Chapter 64 Marriage Agreement

Chapter 64

"...how are you doing?" Chun Jia restrained her irritability and tried to persuade her a few words. Seeing that the empress had a firm attitude and knelt motionlessly, as if she was determined to let him be deposed, her eyes turned completely cold, she let out a breath, and asked.

Knowing that his patience was almost exhausted, Gu Zhen pursed his lips and said, "I'm not worthy to be queen, how dare I continue to occupy the latter position?"

"Since you received the book, you have the Phoenix seal in your hand, and you have taken the lead in handling the affairs of the palace." Chunjia looked at her with disappointment, "I have never been short of the dignity that a queen should have. Although a noble concubine is more pampered , generally respects you as the middle palace. Now you think about not being a queen just because of such a little quarrel, are you worthy of Gu's hard work for you?"

Gu Zhen was unmoved, she thought to herself that it was because she was afraid that Gu Shi would shed her blood for you and eventually become the second Ji family in the country, so this palace could not go on like this: "Your Majesty is really very kind to my concubine. Okay. I am sorry for your majesty. I have no talent and no virtue. I can't take care of the six palaces, and I can't restrain the concubine and others very well. Therefore, I have no face to occupy the position of the middle palace. Please ask your majesty to choose another talented person before I will be with you match."

Chunjia closed his eyes and pinched his forehead. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "I order Concubine Min to stay in the Xuanqing Palace and reflect behind closed doors. Are you satisfied?"

"Your Majesty thinks that this concubine is forcing you to dispose of the noble concubine today?" Gu Zhen looked at him, smiled self-deprecatingly, with sparkles in his eyes, and choked up, "I just want to know why your majesty made a concubine as a concubine." That's all later!"

Chunjia said lightly: "You are an old man when I got married. I know what your nature is. Among the six palaces, only you are the queen, so I can rest assured."

These words sounded like love words, but Gu Zhen knew it was not: "I am stupid, and I am by no means a match for the noble concubine Your Majesty loves; I have enough background, and my father is in charge of the Dingbei Army and has a close relationship with the Prince Regent; My son, even if you adopt the prince, it is not your own, there is a gap between mother and child, and it will not lead to a repeat of the Ji family in the future... So don't worry, Your Majesty?"

"The queen thinks, does the Gu family have the heart of the Ji family?" Chun Jia asked without answering.

Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and said, "Even if Gu Shi doesn't have the heart of Ji Shi, the key is, does His Majesty believe it?"

Chunjia said lightly: "I am not a mean person."

He said these words calmly, but Gu Zhen was a little speechless for a while, she really wanted to say why did you treat Ji like that?

Even the former empress and Kang Jieyu, the two daughters of the Ji family who have served you for many years, you didn't let go?

Xiaozong sent his wife and concubine Ji Sheng, why have you ever softened your heart?

Even Xiaozong's mother, the Empress Dowager, are you not just superficial?

The most chilling thing is whether the second and third princes are the emperor's own flesh and blood, but when did the emperor look at these two children?

Are you qualified to say that you are not mean?

But she knew that if she asked such a question, Chunjia must have a reason, that is, how the Ji family felt sorry for him, and how to control the situation if he was not cruel to the Ji family.

Anyway, the emperor really didn't think he was mean.

... Gu Zhen felt powerless in her heart. She collected herself and said, "Your Majesty is naturally merciful. However, the concubine's blood relatives have married into the royal family and the noble family successively. Now she holds the sons of Concubine Zhenxishu and Concubine Wen Huixian. Dare I ask Your Majesty if it is true?" Concubine, how should I deal with myself?"

When Chunjia heard this, she raised her eyes and looked at her, wanting to smile or not.

He was sensitively aware that the queen was trying to make him feel the same way, or in other words, was implying that his current situation was the same as Chunjia's back then.

They are all in vain and have a righteous name, but they are in jeopardy due to various threats, so they can't sleep or eat.

"If I were the empress, I would not think wildly and frankly fulfill the responsibilities of the palace." Chunjia took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Actually, I really don't understand why the empress wants to use the Ji family to endanger herself. ? If Gu did not commit the same crimes as Ji, or plans to follow Ji in the future, is it because the Queen thinks Ji was wronged?"

