Reborn as King again

I walked gently to He Wenliu, stood behind him, and patted his shoulder.

He Wenliu turned his head and saw me, showing a surprised expression. He didn't expect that I would come. The little eunuch who sent the message before said that he came behind He Wenliu's back. He Wenliu didn't even think about finding someone to inform me.

"Why are you here?" He Wenliu asked suspiciously.

"I miss Jue'er, I want to see him." I replied with a smile, "Let me coax him."

He Wenliu quickly stood up and gave up his seat to me. I sat on the edge of the bed and pulled the brocade quilt, but Li Jue covered it tightly and couldn't pull it off.In desperation, I called out: "Jue'er, Jue'er..."

"Go away, I don't want to go out, I hate you!" Li Jue was still losing his temper, "I want father, I want father!"

"Jue'er, stop making trouble, isn't your father here?" I coaxed him and said, "Don't keep your head covered with the quilt, it's not good for your health, quickly take the quilt away, and you will see your father when you remove it." .”

When Li Jue heard my voice, he opened a small slit in his quilt, blinked and blinked his bright eyes, and after recognizing me clearly, he rushed into my arms and said coquettishly: "Royal father!" , you finally came to see Erchen..."

Looking at Li Jue, with his hair in a crooked bun and wearing unlined clothing, he must have been in trouble since morning.

I reached out and pinched Li Jue's lower nose, and said in a slightly stern tone: "What's the matter? Don't get angry with your concubine mother, and see how anxious your concubine mother is."

Hearing this, Li Jue lowered his head and glanced at He Wenliu timidly. Seeing that he had no intention of getting angry, he immediately plucked up his courage and said, "The concubine mother is not so stingy."

There were two tear stains on Li Jue's little face, and it looked like he was crying. I took out a brocade handkerchief, wiped it for him, and asked with a smile, "I heard that you haven't been to Taiyuan Academy for a few days. Studying, what happened?"

"Father, do you no longer love your son?" Li Jue asked innocently.

"How come? Jue'er is my father's favorite treasure."

"Then why don't you come to visit Erchen? It's been several months, and you haven't come to Qingluan Palace." Li Jue pouted with a complaining tone.

I explained: "Father has been too busy recently, so I can't spare time, but you usually go to see Father, doesn't Father also see you?"

"It's different." Li Jue shook his head, he was not so easy to dismiss, "You used to come to Qingluan Hall often, why don't you come now? Did you quarrel with your concubine?"

Li Jue is young, but his eyesight is quite sharp. The quarrel between me and He Wenliu is not enough, it's just a cold war.

After Li Jue asked, seeing that He Wenliu and I didn't answer immediately, he felt that he had guessed right, so he cried again. Li Jue was only four years old, and when he cried this time, he would definitely die, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... The concubine quarreled... You don't love Erchen anymore, the father doesn't visit Erchen, the mother and concubine are fierce, you are all too annoying... woo woo woo..."

Li Jue was crying, and grabbed the brocade quilt again, wanting to cover his head and refused to talk to anyone. Fortunately, He Wenliu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and immediately removed the brocade quilt. Crying, "Wow...the father, the queen, and the concubine quarreled, and they don't want children..."

Conscience of heaven and earth, He Wenliu and I have never said that we don't want him, and it's too late to spoil him.

"Jue'er, don't cry, don't cry," He Wenliu couldn't help it, and hurried forward to return the brocade quilt, sat across from me, and hugged Li Jue, "Mother and concubine didn't want you, and didn't talk to your father. The emperor quarreled, who did you listen to?"

"Everyone in the palace says that..." Li Jue was quite smart, he didn't pick who said it, and said "people in the palace", looking back, he didn't know who to turn to, Li Jue was sobbing, with a look Poorly, "The people in the palace said that I have an older brother, and my father and mother are arguing about that brother. Is it true? Wow..."

When He Wenliu heard this, he raised his head and gave me a guilty look, and said, "There was no quarrel, the concubine mother didn't quarrel with your father, it's Jue Er, you are overthinking."

"Really?" Li Jue didn't believe it, and said reluctantly: "The minister wants the father to come, why does the mother and concubine want to stop it?"

He Wenliu was at a loss for words immediately, I glanced at him, He Wenliu was quite uncomfortable being stared at by me, seeing that Li Jue was about to cry again, I hurried to save the scene and said: "Your mother and concubine are considerate of the father, the father has been really upset recently. busy."

"..." Li Jue pursed his lips, his nose was red, "Is there really no quarrel?"

"There is no quarrel," I denied with a smile at first, "Didn't I come to see you?"

"Then will Father stay here today?" Li Jue tugged on my sleeve and asked, "I haven't had dinner with Father for a long time."

"Yes." I nodded, then took him from He Wenliu's arms, told him to stand up, and patted his little butt, "Get up quickly, take a shower and change clothes, my father ordered the imperial dining room to do more for you." Like to eat."

"Okay~" Li Jue sniffed his nose, and went to take a bath while being served by the eunuch.

Seeing that Li Jue was well coaxed, He Wenliu and I exited the back room.

I walked to the couch in the outhouse and sat down, feeling a little bit of asking for guilt, "Jue'er has become like this, and you don't know how to send someone to notify me?"

"This spoils him too much. Which prince have you ever seen be so tricky?" He Wenliu accused me in turn, "If you didn't follow him like this every day, would you raise him so skinny?"

When He Wenliu said this, I thought it was true. When I thought of how he had no choice but to treat Li Jue just now, I burst out laughing.

I asked him about the topic just now: "We didn't quarrel, did we?"

