15.2

Qi Yining not only looks handsome, even the interest is also quite elegant, usually love poetry and painting, enjoying the scenery and trekking, after dealing with political affairs will often find a few beautiful concubines to accompany the left and right, is an extremely will enjoy the Lord. Especially in the suppression of the Empress Dowager’s mother’s family and completely control the court, he will slacken off, ordering a large number of beautiful women sent to the imperial capital, in order to fill the original empty harem. Zhao Bixuan was sent in by the family under such circumstances, and then Zhou Yunsheng followed, becoming the biggest stepping stone for her to dominate the two dynasties.

Given that she is the fate of the world’s child, before the Qi Yining have how unruly, after meeting her how deep love and dedication, not only scattered the harem only favor a person, but also in the second son of the emperor just turned one year old will be set up as a crown prince, the mother and son of the two favor can be considered to be the front of no one after the next no one to come.

Zhou Yunsheng’s heart was dripping blood every time he was forced by the villainous system to write the holy decree of promotion. At that time, he had already reincarnated more than a dozen times, his eyes slowly widened, and his skill of observing people’s hearts was practiced to perfection. Even if Zhao Bixuan pretended to be gentle and considerate on the surface, he was able to see through the coldness and resentment hidden under her eyes. He originally did not like women, but the other side also do not see him, in front of him a hundred pretend to pretend to be a snake, will be a fool as a fool to play.

God knows how many times he wanted to kick this woman out of the way and yell ‘fork out’, only to be stopped by the villainous system’s phrase ‘erase’. In this way, he could only pretend to be an infatuated seed, and once he did, he pretended for seven or eight years. He saw through Zhao Bixuan’s false love, saw through Prince Gong and Prince An’s insubordinate intentions, and also saw the court battles clearly, but the only thing he failed to recognize was the second prince’s birth. Until his death, he did not realize that the child was not his seed.

He has always liked children, the second prince Yu Xue lovely, know how to behave, he is also sincere love, know the real phase almost a mouthful of old blood on the spray out. When he was beheaded by Qi Jin Yu with a sword, he was still thinking, this guy became the emperor, Zhao Bixuan and the identity of the second prince how to solve the problem? After all, the world knew that the mother and son were Qi Yining’s favorite concubine and prince.

But since he was the son of destiny, the world consciousness would naturally make up for the bugs in their identities, so it was not his turn to worry. In his last life, he had to help this family to get things together.

After patiently teasing the second prince for a while, Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand and said, “Have your meal.”

Zhao Bixuan hurriedly asked the milk mama to carry the child away, and busied herself with the dishes for Zhou Yunsheng. After dinner, Zhao Bixuan really used the excuse of not feeling well to make Zhou Yunsheng leave again. She didn’t want to get close to him, but she also didn’t want him to get close to anyone else, so she would always have someone send a letter to him every day to invite him over, but she also racked her brain to avoid sleeping with him.

In this harem, she had already become a target, if Zhou Yunsheng was enlisted by another concubine, it would be a very dangerous situation for her.

She this kind of fire but not extinguish the fire behavior if another man would have been unable to stand, bias Zhou Yunsheng is a gay, this is not willing to, and urged a few words of good rest will be walking away. Walking to the entrance of the palace, he looked up to the plaque hanging on the beams of the room, which is written in three hot gold characters – Feng Yi Palace.

What qualifications does a noble consort from the first rank have to reside in Feng Yi Palace? Zhou Yunsheng sneered and slowly paced back to Qianqing Palace. He flipped through the folders stacked on the imperial table and already understood which point in time he had returned to, and could not help but reveal a depressed color.

As I said before, in the way of the threat of the villain system, he was extraordinarily favorable to Zhao Bixuan, and incidentally also began to reuse her family. She was originally a concubine daughter of the Marquis of Wen Yuan, after the military general, his ancestors for the establishment of the state of Daqi made a lot of effort, and then the sea is calm and the river is clear, the country is at peace with the people, and the emperor is pursuing the political strategy of suppressing the military, and his family is slowly declining. However, in recent years, a few barbaric tribes around Daqi actually have a joint trend, summer and fall repeatedly violated the border of Daqi. Zhou Yunsheng is at this time to receive the second task issued by the system, reuse Wen Yuan Marquis House.