Without waiting for the queen to reply, he continued, "It is true that I prefer the noble concubine, but the noble concubine is still just a noble concubine. No matter how prominent the family of King Qin and Lao Qi are, they are just bastards. There are many children under my knees, but you The King of Chu in front of you is the legitimate son!"

"Everyone has selfish desires, and I am no exception."

"But I feel that there is nothing wrong with being careful. The imperial concubine is young and pampered, and the empress is an old man in the palace. Since she is the lord of the sixth palace, why can't she show the magnanimity of the lord of the sixth palace and be more tolerant?"

Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and suddenly sneered: "What about the noble concubine? If the noble concubine is the queen, Your Majesty, will you persuade her to be tolerant?"

Chunjia said calmly: "First of all, the imperial concubine will not be the empress; secondly, when the former empress was sick and the imperial concubine presided over the Six Palaces, she has never been like the empress who felt wronged and let go."

After thinking about it, he added, "Of course, the imperial concubine seldom allows herself to be wronged."

In other words, Queen, you are too incompetent.

There is no way to keep yourself from being wronged.

So who is to blame?

Naturally, the queen, you are too useless.

"..." Gu Zhen understood what he meant and opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.

What else can she say?

The emperor frankly admitted that he was partial to the imperial concubine, but he also emphasized that he also respected the queen.

According to the world situation at this time, on the premise of respecting the main room, it is human nature to prefer the side room, so it should not be blamed.

In this way, the main room can't suppress the side room, and the main room can only blame the lack of ability.

As for what Gu Zhen really cares about, will the emperor abandon himself in the future and replace him with Yunfenghuang, will he choose Yunfenghuang's heir to be in charge of the East Palace instead of the prince under the queen's name? Chunjia resolutely denied it.

As the Son of Heaven, Gu Zhen couldn't say that he didn't believe it when he made such a statement, so let him come up with more evidence?

After a long silence, Gu Zhen slowly stood up from the ground.

Because she had been kneeling for a long time, she staggered when she got up. Fortunately, the emperor's eyesight quickly reached out to help her, otherwise she almost fell.

"Queen." Holding her breath in her heart, she didn't want to thank him, so she pushed his arm away silently, and staggered to a place far away from him to sit down.

The emperor was not angry either. He watched her sit down calmly, and then said slowly, "I am the emperor, and you are the middle palace. Since I am sitting in this seat, while holding the power, I also have responsibilities. The queen is not the emperor. Zhifa's wife was promoted from the position of wife, and she has lived in Yanfu Palace for less than a year. Therefore, I will not care about the Queen's gaffe today. But... there will be no next time."

Seeing Gu Zhen pursing his lips and turning his head to the side, he asked, "Do you understand?"

"..." Gu Zhen didn't say a word, and after a moment of stalemate with him, he said in a very reluctant tone, "I obey."

She was still unhappy.

But Chunjia didn't care, and asked about the situation of the King of Chu as if nothing had happened, and then Shi Shiran left after showing enough respect for the middle palace and the importance of his son-in-law.

It's just that after leaving the Yanfu Palace, the emperor's expression was a little bad, he pondered for a while, and ordered the emperor's chariot to go to the Huanhua Palace.

"Your Majesty is here now, could it be that the Empress has complained to you?" Yun Fenghuang heard that the Empress had invited Chunjia to Yanfu Palace early in the morning, seeing the Emperor coming to him again, he had already thought of the reason, and greeted him with a smile He went in and sat down, picked up the tea brewed by the palace man and blew on it, then asked with a smile.

Chunjia was more relaxed with her, and she didn't hide it too much: "It's not that you don't know the queen's temperament, but why bother to tease her? You have done so many things in front of me, and you are running around to make peace in your harem." worry."

"The concubine was afraid that she would do bad things with good intentions, so I reminded her a few words. Maybe the concubine's nature-zi has never spoken and offended the empress without knowing it." Yun Fenghuang pushed two six five with a relaxed expression, "but where Knowing that the Empress is so fussy that she can't wait for a moment, she insists on going to judge? If so, then I can just go and apologize to the Empress later, I can't embarrass Your Majesty!"

Chunjia didn't believe a word of this.

He is sure that as long as he agrees to let Yun Fenghuang plead guilty, Gu Zhen who can plead guilty will be hysterical.

"I've already told her, don't bother with this matter." He glanced at the imperial concubine warningly, and said, "You too, don't mess around next time!"

