity in front of the imperial court, and he could only punish him with such a small punishment and a big admonition, not to mention that on the cusp of the storm, Liang would execute his only daughter just after death, which would chill the hearts of the soldiers who were still fighting in blood on the front line.

In fact, Zhao Yu has always spoiled me very much, everything is the first share in the palace, how many people think that he is vacant in the back seat is just waiting for a suitable time to help me up. But I'm not stupid, he is true to me or fake, I can see.

Zhao Yu is spoiling me, but it is only a favor, there are more and more women in the harem in these years, he lingers in the flowers, he can't really love me, because of my family lineage and love and tolerate me, it is already the most thing he can give me as an emperor.

In fact, I am also very good to him, he wants to marry whose daughter I said good, he took a fancy to my maid, I washed people and sent him to bed, he wanted which concubine died I will let people die silently, he said which official in the DPRK gave him a headache I will send someone to tell the officials under my father - of course, there is no evidence left.

Entering the Cold Palace is not so much a punishment of imprisonment as a change of place to enjoy happiness. I entered the palace for two years, and I also became a noble concubine for two years, and the whole harem was in my palm, and no one dared to treat me badly- moreover, the clear-eyed people knew that the noble concubines entered the cold palace only because there was some emotion between the imperial concubines, and the noble concubines would always go out.

Even if Zhao Yu hated the Lin family and hated me in his heart, he couldn't help me. Without the General's Mansion, I would not have fallen.

02 Destined to torture each other

Zhao Qi was not a Dark Lord, but he was not a Holy Lord either. His father, Emperor Shengwu, gave it to him without covering the heat in his hands, and also paid his own sister-in-law, In the first year of Tiancheng,during Zhao Yu's ascension to the throne, the Northern Barbarian Eighteen Tribes, who were subdued by Emperor Shengwu, rebelled, killed the state officials sent by the imperial court, and declared independence, and even garrisoned troops on the border. At that time, Zhao Yu was busy cleaning up the korean and Chinese forces, and could not divide the spirit to deal with the northern barbarians, so he forced himself to agree to the request of the northern barbarians and his relatives under the pressure of the dprk and the central government, and the three border cities and his sister-in-law gave them to the northern barbarians together.

In the past two years, thanks to the foundation of the former emperor and the help of the chancellor and the great general, he was able to sit firmly on the throne. And he turned around and slaughtered the donkey, threw my father to the border, and cooperated with the Northern Barbarians again to kill my father--I am afraid that the Eighteen Tribes of the Northern Barbarians will still drink wine and celebrate, laughing at this Central Plains Emperor for being so brainless that he actually gave them the heads of his powerful generals.

Saying that Zhao Yu was a traitor really did not wronged him. I really don't know what gave him the confidence to think that he could still sit on the throne without the great general.

If it weren't for my father, I wouldn't have been able to bear to play with him for the past three years.

I don't know how much he hates me, but I hate him to the bone, and I hate that in every dream of the past three years, I have stabbed him through the heart.

When the prime minister sent someone to report the front-line army to the harem, the military newspaper still hid a clean handkerchief embroidered with a delicate white orchid, and the inscription "Orchid Leaves Evening Fang" It was the veil that my mother had embroidered when she was not out of the cabinet, and I recognized her embroidery at a glance, and after her death, all her relics were collected by her father, and there was no such veil in it.

It was sent by the Prime Minister.

He reminded me with his mother's veil that even if my father was not there, he would stand behind me, and no one could shake my position, so there was no need to dwell on the past.

But how can I tolerate Zhao Yu taking away the most important people around me again and again?

What's more, even if I could let go, Zhao Yu couldn't let go.

He and I were destined to end up like this, destined to torture each other to death.

03 Emperor Shōseong

Zhao Yu was made crown prince after the death of Prince Xian.

Zhao Yuan, the first prince, was an amazing figure. He was born in the Middle Palace, and he was crowned prince on the ground. At a young age, he was able to write down the policies that made Taifu praise him, enter the government at the age of eight, and be able to stand alone at the age of twelve.

It's a pity that Heaven always likes to take something back while giving. Zhao Yuan was born weak, and earlier the Taiyi even asserted that he would not live for twenty years, and was beaten half to death by the angry Saint Wu Emperor, and no one dared to say such words again. Half of the hospitals were admitted to the Prince's Eastern Palace, taking care of his body at any time, and the world's most precious tonic was also sent to the Eastern Palace like water, and later Emperor Shengwu even invited a folk doctor who was hidden in anonymity to enter the palace.

After the divine doctor entered the palace, his body did slowly improve, almost making people think that the phrase "not living for twenty" was just a misdiagnosis by a quack doctor. However, that proverb was still fulfilled like a curse, and when Zhao Yuan was twenty years old, he was infected with lung disease due to an accidental fall into the water and contracted wind and cold, and then his condition worsened, and even the divine doctor was helpless.

On the day of his death, the sky was raining heavily, the thunder was not stopping, but not a single field was flooded, and people said that this was heaven's remembrance of Prince Rende and could not bear his death.

Zhao Yuan was posthumously honored as Emperor Zhaocheng. It seems that it was illegal for the crown prince to be posthumously crowned emperor, but there was no precedent, Zhao Yuan did a lot of merit, Emperor Shengwu was saddened by the loss of his son, and the courtiers did not have much opinion.

The death of his favored and trustworthy successor dealt a great blow to Emperor Shengwu, and he almost fell ill, and finally at the urging of his ministers, he created another crown prince, that is, the current emperor, the then fourth prince Zhao Yu. At that time, Emperor Shengwu's health was already very bad, and he did not have much energy to cultivate and teach Zhao Qi, so he could only purge the qing dynasty for him before he died, and chose a loyal minister to assist Zhao Qi, hoping that he could at least achieve Shoucheng. Emperor Shengwu died after a year, and then Zhao Pei ascended the throne for two years.

On the day that Zhao Yu was made crown prince, my cousin Xu Yanran, the second daughter of his concubine and my cousin Xu Yanran, was promised an edict to Li Sheng, the nephew of the Great Sima General, and I became the future empress of Zhao Qi. The General Mansion and the XiangFu were considered to be close to each other, and Emperor Shengwu hoped that the two families could work together to assist Zhao Qi. Of course, he is not unaware of the relationship between our juniors, but it is still arranged in this way, and no one can guess what he means.

I actually had a guess, but I always felt that it was impossible, if Emperor Shengwu had put me and Zhao Qi together as a pair of grievances in order to intensify the contradiction between the General Mansion and Zhao Qi, then would he have long wanted my father to die? But if my father dies, Dachu will not have the golden sign of the foreign countries, and Zhao Yu likes to show weakness, won't he drag the border security of Dachu into danger?

Sure enough, Emperor Shengwu's mind was too difficult to guess.

In any case, Zhao Yu was snatched in love by a horizontal knife, and was stuffed with a woman who had never been familiar with her, how could she not complain? But neither the Chancellor's Mansion nor the General's Mansion were existences that he could grind at will in his palms, and he could only choose to spoil me instead of treating me coldly. But he couldn't not hate. It's hard to get rid of the Prime Minister, but how easy is it to get rid of the Great General —look, isn't that done?

But ah, Zhao Qi, what have you done before, have you forgotten? Do you think that you are the only one who resents Emperor Shengwu's actions?

04 Stir up dissension

I asked Lin He, a palace maid, to help me deliver a message. In the end, the harem is in my own control, it is too easy for me to do something, and the harem is closely related to the former dynasty, and if there is an accident in the harem, the former dynasty will also be turbulent.

Lin He's movements were very fast, and the next day, the little eunuch who came to deliver the meal spoke to her a few more words, seemingly chatting, but quickly explaining the dynamics of the harem.

After I entered the Cold Palace, Lady Shufei, who had been favored by the emperor for several days, suddenly died violently, and the Hospital judged it to be poisonous hair, and was shocked to find that There was a newly formed child in Lady Shufei's belly. Zhao Yu was furious, and Shunten found out that the person who had poisoned was Jing Concubine, who had been snubbed because Ofe Shu was favored.

Concubine Jing was imprisoned in the name of murdering the imperial heir and the imperial family, and when she heard that she had suffered so much and was tortured to the point that she was no longer in human form, she still refused to admit it, insisting that someone had framed her. However, there is human and physical evidence, so she cannot refuse to admit guilt.

Sigh... What a big drama. It is a pity that the child who was not born in The belly of Lady Shufei, if he is born, I don't know if there will be three points like his uncle...

Shufei was the daughter of Tobe Shoshu, and Jing Concubine was the younger sister of Reibe Shibu. These two people were the so-called imperial party that the emperor had pulled up with his hand. Not a direct subject of the Shengwu Emperor period, but singing peace after Zhao Qi. The officials of my father's and cheng xiang factions were actually more like neutral factions, and each of them stood on his own position to advise the emperor, and often had political conflicts with Zhao Zhi. Whenever he was eating upwards, he would come back and throw gas at me, either because he should have come to my Changle Palace but didn't come, or because he was in front of me.

But now, Zhao Yu disposed of the sister-in-law of The Rebbe Shilang in anger, and the daughter of Hubu Shangshu died in two corpses, I am afraid that these two "Aichen" should not be able to do it in their hearts, and Zhao Yu probably regretted in his heart that he had sent Jing Concubine to prison on a whim.

But of course, I will not give him the opportunity to regret taking Jing Concubine out of prison and murdering the imperial heir, ah, such a big hat is buttoned down, how can Jing Concubine still have a way to live?

Lin He told me within two days that Jing Concubine, because of the unbearable humiliation, broke the bowl while the jailer was delivering food and cut her throat with the fragment and committed suicide.

As for why Jing Concubine's attitude from insisting on not admitting guilt and believing that Zhao Yu would come to rescue her suddenly changed to such an extreme, of course, I helped to promote it, the jailer was sent out by Lin He to buy her, and deliberately stimulated her when delivering food, so that Jing Concubine, who was extremely fragile and sensitive, had an emotional collapse. After Concubine Jing committed suicide, Lin He sent people out of the palace silently.

And Jing Concubine's suicide means that she is afraid of sin and weak-hearted, and the hat of murdering the imperial heir is so buttoned to her head. When this news reached the former dynasty, the rebbe attendant immediately complained of illness at home, and also put on a plea for sin, saying that the teaching was not good. Zhao Yu sent the Tai Doctor to his palace, and said that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he wanted to cover up this matter like this.

But the thorn in his heart had been buried.

That Hubu Shangshu originally had a good relationship with the Rebbe Waiter, and often called him a brother and a brother, and drank together after going down to the court, but now that the Rebbe Waiter was sick at home, he did not even let people send a condolence gift, and he was depressed for several days in a row. Zhao Yu felt guilty and gave him many things, but the two most important pillars of the imperial party were hurt one after another, and the fluctuation of the imperial party's hearts was simply inevitable, and the hidden danger of discord between the monarch and the emperor was already there.

I think I played very well in this hand.

I also want to thank these two people who sent their favorite daughter and most pitiful sister to the palace in order to please Zhao Qi, and now they have no regrets.

05 Mrs. Prime Minister

Such a big drama, although it seems that only two concubines are fighting for the wind and jealousy, and the noble concubine in the cold palace seems to know nothing about it, but my uncle is so sensitive, he almost immediately knew that I did it after Jing Concubine committed suicide.

I heard that many officials have played to say that the harem is unstable and the former dynasty is uneasy, plus they have just folded an imperial heir, and they should let the noble concubines come out to preside over the overall situation, and some people have hinted at the queen in words. Zhao Yu promised to take me out of the cold palace, but the words after the seal were once again vaguely taken by him. The ministers were accustomed to the fact that it was not the first time in the past three years that the emperor had so implicitly refused to make the noble concubine empress, and everyone thought that this was because the noble concubine had been out of the ordinary, and I thought that this was only because he had always reserved the position of the main chamber for my cousin Xu Yanran, even if she was already married to someone else.

I was released so logically, the emperor came to my Changle Palace that night, the mood was not very high, and after having dinner with me, he was in a bad mood and said that he would let me rest well, and he threw up his sleeves and left, with a little anger on his back.

He will be angry with me, and the floating hearts of the imperial parties mean that the court is about to become a neutral faction again, that is, the hall of words of the prime minister, and it also means that he will begin to be frequently poked by the prime minister. He spent two years trying to compete with the neutrals, but now he has almost failed to do so—so to speak, he is still quite humiliated as an emperor.

On the second day, The Lady of the Prime Minister asked to enter the palace to visit the noble concubines, and the Emperor granted permission. She was the Lady of the Super One Pin Commandment, and there was no reason to stop the emperor for a reasonable petition, and I was thrown into the cold palace by him for half a month, and last night I was thrown in the face, according to his usual practice, it was indeed time to appease me.

Lin He sent all the subordinates in the Changle Palace out and personally guarded outside the inner chamber door. My aunt sat down at the bottom of me, complaining to me with tears in her eyes: You, why don't you think about the consequences of doing things? When your uncle came back to talk to me, I was really frightened by you. ”

I wiped her face and said softly, "Aunt rest assured, when did Wan Er do something she was not sure about?" Since I did it, I wouldn't have left any handles, otherwise he would have found an opportunity to deal with me in the past two years. Lady Shufei was spoiled, her personality was not pleasing, and she did not deal with Jing Concubine, which was really reasonable. ”

Madame Cheng sighed, "You are not like your father and your uncle, nor are you like your mother, nor do you know whose nature you have learned, and you are so bold in doing things." ”

I smiled and didn't answer, but instead asked, "What does Uncle mean?" Will he help me? ”

Madame Xiang said helplessly, "Wan'er, you should know that Your Majesty is childless today, and the unborn imperial heir... How are you going to ask your uncle to help you?" ”

I was silent. I knew what Xiang Xiang meant, and I had hoped that Xiang Xiang could help me get Zhao Fu down, but Cheng Xiang hoped that I could give birth to a prince, so that supporting the prince to the throne would be more beneficial than direct rebellion.

Cheng Xiang may not know exactly what kind of love and hatred there is between me and Zhao Qi, but he knows that I have always hated Zhao Qi, especially after my father was killed by Zhao Qi.

But he still wanted me to do it.

"You want me... Give him a baby? My voice was calm and waveless, but with a slight trembling. Remembering that when my father was there, although I was not allowed to have any thoughts and actions of cheating the monarch, he never asked me to let go of my resentment towards Zhao Qi, let alone ask me to be pregnant with an imperial heir.

The last person in the world who cared for me wholeheartedly was gone. I was really aware of this, and my heart ached.

Madame Xiangxiang shook my hand: "Wan'er, I don't know who your original sweetheart was, but the matter of the first emperor mistakenly pointing out the Mandarin Duck Spectrum has passed in the past, and Your Majesty is not bad to you now, no matter what your father died for, now the General Mansion only has one seedling left for you, but you must not call the General Mansion extinct!" ”

I looked down and felt endless tiredness in my heart: "It's not just marriage between me and him... That's it. ”

"I know that my uncle is worried that the state will not be continued, but aren't several princes sent abroad still there?" In short, my uncle is not willing to help me, as long as I don't drag my legs, otherwise I can not have this uncle. I looked directly at my aunt, who was always gentle, and said coldly, "Of course, if my uncle watches quietly, after the matter is completed, Wan Er will still respect him as an uncle." ”

I have a vendetta and have to repay, this hatred has stirred me up like a tarsal gangrene for three years, and whenever I think about why I became this noble concubine, why I sat in the Changle Palace, or talked and laughed with Zhao Qi in the Divine Dragon Hall, I hated that I couldn't die to end all this.

However, the death of my deceased man, this period of the past that Zhao Yu and I tacitly revealed and did not mention, always reminded me that this vendetta is not repaid, and I have no face to go to the King of Yama to see... The one I once loved dearly.

06 Déjà vu

Not long after I returned to Changle Palace, preparations for the triennial imperial examination and the first spring since Zhao Pei ascended the throne began to prepare.

I asked Lin He to send someone to the Zhuangyuan Building to copy the ink treasures left behind by the talents to recite poems and send them to the Changle Palace.

This time, Zhao Yu would definitely choose people from this group to enrich his imperial party, and also use this to appease the turbulent imperial party, telling them that the emperor always favored and trusted them, and that the harem disputes should not affect the harmony of the monarch and the subject.

I held my chin to admire the ambitions and pride of these still simple students, and my eyes suddenly froze when I moved to a painting. The painting is a splash of ink landscape, the painting is the Great Chu River, although it is copied, but how magnificent the original work is can still be glimpsed, not to mention the poem on the painting, which really shows that this person's pattern and ambition are not small. I can almost imagine how happy Zhao Yu would be to meet such a wonderful person.

Just the lower left corner of the painting, on the boat on the side of the landscape, is a crowd of people looking at the scenery, and a young man in Chinese clothes who happened to catch a girl who almost slipped into the water when she got on the boat. The meticulous workmanship seems to be incompatible with the entire splashed ink landscape, but it can be cleverly integrated into the artistic conception of the whole painting. Ordinary people are afraid that they will only laugh when they see this, but I... I can't laugh.

Because I'm all too familiar with this scene. I am even familiar with the place depicted in the lower left corner of the painting.

I looked at it for a long time before I asked softly, "Who painted this painting?" ”

"Jiangnan Gumei Academy, Chen Zhaosheng." Lin He replied that she was very clever, knew that I was interested in this person, and immediately briefly introduced Chen Zhaosheng, "I only briefly checked, this person already has a family in Jiangnan, studied in the academy for two years and then became a gentleman for a year, this time when he entered Beijing to catch the exam, he showed a very familiar look with the capital, and explained to the outside world that he had spent a long time in the capital." When they painted this painting, they were discussing the stalemate on the front line after the death of the great general, and those people said that Chen Zhaosheng painted at the same time, and when it was his turn to speak, he wrote the above poem. At that time, the painting was taken by the restaurant manager, and it took some effort for our people to borrow two hours to copy it. ”

"Went from Beijing to Jiangnan three years ago?" I frowned slightly, and this point in time plus the painting had to make me care very much. After thinking about it for a long time, I clicked on the painting: "... The attendant of the same ceremonial department said that no matter what, he would be guaranteed to be the champion. ”

I pointed to a few more people.

Zhao Yu loves Cai, then I will send Cai Zi to him, but whether these people are loyal to his imperial party or some other person is not an important matter.

As for why the Rebbe Waiter hooked up with me, naturally I had to thank Zhao Fu for the excellent opportunity he gave me, and it can even be said that the position of Tobe Shangshu is also subtle now.

In the end, it was chen Zhaosheng who did the title. It is said that when Zhao Yu came up with the question in the temple, he gave a few strokes of painting, and then talked about it, so that the officials present were dumbfounded and applauded on the spot, and the emperor almost directly decided on his title, or the Rebbe Shangshu came out with the meaning of stopping it and said that he would wait until everyone had finished the examination before announcing the result. I was worried that this man could paint, but he couldn't say it when he took the temple test, and I wanted to ask the rebbe attendant to inform him of the title in advance, and then hold it again during the temple test, but now it seems that I look down on him.

Lin He said that whenever the Ceremonial Attendant wanted to tell Chen Zhaosheng the subject in a vague way, he was taken over with three words and two words, and how sleek and sleek the Ceremonial Attendant was, he actually did not get a bargain in the hands of this scholar, and he could not even leak the topic, and he was really depressed for a while.

It's just not clear whether such a talented person will be willing to be used by me? If he was a stubborn loyalist like my father, I could only do something to him, and if such a person could not be used by me, I would not be able to make him the arm of the emperor.

...... However, I always felt that his painting was deliberately let me see it, and if this person was really so smart, I guessed that I would go and get his painting.

But if this man deliberately wants me to know of his existence, what is his purpose? Why does he... Know what's going on in that place?

07 Qionglin first met

At the Qionglin banquet, Zhao Yu took me to attend, and the jinshi at the table were all happy.

This is a supreme honor, and the presence of the Emperor himself is a sign of recognition and respect for these students. To go deeper, Zhao Yu wanted these people to feel his attention and select the talents he would reuse after that.

Naturally, qionglin banquets were not the usual example of concubines attending.

Zhao Yu can be said to be obedient to me recently, as if he is trying to make up for the grievances I suffered in the Cold Palace during that time. The day before yesterday, I went to the Divine Dragon Hall to look for him, and "happened" to meet him looking at the painting that was left in the restaurant, and when I saw that I came, I was very exaggerated, and I knew that he was proud in his heart, so I praised a few words. Naturally, I mentioned the matter of Qionglin Feast, and I showed a little curiosity, and he waved a big hand and allowed me to go with him, saying that he wanted me to take a good look at his new favorite, and he said that he wanted to reuse this person.

I gladly agreed, but just listening to Zhao Qi's praise for Chen Zhaosheng, there was always a sense of confusion in a trance, it seemed that not long ago someone had praised someone in front of me like this.

...... I think that back then, that person was also a chapter of policy that shocked the government and the public, and a song of Nine Shaoming moved Jinghua. It turns out that such a stunning and brilliant character can also produce a second one.

