Chapter 53: Xie Kuo

When Yun Fenghuang rushed to the Taichu Palace, Chunjia had already summoned the Xie brothers and sent them to the side hall - he is really busy now, two days ago Ouyang Yanran entered the court, the monarch and his ministers had a secret talk for half a day, Ouyang Yan Ran was appointed as the chief officer of Yushitai. On the day he took office, he took care of a group of subordinates who were close to the Ji family. On the second day, he impeached several important in-laws and allies of the Ji family. It can be said to be full of enthusiasm.

For the past two days, the harem has been relatively quiet, but the front court has been in a mess.

Chunjia wanted to sideline Ouyang Yanran, but at the same time, she had to avoid doing too much to hinder her reputation as a Mingjun. She also had to take time out of her busy schedule to keep a close eye on other people, especially the regent, and beware of praying mantises catching cicadas. The oriole was behind... so after the Xie brothers met the saint, he ignored the ceremony, and only asked Xie Wuzheng a few words, without speaking to the other two, he waved them to the next door to wait.

At this moment when Yun Fenghuang came in, he put down his ink brush, smiled and joked with Concubine Chong before letting her go to meet people.

Xie Wuzheng, Xie Yanxiu and Xie Tu are all still teenagers, and after seeing each other for a few days, they have grown taller, their eyebrows and eyes have been opened longer, and their gaze has become much clearer.

Maybe it's because of the long separation, and because Yun Fenghuang is now unparalleled in the palace, even outside the palace, the three brothers' attitude towards her is obviously restrained, Xie Wuzheng and Yun Fenghuang have never been close, it's fine Xie Yanxiu and Xie Tu were originally very lively, and they didn't know how they were being disciplined by their brothers these days. Now when they saw Yun Fenghuang walking in, they all got up and saluted with Xie Wuzheng, saying, "See Xianfei Empress".

Rigid, respectful and distant.

"It's all from my own family, what are you doing seeing outside?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and asked them to go back to their seats, waved his hands away, and Fang and Xie Wuzheng said, "Did my brother go back smoothly before? Originally, I wanted someone to see you off." You have a ride, but the empress dowager has personally sent a message, if I still send someone, I will feel as worried as the empress dowager."

Xie Wuzheng nodded and said: "People from Qingci Palace sent them to the gate of the palace, and soldiers escorted them home. It was very smooth and unimpeded. Your wife is in the palace, so you should be cautious in your words and deeds, so you don't have to worry about Brother Yu."

Yun Fenghuang talked to him a few gossips, and mentioned some preferences of Princess Penglai... These preferences were specially inquired by Chen Zhu, and he said: "The empress dowager and the empress dowager mother are very fond of the two princesses, Jinyun and Penglai. Not to mention his attitude towards the marriage, he definitely doesn't like Princess Minghui's marriage. There are still some days before the wedding date that was set before, and I don't know if these two will make trouble, brother can't be negligent, As usual, you should be cautious.”

"Speaking of which, the Wang family went to Brother Thirteen again yesterday." Xie Wuzheng said in a low voice, "I gave a piece of high-quality pearls, and said it was for the empress to enjoy. We are all face saints today." It’s convenient to take it with you, I plan to wait for the next time my wife sees you, and let Thirteenth Sister-in-Law bring it to you... But the Wang family is also worried about this matter."

"Wang Linglai's family is quite sensible." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "But tell him, I'm quite respectable in front of His Majesty, but I can't speak in front of the Empress Dowager and the empress dowager At most, I can persuade His Majesty not to waver, but if the two elders are determined and don't care about their shame, I can't help it."

Xie Wuzheng said: "Brother Thirteen also told them the same way. They said that it doesn't matter whether the matter can be completed or not, they must thank the empress for her kindness."

He also asked about Xie Meng's recent situation, "I haven't seen you for a while, but you've grown a lot taller?"

"Isn't it?" Yun Fenghuang knew that these brothers didn't really care much about Xie Meng in the past. It's not that they didn't like Xie Meng or anything. When the father's love is flooding, the nephews and nieces in his own room can't remember, how can he have the time to care about a little girl in the fourth room?

