Chapter 80 Return

"..." Yun Fenghuang frowned, after a while, he suddenly said, "What did the little Taoist tell us?"

Hearing this, Chi E couldn't understand what he meant, and said: "Your Majesty, there should be nothing new these two days, it's just the old things."

"This is strange." Yun Fenghuang sighed, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly, "The mother and daughter of the Qian family were sent by me. These days, I have not relaxed watching them. I can be sure that the mother and daughter There's no one behind it. If that's the case, tell me, is the secret revealed by the little nun worth being silenced?"

Chi E thought for a while, then hesitated and said: "It should be worth it. After all, some past events involving Shenzong and Shizong and his son are not shameful..."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Yun Fenghuang interrupted her.

"Where is the empress talking? The servant girl has never seen anyone who is smarter than the empress."

Yun Fenghuang said with a tired heart: "Since you also know that I am not stupid, then I will ask you: I am not some obscure and unknown person. Those who kill the little Taoist nuns will not know that I am not the kind of brainless Can it be compared with other things? If that’s the case, how can I spread the word about Chen Zhima and rotten millet during the time of Sejong Shenzong?"

"This..." Chi E whispered, "Is it possible that the little Taoist nun's master thought the disciple was unfilial, so he did this?"

Yun Fenghuang stared at her: "Then let's investigate!"

Chi E left in a hurry, and Yun Fenghuang said to the Qing people: "You should check the news that the little Taoist nun revealed, and see if there are any details that we missed?"

It was late at this time, so the imperial concubine also ordered to settle down.

However, the next day, when she came back from the Woxia Tower to pay her respects, she saw Chie panicked and said: "Madam, that Taoist nun is gone."

Now Yun Fenghuang has completely paid attention to the news reminded by the little Taoist nun earlier.

"There is no need to investigate the matter. I probably know who did it." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then said slowly, "As for the Qian mother and daughter, let them go back to the residence. Also, next time There will be a literary society in the palace, so girls of the right age under Qian's knees can participate."

If she guessed correctly, eight to nine out of ten were the work of the Empress Dowager.

After all, Shanyuan Temple has been rewarded generously with the Empress Dowager so far.

If it is said that he knows the things in this Taoist temple the most, the Empress Dowager must be one of them.

In contrast, the emperor and empress are too young.

And based on Yun Fenghuang's understanding of the emperor and the empress, if Chunjia didn't want her to pursue any secrets about this Taoist temple, she had already hinted that she would stop. This is the tacit understanding of the emperor and concubine over the years. If Chunjia does not want Yunfenghuang to do something, he will signal to his face, and Yunfenghuang will stop immediately. Both exercised considerable restraint, lest they go to the point of tearing their faces apart.

After all, both Chunjia and Yunfenghuang are extremely stubborn in their bones.

Once you really fall out, it's hard to make up.

Even if they reconcile, I'm afraid there will be a grudge in my heart. In order to avoid this situation, they both tacitly leave room for each other.

As for the queen, it's not that Yun Fenghuang looked down on the queen.

If Gu Zhen had cared enough to pay attention to Shanyuan Temple, she would have been making trouble for Zhong Gong in vain these two years.

Excluding the emperor and empress, who else but the Empress Dowager can quickly kill the little Taoist aunt and apprentice at this juncture when the former court and the harem are paying attention to Wenhui, Ke He's engagement, Ke Chaoruo's engagement, and the marriages of the emperor's heirs? Woolen cloth?

But because of the suspicion that it was the Empress Dowager who did it, Yun Fenghuang became more and more puzzled, what was the Empress Dowager afraid of?

Although this Ji clan's first-generation phoenix master has never seen her have any thunderous tricks since Yunfenghuang entered the palace, even in the downfall of the Ji clan, she seemed to be doing nothing, but the master who was able to accompany Shenzong came over. Son, Yun Fenghuang doesn't believe that she is really mediocre and incompetent.

So the Empress Dowager should be very clear, not to mention that the black history of Shenzong and his wife is just the result of Yun Fenghuang's speculation, the little Taoist aunt may not be aware of the inside story of Queen Qu's downfall... The couple used the view of Shanyuan to plot against Empress Qu and won the battle for the foundation of the country during Sejong's time, so what?

Yun Fenghuang's achievements proved her brains, she would absolutely not publicize it, let alone use it to blackmail the Empress Dowager.

After all, her backer is Chunjia, and the basis for Chunjia's accession to the throne is that he is Xiaozong's heir, and Xiaozong's throne comes from Shenzong... What is the difference between proving that Shenzong's superior position is disgraceful and even dirty, and denying the legitimacy of Chunjia's throne ?

Even Gu Zhen might not do such a stupid thing!

Except that Yun Fenghuang privately lamented that none of the emperors in power was a fuel-efficient lamp when the emperor's heir was prosperous, that is, he didn't even reveal a single word to his children!

The Empress Dowager should obviously know this.

So from this aspect, it is completely unnecessary for her to silence the nun.

It may even attract Yun Fenghuang's attention instead.

"You said, why does the Empress Dowager reward Shanyuan Temple every year?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment, then asked the left and right, "To this day, is there any reason why the old man can't see her?"