The Qionglin Feast was held in the royal garden on the west side of the palace, and due to the emperor's attention, the ceremonial department was very carefully prepared, the dishes were first-class delicacies, and the dance music was also first-class. One by one, Zhao Yu asked some questions, from whether life in the capital was satisfactory to whether there was a wife at home, and his demeanor was gentle, and the jinshi had almost been flattered.

Only one of them has always been calm.

Chen Zhaosheng's answer was polite, and he said that he had a very good relationship with His wife in Jiangnan and did not intend to take a concubine. I figured out that Zhao Yu had promised chen Zhaosheng his younger sister, and I was slightly surprised by the degree of importance he attached to Chen Zhaosheng, and even more surprised by the firmness of Chen Zhaosheng's attitude on this matter. Zhao Qi's face was not very good, and several jinshi around Chen Zhaosheng were also quite worried, and the list of eyes whispered something to him, but he only smiled and shook his head.

I actually vaguely saw the arrogance of the old man in him.

It's just that compared to that kind of naturally noble grace, he is more like the smoothness of the world's polishing. But the more I think about it, the more I feel that there is a slight shadow of the deceased in his appearance, it seems to be a nose, or an eyebrow... I lowered my eyes, worried that my gaze was too direct and attracted Zhao Chen's attention, but there seemed to be a terrifying wave in my heart.

After drinking a glass of wine, I looked up again, and I glanced at the students I had ordered, and they accidentally looked at me, and their expressions revealed a kind of tacit understanding in nervousness, and it seemed that my meaning was conveyed very well by the ceremonial attendant.

When it finally landed on Chen Zhaosheng, his gaze calmly met me, but there was no tacit understanding in his eyes that I wanted to see, but some kind of worry, or something more complicated, I couldn't think about it for a while, but I didn't feel offended. At this moment, I suddenly realized that what he most resembled the deceased was the calm posture of mastering everything.

As for looks... Three years later, I couldn't even find his figure in my dreams, I couldn't remember his appearance clearly, so how could I have the idea that Chen Zhaosheng was very similar to him?

I laughed at myself, turned my head to say a word to Zhao Qi, and then raised my glass and said, "I wish you all a bright future in the future, and serve me a great contribution." ”

It is easy to make people's blood boil, and the soldiers have raised a glass, but my gaze has touched Chen Zhaosheng again from afar, and I saw him with a warm smile, and there seemed to be affection and substance in his eyes, which made me feel timid for a while, and I turned my eyes away in a panic.

This man, indeed... Deliberately trying to draw my attention to him. Even so, I did what he wanted to see what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

So I sat for a while again, and then I left first under the pretext of being unwell, but I didn't go to Changle Palace. Lin He was going to follow me, so I asked her to go back to Changle Palace to wait for me and walk to a palace by herself.

The hand did not touch the door ring, and someone behind him sighed and said a word.

"This is a place where noble concubines should not come."

08 You are very much like him

Although I was ready to lead him out to see me, I was still in a trance when I saw this palace, and at this time a voice appeared behind Leng Buding, which was really a little frightened. Fortunately, two years of noble concubine career has taught me to be silent, and I calmly turned around to meet the eyes of the people behind me.

"There's no place in this palace that I shouldn't go." I said lightly, "Chen Zhuangyuan's words are a bit excessive. ”

Chen Zhaosheng gracefully performed a ritual and first explained the reason why he appeared here: "The subject was overwhelmed by wine, and asked His Majesty for grace to come out and blow the wind. ”

I said "Oh", "So you came here with the noble concubine?" ”

I vaguely felt that Chen Zhaosheng seemed to be smiling, but the night was dim, and I couldn't be sure. He took two steps closer and said, "Noble Concubine misunderstood." Why did the noble concubine come here, and why did the courtier come here? ”

I squinted, "Then you say, why am I here?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng paused, "... It's for the sake of the deceased. ”

I don't know if it is an illusion, he gritted his teeth a little in this sentence.

My focus is on the fact that he does know the old days, even the details. But I don't remember seeing this person, and such a figure cannot be lonely and nameless.

"This is Your Majesty's submerged residence." I said quietly, "My deceased is sitting at the Qionglin Feast in front of me, why am I here?" ”

This time he was so close that I did see him smile, as if he were indulging a disobedient child: "This door passed, the residence of Emperor Zhaocheng, who was banned by the previous emperor, and His Majesty's subliminal residence was later expanded." Why should a noble concubine deceive herself? ”

I laughed at his words and his demeanor: "I fool myself? Chen Zhaosheng, do you remember your identity? ”

Chen Zhaosheng immediately apologized in a kind manner: "It is the courtier who has passed, and I also ask the noble concubine not to remember the villain." ”

I was choked up for a moment, a little bit of weakness in my fist on the cotton, and paused for half a day before I spoke again: "You said that you were also for the deceased, so who are you?" ”

I guess it should be a subordinate, but I think it is impossible, such a person even if he is an official of the Eastern Palace, he will have a reputation in the government and the public.

Chen Zhaosheng just said, "The old man." ”

This man did not slip his hand, and his answer was reserved, so I had to ask again: "You went from the capital to Jiangnan three years ago, why?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng's answer is still simple: "The old people are in their hometown, and they dare not stay long, for fear of touching the scenery." ”

I suddenly looked at him in a trance.

The moon emerged from the clouds, and a faint white-like brilliance fell on the body of the person in front of him, giving him a slight aura similar to Zhao Yuan.

I said almost in a bit of a nonchalant manner, "You and him... It was really like it, I don't know if Zhao Yu could see it. ”

When I said this, I was immediately shocked and woke up from that state of confusion. Chen Zhaosheng's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard my offensive and appalling words, but he just took two steps closer again, so close that I frowned uncomfortably: "Noble concubine, the courtiers will just listen to it, and we must not ask the second person to listen." He added meaningfully, "Not even a maid trusted by a noble concubine." ”

I took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions in my heart that were stirring because of the mention of Zhao Yuan--for many years, I even thought that the person who had moved the whole Dachu had been deliberately forgotten by everyone, and I was the only one who was still trapped in the old days, exhausting means and struggling.

"This place has been banned by the former emperor, and even if you want to borrow the land to remember the deceased, there is no place to remember." I said softly, "Since Chen Zhuangyuan is just out to sober up, and don't stay outside for too long, Your Majesty's patience is limited." ”

After saying that, I turned and hurried away, feeling as if I was running away. Chen Zhaosheng said another sentence behind me: "Knowing that I can't go in or come, is Guifei so obsessed with the deceased person in her heart?" ”

He had a bit of hatred in his words, and I almost tripped up.

I don't know if it was because there were too many accidents tonight, after turning the wall of the East Palace, I faintly heard a sigh breaking in the wind, not very real.

"Wanwan..."

Is it an illusion, am I really like Chen Zhaosheng said, obsessed with it to the point of hallucinations? I didn't like it.

But that night, I dreamed of him for a long time.

It was a luxury I had been asking for for three years, and I even thought that I would see him again in this life, unless I had a great vendetta, met him on the Nai Ho Bridge, smiled far away, forgot all the past, and ran to the next life.

09 Memories of the poems on the lake will be amazing

It is said that a gentleman such as Zhilan Yushu was born in the court.

When mr. Zhilan taught this sentence, I still couldn't understand what kind of manners it was like to be born in the court steps here, until I met the legendary Prince Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan has always been weak and almost never steps out of the palace, and we can only guess his appearance in rumors. Until the divine doctor entered the palace, his body conditioning was much better, and finally after handling the political affairs, he took advantage of the leisure day to take the time to participate in the routine gathering of our group of beijing princes and ladies.

On that day, we made an appointment to go to Beijing to enjoy the scenery and poetry, and when we went out, Lin He told me that His Highness the Prince would also come today. I was stunned by the news for a while, and for a moment I did not understand why the prince of the tangtang wanted to be honored and demoted, and came to the lake poetry meeting run by our stupid princes and ladies who could not go home all day, and on the way, I could ask Lin He about what kind of three courts and five eyes His Highness the Prince had grown. Lin He naturally had never seen Zhao Yuan, and he couldn't say anything about it, but just coaxed a few words along with my heart.

But after seeing him, these messy thoughts were gone. I am not a person who will be easily impressed by people's appearance, just to say that the princes and ladies raised in this circle of aristocratic families around me, there is no one who is inferior, but I have never touched my mortal heart because of any prince. After seeing Zhao Yuan, I knew what was called stunning, what was called a humble gentleman, what was called... Heaven forbid.

It is not that I have not seen royal people, such as the fourth prince Zhao Yu, who always follows his cousin Xu Yanran. Yanran was always very helpless when he mentioned him, and I could see that they both had intentions for each other, but the fourth prince really didn't have any prince's shelf around Yanran, and he was obedient to Yanran. And even if Zhao Yuan deliberately put down his shelf to talk with the princes, he could still see his luxurious temperament, so that people did not dare to be arrogant in front of him, and even those few guys who were usually not in shape converged on their second ancestor appearance and honestly stood by Zhao Yuan's side.

I stared at him for a long time, looking a little fascinated, probably too hot, he noticed something, turned his head and looked at me. For a moment I thought I heard the sound of flowers blooming—and then tragically stepped on the air as I was about to board the ship.

Lin He was frightened enough by me, and the people around him were also panicked, and in the confusion, a pair of hands held me and pulled me steadily to let me step on the bow deck.

If there was a seemingly innocent medicinal incense floating down the person's approach to my nose, I looked up and saw Zhao Yuan looking at me with a worried face, and asked in a warm voice, "Is there any injury?" ”

I shook my head, and he was relieved, and naturally let go of my hand and told me, "Next time, be careful." Then he paused and lowered his voice, "Stop staring at others and not paying attention to your feet." ”

I coughed in embarrassment, feeling the tip of my ear slightly hot, as if it were red. Zhao Yuan had already turned back into the circle of the princes, leaving only Lin He to look up and down in front of me in a panic, as well as several young ladies who had a lot of friendship with me around me. Lin He was genuinely worried about me, and the little girl's face was frightened, but those ladies mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that they had just moved quickly to grab my Royal Highness the Prince.

I smiled and changed the subject, but in my heart I thought, His Royal Highness the Prince is really good, and his reaction is also very fast, if it were not for the smell of medicine, I would still think that it would be a rumor that he was congenitally weak.

Zhao Yuan and I didn't have much intersection at the lake poetry meeting, but we often made eye contact, and then he smiled softly at me, and I hurriedly shifted my gaze and barely suppressed the deer that was beating in my heart.

Back at the house, Dad, with an unusual attitude, carefully inquired about my poetry club today. He was a rough man, and he had never loved these dancing things, and I felt that there was something in his words, so I asked him directly what he was going to ask.

Dad was really unable to hold back his words, and immediately asked me: "You saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, what do you think of him?" ”

I was so keen that I immediately heard that my father was deliberately trying to promise me to the prince. It is true that I have a good feeling for the prince, but I don't like to be manipulated, even if it is a marriage matter, I do not want my father to interfere. So I muttered, "I want to find a ruyi langjun myself." ”

Dad laughed at me stupid.

"As soon as you were born, Your Majesty said that this child looks like he wants to be the empress of our Great Chu."

I don't believe that when I was born, how ugly my wife used to say, I don't believe that Your Majesty would ask his heart and liver prince to marry an ugly doll. - Speaking more deeply, why shouldn't His Majesty have set a future wife for his prince so early, and besides, my father is already a high-ranking official, and adding the identity of a future emperor and abbot, is it because my family is not fast enough? I see that Your Majesty still has the intention of reusing my family, it should not be so, and I am not the only one in the capital who is suitable for the crown princess.

Dad shook his head and asked me not to worry: "Although Your Majesty only said this in front of me, but Jun did not joke, this time he deliberately let the prince come to the poetry meeting with you after his health improved, the meaning is very clear." His Majesty today is not the one who unloads and kills donkeys, nor will the prince he has taught, and Wan Er does not have to worry too much. ”

I still didn't quite believe it.

It didn't take long for me to receive a letter. The letter was carefully sealed with a peach blossom fire paint and sent into my boudoir in the middle of the night, under my open ventilation window. Lin He found it when he got up in the morning to serve me, and made a big fuss and showed it to me, and I ghostly sent God to come and say that he would see it, and asked Lin He to drive out all the maids in the house.

It was really Zhao Yuan, and I couldn't believe that the current prince would have such a thing... Bookish romance?

In the letter, Zhao Yuan first sincerely apologized, saying that he actually did not intend to communicate with me in such an offensive way, but now That His Majesty has not yet issued a marriage edict, he is worried that people will be jealous of the General's Palace and destroy my reputation, and he really wants to communicate with me, so he made this decision. Then he mentioned all kinds of things about the lake that day, did not say that I almost fell into the lake, only said a few poems on that day, and humbly discussed with me. At the end, I was told that if I wanted to reply to the letter, I only needed to plant a seasonal flower by the window, and someone would come to my window in the evening to retrieve the reply.

In fact, I did not feel offended, but felt that There was an interesting heart hidden under the noble skin of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so I gladly wrote back according to him, and we began the days of correspondence. In the letter we talk about daily life from poetry and songs, and even about some of the policies in force today, and I am not ashamed to express my views, and he comments on them one by one, and I also see some of the shadows of the political views I have mentioned in some of his future political moves.

10 Memories of Curling On top of the trick

Zhao Yuan and I have quietly gone out a few times, all of which are quiet and few places where people go, and he has always been restrained and advantageous, without any excessive behavior. I understood what love was in the book, and even when my father tried to mention my marriage to him again, there was no conflict at all.

Father said that after this winter, the edict of marriage would be sent to the General's Mansion along with the spring. I looked forward to the winter.

In the winter, the noble ladies of the capital tossed a curling game as in previous years, and I mentioned it in my letter, and Zhao Yuan gladly agreed. So I happily went to the lake, put on my skates under the service of Lin He, and went down to the ice with everyone.

He still didn't have any obvious intersection with him, and in such a large group of people, only Lin He vaguely knew a little, and occasionally would vaguely tease me a few words.

That day Zhao Yu also went, and he was with Yanran as usual, but I felt that the look in his eyes that occasionally looked at me today was a little strange, and what was even stranger was the strange atmosphere between the two people when Zhao Yuan and Zhao Yu were talking. In fact, Zhao Yuan didn't mention too much to me about those swords and light sword shadows in the palace, but I wasn't a fool, and I naturally had the bottom in my heart. Today's stormy feeling makes me very uneasy, but I don't know what will happen.

Originally, Zhao Yuan did not plan to go down to the ice, but Zhao Yu took the initiative to invite his brother. At that time, I had just descended to the ice, heard movements, turned my head to look at Zhao Yuan worriedly, and shook my hand imperceptibly, signaling him not to come down. Zhao Yuan's gaze touched me and gently responded to Zhao Yuan.

My feeling of uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, but I couldn't do anything to dissuade him directly. Not to mention in what capacity I can persuade him at present, let's say that His Highness the Prince personally agreed to something, how can I not ask him to repent in public, this is to punch His Highness the Prince in the face.

I had to play curling on the lake worriedly.

My uneasiness ended with the sound of an ice cracking. I wasn't the only one, everyone heard it, because along with the huge cracking sound of ice, there were several exclamations of "His Royal Highness the Prince.".

I looked over with wide eyes and saw that one of his legs had sunk into the cracks in the ice, and his look was very ugly. However, the few princes around him hesitated and retreated, not daring to go over and pull him. The face of the fourth prince Zhao Yu, who invited Zhao Yuan to come down to play, also changed, first beckoning everyone to hurry up to the shore, and then yelling at the attendants who did not come down on the shore to hurry up to help.

I was going to pull Zhao Yuan over, and I couldn't watch him fall into the crack of ice little by little in front of me—I could see that his upper body was pressed against the ice, but his face was miserable, he looked weaker than ever I had seen him, and he couldn't resist sliding down a few times. I was terrified.

But I was pulled by someone left and right, and I heard the voice of the fourth prince in a blank mind: "You will only speed up the cracking speed of the ice in the past, making it more difficult for His Highness the Prince." The left and right guards of the Eastern Palace all came, and they had a way to save His Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Sure enough, I saw two people dressed in xuan robes leaping down, moving lightly on the ice, and soon pulling Most of his body soaked in cold water. He was carried on his back by one of them, and I saw his lips move, and the guards who were going straight to the shore turned to me.

Zhao Yuan's face was very pale, and the small stove that held the guards was still trembling uncontrollably, but he tried to smile at me.

"Wanwan, don't be afraid, I'll be fine."

That was the last thing I heard him say –nothing would be all right, liar.

After Zhao Yuan returned to the East Palace, the entire Tai Hospital was alarmed, and the empress guarded his bedside for several days, and she was forced to stay sick, but still insisted on accompanying her son. But this time I don't know what happened, it is clear that I have adjusted my body, and when I fell into the water, I actually aroused all the depression, the illness was like a mountain, the wind and cold turned into pneumonia, the high fever was unconscious, and even the divine doctor could not give him a fever.

On that day, the left and right guards of the Eastern Palace who were on duty were punished with a large number of penalties, and the fourth prince Zhao Yu, who invited Zhao Yuan to go down to play curling, did not escape the harsh responsibility, and was punished to think in his own palace and copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for his brother.

But Zhao Yuan closed his eyes forever without even seeing the first peach blossom of spring. Soon, the empress was also depressed.

His Majesty was so devastated that he lost his wife and son and almost fell ill.

I was in the General's Mansion, confused all day long, until I heard the news that the courtiers had asked the fourth prince to be crown prince, and the whole person suddenly woke up.

How could the ice crack be so coincidental, just around Zhao Yuan's location? That was the place designated by Zhao Qi—he arranged where each of us stood. I was suspicious, but I didn't dare to guess, but I just asked my father to secretly check it out, but I only found that the ice lake had indeed been there the day before, who it was, and what I did, I didn't know anything.

At this point, I was finally convinced that someone had deliberately done it. But Zhao Yuan was so clever, he must have been able to detect something wrong long ago, why did he still agree to Zhao Yuan's request? If he had been on the shore, nothing would have happened.

In the end, I was too simple, and I really thought that Zhao Fu was an obsessive species full of only Yanran, and forgot that as royals, the struggle for power and profit was an almost instinctive move. And the death of the prince did make the fourth prince the biggest winner, and now there is only one of him who is qualified to compete for the position of prince in the dprk, and it is the light on Zhao Yuan's body that covers the existence of his brother.

Zhao Yu's means were scheming, and they were really powerful. No wonder my people couldn't find anything, if it was Zhao Qi's hand, how could they possibly find something deeper? And His Majesty has no other sons to use, he is not in good health, he can't wait to cultivate other young princes, he has no choice, and he will naturally protect Zhao Qi so that no one knows what he has done.

In fact, Zhao Fu was originally the son of Han Guifei, and Han Guifei was carried to the empress's knee after her death, and it was precisely because of this that she had the most favorable identity to inherit the throne. And the fourth prince sent by the Han family to the palace read Han Zi, even more than Zhao Qi, this kind of shady idea was most likely proposed by him and Zhao Qi--I later remembered that it was Han Zi who pulled me left and right with the fourth prince that day.

That poisonous snake.

If it wasn't for Emperor Shengwu killing him first, I would have made him live better than dead under my nose.

11 Zhaoyi

Zhao Pei recently stumbled upon a Chen Meiren in his harem who was Chen Zhaosheng's clan sister, and specially summoned her once, and found that this woman was quite talented, so she was lucky for several days in a row as if she had been a treasure.

The harem concubines were a little dissatisfied, and I routinely appeased them, and after beating a few concubines who were not very peaceful, I planned to meet this Chen Zhaoyi in person--the emperor gave her two consecutive promotions to become Zhaoyi. I didn't want to embarrass her, I always had a very good attitude towards Zhao Pei's concubine, and even wished he would come to Changle Palace less. Although I am used to drinking the soup, the taste is not very wonderful after all. I am only very interested in Chen Zhaosheng's so-called "clan sister" - to be honest, I do not think that this "Chen Zhaosheng" is his real name, if he has anything to do with Emperor Zhaocheng's Eastern Palace, it must have changed his name and surname, and this "Chen Zhaosheng" does not know whose identity he borrowed. And this Chen Zhaoyi, I don't know if she really didn't understand her distant clan brother, or whether she had already had some kind of deal with Chen Zhaosheng's secret passage, and actually recognized this clan brother like this.

Maybe it was also for the emperor's grace. Zhao Pi spoiled her for a few days, raised her as a concubine, and gave her an independent Tinglan Garden, without having to live under the concubine of the original main hall, the leap in living conditions was really of quality, and it was no wonder that some people in the harem were dissatisfied.

I asked Lin He to prepare a box of jewelry and went to Tinglan Garden to meet this Chen Zhaoyi.

Chen Zhaoyi looked delicate and talked quite gently, and it could be seen that she had read a lot of books. It was rare for me to meet such a woman in the harem, and I no longer wondered why Zhao Pei liked her so much. The Chen family is just a small family with no name, and it is strange that they can raise such a woman.

