Reborn as King again

Regardless of whether Zhou Ling mentioned He Wenliu on purpose, Huang Kun was at a loss. Even King Rui was a little surprised. Looking at Huang Kun, he seemed to be saying, you know Concubine Wen?How do I not know?

Huang Kun is also a person who has seen the world, he quickly reacted to Zhou Ling's question, and replied: "Caomin used to live in the He Mansion when he was young, and we are old acquaintances with Concubine Wen." Huang Kun didn't answer well. He is not hot, and his tone is flat, which completely prevents outsiders from seeing his deep love for He Wenliu.

"So it's Concubine Wen's close sweetheart," Zhou Ling said with a smile, "You haven't seen each other for a long time, I'll ask someone to call Concubine Wen here so that you can have a good chat."

I don't like people using the words "childhood sweetheart" to describe the relationship between He Wenliu and outsiders, especially Huang Kun, my murderous enemy in the previous life.I said: "What are you calling Concubine Wen for? He doesn't like to talk to strangers on such occasions, so let him stay there alone." I'm telling the truth. I want to cultivate some power for him, don't rely on his brothers for everything, so I introduced some officials or foreign envoys to him, but every time He Wenliu just said hello and didn't say a word. If you give up this plan, you should protect your own people.

Zhou Ling felt that I was taking too much care of He Wenliu by doing this. He said: "Concubine Wen has been in the palace for almost ten years, and she has almost never been out of the palace. She probably hasn't seen her friends much. How can the concubine be a stranger, Weichen sees that Concubine Wen is always silent every time at a party, and now a familiar person comes, can he talk a little more?" Zhou, who is the queen, Ling is indeed considerate of He Wenliu, if I didn't know that Huang Kun liked He Wenliu since he was a child, I would be happy to let them talk more.But if I object again, it will make King Rui suspicious, and Huang Kun will find out that I already know about their relationship.

Seeing that I didn't speak any more, Zhou Ling assumed that I acquiesced, and asked the personal maid Guihua behind him to go to He Wenliu's table and call He Wenliu over.

Tonight's banquet is to let the envoys of various vassal states or the vassal kings communicate more with the envoys of other countries, but in order to avoid any crime of treason, everyone said some superficially beautiful words, at least in front of me. They won't have heart-to-heart chats.

The vassal envoys and foreign envoys have long known that my favorite concubine He Wenliu is the younger brother of Yuanma General He Wenwu, for this reason they have specially courted He Wenliu before, sending them off, saying all kinds of good things, making insinuations I asked about He Wenwu's news, but after being in touch with He Wenliu for a long time, I found that He Wenliu was not good at getting along with people at all, he didn't know how to deal with affairs in the harem, and he didn't know the principles of court politics. It's a useless person.From their point of view, He Wenliu is just a doll that I can control very well. I put He Wenliu on the position of favorite concubine just to appease He Wenwu who is out fighting and holds the military power.

He Wenliu, who usually never makes a sound at the banquet, was actually summoned by Queen Zhou Ling today. This made the envoys who were chatting with each other and paying attention to my movements from time to time feel a little strange, and they sent us curious messages one after another. His eyes seemed to want to observe the relationship between the new empress and the favorite concubine.

Soon, He Wenliu followed the osmanthus and came to us. He saluted Zhou Ling and me. I stretched out my hand and pulled He Wenliu to my side, and introduced him: "Concubine Wen, this is my brother Rui. Wang, the one next to Brother Huang is a counselor, Mr. Huang Kun Huang."

He Wenliu had no expression on his face, and bowed his hands to King Rui and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you." He Wenliu's posture was the same as when I introduced other officials to him before, and he didn't say a word, which completely confirmed the impression of others about him. Will get along with people.

King Rui had also heard about He Wenliu's temperament, so he didn't care about his indifferent attitude. Instead, he patted Huang Kun on the shoulder beside him, and said to He Wenliu: "This is my king's counselor, Huang Kun, he used to be Concubine Wen, one of the generals under your second brother, do you know Concubine Wen?"

He Wenliu didn't even look at Huang Kun, and answered King Rui's words, "I don't know this person." In one sentence, he cleared up his relationship with Huang Kun.

Zhou Ling didn't believe it anymore, he said: "Is it true that Concubine Wen doesn't know her? Just now, Mr. Huang said that he and you grew up together. Can you take a closer look?"

He Wenliu frowned slightly when he heard what Zhou Ling said. He didn't expect Huang Kun to talk about their relationship in front of me. At this moment, He Wenliu finally raised his eyes to look at Huang Kun. It was just a glance, but it was full of disgust.

He Wenliu's voice was a little angry, and he said: "I have already entered the palace as a concubine, why does the empress have to associate me with a strange man? Especially in front of the emperor, this is a bit provocative. ?” Only He Wenliu could say such straightforward words.It's no secret in the harem that He Wenliu doesn't like Queen Zhou Ling, but Zhou Ling is also the master of the harem after all, so no matter how much he doesn't like her, he can't be so offensive.

No, Zhou Ling was also a little angry with He Wenliu's attitude. He ignored me and said sharply: "Presumptuous, how dare you be unreasonable to me?"

