faint [rebirth]

Chapter 52

For Xiao Junye, the only person he values ​​in this world is Xiao Wuchen.

Everything he did was for this man.

Therefore, as long as some things are good for Xiao Wuchen, unless Xiao Wuchen strongly objects, he will try his best to do it for Xiao Wuchen.

For example, in the case of the deposed prince.

For Xiao Wuchen, the abolished prince is his eldest brother, who is connected by blood, and has been imprisoned for 20 years. his life.

Even if there was the imperial decree of Emperor Chengguang, Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye had arranged people to be by Emperor Chengguang's side early on, and knew the existence of this imperial decree early on, so the two of them could actually come before the imperial decree. Before that, stop this imperial decree, so that there is no need to abolish the death of the crown prince.

However, when Xiao Junye was discussing this matter with Xiao Wuchen, he directly said that it was too difficult to stop the imperial decree, and it would be easier than killing the deposed prince.

Xiao Wuchen was silent for a moment, and then he opened his mouth to respond to this matter and let him handle it.

With just these few words, Xiao Junye knew that Xiao Wuchen had guessed his plan to kill the deposed prince to avoid future troubles. Although he hesitated, he was still willing to let him make the decision.

Xiao Junye was extremely happy at that time, if it wasn't for the wrong timing, he even wanted to go forward to hug his Wuchen, and kiss him fiercely. Of course, if he could do something deeper, of course he would too. more joyful.

It's a pity that no matter how well Xiao Junye had planned in his heart, he never thought of some things, no matter how scheming he was, they couldn't be controlled.

For example, when he wanted to attack the waste prince, the waste prince directly took out an old and cheap copper longevity lock that was exactly the same as the old and cheap copper longevity lock he had been carrying since he was a child, in exchange for meeting him.

Since Xiao Junye planned to kill the abolished prince so that Xiao Wuchen could sit on the throne more securely, he naturally sent someone to be beside the abolished prince early on.Therefore, as soon as the waste prince met him, someone delivered the longevity lock to him.

Of course Xiao Junye knew this longevity lock.

He was picked up by the old Orion, who had no children, so he picked him up as his son.However, the old Orion was kind-hearted, even so, he never took off the swaddle that wrapped him and the only longevity lock around his neck, but hid the swaddle well, and the longevity lock was always worn by him , and even took the words on the longevity lock as his name, and raised him like this.

Therefore, Xiao Junye often played with this long-life lock, and naturally he could tell at a glance that the long-life lock that the waste prince took out was the same as his long-life lock, no matter in material or in various fancy appearances.

Except for the engraved words on the back.

When Xiao Junye got the longevity lock, his heart was turbulent. He knew that his life experience was fake, and Xiao Wuchen also knew that his life experience was fake, but even so, he didn't mind his identity, and Xiao Wuchen didn't mind either. His identity was enough for the two of them.

However, the world does not think so.

Xiao Junye was a little worried in a trance, once his background was exposed, would he still be able to stand by Xiao Wuchen's side?Although he has military achievements in his hands, although he believes that with his ability, sooner or later he will be able to stand by Xiao Wuchen's side again.But how long would that take him?Can he wait, can his Wuchen wait?

Now he stays by Xiao Wuchen's side, looking at him all the time, trying to make his Wuchen more and more inseparable from him, so he still has to worry that after Xiao Wuchen succeeds to the throne, there may be a Kick him away.If once he is far away from Xiao Wuchen, then, is Xiao Wuchen's liking for him really enough to support the anguish and patience of lovesickness between the two places?

Therefore, no matter for Xiao Wuchen's sake or for his own inexplicable life experience, Xiao Junye had no choice but to temporarily leave the abandoned prince behind.

At the beginning of noon of the day, he finally had time to meet the deposed prince who had been transferred.

The abandoned prince has an elegant appearance and a thin body, but between his eyebrows and eyes, he is somewhat similar to Xiao Wuchen.It's just that compared to Xiao Wuchen, he has more wisdom that has gone through many vicissitudes.

The first time Xiao Junye saw the abolished prince, he had a meal - this person is not easy to deal with.

The useless prince saw him coming, looked him up and down, didn't say much, just smiled slightly: "They really have a good way, they can produce a person who is similar to Zhaohuang's uncle, and then do everything possible, Made you into the real King Zhao, and tried to use you to seize the imperial power again. Very good, very good."

When Xiao Junye first heard this, his heart skipped a beat.But even so, he still didn't speak.

