Reborn as King again

After Xiaoba left, I saw that He Wenliu was good at playing chess, and he was a teacher of old man Baizhu, so I immediately became interested. I always felt that my chess skills were not bad, so I insisted on pulling He Wenliu and asked him to accompany me to kill two games.

He Wenliu couldn't hold back my temper, so he had to tell Xiao Luzi to go to the study and bring his chessboard to the main room. There is a small tea room in the main room. He Wenliu and I sat on the side of the tea table in the tea room and put the tea set away , Set up the chessboard, and start playing chess.

He Wenliu was not quiet when he played chess, and would occasionally talk about my chess skills, ask me about my recent life in the palace, and tell me about what he saw and heard when he sneaked out today on the streets of the capital, and I would always say the same. After answering and chatting with him, I found that He Wenliu would inadvertently talk to me about a lot of things when playing chess. Unlike usual, I was talking and he was listening. Go seemed to be a medium of communication between us.

He Wenliu played very calmly. After a game of chess, I lost two pieces, but I always felt that He Wenliu didn't use his strength. He suspected that he deliberately gave way to me. Let it go to the end, let me win, but I have to win two of my sons."

"Eh... can you see that I let you go?" He Wenliu looked at me a little embarrassedly, and muttered embarrassedly: "I don't want to hurt your self-confidence."

Beat my confidence?These words are too hurtful. From ancient times to the present, many political strategies, strategies of marching and fighting are learned from playing chess, so the princes of Datong have chess masters to teach them whether they like it or not. Chess, and I was educated and brought up in this way, my chess skills are considered the best among my brothers, even the chess master is full of praise for me, how come it is He Wenliu's turn to play chess and let him go with me?

"Then do you think I have a good chance of winning you?" I asked.

He Wenliu said nothing, but shook his head honestly.

I was depressed again, I just didn't believe in this evil, I took back the pieces on the chessboard and said: "Let's play another game, don't let me this time."

"Then... that's fine." He Wenliu said, and took back the chess pieces with me, and started to play the second game with me.

In the second round, He Wenliu obeyed my advice and didn't let any water go. He held the black stone, thought carefully about every step from the beginning, and walked carefully but pressed every step. Although I also dealt with it carefully, it was obvious that he occupied I gained the upper hand, and soon, within less than half a stick of incense, I had no more children to play. It was an obvious fiasco, a complete loss.It is said that a person's chess style is related to his character, but He Wenliu has always given me the feeling of calmness and breeze, but he played chess with his true level, aggressive at every step, and refused to relax at all. There was no way out, and I was solved in three or two strokes.

I sighed, and laughed at myself: "It turns out that my chess skills are so bad, I don't dare to count how many pieces I lost."

"It's not very bad, it's above average." He Wenliu gave me a pertinent evaluation without even thinking about it, but as soon as he said it, he realized something was wrong. How could this be a direct evaluation of the emperor's chess playing level? Even if the emperor's chess is really not very good, you have to be more tactful, He Wenliu quickly explained: "I...I mean, your majesty manages a lot of things every day, and you haven't played chess for a long time, so you are unfamiliar with it, and..." He Wenliu was anxious I couldn't go on anymore, because I was afraid that what I said wrong just now would offend me.

I saw He Wenliu's anxious refutation, and smiled. If this word came from other people, I would really hold a grudge, because saying that I am an emperor with average chess skills, this does not mean that the previous emperor taught the princes If it doesn’t work, if it’s not good, it’s a felony, but for He Wenliu, I just patted his hand and said with a smile: “Don’t explain, I know I can’t beat you, and I will play a few more games with you in the future. Just help me improve my chess skills."

"En." He Wenliu nodded vigorously, as if pounding garlic.

Then He Wenliu and I started to play the third game of chess. He Wenliu let go of his hanging heart, and his style of chess became calm again. He occasionally let me play a few pieces, or when I finished a move, he would guide me for a while. Fan, tell me how to move this move would be better, I have to admit that He Wenliu deserves to be a person who has played chess with a fairy like Baizhu for a year, because he really has a clear mind and looks at the whole chess game.

When I just got a little excited, suddenly three or five people rushed in, looking like they were asking for guilt.

Standing at the front is a middle-aged beautiful woman, well maintained, wearing a gorgeous dress, she seems to have just returned from a party, beside the lady stands a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, long Delicious, with exquisite makeup, they are followed by a few maids, who should be served by the lady.

