Chapter 84 Informed

Chi E said: "The palace people worked in a remote place at the beginning, and they didn't serve any serious masters, so they don't know much. It is only said that when Xiaozong was the prince, although the empress dowager had close contacts with the Ji family, they didn't like it. The common man Ji Sheng came into contact with Xiaozong. Later, when Xiaozong reached his age, the royal family chose a concubine for him. At that time, Ji's family was already in power because of the trust of the late emperor Shenzong. Unfavorable, or it may be because of the suspicion of the late Emperor Shenzong. In short, he originally planned to choose the crown princess from other famous families. It's just that the late Emperor Shenzong trusted the Ji family very much, and the common man Ji Sheng himself and Xiaozong's childhood sweetheart are very happy... In short In the end, Ji Sheng became the crown princess."

"But after Ji Sheng became the Crown Princess, the Empress Dowager did not treat Ji Sheng badly."

"After Shenzong passed away, Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne, and there was a battle with the Ji family. He once went to Qingci Palace and asked the Empress Dowager for help, but the Empress Dowager never agreed. She only said that she was old and didn't want to ask about other things. After Xiaozong left in disappointment, it was rumored that the common man Ji Sheng had gone to see the Empress Dowager for Xiaozong, but he didn't know what the aunt and nephew had said, but the common man Ji Sheng hadn't paid his respects to the Empress Dowager for several years..."

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Why is the Ji family so messed up?"

Chi E said: "My servant also finds it strange. The Empress Dowager did not agree with Ji's daughter as his wife before Xiaozong chose his concubine. Perhaps it was not necessarily a sincere idea. After all, the Ji family was very powerful at that time, and the Empress Dowager had to do more or less. Some gestures to avoid suspicion. But Shenzong is gone, so why don't you turn to Xiaozong?"

"Does anyone know what the empress dowager has given Shanyuan to watch and bestow?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "The empress dowager is as little as Xiaozong, even if some people in this world just don't love their children. But considering her own interests, the Empress Dowager definitely has no reason not to help Xiaozong. Ben Gong wondered if the Empress Dowager did not help Emperor Xiaozong at that time. Don't dare to help?"

Dan E doubted: "But not to mention the seniority of the empress dowager - it is not something that can be grasped by ordinary handles. The key point is that the empress dowager, as the daughter of the Ji family, is both prosperous and at a loss with the Ji family. It's all bad, and it's fine for others to threaten the Empress Dowager, what will the Ji family do?"

For this reason, it seems that Yun's relationship with Yun Fenghuang is not very good, but if they catch Yun Fenghuang's handle, they may not dare to expose it immediately.

There are even some things that Yun Fenghuang has to help cover up.

For example, a bad sentence: If Yun Fenghuang's affair with a foreigner is found out by Yun, no matter how angry and disgusted they are, as long as they can deal with the aftermath, they must help to deal with the aftermath. Chunjia reported.

The reason is very simple. After Xie Fenghuan's affair with Hongxing, Xie's fate is a clear example.

That is still the case that Xie's lintel is higher than Wang's.

What's more, Yun Fenghuang's husband's family is Tian's family.

"Your Majesty, is it possible that the threat received by the Empress Dowager is straightforward, that orphans and widowed mothers can't beat the Ji family?" Chi E then put forward another view, "The servant girl has been serving the palace for these years, to be honest, but Don’t you think the empress dowager is so smart? Thinking about the first emperor of Shenzong, apart from his own brilliance and martial arts, it was thanks to the Ji family. But this Ji family is mainly the people of Ye Guogong, but it may not be the empress dowager’s credit? After Shenzong's first emperor left, Xiaozong was young, and the empress dowager knew nothing about the previous dynasty, so she had nothing to do with her natal family. If she was warned by Ji in private, in order to avoid a complete stalemate, the mother and son were in a more difficult situation. Reject Xiaozong?"

