Chapter 22 Hot Potato

Yun Fenghuang didn't care about his attack, and calmly narrated: "The queen has been in the palace for many years, and she is not an impulsive person. If it is because of the matter of the king of Chu, she felt resentful and wanted to beat the sixth palace, why did the king of Chu recover? At that time, he was indifferent? It was because he had been sick for many days, and then he thought of taking power? Yes, the queen took care of the king of Chu in person, and she was really tired, so that the king of Chu recovered, and she was also sick Yes. But the Queen is not a deep-rooted person in the city, Your Majesty thinks, if she is here to complain and take revenge, can she endure these many days?"

"Especially the sixth house in the middle is going to pay a visit to An'an, the queen is as usual."

"Your Majesty should still remember that the Empress even specially kept her as a concubine that day, Concubine Shu and Concubine De talked together and entrusted the palace affairs in person!"

"It's not that the concubine despises the empress. If the empress is really such a calm person, based on her family background, after many years in the palace, she is still just a wife?"

"When the concubine first entered the palace, the fourth concubine sealed two of them."

"Could it be that the empress had expected that His Majesty would be in charge early in the morning, so she couldn't hide her clumsiness?"

She looked at Chunjia's face, and said slowly, "The empress herself would not do such a thing rashly, only the Gu family. And why did the Gu family suddenly make things difficult for people like my concubine? Except for the emperor's heir, you say, They still think, what else can they count on? It can't be your favor?"

"As for the concubine, what else is there for them to target besides the emperor's heir and favor?"

Chunjia said slowly: "Don't be so suspicious all the time. You always think that the front and rear palaces will harm you. Maybe it's just the queen's whim? You also know that the queen is not a very scheming person, and she may have listened to the slander during her convalescence. , I did it on an impulse, maybe I am hesitating at this moment, what should I do?"

Yun Fenghuang lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "If it wasn't for the concubine coming into the palace and gaining your favor, a noble lady like the empress only needs to frown slightly, and the concubine and the whole family will be wiped out without a sound."

"You said, can I not be suspicious or afraid?"

"You also said that it would be if you hadn't entered the palace." Chunjia said, "You are in the palace now, and your position is only a little worse than that of the queen. And I am watching, so what are you afraid of?"

"Isn't it enough for the concubine to drag His Majesty?" Yun Fenghuang bit his lip, and his voice began to choke, "You have to worry about everything, what's the point of what the concubine does? And if it's the concubine, how can she not do it well?" It’s fine to offend the empress, but the concubine has clearly done nothing recently, but is following His Majesty’s order to find a county for the Kunze princess..."

She seemed to be startled when she said this, and blurted out, "Could it have something to do with this matter?"

Seeing that Chunjia raised his eyebrows, Yun Fenghuang frowned and said: "Your Majesty didn't mention Kunze Princess's sweetheart before. After I accepted the mission, I went to talk to the Empress Empress. At that time, Empress Empress He is still recuperating, and he also said that it is up to the concubine to handle it, because Chunwei is next year, and such a big event must be handled by His Majesty and the Queen Mother in person. Scholars who arrived in the imperial capital are looking for it."

As she spoke, she thought about how to pour dirty water on the queen, and found someone to take the blame for the next incident that disturbed the relationship between Kunze County Lord and Yuan Shizi, "So when the concubine came back, she ordered someone to go to the imperial capital. I kept an eye on it. But didn’t His Majesty come to tell the concubine later that there is someone from Kunze County, so there is no need to choose? The concubine then reported this matter to the empress, lest the empress should not know about it. Keeping it in mind is not good for the sick body."

Isn't that very considerate?

Chunjia said: "Could it be that the empress is unhappy?"

"...There is something, I don't know if Your Majesty knows?" Yun Fenghuang hesitated before asking hesitantly.

Chunjia said, "What's the matter?"

"That's right... the empress dowager once asked the empress if she would like to let the Gu family's children become the master?" Yun Fenghuang said in a low voice, "the empress... declined."

During this process, she paid close attention to Chunjia's expression, and saw that Chunjia was slightly taken aback, as if she hadn't heard of it, but then she returned to normal, and said, "Not really. Well, so you suspect, the queen doesn't want to Let Shang Minghui, a descendant of the Gu family, want them to marry Kunze?"

Yun Fenghuang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Except for this, I can't think of anything else to make the empress angry at me like this? Oh, it can't be all the empress's fault, it may be It was when I told the Empress that Kunze Princess’s county horse has been found, I didn’t say it clearly enough. Maybe the Empress misunderstood and thought I was making trouble. This is too unfair. Where did I come from? Make decisions about the lifelong affairs of golden branches and jade leaves?"

