Master of Rebirth

Inside the palace, there are Qionglouyuyu everywhere, singing and dancing.

Coming out of Fengqi Palace, Emperor Liang frowned and remained silent, as if he had a great concern.

Seeing this, Qin Hui, the chief executive who was silently following behind, hurriedly asked with a smile: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood today. Could it be that the snacks in the imperial concubine's palace are not to your liking?"

Qin Hui has served Emperor Liang since he was a child, and he has been frightened, frightened, and hard-pressed with him, so he can be regarded as a full-fledged confidant.In the most difficult and hardest time for Emperor Liang, there were only a few people like Qin Hui and Zhao Rui who never left him.However, compared to Zhao Rui, Marquis of the West, who has achieved great military exploits, an eunuch without any real power is more reassuring.Therefore, Emperor Liang had a lot of things that were inconvenient to say to others, but he would not hide them from Qin Hui.

"Do you think the imperial concubine is happy today?" Emperor Liang asked lightly.

Qin Hui has followed Emperor Liang for many years and knows his temper well.Concubine Shen and the Seventh Prince have always been Emperor Liang's darlings. Although he faintly sensed that his bad mood might have something to do with Concubine Shen, Qin Hui didn't dare to talk nonsense, and could only say cheerfully: "At present, the matter in southern Yunnan is over. It's calmed down, it's a matter of His Majesty's mind. Your Majesty is in a good mood, and the imperial concubine is naturally happy. Besides, His Royal Highness has already taken care of many matters to welcome Moji Khan, and relieved His Majesty's worries, the imperial concubine As a mother, you should be happy."

"You old boy, after so many years, you are still so cunning." Emperor Liang scolded with a smile.

Seeing that Emperor Liang smiled, Qin Hui also heaved a sigh of relief.

To be honest, Emperor Liang's bad mood today is indeed related to the imperial concubine.Although he favored the seventh prince, after the prince was punished and grounded, the performances of the noble concubine and the seventh prince were a bit more flamboyant.Although Emperor Liang wanted his beloved son to inherit the throne, the imperial concubine and others really disappointed him.

At the beginning, when he learned that Moji Khan was assassinated and killed in Daliang's county government, Emperor Liang had already prepared for the worst.Sending the prince to investigate is just a formality.

Who would have thought that Moji Khan not only survived, but was also rescued by the guards of Zhengxihou Mansion.After the guards escaped from southern Yunnan with Moji, they tried to send a letter to the capital.After receiving Zhao Rui's report, Emperor Liang felt overjoyed.But before he was happy for too long, ministers around him reminded him intentionally or unintentionally that Moji Khan's favor was too great to be monopolized by the crown prince and Zhengxihoufu.

Emperor Liang already wanted to abolish the prince, so he naturally didn't want him to be the champion.It's a pity that the prince came to south Yunnan to thoroughly investigate Moji's death. If Moji Khan knew about it, he would definitely try to ask the nearby prince for help.

Therefore, Emperor Liang issued an imperial decree, ordering the prince and Zhao Jing to return to the court, and ordered Anyang Bozhang Bixian to command the army in the southwest with full power to help Moji Khan put down the rebellion.In this way, even if the prince saves Moji, Zhang Bixian will get a share of the action.

Unfortunately, within a few days of the imperial decree being issued, the news of the crown prince's triumphant return had already been sent to the capital.Huoer was put to death, and the chaos in southern Yunnan was completely subsided.Emperor Liang was also thinking in his heart, the crown prince acted so quickly, is the crisis in southern Yunnan really imminent, or is it deliberately disobedient?

The prince picked himself up very cleanly in the good news, only saying that Hall had also discovered Moji's whereabouts and intended to assassinate him again.After the defeat, Hall felt that the general situation was over, so he led the army just around the corner.The prince was afraid that there would be changes if he was late, so he mobilized the nearby troops without authorization to help Mo Ji put down the rebellion.As for the imperial decree issued by the imperial court, it was only received after the suppression of the rebellion.

The prince's meaning is very clear, the imperial edict arrived late, he acted out of helplessness in order to take the overall situation into consideration, at most it can only be regarded as an expedient act, not disrespecting the edict.Although these words are plausible, Emperor Liang always has knots in his heart.