After all, if the orphans and widows clearly cannot beat the Ji family, at this time, it will be even more unfavorable for them to fight against the Ji family.

The empress dowager refused to help her son, kept in touch with the Ji family, and even talked about her affection.

Yun Fenghuang pondered and said: "What I can't figure out is that since the first emperor of Shenzong was a Mingjun...whether he is a Mingjun or not, who has no suspicion of emperors throughout the ages? Perhaps the Ji family coaxed Shenzong very well back then, but Shenzong His death was not sudden. Before he died, didn't he consider the possibility that the orphans and widows would not be able to suppress the powerful ministers? Even if Emperor Xiaozong was young and had no one to support the unstable throne, how could he only trust the Ji family?"

Looking at the time when the emperor of the previous dynasty passed away, if the crown prince was young and worried that the lord would be suspicious of the country, when he entrusted the Minister of Gu Ming, he would at least find three or five.

It's not even possible to find just two.

After all, there are only two Ministers Gu Ming, what if they unite to bully the new monarch?

Guaranteed three courtiers, these three courtiers have to have conflicts and conflicts, the kind that guarantees that they cannot stand together.

Don't say anything like loyalty, there are not no history books about officials like Ji who devoted their heart and soul to the old lord and flaunted their power to the new lord.

Shenzong is not a naive and ignorant young emperor. Does he not know that people's hearts are fickle?

Anyway, Yun Fenghuang didn't believe that because Shenzong had a good relationship with the Ji family, he would trust his wife, children, and country into Ji's hands.

She is a girl, she was not so stupid when she was fifteen years old, how could Shenzong be inferior to her? !

"...This?" The servants couldn't help but look at each other as they listened.

Yun Fenghuang said: "Have those old people heard the relevant rumors?"

Chi E hurriedly went out to ask again, and came back after a while and said, "Your Majesty, they couldn't tell. At that time, they were not qualified to serve the serious masters in the palace... But an old man said that on the eve of Shenzong's death, For several months, the Empress Dowager brought Emperor Xiaozong to serve her. The important officials headed by the Ji family visited the palace every other day to pay her respects. The empresses and concubines were not qualified to approach, and even the regent could only go outside the screen for five days. Please greet me. At that time, Shenzong's spirit was very bad, and sometimes when the regent went to pay his respects, he would drive Shenzong to sleep, so he couldn't even say a word, so he could only kowtow and leave."

"In fact, the regent did not see the last face of Emperor Shenzong... It is said that the regent was in grief when he was crying. It's just that he was not born to the empress dowager, but the empress dowager didn't pay much attention to it."

"It's Xiaozong who loves his brother very much."

"So, Shenzong may have lost the initiative when he was seriously ill." Yun Fenghuang thought thoughtfully, "So that he was influenced by Ji and couldn't make better arrangements for Emperor Xiaozong?"

It's not impossible.

After all, apart from this, it is difficult to explain why Shenzong trusted Ji without reservation.

The question is, is it so easy to deal with the unfavored prince who counterattacks the emperor who becomes the emperor, even when he is seriously ill?

Xiaozong was considered mediocre, and he did one thing during his entire reign as a king: fighting with the Ji family.

Also lost.

But on the eve of his death, even if the canonization of the emperor's younger brother failed, it added a lot of obstacles to the Ji family: handing over the Imperial City Secretary to the regent, leaving behind the half-step emperor's younger brother's rumors, and a few royalists such as Yi Guogong. group.

Shenzong has a great reputation in history books, how could he be inferior to his own son?

"Your Majesty, this should be possible." Chi E thinks it makes sense, "You think that after Shenzong ascended the throne, countless clan members and nobles were massacred. No one is there. For example, Princess Dongxing has a few bloodlines. I am afraid that she is still trembling, but how dare she get involved with the royal affairs? Although there are concubines in Shenzong's harem, there are no noble daughters except for the empress dowager. The Ji family and the Empress Dowager cooperated internally and externally, wouldn't they control the former court and the harem with one hand? Moreover, Shenzong only had two heirs, Xiaozong and the Regent. If the Ji family and the Empress Dowager used these two heirs as a threat, no matter how angry Shenzong was at that time, I am afraid Is it of no use?"

