Reborn as King again

I have already sent Zhen'er back, so I didn't think about staying here any longer. I turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Duanmuchen, "Wait...wait a minute."

"What's the matter?" I thought Duanmuchen wanted to tell me about Zhen'er, but he hesitated after calling me, as if he wanted to tell me something personal.

Seeing Duanmuchen's taboo, I said to the inner eunuchs staying in the yard: "Go down first." After all the inner eunuchs left one after another, I said, "It's just the two of us now, what's the matter? "

Duanmuchen pursed his lips, he was still thinking about it, and I didn't make things difficult for him. After a while, he reluctantly opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, you... the prince of the Zheng Kingdom, doesn't really want to marry Princess Bi'er , don't listen to his rhetoric."

I raised my eyebrows slightly, I never expected that Duanmuchen would mention Zheng Guo's affairs to me, the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, and Duanmuchen is a subjugated royal family, it is really difficult for him to say these things, "Do you know what you are talking about? "

Duanmuchen is not stupid, he knows that it is unconvincing to talk about the diplomacy between the two countries in his own capacity, "Believe it or not, Wei Chen is telling the truth, marrying Princess Bi'er to Prince Zhen will ruin Princess Bi'er's life of……"

In the eyes of outsiders, Bi'er is the daughter of my favorite concubine Jia Wanru, a noble and lofty princess, she is very favored by me, Duanmuchen probably thinks so.I said: "Why did Concubine Chen say that? Could it be that you know Ouyang Town of Zheng State?"

"Weichen knows each other, and it's an old acquaintance." Duanmuchen didn't want to hide what I meant, he said: "Weichen lived in Zheng State as a proton for four years when he was a child, so he is not familiar with some of the internal relations of Zheng State's royal family. clear."

Duanmuchen still cares about Zhen'er in his heart. It is probably because I sent Zhen'er back that made Duanmuchen feel grateful. I know Duanmuchen very well. He is still a simple person. If you treat him better, he will show his heart lung.What's more, I have treated him well these years and given him a peaceful life.If Duanmuchen didn't tell me, I wouldn't have investigated him. Now that he told me that he was a proton, it's reciprocal.

"Tell me why Ouyang Zhen can't get married. I think he and Bi'er are in love with each other. I can't bear to fight each other. Ouyang Zhen promised me that he will make Bi'er his queen in the future." of."

Duanmuchen shook his head, he didn't believe my words at all, he said: "Your Majesty, the Prince Zhen is 23 this year, and he hasn't even married a concubine or concubine, don't you think it's strange?"

It's quite strange, I even quietly sent someone to inquire about it, just as Duanmuchen said, not only did Ouyang Zhen not marry a wife, it is said that he didn't even have a concubine around him. Is there a hidden disease?" If this is the case, Bi'er will be a widow when she marries, and it will indeed ruin Bi'er's life.

"That's not the problem. If Prince Zhen has a hidden illness, how could he become a strong contender for the Zheng Kingdom's throne?" Duanmuchen immediately denied.

"Why is that?" I asked.

Duanmuchen replied: "Prince Zhen is a long-lasting person. He has a person he likes, but that person's status is low. As long as Ouyang Hai is in power, it is impossible for them to be together."

According to Duanmuchen's recollection in Zheng Guo back then, Ouyang Zhen was originally the son of the favorite concubine, but unfortunately the favorite concubine's beauty was unlucky, and she died not long after giving birth to Ouyang Zhen's younger brother Ouyang Heng, leaving the two brothers in the harem.It is said that the favorite concubine was very favored when she was alive and offended many concubines, so when she died, the children left behind would be tortured in the harem.

The old emperor Ouyang Hai had many sons and many concubines, so after the death of his beloved concubine, he quickly forgot about her, and a newcomer became favored.Ouyang Zhen has been blinded since he was a child. He has to hide his clumsiness to save his life and take care of his younger brother. It is much more difficult for him than other princes since he was a child, but luckily he has someone to accompany him. That person is a maid in his palace. Ouyang Zhen called her Xiaoxue, who is three years older than Ouyang Zhen, is like a sister and a friend, accompanying him and enlightening him. As Ouyang Zhen grows up, this child's dependence has turned into a deep love.

