Chapter 403 She Can't Do It, but the Imperial Concubine Can!

This year's New Year's Eve palace banquet finally came to nothing.

After all, when the life and death of the empress dowager is unpredictable, the emperor personally goes to the palace late at night, and the important ministers take the initiative to ask for guards to be by their side... In such a situation, no one would be in the mood to continue drinking and enjoying singing and dancing.

"...You guys have worked hard this time." Before leaving, Chunjia gave a few hasty instructions, ordering Ouyang Yanran and Yin Qu to jointly preside over government affairs, and the harem would be decided by the empress and concubine, so Ouyang Yanran and Yin Qu persuaded the courtiers to leave They left a mess on the floor, which made Gu Zhen feel heartbroken and depressed again.

But seeing the aggrieved and disappointed expressions of the young concubines below, he tried his best to persuade him, "It's just that I didn't expect the loving mother Empress Dowager... Sigh, but I hope her old man is safe and well."

Gu Zhen has sympathy for the loving mother, the empress dowager, but it is impossible to say that he does not want her to die.

Especially this time when Chunjia insisted on going to the palace, it made Gu Zhen feel like a thorn in his throat: this master was no longer close to the emperor because of the concubine's repeated instigation, and even had to go away because of the growing rift. Fuyang County split up to preserve the relationship between mother and child, and it turned out! ! !

The grace of nurturing over the years has not been in vain.

At the critical moment, the emperor had an impulse, obviously forgetting all the bad things about the Empress Dowager Yuan in the past, and just remember the empress dowager!

If Empress Dowager Yuan just disappeared like this, then Gu Zhen would be thankful!

Anyway, don't care about the emperor's grief after the incident, the comfort is over.

But if Empress Dowager Yuan still has one breath left...

Wouldn't there be another ancestor on top of his head in the future!

No, there is an extra ancestor. It was in the past, and the relationship between them was just a pure conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

However, now that the Yuan family has been destroyed, the root cause of the destruction is inseparable from the Gu family!

If the Empress Dowager Yuan has been in such a disguised exile situation, it's fine. Once she succeeds in turning herself around, then... is it possible to say that this loving mother Empress Dowager has no ill will towards Gu Zhen and the Gu family?

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen felt that the sky was dark, couldn't help but look at the imperial concubine, and decided to turn around and have a good chat with Yun Fenghuang about this matter.

The noble concubine said it nicely, but in fact, she definitely didn't want the Queen Mother Yuan to survive.

Although they have a rough relationship, in this matter, Gu Zhen believes that the two parties must have the same interests, and there must be many areas for cooperation and negotiation.

Yun Fenghuang is not in the mood to think about all these things at the moment, all she can think about is whether what Chunjia just said is true?

Or impulsive?

This emperor is certainly not the kind of person who is easily impulsive...

However, the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is no one else.

How should I put it, it may be that the goal of Jijiyingying has been achieved suddenly, and the imperial concubine feels that there is not much sense of reality at this moment.

In her original plan, it would be a long and difficult process for Chunjia to abolish her son and establish a virtuous man.

Because the emperor has a firm mind, he is not the kind of soft-hearted person at all.

Yun Fenghuang believes that it takes long-term subtle influences to have hope... It is also possible that Chunjia is not fooled at all, even if she tries her best, it will not help.

The goal she set for herself was to kill the two legitimate sons before King Jin took over as a vassal, so that the emperor could focus on his own son.

Now that it was completed so quickly and so well, Yun Fenghuang was still in a daze until he returned to Huanhua Palace.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Seeing this, the left and right thought that the imperial concubine was concerned about the loving mother Empress Dowager, so they hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them, "A loving mother Empress Dowager is a lucky person, so she will definitely not suffer much pain."

This is the real confidant.

He would not say that the empress dowager would be fine, but would not suffer much... The implication was that the empress dowager Yuan would definitely leave quickly.

After all, this is what their mother-in-law wanted to hear.

In fact, Yun Fenghuang really thought so at the moment.

She asked someone to open the west window, and patted her cheek against the oncoming wind and snow to wake herself up, thinking about what to do in the future?

Chunjia said in person that she would be able to raise her children well in the future, revealing inside and out that the candidate for the crown prince will no longer be restricted to the son-in-law, but will be selected from the worthy.

The word "virtuous" is actually worth pondering, because whether it is virtuous or not is often decided by the emperor.