At the same time, the ministers of the DPRK and China were also divided into two factions.One faction believes that the general will not accept the order of the emperor abroad.Southern Yunnan is far away, and the situation is complex and changeable. Although the prince acted a little rashly, it was reasonable.The other faction believed that the prince saw that the imperial decree meant to grab merit, and felt angry, so he deliberately exaggerated the enemy's situation, disrespected the imperial decree, and used it to win over Moji Khan.

Amidst the noise in the court hall, the crown prince and Zhao Jing finally returned to Beijing.Anyang Bozhang Bixian confirmed that the imperial decree did come after the prince quelled the rebellion, but also stated that the Baiyi tribe did not make any major moves at that time, and it was not necessary to send troops.

Zhang Bixian's words can be regarded as a soft knife. Although the crown prince was cleared of the crime of disobedience and disrespect, he was suspected of lying about the military situation and being greedy for meritorious deeds.Emperor Liang seized the opportunity, severely reprimanded the prince, ordered him to think behind closed doors, and took the opportunity to take back the initiative.

Emperor Liang thought that the prince would refuse to accept it, and then argued hard based on his merits.Unexpectedly, he went back and thought about it behind closed doors honestly, without even the slightest complaint.Although Dingbei Hou was not reprimanded on the surface, he was secretly neglected by Emperor Liang.Zhao Rui didn't know whether he was avoiding the edge or really didn't want to worry about it, but he didn't intervene too much in the aftermath and gave all the opportunities to show his face to the Seventh Prince.

The crown prince showed weakness, Zhengxi waited to avoid suspicion, and the seventh prince took all the credit.Although things were going according to Emperor Liang's wishes, even better than he expected, Emperor Liang was not happy at all.

There is no other reason, the Seventh Prince's grabbing credit halfway has already aroused the dissatisfaction of some ministers in the court.However, he still didn't know how to restrain himself, and acted more and more domineeringly, overwhelming the prince everywhere, as if he was about to enter the East Palace.Emperor Liang couldn't help thinking, if Lao Qi was really made the crown prince, would he be as eager as he is now, and can't wait to make further progress?

It seems that the prince can't be abandoned for the time being.

"How is the prince these few days?" Emperor Liang asked in a low voice.

Qin Hui had already breathed a sigh of relief, but when Emperor Liang mentioned the crown prince, he had to cheer up again, "His Highness has been studying behind closed doors in the East Palace, except for the empress who occasionally sends people over to see, no one has been seen."

"No one has seen, or no one has come to the door?" Emperor Liang said with a smile.

Qin Hui smiled wryly, and said: "Aside from state affairs, the crown prince has no personal relationship with the adults in the court. Now that he has made a big mistake, who would dare to come to the door?"

After hearing this, Emperor Liang was silent for a while, and then said: "Where is Zhao Jing? Isn't he on good terms with Jing Yan? Why, don't you even go to see him?"

Not knowing what Emperor Liang was thinking, Qin Hui didn't dare to take it lightly, so he had to say cautiously: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is contemplating his mistakes behind closed doors, and if he is busy, he will not look like that. Master Zhao Xiaohou is a sensible person, and he will definitely not come to disturb him at this time .”

Qin Hui's words were very clever, since they were true, they would not be so unpleasant that people could not accept them, and at the same time, they helped the prince and Zhao Jing out of the siege.

Sure enough, Emperor Liang smiled and stopped talking.

Seeing that this test was passed, Qin Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, Qin Hui didn't intend to speak for the prince.He has been by Emperor Liang's side all the time, knowing that the emperor doesn't like the prince.If it weren't for the crown prince's fault-free behavior, and the etiquette left by his ancestors, as well as the pressure of the empress and a few veteran officials in the court, Emperor Liang would have abolished the crown prince and replaced him with the seventh prince.Speaking for the prince at this time may not be of any benefit.Qin Hui has worked in the palace for so many years, and knows that in a situation full of variables, it is the safest not to stand in line or express her attitude.

But sometimes, Qin Hui couldn't help but want to help the prince.

The crown prince's biological mother had a humble status, died of illness early, and was lonely and helpless since childhood.It was only a few days before she was taken by the queen's side.Compared with the unfailing and domineering Seventh Prince, Qin Hui is more emotionally inclined to the prince who is similar to the emperor and treats others kindly.So he couldn't figure it out, the emperor kept complaining about the partiality of the first emperor, why he was not fair?Could it be that if you complain about someone for a long time, will you become the one you hate the most?

