Chapter 480 Suspicion

Xie Xiaoyu has always had a good image in the hearts of Yun Fenghuang and the Cui family.

Even though Cui Wan recruited him as his son-in-law because of Yun Fenghuang, frankly speaking, before Xie Xiaoyu's true colors were exposed, he and his wife thought that the concubine's marriage was a good one.

Although married, the former wife was not blessed, and neither he nor his first wife's eldest son stayed.

It is no different from making a wife, except that the daughter salutes a memorial tablet every year and festival.

Besides, Xie Xiyu is young, has outstanding looks, and is gentle and considerate to Mrs. Cui... Not to mention Cui Wan and his wife, even Mrs. Cui herself is secretly delighted, feeling that she has met a beloved.

As a result, misfortunes happened!

Not to mention Xie Xiaoyu's ruined reputation, it's gone now!

You know, although Xiao Cui has already given birth to a child, it is a girl.

With Cui's family background and the powerful status of the imperial concubine, it is absolutely impossible for Xiao Cui to remarry.

In the past, when Xie's descendants were prosperous, they would still be able to continue the incense with their step-nephews.

But now, the descendants of the main branch of the Xie family are withered, how can they take care of it?

In particular, if Xie Xiaoyu died in battle in Weihe, and sacrificed his life for the country with honor, he would still be able to enjoy some preferential treatment.

But now that his reputation has been ruined, and even the imperial concubine and son-in-law are involved, there are many discussions and troubles. How can it be possible to solve the problem of heirs for him?

To be honest, Cui Wan was also impatient to care about the affairs of this indifferent son-in-law, but he is a mature courtier, of course he understands that whether Xie Xiaoyu is good or bad has nothing to do with the overall situation, the most important thing is the imperial concubine.

As long as the noble concubine does not fall, then it will be beneficial for him to marry a concubine into the Xie family.

Otherwise, Zhao Shang would not have spoken to Xie Xiaoyu so hard.

For this reason, the imperial concubine's attitude towards Cui's father and daughter has eased a lot at the moment, and she specially expressed her gratitude to Cui Lianye who came to visit the sick, and then sighed: "It's always my Xie's inability to teach my son well, which hurts me." If my cousin doesn't say anything, it will also implicate the eighteenth sister-in-law."

Because Cui Lianye's relationship with Xiao Cui was not very deep, she was surprised at the exposure of Xie Xiaoyu's true face, but she was not very angry.

After all, when she entered the palace, the concubine was only a little older, and she was not the same as her mother, so how close could she be? That is to say, there is no grudge.

At this moment, she quickly comforted the noble concubine with a few words, expressing that she didn't mind: "Your Majesty doesn't know either. This is my younger sister's fate. Besides, after my younger sister left the cabinet, she always said that the Eighteenth Prince treated her very well."

"After all, it's Bengong and Mrs. Xie who are sorry for the Cui family." Yun Fenghuang's face was not very good-looking, she said she was sick now, half of it was pretending, and half of it was a real blow.

The brother with the best relationship since childhood, the closest surviving blood relative of Xie Shi after his death... She was somewhat wary of Xie Wuzheng, but for Xie Xiaoyu, she really never thought that he would deceive herself like this .

Although Yun Fenghuang knew in his heart that Xie Xiaoyu's original intention was definitely not to cause trouble for his sister, he might think that he could hide it from her?

After all, even the younger sister Concubine Min Gui has never been suspicious of the death of Xie Jiang's mother and son, has she?

In other words, Yun Fenghuang was suspicious, but those who suspected were outsiders, never thought that Xie Xiaoyu could do such a thing!

... This made the imperial concubine even feel a little dazed.

She originally thought that she grew up with Xie Xiaoyu's mother and compatriots, so she knew this brother very well.

But now she found out that she didn't really know Xie Xiaoyu that well.

Back then, when the emperor was choosing sons-in-law for Xiaozong's three biological daughters, both Yun Fenghuang and his close attendants, including Jiang's, all privately regretted Xie Xiaoyu's recent marriage.

Because if Xie Xiaoyu hadn't married Xie Jiang's family, even if they had been engaged for many years, the mother and daughter would still have ways to persuade the Jiang family to withdraw their marriage, and let Xie Xiaoyu seize this opportunity to become a dragon and become a phoenix...

But it's just a pity.

The mother and daughter never thought about what to do to Xie Jiangshi, let alone anger her.

In Yun Fenghuang's heart, he felt that his youngest brother might also be a little regretful, but the opportunity had already been missed. Xie Jiang was also the married wife of his childhood sweetheart, so he was secretly depressed, that's all. .

Is there any way to make up for it?

In the end, Xie Xiaoyu failed to accept the Lord, but still managed to find a way to marry a noble girl...

It's not that Yun Fenghuang doesn't know that his brothers basically have ambitions.

In terms of ability, apart from Xie Wuzheng, only Xie Hun and Xie Fu have a little bit of ability... But it is still far from planning in the temple.

