Chapter 176 Dilemma

Chunjia didn't know that Empress Dowager Yuan secretly gave him three days to think about it. He returned to Taichu Palace, sat quietly for a while, and then began to review the memorial.

Because of the delay in going to Xuanqing Palace and Spring Palace that day, I didn't summon the concubines tonight, but stayed in the front and worked overtime to take care of government affairs.

Lying alone in the bedroom at night, thinking about how to solve this problem?

Since he, the Empress Yuan's mother, was not her own mother, she always told him things in a gentle and gentle manner, and she rarely spoke harshly, let alone bossed her around. They are all in a negotiating tone, leaving enough room for mediation, lest one bad one will cause grudges.

Although they have been together all the year round, especially during the difficult years since their enthronement, the mother and son have supported each other and walked through it.

Empress Dowager Yuan is used to treating Chunjia with such a gentle attitude.

But if her attitude becomes firm, it means that this is the time when she will never give in.

But Yun Fenghuang...how can he be someone who is willing to swallow his anger?

Since she brought this matter up to Chunjia, she still asked for her own death in order to retreat. Obviously, she wanted the emperor, or the Empress Dowager Yuan to give her an explanation.

Before Chunjia put the crime on the regent's head, Yun Fenghuang seemed to believe it, but the imperial concubine knew in her heart that this was just a tacit understanding. In fact, they knew who the real culprit was.

According to this kind of tacit understanding, Chunjia will then give Yun Fenghuang a compensation on behalf of Queen Mother Yuan, and this matter will be considered reluctantly settled.

As a result, what Empress Dowager Yuan means now is not to reward but to demote.

How could Yun Fenghuang accept that?

It is true that if Chunjia insists on following the Queen Mother, Concubine Xian can only accept it if she wants to.

But he couldn't bear it.

When the emperor was tossing and turning thinking about the best of both worlds, Yun Fenghuang was also thinking of a way: "The two eldest princesses are getting married soon, so send someone to your majesty tomorrow to let brother twenty-one enter the palace." Come, tell me how the preparations for the wedding are going, so as not to neglect the golden branches and jade leaves."

The Qing people said: "Didn't we just meet at the banquet yesterday?"

"How did you make it clear in such a short time yesterday?" Yun Fenghuang said indifferently, "And brother twenty-one is my blood relative, even if I am an imperial concubine now, can't I see it?"

"...The maidservant didn't mean that. The maidservant just felt that the loving empress dowager is already dissatisfied with the empress. If the empress wants to summon the twenty-first son at this moment, I'm afraid the empress dowager will be even more displeased. "

Yun Fenghuang just sneered: "The loving mother Empress Dowager doesn't like this palace anymore, why should I care about her thoughts anymore? Besides, you think that the loving mother empress dowager will think that if this palace doesn't summon Brother Twenty-One right now. Is this palace a good one?"

"The empress dowager is an elder..." the Qing people said in a low voice.

"If she is the kind of elder who is easy to coax, Bengong will coax a little bit, but is she?" Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "Why don't you understand after all this? If you have a murderous heart, you want this palace to die—don’t think that you can sit back and relax if the eldest princess Sui’an is about to descend to the Xie clan, not to mention that there will be variables if the eldest princess does not descend every day. The baby is born, so what?"

"Do you think Princess Sui'an can speak in front of His Majesty and the two empress dowagers, or do you think Taipin Shen can speak?!"

"Bengong is here, but you can protect Mrs. Xie. Xie is here, but you can't protect me—as long as I am a little weak at this moment, I will retreat and be defeated! At that time, Bengong will not end well, you Do you think Mrs. Xie can have a good ending?"

The Qing people immediately knelt down: "The servant girl has no intention of making the empress wrong herself for the sake of Mrs. Xie!"

Yun Fenghuang didn't look at her, and said with a cold face: "If Mrs. Xie can get up, it is indeed beneficial to this palace, but the one who gets the benefits first, isn't Mrs. Xie herself? It would be nice for everyone to let this palace be a low-lying little girl." Don't even think about it, if this palace has been a low-level petty boy since the day he entered the palace, and he didn't know how to fight or grab, he would have been swept away by a piece of grass and thrown into a mass grave, how could he still be here today?!"

