In the seventh year of Zhang He, when Emperor Ming was still the crown prince, he was ordered by his father Emperor Zhang to go to Chang'an to investigate the corruption case of Sizhou officials, lived in the palace of the old palace of Chang'an, and met the sixteen-year-old Dou Yue.

Soon after, he and Dou Yue had feelings for each other, and when the Qing was thick, it was difficult for them to control themselves. Afterwards, Emperor Ming promised Dou Yue that he would welcome her into the palace when he ascended the throne.

Who knows, the world is impermanent, Emperor Zhang's political reform, there are many drawbacks, leading to the outbreak of civil unrest in various places, coinciding with the fact that relatives are in power to interfere in politics, and the government is turbulent. After the death of Emperor Zhang, Emperor Ming postponed his ascension to the throne and ran around to deal with the civil unrest in various places, temporarily leaving behind the matter of preparing a gift to marry Dou Yue.

And Dou Yue, who was pregnant at that time, panicked, and couldn't wait for Emperor Ming, who came to welcome her into the palace, and was disheartened. But he was reluctant to hurt the fetus in the house, so he informed Dou Taijun of the matter.

Dou Taijun and Dou Jue, who heard about this at first glance, were furious. Immediately packed his bags and prepared to go to Beijing to ask Emperor Ming. Who knew that Dou Yue said that if Emperor Ming really didn't want to marry her, then there was no need to force it.

Dou Yue is a strong character, she never refuses to bow her head in front of others, even if Emperor Ming does not fulfill her promise, she can't pull her face and go to the capital, kneeling in front of him and begging bitterly.

In her eyes, instead of cutting off the threads of love and causing pain in the second half of her life, it is better to break it off quickly, never look for the negative person again, and when the fetus in her womb is born, she will go to Beiping, which is far away in Youzhou, where she will live in seclusion and never ask about Hongchen again.

It's just that although she has such determination, Dou Taijun and Dou Jue also agreed to her request and silently guarded her when she was pregnant. In order to maintain his sister's last trace of reputation, his brother Dou Jue lied to the outside world that his wife was pregnant, and suppressed Dou Yue's pregnancy. But in the end, Dou Yue did not go to Beiping, Youzhou, to live in seclusion as she thought.

On the eighth day of September in the first year of Yongchu, when Dou Yue gave birth, she gave birth to a baby boy who died of postpartum hemorrhage at the age of eighteen.

The son she gave birth to was the third son born to Dou Jue who lied about his wife, Dou Xunen, the word Cen Sheng.

Since then, the Dou family has lost a young and young girl. As everyone knows, in the first year of Yongchu, Dou Yue was playing outside the mountain city, and was assassinated by bandits on the road.

In the middle of the second year of Yongchu, Emperor Ming cleared the evils left by Emperor Zhang's new policy, and then remembered what he promised to Dou Yue, so he immediately ordered someone to go to Chang'an Zuo Fengyi Dou Mansion to inquire about the situation, only to learn that the second girl of the Dou family had already been in the first year of Yongchu and was accidentally killed.

Emperor Ming was grief-stricken, and immediately ordered Dou Jue to enter Beijing, leaving him in the capital, and ordering him to serve as the head of Jiuqing.

The Dou family didn't want to enter the court as an official, and Dou Jue resented Emperor Ming because of his sister's death. It wasn't until he saw the queen's crown dress that had been placed in the old mansion of Emperor Ming's East Palace that he knew that he was originally going to welcome Dou Yue as the queen, but he was delayed due to busy government affairs and lost the only opportunity to stay with his beloved.

Dou Jue saw that Emperor Ming regarded Dou Yue's relics as treasures, and the hatred in his heart didn't seem to be so powerful.

He agreed to Emperor Ming's request and stayed in Luoyang to serve as Taichangqing.

Emperor Ming seems to have turned all the guilt of Dou Yue into glory and wealth and gave it to the Dou family.

Dou Jue served as Taichangqing for only two years, and Emperor Ming transferred him to the Dongfu Division as the chief director.

At that time, there were too many people who opposed Emperor Ming's choice. And he insisted on doing so.

In the early years of Yongchu and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Dou clan became the head of the scholar clan, enjoying great power and the trust and favor of the emperor, and was a high-ranking family that everyone wanted to climb.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Ming inadvertently paved the way for him and Dou Xunen to meet and recognize each other.

If it weren't for Dou Xunfen's position as Luoyang Ling, he happened to be framed by someone with a heart because of a tragedy in the ninth year of the early Yuan Dynasty in Kyoto, which led to imprisonment, and Dou Xunen would not have hurried to Luoyang City. Not to mention that he was appointed by Emperor Ming because of his outstanding talent, entered the court as an official, served as the chief official of the Imperial Governor's Mansion, and became a friend with Emperor Ming.

After learning that Dou Xunen was likely to be Dou Yue's son, Emperor Ming couldn't wait to recruit Dou Jue into the palace to inquire about the matter.

Although Dou Jue had promised his mother that he would never disclose this matter to anyone, including Emperor Ming. But the emperor said again and again, and even said that Dou Yue died in childbirth under the situation of coercing Dou to condemn him, and Dou Xunfen was the truth about the emperor and his son.

The emperor was in great pain in his heart, and he was even more annoyed, and wanted to recognize Dou Xunen.

However, Dou Jue stopped him.

Dou Jue asked Emperor Ming to give priority to the deceased Dou Yue and asked him to preserve Dou Yue's reputation; Maintain Dou's century-old reputation; Keep Dou Xunen's young chic and happy now, don't recognize him.

Emperor Ming thought about it again and again, and reluctantly agreed.

But since then, he has not treated Dou Xunen at all like before. A clear-eyed person can see at a glance that Emperor Ming treats Dou Xun'en like a parent.

