Chapter 59: Human Heart

Yun Fenghuang is not very enthusiastic about giving favor to her aunts and uncles, and this is not out of anger—the main reason is that her aunts and cousins ​​are not outstanding.

After all, this family is adjacent to the Duke of Yi, and they are both members of the Yun clan. Even if the blood is a little farther away, they have always been in contact with the Duke's mansion on a daily basis. If it's the kind that can be lifted up, how can Yun Zhao not lift up his cousins ​​and nephews?

However, Yun Fenghuang lived in this aunt's house for three years, and the whole family still hugged the thigh of the Duke's mansion happily, acting as dispensable officials with no real power, barely maintaining the official family status. The key point is that they are muddling along, and have no intention of rolling up their sleeves and doing a big job.

To sum up, this family is actually not bad, and it can be said honestly.

But really not very smart...

I have no motivation...

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help feeling that it was a bit of a waste to give them the grace of Enze's natal family.

It would be better to give this benefit to Mrs. Xie.

It happened that there was no one else around at the moment, so she said directly: "The concubine's aunt has always been deeply guilty about the concubine's entry into the palace, and feels sorry for the concubine's biological parents. I vowed to take good care of this concubine and find an honest and kind husband for this concubine. As a result, by accident, this concubine actually entered the palace to serve His Majesty. Although this is my blessing, my aunt He is an honest person, consciously failed to fulfill his promise, and was always depressed in his heart."

"If you give her grace at this moment, I'm afraid it will become even more difficult to think about."

"If you don't give the concubine's biological mother and several sister-in-law canonizations, it will make my aunt feel more comforted."

Empress Ji smiled when she heard the words, and said: "I guess you will do the same. It's just that this is too unreasonable. What's the matter? Restore the surname Xie?"

Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said: "The daughter of Yi Guogong's niece is quite good. It's easy for me to climb this high branch, but I can't bear to share my affection with Sister Concubine Shu!"

If she doesn't play with the Duke of Deathwing's mansion or even the eldest prince, she won't stop—the empress understood, she pondered for a while, and said, "Then you have to find a way to convince your aunt. I declined, and sent a letter to Bengong, saying that she has not raised you much, and she is ashamed to receive this grace, and recommends your mother-in-law and sister-in-law to accept it. I am afraid that your mother-in-law is too late in Beidi, so I will let you The sister-in-laws in the imperial capital wrote letters to resign on their behalf, and the two sides have made enough of the scene. I am grateful to these virtuous and humble women, and they have all been promoted...Of course you have to understand, if this is the case, Imperial seals can only be given to two, and at most four or five ranks, the others can only be imperial seals."

"Otherwise, it will definitely not be convincing."

Guochao copied the rules from the previous dynasty, the first to fifth ranks are imperial orders, and the sixth to ninth ranks are imperial orders.

According to the usual practice, the queen's father is the Duke of the country, and the aunt's mother is the wife of the country. The fourth concubine is second only to the empress, but the wives and concubines are different, and it is also to ensure the interests of the royal family, so the treatment of Jia En's mother family is not one or two points worse than that of the descendants. Yes, at most, an official position that sounds noble but has no real power, and the concubine can be named the county wife because the wives of foreign orders only enjoy salaries and have no power.

The Lord of Ye of the Ji family was named the Queen after Shenzong ascended the throne, and named his father the Duke of Ye. After the old Duke of Ye passed away, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager took the title, and won the favor of Shenzong to attack without surrender—and When the present Empress Ji entered the palace, the Ji family was powerful, with one prince and two princes in one family, and the regent and other important ministers resisted to death, so Marquis Haixi failed to be promoted to Duke.

The method proposed by Empress Ji now is tantamount to splitting up Mrs. Erpinjun who was supposed to be given to the Xie family.

"Just according to your mother." Yun Fenghuang agreed after only a little consideration. Of course, a county lady is not comparable to a few low-level orders, but the Xie family is not a brilliant person. Giving a high position can't help her, it's really not worth it.

