Chapter 22: The Full Moon Feast Controversy

"Your Majesty didn't come." Wei Hengyan sighed softly in Yijia Palace and Qinde Hall, unable to tell whether it was regret or relief.

She deliberately asked someone to report to Xuanqing Palace at this time - she just wanted to see her status in Chunjia's mind.

Usually she is no better than Yun Fenghuang, she recognizes it, but today is different, isn't it?

She is happy.

Chunjia has been married for eight years, no, this year is the ninth year, and there are not a few concubines who are pregnant.

In terms of status, there is the imperial concubine, in terms of affection, there is Qingmei, in terms of gentleness and carelessness, there is the late Concubine Shu, and in terms of preemption, both the nominal eldest son and the de facto eldest son of the emperor have already landed—but Wei Hengyan consciously and These concubines are different.

The concubine Shu died, the noble concubine fell, and Qingmei was completely changed. Who can compare with her in terms of status, family background and favor among the concubines?

Yun Fenghuang is trying to stabilize her head, but Yun Fenghuang's heirs are difficult, but they are the adoptive mother of the little prince and the little princess.

After Chunjia received the news, no matter whether it was out of joy or affection for her, she should have come to have a look... But he didn't.

"It's getting late, and His Majesty is afraid of disturbing your rest." The left and right persuaded her to relax, "Your Majesty has always liked Your Majesty, and since you know that Your Majesty is happy, you are always happy."

The voice lowered, "Even though there are already little princes and princesses next door, and there are a few concubines who are happy, but those biological mothers are so humble, how can they compare with the empress? Even Shun Jieyu, she is just a concubine , the heirs born by him are not as noble as the princes and princesses raised under the knees of the real concubine empress. The empress's heirs must be the first-class in this palace."

Wei Hengyan smiled self-consciously: "Don't say this in the future. Not to mention that the real concubine sister is very strong, and when the concubine Xuan and the others have happy one after another... who knows?"

Shaking his head, he ordered his servants to wait on him. It's time to settle down.

She overestimated her position in Chunjia's mind, or in other words, underestimated Yun Fenghuang's influence on Chunjia - even if it was the news of her pregnancy, Chunjia still couldn't make Chunjia come to see her specially when she was holding the lamp. .

In this way, the child in this belly must be extra careful.

After all, it is uncertain in the future, this is what she relies on in this palace.

The next day, when they got up in front of the Yanfu Palace, Empress Ji, who had just recovered yesterday, "relapsed from an old illness" again, and asked them to go to the Spring Palace by themselves.

On the way, Wei Hengyan specifically asked Yun Fenghuang to apologize, saying that he was dizzy with joy after hearing the imperial doctor's diagnosis last night, and he couldn't wait to share the good news with Sister Zhenfei: "After the person is sent out, it will be time to reach my sister It's so late, one thing, don't disturb my sister and Your Majesty, and two, the little prince and the little princess are all raised by my sister now, but they are also being harassed... My sister is really good at what she does. It's too inconsiderate! Please forgive me, sister!"

When she said this, she looked uneasy, as if she really just behaved awkwardly under the joy, and she didn't mean to take the opportunity to test.

And Yun Fenghuang smiled kindly: "What are you talking about? But I'm out of touch. Last night, I was very happy to hear that, and I planned to go to see you with His Majesty immediately. However, Your Majesty said that Shi Chen It's too late, I'm afraid it will disturb you, I plan to visit you again today... You need to take good care of your body and try to give Your Majesty a healthy heir."

Looking at her expression, Wei Hengyan couldn't be sure if she held grudges, so he said a few words to accompany her, and he was secretly relieved to see that Yun Fenghuang treated him as usual.

In this way, even if the real concubine sister annoyed her, since she was still willing to be so perfunctory, she obviously didn't intend to turn her face over it.

After a while, we arrived at the Spring Palace, and the Empress Dowager Yuan had already received the news that Wei Hengyan was happy, and she was very happy: "It has been a while since Zhaorong entered the palace, and the people in the palace have also spread good news. It won't come until later, I didn't expect such a coincidence, the newcomer will be there within a few days after entering the palace."

"Isn't it?" Yun Fenghuang suspected that she wanted to characterize Wei Hengyan's love as a credit to Luo Hanyi and others entering the palace.

