Four Hundred and Fortieth Chapters Twists and Turns

"You're too impatient." After leaving the abode, the loving mother Empress Dowager walked a few steps quickly to make sure that the people inside could not hear her voice, then she slowed down and said to the empress who was supporting her, "The emperor will continue to listen to you." How to spoil the imperial concubine, it is impossible to just let such a big matter go. The reason why I smoothed things over just now was because I didn’t want to expose my family’s ugliness to the outside world... A Zhaorong, a local official who is not an important minister, can’t be dealt with after the limelight. Something went wrong on Aijia's birthday?"

Gu Zhen bit her lips, and said in a low voice: "My daughter-in-law understands. It's just... let's just leave and leave the imperial concubine there alone, what?"

"It doesn't matter." The loving mother Empress Dowager said calmly, "As long as it is a fact that it is true that Yi's private meeting with a foreigner is true, the imperial concubine will be eloquent. Besides, the imperial concubine is a smart person, so she dares to make excuses for us. In front of the emperor, she is afraid that she will change her ways to get rid of herself first! After all, she already has a sister who is cheating on her, and she has another one. Hong Xing's underling, where else can she be innocent? Huang'er has always been wise and powerful, even if he is reluctant to do anything to her now, he will definitely have a knot in his heart. Huang'er is still in his prime, how much does the Xiaoyun family have? How old? She still has some flair now, and she can win over the emperor. After a few years, the emperor will not change his mind, and there will be newcomers eager to try!"

She sneered slightly, "Back then, Niang Niang, isn't that how things went down?"

Although the queen really wanted to say that with Yuan Niangniang's temperament, even if no one Yun Fenghuang stood up to win the favor, it is unlikely to be favored for too long, but now the two are barely allies, so they didn't say it out, just whispered : "The daughter-in-law knows."

"Are you sure this is true?" The loving mother, the Empress Dowager, stopped after thinking about it, turned her head, looked at Gu Zhen, and asked slowly, "Don't be smart...whether you are a prince or a concubine. , are not fools!"

Gu Zhen was startled, feeling sorry for it, the queen mother suspected that she was calling for a thief, and planned such a trick to frame Yi Xingen, and quickly explained: "Daughter-in-law these days, she is so busy with her birthday banquet that she can't even touch the ground. People split into two to use, but how dare they mess around? The daughter-in-law didn't know about this until she heard the report."

"That's right." The queen mother thought for a while, nodded slightly and said, "If you have this ability, you won't be suppressed by the imperial concubine all these years."

It's as if your old man is not being suppressed by the imperial concubine...

The queen slandered, and said: "It can be seen that the sky net is extensive and sparse, and this person has done too many wrong things, and it will be exposed eventually!"

But at this moment, in the abode, Yun Fenghuang was kneeling in front of Chunjia and weeping: "Your Majesty, I don't know why Yi Shi did this? Why does she have to feel sorry for you?"

The empress dowager was not present, but Chunjia's face was much more relaxed than before.

He stretched out his hand to pick up the noble concubine, and said softly: "This matter has nothing to do with you, you just go to the banquet and accompany the children. I will deal with it!"

"Your Majesty..." The meaning of protection in the words of the Son of Heaven is very obvious, Yun Fenghuang suddenly showed emotion, and was about to speak, but who knew that Du Langu, who had been silent all along, suddenly said at this moment: "Your Majesty, Concubine Empress may not have nothing to do with this matter!"

Seeing the imperial concubine showed surprise.

Du Langu sneered, and lowered his eyes to report: "It's just because I have blood relationship with Mistress Zhaorong, but due to various reasons, I don't want to recognize Mistress Zhaorong. In the past six months, Mistress Zhaorong has been entangled in every possible way, and I can't bear it." It's troublesome. During today's banquet, Lady Zhaorong said that the Seventh Princess knew that she had an uncle, and she hoped to see him. As long as I can fulfill the wish of the Seventh Princess, she will not bother you anymore. I believed it to be true, so I went to the appointment Who would have thought that the Seventh Princess would pass by in a flash, but she was still entangled with the courtiers after following Lady Zhaorong, that's when the guards noticed..."

Hearing this, Yi Xingen, who was kneeling next to her, couldn't help being dumbfounded!

Yun Fenghuang at the top suddenly turned around!

"You and Zhao Rong are blood relatives?" Yun Fenghuang was furious in his heart, this Du Langu is really as incorrigible as Yi Xingen said! ! !

She endured this for a long time, and specially set up a trap, instructing Yi Xingen to lure him into a trap, so that with the help of the Empress Dowager, she could force him to admit his blood relationship with Yi Xingen. She originally thought it would be safe.

After all, as a foreign minister in the prime of life, who was caught alone with a beautiful concubine, no matter how unwilling he was to admit his sister, what better way to get out than throwing out blood relations at this time?

In Yun Fenghuang's calculation, as long as Du Langu recognizes Yi Xingen as his younger sister here, and Yi Xingen will associate with him in the future, there is no way for him to refuse!

