Chapter 98 Two Bad News

However, Yun Fenghuang flatly refused Concubine Xuan's price for another concubine sister - after all, she planned the marriage of Xie's children to follow the elite route, not to cast a wide net.

Although the Luo family is a prestigious family second only to the Ji family, the two parties have already agreed to let the concubine of the Luo family marry a daughter of the Xie family, so it doesn't make much sense for Xie Fu and the others to marry a daughter of the Luo family at this moment.

After all, judging from Luo Hanyi's ability to call the shots, the concubine daughter sent here will definitely not be taken seriously. These days, men are superior to women and women are inferior, and women have to rely on their fathers, brothers and wives to live. Even if the concubine of the Luo family who is in charge of the marriage is not favored, if he can support him, there is still some hope.

What is the use of an unhappy concubine?

There is no need to drag down the thousands of miles of horses that Xie's finally made the list.

It's better to let Xie Fu's unmarried couples continue to be single, and wait for Xie's card to go, and then ask to marry a real noble girl.

It doesn't take too long for this hope to come true. After Xie Wuzheng married Princess Penglai, Xie Fu and the others would be automatically promoted to be the first cousins ​​of the consort, which is very important when it comes to marriage.

However, Yun Fenghuang still agreed to help Concubine Xuan go to the Empress Dowager Ji, mainly because the Empress Dowager Mother always seemed to be doing things around civet cats, Yun Fenghuang was a little suspicious, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to find out.

"If Concubine Xuan doesn't like it, why don't you enclose a courtyard by yourself before and send someone to raise it? It's life after all." However, Empress Dowager Ji was very indifferent to Yun Fenghuang's temptation, and said, "A dignified concubine is always As for the fact that they don't have much capacity, because Aijia ordered them to be kept in the palace, why don't we kill them?"

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "What did the Empress Dowager say? Whether Concubine Xuan or a concubine, she never meant to be unfavorable to those civet cats. It's just that some of the concubines in the palace are timid, and the palace is not as good as it used to be. , there is an emperor's heir. Isn't this afraid of going wrong?"

Empress Dowager Ji said nonchalantly: "Because of worrying about snakes and insects, the Ai family asked people to put civet cats in the palace and put civet cats in the palace. There has never been anything wrong. Listen to the wind is rain!"

"You were different from the concubines at that time." Yun Fenghuang smiled softly and said, "When did you hear that there were only a few people in the harem? I'm just a concubine, and I don't even have a decent concubine, so how can it be so expensive? You see, your majesty now has more concubines, and the emperor's heirs are also better. Naturally, this time is different from the past, and it can't be the same as you were at that time. The civet cat is running around, disturbing the emperor's heir or the concubines who are pregnant with the emperor's heir, it's not good!"

Empress Dowager Ji raised her hand and threw the tea bowl over: "You bastard! Are you alluding to the jealousy of the Ai family, which made the emperor's harem weak?!"

Yun Fenghuang thought in his heart that's right, that's what Ben Gong meant, and dodged to avoid it, but said: "Young lady, you misunderstood, how could I have such a meaning? I have been wronged. I just want to tell you that now The palace is not like that of the late emperor, there are not many people living here and there, if there are fewer people, there will be more snakes and insects. Now that your majesty's harem is prosperous and popular, there are actually not as many snakes and insects as you think."

"If there are too many civet cats, I'm afraid it's easy to accidentally injure people."

The Empress Dowager Ji said harshly: "Stop pretending to be like the Ai family! The emperor eats your tricks, and the Ai family can't rub the sand in their eyes! No matter what the Ai family gave birth to Minghui for the late emperor, you lowly servant girl The palace has received countless favors up to now, but there is no news about it, and it is also qualified to dictate to the Ai family on the heirs?!"

"Your Majesty said this. You are His Majesty's stepmother. Where does this concubine have the guts to disrespect you?" Yun Fenghuang said with a look of grievance, "I myself have a pair of heirs under my knees, and I expect them to grow up From now on, if you are filial to your concubine, how can you set a bad example for them?!"

When she said this, Empress Dowager Ji immediately remembered that although she gave birth to a princess for Xiaozong, because she had no son, she still adopted Chunjia to inherit the throne—so what this lowly maid meant was that her mother, the empress dowager In the final analysis, she also depends on her heir to be the queen mother, and she is actually the same as the prince and princess who can't give birth to herself and can only adopt others?

Empress Dowager Ji's mentality exploded, and she stood up suddenly: "Bitch!!!"

Seeing that she was so angry that she wanted to do it herself, Yun Fenghuang ran away without saying a word—he went directly to Xingxintang to find Chunjia and cried. The words said that the Empress Dowager Waiji looked down on her, bullied her, and laughed at her for not being able to have children: "...It's not that the concubine is born unable to have children! When the concubine was at home, she was the most optimistic about the fate of offspring! Isn't it that Ji Muzi is cruel and merciless, and hates that His Majesty dotes on the concubine, and put a poisonous hand on the concubine?"

"Mother, Empress Dowager is Ji Muzi's direct aunt. She knows the ins and outs of this matter, so it's fine if she doesn't blush for Ji Muzi, and doesn't help Ji Muzi make up for her concubine's status. Now she still wants to say such words to poke my concubine's heart. Son, this is simply trying to force the concubine to death..."

"HooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohYour Majesty, you must be the master of my concubine!!!"

