Chapter Eighty-Six: The Two Brothers
Fifteen years ago, the first emperor suddenly fell into a serious illness, the imperial doctor was helpless, and the country was in great danger. In desperation, the first emperor made a will, if he died, the crown prince Xia Bingwen would inherit the throne, and Xia Bingwen was only five years old.
Among the court officials, there were two factions, the Anguo Hou faction supported the crown prince, and the opposing Yuhou faction opposed the young son's accession to the throne, and even moved out of the celestial phenomena more than 20 years ago, insisting on the vision of the sky on the night of the birth of the jade concubine, and the two princes of her son Jinyu were the candidates to inherit the unification.
Xia Huaijin had no intention of taking the throne, and did not seek the throne with the Yuhou, but with the support of Empress An, Xia Huaiyu became the object of their support for the emperor.
In the end, the emperor survived a catastrophe, and the Yuhou faction was punished for disobeying the emperor's orders, and the Yuhou, who was as famous as the Marquis of Anguo, was deprived of the throne and hanged himself in the palace, the Yuhou Mansion was dismissed, and the Yufei died depressed.
And Xia Huaiyu, who was demoted from the prince of the imperial capital to the king of Yuzhou County, was not allowed to enter the imperial capital again for the rest of his life. Xia Huaiyu's inevitability is a ridiculous defeat after all.
For fifteen years, Xia Huaiyu lived in Yuzhou and had a mediocre reputation, but An Ronghua never relaxed his vigilance.
An Ronghua came to the bathhouse with nowhere to go, although he didn't have the intention of snooping on the two brothers bathing together, so he sat and waited far away, still suspicious of other things.
"It's been fifteen years, why did Xia Huaiyu suddenly invite Huaijin to visit Yuzhou, it's really a deep brotherhood?"
In the bath, Hongtu brought bathrobes to the two of them, and said by the way: "Lord Wang, Lord Jin, the girl from the valley who came with you is outside the bathhouse." ”
"Got it. Xia Huaijin did not say anything else.
"Forgive my brother for being curious, why did my brother bring a little girl with him? But my sister-in-law didn't worry about my brother traveling alone, so she arranged for a servant girl to serve by her side?"
"She's not a handmaiden. Xia Huaijin said that he was about to get up.
"It seems that she is very important to her brother, and as soon as she knows that she is waiting for you, she will leave behind her brother who she hasn't seen for more than ten years. Xia Huaiyu had a plan, "Why don't you play a childhood game with me again?" ”
Hongtu walked towards An Ronghua and conveyed Xia Huaiyu's meaning.
"Miss Gu Nu, our prince is invited. ”
"Please, aren't they bathing? I'm not in a girl's house, right?" An Ronghua was reserved.
"The two princes have finished changing their clothes, Miss Gu girl, please. ”
An Ronghua walked towards the bathhouse, hoping that Xia Huaiyu did not have a ghost in mind, after all, his current identity was just a little palace maid, and he should have no grievances with him.
The door of the bathhouse opened, and the exact same bathrobe, the same wet hair, and a deliberate expression, as if two Xia Huaijin were standing in the door frame, and even the grand plan was not divided for a while.
"The brotherly relationship is so good, thousands of miles to bathe. An Ronghua naturally walked in front of Xia Huaijin and complained naturally.
"You can eat this vinegar too. Xia Huaijin responded with a smile.
"Of course, it's sour. An Ronghua did not shy away from it.
Xia Huaiyu sneered in disbelief: "If it is really a woman who makes my brother anxious, she can tell the two of us so easily." ”
An Ronghua smiled slightly, pretending not to know: "Don't you introduce your good brother?"
"The king of Yuzhou, the valley girl. Xia Huaijin introduced.
"Gu Nu has seen the king of Yuzhou. ”
"How on earth did you distinguish between my two brothers without thinking about it?" Xia Huaiyu was very surprised.
"Because the prince of our family is deeply engraved in my heart, even if you look very similar and deliberately disguise the same, but in my eyes, I can only see him. An Ronghua's eyes at this moment really made Xia Huaijin fall deeply.
"Looks like you're here to make fun of me. Xia Huaiyu sighed.
"I don't dare, a little girl. ”
"You're not an ordinary woman...... Xia Huaiyu's eyes suddenly became gloomy, "You're the woman of Prince Jin, aren't you?"
An Ronghua smiled and pretended, but he had to care about Xia Huaiyu's eyes, just like fifteen years ago, the confrontation between the court and the court was cruel and ferocious.
"Brother stay in Yuzhou for a few more days, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he should accompany my younger brother for a reunion. Xia Huaiyu regained his lazy gaze.
Xia Huaijin agreed to Xia Huaiyu's request, and An Ronghua also showed no opinion, but looked forward to this foreign festival.
"I heard that the mooncakes in Yuzhou are more diverse than in other places, and it is rare to have the opportunity to come here, so you must feast on it. ”
"When the time comes to return to the imperial capital, this king is really worried that Liang'er will wonder where this king brought a fat girl back. Xia Huaijin teased.
"You say I'm fat!" An Ronghua puffed out his round cheeks.
"Not fat, even if you eat, this king can afford it for the time being. "Xia Huaijin is as sweet as food, and her heart is as sweet as honey.
"That's pretty much it. An Ronghua relied on Xia Huaijin and left.
"Actually, this king is also very surprised, you can recognize this king without any embarrassment, obviously you and I have known each other for less than a year. I still remember when I was a child, even the king's mother concubine once recognized the two brothers who came out of the bath. ”
"Acquaintance is not about the length of time, what you think is a year, but also ten or twenty years. ”
An Ronghua is firm in her heart, even if everyone in the world will be confused by Xia Huaiyu, she can definitely distinguish the Xia Huaijin she loves.