"The Gu family does have a few children who are not yet married, and they are similar in age to Minghui and Kunze." Chunjia thought for a moment, then said slowly, "But even if the queen intends to be their wife and clan daughter, it won't make you angry .Maybe there are other people obstructing it, and you know that the queen has always been honest, so it may not be impossible for someone to take advantage of her."

He said, "I'll choose a day to talk to the queen, don't think too much about it."

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was silent, she knew that she still couldn't make it through, and sighed, "Concubine Wan and the others have never had any contact with palace affairs, even if the queen wants to ask them for help, what can they do? After all, the harem still needs your assistance The Empress was confused for a while, but she will naturally understand it after a while."

He also said, "The Gu family has a deep relationship with the regent. Even though Gu Zhen is the queen, the regent has always had a grudge. Now because of some actions of the queen, he thinks that the Gu family has a different heart. Isn't it in the regent's favor?"

"...I see." Yun Fenghuang responded lukewarmly with a bit of reluctance and displeasure, but he smiled slightly in his heart: Chunjia must have listened to her words.

It's not that the queen was angry about Princess Kunze's marriage, but that the Gu family had a different heart.

But Chunjia is not easy to turn against the Gu family now, so she chooses to avoid the important ones.

Not even admitting it at all.

It doesn't matter, when Chunjia returns to Xingxintang, I'm afraid she will do something right away to guard against the Gu family.

Well, with the personality of the emperor, I'm afraid it's not just a precaution?

Yun Fenghuang suppressed the schadenfreude in his heart, and said with a sad expression, "I'll explain it to the queen tomorrow too. Let's see if this is the case."

Chunjia told her not to go, because although Gu Zhen is usually easy to fool, it is also a headache to recognize the truth.

For example, regarding King Chu's illness, he asked the Imperial City Secretary to investigate thoroughly, and he personally asked the ins and outs, and concluded that it was an accident.

From King Chu's illness to the entire diagnosis and treatment process, there was nothing wrong with it.

As for why the king of Chu and the third prince were brought up together, all the conditions are the same, the third prince is safe and sound, but the king of Chu... Chunjia's opinion is that the third prince is older than the king of Chu after all, so it also blows a little cold wind , the third prince is still alive and kicking and safe, but the king of Chu can't afford it.

It stands to reason that the people who took care of the two princes should be severely punished for this matter, but Gu Zhen believed that the King of Chu was murdered. When Chunjia proposed to punish the palace servants, her idea was that Chunjia wanted to kill innocent people to silence her.

No matter how Chunjia explained, she still thought so.

She couldn't stop her, but Chunjia didn't want her to change her mind either.

In the end, Chunjia could only compromise and let her deal with it herself.

At this moment, if the queen really has a problem, or if it is determined that the so-called marriage of Princess Kunze has been decided, it is Yun Fenghuang who did something to stop the Gu family's children, wives and daughters, then Yun Fenghuang's explanation must be an explanation unclear.

Moreover, as far as the imperial concubine's temperament is concerned, people who can say things that she can say clearly in a few words are furious.

What's more, the empress and concubine are openly tearing apart now?

Don't make a fuss at that time.

He then reassured Yun Fenghuang and let him take care of the whole matter.

But in fact Chunjia ended up in person, this matter is still not easy to deal with.

The main reason is that Gu Zhen doesn't trust him...

So no matter how sweet Chunjia said, her understanding was that the emperor was partial to the noble concubine, and she would not listen or not.

Chunjia is very patient and forbearing, but to be honest, it depends on who he is dealing with.

When the power of the Ji clan was overwhelmed, he endured it. Yuan Lianniang was a childhood sweetheart and the favorite daughter of the Empress Dowager Yuan. He also endured it. Yun Fenghuang's temperament suits his wishes and is loved by him. He is willing to endure it, but Gu Zhen... The emperor didn't have much dislike for this successor, but he didn't have much favor either.

He was not so happy to keep coaxing Gu Zhen in a low-key way.

Seeing the situation, he didn't say much, and left Woxia Building directly.

Seeing this, the queen was a little worried on both sides: "I'm afraid it's not good for your majesty to offend His Majesty like this?"

Gu Zhen was also very conflicted. On the one hand, when she calmed down, she analyzed that her current situation was similar to that of the former empress. As long as the family does not fail, it doesn't matter if she is out of line, and it doesn't matter if she even annoys the emperor; on the other hand, she is not always unscrupulous after all. Most of the people in the past twenty years followed the rules, and suddenly they did such unreasonable things because they relied on their family background, especially when they were against people like Chunjia and Concubine Gui, they couldn't help feeling subconsciously guilty.

"...Forget it, do one thing and keep doing it." After hesitating for a long time, Gu Zhen finally decided to grit his teeth and persevere.

Because although she is not a particularly shrewd and capable person, she also knows that if she gives up now, her reputation in the harem will plummet from now on, and many concubines, even Chunjia, will never let her go again. in the eyes.