How can this be done?

She took up the conversation without hesitation, "A few days ago Zhaorong went to Huanhua Palace to see the little prince and the little princess, and she was a little envious. The concubine told her at the time, maybe there will be good news soon. Zhaorong was still there Shy, saying that the concubine is bullying her... Isn't it just the concubine who is talking about it now?"

Therefore, even if this child was really brought by someone, it should be a pair of sons and daughters raised under Ben Gong's knees who are blessed and blessed.

What's the matter with Guan Luo Hanyi and the others?

Empress Dowager Yuan was just talking casually on the scene, but she didn't mean to praise Luo Hanyi and the others so much. Being blocked by Yun Fenghuang in this way, his face froze slightly, feeling very unhappy: "You mentioned the two children, the Ai family remembered that their full moon banquet is coming soon, right?"

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Yes, the Empress Dowager Lao is thinking about it."

I just talked about the arrangements for the full moon banquet - originally Chunjia only had this pair of children at this age, no matter how grand it should be.

But before the little prince, there was a Gong Xiangzhuo who died young?

This is a thorn in Empress Dowager Yuan's heart. In order not to irritate the empress dowager who is currently in charge, she originally planned to take this opportunity to further deter Yun Fenghuang from the Sixth Palace, so she regretfully gave up the idea of ​​doing things in a big way. Referring to the old example of the previous dynasty, it is quite satisfactory.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager listened to the specifications and did not mean to flatter her at all. Instead, she said: "Actually, the two children are only a few days away from landing. It is better to let the princess follow the prince to do it together. After all, the prince's children are weak, and they are so young. How do you know what? Even if it’s full of flowers, they still can’t understand it. Nowadays, for the two children, growing up well is more important than anything else.”

It sounded like a grandmother cared about her grandchildren, and learned the lessons from the previous grandchildren who either failed to land or did not survive after landing, and worried that the Taixing master's mobilization would damage the children's life, so that it would be difficult to raise them.

But Yun Fenghuang knew that the queen mother's main purpose was to show her face.

After all, although the two children are raised under her knees, the little princess is the child under her name. The little prince is under the name of Concubine Shu. If this is really done, let the little princess and the little prince have a full moon together, what should the outside world say?

The first imperial heir under the name of Concubine Zhen didn't even have her own full moon banquet, so she could only rub against Concubine Shu's child?

Well, there is no need to talk about it like this outside, Yun Fenghuang's temperament, if you think about it, you can't bear it!

"The concubine is the heir of the emperor, and the Empress Dowager Xie feels distressed." She curled her lips slightly, and said softly, "It's just that Jiaoruo is fine, but the little prince is the son of Concubine Shu's sister, and the concubine is just raising her because of her sister's death. This child is pitiful to say the least. Before he landed, he lost his mother and concubine to take care of him. Before, His Majesty said that it can be regarded as a way of making up for the duke Yi and his wife to take the baby name of Concubine Shu on behalf of sister Concubine Shu. But my Yun family Come to be respectful, I really dare not go beyond... No, His Majesty personally attended the little prince's full moon banquet yesterday, this..."

"Since the emperor's son is involved in this matter, then you can leave the real concubine alone." If it was normal, and knew about Chunjia's involvement, Queen Mother Yuan would not talk too much.

After all, they are not biological mothers and children, no matter how you say they are better than biological ones, after all, they still need to get along well, which is the long-term solution—but at this moment, the queen mother is not happy, so she said coldly, "That's it."

I don't believe that no matter how much Chunjia dotes on you, she can make Aijia feel bad for such a little thing!

The Queen Mother's thoughts were clear in Yun Fenghuang's heart, so she did not refute at all, and obediently agreed.

Then when Chunjia came to Huanhua Palace that day, she welcomed people inside and sat down, hinting to avoid left and right, and immediately began to wipe her tears: "I know that I am from a humble background, and I am clumsy, and I am not as good as Concubine Xuan and the others to please the Queen Mother." , let alone compare with Mrs. Chunke and Zhaoyuan, the two empress dowager's nieces. But the little prince and the little princess are innocent!"

"The empress dowager doesn't like the concubine, so she can just punish the concubine for venting her anger. The concubine also listened to her biological mother's teachings about being a woman. Would she still disobey her elders?"

