Reborn as King again

After being framed last time, Zhou Ling completely gave up on Li Yi, and even the superficial greetings from his mother-in-law were gone. Li Yi went to pay his respects according to the palace rules.After Li Yi asked Ann several times not to be summoned, he simply said that he was too busy with his studies and refused to go.

Now Zhou Ling puts all his parenting thoughts on Li Wei. He treats Li Wei very well, teaching him to speak, helping him to walk, and putting him to sleep at night. Li Wei also likes Zhou Ling very much.

In the blink of an eye, it was another month. At the end of June, Jia Wanru suddenly passed out. Baoge Palace hurriedly invited the imperial doctor to make a diagnosis and treatment. The good news came that Jia Wanru was pregnant.

I was a little surprised by this, after all, this is different from the previous life, Jia Wanru in the previous life only gave birth to Li Yi and Bi Er, nothing else.The only thing I can be sure of is that the child is not mine, it is probably conceived by Jia Wanru who had an affair with King Rui some time ago.But this child will not be born, because even if I let it go, Zhou Ling will not let another prince who threatens his status be born.

When I came to Baoge Palace, Jia Wanru was leaning on the couch, her face was a little pale, she saw me coming, she wanted to sit down and pay her respects, I hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said with a smile: "They are all full-bodied people. The trivial etiquette will be omitted."

"Thank you, my concubine, Your Majesty." Jia Wanru had a happy expression on her face, yes, being pregnant with a child of the one you love, happiness is what it should be.

I sat beside her, held her hand, and asked, "How long have you been pregnant? Why didn't you have any symptoms before, so I thought you were sick."

"It's only been a month or so," Jia Wanru leaned on my shoulder, and whispered shyly, "It should have been conceived by my concubine when she just came back."

"Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, are you okay?" Before seeing him, he heard his voice first, and heard Li Yi yelling outside in the dormitory.

After a while, I saw Bi'er and Li Yi rushing over. They greeted me first, and then immediately asked with concern: "Mother, are you okay? Why did you pass out so well?"

"Your mother and concubine are fine," I comforted with a smile, "It's just that you are pregnant, you two don't be naughty in the future, let her have a good rest."

Li Yi and Bi'er were overjoyed when they heard the words, and Jia Wanru also had a loving face, "Do you like little brother or little sister?"

"I like them all." Li Yi replied with a smile, "You should ask your father."

When the topic came to me, I took advantage of the situation and said: "Of course it's a daughter. I like girls better." Because I have princes under my knees, and there are too few princesses. I want this and that, and now my ears are much quieter.To be honest, I miss that time very much. If I have a daughter again in the future, I will spoil her to the sky.

I said that I wanted a daughter from the bottom of my heart, but Li Yi and Bi'er's faces were a little stiff after hearing the words, because regardless of whether they were in the royal family, even if they were in the civil society, giving birth to a son is much richer than a daughter.

The one who understands me best is Jia Wanru, she was not frightened by my words, or felt uneasy, but smiled happily and said: "The emperor, like the previous emperor, thinks about his daughter very much, and the concubine also thinks about having a daughter." Well, my daughter is a little padded jacket."

At this time, a little maid came into the room, holding a tray in her hand, beckoning and said: "Empress Wan, it's time to drink the anti-fetal medicine."

"Here," I said as I took the medicine bowl on the tray, and glanced at the maid, "Who are you, this kind of thing should be done by the maid." The maid who entered the room looked unfamiliar to me.

The maid bowed and replied: "Sister Taoqing was supposed to deliver the medicine, but she was nowhere to be seen today, so sister Taohong asked the slave to bring the medicine first."

"That girl Taoqing is playful," Jia Wanru didn't have any doubts about it, "Okay, you can go down."

"Yes."

I fed Jia Wanru the tocolytic, and then coaxed her to lie down and sleep first.I have to let her get enough energy, there is still a tough battle to fight.

The news of Jia Wanru's pregnancy quickly spread throughout the palace. After all, Jia Wanru's favor has not faded since she entered the palace for more than ten years, so there was not much reaction from inside or outside the palace.