So he appointed Marquis Wen Yuan’s eldest son, Zhao Xuan, as the General of the Western Conquest, to lead the million-strong army to expel the Tartars. Zhao Xuan is a leader of the army wizard, just to the border on the repeated reports of success, Zhou Yunsheng also in the system under the coercion of the promotion of his rank again and again, and to the birth of the second son of the Emperor, he finally swept away the barbarians in a great victory, but also for the nephew of a layer of ‘heavenly blessing’ of the golden light. Zhou Yunsheng ‘overjoyed’, not waiting for him to come back on the issuance of the imperial decree, named him as the Duke of Yu and Zhenguo General, in the heavy civilization suppression of martial arts empire can be considered a rare military position of the first grade, and the hands of at least a million troops, enough to sway the country’s fortunes.

Zhou Yunsheng turned over the top of a folding, just Zhao Xuan wrote. As the saying goes, people such as their words words such as their people, from Zhao Xuan this iron painting silver hooks of the grass is not difficult to see how untamed he is a character with outstanding ability. It’s a pity that he has already joined Prince Gong, is Prince Gong’s biggest help to seize the throne successfully, is also one of Zhou Yunsheng’s number one enemy.

He stated in the zhangbiao that the western expeditionary army had already arrived at the quarters outside the imperial capital, and was only waiting for the emperor to open the city gates for inspection.

“Came one step too late.” Throwing away the fold, Zhou Yunsheng shook his head and sighed. Wen Yuan Marquis has become a big trend, to move Prince Gong must be eradicated Wen Yuan Marquis. However, Zhao Xuan hand control of millions of troops is not a setup, he must take his time, otherwise it will be reversed. The Harem also has a Queen Mother who from time to time instructs the Duke of Jing to make trouble in the court, but also had to be prevented. If you come a year or two earlier, that can be painful, he raised his fingers can be crushed Zhao Bixuan and Prince Gong lineage.

“Your Majesty, it’s late at night, you should rest, you still have to receive the generals tomorrow.” A feminine voice brushed past his ears without a hitch, Zhou Yunsheng inclined his head to look and instantly narrowed his eyes and smiled. The court and the harem have their own disputes, even his own side is not 100% safe, this loyal big eunuch six and is not precisely the empress dowager and Prince Gong inserted in his side of the spies? Only because they sent out by the hand of the late emperor, only to let the previous Qi Yining unsuspecting.

Zhou Yunsheng had never trusted Sixth Harmony, yet he did not guard against it either. He knew in his heart that he was going to be cannon fodder sooner or later, so there was little point in guarding against it. So when Prince An plotted against him, he was not surprised to see Sixth Harmony leading Prince An to capture him. Prince An plotted rebellion in the front, Prince Gong Qin Wang in the back, in one fell swoop to get rid of the two major enemies but did not leave half a stain, I do not know how many years this bureau Prince Gong and the Empress Dowager actually cloth.

Ridiculous Prince Gong also complained that everything he did was unavoidable, if not Zhou Yunsheng robbed his favorite woman, but also repeated suspicion of assassination, he will not embark on this regicide usurpation of the road, he was forced, words fell while shedding tears while chopping off the head of the elder brother.

The moment his head flew out, Zhou Yunsheng really wanted to shout – I was also forced! He was not a good emperor, so why was he fighting with a younger brother who was nine years younger than him? Even if his younger brother had come of age, he wouldn’t be able to shake his throne at all. The reason why he had assassinated Prince Gong time and time again was just to fulfill the mission issued by the system, how could he be a villain without going against the hero and heroine?

As past events slid before his eyes, Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand and said, “Serve me to change my clothes.” He should indeed take an early rest, as it was likely that he would meet his lover tomorrow in the courtroom. He had about guessed his identity now, and his heart was filled with anticipation.

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On the following day, all the meritorious ministers stood in high spirits at the court hall to receive their rewards. Zhou Yunsheng really sensed the presence of his lover among them, scrutinizing them one by one, his eyes could not stop darkening.

How could it be him? His heart stirred with shocking waves, but on the face of the half do not show, all the meritorious ministers deserve the reward awarded down.

The dusty line of people kneeled down to thank the grace, eyes are undisguised joy, only a member of the naive-looking young general, open mouth, scratching his ears, so flustered.

Seeing the familiar scene, Zhou Yunsheng narrowed his eyes and smiled, pointing at the young general and asking, “Does the Minister have something to say?”

“The junior general has the audacity to ask Your Majesty to change the reward for the junior general.” That junior general knelt and arched his hand, his cheeks white, obviously nervous.

