Chapter Thirty-Five
Yun Fenghuang smiled when he heard the news that Mrs. Zheng gave him a generous gift for reconciliation, and said to the left and right: "Your Majesty tried every means to suppress Mrs. Mrs. Zheng, but he only treated Mrs. Zheng lightly, and even promised a princess." ...This family really understands the truth."
But it's just reasonable, since Zheng Shangchu revealed that she had a bad relationship with a foreign man in the palace, it was impossible for the two parties to reconcile so easily.
After all, the Zheng family knew very well that she forced Zheng Shangchu to death.
As for Yun Fenghuang, she would never believe that Zheng Shangchu found out about her meeting with Qi Jiulu by virtue of her own luck and sharpness. Zheng Shangchu knew this secret, and Zheng was afraid she knew more details.
How can she rest assured that this family will survive?
The problem is that there is a Chunjia between the two parties. Chunjia favors Yunfenghuang, and also uses the Zheng family.
So we can only temporarily stop fighting, and make a look to the emperor.
In the future, if the emperor doesn't want to be this peacemaker anymore, or if he has obtained solid evidence that can kill the other party, he will have to do another one.
Yun Fenghuang's heart is clear about this, and he doesn't care.
There are too many people who think about her death in front of the harem, and Zheng's hidden hatred has to be queued up slowly in terms of seniority.
So she just gave up on this matter, but thought about the battle between the mother and son of the Ji family and the Empress Dowager Yuan - before, she reached an agreement with the Empress Ji, and the Ji family would first give birth to a direct son to help Xie Wuzheng brush up Fame, and then silence.
Followed by the Annunciation at the Longevity Banquet.
In Yun Fenghuang's view, these are the foreshadowing before the big move.
Sure enough, it was here that Empress Dowager Yuan decided to charge Ji's daughter the crime of murdering the emperor's heir and endangering her descendants, but the news had not yet fully fermented. For the sake of the prosperity of the sons of the emperor, the queen mother has been a vegetarian and prayed for blessings since last year. She even donated a huge sum of money in private to build charity centers in various places to raise orphans and widows.
As a result, the two elders of the clan, the Empress Dowager and the mother Empress Dowager, were haggard and old, but isn't this quite effective?
The Son of Heaven embraces five at one go this year!
Even if the King Qi who died prematurely is deducted, there are still three sons and one daughter who died.
Put it in an ordinary family, four children, three of them are male heirs, not to mention that the heirs are prosperous, but they are not thin.
After hearing the news, Empress Dowager Yuan turned pale with anger, the first thing she did was to review the entire Spring Palace, wondering if someone around her had leaked the news?
Otherwise, how could Ji's reaction be so fast?
"Empress Dowager, there is an empress in the palace, and Ye Guogong and his family are in the imperial capital. Even if the empress dowager and mother empress dowager are far away in the palace, they can't hide anything they have to say." Immediately rushed to the Spring Palace to speak, "But it may not be that there is something wrong with the empress. After all, the empress is surrounded by people who have served for many years. Whether it is reliable or not, the empress must have a good idea."
"For today's plan, why don't you send people to thoroughly investigate whether the two so-called vegetarians and donations are not fraudulent?"
"If there are frauds, we can start from this and expose their lies in front of the world!"
"Then the reason why His Majesty's heirs are thriving this year has nothing to do with the Ji family!"
"Even if there is no falsehood, we should thoroughly investigate the Imperial City Secretary and the palace!"
"After all, we haven't heard any news about these two vegetarians and their donations to charity organizations in various places. How many of them are dereliction of duty? How many of them are intentional dereliction of duty?"
"So this is not a bad thing. Your Majesty is the one who is righteous and honorable. Even though the Ji family has held power for many years and has deep roots, the resistance at this moment is nothing more than eating their own money. The loss is a little bit, and it is irreparable. If it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be completely defeated!"
"..." Mrs. Yuan looked at her expressionlessly from behind, and then said coldly after a while, "The real concubine is really smart and quick-witted, but I don't know what else to teach Aijia?"
Yun Fenghuang hastily bowed down: "Your Majesty, I dare not! I know my mistake! I just heard that you are in a bad mood, and I am afraid that you will get angry, so I have no other intentions!"
