Chapter Fourteen: Sui'an's Troubles

In the inner room, Gu Zhen talked to the third concubine through a 20-fold gold-painted picture of fish playing with lotus leaves, crocodile silk and sour jujube wood screen: "...the palace is fine, but I am tired from taking care of the king of Chu these two days. Just lie down and lie down."

Yun Fenghuang knew that her mental illness was worse than her physical illness, but she couldn't speak up in front of Concubine Shu and Defei, so she said some comforting words, asking the queen to concentrate on resting.

"Young concubine stay here, I will explain a few things to you." Gu Zhen agreed one by one, and said that while he was sick, all the palace affairs were left to the noble concubine, with Concubine Shu as assistant, and finally said, "Concubine Shu Concubine, go back first."

Ouyang Fulu and Wei Hengyan were curious, but they didn't dare disobey the empress and concubine, so they resisted the urge to ask and bowed to leave.

After they left, the room was silent for a while, and the queen asked: "Is it true what you told the maid that day?"

"It's just speculation based on reason." Yun Fenghuang said frankly, "After all, your majesty and you haven't found out the clues. The concubine is just listening to the maid's account of the ins and outs. How can I know the truth? In fact, from the concubine's point of view, maybe Just by chance?"

"If King Qin is like this this time, do you believe it was accidental?" Gu Zhen sneered, "Before His Majesty came to power, all the heirs failed to land! The number of male fetuses is also gone. There are many mistakes in the past. Do you still think that the disaster of the emperor’s heir in this palace is accidental? This palace is too careless. Since the fall of the Ji family, the palace has added more and more emperors Heir, no matter male or female, the emperor's heir will always be able to stay after the death of a humble biological mother at most. Therefore, I think that the current palace is generally stable, and the result..."

She let out a breath slowly, and said, "You all know what King Chu is like now, don't you?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Chu is still young, and he has just recovered from his recovery, so it is reasonable to look a bit slow." Yun Fenghuang tried to persuade him, "It will be fine after a while."

Gu Zhen said coldly: "What if it doesn't get better?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "You are the queen empress, your majesty is in the prime of life, you will definitely have more children."

"But King Chu is the first legitimate son of this palace." Gu Zhen sneered and said, "If I can't keep him, how can I keep other heirs in the future?"

"Then what do you want?" Yun Fenghuang sighed, "or, what can I do? Not to mention that the real murderer is just a concubine's speculation, without any evidence. Even if there is evidence, do you think His Majesty can give you and Chu His Royal Highness, is this justice? Or, can you seek justice from your loving mother, the Empress Dowager?"

Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and said: "When you were poisoned and survived, it seems that some people suspected that it was the loving mother Empress Dowager?"

"...Actually, the concubine has been suspicious of the loving mother, the empress dowager." Yun Fenghuang turned his mind and said, "But the empress has also seen that the result of the thorough investigation by the Imperial City Secretary is the regent's side. So , the concubine can only be suspicious and target the regent Prince Weng!"

"That's right, what can I do that even your favorite concubine can't do?" Gu Zhen was silent for a moment, then whispered, "That's all, you go."

Yun Fenghuang retired respectfully, after going out, he thought about his previous answer, and felt that there was no flaw, so he left Shi Shiran.

As for whether Gu Zhen will be disheartened from now on, even if she suspects Queen Mother Yuan, she will not dare to make a mistake... She is not worried at all.

After all, the queen can bear it herself, and the Zhaowu uncle's mansion behind her will not bear it either!

Gu Zhen's grandfather and uncle forced Uncle Zhaowu to rebel and seek refuge with Chunjia because of his identity as a descendant. However, the Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to embezzle the flowers and let the Xingning uncle's mansion sit back and enjoy the success. How could the Gu family agree!

Not only did they not agree, they had to fight back!

Otherwise, once it is determined that he is easy to bully, who knows how many troubles will be waiting in the future?