“Oh, you are not satisfied with my reward?” Zhou Yunsheng knew the reason, but he wanted to tease him.

“I dare not! Please, Your Majesty, listen to my humble servant’s explanation.” The young general’s pale cheeks quickly rose to a purplish red color, shaking his lip – petals quickly opened his mouth, it turned out that he was not dissatisfied, but wanted to use a high official position to exchange for a grant for his dead mother. He was originally the commoner son of the Marquis of Wuchang, his mother’s status was low but beautiful as a flower, so he was often subjected to the main room, and died when he was eleven years old. On his deathbed, he vowed to earn a grant for his mother, so that she could live with a little dignity in the afterlife.

Of course, all of this inside information was only learned by Zhou Yunsheng later on as he grew familiar with the young general.

Seeking a grant for a deceased biological mother was something that everyone praised in Da Qi, where filial piety was emphasized. Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand, approved, and praised the young general a lot. As for the son under the face of the Marquis of Wuchang and marquis wife, Zhou Yunsheng said I have no time to take care of, want to enjoin, let your first son to earn.

Seeing that it was getting late, he waved his hand and announced that he was leaving the court, and deliberately left the young general and Zhao Xuan behind.

“Bixuan recently body is not feeling well, I’m afraid it’s due to too much missing family. I just the other day recruited Mrs. Hou into the palace to visit, you also go to visit it. When you were fighting in the Northwest Bi Xuan had to chant sutras and pray for blessings for you every day, this intention is really generous.” Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand, his dark eyes staring fleetingly at the extraordinarily tall, robust, and handsome man in front of him.

He had never expected that Zhao Xuan would be his lover. In his last life, he had only seen Zhao Xuan twice, one was when he went on the expedition to the Northwest, and the other was when he returned to the court in a great victory, after which he hurriedly went to the border and never returned to the capital, until Prince An plotted against the king and Prince Gong Qinwang, when he rushed to his aid with his troops, and took down the imperial capital in a single night and burnt down most of the city. Knowing that the Zhao Xuan of his last life and the Zhao Xuan of this life were not the same, he still felt like a fish in his throat. Has this person now defected to Prince Gong, and is he secretly assisting him in taking over the throne? He had no memories, and to him everything here was real life, with family, friends, and even a wife and child.

Zhao Bixuan gave birth to the second prince for Prince Gong, and after the incident, the House of Marquis Wen Yuan would be killed. For the sake of survival, for the sake of the family’s honor, for the sake of future generations, they had to be tied to the second prince and Zhao Bixuan.

And now Zhou Yunsheng is burdened with great humiliation and hatred, but also has long stood in the House of the Marquis of Wen Yuan and Prince Gong on the opposite side, the two are immortal. Trouble, Zhou Yunsheng has never been so troubled, just calculated to eradicate this person, but turned back to find each other is their own lover, really is the fate of the trick!

Pressing his brow with his fingertips, Zhou Yunsheng didn’t want to look at his lover’s handsome, hard-boiled face like a sculpture anymore, and waved his hand once again to urge, “Go check on Bixuan.”

Zhao Xuan lowered his eyes and agreed respectfully, his eyes resting on the emperor’s lapel to the end and not looking directly at the holy face, of course, this move was not timid, but rather uninterested in the emperor’s looks.

As soon as Zhao Xuan left, Zhou Yunsheng led the young general to slowly walk back to Qianqing Palace. The young general’s name is Meng Kang, this year’s false age of 18, from a young age, the amount of food is amazing, the strength is boundless, for this reason, not a few by the Marquis of Wuchang House of masters and subordinates ridicule and humiliation, especially the Marquis of Wuchang Mrs., will be regarded as the eyes of the thorn in the flesh, and would like to get rid of it quickly. The Marquis of Wuchang seldom cared for the son of the common people, only after the death of his mother to fulfill his wish, sent him to the military camp from now on life and death at his own risk. Meng Kang has been fed up with insults and humiliations since he was a child, and has seen too much of the world, but his heart has not grown crooked, and he knows how to repay kindness. Just because today Zhou Yunsheng gave his mother a grant, and let her move into the Meng’s ancestral tomb, he is grateful to him for the rest of his life.

At the time of Prince An’s treason, it was he who led Zhou Yunsheng out of the siege and died blocking arrows for him. Zhou Yunsheng refused to let him leave many times, saying outright that he would serve the Emperor to death. Because he is used to seeing the dark side of the world, Zhou Yunsheng’s heart is colder than anyone else’s, but also hotter than anyone else’s. When others are bad to him, he repays them a thousand times over, and when others are good to him, he remembers them for the rest of his life.