If he refuses, Yun Fenghuang has plenty of ways to deal with him.

As a result, this man surnamed Du dared to resist at this time? ? ?

The imperial concubine sneered inwardly, but her face showed surprise, as if she didn't know it before, but now she subconsciously blurted out, "Then why are you so unsightly?!"

When these words came out, the monarch and his subjects were all taken aback, Chunjia was a little bit dumbfounded, and said something fair for his subjects: "Ah Huang, Du Qing's appearance is considered magnificent, right?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang said with an indescribable expression on his face, "Your Majesty, if he is placed among ordinary people, he is of course considered upright. But compared to Yishi, think about Zhaoqing and the Seventh Queen, this? This Why doesn't it look like a family?"

Among Chunjia's heirs, the most beautiful is undoubtedly Zhaoqing.

But the Seventh Emperor's daughter is actually not too much, after all, sisters of the same father and mother, of course, the Seventh Emperor's daughter is young, her eyebrows and eyes are still immature, and she is not as favored as her elder sister, and she is not as good as her imposing manner. But if you want to say that the most beautiful princess in the palace, there is no doubt that it must be this pair of sisters.

Chunjia is not as fond of Zhao Qing as she is to the Seventh Prince, but compared to the Fourth Prince who can't remember the name of the heir, at least occasionally he will go to see it, because this daughter is a good-born girl, which impresses him very deeply. some.

Now that the concubine said this, the emperor couldn't help but ask: "Are Du Qing and Yi Shi real siblings? Or are they cousins?"

Du Langu remained expressionless, and said slowly: "I and Mrs. Zhaorong have the same father and mother."

The imperial concubine exchanged a wink, and the fundus of the eyes clearly said "that's no wonder". At the same time, he labeled Du Langu's mother-in-law as "average in appearance" in his heart.

Being interrupted by such an interruption, the series of questions Du Langu had originally prepared lost momentum. He collected himself before continuing: "Your Majesty, I thought that Lady Zhaorong hadn't been in touch with me all these years. Said, still entangled, most likely under the instigation of the imperial concubine empress, wanting to pull the minister under her command!"

This is really a good servant of Chunjia!

Yun Fenghuang laughed back in anger, she didn't say anything to Du Langu, she just pulled the emperor's sleeve, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I feel that even if I have a half-brother, Yishi is beautiful, this Du Langu Gu may not be able to get wild with beast-nature, and have unreasonable thoughts about his own sister. Why don't your majesty give him death!"

Chunjia coughed dryly, "Nonsense!"

At the end, he said to Du Langu, "You don't have to be so suspicious. You don't know the relationship between the two of you from the appearance of the noble concubine. Besides, as a foreign minister, you probably don't know. They usually give orders to concubines De and others, but after Yi Shi became a concubine, they are rarely summoned. This should be a misunderstanding."

Knowing that Du Langu and Yi Xingen are brothers and sisters, the emperor immediately relaxed.

That's right, as Yun Fenghuang estimated, in Chunjia's eyes, the capable and young Du Langu is far more important than Yi Xingen!

As long as the subject did not betray him, as long as the subject had a reason to keep him, then what happened today would be nothing more than a farce in the eyes of the emperor.

It can be big or small, the initiative to end is completely in his hands.

If it was said that the Circus just didn't want to damage the reputation of the royal family after the incident became a big deal, but now it is sincerely wanting to turn the big thing into a small thing. As for whether Yi Xing'en was ordered by the imperial concubine to win over Du Langu, the emperor didn't think it was a big deal. If not, of course he would speak for the imperial concubine, after all the imperial concubine is right in front of her, right?

Even if it is, anyway, he only wants to be Lixian now.

It's not as taboo as it used to be about the growth of Xuanqing Palace.

So I don't want conflicts between the optimistic officials and the favorite concubine at all.

But Du Langu and Yun Fenghuang obviously didn't want to fulfill the painstaking efforts of the emperor, so Du Langu said: "Your Majesty, the minister's suspicion is well-founded! As we all know, this birthday banquet is for the imperial concubine to assist the empress. In charge, Empress Zhaorong is the confidant of the imperial concubine empress, how can she not know the rules of the guards' patrol? If she sincerely wants to avoid people's eyes and ears, how can she be caught by the guards? Besides, the empress just sent someone to Asking questions during the banquet, you can find out immediately! If the concubine's confidant only has so little means, how can he assist the Six Palaces all these years?"

"Aiqing, the imperial concubine has said that she doesn't know about your relationship." Chunjia frowned, before Yun Fenghuang could speak, and said first, "It must be because Zhao Rong didn't tell the imperial concubine anything. If so, How do you think Zhaorong knows so much? Besides, Zhaorong has been able to live peacefully in the palace all these years, relying solely on the concubine to take care of her, but she herself has no talent. Ai Qing, please don't think that Zhaorong thinks so much. "

Yun Fenghuang was robbed of the reason by the emperor, felt aggrieved, looked at Du Langu's eyes, and felt a little cold.

She knew that after being teased by this fellow, the emperor had become suspicious.

