The bright yellow crown prince's suit was embroidered with colorful silk thread with exquisite four-clawed dragon patterns, which looked very luxurious. Crown Prince Yunxuan walked slowly with a warm smile on his face, as the wind blew past. He has only passed the weak crown year, but he has been crowned prince for a long time, and his face is more mature and confident than other princes.
Yun Ke saluted respectfully, but felt a little embarrassed in his heart.
The prince was born of the former queen, so he was sealed at birth. It is a pity that the former queen died of illness shortly after giving birth to him, and the current prince was raised by the current queen. What about yourself? His mother was just a little court lady who died after giving birth to her. He was fostered under the name of Concubine De since he was a child. In name, he and Grandma Yunyi were siblings, but in fact he was used by Concubine De A chess piece that paves the way for his son. In the last life, he was not reconciled, so he took every step of the way. In this life, he is still following this path, gaining Yun Yi’s trust little by little, and then waiting for the opportunity, but the repressed anger and dissatisfaction of the previous life are no longer in his heart. willing.
Maybe it's because I've already boarded that position once, and I'm a little overwhelmed with everything.
Yun Ke felt that in this life he was like a passerby watching with cold eyes. Although he will still follow the old path before, once again ascending the throne and becoming the lord of the world, but there is less pride, more vicissitudes and plainness, he is just playing his role conscientiously. , Everything that has happened is already under his control. It is a bit boring to live this day, but he has to go on like this. If he fails to win the battle between the princes, he will die.
After saluting with Yunyi, he said lightly, "The younger brother and the fifth emperor are just talking about a little girl, and they can't reach the ears of His Royal Highness." He didn't want to talk about Gu Yuqi's name in front of others. In the first life, he watched her burn to death in front of him. In this life, she is just going back to the old way, just like him.
For a woman who will be his concubine sooner or later, he naturally does not want other people to pay too much attention to it, but Gu Yuqi in the previous life was as bright as the stars holding the moon, Yun Ke cannot deny this. Different from the previous life, Gu Yuqi in this life seems to have become famous earlier than her previous life.
Before he was crowned king or married, he lived in the court, and he had already heard about Gu Yuqi's name, saying how smart she was, able to discuss with Chen Hanlin, a famous scholar in the world, and how well she knew etiquette. Even the teaching nuns around the queen were full of praise for her.
"Oh?" The prince became interested, "Could it be that our Seventh Emperor brother has also started to fall in love? Tell me, but someone's daughter has fallen in love with him. If it is suitable, I will talk to the queen mother and point her out to her." There you are."
"Your Highness, stop joking." Yun Ke's eyelids moved slightly, and he leaned forward, "If the emperor's aunt listens to it, it will be bad. She is rude to his daughter."
"Where is it going to be abrupt?" A gentle voice came, and several people in front of the door looked over together. In the depths of the Merlin, a luxuriously dressed woman came gracefully. The servant, she is about forty years old, but she is well maintained, so she looks only thirty years old. The face is like a pink peach, the black eyebrows are tall and slender, and there is a golden nine-winged pearl filigree phoenix hairpin on her head. The nobility contains a bit of royal style and majesty.
"I've seen the imperial aunt." The three of them saluted together, and the prince took the initiative to walk over and held the hand of the noble lady. She was the hostess here, Princess Pinghu.
"The etiquette is free. It's not in the palace." Princess Pinghu herself had a lot of bad luck in her life. She married several times, but she had nothing. I like it from the bottom of my heart. As she got older, she became more and more afraid of living alone in the princess mansion, so she always liked to hold some parties and called out all the nephews and nieces in the palace to be lively. She is amiable, and the princes and daughters all like this imperial aunt who has no airs and always thinks of them.
"I called so many noble ladies here today, and I even called a few of you. Isn't that just to let you take a look first. If there are any good ones, pick them first." Princess Pinghu said in a low voice, and then turned to the three nephews. Blinked. "Don't let others get ahead of you."
The crown prince and Yun Yi all laughed, and Yun Ke also slightly hooked the corners of his lips.
"Xiaoqi, you don't know how to laugh naturally?" Princess Pinghu patted Yun Ke on the shoulder, and said with a little dissatisfaction, "Isn't this the painstaking efforts of the emperor's aunt?"
"The imperial aunt always considers the nephews, so the nephews are naturally happy." Yun Ke cupped his hands and said.
"You child, you are strict wherever you go. I really don't know how your mother and concubine teach you." Princess Pinghu laughed, "Look at your fifth brother, he always looks smiling everywhere, so flattering. like."
"It's my nephew's fault." Yun Ke lowered his head and said. He was like this in his previous life, and he was always accompanied by Yun Yi. Concubine De would not allow him to outshine Yun Yi. His smile was much prettier than Yun Yi, but he couldn't smile, he could only follow Yun Yi like a shadow. Wing behind. Rather than saying that he is Yun Yi's younger brother, it is better to say that he is Yun Yi's follower. Even his marriage has to make way and pave the way for Yun Yi. He was indeed unwilling in the last life, but in this life he just smiled faintly from the bottom of his heart, because Yunyi was already a dead person in his eyes. Is it meaningful to fight against a dead person
Princess Pinghu's intentions are good, but there are so many noble girls in the warm pavilion, and there are only a few who are really qualified to marry into the royal family. Wherever it is his turn to choose, the ones chosen by others are his. .
