Reborn as King again

I saw Su Zhongyi leading his son Su Zhuo to the banquet, so I asked someone to bring He Wenliu and Li Ji, and I planned to let Su Zhuo be Li Ji's companion.

Su Zhongyi's foundation in the court is still young, now I offer an olive branch, and he is happy to accept it.Su Zhongyi is easy to handle, he is a loyal minister, he is the best candidate in my mind to be in charge of the Imperial Forest Army.As for his son Su Zhuo, I knew in the previous life that he was a talented person, and in this life I even asked someone to inquire about it. It is said that Su Zhuo is a strange boy. He can speak at the age of one, read at the age of two, write at the age of three, and speak well at the age of four. The old master Huang, who once taught two emperors, was full of praise for this child, and even a fortune-telling Taoist said that Su Zhuo came down to earth as a star of Wenqu.

Not long after, He Wenliu and Li Ji were brought over.He Wenliu felt familiar when he saw Su Zhongyi in front of me, but he couldn't remember where he saw him for a long time.

He Wenliu came to me and didn't say a word, but Li Ji spoke first: "Father, what can you do with my son?"

"Ji'er is going to study in the Taiyuan Academy in a while, and my father has found you a companion." I took Li Ji's hand and introduced Su Zhuo who was beside Su Su Zhongyi to him: "This little son He is the only son of Su Zhongyi, the captain of the Imperial Forest Army, who is almost five years old, and the emperor asked him to read with you, what do you think?"

After Li Ji heard the words, he looked at Su Zhuo, but Su Zhuo didn't say a word, showing no expression.Su Zhongyi is a military commander, he can't speak eloquently, let alone sell his son, so Su Zhongyi also stood aside, waiting for Li Ji's answer.Su Zhuo and Li Ji are the same kind of people, they don't talk much, some are young and mature, but Li Ji is a bit dark, and Su Zhuo is a little more indifferent, in my opinion, they should be able to talk better.

He Wenliu heard that he was introducing companion reading to his son, so he began to observe Su Zhuo. He didn't recognize Su Zhongyi just now, but Su Zhuo, a child, He Wenliu still had a deep impression on him. A little kid talked to him about the way of a gentleman. It's hard not to remember.Seeing Li Ji staring at Su Zhuo for a long time, He Wenliu said with a smile, "Does Ji'er like young master Su?"

Li Ji didn't have much feeling for this Su Zhuo in his heart, and it would not be bad for him to be a companion, "I have no objection, as long as the mother and concubine like it."

"It's not mother and concubine studying," He Wenliu was confused by Li Ji's answer: "The key lies in you."

Yun'er, who had been ignored by us for a long time, asked: "Mother, what is companion reading?"

He Wenliu thought for a while and explained: "Accompaniment...Accompaniment is someone who stays with Ji'er."

By Ji'er's side?Yun'er is not happy, she and Ji'er were connected as one, how can one be inserted in the middle?So he said in a guarded tone: "Ji'er is with me, we do everything together, what else do we need to study with?"

"Uh..." Yun'er was very appetizing, I patted Yun'er's head and smiled and said, "Aren't you only playing with Ji'er? Do you also want to accompany Ji'er to study?"

"I don't want to accompany Ji'er to study, Ji'er is boring." Yun'er hates Ji'er's reading the most, Ji'er can't read a few words, but can read for a long time, it's boring.

At this moment, Li Ji held Yun'er's little hand, coaxingly said: "Companion reading is just reading with me, and of course Yun'er is the one who plays with me."

"That's it." Yun'er just took a look at Su Zhuo, well, it's quite pleasing to the eye, well, I'll leave the drudgery of studying with Ji'er to him in the future.Yun'er showed a sweet smile to Su Zhuo: "My name is Yun'er, what's your name?"

"Su Zhuo."

"After that, I will play with Ji'er, and you will study with Ji'er. Let the three of us get along well."

The person who finally decides that Su Zhuo will be Li Ji's companion is not Li Ji himself, nor He Wenliu, but Yun'er who doesn't understand anything.

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Xia Zhijie left the banquet privately to get some air, but was found after staying outside for a long time.He couldn't forget He Wenliu who he met just now.In fact, he had selfish feelings towards He Wenliu who was studying in the academy with him ten years ago, but he was young at that time and his status was much lower than that of He Wenliu, so he suppressed this thought, and He Wenliu did not appear in the academy again As time goes by, Xia Zhijie Quan was young and frivolous, and forgot about this person until today when he met by chance.

Xia Zhijie had another drink with several powerful officials, but his eyes were scanning everywhere, looking for He Wenliu's figure.He saw the emperor in front of him, and it wasn't He Wenliu who was accompanying him.Xia Zhijie couldn't hear what they were talking about, he could only see He Wenliu's indifferent smile, Xia Zhijie felt a pain in his heart, he didn't understand why He Wenliu chose this path, it wasn't that entering the palace as a concubine was bad, but that He Wenliu Obviously there will be a better way out.

Xia Zhijie remembered that in the academy, He Wenliu was the teacher's favorite disciple. He didn't talk much, and he always read books quietly by himself or planted peonies in the open space of the academy. The title of "Peony Prince".Xia Zhijie knew that He Wenliu was a descendant of the He family, and that as long as he got a good name in the future, he would have a bright future in official career, so he worked hard to study, hoping that one day he and He Wenliu could join the court as an official and serve the country.But now he was nominated on the gold list, participated in the Qionglin banquet as the number one scholar, and met the person he admired before at the banquet, but for ten years, that person had long since forgotten him completely.