The waste prince raised his eyebrows slightly, gave him a high look, and then said with a smile: "You don't have to look at Gu like this. Speaking of which, if you weren't Gu, you couldn't have been recognized as the orphan of King Zhao so simply, and were admired by all the stars." You brought it back like a moon, and let the emperor give you the throne and honor. And for the past ten years, you have been able to live so peacefully and peacefully."

Xiao Junye remained silent, just sat down firmly, looked at the abolished prince for a long time, saw that the abolished prince looked calm, as if he was just saying a very ordinary thing, and then slowly opened his mouth: "The abolished prince is dead, and He died under the eyes of everyone. The so-called edict to pass on the throne to you was also burned by the king himself. Even if you fake the corpse back, no one will believe you. Now, the abolished prince is long gone. All that is left in this world is a lunatic pretending to be a normal person who has been imprisoned for 20 years."

The waste prince smiled instead of anger: "So, for the sake of your dust-free, Gu can't even use this self-proclaimed title?"

Xiao Junye was silent, but the expression on his face clearly meant that.

The deposed prince snorted, and no longer tried to test Xiao Junye back and forth, but directly told the story of Xiao Junye's life experience straight to the point.

Xiao Junye was shocked in his heart, but he refused to believe it at all.

"How can this king believe such nonsense? You should know that if you can't explain this, this king will definitely not forgive you. Wang doesn't mind letting them practice with you."

The deposed prince just smiled: "Your longevity lock has the word 'Junye' written on it? Otherwise, your Orion adoptive father would not be able to come up with such a name. Besides, the seven-star birthmark on your feet is not actually a birthmark." Right? When you were very young, were you an old scholar who moved away from the village, who often helped you and your Orion adoptive father? He often told you stories about the previous dynasty? When you grow up, you can finally repay the people in the village. At that time, I asked people to go back and inquire, only to find out that the old scholar suddenly died of an emergency shortly after you left, right? Have you ever thought that the grave of the old scholar is actually empty? No matter how empty? Besides, in that village, the old scholar only made friends with you alone, and even your Orion adoptive father, the old scholar didn't like it, right?"

Xiao Junye's complexion changed slightly, but he still didn't speak.

The waste prince continued: "That's all. If you are alone, that old scholar is still alive today. In fact, the death of your adoptive father is also related to those people? Otherwise, someone in the court will follow you and guess you. Could it be that when King Zhao was the orphan, how could it be such a coincidence that the old Orion who was still in his infancy, a person who might prevent you from returning to the palace, died suddenly like this? The old Orion has been hunting all the year round, and he has some kung fu. Is it so easy to die? And your baby, why did it suddenly disappear? With all these things, and this longevity lock, why don’t you believe in Gu?”

Xiao Junye was turbulent in his heart, but he said calmly on his face: "Even so, these are just your one-sided words. It will take time to verify... this king. Besides, where is the old scholar and who is it? How did you know about these things... You never told this king about these things."

The deposed prince paused, knowing that Xiao Junye was not so easy to be trusted, and after a long time, he whispered where the old scholar could be found, as well as the situation and identity of the original owner of the longevity lock he handed over to Xiao Junye.

Xiao Junye remained silent, staring at the deposed prince, obviously wanting more evidence.

The deposed prince snorted lightly, and reached out his hand to Xiao Junye: "Give the two longevity locks to Gu, and Gu will tell you that apart from their similar appearance, these two longevity locks also have very similarities."

Naturally, Xiao Junye could only take out one—his own one had already been given to Xiao Wuchen as a token of love, even if Xiao Wuchen wanted to return it to him, he would not be happy.

The waste prince only got the one he gave to Xiao Junye, and raised his eyebrows slightly, mistakenly thinking that Xiao Junye didn't want to believe him, that's why he did this, but he just thought that Xiao Junye was cautious, didn't say much, just held the long-lived lock , groped carefully for a while, and with a "click", took out a treasure map from the longevity lock.

"This is left by Emperor Ren of the previous dynasty. He knew that his son was not a wise emperor, but he was unwilling to change other royal family descendants to be emperors. Therefore, he divided the royal family's private treasury and part of the national treasury into six in advance and hid them separately in the Six places. When the last emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Shang, committed suicide, the people who guarded these treasures placed them in twelve places again, and then drew twelve treasure maps and hid them in ten Among the two longevity locks, I want to leave an orphan of the former royal family, in a vain attempt to restore the glory of the former dynasty."