In the next few days, the weather will be hot. This season is the most likely to spread infectious diseases and even plague.Local officials came to report that a plague broke out in Huaiyang, not far from the capital, and many people died. Many people in Huaiyang moved to other cities to avoid being infected.Local officials were afraid that the source of the disease would spread, and that if it spread to the capital, they would be to blame, so they asked to send troops to suppress it by force, and surrounded Huaiyang City until the source of the plague was controlled.

For the plague, I discussed it for a long time with all the ministers in the imperial study, and decided that in addition to suppressing it, we still need to send special personnel to treat it, otherwise it will only cause dissatisfaction among the people, and I am afraid that force will not be able to solve it.

I have been discussing with the ministers until noon before I came up with a plan that everyone is satisfied with, and the rest is to be sent to the local officials to handle.After the ministers left, it was time for lunch, so I planned to go to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, and have a meal by the way.

When I came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, I saw a group of people in the main hall, probably today should be the day when all the concubines pay their respects to the queen mother.But I'm a little puzzled, it's already this hour, and it's time for Qiang An to go back, why is everyone still standing still.

At this time, the atmosphere in the Compassionate Ning Palace was very tense, all the concubines lowered their heads, as if they were afraid of something.I stepped into the main hall and asked, "What's going on here?"

When the concubines heard the voice and knew I was coming, they all gave way one after another, with gloating expressions on their faces.

Because the concubines gave way, I saw Jia Wanru kneeling in the center of the main hall trembling in front of me.The queen mother sat on the main seat with an expressionless expression, while Zhou Ling stood beside the queen mother, looking down expressionlessly.

In the main hall, apart from Jia Wanru, there is also a woman kneeling. The woman is dressed in coarse linen and is an outsider.

"Concubine Wan," I hurried forward, trying to help her up, "Why are you kneeling on the ground, and you're still pregnant with your child?" Jia Wanru ran away in horror, not daring to touch me.

It's the first time I've seen Jia Wanru look so frightened, and I don't need to think about it to know that it was the queen mother who made her kneel down, "Mother queen, what happened?"

The queen mother knows that I like Jia Wanru, she will not hit this kind of muzzle, she closed her eyes, her tone was a little tired but with a hint of ruthlessness: "Queen, tell the emperor that Concubine Wan has done it." something."

Zhou Ling nodded, and then said to me: "Your Majesty, don't get angry after hearing this, Concubine Wan... is having an affair with someone."

"Nonsense!" I immediately changed my face, and couldn't help clapping my hands in my heart. Sure enough, Zhou Ling didn't disappoint me.

Zhou Ling's natal family had no background, and he was crowned queen only by relying on his good skin.He has had nothing to do for so many years, and his relationship with the prince is in jeopardy. He was disliked by me because of Yun'er before. He knows that if he doesn't fight back, he will be pulled down from the position of queen sooner or later.

I immediately stated my position and firmly stood on Jia Wanru's side, "I have been married to Concubine Wan for more than ten years, and she has been with me since I first became emperor. She has an affair? This is impossible, do you have evidence? !"

Of course Zhou Ling has evidence, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain, otherwise he would not have troubled the queen mother.Zhou Ling first asked: "Does the emperor know who Concubine Wan is having an affair with?"

"Hmph." I ignored him, I only believed in Jia Wanru.

"It's King Rui." Zhou Ling said, pointing to the woman kneeling beside Jia Wanru, and said: "This woman, Mrs. Yuan, is Concubine Wan's nanny in Jia's mansion. She took care of Concubine Wan since childhood. After Concubine Wan entered the palace, she stayed in the Jia Mansion. Later, she was kicked out because her hands and feet were not clean. It can be said that Concubine Wan was in her daughter's house. She knew about it. You can ask Yuan Shi, Concubine Wan Do you know King Rui, do you love King Rui?"

