Chapter 1 Hold On! We Can Win!
As the empress's residence, Yanfu Palace has a magnificent palace, the attendants are tidy, and even the flowers, plants and trees dotted in it have been tidied up to be extraordinarily energetic and luxuriant.
Even the emperor's personal affairs did not reduce the grace and preciousness of this place.
Yun Fenghuang was led to the gate of the palace, and after waiting for a while, some palace servants came out to lead her in.
"I also said that His Majesty had forgotten about you, and was thinking that I should mention it. Unexpectedly, just now, His Majesty himself issued an oral order, saying that it is time to pick you up." Empress Ji Xu just came back from the outside, still Wearing the queen's Zhai clothes, and a pair of jewels made of red gold and phoenix birds holding beads, she is majestic, but there is a look of tiredness between her brows, and the whole person looks much lighter.
He cried out lazily, and pointed to the embroidered stool not far away, "Sit down and talk."
"Your Majesty, what's going on?" Yun Fenghuang sat down after thanking her, and asked impatiently, "Didn't you go well at the summer banquet?"
Empress Ji sighed dejectedly, and said, "Who says it's not?"
He was also a little surprised, "Didn't the servant who went to pick you up tell you? Gong, Heng, and Zhi were severely drought-stricken, and some thieves took advantage of the situation and gathered in the mountains and forests to gather bad guys with the intention of plotting rebellion!"
Yun Fenghuang smiled embarrassingly: "I just heard that His Majesty is in charge, so I was too surprised. I didn't pay attention to what the servant said later."
Such a gaffe queen can understand, because she was no calmer than Yun Fenghuang when the result came out.
"It's just your majesty." Yun Fenghuang asked again, "If it's only like this...shouldn't His Majesty need to be in charge to solve it? Can't the princes of the court come up with a feasible solution?"
The queen said: "You really lost your mind during this journey, and you didn't listen to a single word."
If it was just the severe drought in the three states and the rebellion of Li Shu, then the whole court would definitely not agree to the emperor's personal administration...at least they would not agree so quickly.
The key point is that those thieves did not simply rebel, but played the banner of the Qing emperor, claiming that the relatives Ji and the hussar general Zheng Ju had colluded with each other to control the government, not only poisoned the first emperor Xiaozong, but even the reigning Chunjia had died Now, the one under the banner of Chunjia is just a stand-in.
Otherwise, how could the emperor be in his twenties and still not be in charge? !
Moreover, Emperor Chunjia has been on the throne for eight years and has not had anything to do. His beloved Concubine Shu Yue was pregnant successively but soon there was no news. At the beginning of this year, the Empress Dowager hired a concubine to enter the palace, but she followed the good news. Which two are the good news?
The imperial concubine and the concubine Yuan Yue who was demoted to Jieyu.
Who is the concubine?
Hussar General Zheng Gu's niece.
Who is Yue Jieyu?
The childhood sweetheart of Emperor Chunjia himself.
What does this mean?
It shows that after Ji and Zheng Gu poisoned Emperor Xiaozong and assassinated Emperor Chunjia, they planned to give up the substitute and continue to support the young master, so as to control the Gongxiang family for a long time!
Otherwise, you can see, the heirs born of Concubine Zheng, regardless of whether they are the real Chunjia Emperor's blood, will definitely get Zheng Gu's support and try to seek the crown prince; and Yue Jieyu's children, most likely have been pre-ordered by Empress Ji. Let go of the mother and keep the son in order to fight for the reserve... what? You said that the emperor is fake anyway, why not give birth to a queen herself, why raise someone else's child to embarrass herself?
First of all, since the substitute was conspired by the Ji family and Zheng Ju, how could the empress, as the daughter of the Ji family, commit herself to serving a counterfeit? Secondly, Empress Ji and the emperor have been married for almost ten years. It is said that the emperor would go to her place several times a month according to the rules, but there was no movement at all. Maybe what the Ji family has done is outrageous, so the queen's heirs born in their family are difficult, and they are even doomed to lose their children and grandchildren?