"What should be done in this palace to live well, this palace knows better than you!"

"So just be honest and obedient. Don't try to tell me what to do. If you are so powerful, why don't you recommend you to His Majesty, and let me show you from concubine to fourth concubine?"

The people of the Qing Dynasty didn't dare to lift their heads when they were scolded, and all the servants around them were silent, and they were afraid and dared not intercede. , I haven't seen much in the world, so my words are unavoidably dull, I only want to think about your empress in my heart, and there is absolutely no other meaning in my mind."

"It doesn't matter if you have other intentions. Now it's not the past. Now I'm considered a leader in this palace, and there are many people who want to serve me." Yun Fenghuang sneered unceremoniously, " If you still remember Mrs. Xie, I can let you go back anytime and anywhere, and there is just enough room to promote those who only have me in their hearts."

So everyone knelt down and said tremblingly that they would never dare to think this way, they have been facing you since the day they entered the palace, and they really did not think about Mrs. Xie.

Yun Fenghuang chuckled, noncommittal, and went into the room on his own.

The servants who were thrown away did not dare to get up, and just knelt like this all night. The next morning, Concubine Xian got up to make up, and then casually let them lie down—thinking in her heart, after such a beating, these people should remember them Her master is Yun Fenghuang alone, not Xie's?

Because they were born in the Xie family, and the family is still in the hands of the Jiang family, the Qing people would occasionally stand on the entire Xie family, including the Xie family including Yunfenghuang, to consider issues.

It's not that they did this intentionally, but Yun Fenghuang has always shown great concern for Mrs. Xie, and they can't help but feel that Yun Fenghuang and Mrs. Xie are one.

But Yun Fenghuang noticed that he was bored a long time ago, since he had the opportunity, how could he not have a flare-up?

And in the future, she will also promote some palace servants from the bottom to her side, to let the Qing people know that she does not have to use them.

On this day, Chen Zhu was ordered to go to Taichu Palace to mention to Chunjia about Xianfei wanting to see her natal brother. Normally, Chunjia would definitely have to question her, after all, she just met at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, didn't she? What happened to be in such a hurry to meet again?

But Chunjia had something on his mind now, and he had no time to think about it, so he responded casually, but the rhetoric that Chen Zhu had memorized was useless.

Chen Zhu is a careful person, and he told Yun Fenghuang when he returned to Huanhua Palace to return to his life.

Yun Fenghuang's face darkened, and he asked him to go out and spread the word: "Let my twenty-first brother come and see you as soon as possible."

He pondered in his heart, Chunjia is quite a man of the city, otherwise he would not have been able to hide his strength and bide his time under Ji's eyes, and he is definitely not someone who can't keep things going,

Since Chen Zhu, who was absent-minded, could see it, it was either a very important matter, or it was intentional.

The former is not easy to guess, because if it is a military matter, it is difficult for a concubine like Yun Fenghuang who does not have a powerful natal family to know about it; but if it is intentional... then it should be to use Chen Zhu to make her a virtuous woman. The concubine noticed something.

In other words, most of this matter has something to do with her.

what is that?

Maybe it was her complaint from yesterday?

Empress Dowager Yuan doesn't want to give compensation? This was expected. In fact, Yun Fenghuang didn't expect any benefits or explanations directly. In the end, Chunjia is not an elder who is better than his own mother. No surprise at all... What can Chunjia do to Queen Mother Yuan?

Her purpose was to shake the mountain and make the Empress Dowager Yuan understand that she had seen the empress dowager's plan and stabbed Chunjia in front of her.

Therefore, if there are similar incidents against her in the future, even if there is no evidence, Queen Mother Yuan will be the first suspect to bear the brunt.

At the same time, he won Chunjia's sympathy and guilt.

If it's just like this, even if Chunjia can't appease her openly, can't she coax her in private?

For example, the imperial seal and archway for the Jiang family.