The deposed prince said indifferently: "But how difficult is it to restore the country? What's more, the three emperors of Daxing, although they are old and suspicious, but they are all capable and wise emperors. These people have gone through two generations. He can be opportunistic and wants to take advantage of Taizu's younger brother Zhaowang. He often finds a woman who looks similar to Zhaowang, makes her pregnant, and then gives birth to a son who is similar to Zhaowang. Break into the Daxing royal family."

It's just that those people didn't expect that, except for the emperor Taizu who really wanted to find his younger brother or the orphan of his younger brother, the two emperors after Taizu would only need to think of the rich and vast land that Emperor Taizu entrusted to King Zhao and his descendants. Jiangnan fiefdoms are unwilling to find the real King Zhao and the orphan of King Zhao, so although the two emperors sent people to look for them, they didn't really pay attention-the subordinates know the meaning of the strings, so naturally they don't like it. I was so worried that I didn't find anyone for a long time. "

And Xiao Junye's birth was extremely coincidental, because there was an old man who had met Taizu's younger brother, King Zhao, and because of his favor when he was young, he was always looking for him. Although he couldn't find him, he found Taizu's younger brother The tombstone of my younger brother's real son, the body of my daughter-in-law who was living outside, and the news that the daughter-in-law gave birth to a son before she died.

Under such various coincidences and calculations, and later on, there was the deliberate act of abolishing the prince, so Emperor Chengguang had to recognize Xiao Junye as King Zhao.

Xiao Junye didn't want to believe it at first, but the deposed prince took the map and said: "If you still don't believe it, then take this map and look for it to see if there is really a treasure. And, just now you saw with your own eyes how Gu unlocked longevity. It’s locked, after you go back, you can open your own longevity lock to see if there is also a treasure map inside, so you can know the truth of this matter.”

"Of course, if you are going to kill Gu right now..." The waste prince smiled slightly, "You should know that when you entered the palace and were recognized as King Zhao, you had credit for Gu in the first place. Not to mention that Gu was kind to you because of this." Once Gu really dies, your identity will be exposed to the world immediately, and at that time...even if Xiao Wuchen really thinks that you are a capable minister, he will definitely not be able to protect you!"

The orphan of the previous dynasty... who can keep it?Even if he survives in the end, he will be secluded for a lifetime, and there is no need to think about other things.

……

Xiao Junye slowly walked towards the East Palace, his expression became more and more indifferent.

Orphaned from the previous dynasty?

Well, even so, so what?As long as his Wuchen trusts him and loves him, as long as he can control all the power of Daxing Dynasty in his hands, as long as no one can shake his position, as long as he can find out all those who plan to restore the country, then he Why worry about not being able to keep this secret?

As long as he keeps this secret, he and Xiao Wuchen can be as harmonious and beautiful as they are now, no, they will be even more intimate than now.

Xiao Junye thought so, and soon arrived at the East Palace.

Eunuch Ruan personally went out to meet Xiao Junye.

Now he already knows about the new emperor and Xiao Junye. Eunuch Ruan watched Xiao Wuchen grow up, he hesitated at first, then thought that the two people on the left and right were men, and the new emperor was young, so he would always want to understand in the future One day, when the two of them have figured it out, they will marry and have children. No matter what, when they leave offspring, it doesn't matter what they think.

Therefore, Eunuch Ruan doesn't dislike Xiao Junye anymore.

Seeing this, Xiao Junye raised his eyebrows slightly, and then asked: "The new emperor will ascend the throne tomorrow, and the Weiyang Palace, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the Ganquan Palace have all been tidied up? Although the Supreme Emperor is still here, the new emperor's court, affairs and sleeping halls are naturally It is necessary to tidy up according to the new emperor's preferences. Otherwise, if it is the Supreme Emperor's side..." Xiao Junye paused, did not say the word of sudden death, and said, "Your Majesty is filial to the Supreme Emperor and refuses to mention this matter. , Eunuch Ruan is a caring person beside His Majesty, so he should be thinking about this matter for His Majesty."

Eunuch Ruan was startled, and then gratefully said: "What the lord said is that this servant will report to His Majesty, and then lead the people to clean up the three palaces first, and then let the concubines in the harem move in Go to the residence of the concubines."

Xiao Junye's eyes flickered slightly, and he waved his hands and said, "Eunuch Ruan doesn't need to go, I just tell His Majesty about this matter. As for the Concubine...Since Your Majesty said that he wants to live in the Jiaofang Palace, there is no need for the Concubine." I am in a hurry to move to the palace. Your Majesty does not have any concubines, so it is fine to let them live temporarily."