Besides, the emperor really went too far this time.At the beginning, the prince was ordered to go to southern Yunnan to clean up the mess when he was in danger. Fortunately, God had a good eye and saved him from desperation.Now that he has made great achievements, it's fine if he doesn't reward him, but he still has to be punished.

The emperor seized the reason for the unauthorized deployment of troops, and the Seventh Prince's party was helping to fuel the flames. Although many ministers in the court could not say anything publicly, in secret, who didn't feel that the prince was wronged?On the contrary, the Seventh Prince, who sat at home and ate ready-made meals comfortably, not only took the credit of others to show off, but also made trouble.The prince did not yell at the court, it was already a good self-restraint.

"Your Majesty." At this moment, a man in black clothes appeared without anyone noticing, and knelt down to salute Emperor Liang.

Knowing that this is a hidden guard trained by Emperor Liang, it usually does not appear in the open. Once it appears, there must be something important.Qin Hui sensibly sent away the people who followed behind and waited on him, and she also dodged far away.

Waiting for the dark guard to leave, Qin Hui followed carefully. Seeing Emperor Liang's brow furrowed, Qin Hui knew that what the dark guard reported was definitely not a good thing.

Qin Hui guessed right, Emperor Liang did not hear any good news.Just now, the spies in southern Yunnan sent a message that Mr. Wuzhu was found in the assassination of Moji Khan, and he was suspected to be related to a high-ranking person in Beijing.

The hidden guard's secret report coincided with the investigation results of Zhao Rui and the prince, and Emperor Liang's already bad mood was even worse.

After the fifth prince committed suicide, Mr. Wu Zhu, whose whereabouts are unknown, has always been a haze lingering in Emperor Liang's heart.Whenever I think of it, it feels like a stick in my throat.Now that many years have passed, he suddenly appeared again and planned such an earth-shattering event, how could Emperor Liang not be startled?

Swiping everyone back except Qin Hui alone, Emperor Liang frowned deeply.

If Mr. Wuzhu has been hiding in the capital, it will be like a tiger by his side, making people feel uncomfortable.But where will he hide?

At the beginning, after the failure of the five princes' rebellion, Emperor Liang personally issued an order to block the four gates, and even sent his trusted guards to strictly investigate.Not to mention a single person, not even a single mouse was released.Even so, Mr. Wu Zhu disappeared without a trace.What is certain is that he must have accomplices in Beijing.

The first thing that Emperor Liang thought of was these old officials in Beijing.However, those who had anything to do with the fifth prince had been cleared up as early as that year.The rest of them are either his confidantes who made great contributions to him.Or they will stand aloof from the world and never participate in court affairs.If it were among them, who would it be?

"What have Brother Rui been up to these days? Why don't you see him coming into the palace?" After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Liang spoke again.

Qin Hui smiled and said: "Your Majesty forgot, Lord Hou just brought His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness and Uncle Anyang into the palace yesterday to report to you many matters concerning welcoming Moji Khan."

"Oh, I forgot." Emperor Liang chuckled lightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty takes care of everything every day, these are trivial matters, and it is inevitable that you can't remember them."

"What is Mrs. Dingbeihou busy these days? Why don't you see her come into the palace to talk with the noble concubine?" Emperor Qing said again: "The noble concubine mentioned it several times today, it seems that she misses my sister."

I don't know why he suddenly asked about Shen Yutang, Qin Hui said cautiously: "Returning to Your Majesty, Mrs. Dingbeihou was ill again a while ago. In order to avoid worrying the imperial concubine, I kept it from the palace."

"Sick?" Emperor Liang raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What's wrong? Can you ask the imperial doctor to see it?"

Qin Huidao: "Mrs. Dingbeihou is just suffering from an old problem. Fortunately, she is accompanied by Lord Hou. She is almost on the mend now. Your Majesty does not need to worry."

Shen Yutang's old problem was the heart problem of not being able to have children.After so many years, Emperor Liang is not surprised anymore.

"Heh, if I knew today, why bother? It's just that she fell ill repeatedly, which caused the imperial concubine and Zhou Aiqing to worry about it." With a sneer, Emperor Liang continued, "Send someone to the warehouse to get a thousand-year-old ginseng to be sent to the warehouse. Beihou Mansion, by the way, let Zhou Aiqing enter the palace tomorrow morning."