What's more, the Ji family has already killed the two emperors of the Gongxiang family. This unborn Ji family's planned successor emperor may not end well in the future.
After all, Zheng Gu and Concubine Zheng belonged to the family of eunuchs, everyone looked down on this kind of family, no matter how ruthless they were, it would not be surprising. However, although the Ji family is not kind, it is still a serious family.
If Empress Ji conceived herself, regardless of whether it was of Ji's blood or not, the nature of mother and child, would the Empress be reluctant to wrong her own child in the future?
Therefore, it is better to let the empress raise an individual life, even the empress's thorn in Yuan Niang's birth, so no matter how this child is treated in the future, Empress Ji will not feel distressed!
... I don't know which talented wit made up this statement. If Yun Fenghuang didn't know the inside story, he would believe it.
Empress Ji sighed again when she said this: "These rumors are so fierce that scholars from all over the world have even sent letters to inquire... I hate that Gong Xiangmao! Not only did he not help the court to dispel the rumors, but instead added to the trouble, adding fuel to the flames, what did you say? As the regent, he had long intended to support His Majesty, but because of my Ji family and Zheng Gu's joining forces, he was powerless... Now there are many nursery rhymes and playbooks out there. The generation of Xiao Xiao Xiao, but the chivalry that the regent said... really shameless!"
"..." How did the emperor, who basically never left the palace after the fifteenth year, let alone have the opportunity to contact real power, do it? !
Yun Fenghuang couldn't figure it out, she calmed down, and comforted the queen in a slow voice, "Your Majesty, I'm just in charge. I learned embroidery back then, and the teacher my family found was a first-class embroiderer. The concubine is still very clumsy, let alone governing the country? From the perspective of the concubine, since the public opinion is raging at the moment, it is a good thing to simply let your majesty go to court. There is a severe drought in the three states, the rebellion of Li Shu, and there are many rumors involving important ministers , this situation, the concubine is frightened to hear it, if His Majesty can't handle it, or if His Majesty makes a mistake in handling it, then it can be seen that it is right for the ministers not to let His Majesty take charge of the government these years. yes."
hold on!
We can still win!
Didn't the emperor use the mouth of the world to create opportunities for pro-government?
Then let him be in charge!
Given the current situation, if Emperor Xiaozong were to return to life, he would be in a state of distress, not to mention Chunjia, who had never been to court at all and grew up under the watchful eyes of Ji's important officials?
At that time, when he is at a loss, or even makes a huge loss due to a wrong decision-making, won't the moral peak be back in our hands?
"This Palace also thinks so, and I have asked the people below to do it." Empress Ji nodded slightly. What she said has been asked to do it, it is absolutely impossible to simply remind the family to watch the emperor's excitement, and it must be given to the emperor. Add fuel and vinegar to the current chaotic situation and ignite it again and again.
Let Emperor Chunjia not only lose the battle, but also win and lose quickly, and lose embarrassingly, so that it can bring out the good intentions of the Ji family to control the government and not allow the emperor to govern the government these years, right?
It's just that this move was not very smooth, "However, the Prince Regent is now supporting His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally, and the Prince Wang is still accompanying the emperor to read. I don't know if the Prince Regent will privately guide His Majesty through the Prince Prince."
Empress Ji, like Yun Fenghuang, did not think highly of Emperor Chunjia's ability to govern now.
After all, it is still in a time of crisis to manage a huge country. It is really not possible to settle everything with pure talent. In many cases, experience is needed in addition to talent.
And Emperor Chunjia had no experience.
But Empress Ji is very jealous of the regent who was once a half-step emperor's younger brother.
This person is not only rich in political experience, but was also taught and protected by the childless Xiaozong back then, treating him like a half son. After Xiaozong's death, he failed to fight for the throne, but he still won the title of "Regent" from people like Ji, Zheng Gu, and Cui Wan, and became one of the most influential people in the dynasty, which shows his superb skills.
If the Prince Regent hadn't held a grudge against the great position and held a hostile attitude towards Emperor Chunjia, if he was willing to be a virtuous king to assist the emperor, it would be absolutely impossible for the emperor to find the opportunity to listen to the government until now.
