Chapter 44: Blatant Partiality

"Who doesn't hope for the well-being of their own children?" Yun Fenghuang looked at the Queen's furious look, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he sighed, with a reasonable look, and said slowly, "If it weren't for the clues, I wouldn't want to It's just speculation about Ms. Gu's family. But two days ago, Xiao Qi was ordered by the Empress Dowager to come back to pick up things..."

She turned to Chunjia, "At that time, my concubine left him to sit for a while, and then sent someone to help him clean up in the room. As a result, after Xiao Qi left, the people in front of me came in and said something, and said that Xiao Qi took Among the items returned, there is a square handkerchief that seems to be a girl's idea, but it doesn't seem like it can be used by palace people, what should I do with my concubine?"

"It's about Xiaoqi, so I don't dare to be negligent, so I asked someone to bring the things up and have a look..."

While talking, a palace official behind him presented a handkerchief embroidered with stalks of lotus and mandarin ducks playing in the water with a stone-green background, and a small word "Jue" was embroidered in the corner, "I couldn't believe it when I saw this word at first, after all The empress is always upright, and it is said that she would not be able to teach such an unruly girl. Therefore, I specially asked someone to check. This kind of stone green silk cloth is a tribute from the Shu region. Because of the bright color, although the original number is not a small number, However, during the allocation of the palace, I made a mistake for the servants and made a lot of dirt, so only the empress, the concubine, and the concubine De were punished."

"And the empress, concubine, and Concubine De are not in their twenties and eight years now, and the cloth they got is not for their own use, and it is all given to the girls below."

"Miss Jue got the most money because she is the only girl under the empress's knees. She cut three dresses."

"When she wore it, Zhaoqing was envious of my concubine."

"So much so that when my mother heard about it, she hurriedly gave the materials she hadn't made for dresses to Zhao Qing privately, and asked her to make one and make two more dresses."

"That is to say, only Zhaoqing, the second emperor, the third emperor, the ninth emperor and Miss Jue have this kind of material in the palace."

"Except Miss Jue, everyone else is Xiao Qi's sister. May I ask which sister would use such means to frame Miss Jue? Let alone the emperor!"

Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "From Zhaoqing to the second emperor to the third emperor to the ninth emperor, let's just say that I have no contact with Miss Jue at all in daily life. Even if there are... concubines, it's not good to say that, just because of their identities, just scold them directly. Miss Jue, is there a problem?"

From the queen's point of view, this is of course problematic.

After all, even if Gu Jue's status is not as good as the emperor's daughter, she is still her own niece.

The concubine's daughters were rude to her niece, what did it mean to her?

But in Chunjia's view, her biological daughters are in a bad mood, so is there a problem with venting their anger on the daughter of a foreign minister?

no problem!

The blood of the Tian family was born noble, what's wrong with scolding you a few times?

If Zhaoqing was so impatient and hit him with his hands a few times, it would be regarded as Gu Jue's bad luck in his opinion. Could it be that he was expected to blame his precious daughter for the sake of other girls?

Furthermore, the emperor is feeling uncomfortable at the moment: Gu Jue can make three sets of dresses, so why does my eldest daughter have to give up her concubine and niece to make up for two? ? ?

Is this world mine or not? !

My Zhaoqing has been competitive since she was a child, when did she ever suffer such aggrieved!

Now the emperor doesn't even bother to pay attention to what is going on with the scalding of the eleventh princess. After all, he has many daughters, and the eleventh rank is at the bottom, and he is not very close to him. The weight in his heart is worse than that of the eldest daughter Zhaoqing. Eighteen Streets.

Right now, he wants to find out how this stone green material is divided?

The imperial concubine is not a good stubble, how could their eldest daughter be reduced to the point of envious of a courtier?

"The imperial concubine is still as eloquent as ever!" Seeing the eloquent appearance of the imperial concubine, the queen seemed furious and unreasonable. She held back her breath, calmed down, and said coldly, "It's just the material from this palace. Of course it was all given to Jue'er, how to divide the share of Xuanqing Palace, whether to keep one or two for manipulation, only you know in your heart!"

