Sent by Yan An
Fu Huaiying didn't miss the astonishment in his eyes and said softly, "Why? Did I guess your past life?"
Lin Yan'an nodded. "In my previous life, the Wen family did fall. The news from over there was that Wen Chuyan surrendered and switched sides in battle. A massacre occurred at Yong'an Pass. His Majesty was furious and led the army in person. He won two battles in a row, captured a city from Di Rou, and brought General Wen back. He chopped off his head at the city gate and hung it on the city wall."
Fu Huaiying felt something was wrong as she listened to him. "No, Wen Chuyan would never surrender to the enemy. Three years ago, Yongding Pass was nearly lost, and it was him who saved it with half his life. He might be partial to small matters, but when faced with a major national event, he would sacrifice not only his own life, but perhaps the lives of his entire family."
Lin Yan'an nodded. He didn't like Wen Chuyan, but he had to admit that he would die for the people.
"In my previous life, I thought about it for a long time, but I just couldn't figure it out. Later, you married me, and I asked you what you thought. Guess what you said?"
Lin Yanan looked into her eyes quietly. Her lips slowly opened and closed, and he seemed to hear two voices overlapping.
"It's pointless to ask about the past. Your Majesty said he was a traitor, and that's treason."
Lin Yan'an was stunned for a moment before speaking, "That's exactly what you said in your previous life, exactly the same, word for word."
Fu Huaiying narrowed her eyes. "I know myself very well. She, or perhaps my other self, would say something like that. She probably guessed something unspeakable, or touched upon a glimmer of the truth."
"You suspect it has something to do with the current emperor?"
Fu Huaiying nodded. "It's not suspicion, it's certainty. He did it so obviously. Yan An, he's killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. He's telling you, if you don't hand over the military power, you will be the next Wen Chuyan."
Lin Yan'an smiled bitterly, "I didn't understand at the time why you repeatedly urged me to give up my military power. Now that I think about it, perhaps I was also the one who pushed you to die in your past life."
His eyes were moist and he was a little afraid to look at Fu Huaiying's face.
Fu Huaiying shook her head. "Based on what you've said, even if you had handed over the military power, I would still have died. As you said before, the words I left for you before I died, I can be sure that the military power was not the cause of my death. I'm afraid it was just the fuse. The real reason may only be known by the current emperor."
"Could it be that he knows your background?"
Fu Huaiying shook her head. "It's unlikely. If he knew, given his hatred for the late Crown Prince, I wouldn't commit suicide in the imperial prison as you said. I would be beheaded as the descendant of a criminal."
She felt a little hot. She raised her hand to open the curtain, letting the breeze blow, and spoke softly, "Who can sit in that position without walking through mountains of corpses and seas of blood? He is cruel enough, and he is also excellent enough. He is like a god controlling the chess game. He holds the useful pieces in his hand, and smashes the useless ones into pieces in the mud."
Lin Yan'an looked at her with his eyes lowered. The hand that lifted the curtain was as white as jade. The calluses on the palm did not destroy the beauty, but instead added a touch of sharpness.
She lowered the curtain. "So, he can't live too long, otherwise we might all be gone before Huanli ascends the throne. But he can't die too early either, as time is too short for us to plan."
Lin Yanan couldn't help but feel worried when he heard her speak so gently about regicide. He opened his mouth but didn't say it directly, "You want..."
"Yes, are you afraid?"
Lin Yan'an smiled and shook his head, "Nothing could be more terrifying than you dying in front of me in your previous life."
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Chen Huanli followed the emperor to the queen's bedroom and asked her to recognize her face.
The Queen looked at the child born by the woman she hated the most and closed her eyes slightly. She wanted to question his origins, but he didn't look like his mother, but looked very much like His Majesty. No wonder this suspicious man didn't doubt him.
"This is your mother, call someone."
"Mother..."
Chen Huanli bowed politely, and the queen felt inexplicably softened by the childish voice.
"Your Majesty, have you prepared a bedroom for the Fourth Prince?"
The emperor nodded. "He is young and perhaps afraid of the dark. It would be fine if he lived with me."
The queen's face changed slightly. Such an honor, he really loved that woman. Her son was so favored as soon as he entered the palace. Poor her Huan'er, although he was the prince, he was not favored and was suppressed by King Huan. Not even a newly found child was favored.
"Your Majesty is a man after all. How can you teach a child well? Why not leave him with me? I will definitely treat him like my own son."
"You don't have to worry about that, Queen. I'm not bad at teaching a child."
Chen Huanli lowered his head, pretending not to hear the game between the emperor and the empress.
"I brought him here today for you to see. It's been hot these past few days, Queen. Let's get ready and set off for the palace."
"yes."
The queen secretly resented it, but she could only grit her teeth and endure it, watching the two figures, one big and one small, leave hand in hand.
Fu Huaiying returned home, but saw the prince's carriage and a team of guards guarding the door. She immediately asked Dahu to stop.
"Yan'an, I'll go over and take a look first. Don't come over here. Just go back."
Lin Yan'an nodded. The prince was not someone who was easy to get along with. If he saw the two of them together, who knows what might happen.
Da Hu followed Fu Huaiying into the door. The guards must have recognized him and did not stop him.
Fu Huaiying went to the front hall and heard the two people chatting and laughing. She didn't intend to go in, but just listened from a distance.