After all, pure filial piety may be a virtue, or it may be a kind of incompetence. Since there are no other advantages, I can only make a fuss about filial piety, which is something everyone can do...

Arrogance can be a shortcoming, or it can be a decisive and self-confident temperament... Of course, Chunjia's access to the throne is full of accidents, hardships, and even dangers. He still values ​​the inheritance of the Gongxiang family, so it is unlikely to be partial to this kind of situation.

But Yun Fenghuang also understood that if the emperor hadn't lied to her, as long as the other princes in front of her didn't obviously suppress the prince under her knees, the main hall of Qingci Palace would basically be hers from now on.

And with so many princes in front of her, even if King Qin's qualifications are not good, the seventh and ninth princes seem to be all right, and the fifteenth prince who is her own is the flesh and blood of her and Chunjia. Normally speaking, his qualifications are not bad... In general For him, the road to Qingci Palace is already quite sure.

"Success is Xiao He's defeat, Xiao He!" Thinking of this, instead of being happy, Yun Fenghuang sighed, looked in the direction of the palace, and murmured, "It's fine if the loving mother and empress dowager finish everything this time, otherwise, in the future I'm afraid life in the palace will be difficult."

After all, Chunjia changed his mind because of the bad news about Empress Dowager Yuan, who was greatly shaken.

Regardless of whether Yun Fenghuang is happy or not, she must admit that this time she has been honored by Queen Mother Yuan.

So if Empress Dowager Yuan survives, can Yun Fenghuang still compete with this empress dowager in the future?

She can be shameless, the key is what will Chunjia think?

I planned to let you get your wish, but you still don't want to show compassion to me and give way to Empress Yuan?

Even if he didn't say it out of his mouth, he would definitely think so in his heart.

Taking a step back, even if Chunjia doesn't care, what about the others?

Chunjia hinted that she would be a virtuous person, but Yunfenghuang was not the kind of naive person who just entered the palace. She was raised as a son-in-law when she was young, and she also read history books.

How many princes who had no foundation in the previous dynasty and only relied on the support of the emperor to ascend to the throne, how many can go to the end?

In this regard, she herself is an example. She has been relying on Chunjia's emperor's favor to live, and she has no idea how strong the feeling of fear and precariousness is in her heart.

It's not that she doesn't want to cooperate with the former court, the key is that Xie's family background is too weak, and there are not many useful children, so she can only accept her fate.

So even for the sake of not being criticized by other princes in the future, Yun Fenghuang can only change his mind and start to be a virtuous and virtuous person who combines words and deeds.

This kind of feeling must be very resentful, but it seems that Gu Zhen is willing to endure until now.

For the future, it is also worth it.

How many concubines in this palace in the past dynasties didn't bear it? But how many can live in the main hall of Qingci Palace?

Yun Fenghuang let out a breath slowly, put aside this matter, but thought about the arrangements for the children.

Even though Chunjia didn't need to tell her about the matter of cultivating her children, she would spare no effort. But at the beginning, I didn't even have a lot of confidence in whether I could persuade the emperor, so there was room for many arrangements.

Now that the emperor gave the correct words, Yun Fenghuang suddenly didn't want to work hard to cultivate the Ninth Prince...

Even if the emperor showed considerable affection for Queen Mother Yuan this time, but thinking about the toss and struggles of Queen Mother Yuan in the past two years, Yun Fenghuang felt that if possible, it would be better for his own son to sit on the throne.

However, King Jin is really too young. The Ninth Prince still wants to be raised as his own son. I am afraid that King Jin will be very good in the future. How can he arrange a few cheap children who are willing to help his son?

... She basically didn't sleep this night, tossing and turning, watching Dongfang turn pale.

In the morning of the next day, it was supposed to be a grand ceremony for Chunjia to be congratulated by the ministers.

But what happened last night, the courtiers of course will not enter the palace today, and only hand over the invitation.

Afterwards, represented by Ouyang Yanran and other important ministers, they kowtowed and saluted towards the palace at the gate of the palace, that's all.

But in the harem, the queen still has to take all the concubines to pay her respects to the empress dowager.

The Qingci Palace was very quiet, and there were not many decorations for the New Year.

The empress dowager's attitude was as usual, lukewarm, neither embarrassing nor kind. After a few words with the concubines, it was difficult not to turn the topic to the loving empress dowager.