As soon as the lady entered the room, she saw that He Wenliu and I were the only two in the room, and we were sitting comfortably on the tea table playing chess. For some reason, the woman pointed at He Wenliu and said in a bitter voice: "Wenliu! Are you here?" What are you doing? Have a private meeting with a strange man in the room? Even if you are a man, don't forget your identity, don't you know how to avoid suspicion?"

Strange man?Private meeting?avoid arousing suspicion?I looked around, and it seemed that the strange man and the private date were all referring to me, I raised my eyebrows, what was the matter, I felt a little upset, I could more or less guess where He Wenliu was in the He Mansion before Life is not easy, but now Meng has been favored, so why are people talking so rudely to him?

He Wenliu's face was not very good-looking, and he quickly stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, you... don't get me wrong, he is not a strange man, he is..."

"I know, it's the Eighth Prince." The person whom He Wenliu referred to as his sister-in-law was He Wenyan's regular wife, Huang Shi. After hearing what He Wenliu said, Huang's tone became even worse, and she said in a tone of blame: "I I know you don't care about outside affairs, but now the whole city is saying that our He family and the Eighth Prince are joining forces to rebel, and your elder brother is busy with this, but you are good, let people enter the door directly, do you want to kill us? He family, are you happy?!"

He Wenyan's main wife, Huang, is said to be the daughter of an imperial merchant who made goldware. He Wenyan had been engaged to He Wenyan since childhood. A two-year-old He Wenliu, He Wenyan was dumbfounded at the time, because he has always been on the road of getting fame and career. Although he is young, he is also a third-rank official, but he knows nothing about the affairs of the house, so he urgently needs a mistress. For this reason, within a hundred days of the death of his parents (otherwise, he would have to observe filial piety for three years), he married his fiancée Huang into the family. Then Huang thought that he would have a good life in He Fu because of the absence of classical Chinese. , but I didn't expect that there were two oil bottles. As the daughter of the imperial merchant, Huang felt that she had suffered a disadvantage. She helped others raise children as soon as she entered the door. Naturally, she didn't look good on He Wenwu and He Wenliu.He Wenwu is a straight-hearted person, he couldn't understand Huang's daily ridicule of him behind his elder brother's back, so he joined the army and left when he was only 13 years old, so He Wenliu was left alone in He Fu.

He Wenyan, as the head of the He family, has always carried out the thought of being a man outside and a woman inside. He saw that He Wenliu lived in his own yard, was served by servants, and that the Huang family distributed a lot every month, so he felt that He Wenliu Life is not bad, so He Wenliu seldom gets involved in the affairs of the He Mansion, at most it is just supervising and supervising He Wenliu's academic affairs.But Ms. Huang treated He Wenliu one way on the surface and another way behind her back. The object of her ridicule changed from 13-year-old He Wenwu to three-year-old He Wenliu. But at that time, He Wenliu was very young and didn't understand anything. Brothers are like fathers and sisters-in-law are like mothers, so no matter how ugly Huang's words are, they just keep their mouths shut and accept them. Besides, which slaves don't follow the wind, in order to please the mistress of the house, the attitude of the servants of He Mansion towards He Wenliu It also became more and more indifferent. I think that He Wenliu's weak temper was honed in this way in the He Mansion.

In my memory, I don't have a good impression of He Wenyan's wife, the Huang family. The idea that the wife should not go to court, even if she had nothing to do with her after seven years of marriage, Huang did not abandon her. , and did not marry He Wenyan as a concubine, so he sent two concubines to He Wenyan's room. After seven years of marriage, he was afraid of being divorced, so he had to buy a concubine for He Wenyan from the toothmaid. In fact, at that time, He Wenyan was a high-ranking official, so he could have married a concubine from a minister's family or a concubine from a scholarly family. There was also a special person to match He Wenyan, but they were all blocked by the Huang family. After eight years of marriage, Mrs. Huang finally conceived a child, but she gave birth to a daughter. The daughter seemed to be called He Xiaoke. After a few years, the concubine Mrs. Bai gave birth to a son for He Wenyan. The son was taken away by Mrs. Huang right after he was born, no matter how much Mrs. Bai begged Mrs. Huang not to let her see the child. Later, she planned to find a matchmaker to sell Mrs. Bai. Fortunately, He Wenyan found out in time and quarreled with Mrs. Huang One fight, how can you say that Mrs. Bai is also his concubine, a husband and wife for a hundred days, not to mention giving birth to a son for himself, how can he sell it as soon as he sells it?In the end, the Bai family stayed in the He Mansion.The life of Bai's son who was raised under Huang's knee was not good. Because He Wenyan was busy with government affairs and neglected to discipline him, Huang even ignored him, until the end he was doing nothing.