"But Weichen is not wrong." He Wenliu said: "Weichen has already said that he doesn't know Mr. Huang, but empress, you keep emphasizing that 'Weichen and Mr. Huang grew up', you are not sowing discord What is it?"

Zhou Ling was speechless, he was doing something bad with good intentions, I saw He Wenliu sitting around every time at the banquet, it was so hard that an acquaintance came and wanted He Wenliu to talk more, but He Wenliu didn't appreciate it, let it go, Instead, he said he was sowing discord.

Huang Kun saw He Wenliu rushing against Zhou Ling in front of everyone. He was the queen after all. Huang Kun was afraid that He Wenliu would suffer, so he quickly explained: "Actually, it is only natural that Concubine Wen doesn't know the grass people. When the grass people lived in He Mansion, they always He followed General He to the outskirts to train troops, and Concubine Wen always stayed in the yard planting peonies. She hardly met each other, and it has been ten years. I don't even recognize it now."

Huang Kun's explanation made others feel reasonable. Who remembers this person from more than ten years ago.But He Wenliu's attitude towards Zhou Ling just now made everyone think that there was a good show to watch. At the banquet, he made the new empress unable to step down in public. What about the favorite concubine in the harem?

He Wenliu was not aware of this, nor did he accept Huang Kun's willingness to speak for him. He turned to face me and bowed to me and said, "Your Majesty, I feel a little unwell. Please allow me to leave early." He Wenliu's approach, It was obvious that he didn't pay attention to the new empress Zhou Ling, and the onlookers stared at He Wenliu's actions. He Wenliu was never a spoiled person, but today he repeatedly offended the new empress.

Zhou Ling was in a good mood today. With me pampering him, all the foreign envoys respected him. This was his first time as an empress at such a major banquet in such a country, but he was spoiled by He Wenliu.Zhou Ling really didn't understand how he had offended this Concubine Wen. "You..." Zhou Ling wanted to say something, but I pulled him back, and I signaled him not to speak.I said: "Okay, Concubine Wen, you should go back to rest earlier."

He Wenliu saluted me again, turned around and left without showing any affection to Zhou Ling.

At night, Fengyi Palace

Zhou Ling sat on the imperial concubine in the side hall of Fengyi Palace, his expression was not very good.The maidservant, Osmanthus osmanthus, brought two cups of tea and put them on the tea table, and waited beside the imperial concubine chair.

I walked up to him and sat down, put my arms around his shoulders and said with concern: "Queen, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Ling's eyes were slightly red, and his voice choked up, "Your Majesty, do you really like me?"

I laughed a little and said: "Of course I like it, why does the queen ask such a question?"

Zhou Ling didn't believe me, he broke free from my arm and faced me, "If you like me? Why did you let him leave when I was humiliated like that by Concubine Wen at the banquet?"

I explained: "It is the best way to let Concubine Wen leave. Even if you want to punish Concubine Wen as a queen, you can't do it at the banquet. So many envoys were watching just now. Do you still want to let them go?" Is it okay to watch a joke?" In fact, even if He Wenliu didn't say that he wanted to leave early, I would let him go first.

Zhou Ling listened to my explanation in a logical manner, and felt even more aggrieved, he said: "But... But even so, I just want to introduce someone to him out of good intentions, and I have no intention of sowing discord at all, even if I really say that What was wrong is not intentional, outsiders say that Concubine Wen is weak-tempered and never gets angry with others to embarrass others, but today he made the humble minister unable to step down in front of the envoys." Zhou Ling said, Tears flowed down.

I took out a brocade handkerchief from my arms, wiped it for him, and coaxed him: "Don't cry, your nose is red from crying." Then I said: "I told you before, don't let you call Concubine Wen, you If you don’t listen, something will happen.”

Seeing that I was still defending He Wenliu, Zhou Ling felt extremely uncomfortable, and said: "Your Majesty, I know that you and Concubine Wen have been married for ten years and have a deep relationship, so I didn't want to speak ill of Concubine Wen, but now I have to say it." " Zhou Ling burst into tears again, as if he had been bullied miserably by He Wenliu, and said: "Since I entered the palace, I have kept my duty, except for the time when I was framed for wearing a dance dress embroidered with peonies. I have done anything to offend Concubine Wen, but Concubine Wen has never given Wei Chen a good look. If he doesn't come to pay respects to Wei Chen, Wei Chen can ignore it, but if he usually meets Wei Chen elsewhere, he just treats it as if he didn't see it. Even in front of the queen mother, I don't show the slightest sympathy to my minister, so why does this minister obey in front of all the concubines? Your Majesty, tell me, how did this minister offend Concubine Wen?"

Zhou Ling asked me, who should I ask?How could I know why He Wenliu didn't want to see Zhou Ling so much?According to what He Wenliu said before, it was because I personally admitted that I liked Zhou Ling in front of He Wenliu, so He Wenliu hated it, but who would believe this naive explanation?I comforted Zhou Ling and said: "Okay, okay, tomorrow I will go to the Qingluan Hall, and I will help you ask about Concubine Wen's crimes, and the queen will stop crying, okay?"