I didn't plan to mention Chen Zhaosheng in front of her so quickly, but I just chatted casually about poetry and songs and the history books of scripture, and the atmosphere was pleasant. She happily accepted my jewelry, let the maid bring a plate of Hibiscus jade bean cake given by Zhao Pei, I glanced over and knew that this pastry imperial dining room had just studied Zhao Pei let people send it to Changle Palace, the taste was not quite what I wanted, Zhao Pei did not let it appear on the table of Changle Palace after he noticed it - from this point of view, Zhao Pei was really gentle and considerate, no wonder Yanran liked him so much.

I casually twisted a piece of hibiscus jade bean cake and took a small bite meaningfully, without revealing that I didn't like it at all. Chen Zhaoyi felt very obedient, and quickly let the maid withdraw, changed to another simple and much more engaging point, and gently explained: "This is a dessert from my mother's house, and I will make it myself when I miss home." He said with a slightly embarrassed smile.

The Chen family was indeed in Yangzhou, Jiangnan—Chen Zhaosheng had also left the capital to go there.

Zhao Qi went down to the court, thinking that he heard that I was in Tinglan Garden, worried that I would be embarrassed by Chen Zhaoyi, and hurried to come, but he saw that we were talking very happily, and he was a little stunned for a while.

I smiled and said, "Zhaoyi is really a wonderful person, remembering that I saw Master Chen at the Qionglin banquet that day, they really look like sisters and brothers." ”

Chen Zhaosheng did not enter the Hanlin Academy, went to the Ministry of Works to do a master of eight pins, it seems to be a sesame petty official, but everyone knows that he will be reused in the future, and once he enters the dynasty, it is eight pins - much better than some people who have struggled in eight or nine pins for most of their lives and have no way to be promoted. Although this also means that he will attract red eyes, even Chen Zhaoyi, who has no foundation, will bear some impure means while inheriting favors in the harem.

Zhao Qi was satisfied with his jaw. I got up and let him sit on the top, and Chen Zhaoyi was able to make him happy with your words, and the folds between his eyebrows that he brought from the meeting gradually disappeared.

I didn't stay long, knowing that Zhao Zhaoyi was still in the fresh period for Chen Zhaoyi, knowing that he didn't bother too much, and left under the pretext of being sleepy before lunch. It was only when Chen Zhaoyi went to arrange the cloth meal that I whispered a reminder to Zhao Qi, asking him to remember that the rain and dew were evenly stained, so as not to imbalance the harem, he did not show dissatisfaction, nodded his head and said that he listened.

Too late, Zhao Qi was still clear about this truth. Although Han Zi is now more dead, and there is no trustworthy person around him to advise him, after all, he was once a prince, no matter how inferior to Zhao Yuan, there is always something to be desired--otherwise he could not have pulled up so many imperial parties with one hand when my father and Xiang Qiang were leaning over.

After having people in important positions in the DPRK, I was very well informed, and I would soon be able to know the movements of the former dynasty. Chen Zhaosheng, as the chief of the Eight Pins, was not qualified to join the Small Dynasty, and could only be silently ranked last among the gongbu people in the two great pilgrimages at the beginning of the month and the middle of the month, except for the rebbe waiter and his own boss, the gongbu shilang, who was also the imperial party, who would occasionally call him out and say two words, without much performance.

At this time, it is wise to be honest and shrink, and continuing to make a big splash will only be cut off by people.

I was a little scratched to find out how much he knew about me and Zhao Yuan, in what capacity he had stayed in the East Palace, and why I had never heard of this person—in the past, Zhao Yuan had never mentioned several of his confidants in the past when he corresponded with me. But after the Qionglin feast, I no longer had the opportunity to meet him in a fair and upright manner, the empress dowager was not good enough to leave the palace, and he was not qualified to enter the harem as a sesame petty official. I had no choice but to suppress the curiosity in my heart and instruct the attendant of the ceremonial department to pay more attention to Chen Zhaosheng's movements.

Why is it that the Rebbe Waiter is now so determined to become a noble concubine like me who has no heirs? Because I promised him that the official Shangshu would soon return to his hometown, I could guarantee him that position.

The official oil and water is not comparable to the rebbe, the rebbe waiter has been in the position of the waiter for more than ten years, and his superior Rebbe Shangshu is a person who is still young and strong, and he is far away from Zhishi. I painted him this pie, and he willingly bit it.

In the past two years, although I have listened to my father's words, not pursued Zhao Yuan's matter, and been my noble concubine in peace, I can't really do nothing.

Later, when I think back, I always suspected that Zhao Yuan had expected that he would not live long, and the only few times we went out to meet, he brought his confidants to meet me. In the past three years, although I have not moved, I have never broken off the contact with those former courtiers of the Eastern Palace of the Zhaocheng Emperor.

They are not very happy now, and most of them are in positions where there is no oil and water and are not valued. Zhao Yuan's death was inseparable from Zhao Yuan's, and he couldn't use his brother's former confidants without hesitation, and it was not good to drive people out of the central government directly, so he had to let them work like this, stay up to the end, and give a nice false title to go back to his hometown.

But how could these once-radiant people be willing?

Coupled with the fact that the ice crack was already very strange, as long as I gave a little guidance, it was easy for them to be resentful and willing to become the knife in my hand.

And if these people did things, uncle Xiang, who was so nervous about my wind and grass, would never think of me.

Not long after, the official Shangshu asked himself to give a letter.

The rebbe attendant, who was bound to take the position of the official Shangshu, quickly entrusted me to tell me that his protégé Chen Zhaosheng had visited the house with a box of his own paintings before the official Shangshu Zhishi.

Zhao Qi's movements were very fast.

I just casually mentioned that the official Shangshu was old, and then mentioned that the Ceremonial Attendant Keju was well organized, and he sent Chen Zhaosheng to the door. In fact, why bother, originally at the age of the official Shangshu, he had to write to the emperor for a few months, and Zhao Pei couldn't even wait for this, and wanted the imperial party to quickly occupy an important position in the central government--well, that official Shangshu was an old friend of the chancellor.

He seems to be trying to imitate his father and brother, but in fact, he always inadvertently shows his impatience and aggressiveness.

The ceremonial attendant was successfully promoted to a pin, and within a few days Chen Zhaosheng was also transferred. This is also expected by me, Zhao Hao will definitely reward this meritorious man. Although he was still the chief of The Eight Pins, he was transferred from the official department of Shangshu Province to Zhongshu Province, which was directly subordinate to the Chancellor, and he was promoted--zhao Qi was very bold in sending people to my uncle's hands.

12 Zhang Shi

It has been two years since Zhao Pei succeeded to the throne, but in these two years, the harem has not even moved the concubines to become pregnant. The stillborn fetus on Shufei's body was discovered by the tai doctor after her death, and shufei herself and the people in her palace did not know it before. It was Zhao Pei's first child in many years, so at that time he would be angry and directly send Jing Concubine to prison.

Although I myself used to avoid the soup, other concubines did not, so I always suspected that Zhao Pei could not do it. Unexpectedly, after Chen Zhaoyi intermittently accepted the favor for three months, he actually had joy.

The harem stirred up a thousand waves like a stone, and I was worried that some concubines were jealous, so I suggested to Zhao Qi to send two imperial cooks to the Tinglan Garden, and let the tai doctor come to the door regularly to ask for pulse. Zhao Pei naturally agreed.

Why am I so positive? Because after this child is born, it will inevitably and can only be handed over to me to raise.

Guifei didn't come out for two years, although it was actually because Zhao Pei rarely touched me although she often came to Changle Palace, and every time I drank dodge soup, but others didn't know this. They would not suspect that the emperor had a hidden disease, but would only question the noble concubines, and even say that I was jealous.

Although the prime minister is still there, my position will not be shaken, but it is not good to criticize too much. If I opened my mouth to ask for this child, Zhao Pei had no reason to reject me, as for Chen Zhaoyi, she was a smart person, and there would be no objection.

In fact, after the news of her pregnancy spread, I went to TinglanYuan to see her, and she took the initiative to say: "I and the child are grateful to the noble concubine, and if the child can accept the knee of the noble concubine in the future, it is his honor." ”

Perhaps my act of sending Zhao Pei to the Doctor and the Imperial Chef had already made her realize something, so she wisely took the initiative to mention it to avoid misunderstandings in the future.

In the days when Chen Zhaoyi was most disillusioned, Chen Zhaosheng's "wife" was taken to the capital by him, completely cutting off the minds of those who tried to give him a matchmaker these days--in the past few months, Chen Zhaosheng had done a lot of errands under Zhao Zhao's intentional cultivation, and now he was promoted to Wupin Zuoshilang under The Minister, and Zhao Zhaosheng also gave him a mansion. Officials know that this person has a promising future, and there are countless people who have made friends with him.

In fact, when I listen to Zhao Qi's tone these days, I plan to release Chen Zhaosheng as a thorn in the history after a while, and after two years of seniority, I will come back and directly enter the center, and there is a high probability that I will replace an elderly Shangshu. The marquis worships the prime minister, and it is just around the corner.

In order to show his attention, as soon as his "wife" Zhang Shi ascended to Beijing, Zhao Pei made her a county prince, and also allowed her to visit Chen Zhaoyi in the palace as a relative,the family of a Wupin official, who had no right to enter the palace to visit her concubines.

I was also there when Zhang Shi entered Tinglan Garden. Rather, I heard that she would enter the palace at this time and deliberately stay here to observe her. Zhang Shi was a little surprised to see me, and according to the etiquette, I gave her a Seiko jade bracelet. This woman is really unremarkable, whether it is her appearance or temperament, to put it badly, she is not worthy of someone like Chen Zhaosheng, let alone someone he will like.

-- My father's early deputy general Jiang Li was sent to Yangzhou to become the commander of the prefectural soldiers, and I mostly inquired about Chen Zhaosheng's news from him. I heard that Zhang Shi was Chen Zhaosheng's relative in the winter of the second year in Jiangnan, and I felt slightly uncomfortable in my heart, probably because Chen Zhaosheng's similar temperament to Zhao Yuan always made me trance, so I looked down on Zhang Shi.

However, since the name "Chen Zhaosheng" is fake, then this so-called wife is also very likely not a real wife, and I guess it is only used to hide people's eyes, probably in order to prevent Zhao Zhaosheng from coming up to the head and let Chen Zhaosheng directly princess Shang - Princess Dachu Shang will not ruin her career, but will only be prosperous; it is also to cut off all kinds of difficult marriages that are difficult to refuse along with her promotion.

I looked at her coldly, although Zhang Shi had never seen Chen Zhaosheng, the titular clan sister, he was very warm to her, and his attitude was very sincere. Although Chen Zhaoyi resolutely sided with me, and there was also the meaning of helping me to test between words, Zhang's natural answer made it difficult for us to start. I don't know if she is really simple to this point, or whether she deliberately makes a simple appearance.

I pondered and casually asked, "Zuo Shilang has been related to the county juncheng for more than a year, and he has no children?" With a lot of joy, Zuo Shilang is such a stunning figure, but he can't be followed by no one. ”

As I spoke, I quietly observed her expression, trying to judge from her reaction whether her relationship with Chen Zhaosheng was true or false.

This kind of problem is indeed the most difficult for women to deal with, Zhang Shi's self-assured expression has a crack, unnatural: "Zhaoyi is a nobleman, and does not dare to take away her joy." There will always be children, the husband is not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry. ”

I could see how reluctantly she was coping, sniffed out some unusual smell, and raised an eyebrow.

The couple is indeed catty.

Chen Zhaoyi also found out, so he chatted a few words in this direction Chen Zhaosheng, and soon sent Zhang Shi away on the grounds of physical discomfort. We sent the next person away, looked at each other, and Chen Zhaoyi thoughtfully said, "This county jun... It seems that he is not familiar with Zuo Shilang, and it does not look like he has served Zuo Shilang's body. ”

Although Chen Zhaoyi had never seen Chen Zhaosheng, the emperor mentioned it a lot in front of her, and she naturally knew a thing or two, but Zhang Shi looked like he was less familiar with Chen Zhaosheng than she was.

"Say that they were relatives who became relatives in the winter of last year, count the time, and the two young people should be together for nearly a year after marriage, so they will not be so strange." I said, "So, you think she's not right either?" ”

Chen Zhaoyi nodded.

I thought about her bad luck, squeezed her hand and told her to take her medicine and rest well, so I turned and left.

Chen Zhaoyi asked quietly behind me, "Why would Noble Concubine suspect that Zuo Shilang's identity is false?" Since Your Majesty wants to reuse him..."

Since His Majesty wants to reuse him, naturally he will not be happy to hear about his deception.

I paused, "I am not going to inform Your Majesty. Then he stopped staying and quickly left Tinglan Court.

Actually I just... Three years of obsession and a haunting lover seemed to be close at hand, uncontrollably following the figure that was too similar to him.

Or maybe the plot I've been working on in secret will take an incredible turn for the worse because of this.

I'm not sure, it's just that someone seems to be telling me to go with my instincts.

Zhao Yuan is an irreversible scar between me and Zhao Yu, and we all tacitly do not mention it, but we must all remember it firmly in our hearts. I'm not sure if Zhao Yu reused Chen Zhaosheng because he saw Zhao Yuan's shadow in him, so he tried to make up for the mistakes he had made in such a futile way. I only know that no matter what, I must know who Chen Zhaosheng really is.

13 I will always be your way out

Chen Zhaoyi's body became heavier and heavier, the first few years she entered the palace were not very comfortable, the bottom of her body was not good, Zhao Yu was worried that she could not do it, and she took medicine and ate every day. Due to the emperor's attention, the entire Tinglan Garden became an iron barrel, and anything that was to be given to Chen Zhaoyi had to be inspected by several hands.

I heard that Chen Zhaoyi's appetite was always bad, his stomach was getting bigger and bigger, but the bones on his body were gradually reduced, and he often leaned against the window in a daze, feeling depressed, so after asking Zhao Zhi, he sent a message of will to invite Chen Zhaosheng and Zhang Shi to visit Chen Zhaoyi in the palace.

The influence of the foreign man entering the harem was not good, but he was Chen Zhaoyi's nominal clan brother, and with Zhao Zhi's permission, it was not a big deal.

I also wrote in that way that Chen Zhaoyi had a bad appetite, and I heard that the county jun had good craftsmanship, so I asked her to bring some Jiangnan special food points into the palace.

When they arrived at Tinglan Garden, Zhao Yu and I were all there, and the two of us performed the ceremony, and Zhang Shi took out the food box himself, including vegetarian stuffed soup buns, mille-feuille oil cakes, roast goose cover noodles, and a small plate of brown candy. Chen Zhaoyi's eyes lit up, and he ate nearly two-thirds of it with a rare appetite, and Zhao Yu and I breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

After two years in the harem, I rarely met such a friend who could speak a little intimately, and I really did not want her to suffer in pregnancy.

Chen Zhaosheng always sat with his head hanging down, and when Chen Zhaoyi finished eating, he said in a warm voice: "If Zhaoyi likes the craftsmanship of the insiders, he will let her go into the palace to accompany Zhaoyi in the future." ”

Chen Zhaoyi hesitated for a moment, his eyes drifted to Zhao Qi, and Zhao Yu decisively clapped: "The county jun will live in Tinglan Garden, and the inner court should be responsible for a case, just coax Zhaoyi to eat something." ”

I coughed softly, "Your Majesty, after all, the county prince is Zuo Shilang's wife, how can I tell them to separate husband and wife for several months?" ”

Zhao Yu was suddenly a little embarrassed, Chen Zhaosheng glanced at me, and a helpless smile appeared in his eyes again, as if he had seen through my tricks: "Thank you guifei for your concern, but both of my husband and wife take Zhaoyi's body as the first, just a few months, it is nothing." After saying that, he gently turned his head to Zhang Shi and asked, "What does Xiao Jun think?" ”

Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Fu Jun said yes." ”

That's it.

Again, I began to nervously complain about Chen Zhaosheng's name for Zhang. Xiao Jun, what an intimate name... No, Lin Wan, that's not Zhao Yuan, you should be sober!

Later, Zhao Yu had a political affairs to deal with in a hurry to leave first, and I myself was so angry that I felt a pain in my head, so I also left, but when I walked to a nearby vacant palace, I suddenly stopped.

Lin He asked in a low voice, "What happened to Guifei?" ”

I touched the empty left ear: "The earrings seem to have fallen on the road, you go and look for me." ”

She answered, quickly turned around and walked back in the direction of Tinglan Garden, while I turned my feet and entered the empty temple.

Chen Zhaosheng leaned against the corner with a smile: "How does The noble concubine know that I am here?" ”

I was speechless: "Your flower is really shaking, if it weren't for Lin He keeping her head down, she would have seen it." ”

"See what?" He asked a little hesitantly, "I am not secretly meeting with the noble concubine, so why should I be so secretive, and besides, she is not your confidant?" ”

I stroked the green tendons that were about to jump out of my forehead, and sneered: "Then why didn't you tell me directly in Tinglan Garden that you want to run here?" There was a pause, "How did you avoid the guards?" The man was wandering around in the harem, and was found to be a major crime. ”

Chen Zhaosheng raised his eyes, and his gaze seemed to dangle very quickly in the palace behind me, and then fell on me again: "I have my own way, and the noble concubine does not have to worry- but it makes me flattered." As for why she said it here, doesn't the noble concubine think that the environment here is very quiet, suitable for chatting about something? ”

I frowned: "What are you going to say?" Hongu didn't have time to hang out with you, and Lin He was coming back soon. ”

Chen Zhaosheng took a few steps closer and asked word by word, "Isn't it true that Noble Concubine guifei has something to ask me?" The insider entered the palace twice, and the noble concubines all had words in their words, but they suspected that I did not have a husband and wife with the insiders? ”

I choked on the spot, not expecting him to be so direct, but the sense of familiarity in my heart finally dissipated.

This person looked gentle and courteous, really a strange person who did not play cards according to common sense, completely different from Zhao Yuan. Maybe it's better to stand and not talk like a little.

"That's your husband and wife's private affair, and it has nothing to do with me." I opened my eyes, "It was Zuo Shilang who lost a mystery to me, I really couldn't guess it, so I had to look for clues from elsewhere." ”

What kind of person are you in the East Palace, why do you know that Zhao Yuan has been hiding in front of others to death, why do you want to tease me to notice you, what are you going to do, will you stand on Zhao Yuan's side?

I have a lot of questions to ask, but I can't ask them directly.

Chen Zhaosheng was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "My name was given to him, and he hopes that I can make Zhao's Great Chu come to life." "Instead of what it is now, the external only promises, the internal violent suppression, the displacement of people, the famine everywhere, the northern barbarians invading, the border areas are miserable, but the capital is hedonistic and indifferent, as if as long as you close your eyes, this is an unparalleled peace and prosperity."

When Chen Zhaosheng said this, his expression inexplicably carried a bit of hostility, but after a flash, all that was left was the tiredness that I could not understand.

My eyelids jumped.

According to what he said, was it Zhao Yuan who gave him the identity of "Chen Zhaosheng", the Chen family? So he went down to Jiangnan after Zhao Yuan's death, which was also Zhao Yuan's order? Jiangnan has excellent water and soil, is one of the few rich and stable cities in Dachu today, and also has the largest number of provincial barracks in Dachu. Zhao Yuan chose this place for Chen Zhaosheng, could it be...

I shook my head in my heart.

I still didn't believe that Zhao Yuan had anticipated his own death, or even everything that would happen after death.

Chen Zhaosheng suddenly shoved the enchanting peach blossom in his hand into my hand and said quickly, "Don't worry too much, I will always be your way out." ”

Then he slipped into the palace behind me and disappeared. Before I could react, I heard Lin He shouting outside, "Noble concubine? Chaise? ”

I answered, squeezed the peach blossom and slowly paced out, explaining in Lin He's surprised eyes: "When I smell the flowers, I go in and look at it." This flower... You trim it and put it next to my bed. ”

Lin Heying was supposed to take the peach blossom, and at the same time ashamedly said that he did not find the earrings. I said softly that it didn't matter—of course I couldn't find it, and the earrings were hidden in my sleeve. Dragged too hard, now the earlobe is still slightly painful.

- This damn Chen Zhaosheng.

If Chen Zhaosheng is indeed the person that Zhao Yuan left for me, then my plan has another 10% chance of winning. It's just a retreat to this kind of thing... I don't need to, as long as the great revenge is repaid, and any prince who succeeds to the throne, I will wipe my neck and go down to see Zhao Yuan.

14 The Emperor's eldest son is full moon

The first imperial heir was about to be born, and the whole palace was very nervous, and Zhao Yu went to TinglanYuan every night to guard Chen Zhaoyi, and also canceled several court meetings. Cheng Xiang was angry enough, and went on several folds to persuade him not to delay the state affairs of the woman, Zhao Yu turned a blind eye, and his eyes were full of only Chen Zhaoyi, who was about to be born, and the children in her belly were not male or female.