Several years later, until I dismissed He Wenyan from office on the grounds that He Wenyan spoke badly to me because he didn't want me to increase taxes, and even the forces of the right prime minister headed by He Wenyan were questioned one by one by me, and they were either demoted or dismissed At that time, the He clan disappeared from the court hall.As the saying goes, everyone pushes the wall down. As soon as He Wenyan was dismissed, his backyard caught fire. Huang saw that her husband's family was over. The eldest son was dismissed from office, the second son went to the frontier, the third son left the palace in the cold, and even implicated her daughter's husband. He was also demoted, and felt that it was meaningless for him to stay in the He family, so he combined the influence of his natal family and insisted on reconciling with He Wenyan. He wanted to stab himself in the back, so He Wenyan couldn't afford to be ill, and was forced to sign the divorce agreement.Because Huang has been trusted by He Wenyan before, she is also in charge of money. Before leaving, Huang not only took away her own dowry, but also swept away almost all the property of He Mansion, leaving it to He Wenyan. It was an empty shell, and in the end, before He Wenyan died, he stayed by his side to take care of him, but the person who fed the soup and medicine was his little concubine Bai Shi whom he had never noticed.

I took a look at the Huang family, the lady's attire, He Wenyan must have treated her badly, I admit that in my last life I had the intention to destroy the He family, but it was he who stayed on his own who gave He Wenyan the last blow. My wife who has been with me for more than 20 years!

At this moment, He Wenliu was stunned by his sister-in-law's scolding, and it took him a long time to recover. He knew that this was not the time to be angry. It was obvious that his sister-in-law would mistakenly recognize the wrong person. It's not the Eighth Prince, but the current Holy One!He Wenliu hurried forward and said: "Sister-in-law, stop talking, you misunderstood, he is not the Eighth Prince, he is..."

Without waiting for He Wenliu to finish speaking, standing beside Huang, He Xiaoke, the eldest daughter of the He family, stood in front of Huang to prevent He Wenliu from approaching, and said with an expression of disbelief, "Third uncle, if this man is not The words of the Eighth Prince, are you still your lover? You are too shameless, you are obviously the emperor's concubine, how can you share the same room with other men?"

He Wenliu is a man but not a woman, why can't he share a room with other men? !He also said that I was a lover, and I was really angry. I really wanted to beat He Wenliu on the head with hatred, because he was being bullied to the top. How can this be tolerated?

He Xiaoke hated He Wenliu very much, because she felt that it was He Wenliu's fault that she could not enter the palace as a concubine.As the prostitute of Prime Minister You Wenyan, He Xiaoke must be talented, sweet-looking, and a well-known talented woman in the capital.Before she could reach Ji, someone came to visit her to say goodbye, and more and more people said kiss later, He Xiaoke was so arrogant that no one looked down on her.Until one time when the beloved concubine Jia Wanru in the palace went back to her natal Jia's mansion for a short stay, the Huang family, as a noble lady, naturally wanted to bring her daughter to visit. You have to work hard.When He Xiaoke saw Jia Wanru for the first time, she was stunned by her welcoming scene, so many people were holding her hands, so many people saluted her, and so many people were at her mercy. The bu yao hair accessories worn on the night are all what He Xiaoke yearns for.After Jia Wanru returned to the palace, He Xiaoke sneaked out of the mansion to watch, just like parading through the streets. Jia Wanru sat in a sedan chair carried by 24 people, and the sedan chair was surrounded by translucent gauze. , so the people gave way to Jia Wanru, and they kept looking at the sedan chair, wanting to see the demeanor of the emperor's favorite concubine. From then on, He Xiaoke wanted to enter the palace as a concubine.

He Xiaoke knew that her third uncle, He Wenliu, also entered the palace in the early years, and now she is also one of the emperor's favored concubines. She is slightly less favored than Concubine Wan. Thinking of this, He Xiaoke despised He Wenliu again. She felt that if it was her, she must Can overwhelm Jia Wanru's limelight.He Xiaoke asked her mother, Mrs. Huang, to reject all suitors, and told Mrs. Huang that she wanted to enter the palace as a concubine. Mrs. Huang thought about it too. It is impossible for the emperor not to like her daughter, who is beautiful and talented, and agreed with her very much. daughter's statement.He Wenyan didn't agree at all when he found out about it, because he knew clearly that although his third younger brother is now a favorite concubine, his life in the first five years of entering the palace was very miserable. Even if he is favored now, it is probably because of their He family Therefore, He Wenyan still thinks that it is best for his daughter to marry a loyal and honest person to live a stable life.