What's more, the fact that the whole family is in the rain and dew without a high position is conducive to maintaining her image of no family background in front of Chunjia, and it is convenient to sell miserably.

Thinking of selling miserably, Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu have already stumbled, it's time for them to turn around and suppress the limelight of Xuanqing Palace.

In this way, it is convenient for Ji to focus on dealing with Luo and Ouyang, and secondly, she can also let Chunjia understand that she will always be weak, pitiful and helpless who needs his protection.

The concubine and concubine talked about some palace affairs again, Yun Fenghuang looked at Chen Guang who was about to leave, Empress Ji suddenly fell silent, and then asked nonchalantly: "Do you think he will allow them to live forever?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, and realized that what the queen should ask is whether Chunjia would poison the twin princes. She thought about her words and said, "When I did things for you, I was sincere. Those who never kept their hands were forgiven and accepted. In fact, his nature was generous, but in the final analysis it was the Ji family who overstepped."

Empress Ji sighed and said, "Can this be the same?"

In this world, some people value fame and do not hesitate to pay any price for it, whether it is their own life or other people's joys and sorrows, life and death, honor and disgrace; Inheritance; there are still some people who value love, or are close relatives by blood, or cover it up as before, or look at it for thousands of years, and then throw their heads and sprinkle their blood without hesitation.

People who value love are also different. Those who love their family members may not be kind to their partners, those who favor their wives and concubines may not be loyal to outsiders, and those who promise their friends may not be able to entrust them for life...

So Chunjia could forgive Yun Fenghuang who was once hostile to him, and even treat him as a favorite concubine, but he might not be merciful to the twin princes.

Even if the twin princes didn't do anything, they are still his own flesh and blood.

But there is no point in discussing this issue, so Empress Ji stopped talking, and only said: "You go ahead. Get the matter of Jia En done as soon as possible, and the grand ceremony is only a few days away. There is no time to make any other dresses. "

When Yun Fenghuang returned to Huanhua Hall, he sent people to deliver letters to Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Chen respectively.

Of course, Xiao Chen didn't have much to say, because Yun Fenghuang is now a daughter of the Yun family. Although she knew that her sister-in-law's promotion to the fourth concubine could protect the family, she didn't expect anything. At this moment, the pie fell from the sky, even if the grade is not high, it is still quite an honor after all.

And this sister-in-law is so powerful, maybe she can be promoted to this level in the future?

Xie Xiliu also said to his wife: "Let's talk about Seventeenth Sister and our own people, where will we meet? You just make up your mind to keep Meng'er for a while."

But Mrs. Xie was a bit entangled. The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lan, was always calm and tactful, and she couldn't control herself: "Originally, my mother, Jinxian Concubine, and my mother should be registered as the wife of the county. That is second only to Mrs. Guo. Order..."

As far as their family's family background is concerned, if it weren't for such a cheap sister-in-law, it would be unthinkable to confer such a title as the county wife.

In the end, they were happily waiting for the wine to be served to celebrate, but Yun Fenghuang smashed it abruptly, and most of them were distributed to the family of the blood relatives. When it was Xie's turn, only a fifth-rank imperial order was left!

This gap is too big!

So much so that Mrs. Lan couldn't help persuading Mrs. Xie: "Why don't mother go into the palace and talk to your empress, it's not that we are greedy for wealth and honor, but this is really against the rules. If it spreads out, I'm afraid it will be bad for your empress. "

Mrs. Xie sighed, and said: "You are not ashamed when you say this, and you are not greedy for the wealth of Mrs. Jun, why bother to tell the empress? Everyone has seen the behavior of the empress since she entered the palace, and she did such a thing. Come on, isn't it strange? Don't mention this kind of thing again, we have nothing to do with the empress, but we owe something. It is already an extra joy to be able to get an imperial order. No matter how greedy you are, it may be a disaster rather than a blessing."

After all, this eldest daughter-in-law grew up in the Imperial Capital, and she doesn't have much contact with her natal Xie family, so she doesn't know how powerful her fourth sister-in-law is.

