The step-brother is charming and soft, and the Marquis can't help but flirt with her

The imperial concubine was anxious and anxious, and her face was solemn as the fifth prince had never seen her before. Even when she fell out of favor last time, the imperial concubine never showed such an expression in front of him.

The fifth prince felt a thump in his heart, and he felt that something was serious this time. Just as he was about to ask, the imperial concubine let out a long sigh, hid her face on the table, and murmured: "It's all retribution."

Before he could ask, the imperial concubine spoke herself and revealed a secret that had been hidden for more than twenty years.

Not many people in the palace knew about this, and perhaps even Emperor Hui'an himself didn't remember that more than twenty years ago, he favored someone after being drunk in the palace.

He thought it was a palace maid, so he didn't take it to heart. When he sent someone to look for her the next day, he found that the palace maid had thrown herself into a well. The matter was revealed and became a secret that no one dared to mention again.

However, only the imperial concubine knew that the one he favored was not a palace maid at all, but Duke Rong's sister, Lu Yanning, the eldest lady of the Lu family.

And it was the imperial concubine herself who was driving all of this.

The fifth prince suddenly changed his color and stood up in disbelief, "Concubine, what did you say?"

"Lu Yanning ever slept with you?"

His eyes suddenly widened, "You said that Lu Xingyue is her son, doesn't that mean he is the emperor... how is that possible?!"

He waved his sleeves and said decisively: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Those eyes of his are not of royal blood at all. Although I have never met Lu Yanning, she has the same father and mother as the Duke, so there is no way she has foreign blood!"

"Lu Xingyue must be the offspring of her and another wild man!"

"Listen to me!" The imperial concubine interrupted him displeased, "Why are you panicking? So what if he is a prince? Can he still get past you?"

After saying that, she paused. In terms of age, Lu Xingyue was twenty-one. After the New Year, he was now twenty-two, and Lao Wu was only twenty-one. If Lu Xingyue was really the son of Emperor Hui'an, wouldn't Lao Wu have to Getting older?

The imperial concubine's expression suddenly became subtle.

The fifth prince looked at her and thought of this, and his face turned green in an instant.

He can't accept it!

The imperial concubine said in a complicated mood: "Sit down and listen to me first. As for whether he is or not, it remains to be verified."

The fifth prince slowly landed on the couch, staring at her nervously.

The imperial concubine held her forehead, looking haggard, "It's a long story. I just entered the palace not long ago, and my position was not as stable as it is now. I just had your sister at that time, and I couldn't accept my favor. I saw you again. Newcomers enter the palace, and good news about the harem keeps coming, so I get anxious. In this place, I only hear newcomers laughing, not old ones crying..."

Speaking of the past, the imperial concubine's expression was far less relaxed than when she was with Emperor Hui'an.

Emperor Hui'an only remembered the beautiful memories between them, but he didn't know how much hard work the imperial concubine had worked behind the scenes and how many sleepless nights she had spent in order to create these memories.

At that time, it was inconvenient for her to sleep with her, and the new favorite in the harem was in full swing. The prince was not as annoying as he is now, and maybe he was afraid that his younger brothers would steal his limelight. The prince was very good at pretending at that time, and even fooled Emperor Hui'an. Yes, I like him very much.

There is a queen and a prince, and there is a new favorite beauty below. The imperial concubine is anxious and uneasy. In addition, she only gave birth to a princess. She couldn't sleep night after night, so she came up with a bad idea.

At that time, the queen had a good relationship with Lu Yanning, the sister of Duke Rong Guo. Although the two were quite different in age, they were very close to each other. The queen often called Lu Yanning into the palace to talk. At that time, Duke Rong Guo had not yet retired from the battlefield. He was a well-known general, and he married the second daughter of Prince Congyang. He was unparalleled in the limelight and powerful. Many people in the court said that whoever could marry Lu Yan Ning, you don’t have to worry about a lifetime of glory and wealth.

During that time, the threshold of Rongguo Duke's palace was almost broken by the matchmaker.

But Lu Yanning didn't have that intention, and Duke Rong Guo wasn't in a hurry, so the marriage kept being postponed.

Over time, some people began to say that Duke Rong might want his sister to marry the queen's natal brother or the prince in the future. Although Lu Yanning was six years older than the prince, six years old was nothing in the harem. Power was the most important thing. of.

Otherwise, why would the queen have such a favorable eye for Lu Yanning?

When these words reached the imperial concubine's ears, she couldn't even sleep anymore.

The prince already had the emperor's heart. If she could win over Duke Rong and marry Lu Yanning, she would really have no future.

It happened that her mother-in-law was a concubine and had a younger brother of the right age. Although she was a concubine, he was good-looking and talented, so she thought about it and wanted her brother to marry Lu Yanning. In this way, she would defeat the Duke of Rongguo and If there is a possibility for the prince to get married, Duke Rong Guo will help them more for the sake of his sister.

However, she also knew that if the proposal of marriage was serious, Rong Guogong and Lu Yanning would definitely look down on a bastard, so she took a different approach and made a plan.

At the end of every spring, Emperor Hui'an would take his concubines and ministers to the palace to escape the summer heat.

When she first arrived, things were complicated and confusing, and things could easily go wrong. The imperial concubine took advantage of that time to find the maid in the queen's palace, and after a lot of coercion and inducement, she finally persuaded her to help her keep an eye on the queen's movements.

A few days later, the queen invited Lu Yanning to the palace to accompany her. The concubine asked the spy who had been placed in the queen's palace to tamper with Lu Yanning's food and add some medicine.

Lu Yanning and the Queen got drunk after drinking and chatting. The Queen allowed her to stay for one night, but Lu Yanning refused, saying it was inappropriate.

So when she left the house, the bribed palace maid took her to a remote palace. No one lived there, which was a good place to do some bad things.

Lu Yanning sensed something was wrong and wanted to run away, but was knocked unconscious by the eunuch who had ambushed the palace in advance and was carried to bed.

Later, the imperial concubine originally arranged for her concubine to go out and cook the rice for her younger brother, and then she would lead others to find it. When the time came, she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself in front of Emperor Hui'an, because she had just given birth to a princess. Emperor Hui'an would not embarrass her younger brother much, and would only be in trouble with Rongguo, but that was not important.

When Lu Yanning and her brother get married, with some coaxing, the hatred will pass over time.

Unexpectedly, her younger brother was tripped by an acquaintance on the road and could not get away after chatting for a while. Emperor Hui'an drank some wine and was in good spirits. He left the palace attendants and was alone in the palace. After wandering around, I turned to the palace and saw the flowers blooming all over the courtyard, so I went in.

The imperial concubine was afraid that something would happen, so she lit aphrodisiac incense in the palace. Emperor Hui'an went in and was intoxicated. He went to bed dizzy, only to find a beauty lying on the bed, and then...

By a strange combination of circumstances, Emperor Hui'an and Lu Yanning were in love.

The imperial concubine's brother came over a step late and found someone already in the house, so he quickly ran out to find the imperial concubine.

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine punched the short table bitterly, "Something that fails to succeed but fails to fail, even if such a good opportunity is placed in front of you, it will fail!" (End of this chapter)