"She is still young, so there must be no serious problems." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "It's just that although you are younger, it's better to restrain your temper, what Yuan Shi said, you are also your elders. It's pitiful to travel around at such an advanced age."

Gu Zhen was very depressed, so he had to laugh and said, "What the imperial grandmother taught me is that my granddaughter-in-law has memorized it."

The Empress Dowager gave a faint "hmm" and stopped talking about it, and asked about the heirs of the emperor.

This imperial great-grandmother usually didn't say a word to the cheap great-grandchildren under her name, but she was very kind when she came to her.

That kind of love is not so much out of an elder's affection for the juniors, but rather a requirement of a top lady of noble birth and extraordinary status for her own words and demeanor.

It's as if the empress dowager and the common man Ji Sheng didn't deliberately make things difficult for Xie Meng, but instead gave him some rewards.

But this year, because many of the emperor's heirs have entered school, they were asked by the empress dowager, so they stepped forward to answer. There are a few children, which are very popular with the empress dowager.

Especially the Seventh Prince.

Yun Fenghuang because the Seventh Prince went to the Empress Dowager's side for a walk during the Qishan Palace, and at this moment, observing the situation, seeing the Empress Dowager looking at the Seventh Prince with a smile, raised her eyebrows slightly.

I don't know if this is really just remembering the old man through the Seventh Prince, or... has any plans?

Anyway, the grievances between the Empress Dowager and Chunjia, and her, are too deep.

Can't trust each other in this life.

After going through the scene like this, and seeing that the time was about the same, Gu Zhen was about to take the lead and asked to leave, when the Empress Dowager asked about Yi Wang and his wife.

... At the New Year's Eve banquet last night, Yi Wang and his wife actually showed their faces.

It's just that after the incident of Queen Mother Yuan's poisoning came out, no one could pay attention to it.

Now that the empress dowager asked, Gu Zhen remembered that the empress dowagers all knew that although the empress dowager was at odds with the regent's uncle and sister-in-law, she had some affection for King Yi, so he tried to figure out what the empress dowager thought, and said about Yi Wang. Good things to say about the couple.

After leaving Qingci Palace, the Queen sent someone to Yunfenghuang's chariot on the way to greet her before she could go back, asking her not to go back to Huanhua Palace, but to go to Yanfu Palace to discuss matters.

"What do you mean by the emperor's grandmother Tiyi?" After a long while, the noble concubine entered the Chongchang Palace, the queen greeted her to sit down, frowned slightly, and then talked about the topic just now, "Could it be that your majesty is not in the capital now, Thinking of something you shouldn't have?"

"Maybe it's just that I'm old and miss watching the juniors who have grown up." Yun Fenghuang didn't want to make trouble at the moment, so he said casually, "After all, His Majesty is only going to the palace, and it's not a thrilling thing. Besides , Your Majesty has so many heirs, what is King Yi now?"

Gu Zhen thought about it, and sighed: "Maybe it's because the past two years have been too difficult. I'm not afraid to listen to these people now. I'm afraid I'm too stupid to miss the news inside. .”

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang smiled and had no answer, she hesitated for a while, thinking that because of the viciousness of the noble concubine, she would definitely not have a good impression of the Queen Mother Yuan, so she said bluntly, "The loving mother Empress Dowager... if it wasn't for this time With the bad news, I will almost forget those days."

"Your Majesty is joking, how is it possible?" Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the Empress for a moment, thinking that Gu Zhen should not be so stupid as to use this matter as a trick for himself.

After all, Gu Zhen himself did not seldom deal with Queen Mother Yuan.

She made a fuss about this matter, and she couldn't get any benefit.

The imperial concubine made some quick calculations, if she said she didn't want the Empress Dowager Yuan to get better, of course everyone in Xuanqing Palace thought the same way.

But she can't do it now, if the queen is willing to be a gun, then...

Turning his mind, Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "There are some things that you will never forget in this life. Even if you are as calm and wise as His Majesty, if you didn't care about it last night, you would be in chaos?"

Gu Zhen thought that this was a tactful statement, and the imperial concubine did not want to see the Empress Dowager Yuan get better, let alone return to the palace and continue to be an ancestor, and her expression immediately relaxed a lot.

After all, it's her turn to deal with Queen Mother Yuan.

But the concubine can do it!