Before I could open my mouth, the Yuan family confessed everything. When Jia Wanru was just 16 years old, she went out to visit the lake once, and met King Rui who was also swimming in the lake. It's her nanny, so she told Yuan Shi everything when she was in love.Yuan Shi said, if the Jia family hadn't sent Jia Wanru into the palace to curry favor with me, King Narui would have proposed marriage to Jia's mansion long ago.

In fact, I already knew what Yuan Shi said. When I was reborn, I secretly sent someone to investigate the acquaintance of King Rui and Jia Wanru, and that spy also got the words out of Yuan Shi's mouth.

"So what?!" I was still unmoved, and retorted: "That happened more than ten years ago, why should the queen hold on to it?!"

"What happened more than ten years ago?" The queen mother snorted coldly, handed the booklet in her hand to the maid Lan Mei, and asked Lan Mei to pass it to me, "Look at it, Huanger, every time King Rui comes to Beijing, Wan Doesn’t the concubine always find an excuse to go back to the mansion for a short stay? This is too coincidental, not to mention..." The queen mother paused, her voice became sharper, "Concubine Wan has been pregnant three times, and each time she returned to the palace after going back to the mansion for a short stay. She became pregnant soon, Huang Er, are you sure the child is yours?!"

"Mother!" I said sharply, "Please be careful! Yi'er is my prince and my favorite son. He will inherit my lineage in the future. If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense. You're doing like this, Concubine Wan. Your reputation will be ruined!"

I love Jia Wanru so much, how could I let her be wronged a little!

I lowered my body, held Jia Wanru's shoulders, and asked her to raise her head to look at her.At this time, Jia Wanru's whole body was trembling, her eyes filled with tears, "Concubine Wan," I called softly, "As long as you say you don't have one, I will believe you, I love you so much, you will not let me down, right?"

"I...I..." Jia Wanru was so flustered that she just greeted her as usual today, but Zhou Ling suddenly revealed her secret in front of her mother, and even found witnesses. Be on guard, not knowing what to do next.

"Emperor!" Seeing that I was so obsessed with obsession, the queen mother was so angry that she felt a little angina.

Seeing that his mother was not feeling well, Zhou Ling hurried forward to help her, and persuaded him, "Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!" I didn't want to hear anything Zhou Ling said, and I was furious, "You are really afraid that the world will not be chaotic, I know that you have a bad relationship with the prince, but don't rely on me to spoil you You should still remember that when I made you queen, I said that the position of crown prince belongs to Yi'er, and no one can touch it! Now you are actually motivating your mother and saying that Concubine Wan has an affair?! Let me suspect that Yi'er is not my own?! Do you think I dare not abolish your queen position?!"

Zhou Ling immediately knelt on the ground as soon as the words of abolishing the empress were spoken. He understood that I was not joking, but he had to give everything a go. He still had evidence!

"Your Majesty, everything I do is for your own good, the prince is really not your own!" Zhou Ling refused to change his words, and said firmly: "I still have witnesses!"

"Okay!" I sneered, "Then let me see who your witness is!"

The two internal monitors followed Zhou Ling's order and brought up the witness. The witness was none other than Tao Qing!

Taoqing's cheeks were slightly swollen, the corners of her mouth were bloodshot, and her hair was in a mess. It was obvious that she had been tortured.She knelt beside Yuan Shi, feeling very depressed.

The witness of Zhou Ling was brought up, and he continued to speak: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that at the end of March this year, you and Wei Chen went out of the palace together?"

"What does this have to do with Concubine Wan?" I asked pretendingly.

"That day, I saw Taoqing in the market." Zhou Ling glanced at Taoqing, and said, "Taoqing is Concubine Wan's personal maid, and she should be in Nanshan with Concubine Wan at the end of March, but She appeared in the capital, isn't that suspicious?!"

"..." Of course it's suspicious, I let Taoqing sneak out of King Rui's Mansion to be seen by Zhou Ling on purpose.

"Later, Weichen sent someone to investigate." Zhou Ling didn't know that he had stepped into the trap I set up. "It turns out that Taoqing has been living in King Rui's residence. Go down and find Concubine Wan!"