If it is an ordinary court lady who is favored by the emperor or the prince, she can still get a title, but that court lady named Xiaoxue can't, because her family was confiscated by the old emperor. At that time, she was young and was beaten into slavery , her status is too low.Ouyang Zhen likes Xiaoxue, but he has to endure it. Before he ascends the throne, he can only keep this thought in his heart and hide it from everyone.

During the four years of Duanmuchen's life in Zheng Guo, he observed his words and feelings, tremblingly, and saw Ouyang Zhen's feelings for the maid who served him all the year round, but his identity was just a proton, and whether he could return to the country safely was a problem, so he always It is to see without seeing and to hear without hearing.

Having not seen each other for so many years, when Duanmuchen met Ouyang Zhen again and saw him propose marriage to Datong, saying that he had fallen in love with Bier and wanted her to be his concubine, Duanmuchen had to doubt his motives.

Everyone has their own story behind them, and Ouyang Zhen is no exception. To be able to make it this far, from a prince who has been blindsided to one of the most competitive candidates for the throne, he must have his own uniqueness He planned to marry Bi'er, and even communicated with "King Rui", I didn't think it would be such a coincidence, I thought about it, and confirmed to Duanmuchen again: "Do you really think that Ouyang Zhen is not sincere to Bi'er?" of?"

"Absolutely not sincere," Duanmuchen said with certainty: "He is using Princess Bi'er, what kind of concubine, what kind of queen, all of them are fake," Duanmuchen analyzed: "Your Majesty, you should think about it carefully." I think, when Princess Bier marries, it will be in a foreign country. To put it bluntly, after Prince Zhen ascends the throne, your support will not be of much use to him. He will kill Princess Bier and put him under house arrest or something. Then he told you that Princess Bi'er died of an illness, and he would make that court lady his successor queen, but you couldn't find anything wrong."

Duanmuchen's analysis is clear and logical, so Ouyang Town is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.But these don't matter to me, I have my own plans, "Concubine Chen, who else knows what you said about Ouyang Zhen except you?"

"I don't know," Duanmuchen said after thinking for a while, "Actually, what I said was based on my own observations. It may be very one-sided, but the Prince Zhen definitely has bad intentions."

I was amused by Duanmuchen's "bad intentions", so I couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, I have my own ideas about this matter, so you can spend more time with Zhen'er."

***Switch the angle of view***

Yuan Qingmei has a good personality, gentle and friendly, and concubines often come to chat with her.

Today, Sun Zijun and several other concubines with good relations came to visit Yuan Qingmei's palace, Meiyuan Pavilion.

The concubines who came here all entered the palace at the same time, and they were all about the same age, so they could chat together.

The maids of Meiyuan Pavilion had already prepared refreshments, and everyone sat on the couch, sipping tea and eating pastries, chatting non-stop.

"Have you heard?" Zhang Meiren gossiped: "Princess Zhen'er was ill some time ago, and was taken to Qianlong Palace by the emperor to recuperate. After recovering from her illness, she was sent back."

"I heard, I heard," Sun Zijun said: "It is said that the emperor was afraid of infecting Concubine Chen, so he took him away. I thought that Concubine Chen was not very favored, but I didn't expect the emperor to care about him."

Another beauty Ye also interjected: "Contagion? What's wrong with Princess Zhen'er?"

"I don't know," Sun Zijun didn't find out about this, she suddenly remembered, didn't Yuan Qingmei often play with Princess Zhen'er, she must know, "Qingmei, Qingmei, do you know?"

Yuan Qingmei's face was ugly, as if she was thinking about something, she was called out several times by Sun Zijun before she recovered, "What?"

"Why are you distracted? What are you thinking about?" Sun Zijun asked curiously.

"No...it's nothing..." Yuan Qingmei quickly recovered her expression, she was as gentle as usual, "What did you just say?"

At this time, the little eunuch guarding the gate of Meiyuan Pavilion rushed to report, "Miss Shuyuan, your elder brother Master Yuan is here, and he is asking to see you outside."

"So you missed your brother," Sun Zijun said with a smile, "We are the ones who interrupted you today. Since your brother is here, we will go back first and come to see you next time."