"Don't worry, Master Fu. I will naturally ask for an imperial decree and will certainly welcome your daughter into the palace with the ceremony of a legitimate consort."
Fu Liusong smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. It's a pity that I haven't taken up my post yet and cannot help Your Highness with your worries."
The prince waved his hand and said, "What harm is there? In a few days, I will mention it to my father, and he will naturally reinstate you."
Fu Huaiying listened once and then became too lazy to listen anymore. These two people together didn't even have the brainpower of one.
Fu Liusong was lucky because his grandfather planned everything for him step by step, but he was really stupid. Before his grandfather died, he grabbed his hand and told him not to take sides and to be a pure censor. But he turned around and stood with the prince.
Fu Huaiying touched the bracelet on her wrist and turned away. If the prince wanted to make Fu Huairou his princess, he had to ask His Majesty's opinion.
"Girl...are you leaving now?"
"Eavesdropping on stupid people will only make you stupider. Go away. You're not smart to begin with."
She returned to the yard and saw Wen Chuyan standing there waiting for her.
"Brother."
Wen Chuyan looked up at her. That day she said it didn't mean anything. He had been trying to figure it out for many days but couldn't figure it out. He could only assume that she was willing. As long as he could put Huaiying first, she would be willing.
"I'm here to say goodbye to you. I'm going back to the General's Mansion. Yu He and I are both old, and it's not convenient for you girls to live here."
Fu Huaiying nodded, not looking reluctant at all.
"I understand what you said that day. From now on, I will definitely not put others above you. If possible, the General's Mansion is still in need of a wife to take charge. As long as you are willing, I will ask His Majesty to grant me a marriage. You are the only mistress of the General's Mansion."
Fu Huaiying lowered her eyes and wanted to laugh. She actually had no intention of marrying him. She might have had this idea a long time ago, but now that she held an official position, she naturally looked down on the position of a general's wife.
"I don't want to." She raised her head and met Wen Chuyan's eyes with a calm look. "I never believe in words. Brother, you have never seen my needs and have never heard my voice. When you see what I need, come back."
Wen Chuyan didn't quite understand, but didn't dare to ask. He just nodded and said, "I'll wait until you're willing."
Fu Huaiying paused, sighed, turned and went into the yard. He still couldn't understand. What she wanted from the beginning to the end was power.
But he was going to teach Huanli a lesson after all, so Fu Huaiying thought about it and turned back.
Wen Chuyan's eyes lit up when he saw her come out again.
"Brother, I heard from His Majesty that you have been assigned to teach the Fourth Prince martial arts. Have you ever seen him?"
Wen Chuyan nodded. He had just left the palace as well. "I've seen him before. He looks very similar to His Majesty, except he's a little darker."
Fu Huaiying smiled. After listening to Liu Shuang, she said that Huanli did not look much like the emperor's grandson, but very much like the late crown prince. The late crown prince and the emperor were born of the same mother, so naturally they looked alike. It was not bad that he could get away with it in front of Ji Yuan and Wen Chuyan.
"When I saw him today, his eyes always felt familiar to me. It wasn't until he raised his hand and asked me to be his teacher that I remembered that when I was a child, my mother wanted to whip me, but my brother stopped her and said, 'I am your sister too.'"
There was some nostalgia in Wen Chuyan's eyes. Although he seldom returned to Beijing, Huairou and Yuhe were afraid of this evil brother and did not dare to get close to him. Only Huaiying was different. She was not afraid and even bandaged him. At that time, he really regarded her as his own sister.
Fu Huaiying raised her eyes to study his expression, then continued, "When Fourth Prince said this, I felt a little dazed, as if I saw my brother when he was little."
"Huaiying...you..." Wen Chuyan seemed to know what she meant.
"Brother, are you tired of standing? Come in and have some tea?"
Wen Chuyan nodded and followed her in, only to find that the decoration of her house had changed. All the decorations were unfamiliar, things he had never seen before. There was also a black lacquered pine and crane folding screen in the house, and two paintings by Liu Qing hung on the wall.
He was a rough man and didn't recognize it at all. It was just that his teacher had often talked about Liu Qing's authentic works. He wanted to find one for him, but he said that Liu Qing had burned all of his works before his death, leaving only two to give to his friends. Those two works are now in the Dingbei Marquis Mansion. Even if he wanted to buy them, the old marquis would not sell them.
Wen Chuyan looked at the two pictures on the wall with a gloomy expression, "Huaiying...what are these two pictures?"
Fu Huaiying raised her eyes and followed his gaze. "These two paintings are authentic works by Liu Qing. Yan An said he wouldn't appreciate them and it would be a waste to keep them with him, so he gave them to me."
"What about this folding screen?"
"It was also sent by Yan An."
Wen Chuyan felt sour in his heart when he heard her call out "Yan An". When he lowered his head, he saw the bracelet exposed from her rolled-up sleeve.
"This bracelet..."
Fu Huaiying was silent for a moment, "It was also given by Yan An."
After saying this, both of them fell silent. She didn't realize that she had so many things sent by Lin Yan'an.
Wen Chuyan lowered his head and watched her raise her hand to pour tea. "Did he also send this tea set?"
Fu Huaiying thought he was a little strange. Why was he asking so many questions?
"The tea set was given by His Majesty."
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