Eunuch Ruan knew in his heart that Xiao Junye obviously had his own petty thoughts when he said this.But even so, he was just a slave after all, so he didn't have much to say, so he sighed in his heart, bowed and left.

Only then did Xiao Junye walk inside.

Xiao Wuchen was in a particularly bad mood at the moment.

During the time waiting for Xiao Junye to come, because he didn't have much appetite, he only ate some light food, and he was [-]% full, so he refused to eat any more. Dr. Jiang, the doctor of Ping'an pulse, also read the pulse case of the empress mother.

Xiao Wuchen originally thought that after the sixth prince, there would be no heirs born in the harem for seven or eight consecutive years, and then the five kings would seize the heir, the four kings would die, the deposed prince would be deposed, and Emperor Chengguang would wait a year or two if he wanted a child. It is rare for the mother to have him after taking bitter medicine for one or two years to recuperate her body. The reason, apart from the fact that Emperor Chengguang is old, is that the mother herself is not easy to conceive—otherwise, why? Why hadn't the queen conceived once in the ten years before she was pregnant with him?

But today, after Xiao Wuchen asked the old doctor, he looked at the pulse case from that year, and he was full of doubts.

Old doctor Jiang is kind-hearted and kind-eyed, and has been immersed in the harem for decades. No matter which harem master or even Emperor Chengguang meets on weekdays, she just bows slightly, never servile.

However, in Xiao Wuchen's impression, the old doctor didn't see him very often, even if he saw him occasionally, he would bend his body very low, almost never looking directly at him.

It was as if at this moment, Old Doctor Jiang was sitting on a chair unaccustomed to it, his back still arched, and he refused to look at him at all.

As if ashamed of him.

Xiao Wuchen's complexion suddenly changed.

Then "swish" the pulse case was thrown to Ah Yao and Dr. Zhang.

"Show me carefully, what's wrong with this pulse case?" Both of them belonged to Xiao Wuchen, so he naturally trusted them.

A Yao and Doctor Zhang agreed not to mention it.

When Xiao Junye came, the two had just discovered something inappropriate in the pulse case, and they were about to tell Xiao Wuchen in fear, when they saw Xiao Junye coming.

When Xiao Wuchen saw Xiao Junye, his expression softened a little. Before Xiao Junye could speak, he pointed to the other end that was limp, and let Xiao Junye sit there.

Xiao Junye looked at the limp young man, the man on the tip of his heart, he was certain in his heart, but he flicked his hem, bent his knees, and knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty is on my knees, long live, long live, long live! "

Xiao Wuchen felt a little helpless, so he had to stay on the bed, went up to help Xiao Junye himself, and said: "Uncle Emperor, what is this for? With our affection, why do you need these courtesies?" Then he secretly squeezed Xiao Junye's hand.

Xiao Junye's heart warmed up, and his mood, which had been depressed by the words of abolishing the crown prince, suddenly became better, and he said with a smile: "It's fine on weekdays, but today is the first time I see Wu Chen who has become His Majesty, so naturally I want to pay my respects."

Xiao Wuchen was really not in a good mood today, hearing the words, he just twitched the corners of his lips, and let Xiao Junye sit on the other side of the slump, and then he continued to let Ah Yao talk to Imperial Physician Zhang.

Physician Zhang thought quickly for a moment before he said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have read the empress dowager's pulse and every prescription, and found that the empress dowager seems to have been in the palace since the beginning of entering the palace. To regulate the body, it was only after three or five years of conditioning that the body was given up. It was not until one or two years before His Majesty was born that he started to regulate the body again. However, the prescriptions prescribed by the old doctor Jiang were quite different in these two times. .”

Xiao Wuchen looked at old doctor Jiang.

The old doctor Jiang explained: "When the empress dowager first entered the palace, it was cool autumn. On the first day when she went to see the empress dowager, she was punished by the empress dowager to kneel on the bluestone slab in the yard for half an hour. When she returned to the Jiaofang hall , because I was walking, I saw lotus blooming by chance, and when I was looking at the lotus by the lake, I stumbled and fell into the water, so I got cold and cold, and my body was not easy to conceive. The emperor ordered his ministers to prescribe medicine for several years. Only later The empress got tired of taking the medicine herself, so she gave up this idea until... Later, she asked the minister to prescribe her a prescription. It's just that the empress was old at that time, so the prescription was naturally different."

This explanation seemed extremely reasonable. Doctor Zhang bowed his head and remained silent after hearing this.

