Reborn as King again

After the incident of Concubine Su, all the officials above the court clearly understood how important I really value Prince Li Yi.Whether he intended it or not, Xia Zhisu did have a miscarriage, because he was thrown into the cold palace, and finally died of the plague. Li Yi, who is more or less the prince, should also bear some responsibility, but I didn't touch him Even the slightest bit, he still loves him very much, which makes Li Yi take the position of prince firmly.When Li Yi was three years old, he left Jia Wanru's knees and moved into the East Palace. I began to spend my time finding companions for him to read. To put it bluntly, I started to cultivate influence for the future prince.

After my thousands of choices, I chose Li Ran, the fourth son of the Li family. The head of the Li family is Li Meng. He has the same surname as the royal family. Grandpa's cousin, I have to call Li Meng uncle. Li Meng has led troops to fight since he was young. Fighting the world, now he is in a high position, and most of his people are moths of the country, corrupting the king's law, and Li Meng himself thinks that he has made great contributions, and he is a little arrogant, so I simply connected Li Meng with the Jia family. Let him become a henchman of the Jia family, and I can clean up later.

So Li Ran, the fourth son of the Li family, who was only four years old, accompanied the prince Li Yi and stayed in the East Palace.

Before I died in my last life, besides Li Chen and Li Yi, I had six sons, so after a while, two concubines in the harem were diagnosed as pregnant, this time Jia Wanru really sent someone Let these two concubines be taken care of from the inside to the outside, saying that there will be no more miscarriages. Later, these two concubines gave birth to a prince, but this is not an important matter.

Time flies, Li Ji and Yun'er can not only turn over, but also crawl, and crawl everywhere, especially Yun'er, He Wenliu thinks that Yun'er's cradle is too small, and there is not enough space for climbing, so he hugs Yun'er again. went to his bed.At the beginning of the next year, a batch of high-quality woolen blankets came from the Western Regions as a tribute. The wool was snow-white, and the wool was so long that it could cover a person's ankles. I asked He Wenliu to carry Yun'er back and let Yun'er crawl on the blanket by herself.

Then Yun'er and Li Ji grew up gradually, Li Ji was very obedient and obedient, he never cried or made trouble, he should eat what he should eat, sleep what he should sleep, play what he should play, He Wenliu didn't have to worry about it at all, I was afraid of my son at the beginning Too skinny, He Wenliu can't handle it well.But I didn't expect that it was not the son but the daughter who was skinned. As soon as Yun'er opened her eyes and saw that He Wenliu was not around, she would definitely cry and cry, and she wouldn't even be hugged by a nanny. As long as He Wenliu was right, I found a nanny to take care of her For a bad reason, the eyeliner that Jia Wanru placed next to He Wenliu was transferred away. He Wenliu had no choice but to guard Yun'er all the time.

Today, when it was time for He Wenliu to drink tonics, I planned to go to Qingluan Hall to watch, but I didn’t see He Wenliu’s figure when I walked into the main hall. Xinyue told me that He Wenliu was in Yuner’s room, so I went to Yuner’s In the dormitory, as expected, He Wenliu was sitting on the wool carpet, coaxing Yun'er around, afraid that she would cry. There was a bowl of bird's nest on the dressing table in Yun'er's room, and He Wenliu had no intention of eating it at all.

When He Wenliu saw me coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted me. Then I took the bird's nest on the dressing table and sat on the carpet with him. Li Ji sat beside He Wenliu all the time, staring at us with wide-eyed eyes.

I scooped up a spoonful of bird's nest, put it near He Wenliu's mouth, and said with a smile, "Why don't you take the tonic first?" He Wenliu is often served by me like this, and it probably has become a habit, so he no longer resists, and just opens his mouth to let Hey, I don't feel embarrassed anymore, He Wenliu took a sip of the bird's nest and said, "I wanted to lull Yun'er to sleep before eating."

I looked at Yun'er, with her fleshy little face, rubbing left and right in He Wenliu's arms. Seeing that she was in good spirits, I probably wouldn't be able to fall asleep for a while, so I touched Yun'er's little head, Said: "Yun'er is still very noisy?"

While I was talking, I continued to feed He Wenliu the bird's nest. When He Wenliu heard my question, she pouted and asked, "Your Majesty, who do you think Yun'er is like? Weichen was very quiet when he was young." It seems He Wenliu was frightened by Yun'er, and began to complain to me.

"It's definitely not like me. I'm not Xiaoba. When I was young, I never pestered my mother and queen." I hurriedly put aside the relationship. It's just playing pranks in the palace with a group of little eunuchs.

He Wenliu smiled, he saw that I answered seriously, but in fact he was just joking with me, He Wenliu held Yun'er in both hands, changed his posture, and complained dotingly: "Yun'er, when will you stop?" For a few days, it would be good for the concubine to rest."