Even though the imperial concubine is cunning and changeable, everything about the imperial concubine comes from the emperor's favor.

And Chunjia is currently in need of the Gu family, he said that it is impossible to do too much to Zhonggong at this time, and he will not let the imperial concubine and others do so.

In terms of emotion and reason, this is the best time for Gu Zhen to stand up.

If she misses this time, she might just be a puppet for the rest of her life.

Even if it is impossible to act arbitrarily in the sixth house in the end, at least she can gain a certain amount of respect through this round of power and struggle.

Let Liugong, including Chunjia and the noble concubine, understand that the queen is not easy to mess with.

Only in this way can Gu Zhen's future life and the safety of her children be guaranteed.

So she couldn't stop it, if she wanted to stop it, it should be Chunjia or the noble concubine who stopped...with their compromise conditions.

Gu Zhen thinks this is the best ending for the whole matter.

Of course it is for her.

After Chunjia left Woxia Tower, she didn't react immediately.

When I returned to Xingxintang to deal with government affairs, there was a gap at the end, so I ordered Yanyin to send a message to the queen: "Ming Hui is the eldest daughter of the first emperor, her two younger sisters have already descended, and Yun An is pregnant. It can't be that Minghui is still raised in the palace like this, and the flowering period has been missed. Let the queen start choosing a son-in-law for Princess Minghui, make sure to choose a good one, and always be worthy of the status of the former emperor's daughter."

When Gu Zhen received this order, he knew that Chunjia did not intend to give in, and even turned her into an army instead.

To be honest, the marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Ming Hui is really a hot potato now.

With an identity like Minghui's, it's nothing to be poor in talent and appearance, and even bad conduct, as long as it's not too much, it's not a problem. The golden branches and jade leaves, the golden branches and jade leaves that the emperor must treat favorably, are enough to obliterate all flaws.

The problem is that this eldest princess, Her Royal Highness, has the blood of the Ji family, and has openly opposed Chunjia and Chunjia's favorite concubine.

Concubine Min Yunfenghuang was forced to try to commit suicide in public regardless of her achievements.

Even if it's just for show, as far as Yunfenghuang's reputation is bound to be repaid, unless he is a child of the Xie family, whoever honors Minghui can guarantee that he will not be settled by Qiuhou?

Therefore, anyone with a bit of family background would rather marry Princess Kunze than Princess Minghui.

Precisely because the eldest princess Minghui was the first emperor's daughter or the eldest daughter, this status was even higher than the two eldest princesses Yun'an and Sui'an, and her son-in-law should also be higher than Zheng Fengli and Xie Wuzheng in terms of background and appearance.

Regardless of the wishes of these families, then the most suitable candidate for Minghui's son-in-law is the one from a wealthy family who is both talented and good-looking and excellent in character and learning... This type of people is often a unicorn son who is arrogant and highly anticipated by the elders , maybe he doesn't even bother to rely on his wife's family to get ahead. If you let him go to Shang Minghui, what is the difference from making enemies?

This matter brought Yun Fenghuang up, and Yun Fenghuang might have a headache, let alone Gu Zhen.

But she had no objection yet, because Princess Minghui's parents were no longer alive, and her grandmother, the Empress Dowager, was too old to care about her affairs for a long time, and of course her brother and sister-in-law had to help with major life-long affairs.

Even as the current sister-in-law, Gu Zhenhe should take the initiative to mention it.

Now it is her negligence that needs the emperor to remind her in turn.

If he pushes against the emperor again and refuses to accept this matter, he will definitely fail.

"...You say, what kind of son-in-law should I find for Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess?" Gu Zhen looked dignified, and secretly calculated the children of each family he knew. He really had no clue, so he called around to discuss .

She herself is not shrewd, and right and left are right and left. Even after the queen, the family sent two more determined ones to the palace to serve. Her Majesty the Princess came here to ask? Your Majesty has always loved Her Majesty the Eldest Princess, and if Her Majesty the Eldest Princess liked it, surely Her Majesty would not say anything?"

As long as Princess Minghui said yes, even if the emperor is not satisfied, she can still blame it on herself, right?

So Gu Zhen invited Ming Hui to come to Woxia Building to talk, and asked what the sister-in-law's favorite was like.

However, Ming Hui talked about other things, and didn't answer at all.

Seeing this, in desperation, Gu Zhen could only clarify the topic for her: "Your Majesty thinks that His Highness is in the flowering period, and he is afraid of delaying His highness's youth, so he ordered this palace to choose good talents and beautiful jade for His Highness. I don't know what His Highness has. idea?"

This is a very normal question, especially since Gu Zhen was afraid that the eldest princess would be shy, so she told the left and right to back off before she opened her mouth.

As a result, Minghui's face changed immediately when he heard the words, and he patted the table: "What? Your Majesty doesn't like this palace, and thinks that this palace is in the way?"