Chapter 51 Knowing the General Situation

"Cheng'er, how are you?" The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, looking very worried. Seeing that the Empress Dowager Ji was about to get up, she quickly took two steps to stop her, "Lie down, lie down first! You are also a bit old Why are you still as ignorant of restraint as young people? Even if Concubine Xian is filial, you should think about it yourself."

Although she didn't say this directly to Yun Fenghuang, she had to kneel down again to plead guilty: "It's my concubine's poor health. I was too busy congratulating the Empress Dowager, but I forgot that the Empress Dowager is safe... Please punish the Empress Dowager!"

"I can't blame you for this." The Empress Dowager Yuan only said that Ji's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wanted to convict Concubine Xian, so she naturally stopped her, and said without thinking, "After all, Sister Ji has looked very good since she returned to the palace. You don't seem to be sick. Besides, seeing you future son-in-laws today is the time when people are in high spirits on happy occasions, even if you don't go to toast, Sister Ji must drink some."

Then he said to the Empress Dowager, "Don't blame Sister Ji, Sister Ji has only one child, Minghui, who has been raised for more than ten years. Are you happy? Sister Ji didn't mean to drink too much."

During the conversation, the Empress Dowager had already sat on the side of Empress Dowager Ji's couch, and said without raising her head when she heard the words: "The loving mother, Empress Dowager, has never given birth to herself, but she can't understand the thoughts of those of us who have given birth to children. It is precisely because of Sheng'er There is only one child, Minghui, and it is so easy for Minghui to discuss marriage. How can she have anything to do? It must be properly arranged for the child. Otherwise, Zhu'er Baoer's darling, who has always been pampered and doesn't understand anything, this mother If you fall ill in the eyes and bones, wouldn't your heart be as uncomfortable as if you were on fire?"

Empress Dowager Yuan thought she was the bark of a defeated dog, and she was not angry, and said with a smile: "Everything is about the emperor, so don't worry too much."

What's the use of you arranging so many?

In the end, don't you have to listen to my emperor's son?

"Mother, don't worry." The Empress Dowager Ji ignored the Empress Dowager Yuan, and said to the Empress Dowager with a pale face, "It's just that I haven't drank alcohol for a long time, and I drank a few more bottles today. But it’s much more enjoyable. I thought I could return the table after rinsing my mouth, but I didn’t want to alarm you.”

The empress dowager said distressedly: "What time is this, you still want to return the banquet... It's not an important banquet, it's just a casual meal. When can't you accompany Ai's family, do you have to be brave at this time?"

Empress Dowager Ji sighed: "Originally all these people came together to disturb the empress, and they wanted to relieve the empress from boredom. I don't want to, but the daughter-in-law is not up to date, disturbing everyone's interest."

Empress Ji quickly took the lead to say that it doesn't matter, after all, Empress Dowager Ji's body is the most important thing.

Yun Fenghuang and other concubines seconded the proposal...the Empress Dowager personally persuaded her a few more words, which made Empress Ji relax.

At this time, the empress dowager made it clear that she had no intention of continuing, and it was impossible for everyone to leave the empress dowager here to continue eating and drinking. After being rejected for a while, he offered to resign.

"You guys go first, Sheng'er will stay here tonight and rest." The Empress Dowager said, "I'll go back tomorrow...Come on, go to Mianfu Palace and talk to Minghui, so that Minghui won't worry .”

Originally, this kind of casual banquet in the palace, especially in Qingci Palace, without the concubine, it is impossible to miss the three princesses.

But today, after all, he is the prospective son-in-law, so in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't let the golden branches and jade leaves come over. For example, Jinyun Penglai lived in the Yaoyu Palace, and Minghui was taken to the Mianfu Palace for a mother-daughter reunion after Empress Dowager Ji came back.

Empress Dowager Liu Ji came down to spend the night, so naturally she wanted to talk to Princess Minghui at Mianfu Palace.

Thinking of Princess Minghui, everyone finally remembered the three prospective son-in-laws who were thrown at the banquet - after all, the Empress Dowager came to see Empress Ji in person before, and it was impossible for the rest of them to say that they would sit on the banquet and eat and drink.