Chunjia cooperated with her dumbfoundingly: "My concubine, please don't be sad. The queen mother is always tolerant and loving. It should not be intentional. I will take you to see the queen mother to ask clearly."

When he asked such a question, of course each had their own reasons, but Chunjia didn't intend to uphold justice, and originally followed the words of the favorite concubine to make a sideline, so the emperor and concubine almost joined hands to make the Empress Dowager Ji very angry. Shi Shi ran away.

Returning to Xingxintang again, Chunjia asked Yun Fenghuang who had stopped crying: "Why did you suddenly go to recruit Empress Ji?"

"You think about it as a concubine, isn't it because Concubine Xuan was given eye drops by the empress dowager and felt uneasy, so she asked to come to my concubine?" As for Shi, I don’t care about it. Didn’t this one specifically go to discuss with the empress dowager today? As a result, the concubine said in a good voice, but the empress dowager insisted on finding a job, and even beat the concubine. What is the concubine doing? The solution? Thanks to my young age, my legs and feet are still sharp, otherwise, Your Majesty may never see my concubine again!"

"Nonsense." Chun Jia scolded her with a smile, "You are one of the four concubines anyway, even if Empress Ji loses her composure by anger, how could she really make a mess of you?"

Yun Fenghuang said quietly: "Ms. Zheng was a noble concubine before. When she was in the cold palace, she was not the empress who took care of the food? Mrs. Ji hates her concubine so much. If there is no chance, let it go. If there is a chance, why not Maybe let the concubine go?"

Chunjia coaxed her: "I know that concubine Ai has worked hard."

"I don't care about the concubine's body for your Majesty's sake." Yun Fenghuang was tired of him being coquettish, "It's just that His Majesty has to help the concubine's body all the time, otherwise, those people can't bully the concubine's dead body?"

She was here with Chunjia Qingqing, and there was bad news from Dijing: something happened to the prospective son-in-law Wang Ling!

This one is the number one scholar, and he entered the Imperial Academy according to the rules. He didn't move his position for a while after he got married. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is accumulating qualifications while waiting for the reward before the big wedding, so as to make face for the princess. ——Wang Linglai's family is wealthy, but he has made little achievements in the officialdom. He is humble, low-key and sensible.

It is specifically manifested in the great respect for the virtuous concubine Yun Fenghuang, the constant rouge and money, and the abundance of gifts for the New Year.

Therefore, Yun Fenghuang admired him very much and pointed out a lot of key points, but under the envy and hatred of everyone, he came over safely.

Since Princess Minghui is the eldest among the three princesses and is also the first daughter, her wedding date is ranked first among the three princesses.

After the summer vacation, Sheng Jia returned to the palace and was about to get busy.

During this period of time, Wang Linglai, like the other two son-in-laws-to-be, did not accompany him to the palace, but stayed in the imperial capital to work on the marriage.

Then I don't know how he worked hard, anyway, when he woke up that day, there was a strange woman lying beside him.

This is not the point, the point is that the woman immediately screamed and attracted a group of people, and almost beat him to death on the spot - and then there is the identity of the woman, she is a chaste woman, the kind who won the court's memorial archway, the key is her Her husband was an officer in the Dingbei Army who died for the country in the early years.

So when the news reached the palace, the regent came to find Chunjia.

Both uncles and nephews knew it well, Wang Linglai was not stupid, how could it be possible to sleep on such a hot potato on the eve of Lord Shang?

Besides, that woman is not a beauty.

The problem is that things are already full of troubles, and insisting on letting Wang Linglai marry the princess is completely unjustifiable on the face of it: and even if Wang Linglai was wronged, it is a fact that he shared the bed with Renjie Fu, the widow of an officer of the Dingbei Army.

Based on this alone, the regent had to show something.

Otherwise, why would Dingbei Army work hard for him?

Not to mention that Princess Minghui, as the only direct princess, is one of the important criteria for people in the world to measure whether Chunjia treats his heir father's flesh and blood well.

After her son-in-law caused such a scandal, Chunjia still let her continue to decline—maybe some people think that the royal family has to be credible, but there must be some people who think that the emperor has poor eyesight first, so why did he choose this for the princess? The second is that such a thing was discovered before marriage, but the princess was still married. She was either a real brother or didn't feel sorry for being a younger sister.

"Your Majesty reprimands Wang Linglai, and then choose Minghui's son-in-law." The regent advised Chunjia, "Fortunately, Wang Linglai is still young, and after a while, he can continue to work for His Majesty. It's just that Minghui's son-in-law will still be It is better to choose a high-ranking family, such as the Wang family, although they are rich, they have a shallow background and a narrow vision. Even if they are ordered by the palace to take precautions, they are still hard to guard against."

The regent did not say anything to blame Wang Linglai for being careless, because he knew that Wang Linglai's family background was not comparable to Ji's.

The Ji family has no difficulty in attacking him, the only difficulty is probably considering Chunjia's reaction after the event is completed.

But now the monarch and his ministers have been torn apart, and even the tomb of Fuyang King's lineage has an accident, let alone Wang Linglai?

Chunjia's face was sullen, and she said after a while: "Before the queen insisted on staying in the palace, I thought she was planning something, but now it seems that it has nothing to do with this matter!"

But he didn't mention punishing the empress, because it is still useful for empress Ji to keep it.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Uncle Wang, Mrs. Ji's deception is too much, you and I must not express it."

Just as he was talking, someone from the palace hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, Miyagi urgently reports that the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager are critically ill!"