"I'm really sorry, I forgot that my brother handed over the sign to enter the palace today." Although Yuan Qingmei said this, she couldn't help muttering in her heart, she clearly blocked her brother's sign, how could he still be able to enter palace.

After seeing off Sun Zijun and others, Yuan Qingmei hurried to the main hall to meet Yuan Qingshen.

In the main hall, Yuan Qingshen was sitting in a guest chair drinking tea, seeing Yuan Qingmei coming, she had no intention of getting up to respond at all, Yuan Qingmei felt a little guilty, so she sent the inner eunuchs away, and said embarrassingly: "Brother ..."

"Hmph," Yuan Qing said coldly, "Do you think I won't be able to enter the palace because of my sign?" He has now joined the line of the prince, and today he is accompanying the prince to the palace on business, so he was able to find time to come A trip to Meiyuan Pavilion.

"Do you know, what do you do? If the emperor finds out, it will be a death penalty!" Yuan Qing said bitterly: "It doesn't matter if you die, and don't implicate me!"

"No one found out, I've secretly taken back that sachet." Yuan Qingmei defended herself.

In fact, some time ago, Princess Zhener had chickenpox, and it was all done by Yuan Qingmei. The purpose was to adopt Zhener to raise her. Yuan Qingmei embroidered a sachet for Zhener. Zhen'er is young and has weak resistance, so of course she will be infected.Yuan Qingmei's plan is very good, as long as she is the discoverer and saves Zhen'er, her image in the harem will always be good, at least better than that concubine Chen who doesn't care about the child's life, as long as she pays more attention to Zhen'er when she is sick. If you take care of her, the emperor will see how good she is, and it will be a matter of time before Zhen'er adopts her.

Yuan Qingmei's plan As an older brother, Yuan Qingshen couldn't know, he sneered and said, "Look at you, after doing so much, you didn't get nothing in the end."

Speaking of this, Yuan Qingmei became annoyed, obviously she was doing well a few days ago, and the emperor praised her endlessly, but when Concubine Wen appeared, the emperor's attitude immediately changed, "It must be Concubine Wen! It must be him What did you say to the emperor!"

"Be quiet! What is Concubine Wen's identity, what is your identity? Can you beat him?!" Yuan Qing said with deep hatred: "I thought you were smart, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid. You haven't got a firm foothold in the harem yet, and you're thinking about robbing other people's children, don't do such things without discussing with me in the future!"

"I... I can't help it. You know, when I was young, I had a serious illness. The medicine was too severe. It hurt my body and it was difficult to conceive. The most important thing is to have a child in the harem. I also do it for us. For the sake of the family!"

"It's just that it's difficult for you to conceive, it's not that you can't conceive." Yuan Qing frowned and said, "Your appearance and talent are outstanding in the harem. If you serve the emperor well, you will always conceive an heir."

"Do you think it's enough to conceive an heir alone? The emperor is so dazed by that Princess Da Yue, how can he think of me?! If I didn't play with his children every day under the guise of liking children, I'm afraid It's hard to even see the emperor's face!"

In fact, even if adoptive children are adopted, it is better to raise a prince, but Yuan Qingmei chose Zhen'er, who is a princess, because Zhen'er is the emperor's favorite princess.Take Concubine Chen as an example, even if he is not favored, the emperor still runs to the Laiyi Hall every three days, which is entirely due to Zhen'er, so if she raises Zhen'er, the emperor will naturally come to her. The more times you go to bed, the more likely you will be pregnant with the prince.

Yuan Qing raised his eyebrows and scolded angrily: "Then what else do you want?! This time you're planning on Princess Zhen'er, the emperor didn't suspect you, so you should burn incense. Are you going to follow me a second time?!"

Yuan Qingmei's face would turn green and pale from being scolded, because what Yuan Qingshen said was right, she couldn't take any more risks, and after a while, she hesitated and said, "Then...then what should I do? Brother, I..."

"The doctor said that you are just weak and difficult to conceive, not infertile." Seeing that his sister's attitude softened, Yuan Qing calmed down a bit, "I will find some folk remedies for you and make up for it. You're still young, so don't draw conclusions so early."

"kindness……"