Chen Zhaoyi went to April to accept favors, became pregnant in June, and gave birth to a son smoothly at this age - in April of the fourth year of the heavenly multiplication- and the mother and child were safe.

Zhao Yu was simply ecstatic, named the eldest son Cheng'an, and with a wave of his hand, he filled the entire Tinglan Garden with a wave of his hand, and also promoted Chen Zhaoyi to a position, becoming one of the four concubines, and conveniently gave me the title of an imperial concubine.

I knew that he was trying to tell me that I was still the only being in the harem, that no one would be of higher status than me, and that it was a compensation for not helping me.

After all, at that time, he swore in front of Emperor Shengwu's sickbed that he would set me up as the queen and cherish me.

I went to see Concubine Chen Shufei, she was still very weak, still insisted on giving me a salute in bed: "Congratulations on the promotion of the imperial concubine." ”

I laughed and said, "Why don't you wish you a promotion yourself—okay, lie down, I'll look at the kids." ”

Concubine Chen Shufei then picked up the child and said softly, "I mentioned to Your Majesty that An Er should be sent to Changle Palace, and Your Majesty seems to be unhappy." ”

I waved my hand: "No problem, this matter is not urgent, you will keep it first." ”

The child is so young, I am still worried that I will not take good care of it after arriving at Changle Palace. Besides, I had originally planned to raise the emperor's eldest son and wait until the children were older to get Zhao Yu down, but now I couldn't wait too long. Chen Zhaosheng's appearance made me want to end all this quickly, get away from these people and things early, and quietly find a place to wipe my neck.

Anyway, there are still two princes, and Dachu Guozuo doesn't need me to worry about it.

Therefore, the child is still raised by Chen Shufei herself.

Zhang Shi had already returned home, and it was also a blessing for her, and Chen Shufei finally raised a little meat when she was in the basin. Now those two imperial cooks have completely stayed here to become the supervisor of the Tinglan Garden's small kitchen, and they have also learned Zhang's Yangzhou dishes, and Zhang's achievements have retired.

But Chen Zhaosheng is not at home now - the locust plague in the southwest, the grain is wasted, the history book asked the imperial court to allocate funds and reduce the tax by half, Zhao Yu asked Chen Zhaosheng to do a Qin messenger to escort the grain to check the local disaster situation by the way, it was in mid-February, just after Zhang Shi entered Tinglanyuan, he is still staying in the southwest, but he is ready to return.

Listening to Zhao Yu's meaning, Chen Zhaosheng did a good job this time, that thorn Shi Was the Emperor of Tiangao far away from unscrupulously scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, this locust plague was not serious, not to the point of reducing taxes, Chen Zhaosheng this investigation directly tied up a string of people to the capital to ask for guilt. After running a corrupt official and not having to collect less taxes, Zhao Yu was in a very good mood, and this time Chen Zhaosheng would probably sit in the position of hubu waiter for a while when he returned, and then he would be sent to Shuzhong to do two years of assassination history, and come back to directly do the Shangshu of the Punishment Department or the Military Department.

I thought, maybe I should speed up a little bit.

The day Chen Zhaosheng returned to Beijing coincided with the full moon ceremony of the emperor's eldest son, Zhao Cheng'an.

I advised the emperor not to do anything big, so as not to make Chen Shufei too popular and be red-eyed. He agreed, so he only set up a family banquet in Tinglan Garden, and invited several important courtiers in the court—such as the chancellor and the new general who took my father's place, as well as the Shangshu of the Hubu and the officials, and naturally Chen Zhaosheng and Zhang Shi.

Chen Zhaosheng, who had just arrived in the capital, had not yet had time to report for duty, and after sending a string of corrupt officials to the Punishment Department, he rushed into the palace to celebrate the full moon for his "nephew." He was a dusty servant and tired, and Zhang Shi showed just the right amount of concern in front of people, and made enough of the posture of a competent wife.

Uncle Xiang and I had not seen each other for several years, and we each had our own concerns and principles, and this time we just greeted each other lukewarmly and sat down.

Zhao Yu personally went inside to help Chen Shufei out, the posture was careful, I looked at it coldly, the atmosphere between them was quite like a folk couple. However, I didn't like Zhao Qi, nor did I find this picture dazzling, but I suddenly thought of a question - if it really came to the day when I and Zhao Yu didn't die, what would Chen Shufei do? She truly loves her husband, and I am afraid that she will become a variable when the time comes, or will she choose me and Zhao Yu not to help each other, and finally be sad alone?

What a headache.

Chen Zhaosheng and Zhang Shi sat at the end, and the two of them looked very harmonious, but when my eyes slid from Zhao Yu Chen Shufei to the two of them, I keenly noticed that there was a little bit of inconspicuous strangeness among them. It is not that the relationship is not close enough, but it is too close, but it seems deliberate, like two wooden people acting according to the script.

I smiled lowly and listened to Zhao Yu announce the start of the banquet.

Taking care of Chen Shufei, whose body has not yet recovered, this simple family banquet has no noisy songs and dances, only qingyue's piano jingle bells flowing, and everyone's chatter.

Zhao Yu announced the promotion of Chen Zhaosheng on such an occasion, and sure enough, it was Hubu Waiter, Chen Zhaosheng got up and saluted without humility, and gently greeted Hubu Shangshu -- it was almost like two people in front of me.

Zhang Shi also naturally became a county prince.

I smiled and said, "Thanks to the careful care of Junjun, Concubine Shu can give birth smoothly and give birth to the first imperial heir for Dachu." Although His Majesty has already rewarded it, the share of the palace should also be made up. ”

I asked Lin He to invite the prepared statue of guanyin jade Buddha out of the side hall and smiled kindly: "Junjun and Shilang have been related for two years, but they must pass on the heirs for Shilang as soon as possible, so that Shufei's joy can continue." ”

Zhang Shi's face stiffened for a moment, and he quickly covered up the past, letting the maid next to him bear the Guanyin statue and respectfully thank you.

Chen Zhaosheng also got up to thank him, and the moment he raised his head, he suddenly blinked at me.

I was stunned, I saw the two of them return to their seats, and when the focus of the banquet changed to Zhao Qi again, I saw Chen Zhaosheng raise his wine glass and look at me from afar, his lips opened and closed a few times, and then he smiled with ridicule.

I took a deep breath and kept the manners of the imperial concubine and drinking with him, but I squeezed my fist in the wide sleeve.

Chen Zhaosheng clearly knew about me and Zhao Yuan, but he was always so frivolous in front of me, really... It's really annoying.

15 Trespassed

After the full moon feast, I walked out of Tinglan Garden with the help of Lin He, and was blown by the warm and cold spring breeze in April, and my head, which was a little drowsy, immediately woke up.

I suddenly remembered that at this time last year, it was Chen Zhaosheng and I's first meeting at the Qionglin Banquet.

A lot of things happened this year, although I didn't have a father, I didn't have much time to grieve, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for me to implement the plan.

After returning to changle palace to finish washing, I asked Lin He to go back to rest first, and sat by the window for a while, thinking chaotically about the relationship between Chen Zhaosheng and Zhao Yuan in the unfinished wine.

Although I really didn't like to have my heart fluctuating every time I saw him, I couldn't help myself from thinking about it.

I felt more and more that Chen Zhaosheng was not an ordinary Eastern Palace official, and he had to be Zhao Yuan's confidant, but Zhao Yuan had never led me to meet him, which could only show that the position of this confidant was so important that even I could not see it at will. However, even at that time, I had seen Zhan Shifu, Zuo Chunfang, Chongwenguan, Left and Right Wei Li and the two princely guests, would Chen Zhaosheng's identity be more important than them?

Could it be...

I suddenly remembered what Grandpa had said to me.

"Your Majesty and the Crown Prince have dark guards around them, there are not many people, but they are very important, they are devious and their skills are different from ordinary people. The two men in black you are talking about are the Prince's Dark Guard, and only they can rush to that position so quickly to rescue the Prince. And when the prince travels, the dark guard will carefully check at the destination in advance, and if there is a problem, the prince will not go at all. ”

This is what my grandfather told me after I suspected Zhao Qi, although he felt that Zhao Qi was very suspicious, he did not think that Zhao Qi's hands and feet could escape the eyes of the prince, unless the prince deliberately wanted to fall into the crack in the cracked ice - is it possible? No way.

This was the fundamental reason why I endured Zhao Qi for three years, because my father kept telling me that this was impossible, and he strictly demanded that I could not do anything to Zhao Qi. But who knows if Han Zi's cunning guy will be checked out for the hands and feet that the cunning guy helped Zhao Qi do? If it wasn't for Zhao Yu's doing, why would Han Zi be secretly executed by Emperor Xian, and why would the Han family soon be exiled for corruption? After all, Emperor Shengwu was much smarter and more sober than me.

So I now suspect that Chen Zhaosheng is Zhao Yuan's Dark Guard, and may even be the head of the Dark Guard. I carefully recalled the appearance of the dark guard who walked in front of me with Zhao Yuan on my back three years ago, but I couldn't remember anything, only a pair of hands and dark golden stripes on the sleeves that tucked a small stove into Zhao Yuan's arms.

The window moved suddenly.

"The imperial concubine doesn't sleep late at night, what are you doing here?" The faint voice followed the cool breeze that poured in, making my whole body shake a little.

"Chen Zhaosheng!" I lowered my voice and yelled at him, "You ate the bear heart leopard bile and ran to Changle Palace!" ”

Chen Zhaosheng didn't seem to hear it, and skillfully flipped down from the top of the window and closed the window lightly, almost as if he had done such a thing countless times. I laughed angrily at him: "Do you still have rules in your eyes?" ”

He leaned against the table like a boneless man, with three drunken glints in his eyes, and looked at me for a long time: "If the Imperial Concubine believes in me, she will know that I will not let anyone know that I am here." ”

I sneered, "Including your 'little king'?" Husband Jun went out late at night, and she didn't notice it? ”

Chen Zhaosheng smiled, and his eyes lit up amazingly: "You are really jealous." ”

I was almost stunned by him: "Bold, mouth out of the mouth!" I am an imperial concubine, why would you allow such a flirtation? ”

Chen Zhaosheng turned around and shook his head to sit on the chair, and suddenly turned his head to look at the peach blossom at the head of my bed that was about to wither, I immediately knew that it was not good, gritted my teeth and preemptively said: "That was folded for me by Lin He two days ago!" ”

Chen Zhaosheng dragged the long tail tone "Oh": "The flowers carefully served by the Great Palace Lady of Changle Palace actually withered like this in two days, which is really incompetent." ”

"It's none of your business." I let myself cool down, "What are you looking for me to say?" ”

"Nothing, just come out tonight and see that the moon is round again, think of a poem, and miss it to the imperial concubine." He slumped in his chair without a straight face, stared at me for half a moment, and revealed a smile of unclear meaning.

Twilight clouds overflowed with cold, and yinhan silently turned the jade disk. This life and this night are not long, where to see the bright moon next year. ”

My face changed, and I pulled the hairpin from my head as fast as I could in my life and pressed it against his throat, and said compassionately: "How do you know this poem?" Who the hell are you? ”

This is the poem that Zhao Yuan wrote to me that year. Although I have burned all the letters he wrote to me, I have already engraved every word in my heart, and it is impossible to forget them.

Chen Zhaosheng didn't seem to react, and as if he didn't intend to react at all, he still leaned into his chair and looked at me with that inexplicable gaze: "Didn't the imperial concubines all guess it?" ”

I gritted my teeth, indeed, I guessed that he was Zhao Yuan's dark guard, but this was not my own guess, he guided me step by step to guess. From the beginning, from the time we had not yet met, from the painting in the Building, he had always had a "hurry up and pay attention to me" and "guess who I am" attitude.

"Since you are his dark guard," I said after a pause, seeing that Chen Zhaosheng had no reaction, confirming that he guessed correctly, and continued, "How dare you be so rude to me?" Are you worthy of your master? ”

Chen Zhaosheng smiled, "Master? He repeated it, with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "He is indeed my master, and I have to do whatever I want to do." ”

I thought his attitude was a little strange, but he didn't feel at ease, just said coldly: "Yes, so how dare you provoke me repeatedly?" ”

A laugh escaped from between his lips as I got too close with the hairpin against him, and the warm, wine-scented scent gently brushed my face, making my already unconscious head faint.

"Doesn't the Imperial Concubine know yet?" He is the master. He intensified his tone on the words "master," "A man who is born noble and destined to be a lord will only look at everyone around him." You don't feel that everything that is happening in Dachu now, including the Han family at that time, including His Majesty today, including the death of the Great General, including me and you, many people... Is it all under his control? ”

I furrowed my brows, pressed the hairpin, and didn't care about the cold feeling of the blood oozing from under his skin falling on my hand: "Don't think that you are the only one left in the old people of Emperor Zhaocheng." If you make a big fuss about me, I will never allow you to denigrate him! ”

But my heart was really panicked.

At that time, the fall into the lake was full of doubts, and I did not suspect that Zhao Yuan deliberately let himself fall, or even said that he was deliberately looking for death, but I did not dare to believe it and did not want to believe it. If so, then the brief love affair between him and me shattered like a mirror, and I didn't even dare to think about whether his original intention of approaching me was really so pure.

Chen Zhaosheng still smiled deeply, as if he didn't feel a little pain: "You are shaken." After a pause, he called out to me softly, "Wanwan." ”

I was so shocked that I forgot for a moment that I was threatening him with a hairpin, and took two steps back in panic, his mind full of his gentle whispers.

It's so much like that.

No, in fact, it is not so similar, Zhao Yuan will not call me in this tone, his gentleness has always been restrained, like a layer of unclear veil, while Chen Zhaosheng is much more straightforward, I even vaguely feel that his two words are full of affection that is about to overflow.

I looked at Chen Zhaosheng's blurred facial features under the light and shadow, and I felt more and more that he was very similar to Zhao Yuan and even Zhao Qi. A bold guess came to mind, but I immediately vetoed it.

The sons of Emperor Shengwu who were still alive were now well placed in the fiefdom as princes. Besides, which prince would let a good prince go and run to do what dark guard?

I calmed my breathing, threw the blood-stained hairpin to the side, and said lightly: "Chen Zhaosheng, you have trespassed." ”

Chen Zhaosheng raised an eyebrow: "I've thought of calling it that for a long time—well, Imperial Concubine." He shrugged his shoulders under my sharp eyes, "There is no need for me to orchestrate bad words about the former master who was kind to me, you should also know that as a prince, how can you really be as bright and dusty as you look?" He has his plans, although many people are involved, but the starting point is for Dachu, so I will continue to do these things according to his instructions, otherwise I will have already gone away. ”

I looked down and said softly, "I see." I pushed open the window and heard faint footsteps outside, "Yulin Wei has changed his sentry, you hurry back." ”

Chen Zhaosheng didn't say anything more, stood up quietly, I watched him propped up on the windowsill with one hand, and suddenly said: "Go back and drink some decanting soup." The voice was not very willing," let Zhang Shi cook it for you." ”

Chen Zhaosheng rolled over and went out, and without turning his head back, he waved his hand at me, and his figure disappeared into the night in a flash.

And I tossed around in bed with mixed emotions before falling asleep in the middle of the night.

16 See also peach blossom fire paint

Early the next morning, I woke up with a headache from Lin He's panicked cries.

Lin He rarely ignored my ugly face and trembled as he handed me a letter.

"On the window, on the window." She said incoherently, "Peach Blossom Fire Paint!" ”

I shuddered and saw the familiar peach blossom fire paint mark on the letter in my misty vision. The drowsiness immediately disappeared, and I quickly turned to the result, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that it was exactly the same as the fire paint print of that year.

I was silent for a long time.

Chen Zhaosheng went and returned last night? How could I not be aware?

Lin He didn't know about Chen Zhaosheng's coming, but she knew that Zhao Yuan and I had exchanged such letters three years ago. The poor girl was frightened, probably suspecting that Zhao Yuan was cheating on the corpse, and at the same time suspecting that my relationship with Zhao Yuan was known by someone with ulterior motives.

I reassured her: "It's my own person, it doesn't matter." ”

Lin He served me with a heavy heart to wash and change clothes and eat breakfast, and when he saw me shelving the letter on the side, he didn't care, and he wanted to say it several times.

It wasn't until after breakfast that I sent everyone out that I blamed her: "Why is it still so unstable?" ”

Lin He was helpless: "Imperial Concubine, this can't help but be unstable, it's because you are too calm." "You must know that every time you receive this letter, your master will hold the envelope with a smile on his face for a long time." At that time, the master's body was full of fresh breath, unlike now... Well?

I didn't care what Lin He was thinking, I went back to the inner room and took out the letter, carefully untied the fire paint, and pulled out the letter paper inside. I thought Chen Zhaosheng was going to say something that he didn't have time to say to me yesterday, but I saw him talk to me at length about how the peach blossoms in his yard were blooming, how the osmanthus trees grew, how they would be after flowering, and how zhang's osmanthus cakes were...

I angrily tore up the piece of paper and ordered Lin He, "Take these to the stove and burn them clean." ”

But since then, Chen Zhaosheng has begun to send letters to Changle Palace every few days, often pulling a large section of useless things. I tended to skip his nagging with little patience and go straight to seeing some of the news he briefly mentioned at the end. He delivered messages much faster than the others in the court, allowing me to know more quickly about the movements of the imperial court and the current situation in various parts of Dachu.

I also learned that Chen Zhaosheng had a good relationship with Jiang Li, the commander of the Yangzhou Prefecture, but when I asked Commander Jiang about Chen Zhaosheng, he did not show any intention in this regard. Chen Zhaosheng must have known what relationship there was between me and Jiang Tongling, and when he confessed to me that he and Jiang Tongling had intersected, did it mean that the lineage of Chen Zhaosheng that Jiang Tongling told me could have been instructed by Chen Zhaosheng himself to be told to me by Jiang Tongsheng?

I furrowed my brows, wrote a reply for the first time, and placed it by the window after the palace door had fallen.

As a result, Chen Zhaosheng personally came to Changle Palace a day apart to answer me.

I pinched my eyebrows, "... You don't have to run, no matter how flexible you are, there is always a risk of being discovered, how to explain it at that time? ”

Fortunately, during this time, Zhao Yu and Chen Shufei became more and more affectionate, and there were several new concubines who distracted him, even if they came to Changle Palace, they only had lunch with me. Otherwise, if Chen Zhaosheng pushed open the window and Came face to face with Zhao Yu... I didn't dare think about that picture.

Chen Zhaosheng didn't care: "Didn't I come here to deliver the letter to the Imperial Concubine personally?" In the past, I used to climb the walls of the General's Mansion, and now there are several palace walls, but there is not much difference. ”

I choked a little, but this was the first time he mentioned something in the past, and I casually asked, "What, he used to let you deliver it?" Prince Dark Guard has no one else? ”

Chen Zhaosheng smiled and flicked the vase by the window: "I will not fake others for this kind of thing." Not only did I help him deliver letters, I also helped him write them. ”

I froze for a moment, completely unprepared for what I would hear: "What do you mean?" What do you ask him to write for him? ”

"Oh, you don't know yet." There was a little pity in his eyes, and a little self-deprecation, "How can His Royal Highness the Prince of Riku have time to write such delicate love letters?" It was your reply that gradually attracted his attention, letting him know that in addition to your identity as 'the daughter of a great general', you had the talent and sharpness of other women that could not be compared, and only then did you begin to occasionally personally handle the knife yourself. ”

I shook my head, not even knowing that my face was as white as paper: "Impossible... No way. ”

Mirror flower water moon love, beautiful and fragile. I always cherished it on the tip of my heart, and did not want to think about the small irrationalities, until I was unveiled before my eyes and cruelly told me that the lover I had missed for three years was actually just a complete strategist. Probably there was a warmth that was close to pity, but... He still chose to use me, and even calculated that I would hate Zhao Qi because of his death, and borrow my hand to overthrow Zhao Qi. As for the next step? I don't know yet, but Chen Zhaosheng knows.

Chen Zhaosheng gently stroked my back, and his eyes showed concern: "Wanwan, are you okay?" ”

I didn't notice his name for a while, drank the warm water he handed me to ease up, and then suddenly a little sadness arose in my heart: "Why are you telling me this?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng said, "I don't want you to live in the false illusion he created for you all the time, and still be hurt for him every day." He lowered his voice, "You've had a hard time in the past three years. Lost a lot of weight. ”

I closed my eyes and suppressed these fragile emotions: "Well, now tell me, what is going on with Commander Jiang?" You colluded to lie to me? ”

Chen Zhaosheng immediately said, "No! I just know that you wrote to him and asked him about me, and I don't know anything else. After leaving Yangzhou, I didn't have much contact with him, and he only casually mentioned this kind of thing. ”

I let out an "Oh" and didn't say no.

Anyway, the mouth is on him, and he is reasonable in every way.

I stared at him for half a moment, then suddenly asked, "You and Emperor Zhaocheng are not just superiors and subordinates, right?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng expressed doubt with his eyes.