I have calculated all the twists and turns in my life, and I don’t know how much time I will spend coaxing Chunjia... Thinking of this, Yun Fenghuang said coldly: "Your Majesty, after all, Du Langu just suspects that my concubine is young. Knowing the relationship between him and Yishi, he wants to use Yishi and coerce him! It's just that Du Langu is too self-righteous! He is a foreign minister, neither from a high-ranking family, nor has any talent Hua, what is it? It’s just that Yishi thinks about his blood relatives, and it’s hard to let go of him. How can I say that I’m a noble concubine, so I don’t care about such a thing!?”

Chunjia persuaded: "Don't talk about Du Qing like that when you are angry, this is my favorite minister."

He also said, "Moreover, Du Qing is the second in the list, and he is outstanding in terms of talent and learning."

"Your Majesty has too many courtiers who are optimistic about you!" Yun Fenghuang said contemptuously, "Besides, what is the second place? Isn't my concubine's first cousin, the concubine of His Highness Suian's son-in-law, also among the top three? In terms of talent, my concubine Deng Chengzhai, the son-in-law of his prospective niece, is he on another mission?!"

Although the marriage between Xie Meng and Deng Chengzhai had already been finalized on the imperial concubine's side, and even Yun Fenghuang had planned for a long time to dump Deng Chengzhai's love, but because Xie Meng was young in the past and now keeps his filial piety, it has not been made public. .

And Du Langu, as Chunjia's favored courtier, but his family background is not high, and he has been released all the time before, but he doesn't know about it.

Hearing this now, he couldn't help being startled.

He is quite a self-proclaimed person, and he disdains that Xie Wuzheng is also the top three.

Because the reason why Du Langu was only second in the list was not that he was inferior to the number one scholar in talent and learning, but because at that time the imperial power was declining and the Ji family was in control of the government. His teacher Cui Wan had no choice but to let him take the second place.

If it is a real competition of talent, Du Langu can be said to be worthy of anyone.

Especially Xie Wuzheng, the top three... Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was just that the emperor was in a hurry to cultivate a group of children from poor families and deliberately supported them.

If it's true, Xie Wuzheng is actually at the middle level of the second class.

But Deng Chengzhai...

To be honest, Du Langu still admires this guy.

Although Deng Chengzhai never took the imperial examination to become an official.

However, it was Deng Chengzhai who led Du Langu to Chunjia's attention and win over Du Langu.

It can be said that Deng Chengzhai owed him the kindness of knowledge and encounter.

Du Langu looked down on Xie Wuzheng, but he didn't dare to belittle Deng Chengzhai. Now that he heard that Deng Chengzhai had already been designated as the concubine's niece and son-in-law, he was a little shaken when he firmly believed that what happened tonight was because Yun Fenghuang was plotting against him.

He was thinking, if Deng Chengzhai had already turned to the noble concubine, the noble concubine could use Deng Chengzhai to recruit him, but why bother to make Yi Shi take risks?

Of course, there is another possibility... that the real target of the imperial concubine tonight is not herself, but the empress and queen dowager?

While Du Langu was pondering, Yun Fenghuang was still talking to the emperor: "It's better than this, His Majesty just dealt with Yishi directly. In this way, without the hub of Yishi, no matter how much I want to plot against Du Langu There is nothing you can do! It’s just Your Majesty, this Yi’s is not because I want to embarrass her, but because Du Langu doesn’t want her half-sister to survive! In the future, when Zhao Qing asks the Seventh Queen, His Majesty has to make it clear to them and let them talk to her. The surname Du is going to seek revenge for his mother, it has nothing to do with the concubine!"

Chunjia didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "I said, this is a misunderstanding, but it has nothing to do with you."

Looking at Du Langu again, he frowned slightly and said, "Du Qing, what do you think?"

Knowing that the emperor's patience is limited, this is a hint that he should not pursue it anymore, Du Langu hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "I...obey!"

After all, he was not reconciled in his heart, what he said was "obedience", the implication was that he was following the emperor's order, but he didn't really approve of it.

It's just that the courtier puts things to rest, but Yun Fenghuang refuses to let it go, and insists that Yishi be dealt with severely: "Although the concubine brought her up with one hand, I have had a relationship with her over the years, but because of this, There is absolutely no reason why she killed my concubine! If you want to hate Yishi, you hate yourself. You have already entered the palace to be your empress, so why can't you let go of an elder brother who doesn't care about you at all? You don't have to add trouble to the palace! Anyway, in the many years since I entered the palace, Your Majesty has never wronged my concubine like this, what kind of person are you, Yi Shi, and I have to endure the humiliation for you?!"

When the imperial concubine said this, Chunjia couldn't force her to persuade her for a while.

He thought to himself that what Yun Fenghuang said is correct, the imperial concubine has been in the palace all these years, and I dare not suspect her lightly, why should Du Langu suspect her so he can lightly expose her?

The emperor pondered for a while, looked at Yi Xingen, frowned and asked: "What happened today is all because of you, what do you have to say?"