He Wenliu froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"I don't think it's a quarrel either." I held out my hand to He Wenliu.

He Wenliu subconsciously raised his hand and put it in my palm.I smiled and pulled him over to sit beside me.

"It's been a while since I saw you." I squeezed He Wenliu's hand and smiled, "Did you miss me?"

"..." He Wenliu didn't say anything, he looked at me in confusion, not knowing what my intention was.

"In the past when we had troubles, you were the one who coaxed me. This time, I waited for you for so long, but you didn't show up." I deliberately sighed.

"Weichen is afraid of making you angry, so I don't know how to face you." He Wenliu explained softly.

"Today I went to Dali Temple to interrogate Ji'er." I changed the subject and said directly.

I clearly felt that the hand I was holding He Wenliu was shaking, he was afraid.During this period of time, He Wenliu had also been to Dali Temple, presumably Li Ji's attitude had always been very tough, and He Wenliu could not persuade him at all.

The next moment, He Wenliu, who was sitting upright on the couch, stood up, knelt down in front of me, and begged me: "Your Majesty, please, don't kill him, just save his life, just save his life, my humble minister!" Please."

For so many years, He Wenliu has felt guilty and distressed towards Li Ji. He didn't accompany him back then, and now he can't just watch him die. , as parents, they always want to protect their children and excuse them.

"Ji'er lost his mind and went insane. Maybe it's because of his ups and downs when he was a child, or it may be that the people surnamed Ouyang in Zheng Guo brainwashed Ji'er." He Wenliu kept looking for reasons for Li Ji, as long as he can keep Li Ji Ji, let him do whatever he wants, "Please, don't kill him, he will reflect on himself and admit his mistakes, it just takes time..."

Li Ji has a stubborn temper, and he will never turn back if he is sure of the matter. If he really admitted his mistake, he would not have been demoted to Yuncheng by me back then.

I dragged He Wenliu up, and hurriedly explained: "Concubine Wen, don't do this, we have agreed that I will not kill him, so you don't trust me that much?"

"My minister... my minister..." He Wenliu didn't know what to say for a while.

I took He Wenliu's hand, forced him to sit down together, hugged him into my arms, and couldn't help sighing: "You may get angry when you say these words, but I still want to say, I really hope Ji'er is here He died more than ten years ago, and I hope he will never appear again in this life."

"You have only been angry with me once in your life, and it was because of Ji'er. We had such a fierce quarrel at the beginning, and we finally reconciled. I don't want to experience it again. Now that Ji'er has come back, I am really scared." , I was afraid that you would quarrel with me again because of him, but in the end it really happened, and we fought coldly for a few more months."

"I'm sorry..." He Wenliu faced me with a pale face, and he could only use poor words to tell me over and over again: "I'm sorry... I don't want to hurt you, I don't want to, I..."

"I believe in you." I tried my best to maintain my conversation, and tried to be as expressive as possible, "I said before, no matter what happens, I will believe in you. I thought I would go on like this with you forever, without Dan'er, Ji'er, We still have Yun'er and Jue'er, but things backfired, and I will make the biggest concession for you."

"I will not expel Ji'er from the family tree, but will give him back his status. He is still the sixth prince of my Datong." I promised this, "I can save his life, but I will never let him go." Let it go."

He Wenliu nodded, presumably he did not expect Li Ji to be completely innocent.

"He will be exiled to Yuncheng." I finally said my punishment, "Not to be a vassal king, but to be exiled, like a prisoner."

Hearing this, He Wenliu lowered his head and fell silent.

I turned a blind eye to this, and instead raised my eyebrows and asked tentatively: "Concubine Wen, do you want to stay with Ji'er?"

He Wenliu was taken aback, and suddenly raised his head to look at me, as if I had guessed his thoughts, "You..."

"Zhen will let go and let you go with him." I smiled wryly, "As long as you are willing."

"Why?" He Wenliu couldn't believe it.

"Because I don't want you to be in a dilemma, I also feel uncomfortable when you are in pain," I said, I spread He Wenliu's right hand, looked at the faint scar in the palm, and stroked it gently, "Don't worry, even if you go to Yuncheng, I will I won't make you suffer, and I won't cut down on your food and clothing. If you are wronged, write a letter to me, and I will stand up for you."

"Yun'er is married and has a good husband and son-in-law. You don't have to worry about her. Jue'er is too young, and it's very hard in Yuncheng. Let him stay by my side. Of course, if you want to take Jue'er away, I will It won't stop you either."

"When I die in the future, when I go to the funeral, you must come back, otherwise I will love you for so many years for nothing..."

I said a lot on my own, just to convey a little to him, I am willing to make concessions, and will not be as ruthless as I was back then.

At some point, after Li Jue finished bathing and changing in the back room, he came out bouncing around in a new set of clothes. When he saw He Wenliu and I sitting together with serious faces, he thought we had quarreled again, and immediately rushed come over.

"Father, Mother Concubine, you..." Before Li Jue finished speaking, he sensed something was wrong, "Mother Concubine, why are you crying?"

When I said those words just now, looking at He Wenliu, I really couldn't say it, not because I was moved, but because I didn't mean it.

I looked up at He Wenliu, he was staring at me blankly, with tears streaming down his face, "Are you really willing to let Wei Chen accompany Ji'er?"

"I respect your decision."

Li Jue, who didn't understand the situation, was not happy, and immediately stood in front of He Wenliu, protecting him, and said with a puffy face, "Father, you must not bully the concubine mother! You made the concubine mother cry!"

"Well, the father will not bully your mother and concubine." I smiled.