"Yes, I'll do it now, slave." Qin Hui didn't dare to wait any longer, and wanted to rub the soles of his feet with oil.

"What's the rush, come back." After stopping Qin Hui, Emperor Liang continued to ask, "What is Zhao Jing up to lately?"

Qin Hui said honestly: "Master Zhao Xiaohou has been in the Hou Mansion recently, and has never come out."

"Haven't you been out? Didn't you even go to the barracks?" Emperor Liang said in disbelief, "This is not like his style."

Qin Hui smiled and said: "Ever since the young master left his errands, he has been resting in the mansion. He didn't go out until yesterday. I heard that he went to the Lanting Garden in the suburbs of Beijing. He seems to be staying there for a few days."

"Lanting Garden? What kind of place is this?" Emperor Liang seemed very interested.

Qin Hui smiled and said: "I don't know the specific servants. I only know that the Orchid Pavilion Garden was used by a minister of the previous dynasty to escape the summer. After the previous dynasty was destroyed, it fell into disrepair. I heard that it is often haunted. I didn’t dare to approach it. Later, it was taken over by Mr. Zhao Xiaogong and repaired, but it has become a good place for literati to drink tea, chat, swim in the lake and relax.”

"This Zhao guest is really good at romantic affairs. He plays with things and loses his ambition every day, and I don't see him doing serious things." Liang Di said, but there was no sign of reproach on his face: "Zhao Jing is also, I asked him to rest at home, but I didn't expect him to really rest."

Qin Hui looked at Emperor Liang's face, and said: "Zheng Xihou's family education is very strict, and he is also very strict with the young master. The young master has worked really hard a while ago, so he should take a good rest."

"In all fairness, Brother Rui is indeed a good father, and he didn't say anything to Zhao Jing." After muttering something, Emperor Qing suddenly said: "Tell me, why does Brother Rui insist on recognizing Zhao Jing as his son?"

The fact that Zhao Jing is Zhou Ying's son is tacit to many people.Qin Hui couldn't pretend to be confused, let alone express his opinions, so he could only smile awkwardly, and then said lightly: "This... I really don't know. However, Zheng Xihou treats the young master as his own, and will He has been trained very well, even if he is the biological father and son, I am afraid it will not be better."

"Zhao Jing is really excellent, and everyone likes it when he sees him. I have to say that Brother Rui is really good at cultivating people. Look at his soldiers, they are just different from others. Otherwise, I wouldn't have Send Jingse to him." At this point, Emperor Qing sighed, "It's a pity..."

Knowing that he regretted that the seventh prince did not get closer to Zhao Rui and his son, but the prince and Zhao Jing had a good relationship.However, the suspicion has already arisen, how can it be easily eliminated?

Qin Hui couldn't say anything, so he could only apologize with a smile on the sidelines: "Young Master is still young, so it's easy to talk about things in the future. Besides, there is Dingbeihou."

"Hehe, Zhou Ying? Do you think Zhao Jing will still recognize him?" Emperor Qing sneered, with a hint of complaint in his words, "If he had fulfilled the responsibility of being a father at the beginning, Zhao Jing I won't be living outside for so many years, and I won't recognize Brother Rui as my father, and now I won't..."

After swallowing the words, Emperor Liang paused for a moment, and then said, "Tell me...has Zhou Ying ever regretted it?"

Zhou Ying was over half a hundred years old, and her knees were always empty. She finally gave birth to a son, but died early because of her frail health.Now suddenly there is such a big son, who not only looks like he was printed in the same mold, but also has both civil and military skills, outstanding, how can he not be tempted?

At that time, there were different opinions about Zhou Ying and the second daughter of the Shen family. Qin Hui had stayed in the palace for so many years, and had never seen anything nasty.Although I didn't inquire specifically, I can guess the general idea.What is certain is that no matter how much Zhou Ying does not like to see her original wife, she is very concerned about Zhao Jing's son.Otherwise, Anyang Bozhang Bixian wouldn't just participate in the prince's deployment of troops without saying a word about Zhao Jing.