Thinking of this, Yun Ke turned his face slightly, and looked at the prince and Yun Yi.
In the previous life, one of them married the daughter of the Duke of Zhen as the crown princess. The daughter of the Duke of Zhen came from a powerful family with a strong background and was very beneficial to the crown prince. Yunyi married Zhang Wanyi, who was supposed to marry him, as his concubine. And he married the second daughter of Murong's family, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, as the main concubine. Unfortunately, this Princess Murong was unlucky and died during childbirth. She left him a son and left.
When he came to the throne in the future, the widowed Zhang Wanyi was brought into the palace and named Concubine Hui, because she remarried and opposed her as queen, and there was a lot of opposition in the court. After a long time, those old guys looked down on Zhang Wanyi after a long time, but who knew that the longer the time, the more stories would be born around that position. At the beginning he was very annoying, but after a long time, he also chewed out some flavor, and used the suspension of that position to eliminate many people with malicious intentions.
After Gu Yuqi's death, other forces in the court had been almost wiped out by him, but he lost the interest in making Zhang Wanyi the empress.
Every time Zhang Wanyi acted like a baby with him and clamored to become a queen, Gu Yuqi's figure would always appear in front of his eyes.
Damn Gu Yuqi!
Yun Ke realized that his thoughts had been led away by that woman, his heart froze, and he clenched his hands tightly under the embroidered robe, tearing off his thoughts of Gu Yuqi.
"By the way, whose girl are you talking about just now?" Princess Pinghu asked curiously. "Tell my aunt too?"
"My aunt laughed. It's already disrespectful for me to wait for my brothers to talk about other girls behind their backs." Yun Yi cupped her hands and said.
Yun Ke sneered in his heart, hypocrisy, now he knows it is impolite to talk about others behind his back, what about just now
The more Yun Yi said that, not only Princess Pinghu, but also Crown Prince Yun Xuan's interest was aroused, "Five emperors, don't be a fool. Let's just say who it is." The prince said with a smile.
"That's right, what's there to hide?" Princess Pinghu nudged her nephew with her elbow, and said with a smile, "Original aunt's heart is to find a wife for you, there is nothing disrespectful."
"The nephew and the seventh brother talked about the daughter of the Dingyuan Hou family. I heard that she is a talented woman. Just now we heard her recite a poem. Although the words are not gorgeous, the beauty lies in the profound artistic conception. It is worthy of Chen Hanlin." What I said. Judging by the lightness of her movements, she should have also learned martial arts. The seventh brother said that even if she learned it, she was nothing more than flamboyant fists and legs. So my nephew argued with the seventh brother." Yun Yi smiled and recounted what happened just now again.
Princess Pinghu's eyes lit up, "If it's true as you said, isn't the daughter of the Dingyuan Hou family both civil and military? What does she look like?"
"She is still young, but she is an out-and-out beauty." Yun Yi said with a smile, "Isn't it rude to say that, young lady?"
"Pedantic!" Princess Pinghu became interested, "I want to meet this young lady of the Hou Mansion in a while, and I have also heard something about her. I heard that she came from Jiangnan. That place She is a beauty. By the way, winter hunting will be in a few days. At that time, I will invite her to join us. We can also try her at that time, and we will know if she can be a martial artist? How about we win a lottery? If I'm the banker, I'll bet on whether she is really good at both civil and military skills?"
Originally, Yun Yi was upset about Gu Yuqi when he talked about Gu Yuqi, but now that Princess Pinghu is betting on Gu Yuqi, he is even more upset. It's just that now he still has to guard the wings of honor, and he can't just lose face to Princess Pinghu. He can only slightly lower his eyes, suppressing the unhappiness surging up in his heart.
"It's a good relationship." The prince applauded and laughed, "It's just that if the emperor finds out, will he blame us?"
"We don't talk about it. How would the emperor know?" Princess Pinghu was so excited that she couldn't stop it! She was usually bored by herself, but now she finally found a fun thing, so she would not give up so easily. She is the emperor's sister of His Majesty today, she was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she was kind to the emperor back then, so naturally she did what she said.
Although the prince was worried, but seeing his aunt happy, he followed suit, "Although Marquis Dingyuan was born in the army, he has been at the border for so many years. I heard that the lady of the Houfu also entered Beijing recently. Where is the chance?" Learning martial arts, then Gu will bet that she doesn't know martial arts." After finishing speaking, he took off a beautiful jade pendant hanging from his waist and handed it to Princess Pinghu, "If Gu loses, my aunt will take this jade pendant to the winner. That's it."
"Okay." Not to be outdone, Yun Yi touched his waist and realized that the jade pendant hanging on his waist was not as good as the one worn by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There is a house in the suburbs, so let’s stake that house.”
"A mansion is exchanged for a piece of beautiful jade for the crown prince, don't you feel sad?" Princess Pinghu is really happy now, "I'll make it clear first, no matter whether I win or lose, I will take 30% of the money." After finishing speaking, her beautiful eyes turned Yun Ke swiped, "What is Xiao Qi betting on?"
"My aunt laughed. It's not like my aunt doesn't know that my nephew is very poor." He said flatly, "It's enough for the two brothers to bet. My nephew is watching."
"You worthless!" Princess Pinghu raised her hand and gave Yun Ke a slap, "Your lottery has been won by me, so you can just bet on whatever you want."
Yun Ke's displeasure grew more and more, but his face remained calm, "Then bet on her being good at martial arts."