"How can a dark guard have such a temperament as you, this kind of thing cannot be imitated, unless you have received such a training." I stared into his eyes, trying to find the clues of the change in his expression from his face to prove that I was crazy, "And it's not that I am obsessed, your face is indeed a bit of a shadow of the Zhao family, but ordinary people don't think about it." ”

Moreover, Chen Zhaosheng really did not have any reverence for Zhao Yuan that his subordinates should have for their masters.

Chen Zhaosheng showed an intriguing expression: "So who do you think I am?" ”

I squinted, suddenly out of interest in playing this guessing game with him, and waved my hand in a threatening manner: "Forget it, it's almost time for Yulin Wei to change shifts, you can go back earlier." ”

He didn't leave, and after a moment of silence he snapped his fingers.

Four figures came in through the window.

I was startled, and I listened to Chen Zhaosheng explain, "This is my subordinate, and I was also the former Dark Guard of the Eastern Palace." I was going to stay with you when I left, but the general protected you very tightly, and I was afraid of alarming him and didn't stay. This was emperor Zhaocheng's dying instruction, and I gave you someone to fulfill my promise to him. ”

I furrowed my brows slightly: "He let you stay with me?" Do what? ”

Chen Zhaosheng smiled, "Have you already begun to subconsciously suspect that his purpose is not pure?" In fact, he is completely kind, that is, he thinks that the harem is quite dangerous and wants to protect you thoroughly. However, the great general's people have actually been protecting you around until the great general is martyred. Think of himself as sentimental, there are many people in this world who are willing to protect you. ”

His words seemed to mean something, but I was already indifferent to his level of provocation, watching the four people think for a while, and finally only two of them stayed in Changle Palace. He didn't give much persuasion and simply took the remaining two people with him.

17 Small storms

Chen Zhaosheng and I tacitly began to prepare for various matters of "conspiracy to rebel" one mile at a time. Lin He was always aware of my feelings for Zhao Yu, although he felt that my behavior was very risky, but he did not try to dissuade me, with her connections in the harem, I successfully had my own manpower in the imperial dining room and the Tai Hospital. It is difficult to poison the emperor directly in the diet, because even if I am in the harem, the emperor's side is always a forbidden area that is difficult for me to touch, one is worried about hitting the grass and snakes, and the other is worried about not paying off.

However, the head of the house had been favored by my father and had always been quite attentive to me, and he did not mind telling me some innocuous news. At critical times, this person may play an important role.

In fact, although I gradually realized that I could not forget Zhao Yuan only because I could not forget the dreamlike young love he had woven for me, I still chose to continue my three-year plan. Not because I still love Zhao Yuan enough to avenge him at all costs, nor because my father died because of Zhao Qi, but because I never look back, and I realized that Chen Zhaosheng helped me for his own sake, so I simply went with the flow. Maybe this is Zhao Yuan and Chen Zhaosheng's plan, borrowing my hand to help Chen Zhaosheng replace Zhao Zhaosheng - Chen Zhaosheng is indeed a member of the Zhao family.

Maybe it's a clan disciple.

I don't like to be used, but if Chen Zhaosheng successfully ascends the throne, I can let him let me go. The palace was so heavy that it was a superficial love-hate affair or a secret wave of intrigue and trickery that left me breathless.

Probably only by leaving far away can I really let go of Zhao Yuan and try to live a new life.

Although I didn't make any big moves, Chen Zhaosheng's actions were also carried out secretly, but there was a vague undercurrent in the middle of the dynasty, and the harem was also suppressing something in peace, and even Chen Shufei had a little doubt in her eyes when she was with me recently, and she wanted to stop talking.

Zhao Hao was still the same as ever, as if he didn't notice anything. In fact, since Chen Shufei was favored, Zhao Pei didn't touch me much even if she came to Changle Palace, and I could see that he and Chen Shufei had a relationship quite similar to that between him and Yanran. At this time, there was no Han Zi and no other Han family members around him, and he couldn't indulge in the private affairs of his children, he was obviously a little trapped.

It's an amorous one.

But the prime minister may have sensed something was wrong, so the lady entered the palace again.

I knew that she had come to inquire about my movements on behalf of my uncle, and all the temptations against her were four or two thousand pounds.

My aunt was probably in a hurry, grabbed my hand and whispered, "Wan'er, you must not think about it!" ”

I withdrew my hand and pretended to wonder, "What can't I think?" My aunt's words were strange. ”

I know she doesn't dare ask directly if you're going to rebel.

She was also helpless, and it took half a day to say, "Your uncle will not agree." ”

I heard her secretly warn me that if I really wanted to do it, the prime minister would not sit idly by, and even intervened to stop me when necessary, and immediately felt a little headache.

My uncle has his own set of principles, even if I am the daughter of his own sister, even if my parents die, he can pity me, but he will not give in to me in this kind of thing. I knew that this was probably the last time my uncle advised me, and from then on, I was afraid that I would be the enemy of me.

maybe...... Chen Zhaosheng's true identity can make his uncle regress?

His biggest concern was only that the grand prince was young, there were no other heirs in the palace, and the two princes were not as capable as Zhao Qi, not to mention the sons of the clan. Standing on the stand of Dachu, he repeatedly tolerated and admonished me several times for this deliberate act of shaking the foundation of the country, which was already the greatest pity for me.

Since this is the case, I will let Chen Zhaosheng and his uncle meet.

Sending away my worried aunt, I lazily stretched out on the collapse and prepared to go to the yard to see the laurel trees that had just been transplanted. Thanks to Chen Zhaosheng's nagging, I really had a bit of osmanthus cake, osmanthus tea and osmanthus cheese, so I simply let people move a few laurel trees. It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's also very appropriate.

It was chen zhaosheng who occasionally came to me and laughed at me.

I looked at the laurel tree under the porch for a while, and just as I was talking to Lin He about when the buds would bloom, I saw the chief attendant enter the Changle Palace.

He personally came to pass me to Tinglan Court.

I went into the house to change my clothes, and when I came out, I asked, "What happened?" "Zhao Yu told me to go to Tinglan Garden, which is a strange thing.

The manager was very kind to me and told me the beginning and end of the matter. It was said that a beauty who was Zhao Pei's new favorite had collided with Chen Shufei, she was not contentious in her nature, she had planned to let it go, who knew that this beauty was jealous and actually tried to poison the great prince who was still learning to speak.

Of course, poison can't be done, what kind of person can a little beauty buy? Even the gate of the main hall of TinglanYuan could not enter, but the abnormal mood quickly made the internal servants around him notice that something was wrong, and reported to the Grand Palace Lady beside Chen Shufei.

Zhao Pi was furious, and this scene probably reminded him of the tragic situation of the previous Lady Concubine and the public case that had shaken his imperial party for a long time, and he was so angry that he was eager to tear up the beauty on the spot.

Concubine Chen Shufei couldn't stop me, so she had to move me out and say that the affairs of the harem should be taken care of by the imperial concubines, which made Zhao Pei calm down.

I walked wordlessly to Tinglan Garden, and my heart said what this kind of thing tells me to do, it is good that there are such people in the harem who are directly killed, around is just a little beauty, what do I need to preside over?

When I arrived, I learned that this beauty was not an ordinary person, and was the daughter of a newly promoted general, although it was a concubine.

It seemed that with the lesson of the previous time, Zhao Qi hesitated. This great general was his man.

Zhao Pei and I sat on the top of the head one left and one right, and Chen Shufei sat on the bottom of my head with her eyebrows folded, and the melancholy was visible to the naked eye. I ignored the beauty who knelt on the ground and cried how innocent she was, and first asked Princess Chen Shufei with concern.

She sighed, "An Er is no obstacle, it is..." She hesitated, "The grandmother was holding him to play under the porch at that time, and she was frightened by the man, and cried for a long time before she was coaxed." ”

Zhao Pei seemed stunned for a moment and asked her, "Why didn't Fang Cai say it?" ”

Chen Shufei looked helpless, and I knew that if I had just said it, it would definitely have added fuel to the fire, but the Grand Prince had indeed not suffered any substantial harm, and there was a suspicion of deliberately embarrassing the beauty when he said it.

Zhao Pei also thought about it, so he was silent and did not ask again.

I knew the entanglement in Zhao Pei's heart, but I had the heart not to let him feel better, so I simply interrupted the beauty's chatter and said directly: "Lin He, ask someone to go to the Ruyi Hall to search the palace, and invite Li Xiuyi of the main hall to come." ”

Since the beauty was in Li Xiuyi's palace, she should also come. Chen Shufei did not understand the affairs of the harem, and Zhao Yu did not understand it, and probably did not want to investigate deeply, so the two of them spent half a day with this beauty.

As soon as Li Xiuyi came, she knelt down, first saying that she had nothing to do with this matter, and then carefully counting the many restless actions that the beauty had made since entering the palace, saying that she looked at the face of the great general and gave a lot of tolerance to him, but she did not expect to encourage her arrogance, and dared to act against the grand prince, and finally announced the crime. The beauty was shaking, Lin He walked in with a maid, and the beauty lay on the ground on the spot, and she did not dare to speak.

The maid was Beauty's personal palace maid, and she testified that Beauty had instructed her to get poison from outside the palace, and had bribed an internal attendant in charge of sweeping in Tinglan Court, hoping to bring the poison down to the Grand Prince's food. Under the deliberate protection of Zhao Qi, Ting Lanyuan was extremely attentive to this piece, and even the bribed internal servant was dizzy and wanted to do it because of the difficulties in the family, how could this poison succeed?

Lin He also took out the medicinal powder that he had searched from the Ruyi Hall. The human and physical evidence was all there, and Zhao Yu didn't want to be punished. Sensing his displeasure, and Chen Shufei's slightly worried gaze, I smiled slightly and said, "Nian Zai is loyal to the great general, and you did not succeed, so spare your life, and think about it in the court later." ”

The court is a place where sinful palace people are imprisoned, and the conditions are extremely harsh, and whether they can survive there depends on themselves. The beauty was frightened and colorless, and she repeatedly told her to spare, and Lin He fiercely asked someone to drag her down. Li Xiuyi was relieved, and I waved my hand to tell her to go back, turned to Zhao Fu and asked, "Is Your Majesty still satisfied?" ”

Zhao Yu's face was somber: "The imperial concubine has been in charge of the palace for many years, and naturally she has handled it extremely well, and it can also be regarded as giving the great general a face." After saying this, he was a little indignant, "Why do these people always want to attack my imperial heir, do they want me to die?" ”

I said lightly, "Your Majesty is cautious, this is not auspicious, and there is nothing wrong with the Grand Prince." However, Lady Shu, the people in your palace, you have to check it out. ”

Chen Shufei nodded yes, and I got up and prepared to leave, when Zhao Yu suddenly stopped me and inexplicably said, "You go with me to the Divine Dragon Hall." ”

I looked at Zhao Yu inquiringly, he did not explain, Chen Shufei was also confused. He nodded, "Good." Lin He stayed behind to help Lady Shu rectify the Tinglan Garden, and after the rectification, he went directly back to Changle Palace to wait for me. ”

Shufei's gentle nature, I really can't rest assured, this time if it is not Zhao Yu is too angry, it is estimated that Shufei may also scold the beauty. With this nature, it was no wonder that it was so difficult when he was not favored before--but it was no wonder that Zhao Yu was so pitiful and loved.

18 Letters

Zhao Qi told me to go to the Divine Dragon Hall to give me a letter.

The doubts in my heart grew deeper, but the envelope was blank, nothing was written, and for a moment it was impossible to see who had written it.

"What does Your Majesty mean by that?"

Zhao Yu was silent for a long time, probably thinking about how to talk to me, and it took half a day before he spoke: "In fact, it should have been given to you three years ago." ”

I was stunned, realized something, squeezed the finger of the envelope slightly tighter, and quickly relaxed, asking nonchalantly, "I don't quite understand this." If Your Majesty hadn't given it to me three years ago, presumably he wouldn't have wanted me to know, but why did he give it to me today? ”

Zhao Fu shook his head and called me "Wan'er" for a long time, that is, when I first entered the palace, he called it this way for a while, and then he became a "noble concubine". Maybe it was compensation at first, but after a long time, the guilt has faded, and there is no emotion.

"I promised someone to give it to you, but I'm not a reneging on my word, but I don't know how to give it to you." Today you dealt with that beauty, and I suddenly... A bit of a trance. Zhao Yu actually seriously dissected his psychology with me once, "When Yanran was deliberately framed by a young lady to say that she stole poetry, her family was not good to offend, I did not dare to come forward, and it was also you who vigorously exposed the behavior of that young lady, forcing her to marry even a good family later." Probably thinking of you back then, I felt... Locking you up in this palace will not be able to stop you after all. I don't want to have one more thing to you, so I'll give it back to you. ”

I was speechless, defeated under his sincere gaze, and couldn't help but sigh and think, if it wasn't for the Han family, maybe Zhao Yu wouldn't have wanted to be emperor at all, he didn't have the talent to govern the country, and he didn't have such ambitions. My hatred for so many years seems to have suddenly dissipated a lot.

Why bother with a fool with a child-in-law brain? What's more, soon he will become a prisoner of the order, and there will be a head of resentment, and since my love for Zhao Yuan is no longer what it used to be, then my hatred for Zhao Yuan does not have to be so stubborn.

But even so, my plan has begun and it is impossible to stop easily.

I took the letter and smiled at him: "Thank you Your Majesty for being honest, Wan Er is very grateful." ”

Zhao Yu waved his hand: "I haven't opened this letter, you can rest assured to look at it." I still have to go back to Tinglan Garden to see An Er, and the general manager of the building will send you back to Changle Palace in a while. ”

I thought this should be a letter left to me by Zhao Yuan, but I didn't expect it to be.

It's Han Zi more.

In fact, my impression of Han Zi was only that of a gloomy teenager who always followed Zhao Qi's side. The Momentum of the Han Family since Han Guifei's death had been much worse than before, and if Zhao Yu had not been taken to the Empress Palace, it was estimated that it would have been very difficult. But Han Zi did not have such a treatment, although he was the companion of the fourth prince, but Zhao Yu himself was still unable to take care of himself, how could he take care of him? It is because he is often squeezed by the noble princes, which also causes his face to be gloomy every day, which makes people dislike being close more and more.

YanRan, who has always had a soft heart, will be gentle and kind to Zhao Chen's face.

I only remember that at a poetry meeting, Han Zi wrote a poem, and several princes began to provoke again. I don't care how they usually are, but it makes me very unhappy to deliberately find fault at the poetry meeting, so I came forward to say a few words for Han Zi and warned them not to find trouble at the poetry meeting.

Han Zi even entrusted someone to send me a hairpin as a thank you gift the day after the poetry meeting, and I gave it to Lin He casually, I did not wear it myself, but Lin He did wear it several times. I don't know if Han Zi is dissatisfied with me because of this, and after that, I can always feel his gloomy eyes hovering over me. But I was not afraid, nor did I feel evil, because I graciously forgave him for his unbridled gaze because of pity for his pitiful situation.

However, this man did not appreciate it, but later added a few times to me, and finally because of an incident that completely annoyed me, the banner clearly showed him that I would never spare the Great General's Mansion again, and also asked my father to rectify him once, and Han Zi completely stopped.

Until Zhao Yuan fell into the lake on the ice. If it weren't for Emperor Shengwu first bringing people into the palace secretly and then secretly executing them, I would have let him know what it meant to survive and not to die.

I thought that was the whole entanglement between me and Han Zigen. But when I opened the letter, I realized that I still had something I didn't know—though I didn't think it was a pleasure to know.

"Lin Wan, you don't know what to do, and you can't blame my men for being ruthless." Since I can't get you, I won't allow Zhao Yuan, the hypocrite, to get you. What does he rely on? By the looks of his vase or by his sick body?

"Your Highness promised that I would not let you be his queen, and that was enough.

"I know I may not live, but as long as I can live, Lin Wan, I will definitely come back to you."

"You must not forget me."

After I finished reading the letter, I threw it into the stove with an ugly face and burned it clean, feeling that I had been stuffed with a mouthful of overnight dishes, and I was disgusted. If Zhao Yu hadn't sincerely said just now that he hadn't read this letter, and there was no need to lie to me about this kind of thing, I would really suspect that he was deliberately torturing me.

Fortunately, he hadn't read it, otherwise if he had known that Han Zi had even told him what he had done in this letter, I am afraid that he would have burned the letter to the ground first.

Han Zigen's letter confirmed all my previous speculations, it was indeed the Han family who instructed Han Zi to help Zhao Yu seize the throne, but Zhao Yuan's death was not within the Han family's plan, they originally just wanted to use a little hand and foot in Zhao Yuan's medicine and tell him to return to the original weak state of constant illness. In this way, the throne could not really pass to a prince with a disease, and he could only choose another crown prince, and Zhao Yu was the most suitable candidate.

But Han Zi was even more stimulated by me and Zhao Yuan, and no matter what, he killed Zhao Yuan, and as a result, not only did he die, but he also dragged the entire Han family into the water, and the han family's dream of being an extremely popular subject was shattered.

I was a little strange how Han Zi knew about my private interaction with Zhao Yuan, it was clear that only my father and Lin He knew about the entire General Mansion, even if it was in the palace, it was estimated that Emperor Shengwu knew a little bit. But it's not a big deal, I just need this incriminating evidence, and that's enough.

Murdering his brother and seizing the throne is a felony in the Great Chu Law. Zhao Yu, the emperor, could not be an emperor.

I also have to thank him for the handle he personally delivered to me.

19 Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is the first Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet that can be held in a big way after three years of national mourning, and the whole palace is full of joy, and the imperial dining room is studying dishes a month earlier. I proposed early on that this year's palace banquet should be made with some local specialties, so that the hundred officials and harem people could take this opportunity to taste their hometown dishes and talk about homesickness. Zhao Yu passed with a big wave of his hand, and the meals sent to the palaces by the imperial dining room in the past month were occasionally some new dishes, some people were not used to eating, and some people felt that it was a familiar taste. The meals in Changle Palace are second only to those of the Divine Dragon Hall, and some dishes cannot be eaten by people at the bottom, so I often appreciate some dishes to go down to the palaces, and Tinglan Garden naturally has them.

Lin He was a little worried at first, saying that the move was too risky. I casually mixed the bowl of red and bright soup in my hand, watched the fine white foam on it gradually melt, and said, "Then do you have a better way to give Zhao Qi medicine?" ”

Lin He language plug.

I waved my hand and motioned for her to take the dish out to the waiter who was waiting at the door with a food box in the morning: "This is something that Chen Shilang found, he has been outside for a few years, and he has touched more things than us, and this thing must have been given to me after it was determined that it was available." "Besides—" I smiled softly, "if something goes wrong, he won't give it to me at all." ”

Chen Zhaosheng will not let me have an accident, I believe this incomparably.

Last month, Chen Zhaosheng personally came to Changle Palace to send me this kind of medicine powder. He first told me that Cheng Man, the capital of Gyeonggi, had once been a pawn in Zhao Yuan's Eastern Palace Left Guard, and that he had first been rescued by Zhao Yuan, who had left the palace in micro-clothes, from the sticks of small traders, and later found that this person was available, so he let him go to the Gyeonggi military camp, and this person was also angry and climbed all the way to the current position. Because he left zuowei very early, no one knew that he had an old relationship with Emperor Shōsei. Chen Zhaosheng contacted him after returning to the capital, and now that everything has been agreed upon, it is almost an opportunity.

However, "just in case, and in order to be able to keep the blade from bloodshed, if Zhao Yu fell before we started, things would be much easier." Chen Zhaosheng said this to me.

Originally, I planned to directly let the internal attendant general manager help me do this, Chen Zhaosheng did not agree, he thought that this was still risky, because it was not certain that the general manager of the building was 100% loyal to me, and when he encountered such a thing, he was very likely to fall to Zhao Fu at a critical time.

After thinking about it, I compromised, and finally decided to take the opportunity to give food to the palaces by letting the imperial dining room study new dishes, and the food entering the Divine Dragon Hall should be checked heavily, although the food that enters the Tinglan Garden is also difficult to do, but the person who gave it is me, the people of the Tinglan Garden will naturally lower their vigilance, and even Chen Shufei will directly let my people send it in for the sake of my face.

In this way, the food I sent out could be placed directly in front of Zhao Yu and Chen Shufei.

The medicine that Chen Zhaosheng found needed to be combined with another kind of medicine powder, that kind of medicine powder I let myself in the Tai Hospital people silently mixed into the incense prepared for the Divine Dragon Temple, Zhao Yu, who had been under this incense for a long time, if he ate the food that I put something in, there was no abnormality at the beginning, and over time he would gradually feel prone to shortness of breath, decreased physical strength, and moodiness.

I should also be glad that Zhao Yu spoiled Chen Shufei, and was even willing to abandon his luxurious part in the Divine Dragon Hall and eat TinglanYuan things with Chen Shufei, otherwise how could I have won it so easily?

As for Zhao Qi's meal at Changle Palace, the medicinal powder naturally became easier.