Not to mention the need to show such filial piety, but to say that behind the screen in the palace there are three foreign men who are engaged to the princesses. What is the meaning of the young and beautiful concubines staying there when the elders are gone?

So, now everyone came here to see the Empress Dowager Ji, and before leaving, because the Empress Dowager didn't give orders, and no one went overboard to explain to the screen queen, Wang Linglai and the three would be embarrassed and at a loss.

The Empress Dowager sighed, waved her hand and called a court lady to let her go: "Let someone send them out of the palace."

Calculating the time, I'm afraid there will be a curfew at this time, "Speak to the soldiers at the gate of the palace and arrange for someone to send them back to their respective residences."

The court lady bowed her knees and left, Empress Dowager Yuan, Empress Dowager Qu, and Empress Ji were also blessed and retreated one after another.

After leaving the door, everyone naturally walked in twos and threes according to the camp.

Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu walked together, Empress Dowager Qu was one step behind, Empress Ji fell far away, there was a full distance of five or six people between them.

Seeing this, the concubines are not easy to pass her, so they can only follow behind slowly.

Yun Fenghuang said to Empress Ji: "Mother, it's windy at night, and the two empress dowagers rarely come to Qingci Palace, why don't we go up and support them."

Empress Ji said indifferently: "I just drank some wine, and now my feet are still soft. I'm afraid it will be self-defeating if I go up to help the two mothers, but I want the two mothers to look at me. Since the concubine Xian has such filial piety, why not Concubine Xian and Concubine Xuan go up together."

"The concubine obeys." Yun Fenghuang did not refuse, turned his head and called Concubine Xuan, passed the queen, and went up to help the two queen mothers one by one.

Of course, she was supporting the Queen Mother Yuan, and Concubine Xuan could only help the Queen Mother Qu.

Although Yun Fenghuang's voice was not loud just now, but the voices were loud at night, and the two empress dowagers in front could hear them clearly.

At this moment, while letting them hold their arms, Empress Dowager Yuan patted the back of her hand lightly, and said with a low smile, "You are the most narrow-minded, why are the Ai family and sister Qu old enough to help?"

It sounded like a reproach, but it was clearly intimate.

It seemed as if there had never been any grievances between the two of them, as if in the palace, Yun Fenghuang only went to apologize for his sins, it was the scene of being kind and filial.

Naturally Yun Fenghuang's heart was not touched, she only pursed her lips and smiled, and said in a low voice: "She walks so slowly, who is waiting patiently behind? Remind her to be a filial piety, she doesn't want to, it's cheaper to be a concubine and concubine Xuan, If you can get close to the two empresses... just let her follow behind and watch the concubine and Concubine Xuan pass her."

Empress Dowager Yuan didn't say anything this time, she just patted the back of her hand again, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

So when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he helped Empress Dowager Yuan to board the chariot, Yun Fenghuang turned around, saw that Empress Dowager Qu had also sat down, and was about to get out of the car, when Concubine Xuan walked over, and said in a low voice and somewhat anxiously: "Sister, I can't find one of the maids in front of me!"

"Lady?" Yun Fenghuang was startled, glanced at the phoenix chariot that had put down the curtain, motioned her to walk a few steps beside him, and asked in a low voice, "What maid? Did you marry into the palace or did you?"

Concubine Xuan quickly said: "No, it was the original rough envoy of Yanlan Palace. A few days ago, many people went out from the main hall and were promoted from the side hall. It's here to command... Who knew that it was still in front of it just now, but now it's gone!"

Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "Why do you dare to bring someone who has not been trained well to Qingci Palace? If you offend someone, can you afford it! What if the previous lesson is not enough?"

These words are too impolite, but Concubine Xuan knew that she was wrong and did not dare to refute, she just whispered: "I beg my sister to think of a way. At this moment, the empress dowager is guarding the empress dowager herself. The steward of the Compassionate Palace has said that, I'm afraid it will alarm those two, and by then...if something goes wrong..."

"You go back with the two empress dowagers first." Yun Fenghuang sighed, and glanced at the phoenix chariot that was about to be raised not far away, "I will go and talk to the empress dowagers."