He had thought that if his lover was here, it would probably be this silly boy who had given his life for him, but it turned out to be the complete opposite of what he had expected. It’s just that if it’s not, it’s not, and it doesn’t affect his mood to make up for the silly boy.

Zhou Yunsheng gestured for Meng Kang to sit beside him and asked him in detail about his situation in the army and also inquired about his life from the side. In his last life, Meng Kang exchanged his reward for a grant, and when he returned home, he was squeezed and suppressed by Mrs. Hou, even marrying his niece from his mother’s family in order to control him. The woman listened to Mrs. Hou, Meng Kang’s big things and small things all secretly reported to Mrs. Hou, and really let them see the gap to frame Meng Kang a few times, so that he lost his job, and the good future almost ruined.

In this life, he would never let those demons and monsters plot against him again.

Zhou Yunsheng not only did not take back the previous generous reward, back to the Qianqing Palace after thinking about it, and give Meng Kang added a three into the mansion, immediately wrote a plaque, let the Department of Internal Affairs to build. The emperor gave the residence, rewarded the plaque, not immediately live in can be considered disrespectful. Meng Kang simple nature, people are not stupid, know that the emperor is in their own consideration, a pair of bull’s eyes were moved to tears.

“An eight-foot-tall Ang Zang man, why are you crying just because you want to? People will see you as a big girl from somewhere, quickly wipe your tears clean.” Zhou Yunsheng threw a bright yellow handkerchief over in tears and laughter. He remembered that when he was trying to vindicate Meng Kang who was trapped in the Heavenly Jail, he was also like this today, lying in front of the Royal Court and crying his eyes out, making the polished marble floor sticky and wet, almost causing him to fall down. This brown man’s appearance of a little girl’s heart, two lifetimes have not changed, can be really nostalgic.

Looking at Meng Kang who was grunting and blowing his nose, Zhou Yunsheng laughed aloud as he tapped his forehead.

Zhao Xuan is a son, Zhao Bixuan is a concubine, although the two are the same source but separated by a layer of belly, so the feelings are not deep, meet only a few mutual greetings, look at the second prince, will say goodbye out of the Qianqing Palace, not yet into the Qianqing Palace, listen to a burst of laughter along the beams of the room fly out, like the clash of knives and soldiers like the transcendence, but also like the breeze across the prairie as refreshing.

He couldn’t stop the tips of his ears from twitching a few times and stood by the door waiting for the call.

Liu He bent over and arched his back and walked in, saying that Duke Yu was asking for an audience. This is Zhao Xuan has just been awarded the title, than his old man Wen Yuan Marquis but also a higher level of official. This title and title has already been given on his way back to the court, and on the record, there is no change, Zhou Yunsheng can only hate himself for coming too late, can not curb the development of the Zhao family in time.

“Let him come in.” Zhou Yunsheng put away his smile, his heart depressed.

The tips of Zhao Xuan’s ears trembled again, already realizing the displeasure hidden in this person’s low voice. He quickly recalled if he had done anything wrong, and only came up with the conclusion of ”high merit and high power”, and couldn’t help but snicker inwardly. Since ancient times, which military general with a heavy weapon in his hands had a good ending? It was the several founding generals of Da Qi who had all died when the birds ran out of bows, thus showing that suspicion was a common problem of emperors.

He stroked the wrench on his left hand and stepped in faithfully to salute.

“Get up. This western expedition hard work you, the time is not early, not if you stay with me to eat, tomorrow I will organize a big feast to reward the three armies, and you drink a good time.” Zhou Yunsheng held back again and again, finally did not hold back to pull him up personally, rubbing his fingers on the back of his hand.

Zhao Xuan thanked him and then folded his hands into his sleeves, clenching his fists hard. The piece of skin that had been touched by the emperor somehow started to burn.

Speaking of meals, Meng Kang’s head was as big as a bucket. What he was most afraid of was having a banquet outside, not only did he have to make a civilized appearance, but he also had to secretly gulp at the table full of delicious food, and in the end, he was not full, it was simply a sin! Seeing his face turn red and white, Zhou Yunsheng secretly laughed. This person is always like this, writing whatever is on his mind on his face, telling people to see it at a glance.