Empress Dowager Yuan sneered and said, "Your real concubine is always bold, so is there anything she dare not do?"
"I used to be young, so I did a lot of ignorant actions, but I have been in the palace for many years now, how can I be as ignorant as a newcomer?" Yun Fenghuang apologized very sincerely, "I beg your mother Haihan .”
"Haihan? You expect others to forgive you, but how often have you acted like Haihan?" The Queen Mother Yuan said coldly, "You were hired into the palace by the Empress Dowager, and according to the rules, a maid was also sent out to teach the rules. The concubine Zhenxishu who is in charge of this matter is gentle, virtuous, sensible and considerate. Aijia does not ask you to compare with her, at least you can learn from Shun Jieyu's obedience and obedience. The result is good. Since you entered the palace, when Have a peaceful life? It’s fine to make trouble in other places. Even the Spring Palace has to be involved, so why don’t you be the master of the Six Palaces alone?!”
Her words are very serious, Yun Fenghuang ranks as a concubine, it is fine to say that she is not as good as Zhenxishu Concubine, the key is to compare Shun Jieyu - Shun Jieyu is several levels lower than Yun Fenghuang Come on—if the Empress Dowager Yuan was only mildly displeased with Concubine Zhen before, this time it can be said that she showed it blatantly.
The reason for this is that, firstly, he didn't like Yun Fenghuang, so he wanted to vent his anger when he got an opportunity;
If Empress Dowager Yuan couldn't quickly think of a way to counter it, one can imagine that once Empress Dowager Tai and Empress Ji came back to the palace, how could she, the loving mother Empress Dowager, be as relaxed as she is now?
... When Yun Fenghuang left the Spring Palace this day, he was rather disheartened.
Chunjia felt very headache when she found out, and thought about it for a while. After all, she first went to Chunlan Palace to comfort the Queen Mother Yuan, and then went to Huanhua Palace to see the real concubine at night.
"Don't take what the queen mother says in a fit of anger." Chunjia knew the concubine's temper, and was afraid that she would lose her temper. As soon as they met, she waved back and said nice things to the queen mother, "Just now when I went to her place, she also has a little bit. Regret it. It is really Ji's cunning, this move directly defeated the previous arrangement of the mother...The mother is also worried for me."
However, what surprised him was that Yun Fenghuang was not angry. Instead, he said with a virtuous and virtuous face: "It's no wonder that the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is so angry this time. Your Majesty has been childless since her wedding. The reason is Ji's, and it turned out like this." Well, people in the world thought that the landing of the princes and daughters was due to Ji's contribution... Let alone the loving mother, the empress dowager, even the concubine feels uncomfortable."
When Chunjia heard this, she looked at her in surprise.
"What's your Majesty's look like? Could it be that I think what I'm saying is ironic?" Yun Fenghuang gave him a blank look, and said with a smile, "Although I'm not tolerant, there are still rules of respecting elders. Back then, the concubine was Zhaoyi, and when the birth mother came into the palace, didn't she just hit her if she wanted? The concubine didn't dare to fight back at all, and she didn't even dare to hide."
Before, Yun Fenghuang went to plead guilty to Empress Dowager Yuan against the finger marks of his own mother's fan - of course Chunjia knew about this, and the suspicion in his eyes suddenly became less.
Indeed, the real concubine is not open-minded, and it can even be said that every grievance must be repaid.
But that's all for peers.
Since he is filial and obedient to his own mother, it should be no problem to maintain the same attitude towards the elder Queen Mother Yuan... right?
"Although the concubine is not the proper daughter-in-law of the empress dowager, she will not act recklessly to the point of being disrespectful to the empress dowager."
Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "What's more, it's only been a few days since the third and fourth princes landed. The Ji family has spread the word all over the world that the empress dowager and mother empress dowager have worked hard for the prosperity of the royal heirs. It can be seen that this family, I'm planning to start doing something... How can I care about trivial things right now?"
"Actually, after thinking about this matter today, I blame myself for being wrong. Although those suggestions are for His Majesty's sake, the loving mother and empress dowager are also shrewd and capable. It may not be unexpected, but why should I go to the door to get an axe? Even if I think about it As for the remonstrance, you should tell His Majesty privately, please pass it on to Your Majesty."