Now Chunjia took advantage of the severe drought to instigate public opinion to open up a chance for himself to get rid of the puppet state. Judging from the actions of the regent, it also means to let go of the grudge with this cheap nephew. With his forbearance and this person's careful guidance, if the emperor really gets through this test, what will happen in the future is really impossible to say.
"Your Majesty, don't worry." Yun Fenghuang also felt that something was wrong in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it when she looked at the frustrated queen, instead she persuaded, "Do you think that if the regent sincerely sincerely wants to show his heart to His Majesty, how could it be so late now?" What's more, the reputation of the Ji family and the Hussar General were tainted in the rumors, but they only mentioned the virtue of the Regent, not His Majesty's brilliance and prowess at all. It can be seen that even though the Regent is helping His Majesty now, in the final analysis, he still cares about that position."
"In this case, even if he gives advice to His Majesty, how can he give his heart and soul?"
"It's just taking this opportunity to seek power!"
He also said, "So if it is the Regent who taught His Majesty in private, we can rest assured. Because if Your Majesty is the one who draws inferences from one example, the Regent may be the first one to tolerate him!"
With such a clever tongue, the empress who finally spoke stretched her brows, and said sincerely: "In such a big palace, only you can solve the worries and problems of the palace."
Yun Fenghuang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said in his heart that there is no other way, look at your dejected look, it doesn't matter if you get hit by this, what if you want to reconcile with the emperor and hand in me as a petition ?
This is the fate of not being backed by a strong family background. Don't look at the queen's attitude towards the emperor before, she even took the initiative to make things difficult for the emperor's darling, Yuan Lianniang. and. But if she expresses her intention to seek peace, the emperor will most likely agree.
Because Empress Ji is the legitimate daughter of the Ji family, the emperor's married wife, the former court and the harem should not be underestimated.
Even if the queen can't persuade the family to bow to the emperor, her own weight alone is enough to make any emperor who cares about the overall situation ignore the past.
And Yun Fenghuang's prosperity in this palace is, in the final analysis, an act after considering the balance of all parties.
When the emperor is restrained, he can still have scruples. Now that the emperor is in charge and the government is in turmoil, not to mention that Yunfenghuang offended him and Yuan Niangniang in countless places before, even if he wants to kill a concubine for no reason, no one will care about it.
So Yun Fenghuang didn't dare to let the queen down at the moment.
The queen must be urged to continue fighting the emperor, so that she, as the vanguard of the emperor and Yuan Niang, is of value in this palace!
"Your Majesty, what happened at the summer banquet that day?" Seeing that the queen was in a better mood, Yun Fenghuang hurriedly asked, "After I came up from Pine Ridge, I was taken to the abode, and I have been in a daze. ... Could it be that the news of the people's rebellion spread to the banquet at that time?"
She thought it was unlikely.
If the group of people in the temple really cared about the affairs of the people, even if Emperor Chunjia's people secretly instigated them, how could they cause a big civil uprising? After all, the common people are not fools. If they can live on, why would they do something that would kill the nine clans?
Sure enough, the queen also shook her head: "The drought in the three states and the rebellion were reported to the court a few days earlier at the summer banquet. The princes had some objections to the suppression, so they put it on hold, and did not give a reply when the banquet started. .”
What caused the high-profile summer banquet to end was... the death of Mrs. Ye.
The Empress Dowager's sister-in-law, Empress Ji's mother-in-law, and Empress Ji's grandmother were shot through the head by an arrow and died while having a private conversation with the Empress Dowager.
Because of the great strength of the arrow, when it pierced through the head, it brought out more than just blood.
The Empress Dowager, who was close to her at that time, was splashed red, white and white all over her face!
...Well, this is also the reason why Empress Ji is now looking tired. The Empress Dowager has been bedridden since the summer banquet. As a granddaughter-in-law, these days, she is changing shifts with the Empress Dowager and others, serving soup and medicine, and the emperor is in charge. Can you bear the pressure?