But even so, who would have thought that after some people harmed their married wife and cousin, they would not even let their own eldest son be spared?

"I'm short-spirited now, so I won't tell you any more." Yun Fenghuang still feels indescribably sad when he thinks about it.

Gathering her mind, she whispered to Cui Lianye, "Please discuss with your father to see the mother and daughter of the eighteenth sister-in-law. What are your requirements? If I can do it, I will never shirk."

After a pause, "If Eighteenth Sister-in-law wants to remarry, it's okay. But after all, the girl is the only flesh and blood of Eighteenth Brother, please stay with Xie. If Eighteenth Sister-in-law is worried, I will report to His Majesty and take her under my knees." Bringing up, like Menger and the others, will definitely not treat you badly!"

Cui Lianye kept saying that she didn't dare, but seeing her firm attitude, she agreed and left.

She returned to Chengyue Palace and immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Cui Wan.

Cui Wan had expected this a long time ago, but he had already prepared an excuse to convey it in: "The master of the family said that if a woman married outside the door splashes water outside the door, since she is Xie's wife, no matter what the eighteenth son of the Xie family is Anyway, we have to keep festivals for them. My Cui family has never remarried for five generations. Please don’t mention remarriage in the future.”

"As for the future of the mother and daughter..."

"The imperial concubine has always treated her blood relatives kindly, so she probably won't wrong them."

"All in all, please don't worry about your empress, and focus on your jade body."

Hearing these words, Cui Lianye raised her eyebrows slightly, and said: "At the beginning, Daddy said a lot to Xie Xiaoyu when he was in court, and it was rare for the noble concubine to let go. If Daddy didn't say anything, the noble concubine is indeed a little tired now. What if you don’t give me anything if it’s true?”

"My lady, the master said, no matter what, the eighteen sons of the Xie family are gone, and the only biological blood is that of our young lady. With this in mind, how can the imperial concubine ignore the young lady, mother and daughter?" The servant who sent the message He whispered, "Since that's the case, why bother? It's better to send charcoal in the snow, and sympathize with the exhaustion of the imperial concubine and the embarrassment in her heart. After the imperial concubine recovers, can she not take the initiative to repay it? Although the imperial concubine is ruthless , but has never been the master who can only enter and exit."

That's true.

Cui Lianye sighed: "Little sister is also wronged."

It's just that Xiao Cui also thinks, "Fortunately, she has a biological daughter, otherwise, her life will be sad."

After many years in the deep palace, although Cui Lianye is not a widow, she is still a widow. She is very aware of the importance of a child, especially her own flesh and blood, under such circumstances.

Like she used to feel lifeless, but since adopting the second prince, she feels much calmer.

Although the second prince's performance was mediocre, Cui Lianye didn't care.

Anyway, it is impossible to fight for that seat, and it is a good thing to be mediocre.

So she personally went to Xuanqing Palace and told Cui Wan about her attitude face to face, which also represented the attitude of the Cui family.

Yun Fenghuang knew very well in his heart that an old fox like Cui Wan was the best at judging the situation.

But in the end I had some good feelings, and sighed: "I'm tired now, so I won't say anything extra. There is only one thing: I'm in one day, my eighteenth sister-in-law mother and daughter, I will protect you!"

Her brother was not up to snuff, but after Xiao Cui entered the door, she was quite satisfied.

Now that her natal family is so good at life, Yun Fenghuang can only repay the debts of brothers and sisters.

After Cui Lianye left, the Qing people came in to serve, and the master and servant faced each other, all feeling sad.

This evil deed that Xie Xiaoyu concealed was not only a huge blow to Yun Fenghuang, but also a great malice to all the servants of Huanhua Palace.

Qingren was especially sad, in her impression Xie Xiaoyu was really not such a vicious person.

Even because Yun Fenghuang was more domineering and more aristocratic when he was a child, in comparison, Xie Xiaoyu is a bit honest and kind.

She still remembered that when Yun Fenghuang was mean to Xie Fenghuan, even though Xie Xiaoyu was helping his younger sister to sideline the fight, occasionally seeing Yun Fenghuang going too far, she would even tactfully persuade her.

From her point of view, even though Xie Xiaoyu has some thoughts, but generally speaking, his heart can be called kind.

How did this happen?

The people of the Qing Dynasty still couldn't believe it, so they hesitated for a while seeing Yun Fenghuang's dull face, and couldn't help saying: "Madam, just now Chen Jing said that after he went to investigate the eighteenth son who came to the imperial capital, he followed Regarding the dealings of outsiders, it is said that there are not a few people who persuade the Eighteenth Young Master! The Eighteenth Young Master must have been deceived by them!"

Therefore, the fault is not that she looked at the eighteenth son who grew up, but an outsider!