Originally, Gu Zhen was not that kind of intimidating existence in the palace. No matter how soft her mother's family is, how can she live in this day?

It must be known that Chunjia is only in her twenties, and the princes are still toddlers, and someone will make a fuss right now. When the princes grow up and know that there is a fight, then it's okay?

So Yun Fenghuang was not in a hurry at all, not only was she not in a hurry, she also persuaded the queen to calm down, so that she seemed to have a clear conscience, and it had nothing to do with Gu's troubles.

Back at Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, Chunjia has been here for a while, holding Princess Zhaoqing to tease.

Seeing Yun Fenghuang coming in, he asked someone to take the princess down.

Princess Zhaoqing was not so willing, she tugged on his sleeve and babbled, refusing to let go.

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said to Chunjia: "Just hold her for a while, she also remembers you now, if you ask someone to carry her down now, she is about to cry, don't cry hoarsely. "

Chun Jia hugged the princess according to her words, and waved the wet nurse who came up to pick her up to back off, saying: "You can't let her develop the temperament of being compliant as soon as she cries, so in the future, won't she cry if she doesn't like it?"

"Just teach her slowly in the future, how old is she now?" Yun Fenghuang said, "The child will have to run around by herself in a few years, and she may not be happy when you want to hug her."

The two chatted around Zhaoqing for a while, and Chunjia asked Gu Zhen: "Did she let you talk to Concubine Shu and Defei today?"

"It is said that we must concentrate on recuperating from the illness." Yun Fenghuang nodded, "Let us watch the palace affairs."

After a pause, "Later, I was left alone for questioning. Seeing what the queen meant, I still had some doubts about King Chu's illness."

Chunjia gave a "hmm" and said, "What does she suspect?"

"I suspect that someone has harmed the King of Chu." Yun Fenghuang said, "It is also because there were too many concubines and emperor's heirs who disappeared in the palace before. I think the queen is a bit of a shadow of a snake, so I persuaded her a little bit. But..."

Seeing Chunjia's questioning gaze, she said slowly, "If something is really wrong with the King of Chu, in my opinion, it's better to arrange another healthy heir for the queen as soon as possible. Otherwise, the queen will meet soon. I’m afraid I can’t figure it out.”

"There are currently six imperial heirs in the palace, all of whom have stepmothers, and the pregnant Concubine Xian and Concubine Shao can also take care of themselves." Chunjia pondered for a while, and said, "Anyway, the imperial heirs are still young, so wait another two years Right. Besides, there is no one around the queen who wants her to enjoy family happiness, so what are you in such a hurry for?"

He seemed to be dissatisfied with Gu Zhen during his words, Yun Fenghuang pretended not to hear it, and said obediently: "That's true."

The imperial concubine didn't mention the empress mother and son, but talked about other things, such as the birthday of Empress Dowager Yuan.

Chunjia felt a little regretful, because when he was just enthroned, he had argued for the birthday of this loving mother, the empress dowager. At one time, because the Ji family did not agree to celebrate the Longevity Day for the empress dowager Yuan, he set up a hunting ceremony for Yuan in person in a rage. The queen mother celebrates the rules of the birthday. Until last year, I was finally able to congratulate the queen mother openly, but Queen Mother Yuan refused for various reasons.

This year he can be more self-willed, but the two empress dowagers are still ill.

He didn't even come to the palace.

Now that this matter was mentioned, he was very owed in his words, and he meant that he was sorry for Queen Mother Yuan.

Yun Fenghuang listened with a smile, and echoed a few words from time to time, but he didn't think so in his heart, and said perfunctorily: "After a while, it will be fine if there are not so many troublemakers in the front and rear palaces. The loving mother, the empress dowager, always loves you, and doesn't care about you." than these things."

Recalling Wei He's matter, he asked politely.

Chunjia said: "The Imperial City Secretary reported that Mu E was indeed a little bit bad, but the news was blocked, and even the old Khan was not allowed to tell. Otherwise, the old Khan would probably contact Hele and change the establishment of Khan."