If Yunfenghuang didn't mean to split En'en, that's all right. Since Yunfenghuang did this, if he dared to mutter dissatisfiedly, regardless of whether things can be completed, let the fourth sister-in-law Jiang know, I'm afraid the first thing is to think about it. Way to kill my whole family - isn't this a good day but just looking for trouble?

Mrs. Xie has always been very afraid of Mrs. Jiang, and doesn't want to confront this sister-in-law at all.

Moreover, since the newly promoted concubine Yun Fenghuang did this, she obviously favored her own mother and sister-in-law in her heart.

Even if Mrs. Xie made a fuss and persuaded her, there might not be any results.

Might as well just accept it.

Under her leadership, the matter went very smoothly.

Mrs. Xie also personally expressed her shame to Qingdu, who was sent by Yunfenghuang, saying that she was ashamed to receive such an order... This made Xie Fu very disappointed. At first, I thought that if she was dissatisfied, I would let Seventeenth Sister find out, and maybe she could snatch her imperial order and give it to Sister-in-law Jiu."

After all, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Yun Fenghuang's first choice for adopting a niece is Xie Meng, who is a direct relative, and Jia En's natal family members, of course, mothers-in-law and sister-in-laws like Jiang's and Xiao Chen's are preferred.

Even though Xiao Luoshi, the cousin sister-in-law, is also in the Imperial Capital, she has no share.

Xie Heng frowned and said: "Seventeenth Sister and Twenty-Three have always been close, let's not play too much. By then, even Twenty-Three will not be treated by Seventeenth Sister."

"Don't worry, Ninth Brother, I have my sense of proportion." Xie Fu said, "By the way, Kuo'er has been looking for Meng'er to play these few days?"

When mentioning this matter, Xie Heng frowned subconsciously, and said: "I sent her there every day, and now my Xie family's daughters in the imperial capital are only the two of them, but Meng'er doesn't seem to like Kuo'er very much. It was Kuo'er who took the initiative to chase her and say this and that... It's really embarrassing for this child."

Although Xie Heng didn't see that kind of scene himself, but listening to the servant's description, he couldn't help feeling sorry for his child.

They were all the daughters of Xie's generation, who is more noble than whom?

But for Erfang's future, Xie Kuo had to be coaxed, and even flattered Xie Meng.

"That's good." Xie Fu didn't really care about Xie Kuo's grievance. Compared with the return, in his opinion, this grievance is completely worthwhile, and nodded slightly, "Now there is only one problem left, which is to let ten The third sister-in-law's embarrassment is even worse, to the extent that she cannot enter the palace to see her."

Xie Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "She is pregnant with my Xie's heir!"

"It's just that the thirteenth sister-in-law will have to lie on the couch to recuperate." Xie Fu comforted, "Ninth Brother thinks too much of me, I never thought of murdering Sifang."

After all, Jiang, the mistress of the fourth bedroom, and the virtuous concubine in the palace, who is the fuel-efficient lamp?

He dared to play tricks only because one of the two was far away in the north, and the other was in the deep palace, and because of Twenty-Three, he didn't have any prejudice against the second room and would not doubt it easily.

But we must also be careful not to cause major incidents, otherwise, if these two suspects and conduct a thorough investigation, then...

Xie Fu lowered his eyebrows and covered his dark eyes. The fate of people is so unpredictable. If he missed the most critical step, it will be difficult and ordinary from now on.

Not reconciled to sinking like this, so he can only take risks.

"I won't do anything to Xie Wuzheng, because it is beneficial for the He Clan if the Xie Clan's descendants are elected as the Lord. Since he got a marriage gift, if I fight with him, it will cause extra problems and the Xie Clan will be out of the game. This is the He Clan. I will not do it." Xie Fu told himself silently, "I will not kill Sifang, I just try to win a chance for Kuoer, so that when Xie rises, Second Fang will not be left behind. "

So he has a clear conscience.

No matter how harmonious the whole family is, who doesn't have some plans in private?

The world is like this, so why blame yourself.

He's not a saint after all.