Chapter 29 Fifteen Years of Professional Dumping
The Empress Dowager Yuan was stunned for two breaths, and then furiously looked at Yun Fenghuang who was not far away - and Yun Fenghuang also looked shocked at the moment, looking at... Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui who were next.
"Is the queen mother hot?" Chunjia's seat was crowded in the middle, and she was holding a bottle with a group of close officials at a distance. When she realized that something was wrong, she turned around and saw it, and hurriedly got up to help her. Destroy the maidservant!"
"Your Majesty, have mercy! The loving mother, the Empress Dowager, have mercy!" The court lady was so frightened that she lay on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy. Yan Jie saw Chunjia's gloomy expression, and quickly winked, and someone came up and blocked her mouth, dragging her forcibly down.
Yun Fenghuang turned his head and called Wei Hengyan: "My sister is pregnant, and she is sitting down. By the way, I will help my sister take care of the second prince and Zhaoqing. My sister will go and have a look."
Before Wei Hengyan could speak, he got up and went after Chunjia and the Queen Mother Yuan—of course Concubine Xuan and Ruifei couldn't sit still, and even Queen Mother Qu hesitated and followed.
A group of people meandered into the side hall dedicated to changing clothes. Because Yun Fenghuang and others were a step late, when they entered, Queen Mother Yuan had already gone behind the screen.
Chunjia stayed outside with the waiters, and when she saw them coming, she frowned slightly and said, "Why are you all here? Don't you need to keep anyone at the table?"
Concubine Xuan Rui took half a step back calmly, hiding behind Yun Fenghuang.
Right now the Son of Heaven is not in a good mood, and it might be wrong to go up and answer at such a time, this kind of errand should make Chunjia like it.
Yun Fenghuang didn't care about their small movements, and frowned, looking very worried: "I'm here to see if the Empress Dowager has something to serve."
Chunjia gave her a warning look, and said: "The queen mother is fine. Fortunately, the dish was already cold when it was taken from the imperial dining room... I am here, you go back first, especially you, the concubine, the second prince and Zhaoqing. They're only that big, so you can safely leave them on the table?"
He didn't suspect Yun Fenghuang at the moment, but he knew that the Empress Dowager Yuan was not in a good mood, and was afraid that when the Empress Dowager came out and saw the real concubine, she would use the real concubine as a punching bag.
Therefore, he planned to send Yun Fenghuang away, leaving Concubine Xuan and Rui Concubine to come down to plead guilty to the Empress Dowager—but before she could speak, a little palace maid came out from behind the screen, blessed him, looked at the third concubine, and said: "Your Majesty, the empress dowager said, please stay and talk for a while, the three empresses. There are all important officials at the table, so nothing will go wrong. Even if something happens, the palace people over there will come to report, just a few steps away, There will be no delay."
So the third concubine and Queen Mother Qu, who arrived one step later, waited together.
After a while, Mrs. Yuan, who finally changed into a new dress, came out expressionlessly from behind. With Chunjia's support, she sat down at the head, looked around, and said coldly: "All the principals are here? That's just right, say something." After all, why did such a thing happen?"
When she said this, her tone was not violent, but her suppressed anger was very obvious.
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, who had not entered the palace for a long time, were a little trembling, subconsciously looking at the clouds and wind.
Then I saw Yun Fenghuang looking at them with hatred for iron and steel: "The two younger sisters are also from family backgrounds, and they are used to the world. , and the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, who can ask for advice at any time, why did such a mistake happen?!"
Concubine Xuan: "???"
Concubine Rui: "...?!"
Aren't the three of us in charge together? !
Before the surprised second concubine could speak, Yun Fenghuang sighed at the queen dowager Yuan: "It's also the empress who is too sympathetic to my concubine, and I feel sorry for the second prince and Zhaoqing's young age, I'm afraid it will take up too much energy for my concubine to take care of." , so the Longevity Banquet was probably handed over to the two younger sisters... If I had known this would happen, I would have cared more about it!"
At the beginning, Empress Dowager Yuan herself said that the only two imperial heirs in the palace are raised under the knees of the real concubine. The real concubine must not have much time, so it is good to let the concubine Xuan and Rui take care of the palace affairs. The most urgent thing for the real concubine is to raise the emperor. Si——It's all right now, Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation and pushed 265, the responsibility for this matter today must have nothing to do with her!