Concubine Xuan thanked Yun Fenghuang in a hurry - although she couldn't say how grateful she was to Yun Fenghuang in her heart, she had to admit that this elder concubine Xian was able to hold on at critical moments as an ally.

She walked to the side of Empress Dowager Yuan's phoenix chariot, and the Empress Dowager inside asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"It's all my concubine's negligence." Concubine Xuan pleaded guilty to the Queen Mother in a low voice, and after explaining the story, Queen Mother Yuan sighed: "Forget it, since the concubine Xian is in charge, you can do as she says." Let’s go back with Ai’s family and the Empress Dowager.”

Concubine Xuan didn't really want to leave, after all, she didn't know what happened to her palace lady who suddenly disappeared? Will I be implicated? How can she rest assured that this matter will not come to fruition?

But thinking of how Empress Dowager Yuan and Concubine Xian had taunted the Ji family just now, it happened that he had fallen into the trap at this moment, and it was fine for Concubine Xian to go to negotiate with the queen.

If Empress Dowager Yuan and Queen Mother Qu continued to keep her, she might be ridiculed and come back, so what would happen to her, the instigator?

So suppressing his worries, he bent his knees and said, "Yes."

As a result, before the phoenix chariots of the two empress dowagers were raised, Concubine Xian waved to her, signaling to wait a while.

Concubine Xuan told Empress Dowager Yuan in the chariot, and Empress Dowager Yuan said: "Since Concubine Xian let you wait, let's wait."

These words were ordinary, but they showed trust in Concubine Xian's ability. Concubine Xuan was quite disappointed, but she really didn't have the right to be jealous, so she bit her lip and agreed.

Not long after, Concubine Xian walked towards the gate of the palace with her maid, and soon brought a fair and pretty young maid back to Concubine Xuan: "Is it yours?"

Concubine Xuan glanced angrily and annoyed, and said, "It's this lowly maidservant!"

When you look closely, you are surprised, "Your face..."

The little palace lady has gentle eyebrows and eyes, and her complexion is not top-notch, but her skin is extremely good, fair and delicate, like milk curd, looking at it under the lamp, it shines brightly, like jade like porcelain, so the two slap marks on her face are more obvious shocking.

Her eyes were slightly red, showing that she had already cried.

Hearing his master's question, he said in a hoarse voice: "The servant girl just went to the banquet to get the shawl that the lady left behind. When she went out, she saw that the lady had already walked out for a while. She was eager to catch up, but accidentally bumped into a lady. Aunt, I was rewarded by...by my aunt."

"There's no way to settle this matter today." Concubine Xian said bluntly beside her, "Mother and Empress Dowager are tired, so it's definitely unreasonable to make a fuss right now. Just take him back and find him in the palace in two days." Here’s a chance to get the place back.”

Concubine Xuan was flattered and subconsciously polite: "It's just a servant girl, and she doesn't have eyes, so why bother..."

"You acted as my palace to save face." Concubine Xian sneered unceremoniously, approached her, and said in a low voice, "You don't even think about how you became this empress? It's nothing more than the kind mother, the empress dowager, who ordered her to hire you The result? The court lady in front of you was slapped in the Qingci Palace, and she struck so hard. Do you think she beat a servant, or you, or...? You won't get it back, Mother Empress Didn't the queen mother hurt us all for nothing?!"

Concubine Xuan felt extremely uncomfortable when she said this, she knew that Concubine Xian controlled the volume, so Empress Ji and others in the distance couldn't hear her, and Empress Dowager Yuan in the phoenix chariot beside her, didn't she want to listen seriously?

Sure enough, Empress Dowager Yuan said: "Concubine Xuan, don't worry about this matter, just listen to Concubine Xian."

Then the voice softened, the kind that can pinch water, "Concubine Xian, don't be busy with these two old bones of the Ai family, just go back. It's so late, you have worked hard."

Empress Dowager Yuan understands why her son, the Sangong and Six Courtyards, prefers the concubine Xian. Although the concubine Xian is disobedient, concubine Xian is domineering, and concubine Xian is narrow-minded...but she really knows the general situation!