But since Xie Meng is now basically raised under Yun Fenghuang's knees and still lives in the palace, it is rumored that Chunjia takes good care of this girl, not to mention treating her as if she were her own, but also supporting her in front of a beloved junior, so a direct relative My uncles, of course, have to be concerned.

This is good news for Yun Fenghuang. It shows her status in the family. Even a niece raised under her knees has received extra attention. One can imagine her own weight. At this moment, she said with a smile, "more and more like me Yes, Your Majesty often looks at her and guesses what I looked like when I was a child."

Xie Yanxiu and Xie Tu finally found a chance to interject: "Meng'er is indeed similar to the empress when she was young, but the empress is much stronger than Meng'er now."

At this age, Yun Fenghuang is already able to sue Xie Fenghuan in front of his aunt and grandma... Well, he has also started to pinch Chao Jingyou...

Thinking about it this way, she felt a little sad, Xie Meng had a great life, she didn't have to worry about anything, and she didn't want to do homework...

It is good to have a good aunt.

Why doesn't she have an aunt like herself?

After thinking about how sincere she is to this niece, and her future arrangements, well, well, she should not have an aunt like her.

Otherwise it will definitely work.

The brothers and sisters chatted for a while in the side hall, and finally the meal was almost over, and it was Yan Yin who came over to remind them implicitly, and Xie Wuzheng and the three reluctantly left.

Before leaving, Xie Tu looked hesitant.

Yun Fenghuang noticed it and asked him what's wrong?

Xie Tu wanted to deny it, but was pressed by Yun Fenghuang——in the end, he had to face Xie Wuzheng and Xie Yanxiu's hateful eyes, and stammered to tell her: "Sister-in-law Thirteen is back again, she just turned three. Yue, I've been very sick these two days, Brother Thirteen was thinking, should I let Meng'er go back and have a look?"

"Mother, don't listen to her, how old is Menger, can he still take care of Thirteenth Sister-in-law?" Xie Yanxiu glared at Xie Tu, and said to Yun Fenghuang, "He just came up with an idea!"

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Although Meng'er is young and can't take care of Thirteenth Sister-in-law, but mother and daughter are united, and go back to accompany Thirteenth Sister-in-law, Thirteenth Sister-in-law is also happy."

He said, "Brother twenty-two, don't blame younger brother twenty-three, this is human nature. I didn't know that sister-in-law Thirteen was happy, otherwise I would have sent Meng'er back to see her."

So it was agreed that tomorrow and the next day Xie Meng would go out of the palace and go home to visit his mother.

When Xie Yanxiu came out of the palace, she began to complain about Xie Tu, saying that he didn't wink, obviously Xiao Chen himself didn't say that he wanted his daughter to go back, so why did he mention it? If Yun Fenghuang himself was normal, this would not be a problem. The problem is that everyone knows that this virtuous concubine can't give birth, the reason why Xie Meng was taken into the palace to be raised is mainly because Xie Meng resembles her, and everyone tacitly agrees that she uses this to make up for the lack of children.

Now Xie Tu asked Yun Fenghuang to let Xie Meng go home to visit his birth mother, the reason is that his birth mother is happy again, isn't this poking Yun Fenghuang's heart!

Xie Yanxiu said angrily: "You are not usually so stupid, why did you do such a thing today?"

"..." Xie Tu looked at Xie Wuzheng in the carriage begging for help. Seeing that the cousin was downcast, obviously not planning to intervene in their quarrel, Fang said angrily, "It's not... I don't think it's anything Big deal... How can Seventeenth Sister be so stingy?"

Then came another round of scolding by Xie Yanxiu - he didn't get away until he went home and separated, and he went to look for his brother Xie Fu with his head downcast: "Brother Shishi, I just told you to sister Shiqi Taught me, Seventeenth Sister really agreed to send Menger back to visit Thirteenth Sister-in-Law."

Xie Fu nodded and said, "That's fine."

"But I don't understand." Xie Tu said sullenly, "Why did you do this? Meng'er is the niece of Seventeenth Sister, isn't it a matter of course that Seventeenth Sister prefers her? If you can't go back to Elder Seventeen, Elder Seventeen may not be able to pick up Kuo'er from our room instead."