The palace banquet was extremely extravagant, and I coldly watched the song and dance below and the relaxed conversation and laughter of the hundred officials, remembering where Chen Zhaosheng often mentioned in his letters, where corrupt officials were the party of disaster, where only an empty city was left after the flood, and I felt that no matter whether Zhao Yu was originally willing to become emperor or not, he robbed others of other people's positions but did not do a good job, which was really a disgrace to Emperor Shengwu.

Probably seeing that I was inexplicably depressed, Zhao Yu specially sent a dessert to the internal waiter, I looked up, saw him smile at me soothingly, and knew that he must have thought that I was sad for my father.

I said to the servant in front of me, "Thank you for my majesty, and say—"

I suddenly paused.

Lin He, who was preparing vegetables for me, slashed over in doubt, but I stared at the internal attendant in front of me deadly, Lin He looked at me with his gaze, his face changed slightly, and he whispered: "Wanton, the face of the imperial concubine is also what you can see?" ”

No wonder Lin He was angry at Zhao Qi's people, it was really that this internal servant in front of him simply did not know what the rules were, and I didn't know how the eight-faced and exquisite internal servant general manager decided to put this person next to Zhao Qi, or on such an occasion.

Lin He's voice attracted Zhao Chen's attention, he frowned and looked over here, probably understanding that this internal attendant had provoked me, the general manager of the building quickly came over, while making reparations for my sins while leading people away, and soon this person disappeared on the main hall, I am afraid that he was chased away after being reprimanded.

But I kept thinking about his eyes in my head, and the familiar gloom made me suddenly think of the person who made me feel sorry for me to this day, Han Zi even more. However, I recalled that this person walked in awe, his hands and feet seemed to be a little uncoordinated, and more importantly, his face was completely different, so it was probably just because Han Zi's letter made me feel uncomfortable all the time. He quickly forgot about the man.

Chen Zhaosheng also noticed my movement here, and I saw that although his body was slightly inclined to Zhang's, his eyes kept falling on me, and he shook his head slightly at him to indicate that I had no problem and continue to preside over this palace banquet.

Speaking of Zhang Shi, she has not entered the palace much in recent days, saying that her health is not very good, and I saw that she did look very haggard, so I asked Lin He to personally send a cup of chicken soup. This chicken soup is added to the first stubble of winter shoots made of the north tribute to the dried winter shoots to boil, but also put a Ganoderma lucidum, boiled all day and finally only boiled three cups out, the soup is thick and delicious, the meat is also soft and rotten, only Zhao Yu, I, Chen Shufei alone got a cup. Giving it to Zhang Shi was a great favor, and Zhang Shi drank a few sips under the persuasion of Lin He before following Lin He to me to thank him.

I will no longer be angry because of the confusing relationship between Chen Zhaosheng and Zhang Shi, first, because Chen Zhaosheng's attitude is too obvious, and second, because the contradictions and entanglements in my heart are gone, I will not torture myself or torture others, and now looking at Zhang Shi, I am really calm: "If you are not in good health, you should rest at home, such as today is also cold, you ran into the palace to toss this big night, go back to carefully and sick again." ”

She sincerely said with trepidation that Emperor Xie guifei was concerned, and I added another sentence: "Later, I will let the tai doctor show you what is wrong, and it is not a matter of not being cured." ”

This time Zhang Shi was really flattered. The taiyi did not easily treat non-imperial people, unless the emperor attached great importance to a certain minister and authorized the taiyi to diagnose the pulse of the sick minister. Even so, the family members of the officials will never have access to the Tai Doctor.

I smiled and stopped her prostration: "Chen Shilang has paid a lot for the country and the people, and this is what you deserve." After drinking the chicken soup, go to the side hall to rest, don't listen to these noisy music here, wait for the doctor to read it for you, Lin He will arrange for someone to send you back to the house. ”

Zhang Shi returned to his position thankfully, Chen Zhaosheng leaned over and whispered a few questions, and after knowing what was happening, he raised a glass at me from afar. I raised a glass in response, and my heart moved slightly under his restrained gentle smile.

Now I no longer have the idea of "he and Zhao Yuan are like", or rather, Zhao Yuan's shadow is getting fainter and fainter in my heart, but this seemingly unscrupulous person has gradually made me find a little comfort in the repressed court life.

Lin He told Zhao Yu about my promise to Zhang, and Zhao Yu nodded generously and approved. As the imperial concubine in charge of the Fengyin, I already had the right to appease the imperial concubines in the capital, not to mention that Chen Zhaosheng was his favorite courtier, and this gift was nothing.

After the palace banquet, Zhao Yu took the lead in leaving, and then Chen Shufei and I also came out one after the other. I felt that Chen Shufei had something to say to me, so I let Lin He take Chen Shufei's palace daughter farther away and asked softly, "Does Concubine Shufei have something to ask?" ”

Chen Shufei looked at me, and it took half a day to squeeze out a few words: "You and Chen Shilang..."

I took a slight breath, and then calmly asked, "How are I and Chen Shilang?" ”

Concubine Chen Shufei narrowed her eyes and took several steps before she said in a very light voice, "If someone chews the root of their tongue in front of Your Majesty, I will pay more attention to the imperial concubine." ”

I laughed indifferently, Zhao Fu knew that it didn't matter if he didn't know, anyway, he wasn't the emperor for a long time, Chen Zhaosheng and I didn't have personal feelings for each other first, and second, we didn't leave evidence of personal friendship. If it weren't for Chen Shufei's different sensitivity because of the warming of her feelings with Zhao Chen, she wouldn't have noticed this subtle abnormality.

"Lady Lady don't have to worry," I squeezed her hand, "you... Pay more attention to yourself. ”

She didn't know, so I sighed in my heart, and I felt a little guilty. I could see that she had feelings for Zhao, but I borrowed her hand to give her beloved a chronic poison and was still planning to imprison or even kill him.

Maybe this is retribution, Zhao Yu once killed his brother by any means for the throne, and Chen Zhaosheng and I will also do something to him for the same purpose.

20 Floods and rebellions

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was almost winter, and it should have rained less and less, but somehow, the rain in the southeast was more and more urgent, and the eight hundred miles of the di reported that it was sent from the southeast to the capital, and even the letter paper was soaked with the damp water vapor brought by the southeast.

The di bao was sent in by Zhao Yu when he was having lunch with me at changle palace, originally to the Divine Dragon Hall, but when he heard that people were here with me, he rushed over in a hurry.

Zhao Yu almost flipped the table after reading the newspaper, and I hurriedly asked Lin He to take a few sips of the ginseng tea that was warm on the stove, and asked in passing: "What happened that made Your Majesty so angry?" ”

Zhao Yu casually threw the thin letter to me, drank a few sips of ginseng tea before barely suppressing his anger: "The whole city is flooded, the refugees are running around, and there is an epidemic, and it has been dragged until now to report it. ”

I read the newspaper in a glance and understood it. The southeast flood appeared around the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was not serious at that time, but because of Chen Zhaosheng, I knew the news early. But the whole court seemed to know nothing about this, and I tried to test the chancellor at the palace banquet, and he acted watertight, but I think he knew it.

Why I suppressed the news, it was not because I didn't think it was important at first, so I didn't care, and then after making a big fuss, I could only continue to hide it in order not to be blamed.

I said lightly, "This newspaper was personally written by Taizhou Assassin Shi and sent people all the way to the palace, but it did not pass through Zhongshu Province." ”

If you want to report it in a serious way, it is obvious that you have to write a well-behaved recital, and then go to the minister to honestly go through the procedure, whether you can let Zhao Yu see it is unknown.

Zhao Yu also knew this truth, and knew even more that if this kind of thing was investigated deeply, he would definitely pull out a large string of people with radish and water, and after a moment of silence, he waved his hand tiredly: "I know... You eat first, and I'll go back to the Dragon Temple." ”

I grabbed him: "Your Majesty, eat and go again, the left and right have already broken to this point, no more delay will not be worse, your body is important." Then he gave the general manager of the building next to him a look and told him to first summon the officials into the palace.

Zhao Yu obediently stayed, but he didn't eat much, his face was always ugly, it looked like my medicine had begun to play a role, and it was easy to feel dizzy when the emotional ups and downs were too big.

The final result was that Chen Zhaosheng and a waiter from the official department would lead a group of people to the southeast to preside over the affairs of water control and safety. Because the situation was serious and did not give them much time to prepare, Zhao Yu publicly said that he must use the fastest speed to transport grain to Taizhou one by one, and it was Chen Zhaosheng who had to leave the next day.

On the eve of my departure, I unsurprisingly met Chen Zhaosheng in Changle Palace, who had become a common meal by climbing over the wall.

"It's a dangerous trip." As soon as he saw me, he said directly, "Taizhou Assassin Shi is the nephew of the mother of the Prime Minister, do you know?" ”

I shook my head. I don't know, but that explains why the prime minister suppressed it with all his might.

This time, although the Taizhou Assassin Shi took it upon himself to poke the news in front of the Son of Heaven, he still had to be held accountable, and there was a good chance that he would not be able to keep his seat. The Emperor of Taizhou Tiangao was far away, and he was close to the sea, and the ferry trade was developed, and the position of this thorn history was a fat difference, and the chancellor would not be willing to let his own people be replaced, and even more he might be seated. ”

I understood what he meant: "You have always been Zhao Yu's person on the surface, and you will certainly not look at his affection, so the prime minister will definitely send someone to insert himself into your disaster relief team, and may even do something to you on the road." I know that the official waiter is the protégé of the prime minister--so, you are surrounded by wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards all the way. ”

Chen Zhaosheng suddenly approached me without a straight face and grinned: "Hurt me?" That's your uncle. ”

I pushed him away without changing my face, glaring at him: "Speaking of the right thing - what about my uncle, he is going to break off relations with me a long time ago." Then desperately suppressing the throbbing in my heart, it was really strange, I thought that when I was with Zhao Yuan, I had never felt such a feeling before.

Chen Zhaosheng stood back with a smile, but the tension and depression in my heart were alleviated a lot by his trouble, and I couldn't help but feel warm.

"I'm not going to let an accident happen to me, you forgot, I still have the Dark Guard around me, but I always have to give you a thorough explanation, don't let you think about it in the palace." He nodded at the table, "But I always have a bad premonition that you should be more careful in the palace these days." ”

He paused for a moment and frowned a little tangledly: "Do you remember the person who rushed into you at the palace banquet that day?" ”

I don't remember it clearly, but when I heard Chen Zhaosheng mention it, I only recalled a little memory: "Oh, there is still a little impression, it is a dog's guts." "That kind of look will be uncomfortable for anyone."

Chen Zhaosheng said, "It's not quite right here. I went to check on that person later, as if I had won the favor of the building manager by relying on some partial door left plan, which gave me the opportunity to accompany Zhao Fu at the palace banquet. At that time, he sent you something, and the general manager of the building deliberately gave him the opportunity to show his face, but he did not expect that he had messed up, and after he went back, he was beaten with a stick and thrown to the court. However, I sent someone to see the court, he was not inside, and there was no record of the death of any internal servant in the court recently. ”

I didn't expect Chen Zhaosheng to help me check such an unruly internal servant so carefully, and I was touched and helpless for a while: "It's just a small internal servant left and right, and what waves can be thrown out, why are you so worried." ”

"When it comes to you, I have to be careful." Chen Zhaosheng was very serious, and he also called out the two dark guards who had been hiding in a corner of the Changle Palace to guard me, "You have carefully and carefully looked after it these days, you can't ask the Imperial Concubine to make any mistakes, there are suspicious characters directly solved on the spot, don't disturb the Imperial Concubine." ”

I choked wordlessly: "... Chen Zhaosheng, you are exaggerating. ”

"Not an exaggeration." He looked at me seriously, "Wanwan, you deserve my careful protection with everything I have." ”

I was hit by the gentleness in his eyes that almost drowned people, and I was in a trance for a long time before I reacted and glared at him: "Chen Shilang, you have trespassed again!" Who gave you permission to call me that? ”

Chen Zhaosheng didn't think anything of it, and explained a few things to the dark guard, telling me to be careful in everything, before he flipped through the window.

I made enough psychological preparations, but I didn't expect that Chen Zhaosheng was on guard against the fact that he had prevented the minister from doing anything else to him, and he didn't prevent anything else——

In late October of the fourth year of the Heavenly Multiplier, the disaster relief team led by Hubu and the official Shilang lost news in the southeastern region, and at the same time, the commander of the Taizhou prefectural army supported himself and declared a rebellion, along with the neighboring Mingzhou and Yuezhou. Enraged, Tianzi ordered the soldiers of Hangzhou, Muzhou, and Huzhou to suppress the rebellion, rescue Qincha, and help resettle the victims of Taizhou.

I didn't expect someone to rebel in front of me, and I didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

However, the unknown whereabouts of Chen Zhaosheng still made me extremely worried, and the two dark guards were picked out by me and asked countless times, saying that they had not received any news from the master. I panicked, and Lin He comforted me and said, "Chen Shilang has hands and eyes in the sky, and he has his own way out of trouble." ”

I hesitated and decided to send a handwritten letter to Yangzhou, asking Commander Jiang to secretly investigate where the Chincha team had gone. After writing the letter, I handed it to a dark guard and asked him to hurry to Yangzhou and be sure to send it to Commander Jiang as quickly as possible.

While waiting for the Dark Guard to return, I was also paying close attention to the situation in the southeast. The news sent to me by the official Shangshu said that the taizhou thorn history fish meat people have been long gone, this flood would not have been so serious, at least the city is fine, Taizhou thorn history at first refused to open the city gate to let the refugees in, living outside the city and the city are more or less related, this move is a public anger, forced to open the city gate and then it is difficult to control these wandering refugees, coupled with the lack of grain, violent rectification of public order, and so on, as the flood gradually became serious, Taizhou city hunger and death, epidemics everywhere. In this way, he still insisted on going his own way, resulting in more and more chaos in Taizhou. Therefore, the commander of the Taizhou prefectural army rebelled with the refugees who were still alive, and even the two surrounding states implicated by the flood also rebelled.

The imperial court here was anxiously waiting for news of the suppression of the rebels, while I was anxiously waiting for Chen Zhaosheng's news.

Unexpectedly, the two news reached the imperial court together - in November, the missing Hubu Waiter with a team of scattered soldiers miraculously mixed into Taizhou City, captured alive the commander of the Taizhou Prefecture Soldiers celebrating in the palace, and released the besieging army. The army immediately began to rectify the chaotic taizhou city, and the Hubu Shilang mysteriously disappeared again, and along with his whereabouts came the Yangzhou Fu Commandery leading the army to rush to the aid of thunder, directly crashing into the gates of Mingzhou and Yuezhou, and rushing to the most comprehensive was this magical Hubu Shilang.

The Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and after a brief shock, Zhao Yu immediately decided to give Chen Zhaosheng the rank of general of Yunli, so that he could play his role in the process of encircling and suppressing the rebels. Although some people impeached him for overstepping his duties, commanding at will, and so on, they were all suppressed by Zhao Qi's strength - this is really his rare strength.

I silently read the reply that the Dark Guard had brought back—Commander Jiang had only written two sentences saying that Chen Zhaosheng was in his place and that they planned to kill Taizhou together. There was also another letter from Chen Zhaosheng sandwiched inside, which also seemed to be in a hurry, the handwriting was slightly sloppy, briefly saying that he and the Qincha team were scattered by the displaced people, and after hearing that Taizhou was reversed, he went directly to Yangzhou to find Jiang Commandery, saying that he planned to fight taizhou with Jiang Commandery and that he would go one step ahead of Commander Jiang, and asked me not to worry.

I threw the letter to the side irritably and complained to Lin He: "Who does he think he is?" Why should I worry about his safety? ”

Lin He looked at me inexplicably and smiled: "After the Imperial Concubine met Chen Shilang, she finally had vitality." ”

I was silent, avoiding her gaze, and said vaguely, "Well... Put the letter away and I'll look at it again..."

My voice stopped abruptly.

21 True identity

When the Dark Guard arrived in Yangzhou, Chen Zhaosheng was already gone, and Commander Jiang was also preparing to pull out. I don't know if Commander Jiang was too anxious when he took the letter to the dark guard, and he also stuffed a piece of letter paper with different handwriting from the first two letters, and there was a little bit of burn marks on the edge that were rolled up by the tongue of fire.

That handwriting is all too familiar to me, it is Zhao Yuan's handwriting.

Although the letters were written by Chen Zhaosheng, he admitted that he was imitating Zhao Yuan's handwriting.

Why was Zhao Yuan's letter in Jiang Tong's place?

"Soon, my third brother will come to Yangzhou, and I will prepare for him the identity of the Chen clan. The Han clan has not been eliminated, and it will eventually become a plague of Great Chu, and he is willing to help my brother to suppress the Han clan. On the day of the annihilation of the Han clan, when my brother returned to Beijing, the fourth brother was stupid and unworthy of the throne, and then please help my brother to reorganize the rivers and mountains and continue the country for my great Chu. ”

I read the letter word by word and stayed for a long time before I reacted. It turned out that Chen Zhaosheng was Zhao Yuan's third brother, the third prince who died prematurely. The birth mother of the third prince was of low status, and was originally the palm lamp palace maid of Han Guifei, who was unexpectedly favored by Emperor Shengwu and spoiled her several times, so she had the third prince. However, the mother and son were weak, and they were regarded as a thorn in the flesh in the eye by Han Guifei, who was like a day in the sky at that time, and life was not good, and jieyu was depressed before long, and the third prince was taken to his palace by Han Guifei, but it did not take long before he fell ill and died. At that time, the empress suspected that Han Guifei had killed the mother and son of the three princes, but she could not find evidence and could not do so.

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhaosheng was the rumored third prince who had died prematurely. Combined with the few words he occasionally said in the past, I could almost piece together the beginning and end of the matter - the empress mother and son could not see the Han family's behavior, and took people to the Eastern Palace after the "premature death" of the third prince. Han Guifei's hand could not reach into the Eastern Palace, so the Third Prince lived safely and steadily. Zhao Yuan taught him the way of the king, but also taught him the way of the trick, making his brother the leader of the Eastern Palace Dark Guard, and planned that after his death, his brother would first go after the Han clan, and then return to the imperial city to get back the throne, and also make a Peaceful And prosperous world.

It was really far-sighted, others took one step to see ten steps, Zhao Yuan had already reached the realm of taking one step and looking at a hundred steps, and he had clearly calculated everything in front of and behind him.

The biggest mystery is why Zhao Yuan died. If he had lived, Dachu would not have been such a situation of internal and external difficulties, seemingly peaceful but full of hidden worries.

I also understood why Zhao Yuan wrote to Jiang Tongling, why Chen Zhaosheng wanted to go to Yangzhou, why he used the identity of the Chen clan—because the roots of the Han family were in Yangzhou. The main branch of the Han family is the han guifei's branch, after Zhao Yuan's death, the Han family was exiled by the whole family, but the place of exile was the deserted city in the southeast, and the southeast deserted city was not close to Yangzhou but not far, which was the best result of the Han family's efforts to fight with the Holy Martial Emperor. But if this is the case, if the Japanese and Han families can still make a comeback in time, coupled with all kinds of hatred, it will eventually become a major problem for Dachu's confidants. Chen Zhaosheng and Commander Jiang spent three years wiping out the Han clan little by little—no wonder they were hearing less and less in the court.

I digested for a night and finally figured everything out. The three princes, Zhao Yan, Chen Zhaosheng. I grinded my teeth, this boy really can hide, hard to hide his head and tail and play dumb with me for half a year, although I suspected that Chen Zhaosheng was a member of the Zhao family, but I did not expect that he was actually the third prince.

After the rebellion of Sanzhou was suppressed, Chen Zhaosheng was active in the front line of disaster relief, and every once in a while there were twists and turns back to the capital, and a letter was quietly sent to the Changle Palace by his dark guards.

Near the end of the year, there were fewer things in the courtroom, and everyone wanted to finish their errands and their families for the New Year as soon as possible, and no one was looking for anything. The three southeastern states gradually got on the right track, and Zhao Yu issued an edict asking Chen Zhaosheng to return to Beijing to report for duty, and I guess he wanted Chen Zhaosheng to come back for the New Year and reward him at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet. As for the other people in the Chincha team, they were sent back to the capital by Chen Zhaosheng long ago, not to mention the gift, it would be good to have no punishment.

Commander Jiang was ordered to return to Beijing like the commanders of the three prefectures of Hangzhou, Muzhou, and Huzhou—the commanders of the prefectures were generally not allowed to enter Beijing, because the rebels in the three prefectures were suppressed and the resettlement of displaced people and the epidemic were effective before giving special grace. Just commanding the army to enter Beijing means that the army must also be close to the capital, for this matter it is another tug-of-war in the court, a group of people argue that the impact of the large army pressing the city is not good, the people in the city will be uneasy and afraid, and the soldiers have to go home for the New Year after fighting for several months, and another group of people argue that the soldiers have spent more than three months in the southeast, and it is too much to disband people in situ without even giving a reward.

The latter group is naturally the hands of Me and Chen Zhaosheng, as well as some wall-to-head grass and some imperialist parties and neutral factions--they also have differences within them.