But Yun Fenghuang, who has always been partial to blood relatives, did not agree, and only said lightly: "No matter how clever an outsider is, it is impossible for an outsider to grab his hand to kill his cousin, mother and son, and he did not say to put a knife on his neck to make him kill his wife and son... …It is true that outsiders are not a good thing, but Brother Eighteen, he is not a thing!"

Seeing this, the Qing people dared not speak immediately.

Yun Fenghuang was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "You mean, are you really an outsider?"

Seeing that Qing was stunned, she sighed softly and said with a complicated expression, "Brother Eighteen... I don't dare to say it now, I know him well. However, although he is not very shrewd, he is not a three-year-old child either. When he came back then, be it Ben Gong or his mother, they all warned him in private. Many people in the imperial capital wanted to get hold of Ben Gong from him. You said, we all told him that, and those people pushed him Doesn't he hesitate at all to do such vicious things? Didn't he ever think about whether he would fall into someone else's trap and cause trouble for me?"

"You said that if outsiders hadn't persuaded him, then..."

"Is it possible that it is one of our own?"

"... Your Majesty?" The Qing was stunned, her whole body trembled for a while, and she said subconsciously, "If so, then...but...but...but he is already a son-in-law! Are you jealous of Young Master Eighteen?"

She heard it, Yun Fenghuang was actually suspicious of Xie Wuzheng!

However, although Xie Wuzheng was separated from Yunfenghuang by a layer and was not as close as Xie Xiaoyu, he was lucky enough to marry Princess Suian.

As a son-in-law, her identity is fundamentally different from that of Xie Xiaoyu.

In addition, Xie Wuzheng was born in the imperial examination, so his foundation is much stronger than Xie Xiaoyu's.

The Qing people thought about it quickly, and then said slowly: "Isn't your mother thinking too much? Eighteen sons... at least in recent years, it is absolutely impossible to threaten the consort. Can you fight alone? Without the wings of brothers like the Eighteenth Prince, even if you are in a high position, it is difficult not to be held back."

Yun Fenghuang was silent for a moment, and said: "If it's just for power and for the support of my palace, there is really no reason for the son-in-law to touch Eighteenth Brother."

"But don't forget..."

"Even though Brother Eighteen is proud of his official career, he still has no children."

The noble concubine said slowly, "Before the death of the Xie family, the number of people suddenly became thin. Even if the tenth brother was lucky enough to find Fu Wang, the other brothers would hardly have any heirs to inherit. Now the eighteenth brother has no male heirs to inherit the blood... Tell me, even if I can't think of it right now, in the future, can I not think about letting him recruit more concubines and let him spread the word?"

After all, Sifang's surviving male heirs are only two juniors, Xie Fuwang and Xie Li.

But Yun Fenghuang has four brothers.

With the importance she attaches to bloodlines, unless it is absolutely necessary, she will definitely not consider adopting from a distant branch.

Then, in terms of blood relationship, relationship, status, and aptitude... Is there any brother who is more suitable than Xie Wuzheng?

Qing people didn't know what to say for a while, she was actually not very close to Xie Wuzheng, after all, as Jiang's arm, Qing people used to help Jiang's take care of Xie Wuzheng's mother.

The relationship with each other is of course not good.

Now the reason why Yun Fenghuang's conjecture has been repeatedly rejected is mainly because she feels sorry for the imperial concubine.

In the past, although the imperial concubine was a little wary of her cousins, she generally trusted them.

After all, they are related by blood, one prospers and the other loses. This kind of bond of interests is enough to surpass the foundation of many feelings.

Besides, their relationship is not bad, it can be said to be double insurance.

But now, the imperial concubine has not recovered from her illness, so she puts Xie Wuzheng on suspicion... This...

"Your Majesty, don't mess with yourself." The Qing people calmed down and reminded the imperial concubine, "Perhaps Mrs. Gu's exposure of the Eighteenth Prince was to provoke the trust between the Empress and the son-in-law? After all, after the death of Mrs. Xie, the surviving How many talents are there? Among them, the ones who are closest to the empress, who are most trusted by the empress and have high hopes are none other than the eighteenth son and the son-in-law."

"Now the Eighteenth Young Master died tragically in prison."

"Your Majesty has become suspicious of the son-in-law again... If so, what should I do?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang didn't say anything for a long time, he let out a breath slowly, and said in a low voice, "That's right. Then don't do anything else. The eighteenth brother left and right will go. The matter is not settled right now, and it's not suitable for him. Consider the matter of the heir. Let's wait until later!"

She thought to herself, if Xie Wuzheng is serious and upright, trying to frame Xie Xiaoyu to obtain an upright continuation of the heirs, and let herself go all out to support him in the future...

That……

Yun Fenghuang will let this cousin understand that the left and right Xie clans are in decline, so it's okay if they don't want any of them.

"But I hope I think too much." The noble concubine thought with a heavy heart, "I used to be too confident. How can one see through the complexity of people's hearts?"

She will never forget this profound lesson in her life.