The Kuo'er he was talking about was Xie Kuo, Xie Heng's daughter, who was only four years old this year.

Xie Heng came to the Imperial Capital alone before, and only after he became famous on the Chunwei list, did he bring some of his family members here - partly meaning that almost all the concubine children were thrown in the hometown by his first wife, Xiao Luo, and only a few legitimate children were brought with him. .

Because of this matter, Xie Heng even quarreled with Xiao Luo. What Xie Heng meant was that no matter how different the concubines and concubines are, the concubine's children can't be ignored. Otherwise, it's not his own family who are crooked?

Xiao Luoshi thinks that throwing it at home is not without food or drink, so is it wronged?

And with so many clansmen looking at it, and there are elders on it, how could it be so crooked? If it grows crooked like this, it can only show that the blood passed down by the biological mother is wrong, and it is not a good thing by nature.

She is Xie Heng's direct cousin, and she is even closer. The Luo family is not inferior to the Xie family. The husband and wife are well-matched, and they have both children, so they are not afraid of their husband at all, and their attitude is very arrogant, which made the relationship between husband and wife tense.

After Xie Xiliu, Xie Wuzheng and other brothers heard the news, they naturally wanted to come to persuade them.

Not to mention Xie Fu and Xie Tu, two brothers who live together, they have to speak for Xiao Luo - firstly, it's not good for them to be uncles to blame sister-in-law; No, although I also feel that it is not virtuous for my sister-in-law to do so, but it is even more wrong to let my brother and sister-in-law be at odds because of a few concubines and concubine heirs; thirdly, Xiao Luo's treatment of concubines and concubines is not good, but his own flesh and blood is not good. The brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the first-line relatives are really not bad.

Absolutely a sister-in-law is like a mother.

Xie Fu and Xie Tu did not dare to persuade Xiao Luoshi at all, and could only say Xie Heng... But Xie Heng refused to listen angrily, and was stalemate, but Xiao Luoshi changed his mind and took the initiative to send someone back to his hometown to pick him up .

This surprised everyone, including Xie Heng, because it really didn't look like little Luo Shi.

Because of his young age, Xie Tu was always favored by his sister-in-law, so when he went to inquire about the reason, he was told that it was Xie Kuo who persuaded him.

Xie Kuo's reason is to let Xiao Luo see how his cousin Yun Fenghuang, Yun Fenghuang's mother-in-law Jiang Shi and his elder sister-in-law are doing, but when the princess chooses a son-in-law, she is not helping the big house's Xie Wuzheng ? A family should look like a family. Now that the family is rising by relying on the cousin, it is the time when talents are needed. Why not give a few concubine heirs a chance?

Maybe it will come in handy in the future, how about growing the family?

Xie Heng must have said this kind of thing, but Little Luo couldn't listen. But if the person who said that was replaced by her own daughter, she seriously considered it... Xie Fu and Xie Tu were skeptical of this sister-in-law's words. They hadn't had much contact with Xie Kuo, so they didn't know whether this niece was really so smart and sensible, or Little Luo Shi felt annoyed, fearing that he would have a bad relationship with Xie Heng, so he borrowed his daughter's name to find a way out.

But since Little Luo said so, they wouldn't argue. After all, the brother and sister-in-law have reconciled now, and the nephew and niece who were concubine can also be taken to their biological father to receive education. Why should there be an extra problem?

Well, it was Xie Tu who thought so.

But after receiving the notice from the face saint, Xie Fu called him to him and gave him some advice, but he came up with the idea of ​​letting Xie Kuo and Xie Meng enter the palace to accompany Yun Fenghuang: "We, Kuoer, are little It's a pity not to seek a future for her at such a smart and sensible age! Although Meng'er of the fourth room is the niece of the empress, besides being born like an empress, how can he be as talented and hard-working as our rich son?"

"It's a pity to be given to her by being raised at the knees of the empress and receiving the grace of the emperor Yourong."

"You take advantage of this opportunity to let Meng'er come back first, and then we will plan carefully so that the empress will take Kuo'er into the palace instead!"