"Zhijie, what are you looking at?" Grand Master Xia interrupted Xia Zhijie's train of thought.

"It's nothing, uncle." Xia Zhijie replied.Grand Master Xia is the head of the Xia family. At today's Qionglin Banquet, Grand Master Xia introduced officials to Xia Zhijie and paved the way for him.

Xia Zhijie still didn't move his eyes away from He Wenliu's body, but deliberately asked: "Who is the person next to the emperor? Is it the queen whom the emperor has always loved?"

Grand Master Xia thought that Xia Zhijie didn't know He Wenliu, so he said, "The empress should be with the prince now, and the emperor is with Concubine Wen."

"Concubine Wen?" Xia Zhijie inquired about He Wenliu in disguise: "Why haven't I heard of it? Am I not favored?"

"Why? Concubine Wen is relatively low-key." Taishi Xia saw that sooner or later Xia Zhijie would enter the imperial court as an official, so he explained the family relationship and interests in the harem of the court: "Don't look at Concubine Wen like this, he is in the harem. His status is equal to that of Concubine Wan, who was the emperor's favorite before. Ten years ago, the He family sent Concubine Wen, who was only 15 years old, into the palace in order to consolidate the family's status not long after the emperor ascended the throne."

Xia Zhijie felt distressed after hearing Grand Master Xia's narration. It turned out that He Wenliu had become a victim of the family's political struggle. No wonder he suddenly disappeared ten years ago. Xia Zhijie murmured: "Concubine Wen is also a poor person."

"Poor man?" Taishi Xia sneered after hearing Xia Zhijie's evaluation, "The emperor didn't remember this person at all five years before Concubine Wen entered the palace, and suddenly he was granted the favor one day. Do you think he doesn't have some skills?" ?”

"How could it be?" Xia Zhijie didn't believe what Grand Master Xia said, He Wenliu in his memory was just like a piece of white paper.

"Why not?" Taishi Xia felt that his nephew was still too immature, so he had to educate him: "The harem is a place that eats people and doesn't spit out their bones. Our Xia family also sent several people into the palace. One or two climbed to a high position, but what was the result? The higher they climbed, the harder they fell, and they all died in the end. Do you think Concubine Wen didn't participate in this?"

Xia Zhijie didn't answer any more. He knew that the two concubines that Taishi Xia said had died tragically, his cousins. It was said that they had enjoyed a good time after entering the palace, especially the cousin Xia Zhisu. As a concubine again, she served two generations of emperors, but what happened?She lost her child, was thrown into limbo, died of the plague, and couldn't even enter the imperial mausoleum after death.Xia Zhijie didn't understand, why even if it was like this, there were a group of people who were overwhelmed and wanted to become concubines in the palace.He raised his head and looked at He Wenliu who was beside the emperor again. He Wenliu had no idea that someone was looking at him with such fiery eyes.

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On the second day after the Qionglin banquet, He Wenliu fell ill without any symptoms. He was very ill and had a fever. I have been paying attention to He Wenliu's health. He was fine at the banquet yesterday, why did he suddenly become ill?

Originally, He Wenliu told the imperial physician and the inner eunuchs not to tell me about my condition, but unfortunately, they all worked hard for me. At noon, I finished my work and rushed to Qingluan Palace.

The little eunuch who reported to me said that something happened to He Wenliu in the middle of the night, and he rushed out of the dormitory covered in cold sweat and stood in the yard, holding his chest and panting. The night watchman advised He Wenliu to go back to the room to rest, but He Wenliu stood there in a daze as if he didn't hear it, and the last night watchman couldn't do it, so He Wenliu put on his coat and stayed with him.

When I walked into He Wenliu's bedroom, he had just finished drinking the medicine and fell asleep. I came to the bedside, reached out and touched his forehead. It was still very hot. He Wenliu didn't fall asleep, and he opened his eyes as soon as I touched it. squinted.

"Your Majesty?" He Wenliu wanted to get up, but I pushed him on the bed, and I said, "Lie down well, you're already sick like this, what else can I do for you?"

I sat by the bed and asked, "What happened to you last night? You ran out of the room in the middle of the night?"

"How do you know?" He clearly ordered not to say anything.

"I know everything about this palace." I said a word and got straight to the point: "Did something happen last night?"

"Actually, it's nothing." He Wenliu turned his head and said softly, "It's just a nightmare."

He Wenliu is so grown up, he was so frightened by the nightmare that he didn't even dare to go back to the dormitory, I smiled and said, "What dream was that?"

"I... I forgot."

I stayed with him for a while, and planned to get up and leave. Just as I stood up, He Wenliu suddenly grabbed the corner of my clothes, "Your Majesty..."

I could see that He Wenliu had something to say, so I said, "What's wrong?"

"I..." He Wenliu hesitated to speak, he stopped for a long time, Feifei's hot and pink cheeks turned into ripe apples: "You... can you lie down with me for a while?"

Are you kidding me?I think He Wenliu is fine even if he is ill. How can I see him acting coquettishly and showing weakness? "Okay."

I took off my boots and lay side by side with He Wenliu. He rubbed against me, as if he was looking for a comfortable seat.I was also a little tired, and I fell asleep not long after lying down. In the dimness, I felt that my lips touched two pieces of warm softness, just a slight touch.