"Your Majesty's words are also reasonable." Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly, but did not deny it, but said, "After all, Zhaoqing and the others have made dresses out of material, but this handkerchief is only so big, if it is hidden secretly It’s not impossible at all.”

She continued to explain to the emperor, "So the concubine was not sure at the time whether Miss Jue was thinking about Xiao Qi, or someone deliberately murdered Miss Jue? But no matter what happened, we still have to avoid suspicion after such a thing happened in the palace confinement." Good. Logically, the concubine should have a private discussion with the empress, and discuss together. But I am afraid that the empress will misunderstand, and there will be quarrels at that time, which is not good. Therefore, the concubine thought that it would be better to separate the two children first. Originally, the concubine sent Xiao Qi to go to the front, and Miss Zuo Jue would not catch up to the front! But the Empress Dowager has not yet recovered, but she cannot do without Xiao Qi's service, this can only temporarily wrong Miss Jue... "

"Although Miss Jue only sent some things to the Empress Dowager on behalf of the tenth prince the next day, but this day I had a face-to-face meeting with Xiao Qi, so that Xiao Qi has a little understanding of Miss Jue's temperament. Your Majesty, what do you say? , the concubine is worried, isn't it justifiable?"

Gu Zhen heard the evil intentions of the noble concubine, she said that Gu Jue might have been framed, but finally reminded the emperor: Gu Jue and the Seventh Prince met each other the next day, and the Seventh Prince's sexual behavior towards Gu Jue -The son understands something... May I ask if Gu Jue is really pure and pure, and does not lie to the seventh prince, how does the seventh prince understand her?

Of course, it may also be the seventh prince's speculation after observing Gu Jue.

But now it is Chunjia who is upholding justice, and the Seventh Prince is one of his favorite princes. Would he still blame his own son for someone else's daughter?

impossible.

Sure enough, Chunjia didn't have the patience to listen to them continue to argue, and said with a final word: "Although Gu has minor faults, his flaws are not hidden. Gu Jue must not be so frivolous. This veil may have been done by the maid who made her clothes in private. .”

After saying this, he frowned and looked at the queen, "It's just that there is something that Xiao Shi can't do to serve the emperor's grandmother in person. Does Gu Jue need to fulfill his filial piety on his behalf?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that Xiao Shi lacks filial piety, but that the emperor's grandmother doesn't allow Xiao Shi to go there." The queen smiled bitterly in her heart, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Shi cares about the emperor's grandmother, so he chooses the ingredients himself every day. Let someone cook it, and ask Jue'er to send it over."

Chunjia said lightly: "Why is it that my tenth prince doesn't even have an errand runner in front of him, so he needs to work for his first cousin?"

The queen quickly said: "Don't dare, it's Jue'er's own willingness..."

"At the beginning you wanted to bring your niece into the palace to accompany you." Chunjia interrupted her, and said slowly, "I agreed, and ordered someone to add some to the middle palace to cover food and clothing for the two children. After all, the big palace cannot afford to entertain two children. Although these children are not as important as the emperor's heirs in the palace, they are also my over-the-top guests. Although Xiao Shi is young and has been in school for two years, if he still You don't know how to treat guests, you, the queen mother, should teach him well, instead of letting him mess around. Or, in order to pamper him, wrong your own niece."

"When it got out, I thought the royal family was so mean. They took the daughters of foreign ministers into the palace to be raised in the open, but secretly used the daughters of the ministers as slaves!"

The queen was reprimanded speechless.

In fact, Chunjia didn't know the purpose of her arranging Gu Jue to work on behalf of the tenth prince?

But even if the emperor pretended not to know, it was impossible for the empress to yell out openly.

One is that Gu Jue still needs to be a human being, and the second is that Chunjia may not agree to her plan to make Gu Jue the tenth prince's side concubine in the future.

What is said at this moment, maybe Chunjia just used the excuse that Gu Jue had an affair with the seventh prince, so it is not suitable for the tenth prince?