“Sixth Harmony, there’s no need to serve bowls, just give Little General Meng a rice bucket.” Zhou Yunsheng gestured for the two to take a seat beside him, and when he saw the palace maid placing wine-sized bowls and dishes on the table, he couldn’t help but smile aloud and open his mouth.

Rokowa stood at a loss for words, thinking he had heard wrong.

Zhao Xuan’s eyes flashed, not realizing that in just a few moments’ time, the Emperor had become so intimate with Meng Kang, and had even brought this embarrassing incident to the dinner table to flirt with him. He couldn’t help but incline his head to look, but he saw the emperor smiling brightly at the blushing Meng Kang, his already beautiful face radiating a light that was as gorgeous as a spring flower. He fixedly glanced at him and barely managed to take his eyes back.

“Your Majesty, it’s fine for me to use a bowl and dish, it’s so big, it’s enough to eat.” Meng Kang was not good with words, and could only stifle these words for a while.

“Yes, so big enough for you to eat forty or fifty bowls.” Zhou Yunsheng tapped the rim of the bowl with his silver chopsticks and took the time to glance at Zhao Xuan, seeing that he had lowered his head from start to finish, appearing to be respectful, but in reality, he had drawn himself away from him, his heart becoming more and more depressed.

Meng Kang didn’t expect the Emperor to know so much about his food intake, and in shame and embarrassment he looked toward the Great General with a pleading gaze.

Zhao Xuan was about to open his mouth to relieve himself, but he saw the emperor waving his hand and saying, “Sixth Harmony, bring the rice bucket over here, today, Little General Meng was ordered to eat, and he is not allowed to leave the palace until he finishes his meal.”

Sixth Harmony endured a smile and agreed, ordering the palace maid to bring a small rice bucket directly and set it in front of Meng Kang.

Meng Kang looked at Great General Zhao and then at the Emperor, his heart torn like anything else. Who had publicized the fact that he ate like a cow? It’s even reached the Imperial Court! Strike, since it is under orders to eat, he can only be from, and the imperial chef’s craftsmanship reputation, just smell the taste of the mouth spittle can not be put away, and then do not use the bucket then afraid that will flow to the ground. With a broken heart, Meng Kang thanked the grace and picked up the bucket of rice.

Zhou Yunsheng deliberately explained that the imperial chef made a few of his favorite dishes, picked up the plate and poured it directly into his bucket, explaining in a warm voice, “Eat slowly, don’t choke.” In his last life, when he died in his arms, the last words he said were: “After three days and three nights, I didn’t have a full meal, so I’m afraid I’m going to be a starving ghost. Your Majesty, don’t forget to burn a suckling pig down for me in the future.”

This sounds funny and ridiculous, but also implies a million miserable helpless, so that his tears surging out, wipe can not wipe clean. Reincarnated so many times, at that time Meng Kang is the only person willing to give his life for him, his good to him mixed with the feudal rituals of loyalty to the idea of the king, but also full of sincerity, he will never forget.

After reminiscing about the past, Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand at Sixth Harmony, “Have the Imperial Cuisine serve another roasted suckling pig.”

Zhao Xuan, who had been silent, suddenly raised his eyes to look at him. Zhao Xuan knew every subordinate’s preferences like the back of his hand, which naturally included Meng Kang. Nine out of ten of the dishes on the table were Meng Kang’s favorites, not to mention the roasted suckling pig that he had dreamed of nibbling on at the border. Why does the emperor know so much about an unknown general, as if he has known him for a long time? What does he want to do, train Meng Kang to compete with himself?

Thinking about this, Zhao Xuan’s eyes were covered in dark clouds, but then converged in time. Meng Kang has courage but no strategy, is by no means a marshal who can hold up a party, let alone fight with him. His Majesty ascended to the throne at the age of eleven and assumed power at the age of fourteen, so he would never have only this kind of mind. Just, no matter what he wants to do, I’ll use the calm to control.

Zhou Yunsheng and his line of sight touch, already understand what he is concerned about, secretly in the heart of the long sigh. The lover has no memory, and he didn’t expect the two of them to love each other to death as soon as they met. He should have come to this world a long time ago, the surface consciousness and the world assimilation, but the subconscious mind is slowly sleeping, I’m afraid it is very difficult to wake up.

This life has a lot of grinding. Thinking this way, Zhou Yunsheng raised his wine cup and said in a warm voice, “Duke Yu, accompany me to have a drink.”

Zhao Xuan lifted his glass and dried it first, his face was terrified, but his heart had no ripples. To the imperial power, he really can not rise half a bit of fear.