It's a pity that both Huang and He Xiaoke have long hair and short knowledge, and they don't understand He Wenyan's painstaking efforts. Last year, the palace picked a girl again, and Huang actively signed up for He Xiaoke. When He Wenyan found out, He Xiaoke acted The eighty candidate candidates went to live in the suburbs of the capital, and Huang kept telling He Wenyan that He Wenliu had been in the palace for almost ten years, and being a favorite concubine now does not mean that she will be in the future. When the novelty of the emperor is over, they will There is no one in the He family in the harem, and her daughter is clever and smart, she will definitely win the emperor's eyes, and maybe even become a queen.Then Mrs. Huang thought that she had put down her old face, and entered the palace as a first-rank Mrs. Gaoming, and went to find He Wenliu. You must know that Mrs. Huang was already Mrs. Gaoming before He Wenliu entered the palace, but she never took the initiative to greet He Wenliu Pass.As soon as the Huang family entered Qingluan Hall, seeing the treatment He Wenliu enjoyed, she thought that all of this should belong to her daughter, as long as her daughter enters the palace and becomes a concubine, her life must be better than that of He Wenliu!

He Wenliu was taken aback by Huang's arrival, but he still received her. Huang thought that He Wenliu was still the third son who was in He's mansion at this time, and he was not polite at all. , told He Wenliu without any tact at all that her daughter He Wenliu's niece He Xiaoke is also a candidate for the show, and asked He Wenliu to say good things to me, the emperor, so that her daughter must be selected, and said that as long as He Xiaoke can be selected , she will definitely be favored by the emperor, and her daughter will take care of He Wenliu more.He Wenliu couldn't help it, he told Huang that he had turned off the preparations for the draft girl, so he couldn't get involved in the show girl, He Wenliu could only promise to Huang that as long as He Xiaoke could enter the harem, he would take care of everything in the future ordered.When Mrs. Huang heard this, she was so angry that she exploded on the spot, accusing He Wenliu of not knowing how to handle affairs and not knowing how to seize power, and then left with her hair tossed.

He Wenliu felt that it was fine for her to be talked about by her sister-in-law, but Xinyue, who had been standing by and waited on her, couldn't bear it long ago. Seeing Huang's arrogant look, she really wanted to rush up and slap her twice, but look My master didn't speak, so I had to endure it.Then Xinyue became more and more angry, and felt that her master could not be bullied like this, so she ran to me and complained to me the next day, and told me everything about Huang's finding He Wenliu before.When I heard that, my first reaction was that He Xiaoke could not be allowed to enter the palace. If He Xiaoke entered the palace, he would definitely step on He Wenliu.Therefore, on the day of the draft girl, Jia Wanru and He Wenliu first appeared together. As a show girl, He Xiaoke stood outside the Changting Hall, looking at her third uncle, feeling a burst of surprise and jealousy. She did not expect to be treated as an invisible person in the He Mansion, He Wenliu To be on an equal footing with the concubine Jia Wanru whom he envied.Later, after I, the emperor, came, I began to draft girls. When He Xiaoke came forward, gave us a salute, and started a simple self-introduction, I didn't wait for Jia Wanru to ask He Xiaoke a few symbolic questions, and asked Wanfu to Her name was crossed out from the roster, and He Xiaoke, who was standing in front of the hall, immediately froze. She always thought that with her beauty and talent, she would definitely win the favor of the emperor, but she didn't expect that she would lose the election!

After losing the election, He Xiaoke returned to the He Mansion, but couldn't figure out why the emperor didn't like her. He suddenly thought that her third uncle He Wenliu was not there on the day of the selection?He clearly told Huang that he couldn't participate in the show girl's affairs, why did he show up again later?He Xiaoke felt that He Wenliu must be behind the scenes.After a while, the emperor actually appointed a queen, and that queen was a son named Zhou Ling among the new beauties. According to legend, the emperor fell in love with Zhou Ling at second sight, and he didn't care about Zhou Ling's low background, so he overcame all difficulties and made him his queen. He Xiaoke heard that she was envious and jealous, and she hated He Wenliu even more. She felt that if He Wenliu hadn't tripped her up and prevented her from entering the palace, Zhou Ling would definitely be the queen if Zhou Ling took the queen's seat. It belongs to her, He Xiaoke!

This time He Wenliu went back to the He Mansion for a short stay. It was not his intention, so he packed up some things casually, and came back in a carriage with a few internal eunuchs. He Wenliu's attitude towards He Wenliu was extremely cold, but He Wenliu didn't care. He felt that he would be able to return to the palace after staying in the He Mansion for half a month, and he only hoped that life would pass quickly.