Sitting next to He Wenliu, Li Ji seemed to be able to understand our conversation, so he began to grin. Li Ji's eyes looked a lot like He Wenliu's. Whenever Li Ji smiled, two pairs of small crescents appeared on his face. I watched Li Ji smiled and said: "Then Ji'er should be very similar to Concubine Wen, so obedient, and never let you worry about it."

He Wenliu also lowered his head, looked at Li Ji helplessly, and said with a smile: "Ji'er is not like Wei Chen, Wei Chen was not as good as Ji'er when he was young, Ji'er never cried or made trouble, and didn't make things difficult for Wei Chen. My son is too obedient."

He Wenliu made too many demands. I felt that my daughter was making a fuss and that my son was too obedient. After I finished feeding the bird's nest, I put the bowl aside and said, "Why is Ji'er obedient? Don't tell me he will just leave if you let him go?" , You let him speak and he speaks?"

He Wenliu was amused by my words, "He is only one year old, how could he be able to walk and talk?"

Thinking about it, I picked up Li Ji, lifted him high, then put him down, pinched his little face lightly, and said casually: "Ji'er, call Father to listen."

"Hu... Huang..." Then I really heard someone call that. Although I don't know it clearly, it must be from Li Ji. I was taken aback. Could it be that Li Ji was talking?I looked at Li Ji, he opened his small mouth, revealing four small deciduous teeth, I was a little unbelievable, and said to He Wenliu: "Concubine Wen, Ji'er seems to have spoken just now."

He Wenliu probably didn't hear Li Ji's voice just now, he smiled and shook his head and said: "How is it possible? He is still young." He Wenliu didn't believe it, so I hugged Li Ji to his eyes, and let Li Ji face He Wenliu, I said: "Ji'er, your mother concubine doesn't believe you, come on, call your mother concubine, let your mother concubine listen."

He Wenliu looked at me and felt that my approach was very naive. How could such a young child be able to speak, but Li Ji opened his mouth: "No... concubine." There was a scream, "Ah——Ji'er, can you speak now? Call Mu Fei~" again.

There are many concubines in my harem, and there are many who are favored, but most of them are short-lived. There are only two who can really receive favor for a long time, that is Concubine Wan and Concubine Wen.In fact, there are many concubines in the harem, but now the two concubines each have a son and a daughter, and their positions in the harem are unshakable.The ministers at the top are all worried about this, but what they worry about is not me, but themselves, who doesn't want their children to be blessed.

So, in the spring of the ninth year of Yuanjing, that is, the fourth year of my rebirth, they began to meet with my mother, thinking that the days of beautiful women entering the palace every three years had passed, but as the emperor, I was still indifferent. Sure, they want the queen mother to persuade me to open the palace gates to expand the harem. To put it bluntly, they want their children to enter the palace to draft girls.

The last time my mother was drafting girls, she asked me to select the three members of the Xia family into the palace, but in the end, one died, one was deliberately left out in the cold by me, and the other one had been forgotten for a long time. I don't care about it, but the ministers came to harass my mother every day and every day, and my mother couldn't stand being harassed by them, so I faltered and mentioned to me about the draft girl. I didn't embarrass my mother. After agreeing to my mother, everything will be done according to her wishes.

The relationship between the queen mother and Jia Wanru has returned to the previous state. The relationship between the two is still good on the surface. Jia Wanru is a capable person and has helped the queen mother a lot in the harem. The queen mother is also old and trusts Jia Wanru. Therefore, it is a great honor for Jia Wanru to take full responsibility for the selection of girls this time, and let her take care of everything. Only the queen and queen mother can directly intervene in the harem. She was just a slap in the face.

More than two years ago, I gave He Wenliu a different kind of rich and noble peony. The peony germinated in summer and bloomed in autumn. He Wenliu liked it very much. Seeing that he liked it, I asked people to look for the seeds of this kind of peony everywhere. Then it was handed over to He Wenliu for him to plant for fun. Later, because He Wenliu was pregnant and had children, he delayed the planting time. This spring, he finally found an opportunity. He was in the open space in front of Li Ji's bedroom. Plant this peony.

One day, I went to Qingluan Hall, and wanted He Wenliu to take it easy, not to stay in the yard every day, basking in the sun, it would be bad for your health.As soon as he entered the Qingluan Palace, He Wenliu really tossed his peonies there. When He Wenliu saw me coming, he quickly stood up and greeted me.

I just walked over, looked at the tender buds of the peonies in the yard, and said: "Don't just mess with your peonies, if you are exhausted, I will feel sorry for you." Then I planned to hold his little hand Leave the garden.

But He Wenliu refused, quickly took his hands away, put his back behind his back, and shook his head at me.I was a little annoyed: "What's wrong? I can't even care about you for a while?"

"No...not." He Wenliu continued to shake his head, then stretched out his hands behind his back, spread his two little hands covered in dirt in front of me, and said, "Weichen has been busy in the garden just now, and didn't wash his hands, so My hands are not clean, I don’t want to get dirty..." Before He Wenliu finished speaking, I grabbed his two dirty paws, pulled him into the main hall, and said as I walked, "Come here, make a basin for Concubine Wen Come clean water."