This level of warning Yun Fenghuang didn't take it to heart at all, and he agreed with a smile, and was tired of him asking what happened to Gu Zhen today?

Chunjia refused to say it at first, but she couldn't help pestering her again and again, and finally revealed a little bit: "Today, you are annoyed at the empress, and just after I passed, she knelt down and said that the empress can't do it anymore, and I want you to be established." Forget it for the future... I just let her stop talking about it. If the Gu family finds out about this, I'm afraid they won't learn from Yin Qu and argue with me in the previous court to seek justice for my daughter?"

Yun Fenghuang also felt awe-inspiring when he heard the words, although Gu Zhen himself was easy to deal with, but the Zhaowu Mansion had a special status after all, and if there was a commotion, it was impossible for Chun Jia not to give in at all.

In fact, the news revealed by the emperor at this moment is to imply that she should not provoke the queen too much in the future.

Otherwise, if the Gu family exerts their strength, the emperor will have to temporarily wrong her to smooth things over.

... This kind of noble lady is really annoying!

No, no, what I really hate is the family behind them.

So when will this Gu family cool off? !

Yun Fenghuang was full of malice in his heart, but he was still smiling on his face, and promised to act coquettishly with Chunjia that there would be no next time.

Although she knew that her promise might not be credible, it was still comforting to watch, so Chunjia's expression eased, and she stroked her temple hair and said: "Gu Zhen was the empress, it was your intention at the beginning, and I agreed. Now that she has been in the post for less than a year, even if there is something wrong with her actions, just tell her well. If she doesn't listen, you can come and talk to me, but why bother to keep her from stepping down? ? After all, you are just a noble concubine, and if you have such a dispute with the middle palace, if it gets out, it will not be good for your reputation."

Yun Fenghuang felt that the emperor thought highly of her, what good name did she have?

Mention her inside and out, saying that she is smart, some are vicious, some are blessed, and some are blessed, but how can she be said to be virtuous?

That's absolutely blinding.

Think about it again, oh the emperor himself seems to have said so...

The noble concubine coughed dryly, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, is this concubine the kind of person who has no sense of propriety? It's just that I think the empress has a bright personality, so I can't see anything wrong with her. Since the empress has taken it to heart , of course I won't misunderstand her again after I become a concubine."

The emperor didn't expect the imperial concubine and the empress to be like sisters, as long as they were willing to compromise with each other to maintain the superficial harmony, at least not to make troubles, he would be satisfied.

So at this moment, he didn't care whether Yun Fenghuang's words were true or not, he encouraged him a bit, and asked about the situation of the Seventh Prince, and then he went back to the previous court to continue handling government affairs.

"Is there no man in the country?" As soon as the emperor left, Yun Fenghuang's face darkened, and he said secretly, "The Dingbei Army has been in the hands of Uncle Zhaowu for many years. Do you also keep yourself safe?"

If there are many hills in the Dingbei Army, and the Gu family doesn't have that much power to speak, can Gu Zhen bring out his mother's family to suppress others?

But after thinking about it, Dingbei Army is protecting the country, and the first thing to bear the brunt is the peace in the north, which is where my hometown is... Forget it, Dingbei Army should be more peaceful.

Unwillingly, Yun Fenghuang thought: The future will be long, Gu Zhen is not interested in it, and with these disturbances, the emperor must be bored, so take your time.

Instead, she began to think about the flood, thinking whether to let Xie Wuzheng or Xie Fu get involved to earn some credit?

Although these two brothers have no experience in flood control and disaster relief at all, it doesn't matter, they go to the underdogs to accumulate some experience, and later she helps to advocate a few words in front of the emperor, which is considered a qualification at least.

Thinking of this, she thought about how to mention it to the emperor.

In a few days, Chunjia formally decreed that Princess Minghui would be crowned the eldest princess and bestow marriage to Yunxike, son of the Yun family.

The eldest princess was originally treated only by the emperor's aunt, but now he gave Minghui a seal, naturally to show that he especially valued the first emperor's daughter.

In addition, after Yunxike became a prominent family and official, his talent, physical appearance, and appearance were all seen by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Compared with the sons-in-law of the two eldest princesses of Yun'an and Sui'an, Yun's was more than a little bit or two. Yunzhao has always been considered as the emperor's most trusted direct descendant because of his firm adherence to Chunjia from the beginning.