People who don't know the truth think that Emperor Ming is Aiwu and Wu, and while favoring Dou Jue, he also attaches equal importance to his son.

It's just that even though Dou Jue and Dou Taijun tried their best to conceal Dou Xunen's life experience, this matter was found out by An Dining, who had been established as the crown prince at that time.

Emperor An knew that his father had never forgotten Dou Yue, who he had met in Chang'an, and he knew that his favor for Dou Xunen had far exceeded that of all the princes in his generation. v5

He knew that Emperor Ming even had the idea of welcoming Dou Xunen into the palace and conferring the title of king. Emperor An was afraid that one day, Dou Xunen would be crowned king as he had guessed, and one day he would even take away his position as the crown prince, and since then he has been on the throne of Great Wei.

So he secretly plotted to plot to force Dou Xunen into a dead end and kill him.

Emperor Ming was vigilant about this. The brilliant Dou Xunen also noticed something strange, but with his aunt Dou Yue's death, he found the truth of the year, and also knew his true identity, even though he was shocked like a storm that swallowed him, and he was cold, but he still accepted this matter head-on.

However, when he learned the truth, he did not want to recognize Emperor Ming, but on the second day of finding out the truth, he entered the palace to ask Emperor Ming for his resignation, hoping to return to his hometown, wait for his mother and grandmother at home, and never return to the capital.

Emperor Ming was reluctant and repeatedly asked the real reason why he wanted to return to his hometown. Dou Xunen didn't want to say more, and insisted on resigning. Emperor Ming was also unwilling to force him, so he had to let him go.

In the early ten years of the Yuan Dynasty, Dou Xunen wanted to take Cao Xiu back to Chang'an, but he met a killer sent by the prince on the way, and he was in danger several times, and almost died on the way back to Chang'an.

Only then did he realize that even if he was willing to keep the secret of Emperor Ming and his aunt and the mystery of his life history in his heart forever, the cruel and suspicious prince would never leave any threat that might shake his position in the East Palace.

If he sits still, wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne as emperor. Then the Dou clan is likely to cause a catastrophe because of him.

At that time, Cao Xiu was almost married into the Dou Mansion, but the two parties could not declare it to the public for the time being because the matchmaking dowry had not been properly agreed. Dou Xunen told Cao Xiu the original nature of his life entanglement.

Cao Xiu, who learned that Dou Xunen wanted to go to the capital and give it a try, resolutely chose to support his choice.

Not long after the two returned to Chang'an, they returned to the capital.

Seeing his return, Zuo Feng Yigong Dou Jue was surprised. And Dou Taijun was even more faintly uneasy. always felt that he knew something, so he would come and go back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang like this.

Dou Xunen told him calmly that he knew his life experience.

Dou Jue and Dou Taijun looked at each other, and they were even more shocked by the bold decision they made.

Dou Yue is the beloved daughter of Dou Taijun. Back then, Dou Yue's death made the old lady feel grief. Therefore, for the Dou Xunen born to him, he should be pampered as much as he wants, for fear that he would be wronged.

Dou Xunen can be said to have grown up in a thousand pets and loves. Therefore, they pay more attention to the interests of the family and the safety of their relatives.

If he blindly only escapes, it will make the prince fearless.

He can only take the responsibility he should bear in order to protect the Dou family.

Dou Taijun naturally supported his decision unconditionally like Cao's, because she trusted Dou Xunen's ability and talent, and even more trusted his determination and courage.

Dou Jue had doubts about Dou Xunen's choice because of the prince's ruthlessness.

It is precisely because of this doubt that Dou Jue will fall into the trap of Prince Ning Sleeve and Huai King Ning Zheng step by step, and finally make a mistake that is difficult to make up for and regret for life.

Cao Xiu and Dou Xunen were pregnant when they re-entered Beijing.

At that time, the northern border coincided with the Hun raid, Dou Xunen revealed his life experience to the world in an open and honest manner, and after recognizing with Emperor Ming, he specially asked for an order to go to the north, wanting to win a hearty victory, driving the Xiongnu back to the grassland, winning the military merit and returning to Luoyang to be crowned king.

Emperor Ming complied with his request.

Dou Xunen went to the north, and Cao Xiu stayed in the capital to wait for his return.

Seeing that Emperor Ming wanted to welcome Dou Xunen back to the palace, Prince Ning Sleeve was anxious and tried every means to prevent him from going to the north to win military merits.

When this matter failed, he moved his mind and wanted to attack the Cao family, pretending to be Emperor Ming's person, and killing him, so as to provoke the father-son relationship between Dou Xunen and Emperor Ming.

Ning Zheng, the king of Huai, was suspicious of Dou Xunen's repeated trips between the capital and Chang'an and intended to investigate the matter, and seeing that Emperor Ming was very fond of him, he was even more suspicious. In the end, when he found out the truth of the year, he did not feel too much surprise and panic in his heart, but a trace of excitement.

Compared with his brother Ning Sleeve, who was born to the same mother, Dou Xun has both kindness and talent, and he is indeed more popular than Ning Sleeve. Dou Xunen has never been in love with power, and at this moment, in order to let Ning Sleeve understand that he is not a fish on the chopping board to be killed, he will rise to the challenge and plan to recognize Emperor Ming.

Knowing that he wanted to return, Ning Zheng was too late to be happy. What's more, he has always been good friends with Dou Xunen, if he can get his help in the future, maybe the East Palace will soon change hands, and he will be the only candidate for the crown prince.

However, when the position of the main general of the northern group was taken away by Dou Xunen, he found that the relationship between him and Dou Xunen did not seem to be close friends, and there was more of a rival relationship between them.