"It's just that His Majesty was dealing with government affairs in the previous court, and the concubine heard people say that the empress dowager was angry. She was worried that the empress dowager would be angry, or punish her servants in a fit of anger, which would chill the hearts of the left and right, and give Ji a chance to take advantage of it." So I didn’t think too much about it, so I went directly to persuade him.”
"In short, I didn't think carefully this time."
She was so considerate suddenly, Chunjia was flattered, stared at her for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Aifei thinks... the current situation is so serious?"
So that the real concubine doesn't work anymore? ? ?
"Your Majesty, although the Ji family is ambitious, they had other plans to support His Majesty. But the empress dowager and mother empress dowager's identities and seniorities are all placed there. They were willing to stay in the palace before, and they had a plan before compromising." Yun Fenghuang Seriously said, "Once they make up their minds to govern His Majesty with filial piety, among other things, what do you think the government and the public will think if the Empress Dowager goes on a hunger strike afterward?"
Not to mention hunger strikes, the empress dowager of the former dynasty played this game with her own son, and she was sure of it—no matter how many emperors with high evaluations in later generations can't help it.
Otherwise, why would there be the rule of "making the son kill the mother"?
Let’s talk about the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, if it spreads out and Chunjia is so angry that she doesn’t want to eat, Chunjia will inevitably kneel down to Mianfu Palace to plead guilty, persuade her to eat, and even Accompanied by starvation.
Otherwise, it would be an unfilial evaluation, and there would be endless troubles-don't forget, beside the emperor's seat, there is still the regent watching over him.
The reason why the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Ji have not used this trick so far is because they have scruples and don't want to completely tear themselves apart with Chunjia.
But to really push them into a desperate situation, what tricks can't be used?
This is also one of the reasons why Chunjia has kept Empress Ji so far, no matter how much she doubts the Zhonggong, she is unwilling to abandon her.
Yun Fenghuang continued, "The empress dowager and empress dowager Ji have such a reputation for caring for you. It is impossible for us to let them stay in the palace due to reason and reason. We must bring them back."
"Even if the third and fourth princes are still handed over to the Empress Dowager to be raised by the Holy Mother, after these two return to the palace, whether it is the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, or the concubine Xuanfei and Ruifei, they will definitely be greatly restricted in their actions."
"At a time like this, if the concubine still has to get angry with her loving mother, the Empress Dowager, over some trivial matters, wouldn't it be cheaper for Mrs. Ji?"
"Although the concubine is not sensitive, I still have a sense of the overall situation."
"Ouyang Yanran is about to return to the imperial court. Your Majesty needs to thoroughly eliminate the malpractices of the Ji family in the previous court. As a female concubine, I cannot be a virtuous housemate to your majesty. I can only share your majesty's worries in the harem as much as possible."
When she said this, she smiled slyly, "If your majesty thinks that this concubine is sensible, he will also support his concubine's brothers more, so that this concubine will not always feel like a dwarf in front of Concubine Xuan and Rui Concubine."
Chunjia listened, all doubts gone - after all, deducting the concubine's good words and only looking at the benefits, it is indeed impossible for Yun Fenghuang to hope that the Ji family will gain power.
Then, it is understandable to endure the momentary anger to avoid quarrels with the Queen Mother Yuan at critical moments, and not to be able to work together to face the threat of the Queen Mother and Queen Mother Ji returning to the palace.
YouQi Yun Fenghuang finally bluntly asked him to support his brothers.
In Chunjia's view, the true concubine's nature is not willing to suffer.
So if she only said that she understands righteousness, the emperor might still be skeptical. Since the conditions are raised, even if she is careful, she probably wants to use this grievance this time to exchange benefits for her brother... Chunjia said to this Not disgusted, one is that he prefers Yunfeng Huang, and the other is that Xie Wuzheng does have something worth supporting.
He originally planned to reuse this future sister-in-law.
"If Aifei is like this, she is not considered a good wife, so what kind of person is considered a good wife?" Chunjia then praised, "Don't worry, Aifei, thank you Wuzheng for your mission, I know it well."
Yun Fenghuang looked at his expression and felt that he was sincere, so he smiled with satisfaction: Although he is usually self-willed and spoiled, but at the critical moment, he still takes the overall situation into account and understands the righteousness. Send off the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, to heaven.