But Ah Yao stood up and said, "I don't understand something, my servant. I dare to ask old doctor Jiang why you prescribed the prescription for the early stage of the queen mother. Although it has the effect of treating cold symptoms, this prescription is a bit too much. It is not considered a medicine for tigers and wolves, but it is definitely not gentle. If this kind of prescription is prescribed for men, it may be useful, but for women in deep palaces like the queen mother, this prescription will make the queen mother's cold symptoms worse, and even worse. Difficulty conceiving?"

Doctor Zhang is a member of the imperial hospital, and has been taught by the old doctor Jiang, and he knows the way to protect himself, so although he noticed the difference in the prescription, he never asked so clearly.

But Ah Yao was Xiao Wuchen's person, so naturally she wanted to say something for Xiao Wuchen's sake, so she had a question in her heart, so she naturally asked it without hesitation.

As soon as Ah Yao's words came out, Xiao Wuchen's face became cold at the moment—he had never known about what happened back then, and he had never delved into it, but now it seems that there are so many reasons for it... Xiao Wuchen Thinking of what my father said, "The person you are most ashamed of in this life is your queen mother", I feel chills rising in my heart.

Hearing the words, the old doctor Jiang finally knew that this matter could no longer be concealed, and knelt down on the ground, thinking that she was confused at the time, because she and the old Ningyang Hou couldn't see each other, so she made such a bad plan. Start with the prescription.One wrong step, one wrong step, and this caused Empress Shen to be unable to conceive for several years.

Xiao Wuchen heard this, and suddenly dropped the teacup on the desk.

"Ms. Jiang is a foolish doctor, but she thinks I am also a foolish person. Can't you tell the truth from the false? It's hard for you to make up such a lie!"

Doctor Jiang lay down on the ground, and said: "It's the old minister's fault, the old minister is so guilty, I just ask His Majesty to punish the old minister alone, don't drag the old minister's family, the old minister..."

He wanted to ask again, but Xiao Wuchen waved his hand and said, "Since you refuse to tell the truth, then procrastinate and deal with it according to the law."

Murdering the empress, and making the empress unable to conceive, is no different from murdering the emperor's heir, so how could it be true?

The old doctor Jiang was heartbroken, but he didn't tell the truth after all.

Xiao Wuchen's face was already ashen, and he didn't need to ask any more, he could guess the truth of the year. Looking at the door, Ah Yao led everyone out, leaving Xiao Junye alone to accompany Xiao Wuchen.

However, just before Ah Yao left the house, Xiao Wuchen suddenly said, "Ah Yao, let someone go and move all the mother's things from the Jiaofang Palace to Ganquan Palace. In Fangdian's warehouse, the Supreme Emperor is not allowed to see it, so as not to be sad."

After everyone had left, a trace of sadness appeared in Xiao Wuchen's peach blossom eyes.

"Father... why did he come here? Why did he come here?"

It's fine if Emperor Chengguang's seat on the throne is not secure, but Emperor Chengguang's seat on the throne is obviously secure, so it's fine to worry about his elder son, why bother to take action against his successor who is ten years younger than him?

If he really didn't want his mother to be pregnant back then, as long as he didn't come or came less to Jiaofang Palace, after all, the mother is the queen, no matter what, she can stand firm in the harem, so why let the mother ruin her body because of it ?Then after many years, Emperor Chengguang lost his son, and in turn wanted his mother to have another child?

Seeing this, Xiao Junye walked directly to Xiao Wuchen's side, and hugged him.He knew that he couldn't say anything, and it was inconvenient to say, so he could only hug Xiao Wuchen tightly.At this moment, in his heart, he had already put his worries behind him, and he was filled with the sad Xiao Wuchen.

Xiao Wuchen grabbed Xiao Junye's clothes, and murmured: "From now on, I only have the emperor uncle. So, emperor uncle, can I trust you? Emperor uncle, you will still not betray me in this life, will you?" ?”

Xiao Junye was in the midst of being full of distress for Xiao Wuchen. Although he heard every word Xiao Wuchen said clearly, he didn't think deeply about it. He just hugged Xiao Wuchen and promised word by word: "Uncle Huang, in this life, can betray the world, his ancestors, and himself, but he won't betray you."

Xiao Wuchen finally laughed when he heard the words, he also hugged Xiao Junye, and said: "Uncle, I will ascend the throne tomorrow, and I will write an imperial decree to make my uncle the regent and assist me in governing. You and I share, never give up!"

Xiao Junye was completely stunned, and when he lowered his head, he saw Xiao Wuchen staring at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes.

After a long time, he said hoarsely: "Okay, you and I will never leave each other in this life."