This kind of Empress Dowager Yuan is hard to stop.

That should be... Not only did Empress Dowager Yuan not want to give compensation, but she also intensified her request to make Chunjia feel troublesome?

He couldn't persuade the Queen Mother, so he tested Yun Fenghuang to see if Yun Fenghuang would give in.

Yun Fenghuang propped his cheeks and sat alone in the main hall for a long time, finally ordered someone to prepare a chariot and headed to Taichu Palace.

At the same time, in Qiongfang Palace, a close servant was persuading Gu Zhen in a low voice: "... If you don't agree, just spend it like this, isn't it a good thing? Look at Concubine Xian, she has only been in the palace for a few days, and she has already arrived at you." Higher up. Concubine Xuan and the others entered the palace even later, who will take our Qiongfang Palace seriously? Your Majesty is also an old man when His Majesty got married, so is she willing to waste her life like this?"

Gu Zhen frowned: "If it was just mentioned by my family, I would definitely listen to it. But a few days ago, Concubine Xian also vaguely revealed the rumor... I think it's not very good."

"What's not so good?" The servant asked puzzledly, "This successor, the four families of the Luo family, want it even in their dreams. His Majesty is willing to give it to you. What are you not satisfied with?"

"Your Majesty gave all his kindness to Concubine Shu and Mrs. Chunke during those years when he was dormant. After taking office, he gave all his favor to Concubine Xian." Gu Zhen said, "I don't have much affection for me. For the successor, he first He went to Concubine Xuan’s four families, but he wanted to give it to us, don’t you think it’s a fraud? According to his preferences, shouldn’t Concubine Xian be considered first?”

The servant sighed: "Even if Your Majesty wants to give it, as far as the concubine Xian's background is concerned, can the previous dynasty agree?"

Moreover, "Our family is not unaware that His Majesty actually wanted to appoint you as his successor because he aimed at the Dingbei Army and wanted to poach the corner of the Regent. But so what? The situation of the sons and grandsons of the family You also know that it's not that you don't care or don't work hard, but there is Luo Tieyi in the front and Qi Jiulu in the back, neither of them came from the general family, but they all compare with our son and grandson... In this case, the title of Uncle Zhaowu can Continue to pass it on, but Dingbei Army is not!"

If there is no Dingbei Army, Uncle Zhaowu's lineage will definitely lose momentum.

In the past, although the whole Gu family was unwilling, there was nothing they could do. After all, who told them that they have no successors, and that their descendants are all hard-working but not talented enough to take on great responsibilities?

Therefore, we can only pick and choose among candidates like Luo Tieyi and Qi Jiulu, to see if we can form a good relationship and save it for later use.

But now, Chunjia gave them a new choice: on the condition of persuading Uncle Zhaowu to abandon the regent and seek refuge with Chunjia, Gu Zhen was appointed as his successor, and he promised to be the heir of the prince who was Gu Zhen's adoptive mother!

According to the practice of the country, as long as the queen is established and there is a son in the main palace, no matter whether it is a named son or a biological son, anyway, the heir recognized by the national law, then this prince should be in the East Palace, it is a matter of course!

If the emperor wants to change his favorite concubine's son, some old ministers who have a bad temper or want to leave their names in history will be bumped to death on the Golden Luan Hall!

The Gu family doesn't have the ambition to be the next Ji family, and they don't have the ability... They just want to be more prominent for a few more generations by being the descendants.

They thought the deal was very good, and they took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to vent their anger on Gu Zhen's close servant, thinking that Gu Zhen would be very happy, but this Mrs. Yaoning...doesn't agree?

The servant was having a headache: "The reason why the Concubine Xian spoke to you like that is probably because of His Majesty's intentions. What are you worried about? The servant girl said something bad, even if you become a successor, the one who is in power is still Xian." Concubine, what's the disadvantage between that and now?"

You, Mrs. Yaoning, are not so good now!

When you see Concubine Xian, you have to salute and greet her!

Even if you become a queen, even if you are ostracized, do you want her to ask you how you feel when you meet on the scene?