Weihe's old Khan was sick because of an illness, but the crown prince who had cultivated him for many years passed away before him. He was afraid that if he died, the princes would compete for the throne, weaken the national power, and be taken advantage of by the Central Plains and neighboring small countries, so he followed suit. The Supreme Emperor of the Central Plains passed the throne to Mu E in advance.

In the end, I don't know what sins the old Khan and his son did, or whether the water and soil on the grassland can't support people. In short, Mu'e has only been in power for a few months, and he also fell ill.

If the old Khan, who is already resigned to his fate, knows about this matter, how can he not worry about Wei He, so he can replace him with other strong and capable sons, such as Mu E's biggest opponent, He Le?

"Does Your Majesty want to help old Khan?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and asked with a smile.

Chunjia just shook his head, and said, "Mu E sent a daughter to take care of me anyway, how could I do such a thing? And Mu E has a son under his knees, since he is Khan, even if there is a loss, it should belong to Rou Kun Brothers should take over. According to the rules of our Central Plains, there is absolutely no reason for brothers to pass over their own children to inherit the throne."

Yun Fenghuang understands that Rou Kun's elder brother is not very capable, if Mu E is not good enough, by himself, he probably can't compete with He Le.

It's no wonder that Ke He Dun of Mu'e would take the risk of sending a message to the palace, asking Rou Kun to be ready to blow the pillow wind to help his brother compete for the throne.

And this is also a good thing for Chunjia. Weihe's Khan needs the support of the Central Plains to be able to sit firmly in the Khan position. It is better than Weihe's Khan who is independent, capable and still in his prime.

"Looking at it like this, it's no wonder that Wei He suddenly sent the princess over to serve her." Yun Fenghuang said, "Mu E was probably worried that his son-in-law would not be able to succeed... It's just that Wei He's two generations of khans have stained something. What about illness? Why is the old Khan sick, his eldest son died of illness, and now Mu'e is not well?"

Chun Jia pondered and said: "According to the report from the Imperial City Secretary, the old Khan's symptoms are like chronic dysentery. His eldest son has chest pain. As for Mu'e, the surrounding guards are now tightly guarded, but no clue can be found."

It can be seen from his expression that he is not very satisfied with the Imperial City Secretary, but the current Imperial City Secretary first experienced Xiaozong being suppressed by the Ji family, and then fell into the hands of the regent, and then was contested between Chunjia and the regent... The vitality is seriously injured, it is impossible to compare with the peak time.

Yun Fenghuang comforted him, "It's good that the left and right know that he is indeed ill."

Even if it is not sure whether Mu E's illness can be cured, Chunjia will not help the old Khan replace the Khan, but it may not be able to do good deeds for Hele without leaving his name.

With the help of He Le to put pressure on Mu E, even if Mu E can survive, in order to stabilize the situation, he will inevitably give more benefits to the Central Plains in exchange for a greater degree of support.

Yun Fenghuang was not very good at the details of this kind of temple affairs, so Tong Chunjia got a general idea, and got the emperor's euphemistic promise that he would reuse Xie's children here, so he didn't mention it.

Two days later, it was time for the wives to meet. Empress Gu refused the visit of the wives because she was still ill, and only the wives of the Gu family were allowed to speak inside.

On Yunfenghuang's side, after talking with his aunts and sisters-in-law, he left some food and just finished using it up. Then he received a report that Princess Sui'an came from the Empress Dowager.

"Second sister has a strange appetite during her pregnancy. The emperor's grandmother specially prepared a bowl of shark's fin soup for her, and she vomited as soon as it was served." Princess Sui'an frowned slightly after she sat down, and explained to Yun Fenghuang that she was so Because of the early arrival, "The imperial grandmother was very worried. She asked the imperial doctor to look at it for a while, and she was relieved after saying that there was nothing serious. After doing this, she didn't feel like eating. After the second sister vomited, she was in poor spirits. The imperial grandmother asked her to wait a while. After taking a rest before leaving the palace, I will come over to see the empress."