The descending of Princess Minghui to Yun's children shows that the emperor really loves this step-sister and never cared about her biological mother being a daughter of the Ji family.

For this reason, many people in the ruling and opposition parties said that the emperor was kind, and even the empress dowager couldn't say anything.

In fact, the Empress Dowager didn't express any opinions on this marriage, she just concentrated on preparing makeup for this direct granddaughter.

On the Yun's side, they were naturally happily preparing to welcome the golden branches and jade leaves.

The only one who is not happy is Ming Hui herself.

She made a lot of trouble in the Yaoyu Palace, but now the palace is different, without the support of the commoner Ji Sheng, even the Ji family of her family has been destroyed.

Even if the Ji family still had some people in the palace, they didn't dare to show their heads.

Therefore, the news was tightly blocked, and with the tossing method of the eldest princess, there was a scene of singing and dancing inside and out, looking forward to the grand prosperity of the emperor's daughter's descent.

In the end, Minghui's servant couldn't stand it anymore, so he secretly went to Qingci Palace to beg the Empress Dowager, and asked her to persuade Minghui: "Your Majesty is no longer here, and now your Highness's only relative in this world is you. You speak, Only she can listen, otherwise, the servant girl really doesn't know, what should I do next?"

"The emperor has made up his mind. Is it useful to make trouble like this?" The Empress Dowager sighed softly, and finally ordered someone to call Minghui to her. , you said, is it worth it?"

Seeing Ming Hui's face remained silent, he said again, "Yunxi Ke is not bad, he is worthy of you, and it is not a disgrace to your background. If you are really dissatisfied, wait a year or so after your descent, and raise him As long as there are a few favorite noodle heads, as long as they don't make the city full of wind and rain, the Ai family thinks, the emperor will not care about it. As for the Yun family, they don't dare to care about it either."

"...As long as Chunjia decides, the granddaughter doesn't want to fulfill him." Minghui lowered her head, big tears fell down, "Grandmother, don't we really have to live by his face in the future?! There is a grudge against the empress... You know, the most regrettable thing about the empress during her lifetime is that the father had no male heirs. No matter which concubine the father gave birth to an heir, they were all born for the empress. Does the empress not understand this truth? The empress herself With no children under her knees, what she looks forward to most is that the harem will give birth to heirs for her father, how could she murder them?! Chunjia is just spitting blood!!!”

The empress dowager was silent for a while, and said lightly: "It's always been like this to be a king and lose a bandit. Back then, your imperial grandfather won the heir apparent and was seated in the East Palace. Get it? Like us, even though we are out of tune with the emperor, we are still able to maintain our status and glory, which is considered very good. This is also the reason why your sisters are all girls, no matter how much you mess around, you can't threaten Chunjia, so he is willing to stay. Let us be the archway."

Seeing Minghui crying bitterly on the ground, neither supporting nor persuading her, even though she was tired from crying, she continued, "Born in the emperor's family, if you can't afford to let it go, you will definitely have to suffer...Chunjia can have today, of course. It was Ji who chose him, but he also earned it himself. He is willing to admit defeat, but he is not reconciled to mourning his family, but he doesn't have much resentment. The right is to pay off the debt for what your imperial grandfather did back then. Now your wedding date has been set , is about to descend. Since a woman leaves the cabinet, she is someone else's family. From now on, forget about these troubles and live a good life with the son-in-law."

Ming Hui thumped the ground, choked with sobs and said, "How can I forget the grace of birth?"

"Then are you Chunjia's opponent?" The Empress Dowager asked unhurriedly, "Chunjia has given enough reasons to get rid of you at that time, and you go underground to meet your mother, how will she feel?"

Speaking slowly, he let out a sigh of relief, and said in a waned way, "Aijia regretted it, and shouldn't have entangled you in the first place, and involved you in it."

"Even if Grandmother doesn't involve granddaughter, wouldn't granddaughter do nothing?" Minghui choked up and said, "Grandmother said that she would pay off the debt for Grandfather, but Chunjia accepted the throne of Emperor Father, but she couldn't even tolerate Queen Mother! Doesn't he owe our family?!"

The Empress Dowager was silent for a while, and said helplessly, "Then what do you want?"