"Why do you want to make a fuss about the full moon banquet between the little prince and the little princess?"

"Not to mention that the little prince is recorded under the name of Concubine Shu, and the concubine is just raising him on her behalf. Even if the little prince is still young and doesn't understand anything, in order to avoid misunderstandings when he grows up, there will be a gap between him and the concubine. Can you ignore anything about him? Let's talk about the little princess, this is His Majesty's eldest daughter, but she doesn't even have a separate full moon banquet. If it is spread, people think that the child will not please His Majesty. How do you deal with yourself?"

She squeezed the veil and cried out of breath, "Your Majesty has been married for nearly ten years, and there is only such a little flesh and blood under her knees. Although the concubine is not the mother of the mother, she dare not slack off at all! These days, That's why I didn't even have time to manage Meng'er's homework! I'm just afraid that I didn't do well somewhere, I'm sorry Your Majesty!"

"The empress dowager is their grandmother... Many people will listen to this matter today. When the two children grow up, they will think that they will not be loved by their grandmother. How sad will it be?"

"Isn't it just a full moon banquet?" Chunjia had already received the report and understood the ins and outs. The reason why she came to Xuanqing Palace was to smooth things over, so she persuaded her at this moment, "If you want to separate the two children, then separate them." Let’s start it, I’ll tell the Queen Mother later.”

During this period of time, he had talked a lot about Yun Fenghuang, coupled with his own private speculation, he had a lot of experience in how to act like a baby with Queen Mother Yuan to win sympathy and achieve his goal.

Although Queen Mother Yuan did not intend to easily compromise with her son this time, Chunjia did not take the Queen Mother's determination to heart - he had already thought about it. , Let's reminisce with the Queen Mother first, the years when mother and son lived together.

He is playing this kind of bridge very smoothly now, and he sighed and thanked him for a wave, ensuring that the Empress Dowager Yuan burst into tears.

When the empress dowager was almost crying, she added a few words, "The empress mother always worried about the child's offspring", awakened the empress dowager's motherly feelings, and presented the reason, "The child thought about it before, and when Ji's family is taken care of, the emperor's heir will no longer be affected." Unexplained harm, like this, the palace celebrates the birthday of the emperor's heir from time to time, and the queen mother must be happy to see it. But now there are only two of the emperor's heirs, and they will use the full moon banquet to make a fuss." The Queen Mother Yuan can no longer refuse go down!

So Chunjia didn't find this conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law too troublesome.

But Yun Fenghuang didn't cooperate.

She cried and said: "The empress dowager has said that. If the concubine wants to go against her will, even if it is to let your majesty come forward, she will inevitably be suspected by her old man who provokes the mother-child relationship of the Tian family... What is a concubine, how can I bear it?" worthy of such a crime?"

"The queen mother doesn't mean that." Chunjia put her arms around her to coax her, "The queen mother is also for the good of the child. After all, she has been brooding about Zhuo'er before, and you know it."

Yun Fenghuang said sadly: "Your Majesty, if the Empress Dowager loves and cares for the two children under my concubine's knees as much as she does for the eldest prince, and let the two children hold the full moon banquet together now, even if the full moon banquet is not held, the concubine's And definitely not a single word! After all, if the First Prince is still there, even if there is no full moon banquet, who would dare to say that the Empress Dowager doesn't love him?"

The point is that the Empress Dowager usually doesn't care much about the two heirs of the palace, and if she says to cut down their full moon banquet, who doesn't doubt that the Empress Dowager doesn't like these two children? !

Before Chunjia could open her mouth, she continued, "It's just that the empress dowager said it in front of all the concubines. If you don't obey her now, the sisters don't know what to think. I just hope that your majesty will see that the two children are still young." , without your love and protection, relying on my concubine body alone will not be able to protect and take care of them. In the future, in private, please love them more... otherwise... concubine body... After all, concubine body is not blessed to continue for Your Majesty heir..."

Looking at Concubine Zhen who was weeping in her arms, Chunjia was stunned for a moment.

Um……

At once……

I didn't expect that she would actually follow the queen mother's wishes and endure it?

This is too untrue—or is she playing with other ideas?

So much so that Chunjia didn't immediately feel sorry for her or praise her for being sensible, but quickly thought: What is Zhenfei... What exactly do you want?