"Okay!" Of course, the Empress Dowager Yuan will definitely not let her stay out of the matter so easily, "The Ai family has not said anything, and the real concubine is eager to shirk responsibility? What? The Ai family told the emperor that you are a sister. Should I take care of Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, is that how you take care of them?"
Yun Fenghuang's face did not change: "I don't dare, I am terrified. Madam, I just feel sorry for you. Therefore, I was a little hasty, please forgive me."
As he spoke, he bowed to Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, "Please don't argue with me, my two younger sisters."
"Don't dare." Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui didn't care what they thought in their hearts, but they couldn't say "no" in front of the emperor, and said very aggrieved that it didn't matter.
So Yun Fenghuang thought this festival was over, and greeted the Empress Dowager Yuan... The Empress Dowager Yuan interrupted her impatiently: "My family asks you, what is the origin of that palace lady, and why did she arrange such a mess? Aijia’s meal?! Moreover, when she just served the food, it was clearly good, why did she overturn it on Aijia’s body?!”
The Empress Dowager was very suspicious of Yun Fenghuang, although she thought that Yun Fenghuang should not dare - but calm down and think about what this concubine has done since entering the palace, Empress Dowager Yuan had to admit that she was too arrogant.
What kind of thing did Yun Fenghuang not dare to do? !
When she was a newcomer to Baolin, she dared to hate Yuan Niang, who theoretically controlled her life and death. Back then, she relied on Empress Ji as her backer, so she dared not give her the empress dowager face to her face.
Why don't you dare to tamper with the Longevity Banquet now? !
"You two sisters, that person should have been arranged by you, but I don't know. Is there any misunderstanding here?" Yun Fenghuang followed his advice and immediately looked at Concubine Xuan and Rui Concubine.
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui have also learned to be good at this moment. She originally thought that since the Wanshou Banquet was organized by three people together, if something went wrong, the three should work together to solve it. Let them go out to top the tank...then why should they be polite?
"I report to the empress dowager, to your majesty." Concubine Xuan said immediately, "I have not been in the palace for a long time with my concubine Rui and my sister, but I am grateful to your majesty and the empress dowager for their great love and entrusted with important tasks, so I dare not slack off at all...... I once asked Sister Zhenfei for instructions. At that time, Sister Zhenfei didn't say that the palace people were not good. I only said that she was serving Fengjia before, so there must be nothing wrong. This is because I was not careful enough. After listening to Sister Zhenfei Since the words were not checked, please Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager punish me!"
Saying prostration to the ground.
After she said that, Concubine Rui was very happy and bowed down: "This concubine failed to remind sister Xuanfei, and I have a heavy trust. Please punish your majesty and empress dowager!"
So before Yun Fenghuang said anything, Empress Dowager Yuan glanced over coldly, and said with a snort, "Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui think they are wrong, but Concubine Zhen doesn't seem to think so?"
If she had said that one step later, Yun Fenghuang would have also knelt down and admitted her mistake, and started a new round of blame game with the two cheap sisters.
But after being teased by Queen Mother Yuan, she still refused to admit it!
"Back to the Empress Dowager, I think that Concubine Xuan and Rui Concubine are too evasive to ignore the importance!" Yun Fenghuang slightly raised his chin, and said seriously, "They feel that their fault is nothing more than not being careful enough. The palace servants raised objections, so they checked carefully... But I think that, in the final analysis, it is their lack of ability and no way to control them!"
Concubine Xuan: "...!!!"
Concubine Rui: "...???"
Empress Dowager Yuan was also clearly stunned, and sneered: "Oh?"
"Your Majesty, the maid who made the mistake just now is named Anliu. If I remember well, she is indeed always serving Fengjia. She is in charge of last year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Double Ninth Festival banquet, and even this year's Sunday banquet. Serve the empress' meals." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "The reason why I used her for these three palace banquets is because the stewards of the palace guard told me that An Liu was careful and thoughtful and never made mistakes. .”
"Actually, before today, she did deserve the evaluation of those in charge."
"But such a well-known and safe person, in the hands of Concubine Xuanrui, something went wrong immediately... Isn't it the two of them who have nothing to do?"
Yun Fenghuang sighed, and looked at Concubine Xuan who no longer knew what expression to put on, "Sister Xuan Concubine entered the palace for the first time and took on a heavy responsibility for the first time. It is reasonable for her to make such a mistake. She is afraid and dare not admit it. It’s just that the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty are not harsh people, so why should my sister pretend to be the truth? If you directly admit your fault, will we still laugh at you?”