"You have identified this king by perception alone?"
"Of course, there is also intelligence, I am the smartest valley girl in the world. "Ahn Ronghua is not humble.
"Isn't it the most beautiful in the world?"
"Both. ”
Xia Huaijin did not regret her decision to fall in love with the most beautiful and intelligent valley girl in the world.
Xia Huaiyu only arranged one room, but An Ronghua and Xia Huaijin have not lived together for a long time.
"It's not proper to live in the same room if you don't have the right name, right?" An Ronghua asked again, "But if you want that, I don't have a problem." ”
"You rest here, and the king will go and arrange another room. ”
An Ronghua was suddenly lost, but he also knew Xia Huaijin's intentions, he was a unique upright gentleman in the world, and he had never changed.
Another room was arranged, but it was not in the same courtyard as An Ronghua's room.
"The palace does not often have guests, and the guest rooms that do not live are often cleaned, today the wronged prince rests here, and tomorrow I will order people to sort out the guest room next to the valley girl. Hongtu explained to Xia Huaijin.
"Thank you. ”
"It's a slave's thing. Hongtu was extremely respectful to Xia Huaijin.
An Ronghua was puzzled, she pushed a guest room next door at random, although it was not spotless and clean, but it was not a faux pas that could not arrange for people to live.
"It can't be that Xia Huaiyu found out that I am An Ronghua and took Huaijin away to take revenge on me, right?" An Ronghua smiled.
When it was time to go to bed, An Ronghua extinguished the candle and left one alone, untied his bun, and sat in front of the mirror to admire his peerless beauty for a moment.
The unlocked door was pushed open coldly, the light was dim, An Ronghua glanced at it, and then smiled and said: "The prince didn't say that he wouldn't live in the same room with me, and he couldn't bear the loneliness, so he came by himself." ”
An Ronghua got up and undressed, and walked to the bed very naturally and unpretentiously. He didn't say a word, emitted a smile that covered the corners of his mouth, walked behind An Ronghua and hugged her, his voice suppressed in his throat.
"Don't you want this king to come after you?"
"Hopefully, but not you. An Ronghua debunked Xia Huaiyu with a word, even if it was dark, he didn't want to get by.
"What are you talking about?"
"Xia Huaiyu, although I am not the wife that your brother Ming Media is marrying, but I am also the woman he really admires, that is your sister-in-law, how dare you be rude to me?"
An Ronghua was so calm and composed that Xia Huaiyu had a knot in his heart, he hated shrewd women, especially shrewd women with such a face.
Xia Huaiyu pushed An Ronghua onto the bed, and his face was hidden in the darkness.
"Who the hell are you?"
"My name is Gu Nu. ”
"Your face, if it weren't for my brother's liking, this king would really want to tear it up!" Xia Huaiyu gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"Is it my fault that I'm good-looking?" An Ronghua pretended to hold his cheek innocently.
"This king doesn't believe that there is a way to rejuvenate in this world, as for you, it's best to just look like that woman, if you even have a heart like her, this king will really want to kill you. ”
"Don't scare me, what woman, what rejuvenation technique?" An Ronghua acted stupidly and purely.
"The more you know, the faster you die, have you ever heard the saying?"
"Don't say it, don't say it, I'm going to find Huai Jin!" An Ronghua picked up the pillow in a panic and ran out.
"You'd better not talk too much, this king and my brother haven't seen each other for many years, and I don't want to turn against you because of you. Xia Huaiyu's threatening tone was very sharp.
An Ronghua stopped in the threshold in one step, and replied tremblingly: "I told you that I wasn't afraid of you, I didn't want Huai Jin to think too much!"
An Ronghua seemed to run away in a hurry for some reason, but it was clear in her heart that Xia Huaiyu's resentment towards her was too heavy.
The first emperor was sick and lying in bed, and it was she who held the holy decree in one hand and led her young son to enter politics with the other hand, leading a faction of officials led by Anhou Mansion to control the government and counter Xia Huaiyu and his party. In the final verdict, she even wanted to interfere and persuade the first emperor to execute Xia Huaiyu, but the first emperor finally remembered the brotherly love and did not punish him severely.
The wind blew out the last candle, and Xia Huaiyu came out of the room, Hongtu put on a cloak for him.
"She's just an ignorant woman, why is the prince like this?"
"Hongtu, the brother of this king, I have only seen one woman in my life, I will do everything for her, and I will not change my affection for 20 years, her face is my brother's favorite appearance, but it is also the most hated appearance of this king!"
Xia Huaiyu hated Empress An's shrewdness and ability, and even more hated her for taking away Xia Huaijin's heart, obviously he was his brother, but he betrayed himself and was in the company of that woman, and pushed himself out of the supreme position at his fingertips.
"Fortunately, this king does not believe that there is a way to rejuvenate in this world, otherwise she would not be able to live any longer, so that my brother will lose his love again, wouldn't it be too miserable. Xia Huaiyu sneered secretly, "Even if he messes up his mind for a woman, and wants to help her fight against me regardless of his brotherhood with this king, this king will still remember that he is the brother of this king, and my blood is thicker than water, and he was inseparable from me. ”
"The prince is angry. ”
An Ronghua thought about it and came to Xia Huaijin's room, but he hadn't rested yet.
"It's not that I'm not reserved, it's just that the situation is forcing me. An Ronghua explained to himself.