I received a letter from Chen Zhaosheng early on, saying that this time the four armies each had three thousand soldiers as representatives to go north. The other three commanders were not easy to fool, and he and Commander Jiang agreed to put them down on the outskirts of Beijing and quietly take the Yangzhou army into the city to force the palace. But after all, there is uncertainty in the forced palace, and even if the Yulin Army is a descendant of the family, it is not easy to deal with, so it is best that Zhao Yu has been put down by me before they force the palace.

In fact, I have been gradually increasing the dosage of medicine, and Zhao Qi's spirit has not been very good recently, and his face is becoming more and more haggard. Chen Zhaoyi mentioned to me that Zhao Pei's temper was not very good recently, and sometimes she would lose her temper inexplicably, which made her very uneasy.

I just comforted her not to worry too much, maybe just because of the political work and the rebellion in the southeast, and by the way, I urged the imperial dining room to prepare some medicinal food for Zhao Qi to supplement, acting like a woman who was really worried about her husband.

In fact, I knew that Concubine Chen Shufei was suspicious of me, but after the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, I would no longer send new dishes to the palaces, and Zhao Yu would only eat my added food when she came to Changle Palace to have lunch with me. As a rule, Zhao Yu has to rest in my Changle Palace for twelve days a month, because of Chen Shufei's sake, Zhao Yu has hardly come to the evening, probably to compensate, he will come to Changle Palace for lunch most of the month, and sometimes I will invite Chen Shufei to join me. And Chen Shufei herself did not have any problems eating, even if she had doubts in her heart, she could not tell Zhao Zhi directly, she could only put it in her heart.

Moreover, I knew that even if I confessed to Chen Shufei, she would not choose to betray me directly, but she might hesitate and sway between me and Zhao Qi. I still cherish this friend and don't want her to suffer like this—Chen Zhaoyi has recently been happy again. I thought of the forced palace that might come soon, and I was worried that Chen Shufei would be disturbed and the tire gas was moved, so I moved her to the Back Guanyun Hall on the grounds that the early stage of pregnancy was dangerous and Ting Lan Yuan was not suitable for quiet fetal raising. Although Zhao Pei had a little opinion because Chen Shufei was far away from the Divine Dragon Hall, he finally agreed. After all, in order to let Chen Shufei rest assured that she would raise a fetus, I also used my own example to lay the earth dragon for the Guanyun Hall, and the whole hall was warm.

Imperial Concubine took the lead in expressing the importance of Shufei's second child, the people at the bottom did not dare to move their minds again, occasionally someone chewed the root of the tongue and said that the Imperial Concubine had nowhere for many years, but Shufei had two children in a row, and the choreography I would be unfavorable to Chen Shufei, this kind of words I and Chen Shufei heard are laughed over, and are not at ease.

On the day of the New Year," a family banquet was held in the palace, and I, Concubine Chen Shufei and the Ninth Concubine, as well as several important courtiers, were all present. I was not very energetic, and I left the stage early on the grounds of mental illness, and when I returned to the Changle Palace, I could faintly hear the sound of dance music coming from the Purple Palace in front of me.

Lin He sensed my lowness and deliberately told some interesting things about the palace, and I smiled perfunctorily and said tiredly, "I'm tired." ”

She obediently served me to sleep and quietly withdrew. But I suddenly sat up from the bed with some feeling, put on a dress and walked to the window with my shoes, and as the cold wind poured into the room, a familiar voice sounded at the right time: "Wanwan, do you think I can't sleep?" ”

I fixed myself where I was, looking sheepishly at Chen Zhaosheng, whose face was visible to the naked eye the exhaustion accumulated over the days of rushing, but still smiled warmly and brightly at me.

A dark guard who has been walking in the dark for many years, a prince who should have grown up in fine clothes, hanging on these two contradictory identities, how did he grow into such a heartless and lungless appearance? My heart was a little sour, maybe it was really painful, and I was really pleased by his sudden surprise, and I rarely wanted to think about what he called me, but just said in a slightly dumb voice: "You're back." ”

22 Hearts

Chen Zhaosheng was silent for a moment, I seemed to feel his eyes red for a moment, but it seemed to be an illusion, in the blink of an eye he still smiled like that, holding the window sill with a body of wind and snow, turned in, closed the window, and said softly: "Don't stand in the wind outlet frozen." Then he said, "You're thin." Originally thin, now only bones are left thin. ”

I was amused by him: "What an exaggeration." ”

Fortunately, before Lin He went out, he put the hot teapot on the small table next to my bed, and I poured a glass of water for Chen Zhaosheng to warm him up, and asked: "You have already arrived in the capital?" Why didn't I receive a letter? ”

Chen Zhaosheng shook his head: "They are still on the road, I will rush back first." "There was a pause, and a smile spread out of the corner of my eye," I said, and there was a man in the family who was waiting foolishly for me to go back. ”

I was immediately annoyed and angry: "Who is waiting for you stupidly?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng let out an "Oh" and smiled deeper: "So you admit that you are a member of my family?" ”

I shut up and stopped talking.

After months of not seeing, he still said as much as ever.

Chen Zhaosheng accepted it when he saw it was good, and began to talk to me about serious matters: "The good news is that we have already passed the qi with Gyeonggi, and if all goes well, we can quietly enter the city to surround the palace on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve Night Feast." Commander Jiang brought all the elite soldiers, and even if he was in trouble against Shangyu Linwei, he still had a chance of winning. The bad news is that I just received the news that Han Zigen's body is gone. ”

I was stunned and did not react for a while.

Chen Zhaosheng reminded me: "Do you remember that wrong internal servant?" ”

"But he's not even like Hanzi."

"No, you don't look at his appearance, temperament, posture, just look at the bone, and Han Zi is exactly the same." Han Zi was the focus of my original observation, I could not admit it, but before I left, I did not find out where Han Zi was buried, so I did not tell you, I am afraid that you will have a panic. ”

I heard the words and thought about it for a while before I said, "That inner servant, in fact, I have seen him later, but I only saw him from a distance, and I have not touched him." If you say that he is Han Zigen, then you can understand why he appeared, but he can actually escape the eyes of the former emperor and change his appearance, which is also a rare talent. ”

Chen Zhaosheng's expression was sharp, and I felt that his entire aura suddenly darkened, which made me a little depressed for a while.

"Why didn't you tell me?" There was no hidden worry on his face, my nerves that had just collapsed relaxed again, nervous about what, how could he not hurt you.

Seeing that Chen Zhaosheng had the great intention of calling the two dark guards around me to ask for the guilt, I hurriedly said, "I made them not have to tell you, you are on the front line to suppress the rebellion, this kind of irrelevant news does not need you to know to interfere with your attention." ”

Chen Zhaosheng was still in trouble, so I said directly, "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, let them go." ”

Chen Zhaosheng seemed to be stunned for a while, and then gradually froze, becoming a steaming sculpture in front of me.

"Dare to cover up with me, how dare you not directly identify yourself?" I made a look like I wanted to settle the account after the autumn.

Chen Zhaosheng held his breath for half a day, and finally slowly suppressed a sentence: "The identity of the prince is the most difficult to say of all my identities, but it is... The reason I can stand here and talk to you. ”

I looked at the gloom that flashed between his brows, and suddenly realized that he had never enjoyed any benefits brought to him by the status of prince, but for this identity he had to carry Zhao Yuan's unfinished imperial inheritance and support the building of Dachu's generals, destined to be bound in this palace, for me, for Zhao Yuan, for The Holy Martial Emperor, and for the world, but he could not live for himself.

I reached out my hand to smooth the folds between his eyebrows and said softly, "Whether you are Chen Zhaosheng or Zhao Yan, at least in my eyes, you are you." ”

He grabbed my hand, which I had no time to withdraw, and whispered, "Wanwan, you know my heart." ”

I closed my eyes, slowly withdrew my hand, and turned my head not to look at him.

"You know, I'm leaving. It is good to be in the south, southeast or north. As long as it's not here. ”

After that night, Chen Zhaosheng did not come back to me, but he installed two more people around me, ignoring my objections.

Before, I didn't want to accept his kindness too much, and now I was worried that there was no one around him to force the palace to travel, but he didn't come to see me, and I couldn't drive away the dark guards, so I had to let them stay in Changle Palace.

I couldn't sleep well for several nights in a row until Chinese New Year's Eve night feast. As always, extravagant and luxurious, completely missing the depressed atmosphere of the Southeast Rebellion some time ago, everyone's face was full of joy. Chen Zhaosheng and the four commanders were still waiting outside the city for Zhao Zhi's summons, and I maintained my usual composure to preside over this palace banquet, which was estimated to be the last Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet I had ever had in the palace, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Chen Zhaosheng had always hoped that Zhao Yu could fall ill before Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, but it seemed that he was more healthy than we imagined, and it was not excluded that Han Zi, who was like a wandering soul, gave him some ghost ideas or life-sustaining pills, or maybe he was too excited to be in good spirits.

Chen Zhaosheng and I said that I had only met the inner servant twice, and both times they were near Zhao Qi, and I thought it was very likely that they had already recognized each other. I didn't take to heart what Han Zigen had left me in the last letter that han zi had left me, and not to mention that there were four dark guards around me, and even if there were none, Han Zi alone would not be able to do anything to me. He was no longer the son of the Han family in the past.

But what I didn't say to Chen Zhaosheng was that the minister personally came to me once. Jiang is the old spicy, although he does not know when Chen Zhaosheng and I hooked up, but guessed the connection between us. Chen Zhaosheng's activity during the counter-rebellion in the southeast attracted his attention, coupled with his remarkable ability, the miraculous chancellor and I originally thought of a place, and personally entered the palace to ask me about it.

At that time, I was drinking tea, and uncle Xiang Xiang's sentence "Is Chen Shilang a member of the Zhao clan" almost made me choke, and after drinking the cup of tea in a polite manner, I decided to have a showdown with Xiang Xiang and told him directly: "He is the third prince of the former emperor." ”

The prime minister froze in my mind. I briefly mentioned that Chen Zhaosheng was designed by Emperor Zhaocheng to be raised in the Eastern Palace, and three years ago he went south to Jiangnan to avoid disasters, and the minister quickly believed it - the characteristics of the Zhao family on Chen Zhaosheng are still very obvious, but ordinary people can't think of it, they will only feel good.

I won the bet, and after I and Pan laid out my plan with Chen Zhaosheng, after a long silence, I didn't oppose my plan anymore. I told him that Chen Zhaosheng had been dissatisfied with the maladministration of the imperial court for a long time, and that after he took office, he would definitely give a great purge to the central and local officials, and the chancellor did not have much backlash.

Before he left, he only said one sentence: "If it weren't for him, I would really clean up the portal for Sima Da." ”

I sent him away indifferently, knowing what he meant—Chen Zhaosheng would be a holy king, so even if his way to the throne was not so justified, the chancellor could accept it. No matter how much he calculates interests, he is still very sober in the face of major national affairs.

In fact, I think that if I succeed tonight, my uncle will probably go to the book to beg for bones, after all, he has tried to murder Chen Zhaosheng, even if Chen Zhaosheng does not mind, he will not be at ease to continue to work under him.

The Purple Palace was full of splendor, I sat down under the emperor, and seeing that Zhao Qi's face had a tiredness that could not be ignored, I sent Lin He over to ask a question, and then sent the ginseng tea on my table to him. Zhao Yu took a few sips of his face, and I covered the smile on my lips and waited quietly with my eyes down.

Zhao Qi announced that he had summoned the four commanders who had made meritorious contributions to the suppression of the rebellion and the general Yunli.

The palace people who went out with a smile rushed in in panic.

The Purple Palace was in chaos.

A group of Yulin Army fish penetrated and firmly guarded Zhao Qi's surroundings a foot away.

In shock, Chen Shufei was silently knocked unconscious and sent back to the Guanyun Hall.

The sound of killing outside the Purple Palace gradually sounded.

I slowly got up and walked over to Zhao Chen's side.

A dagger landed in my throat in Lin He's exclamation.

23 Forced palace

Unsurprisingly, I turned my head to Han Zi, whose face was strange but whose eyes were familiar.

"You certainly didn't die." I tilted my head, "If you can escape the eyes of the former emperor, you are also destined." ”

Han Zi smiled even more deeply: "This is all thanks to your blessing, Wan'er, if it weren't for you, I couldn't bear to be burned by people and replaced with new skin, and even the tendons of my hands and feet were broken and my martial arts were all wasted--if I wasn't thinking about you, I really couldn't survive these four years." ”

I sighed "Oh": "So, I want to thank you for taking me so seriously?" ”

Han Zi even flashed a trace of fierceness in his eyes, pressed the dagger inside, and there was a slight pain in my neck, and I felt a warm blood slip down, and fell into the magnificent and extraordinary Pint of Noble Concubine Suit. But my look did not change, my fingers moved slightly, pretending to be the inner attendant standing in the corner of the four dark guards to rush up, quickly helped me break free of his clamps, subdued him a few times, one of them pinched Han Zigen's pulse door, the dagger fell to the ground with a bang, Lin He quickly rushed over to pick it up.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I underestimated you." ”

But the swords of the Yulin Army had all turned to us, and as soon as Zhao Yu waved his hand, they hesitated and stopped where they were.

I looked up slightly, caught a glimpse of the dazedness on Zhao Chen's face, and couldn't help but smile: "Your Majesty is still like this, always very innocent, it seems that everything has nothing to do with you." If you really don't want to fight, you won't let Han Zigen's idea trick Emperor Zhaocheng into digging the ice in advance, causing him to fall into the lake and finally die. Nor will you allow the inexplicably resurrected Sinner of the Han clan to float around you like a ghost and covet your concubine all the time. ”

The chaotic Purple Palace was quiet because of the sudden incident on our high platform, only the sound of knives colliding outside the door, shouting and killing, and the sound of the body falling, but at this time, my words were like the drop of oil thrown into the boiling water, and the courtiers and concubines all exploded.

Zhao Qi's expression became complicated: "I thought you had forgotten..."

"Don't dare to forget." I said lightly, "For four years, I have been plagued by nightmares night and night, and the stories of the deceased are as vivid as yesterday." His Majesty forgot about it, but he still colluded with the Turks to kill my father for the sake of that old thing. ”

The second drop of oil is put into the pan.

The fact that the king of a country was accused of betraying the country in public was tantamount to putting the whole face of Dachu on the ground and stepping on it, and I heard several backward gasps and panicked shouts of who and who fainted, and ticked my lips.

Zhao Yu said slowly, "You are... Why bother. Is there any benefit to you and to Dachu in doing so? ”

I smiled, "Han Zi is even more magical, can escape the pursuit of the Former Emperor and run into the palace to run next to you, but he has not been able to find out for you who my helper is?" ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while, and his face changed slightly: "Chen Zhaosheng? ”

There would be no one else with soldiers available at this time except him.

I nodded, "That's pretty sharp —but do you know why he has the word 'mega' in his name?" Because he is the one who can replace you, don't you always think that he is very good?!" He is like you, and he is also like Emperor Zhaocheng, are you using him so much to remedy the mistakes of your past brother-killing? ”

Zhao Yu seemed to have finally been breathed, took a few breaths, did not catch his breath and grabbed the teacup at hand and drank a large sip of tea, but he coughed violently, bowed his head and choked out a mouthful of blood.

Han Zi was even more firmly suppressed, struggling and roaring, "I told you not to eat her things... How can you just not believe! ”

I raised my eyebrows unexpectedly, I didn't expect that Han Zi knew more about the poison in my things, and he also advised Zhao Qi, and Zhao Yu didn't believe it?

Zhao Yu understood everything as soon as he saw my expression, he gritted his teeth, threw his hand and slammed the teacup to the ground, the fragments splashed with the unfinished ginseng tea, and he said word by word in this harsh voice: "Lin Wan, you are really good." ”

When the words fell, he moved his hand, and Yulin Weiqi pounced on him. The Dark Guard had to let go of Han Zi for a while, protecting me around me. I looked across Yu Lin Wei at Zhao Fu, who had been coughing up blood, "When you and Han Zi designed Emperor Zhaocheng in every way, I also wanted to say this to you." ”

The Dark Guard shielded me tightly, and the sword and light sword shadow could not hurt me in the slightest.

The sound of slashing and killing outside was getting closer and closer, and the internal servants guarding the door rushed in in panic, and did not see the scene on the high platform, and prostrated their heads and shouted: "Your Majesty, they have killed in!" A lot of people... Yulin Wei couldn't stop it! ”

As soon as the words fell, the gate was slammed open, and Chen Zhaosheng rushed in with a sword to kill the gods, he was dressed in a xuan robe, and a few drops of blood splashed on his face, adding a little bit of slaughter. He immediately saw me being besieged by the Yulin Army, and rushed up with a roar, and Commander Jiang quickly surrounded me with soldiers behind him.

Because the balance of forces between the two sides was too obvious, the Yulin army quickly laid down their weapons. They are all the sons of the Noble Family of the Capital City, and they understand the truth of current affairs very well.

The general manager of the building silently handed a few clean veils to Zhao Qi to wipe the blood he coughed up, and poured a cup of tea for him again, Zhao Qi refused, stood up, and looked at Chen Zhaosheng.

"You... Is it mine, bro? Zhao Yu seemed to have accepted the fact that he was forced into the palace, and calmly asked Chen Zhaosheng this question, but only asked intermittently, interrupted by coughing up blood.

Chen Zhaosheng guarded me: "Zhao Yan." ”

Zhao Yu's eyes widened in surprise and he thought for a long time before saying, "If so, then it makes sense." So you and your mother were indeed harmed by my mother? ”

Chen Zhaosheng shook his head: "I don't know, I was very young at that time, and I don't remember anything." As he spoke, he motioned for Commander Jiang to go over and take Zhao Fu into custody.

I stopped it with a loud voice: "Forget it, after all, it is also your brother, all his face, the five flowers are too ugly." ”

Zhao Yu looked at me, did not speak, and continued to ask Chen Zhaosheng: "Not because of my mother, what is it because of?" Could it also be Emperor Zhaocheng? ”

Chen Zhaosheng let out an "um" without explaining too much.

Zhao Yu quietly walked down the high platform under the care of four soldiers in front of him and behind him, the courtiers were silent, and the concubines were already stupid on the side. I looked at all this condescendingly, and I felt a little emotion in my heart, changing dynasties, and it turned out to be nothing more than that.

The chaos of this night made me very tired, and after leaving Chen Zhaosheng here to preside over the next thing, I also returned to Changle Palace. What I didn't expect was that Concubine Chen Shufei was actually waiting for me at Changle Palace.

When I saw her, I knew she already knew what was going on ahead. I couldn't help but feel a little helpless: "I deliberately moved you to the Guanyun Hall in the back, but I didn't expect you to hear the movement." ”

She smiled, "Not to hear, but to guess." I remember that before I fainted, someone said that someone forced the palace, I think it should be Chen Shilang. Your Majesty's body is also made by you? ”

I admitted frankly: "Well, it's me, it's also Chen Zhaosheng—I forgot to say that he is not surnamed Chen, his surname is Zhao, he is Zhao Qi's elder brother, Zhao Yan, the third prince of the Former Emperor." ”

Chen Shufei's expression was still calm: "That's the way it is." ”

I couldn't help but ask, "You don't ask me why?" ”

Chen Shufei smiled and shook her head: "There is no point in asking this, I know that you must have a reason to do this, I just want to ask, what will happen to him?" ”

I was silent for a while: "I don't know, Zhao Yan won't kill him, but he won't live long." ”

Chen Shufei lowered her head and gently touched her slightly bulging belly, and I seemed to see a tear fall, but when she looked up, she still smiled slightly: "Unfortunately... Hopefully, he will at least see our baby born. ”

I asked, "Do you hate us?" ”

Chen Shufei said: "I should hate, but I don't want to hate." I don't want to end up with you guys too... Today it is such a point. When she said this, her expression finally carried a little sadness, "If Chen... The Three Princes can give this world a real peace and prosperity, then I am willing not to hate. ”

"Actually, I also know that he is not good at all as an emperor. If...... How nice it would be if he wasn't the emperor. Chen Shufei's face finally shed tears.

I looked sad, leaned over and gently hugged her, and softly reassured: "I promise you for Zhao Yan, he will definitely let the people live a really good life, there will be no hunger in the four seas, and there will be no iron horses on the border." ”

I knew she was in pain, like watching Zhao Yuan sink into the cold lake in front of me. No matter how he calculates, after all, he is also the person I once loved, and the three-year soul haunting dream is not false, I stripped him from my heart as much as cutting off a piece of flesh, fortunately, someone gently took my wounded heart. It's just that Chen Shufei's pain may only be smoothed out by time.

I'm sorry for her.

24 When will the departed return

Zhao Yu was imprisoned in the Jiashou Hall in the west, and the situation was very bad, often fainting suddenly and then comatose for a long time, and often coughing up blood when he was awake. Chen Zhaosheng was busy cleaning the imperial court and preparing to ascend the throne, but he still took the time to allocate two tai doctors to show Zhao Yu, in order not to fall into the truth, but also for the increasingly emaciated Chen Shufei.