The servants thought about it for a long time, but they still couldn't figure it out: "Even if she murdered the flesh and blood of the late Emperor Shenzong, now His Majesty will not do anything to her because of it?"

After all, the Ji family is gone, and the Empress Dowager is no threat to Chunjia now, and Chunjia has no need to liquidate her with her reputation of being pure and filial.

Some people even exposed the bad things the Empress Dowager had done, and Chunjia would help cover up the aftermath.

"Or some of the actions of the late Emperor Shenzong are not suitable for spreading?" Chi'e put forward this opinion, "Madam, I heard that His Majesty Emperor Shizong died not long after Empress Qu left? Before Empress Qu swallowed gold and committed suicide, she sent her son to His Majesty Emperor Sejong to ask for protection, but His Majesty Sejong was already old at the time, so he couldn't protect the child?"

Patricide?

Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, this makes some sense...

Although it was not mentioned or alluded to in the history books that Shenzong killed his father and ascended the throne, it also implicitly expressed that Sejong was very angry with Shenzong in his later years, especially when Shenzong entered the palace to pay his respects, Sejong felt that the general situation was over at that time, and he could no longer stop it Shenzong's succession to the throne was entrusted to his heirs face to face.

But because of the estrangement between father and son, Sejong did not get Shenzong's promise until his death.

It is true that Shenzong did not take good care of Shizong's many heirs... He killed all the male heirs other than his own, and survived by chance, but only a few princesses such as Dongxing.

This is also one of the reasons why Xiaozong was under great pressure when he had no heirs, because the former harem believed that the inability to have a son was due to the retribution of killing too much during Shenzong's time.

There was even a period of time when some people suggested that Xiaozong should rehabilitate his clan relatives who were killed during Shenzong's time, and pursue his posthumous posthumous honor, in order to obtain the forgiveness of the dead souls, or to have the possibility of having a son.

Of course Xiaozong did not agree with this approach.

It is precisely because Sejong lost all his princes and grandsons except Shenzong, and after Xiaozong had no heirs, the Ji family chose Chunjia from the distant branch in order to prevent the regent father and son from gaining the throne...In short, if Shenzong kills his father and ascends the throne, It will directly affect the legitimacy of Chunjia's succession.

But the problem is that in the current clan, there is no one who can wrestle with Chunjia.

The Empress Dowager denied it categorically, that Chunjia would do everything possible to kill the whistleblowers in order to stabilize the throne for herself and her heirs, and tried different ways to prove that Shenzong's ascension to the throne was actually arranged by Sejong.

Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment, and said: "Forget it, the Empress Dowager...she can't say anything now."

Even the Empress Dowager Yuan, whom Chunjia regarded as her own mother, dared not express any views on the matter of establishing the crown prince, let alone the Empress Dowager.

So even if you find out the clues and threaten the Empress Dowager, it seems useless...

After all, Yun Fenghuang's own words are more effective than the empress dowager at present.

Oh, and it's not like it's completely useless.

Her niece, who is about to marry Wei He, is still counting on the Empress Dowager to mention more.

Thinking about the manpower proposed by the Empress Dowager...

Yun Fenghuang's eyes flickered, and he said for a while: "Someone will go to the Empress Dowager to tell her that Xincheng hasn't gone to pay her respects for a few days. Counting the days, after the summer vacation is over, this child will be ready to go on a long journey. I'm so busy at the time, I'm afraid I won't be able to say goodbye to the Empress Dowager...... Let's just ask the Empress Dowager if she has some free time recently? Bengong will accompany Xincheng to thank her for a good life. After all, she is also the Empress Dowager I taught it myself once."

Anyway, she has nothing to ask for right now to be afraid of the Empress Dowager.

If you have doubts, why don't you just come to the door and ask?

Chi E went there in person, and came back to report to Yun Fenghuang: "The Empress Dowager said that she is a bit tired these two days, and she may not be able to greet Her Majesty and Her Highness Princess Xincheng. She said that if she really wants to see her, she will wait for two days. stop."

"It's two days later." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "I just ask the Empress Dowager to give me a promise, don't delay it, wait until the summer vacation is over, then I will pay it back, There are plenty of opportunities left and right, but I feel sorry for this child.”

In the end, the Empress Dowager might see the determination of the noble concubine, so she agreed to let Yun Fenghuang bring Xincheng to visit after ten days.

At that time, the two sides have a good chat.

And Qian's mother and daughter were allowed to leave the Taoist temple, they really wept with joy!

Both mother and daughter didn't care about waiting for the next day, let alone sending a letter home to pick it up first, for fear that the imperial concubine would repent, they packed up their things and went out!

Shanyuan Temple is quite far from Du Langu's other courtyard in Qishan, and it is a mountain road, so it is not easy for the delicate female relatives to walk. It is simply that they have suffered a lot in the observation, they are not as weak as they used to be in the coquettish boudoir, and they are like an arrow in their hearts, but they walked back in one go. When Du's father and son saw the mother and daughter who came back suddenly, they were both surprised and happy, so they had to sit down and talk about their farewell.

As a result, at this time, two voluptuous women came up to serve tea and water, which immediately attracted Qian's attention.