In short, the queen came here in high spirits and returned in disappointment, but on the way back, the queen didn't feel much depressed.

This is not only because she has been used to losing over the years, but also because she was truly innocent before, but she was still slandered by the imperial concubine and taught by the emperor, but this time, it was really her niece who did it. Being beaten up by the imperial concubine in turn, at least she has not been found out the truth!

Thinking about it like this actually made me feel a lot better.

But at this moment, Yun Fenghuang was left in the Xingxin Hall by the emperor, waved back and forth, and asked about the stone green material: "Why is it that an outsider can make three sets of expensive things, and Zhaoqing still has to envy her?" ?”

"Your Majesty said this as if I don't feel sorry for Zhaoqing." Yun Fenghuang frowned and said displeasedly, "It's just that after the tribute materials were destroyed, there is only so much left. The Queen's Majesty actually got the share." It’s not too much, but the middle palace is just like Concubine De, only a girl enjoys it all under her knees, so it seems too much. It must be known that Concubine Shu is also one of the four concubines, so she didn’t take any of it! Most of them are in the The concubine is here. And the concubine and the first three daughters, Zhaoqing, as the eldest daughter, is also our favorite child, and already has the most share. But the second princess and the ninth queen are not our daughters?"

"The concubine can't just treat them indifferently?"

Chunjia couldn't help but said: "It's not that I won't give it, but if I give it a little bit, it will be enough to let them make a handkerchief purse? Anyway, the second princess still lacks a dress? Why do you have to talk to the eldest sister?" Fighting? How old is the Nine Emperors? As for the thought of dressing up?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang was stunned by his blatant partiality. She knew that the emperor loved Zhaoqing very much, but he didn't care much about the second and ninth emperors. The disparity in status is so great.

The noble concubine calmed down and said, "I know Your Majesty loves Zhaoqing, but in fact I am not a concubine, but because of this, I can't indulge this child too much. Otherwise, how will she get along with her younger sisters in the future? Zhaoqing takes The material is enough to make two sets of dresses, and the second emperor and the ninth emperor can also make one set. On the other side, her marriage negotiations were always not going well, and the concubine felt physically and mentally uncomfortable, so she saved it. I made up for it selfishly. It’s just that my mother has a good relationship with Zhaoqing, so I didn’t want any of it, and gave it all to Zhaoqing...Zhaoqing actually made three sets of dresses in the end.”

The emperor heard that it was for the sake of the harmony between the sisters, so he didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but said: "In the future, if there are such things that our children like and are rare, you and the queen should not be the masters. I, I will share!"

Yun Fenghuang: "..."

How do you want to divide it?

Do your children all hate you, or do they hate their elder brothers and sisters?

She said with a tired heart, "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so I should just do some trivial things with the empress."

After trying to persuade Chunjia for a while, the emperor's anger subsided a little, and he stopped complaining endlessly, "My eldest daughter needs to envy a courtier in front of me and you in the palace. Is this trying to piss me off?" The imperial concubine accompanied him for a few more words, and when she saw someone from the palace coming outside to report that the minister had some government affairs to ask to see the emperor, she got up and left.

As for the scalding of the eleventh princess...

It's not that Chunjia has forgotten, but she thinks there is no need to question the imperial concubine about it.

I have never seen him so resolutely want to favor Zhaoqing, even the imperial concubine refuses to agree?

How could Concubine Min, who loves the princesses so much, murder the eleventh princess? !

Even if it's for targeting Gu Jue... What a joke, what is a mere Gu Jue, the imperial concubine just doesn't want to kill her, otherwise she can live till now?

Is it worth it for the noble concubine to hurt the eleventh princess for her sake?

Thinking of this, Chunjia couldn't help slandering the queen: "I've been with the imperial concubine for many years, haven't I realized that although the imperial concubine is never soft on the concubine, she is the most gentle and considerate to the children?"

But what he didn't expect was that after a while, the noble concubine who was "gentle and considerate to the children" would take a whisk and beat Jin Wang all over the room with a ferocious face: "Little brat! Stop me! If you dare to take another step, I will break your leg!!!"