Soon, a little eunuch in Qingluan Hall walked into the main hall with a small copper basin and put the copper basin on the table. Behind the little eunuch was a little maid, who was holding a tray in her hand. With two clean brocade scarves, she placed the tray next to the copper basin.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, I began to personally wait for He Wenliu to wash his hands. I took his little mud-stained hands and put them into the copper basin. The water temperature was just right and would not irritate the skin. The brocade towel got wet and began to slowly rub it for him.

There is no reason for the emperor to serve his concubine. In the past, when I changed his clothes and fed him tonics, it was only the two of us. Unlike today, there are so many internal eunuchs at my disposal. He does it.

"Don't...it's not good." He Wenliu wanted to pull his hand back, but I was willing to hold him tightly, and continued to wash his hands, saying: "What? I don't think your paws are dirty, you Do you still think that I am not good enough in serving you?" I said this on purpose, He Wenliu has a thin skin, he knew that if he resisted again, maybe I would say something, so he obediently let me serve him.The inner eunuchs of Qingluan Hall are no strangers to my behavior and attitude. He Wenliu thought that every time I served him, there were only the two of us, but how could he know that the inner eunuchs were all waiting at the door, and they didn’t care about anything. Know.

I washed slowly and carefully until all the dirt on it was washed off, and He Wenliu's hands showed their original color. I took another clean brocade towel and dried his hands.After everything was over, the little eunuch took the copper basin away.

After I sat down with He Wenliu, Xinyue came in with two cups of tea, and then she glanced at me, as if to say that something happened to He Wenliu.

Before I could ask, He Wenliu said it himself, "Your Majesty, Concubine Wan came to ask Weichen for help yesterday."

"En." I continued to listen to He Wenliu.

He Wenliu said: "Concubine Wan said that the draft girl is not very good at handling some things, and she wants this minister to help her." He Wenliu paused, and his voice was a little soft: "Actually... this minister doesn't understand these things either."

It is true that Jia Wanru came to ask He Wenliu for help. Although the queen mother entrusted Jia Wanru with the matter of drafting girls, Jia Wanru is not the queen after all.Although He Wenliu does not compete with her, she is also a favorite concubine. Jia Wanru's doing this is enough to give He Wenliu face, and it will also make me think that Jia Wanru is a person who knows the general.

I tried to ask: "Concubine Wen is not willing?"

"Weichen can't help you with the beautiful girls." He Wenliu explained: "And now that Yun'er and Ji'er have just learned to walk, Weichen has to take care of them." He Wenliu still doesn't understand anything, if he participates The matter of drafting girls can be regarded as a reflection of his status in the harem, and by the way, give a blow to the young princes who are about to enter the palace. Since He Wenliu is unwilling, I will not force him.

I said: "If you don't want to help, why didn't you tell Concubine Wan, instead you told me?"

When He Wenliu heard this, he looked at me with some doubts and said, "Didn't your majesty tell me this before? If someone comes to help me, I will definitely discuss it with you in advance."

"Eh..." I was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and He Wenliu was really obedient.Before he made the decision to help Jia Wanru intercede with Li Yi, he was pressed on the bed by me that night and tossed about in various ways. I guess he was scared by me last time, and he had lingering fears. He told me as soon as he encountered something this time.I said: "Concubine Wen is right to do this, and you have to tell me about any decision." I reached out and stroked his black hair, and said, "Leave this matter alone, and I will tell Concubine Wan later, what will happen to you in the future?" If you don't want to do something, just tell me directly, understand?" He Wenliu nodded, expressing that he understood clearly.

A few days later, I took some time to go to Baoge Palace to find Jia Wanru. Jia Wanru was a little surprised when she saw me. Usually at this time I would correct the memorial in the imperial study.

Jia Wanru smiled and said, "The emperor is here to look for my concubine at this time, should there be some business?" Jia Wanru is very smart.

I also went straight to the point and said, "Don't go to Concubine Wen for the matter of that beautiful girl, you can handle it yourself."

Jia Wanru asked in astonishment: "Did the concubine do something wrong?" Jia Wanru didn't know what my intention was, and thought she had offended me somewhere.

I took Jia Wanru's hand, sat down with her on the stone bench in the yard, and comforted her, "Why? Concubine Wan, you have always done well. The problem lies with Concubine Wen."

"What happened to Concubine Wen?"

"When have you ever seen Concubine Wen take care of things in the palace?" I said, "He doesn't know anything at all, he doesn't even care about things in Qingluan Hall." Then I used a very He said in a trusting and pampering tone: "In the future, don't ask Concubine Wen for this kind of thing. I know you know the general idea, but if you ask him to help, you won't be causing yourself trouble in the end. You can just do it yourself. I believe in you." When I said it so truthfully, Jia Wanru felt relieved.

I personally went to Jia Wanru to talk about the show girl, and I didn't let He Wenliu participate in it, which made the palace people feel that, in my heart, He Wenliu was still inferior to Jia Wanru.