You know, although the crown prince is the crown prince, he has no real power.Most of the southwestern area is the old department of Marquis Zhengxi. If Zhao Jing hadn't stepped forward, the crown prince would not be able to mobilize troops so easily.It is obvious to all that Zhao Jing and the Seventh Prince did not get along, and he even choked Zhou Ying several times in the court, making it clear that he was on the opposite side of him.Zhang Bixian is Zhou Ying's subordinate, unless Zhou Ying instructs him, it is impossible for him to hold onto something as big as Zhao Jing but keep silent.

However, even if Zhou Ying regrets it, it won't help now.Zhao Jing's current status was canonized by the emperor himself, and he has already entered the genealogy and issued a jade certificate, so is it necessary for the emperor to back down?

With a wry smile in his heart, Qin Hui thought about it and said, "This...Your Majesty, forgive me, Ding Beihou is far-sighted, and the slave is stupid, so I really can't guess what the Marquis is thinking."

"Hehe..." Emperor Liang didn't expect Qin Huineng to say anything, he smiled lightly, and said again: "By the way, Zhao Jing is almost twenty this year."

Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That's right, if this age is placed on other people, the child will call him father. But the young master has always kept himself clean, and he has never heard of any confidante, and Zheng Xihou didn't seem to give it to him." Young Master's plan to marry a wife."

"Zhengxi Hou Mansion doesn't even have a decent hostess, Brother Rui is a rough man who leads the army and fights, how can he worry about these things." Emperor Liang smiled and didn't continue to say more.

Qin Hui could not help but be surprised when he heard the meaning behind his words.It seems that the emperor is planning to give Zhao Jing a marriage.It's just that I don't know whether the candidate for the woman's party was chosen by the queen or by Concubine Shen Gui.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, you go to the Dingbeihou Mansion to deliver the decree." Emperor Liang said lightly.

"Yes." Qin Hui answered in a low voice, and went down with a feeling of anxiety.

After waving away the people who wanted to follow up to serve him, Emperor Liang walked alone and found a gazebo to sit down.

After learning that Mr. Wuzhu might still be in the capital, he immediately wanted to consult with Zhao Rui.Among other things, Zhao Rui was not only responsible for escorting the Five Kings, but also thwarted Mr. Wu Zhu's schemes many times.Based on this alone, he is the best candidate to investigate this matter.

But at the end of the day, Emperor Liang hesitated.Back then, the five princes and their party were all killed, but even so, Mr. Wu Zhu was able to escape unscathed, which shows that the fish that slipped through the net was hidden so deep that it deceived everyone.If this person really existed, he must be one of the many trusted veterans in Beijing.

The Zhengxihou Mansion was the first to be involved in the incident in southern Yunnan. Although it was later confirmed that he was framed, he rescued Moji Khan by mistake and became the biggest beneficiary.It would be fine if the incident in southern Yunnan was Mr. Wu Zhu's deliberate revenge on Zhengxihou's Mansion, but it would be bad if the two had been in contact for a long time, but now they are just a partnership to sing a bitter trick.

Although he didn't want to believe that Zhao Rui would betray him, but Mr. Wu Zhu's mind was treacherous and unpredictable. Emperor Liang had suffered from him more than once, so he really didn't dare to take it lightly.This matter was handed over to Zhao Rui for investigation, Emperor Liang was really worried.On the contrary, Dingbei Hou Zhouying, who has been highly regarded by him these years, is also the brother-in-law of the noble concubine.What's more, Zhou Ying was fighting far away in the north during the five kings' calamity, and he was never involved in it from the beginning to the end, and had nothing to do with the five princes.

Emperor Liang also knew that Zhao Jing was a little sorry for Zhou Ying.Although Zhou Ying didn't say anything on the surface, she definitely felt uncomfortable in her heart.Thinking about it, even though Zhao Jing was not born to the woman he likes, and his biological mother even caused Shen Yutang to be infertile for life, but he is Zhou Ying's only heir after all, even if he does not recognize it, there is no reason for him to be recognized by his rival .

It's a pity that a done deal is done, and there is no repentance, and Emperor Liang can only make up for it in other ways.As long as Zhou Ying's errands are handled well, he will entrust Zhao Jing's marriage to the noble concubine to make sure that his daughter-in-law is in line with Zhou Ying's wishes.A daughter-in-law who blows the pillow breeze to ease the relationship may be able to draw in the relationship between the father and son.No matter what kind of grievances or hatreds there were in the previous generation, they are all over after all, and blood is still thicker than water.

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