Since the two eldest princesses descended, they will enter the palace every time their wives meet or on New Year's Day.

The Empress Dowager did not take special care of them, she always followed the rules, and she seldom took the initiative to summon them, but she still loved them every time they met.

Therefore, when Sui'an entered the palace, although he would always come to Yunfenghuang's place, it was usually relatively late.

It was the first time this early in the morning.

After hearing this, Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but care a few words about Princess Yun'an, and arranged for Qingdu to pack up some nourishing things and send them over.

In the end, seeing that Sui'an was not in a very high mood, he changed his mind and guessed that she might have fallen because of the two of them at about the same time. Didn't the ordinary Zheng Shi get pregnant for the first time after almost ten years in the palace? It was still a boy!

After citing this example, I felt a little unlucky, and was thinking of changing another one, but Suian smiled wryly, and said, "Madam, when Mrs. Zheng was in the palace, although she was once a noble concubine, she was not favored by the emperor's brother. Brother doesn't necessarily go to her place a few times a year. So it's understandable to be pregnant late. But I... After I descended, I was the only consort."

Yun Fenghuang said: "It's only been a few days since you descended?"

I wondered, "Could it be that the son-in-law said something?"

If Xie Wuzheng was so ignorant, she would ask this cousin to beat him up.

The Xie family seems to be rising rapidly now, but in fact its foundation is still vain, so it is foolish to dare to belittle the eldest princess!

"No." Fortunately, Sui'an shook his head and said, "The son-in-law is fine, he said..."

She blushed with embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "The son-in-law said it's fine just the two of us. But... But I always feel that something is wrong."

"What's wrong with this?" Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "The life is meant to be spent with you and the son-in-law, and the son-in-law thinks it's okay, so what are you doing to make things difficult for yourself? You think you are still so young, maybe It's just that the fate of heirs has not arrived. There are many people who only welcome their eldest son three or five years after they get married, so it's nothing."

Sui'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, after Xie Wuzheng said that she didn't care, what she was most worried about was that Yun Fenghuang had an opinion.

After all, this is not only her sister-in-law, but also Chunjia's favorite concubine.

If Yun Fenghuang gave birth, Suian was really afraid that his son-in-law would not be able to withstand the pressure.

But Suian was relieved that the imperial concubine was so considerate.

She didn't know that the imperial concubine was more considerate than she thought, so after sending Sui'an away that day, Yun Fenghuang immediately called the Qing people to ask: "Recently, someone at the Princess's mansion said something that shouldn't be said, called Sui'an. Is Your Highness Princess Anchang thinking wildly?"

The Qing people were at a loss: "Shouldn't there be? Apart from the dowry of Her Highness the Princess, there are also some servants of the Twenty-One Prince in the Princess's mansion. Those are carefully selected and have a wink, otherwise how dare they let them go?" The eldest princess's mansion is embarrassing for the son-in-law?"

"Go and check." Yun Fenghuang frowned, and ordered, "And send a message to Beidi, so that uncles and aunts can take it easy, and don't treat Her Royal Highness as an ordinary daughter-in-law. It is an ordinary match My daughter-in-law never mentioned that she has been urging for an heir only a year or so after entering the door. Besides, my Xie family is flourishing, and it is not a single lineage of eighteen generations! What are they in a hurry? There are only a few elders in the royal family. Your Royal Highness, I have worked so hard to get Brother Twenty-One into His Majesty's eyes, in order to use my status as a golden branch and jade leaf to draw me, Mrs. Xie, not to make them frivolous and arrogant, so that His Majesty will dislike you!"

She spoke very bluntly, and the Qing people did not dare to be negligent, and went to give orders in a hurry.

After about six or seven days like this, I will return.