I knew that Chen Shufei had always wanted to see Zhao Qi, but I stopped her from going, I was afraid that she would see Zhao Fu's current appearance, and she would be sick with great compassion and a bad tire.

The Tai Doctor obviously knew who had the poison on Zhao Qi's body, but he didn't dare to say it, just that the poison had penetrated deep into the internal organs and was extremely difficult to unravel, and he could only use some warm medicine to nourish it, and he could survive for a while.

However, fortunately, after drinking the medicine for a few days, Zhao Qi's face was much better, and I finally decided to accompany Chen Shufei to see him. Chen Zhaosheng was particularly upset when he heard that I was going to see Zhao Qi, and after complaining in my ear for half a day, I was so annoyed that I drove him away to deal with the mess that had been confiscated and picked up, and personally went to the Guanyun Hall to pick up Chen Shufei and go to the Jiashou Hall.

As soon as the door of the Jiashou Hall was pushed open, there was a strong smell of medicine, and I saw that Chen Shufei immediately had a bad look, worried that she was going to vomit again, and quickly called someone to ventilate, which accompanied people in.

Zhao Yu was helped to lean half on the bed, and the clothes that used to fit were now somewhat empty. I sent someone to tell him in advance that Chen Shufei was coming today, and he was fully prepared, and his face was even glowing a little healthy red. He always had a gentle smile on his face, and when Chen Shufei sat down next to him, he touched her face: "Thin, and haven't eaten well?" ”

Chen Shufei immediately whimpered and threw herself into his arms.

No matter how strong you pretend to be, in front of your beloved, you will still show a soft and fragile side- I sighed, and quietly retreated to the shadow of the corner, leaving them enough space.

I don't know what they said, when Chen Shufei called me, I saw that her eyes were red, but the look was still normal, I was still not at ease, first called the doctor to give her a pulse, to confirm that there was no problem before she was relieved.

Zhao Yu watched me do this silently, and finally said, "With you taking care of her like this, I will be relieved." ”

I smiled softly, "No, I can't take care of her. I'm leaving, and I'm here to say goodbye to you today, and maybe this is the last time we'll see each other in our lives. ”

Zhao Yu was stunned: "You want to go?" I thought you and... And the third brother..."

I said, "I'm not going to stay here." Your eldest brother and you, as well as this palace, are all heavy burdens that I have been carrying for several years, and now that I finally have the opportunity to shake off, I naturally want to go far and never come back. ”

Chen Shufei also heard me say this for the first time, and for a while she was a little receptive: "Really want to go?" But I see... Your Majesty seems to have a deep affection for you, will he agree? ”

Chen Zhaosheng officially returned to the Zhao family tree under the name of "Zhao Yan" yesterday, and organized the heavenly sacrifice, the temple of the Taitai temple and the enthronement ceremony that should have been completed on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and has officially come to the world.

I shook my head: "I want to go, he won't stop me." If there is a chance, maybe I will completely let go of everything in the future, I will come back, or he will go to me. Later, who knows. ”

I looked at Zhao Qi and said seriously, "Zhao Yu, Zhao Yuan is more killed by you and Han Zi, but in the past three years, you are actually quite good to me, although you are not a good emperor, but you are still a good husband, so this account, I counted to Han Zi's head." I really hated you, and I spent the three years before Zhao Yan returned to the capital, and I spent every day and night hating you. Looking back now, in fact, it is just a normal thing that you would do as an emperor and an emperor. Just like Zhao Yuan calculated that I fell in love with him, calculated that I would take revenge at all costs, calculated that Zhao Yan would replace you, but it was just what he should do as a prince. So I will completely let go of the past, and I also hope that you can let go, forget Yanran, and accompany Shufei in the last days. She wants you to see your child born, and I hope so. ”

Zhao Yu didn't expect me to say this to him so sincerely, and after listening to it for a long time, he said, "In fact, although I often see Yanran at various banquets, my feelings for her are no longer what I used to be. Your father's death, although I did it to regain the military power, did hurt you, and it was my fault that I imprisoned you in the cold palace for so long. I hope you can really let go of everything and don't let the third brother wait too long, I know that he must cherish you very much, more than the eldest brother and me. ”

Zhao Yu and I spoke thoroughly, our grievances were clear, and when we walked out of the Jiashou Hall, we felt quite refreshed. Chen Shufei shook my hand and said, "I just learned that there are so complicated things between you." ”

I smiled and said, "It's all over, cherish the present and the future." The Guanyun Hall is actually quite close to the Jiashou Hall, isn't it? ”

I winked at Concubine Chen Shufei, she was stunned, as smart as she immediately understood, solemnly said: "Thank you For me, Your Majesty." ”

"I will." I said, "Didn't the doctor say that this one in your belly is a little princess?" When the little princess is full moon, I will come back to give her a gift. ”

Chen Shufei smiled, "Well, I am also waiting to send you and Your Majesty a gift of marriage." ”

I coughed, "Early." ”

"It's not too early, you can do it now." Chen Zhaosheng's voice suddenly interjected, and we turned to see him striding over, followed by the lou general manager who was still the chief of internal servants.

I glanced at him, and before I could speak, Chen Zhaosheng preemptively said, "General Manager Lou, Lin He, you will first send Concubine Shu back to the Guanyun Hall." ”

General Manager Lou and Lin He couldn't help but smile and accompany Chen Shufei away, I saw no one around, and kicked Chen Zhaosheng: "What are you talking about?" ”

Chen Zhaosheng squeezed my hand and quickly released: "My heart will never change, Wanwan, I am waiting for you." ”

I didn't say a word, and I pursed my lips and walked in the direction of Changle Palace.

"I plan to succeed Princess Chen Shufei's son, what do you think?" Chen Zhaosheng followed up and dropped a thunderbolt in my ear. I jerked my head, "What do you mean?" ”

He patiently said, "That's what it means, I've already asked Qin Tianjian to watch the day of the canonization of the crown prince." ”

"I will not have a concubine, nor will I have children, so it is enough to teach the prince well and take my seat as soon as possible."

There was a rush of heat in my heart, and I knew that this was his promise to me, and he had once teased that he was only willing to be with me for a lifetime, and it was serious.

When I was about to arrive at Changle Palace, I replied to him: "Good." ”

I'm waiting for you.

Good.

That's my commitment, too.

The day I left the palace, the weather was nice, and although the air was still cold, the fine sunlight brought a little warmth. Chen Zhaosheng personally draped me with a big hat, wrapped me tightly, and asked again without dying: "Is it true that I will not become a relative and leave again?" I have already picked a good day, the third day of the first month of next month, it is advisable to marry, it is advisable to sacrifice. ”

Chen Shufei couldn't help but laugh.

I scolded, "No straight!" His face was hot. Lin He smiled and shoved the stove into my hand, and persuaded Chen Zhaosheng, who was pulling me to let go: "Your Majesty can go back with peace of mind, Miss said that when the little princess is full moon, she will come back, about a year." ”

I didn't intend to tell Chen Zhaosheng this, but wen yan dragged Lin He and frowned, "Whose person are you?" ”

Lin He:"Your grooms are All Your Majesty's Dark Guards, even if I don't say it today, Your Majesty will know about it soon." ”

Speechless, I turned directly into the carriage.

Here is the side gate of the palace, few people come on weekdays, Chen Zhaosheng specially sent someone to clear this neighborhood in advance. I finally lifted the curtain and took a look at the palace where I had lived for four years, and then my eyes fell on Chen Zhaosheng, who was frowning tightly by the door, Chen Zhaoyi, who had a worried face, and lou guan, who had a gentle smile, and waved.

The carriage drove out of the capital and headed straight for Jiangnan.

I was finally completely free.

Fan wai yi mirror flower water moon finally became empty

Zhao Yuan knew from an early age that he would not live long. Although the empress strictly forbade everyone around the little prince to talk about this matter, the bitter medicine he took every day, the illness that was going to happen every few days, the hand that could not hold the pen steadily, and the eyes that would faint after reading for a long time, all told Zhao Qi that he was a sick straw man who was destined to die early.

He didn't understand why he was the prince, and how could the prince be a sick man?

The empress touched his head and said, "Because you are the son of your mother, you were born to be emperor." Your father will heal your body, yuan'er don't think too much. ”

But what if he died before he became emperor?

Zhao Yuan felt that his father and mother were very confused, perhaps they were just unwilling to accept the reality of their son's short life, and ordered the entire palace to weave a dream for themselves and their son. But dreams always wake up, Zhao Yuan woke up when he was very young, so he was planning very early, if one day he died, what would Daddy Do, what would Dachu do.

He had thought about cultivating his younger brother well, but the fourth brother was talented and dull, and he was not here, and his eyes always followed a gentle and gentle little girl. The fifth brother and the sixth brother are even worse than the fourth brother.

As for the third brother, the third brother and his mother were stared at deadly by Han Guifei, and the empress often told him not to fight with Han Guifei, so he was always not as close to the third brother as the other brothers, until he received the news that Han Guifei had made a move, that Jieyu was dead, and that the third brother was also very dangerous. He asked his people to go outside to find a child about the same age as the third brother, replaced the dying third brother, and then watched as the palace where Jie Yu lived was burned clean by a fire.

However, it would not work to hide the third brother in the East Palace, and one day he would be discovered, so Zhao Yuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and throw him into the training camp of the Eastern Palace Dark Guard. The little Three Princes were thinner and weaker than the other Dark Guard candidates, but they had to hold out to the end with one breath and became the most outstanding one. Zhao Yuan was actually distressed, but his heart had long been forced out of the hard shell by his own torn body, so he suppressed all the gentle care as a brother, spurred him to learn everything he had learned, and watched him grow up day by day, even no less than himself.

The closer to the age of twenty, the more nervous the empress became, and Qin Tianjian calculated over and over again, saying that the stars of that year were the shadow of the heart, and the main Eastern Palace was in decline. Finally, the doctor, who was rumored to be a divine doctor, was invited into the palace, and the people of the Tai Hospital sighed and said that the empress was already ill and rushed to the hospital. Zhao Yuan didn't say anything, obediently taking the pulse of the divine doctor. The divine doctor said: "The problems brought out of the mother's womb cannot be cured, and the pulse is weak, and indeed it is not long to live." ”

The empress's face was pale, and Zhao Yuan knew that the problem in the mother's womb that the divine doctor said was that the empress had been poisoned when she was pregnant with herself, which caused her to almost have difficulty giving birth, and the empress could not have children since then. This matter is inseparable from Han Guifei, but there is no evidence, it is impossible to hold her responsible, and she can only be punished lightly and severely.

Zhao Yuan sent everyone out, leaving only him and the three empresses, and finally spoke out the plan he had been thinking about for several years.

Since it was destined to die, it was better to simply borrow his own death, drag the Han family into the water, and take the opportunity to rectify it. Dachu under his father's rule is considered to be a Qingping world, but he is suffering from the great power of the Han family and the difficulty of passing the government decrees, and if his death can clean up the court, it is also a good thing.

The empress cried so much that she could not help herself, and after a long silence, the emperor agreed.

Therefore, the divine doctor was called in again, and was asked to dispense a medicine that could restore people's spirits in a short period of time, making sure that the prince looked healed.

So the starting point of this plan was the marriage contract between the girl of the Lin family and the prince, which was tacitly approved by everyone.

Zhao Yuan went to the poetry meeting to make Lin Wan fall in love with himself. He was physically weak, and writing love letters, which required great mental effort, should be handed over to Zhao Yan, and he accelerated his speed to secretly plan the contradictions between the Han family and the Lin family and amplify the ambitions of the Han family.

It's just that every time he gets along with Lin Wan, he always regrets why he is such a body. If he is healthy and healthy, and Lin Wan really marries him as his princess, he will definitely treat her well. But there was no if, he had already single-handedly pulled Lin Wan into this huge plan, this beautiful and proud girl, destined to sacrifice under all the plans he had done for Dachu.

When he fell into the crack in the ice surface that the fourth brother had sent to dig in advance, Zhao Yuan saw Lin Wan's out of shape figure and Cang's tears, and regret and heartache stabbed into his heart that he thought he was indestructible. He wanted to touch her face tenderly, but in the end he could only say such a pale lie as "Gentle, don't be afraid, I will be fine".

This proud girl was destined to be broken wings and tied to the deep palace, suffering day and night for this mirror flower and moon-like love that he had personally woven for her, and even risking the world to swing the knife at his fourth brother for her illusory love.

Fortunately, the third brother can take good care of her, and can also protect her from these loves and hates. Those beautiful love letters written by the third brother, if they were not really moved, could not write such words. If the third brother could heal the wound on her heart, then he would have no regrets anymore.

——

No, he lied to himself.

Zhao Yuan lay on the bed, feeling the vitality withdrawing from his body a little bit, and the last thing he thought of was no longer his father's tight frown and his mother's wet eyes, nor the Great Chu Guoyun who had been worried about since childhood, but the girl looked at herself in a daze and saw that after stepping on the air and almost falling into the water and being pulled up by him, the panicked eyes and reddish cheeks were red.

If you want to say what Zhao Yuan's biggest regret is in this life, it must be that he obviously has the ability to break the beautiful dream woven by his father, but he can't break the mirror flower and water moon he woven, the hopeless love.

Lin Wan, I'm sorry.

The light in the darkness

Zhao Yan lived very bitterly when he was a child, although he couldn't remember how he lived in the end, but he still remembered the bitter taste, the mother's tears were bitter, the cold meals were bitter, the temperature of the mother's body gradually disappearing and the high heat on the body was also bitter.

Later, when I went to the East Palace, my life was much better, although I had to study the Dark Guard Trick very hard, and I also had to learn a lot of the lessons learned by the prince, but in the end I had to eat enough and wear warmly. Despite this, the days are still not sweet, just not bitter. Maybe he just lost that ability to taste sweetness.

But there was always a place in his heart that was not cold-blooded. There was a faint light there.

It was when he was still the Third Prince, and one day people forgot to bring them food, or just didn't bother to deliver it, and he and his mother were so hungry that they couldn't do it, so he ran out and wanted to find something to eat. When he passed the pool of liquid liquid, he smelled a very fragrant smell. A pavilion by the Tailiu Pool was filled with delicious pastries of all shapes, fragrant roast suckling pig, and hot bamboo shoot soup—all foods he had never seen before.

Zhao Yan knew that this was the seat of a certain nobleman, and he couldn't move, but he was really hungry. He did not dare to touch the roast suckling pig, so he quietly grabbed several pieces of pastries, and stole a mouthful of soup, and the hot soup was poured into the stomach, bringing ironing that he had never experienced before.

Just as he was about to get some more, a loud cry frightened him into freezing.

"What the heck?"

A man who looked like an internal servant came over, and he didn't recognize this as the Third Prince, of course, even if he recognized him, his attitude would not change. He said fiercely, "Where did the little thing come from?" Get out of the way, this is for His Majesty and the generals. ”

Zhao Yan was driven away, but fortunately the cakes he had hidden were not discovered. But before he could take a few steps, he was stopped.

A little girl about the same age as him came over with something in her hand. She walked up to him and handed her hand to him, which turned out to be a soft piece of papier-mâché with lots of pastries on it, and a small tip.

She said crisply, "Are you hungry?" These are all for you, remember to eat slowly, eat too fast will choke! I've choked up before, and Daddy laughed at me for a long time. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yan was stunned, she added: "Oh, my father is a great general, a very powerful one, you know?" The next time someone bullies you, you will say that you are covered by my Lin Wan! ”

Lin Wan. He chewed the name silently, took the pastry, thanked him solemnly, and then ran away, ran for a distance, and then turned back to see Lin Wan jumping into a tall man.

For many years to come, he has been relying on Lin Wan's sentence "You are covered by Lin Wan" to survive all the difficult moments.

Goodbye many years later, he is the hidden prince dark guard, the three princes who can't see the light, she is the focus of the crowd, and she is also the default future princess.

The distance between them was as wide as it had been many years ago, and he was always the one he looked up to, and could only follow silently with his eyes.

When the prince asked him to write a letter to Lin Wan in his own tone, he was secretly happy, and he carefully wrote his unseemly strings on the paper, with gentle wording, for fear of making her feel the slightest displeasure. Although, whether she is happy or angry, it has nothing to do with herself.

At that time, he had always had a despicable idea, since it was the prince who single-handedly pulled Lin Wan into that huge plan, could he try to turn his delusions into reality after the prince died?

If I struggle upwards, wrap up my indifference that has been tempered by the world with tenderness, and stay by your side with the most affectionate gesture, will you forgive me for breaking your dreams and pulling you into the past that is unclear? Would you be willing to approach me a little bit?

Fanwai SAN Taimiao Wedding

Lin Wan returned to the capital as promised when the little princess was born.

In this year, she played several bustling towns in Jiangnan over and over again, away from the hearts of the people in the palace, and the simplicity of the common people made her particularly like it. When I returned to the capital, I was always a little embarrassed.

She left the palace under the name of a hair cultivator, and when she returned to the palace, she was dressed in a simple cloth dress from a folk clothing store, and her hair was pulled up with a white headband, and she could not see the appearance of the honorable imperial concubine of the past.

Probably because Zhao Yu had been warmed by the medicine of the Tai Doctor, although her body did not get better, it did not continue to deteriorate, so Chen Shufei was in a good mood, and her whole temperament was warm when she held the little princess.

Lin Wan laughed and quipped: "You are now a child and daughter, or a prince's birth mother, you really don't have anything to worry about." ”

Chen Shufei shook her head, "I still have one big thing I haven't seen, and I worry about it every day." ”

Lin Wan was curious: "What's the big deal?" ”

Chen Shufei pointed to Lin Wan's back: "The wedding that someone is looking forward to." ”

Lin Wan's face was dry, but she still turned her head and suddenly crashed into Zhao Yan's gentle smile.

Zhao Yan probably said softly because there was a person under him, and with rare restraint and courtesy, he said softly from a distance: "Wanwan, you are back." ”

Lin Wan's eyes were red with sudden sadness, and Zhao Yan's disguised politeness was immediately destroyed, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What wrongs have you suffered on the outside? "The look of helplessness is very silly.

The manager of the building closed his eyes behind him, and the people under him showed the expression of the collapse of the world. Zhao Yan, the emperor, has always been unsmiling for a year after he ascended the throne, coupled with the drastic rectification of the government and the style of acting in a one-of-a-kind manner, the whole palace is in awe of him, coupled with the status of an orthodox prince, no one will not mention anything about rebellion and ascension to the throne without a long eye.

Lin Wan almost rolled her eyes, and the general manager of Lou sent all the subordinates out at her suggestion, Lin Wan was not angry: "Do you look at you just now, like an emperor?" ”

Zhao Yan said naturally, "I am not an emperor in front of you, you are my king, and it doesn't matter how I am." ”

After a year of not seeing, Lin Wan was a little unable to bear Zhao Yan's language offensive, and she couldn't help but blush, her eyes fluttered, and it took half a day before she said, "If you say this by The Historian, I will become a demon of the country." ”

Zhao Yan immediately said, "Whoever dares to write like this, I will chop up whom." ”

“......”

This time, Lin Wan did not appear in public, not even the Changle Palace, lived in the side hall of the Guanyun Hall, and did not need to be served every day, one Lin He was enough.

She quietly went to visit the minister who was already idle at home. Cheng Xiang was now very leisurely, fishing in his own pool, and Lin Wan chatted for a while without a word, and the shadow of the former sword and light sword could no longer be seen between the two people.

Zhao Yan still did not give up asking Lin Wan if she would like to marry him, he even said: "If you are not willing, you don't even need to get married, just pray to heaven and earth in front of the ancestors." As long as you don't feel wronged. ”

Lin Wan avoided the question for a long time, until the day before she was ready to leave again, and then she was relieved.

Zhao Yan was ecstatic and dragged her into the Taimiao Temple in the middle of the night, and Lin Wan went in to find That Chen Shufei, Zhao Yu, Cheng Xiang and his wife, and even Shi Guan were there.

She felt that Zhao Yan had been premeditated for a long time.

"Wanwan, I will have only one wife in this life and this life, love and protect you, respect you, if you disobey, may the heavens thunder and thunder, and never enter the cycle of reincarnation." Zhao Yan solemnly shook Lin Wan's hand and said word by word.

Lin Wan kicked him, what did she say so hard, didn't you see Shi Guan's hands shaking!

"I will come back twice a year," Lin Wan promised, but after saying it, she said fiercely, "but when I don't come back, you are not allowed to go with other women, and you have to write me ten letters every month. ”

Zhao Yan smiled and nodded, "They all listen to you." He also said that he spoke very heavily, and after she finished speaking, shi guan was about to faint, and he had never seen such a conversation with the emperor.

However, who called her Lin Wan? As long as it was Lin Wan, she could do anything to him. Zhao Yan hugged Lin Wan into his arms as he wished, and his long-cherished wish for many years finally became a reality, and he had no regrets in this life.

His light was finally caught in his hand.

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