It's not that I didn't, don't talk nonsense—Concubine Xuan wanted to growl in her heart, but after thinking about it quickly, she found sadly that she... couldn't refute Yun Fenghuang.
Even though she, like Queen Mother Yuan, suspected that An Liu's mistake was arranged by Yun Fenghuang, but because she never expected this scene to happen, of course she had no evidence.
There is no evidence to accuse a person with the same qualifications who is still in the front. The key is that the emperor who has always favored her is still in front of her favorite concubine. Concubine Xuan is not yet impulsive.
It cannot be questioned that Anliu's actions were instigated by others. Since it was the empress dowager who was cheated, it is impossible for Concubine Xuan to speculate irresponsibly that maybe Anliu's mistake has nothing to do with herself and Concubine Rui. Yuxia Wufang didn't train this good palace man well, what else could he do?
She couldn't say that Queen Mother Yuan was unlucky to be involved in such a thing, could she?
"Sister Zhenfei has misunderstood. My sister has always been cared for by the Empress Dowager and loved by Your Majesty. How could it be possible for the Empress Dowager to suffer innocent disasters due to her negligence, so she is afraid and uses excuses to avoid responsibility?" Concubine Xuan clenched her fists secretly, and said in a deep voice, "It's just that I didn't think about it. After all, the reason why my younger sister and younger sister Ruifei arranged for Anliu to serve the Empress Dowager's meals was because I saw that my older sister had made such arrangements in the regulations of the three previous palace banquets."
"That's why, my sister didn't say anything after reading the list of servants, so my sister took it for granted that An Liu was reliable. After all, that's the person my sister used every time. My sister's time in the palace is short, so it's not a big deal. It’s okay to understand, my sister is an old man in the palace..."
She deliberately bit down on the word "old man", "Is it still unclear, isn't it?"
Yun Fenghuang smiled, and said gently and softly: "I know that you are new to the palace, and you are shallow and ignorant. Isn't this just teaching you? There is no problem with An Liu's ability to serve. Otherwise, when I used her before, why would she have no problem?" Mistakes? But people can be made, and you need to be taught at all times! Otherwise, there will be a lot of people in charge, why should we come forward?"
"Sister Zhenfei said so." Concubine Rui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, and said slowly, "It's like my younger sister and sister Xuanfei, if they can cover everything, why bother to ask Sister Zhenfei every now and then about the Longevity Banquet?"
Empress Dowager Yuan, who was listening to the dispute between the three concubines with a sullen face, finally found a chance, and immediately nodded her approval: "What Concubine Rui said is that Concubine Zhen, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui both entered the palace not long ago, so it's inevitable that you don't think carefully. You are the person who presides over the sixth palace. The longest life in the palace, although the Ai family feels sorry for you needing to take care of the emperor's heir, and let Concubine Xuan and Rui Concubine share the affairs for you as much as possible, but also let you guide them with your heart, lest they be young and ignorant and do erroneous things... Today's matter, The Ai family didn't ask you whether it was due to selfishness or carelessness, just one thing: it must never happen again in the future, understand?!"
... It's not that Empress Dowager Yuan didn't want to give this concubine more color, but it was obvious that Yun Fenghuang had already prepared for it. With Chunjia's love for this concubine, even the kind mother Empress Dowager couldn't help it without considerable evidence. How about taking the real concubine.
Then, instead of fighting with Concubine Zhen in person in front of Chunjia and not necessarily winning and losing her status in vain, it is better to cut through the mess quickly and take advantage of Concubine Rui's question to directly determine the matter: it is Concubine Zhen's responsibility!
"Sister." Chunjia is well aware of Empress Dowager Yuan's thoughts, but he is happy to see the big things turn into small things, and he is secretly relieved. He doesn't want to see Queen Mother Qu, who is watching the whole process, suddenly say, "Since that An Liu I have always done things safely, so I was sent to serve you, which shows that I am not a handy man. How could I make such a big mistake? In my opinion, it is better to pull people over to question, maybe there is something wrong?"
After saying this, everyone including Yun Fenghuang was stunned.
Empress Dowager Qu has never had a sense of presence, even if she has just been amazed by her clothes, when Empress Dowager Yuan is in a bad mood, everyone still has no time to take care of her.
Unexpectedly, when the matter was about to be settled, she would suddenly come out and intervene.
Empress Dowager Yuan and Chunjia frowned at the same time.