After all, it was the trouble caused by Shenzong killing too many brothers and nephews.

Otherwise, if there are so many adult close relatives around, and Shenzong is sick in his prime, Ji's family may be more anxious than Shenzong himself.

I was afraid that after Shenzong went, the young Emperor Xiaozong and the Prince Regent would not be able to control the situation and asked others to take advantage of it.

"..." Yun Fenghuang was pondering, and found out depressedly that due to the age and the fact that the living old people were not of high status at that time and their knowledge was limited, it was difficult to deduce the truth.

She thought for a while, but finally thought of a question, "By the way, have you asked them about His Royal Highness Princess Minghui?"

Chi E was about to answer, but there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a little palace maid to salute: "Your Majesty, there is a message from outside."

Yun Fenghuang was deliberating about matters related to the Empress Dowager, when he heard the words, he said casually: "What news?"

"It was the death of Qian's mother and daughter before." The little maid said softly, "Miss Gu Jue, the niece of the suspected Empress Empress, offered advice."

These words shocked the masters and servants in the room!

Dan E even shouted immediately: "Is this true? Don't let the eyes and ears at Woxia Tower deliberately scare you? How old is that Miss Jue? She has been kept by the Queen for several years, and she has never been as good as before. Gu Jing is eye-catching!"

When Gu Jue first entered the palace, of course he immediately became the focus of the Xuanqing Palace.

It's just that she was quickly covered up by Gu Jing.

Compared to Gu Jing, who is long-sleeved and good at dancing, impeccable in everything and has a smiling face, Gu Jue, who shrank from the sky and looked a bit soy sauced with no merit or fault, had a hard time attracting attention.

Especially since even the tenth prince didn't care much about this cheap cousin anymore, Xuanqing Palace naturally downgraded her importance again and again.

It was also after Gu Jing left that Gu Jue seemed to be a little bit impressive, so he paid more attention these days.

But I didn't expect that she could come up with a way to make the imperial concubine suffer?

"I couldn't believe it at first, after all, it's a serious matter." The little maid said, "Therefore, I made a special investigation, and then I dared to report... It is said that the first news of the accident in Shanyuan Temple reached Woxia Tower The empress is planning to make a fuss about this, so as to trouble us. We are discussing, so Gu Jue rushed over after hearing the news. I don’t know what I said to the empress after closing the door. It's not very pretty, but after all, there was no mention of Shanyuan Temple. After that, the Qian mother and daughter disappeared...how do you think it's all due to Miss Jue?"

Chi E couldn't help but said: "Could it be Gu's intention to let her pass on the message?"

"But in those two days, no one from the Gu family communicated with the palace." The little maid said, "And the attitude of the waiters in Woxialou has changed a lot towards Gu Jue these days. Although it is not obvious, it is obvious that they have paid a lot of attention to the details. few."

Chi'e and Dan'e looked at each other, their faces were solemn, and they stopped talking.

They are all Yun Fenghuang's close servants, and they were born in Xie's family, so they know best how they behave.

Gu Jue is to the queen, just like Xie Kuo, Xie Meng, and Xie Yu are to Yun Fenghuang.

To say that Chi E and others are not bad to Xie's girls, of course, but this kind of not bad, with a condescending attitude.

One is age. They are close servants who have followed their master for many years, and they often grew up watching the master's younger generation. Even if there is a gap between master and slave, the advantages brought by their age still make them subconsciously overlook them; It is the position of power. Although they are slaves, to be honest, the weight of speaking in front of the master is often unmatched by many younger juniors, and even older but not outstanding juniors.

It is Yun Fenghuang who is naturally thoughtful, and when he was a child, he annoyed the Jiang family, and it was only by the help of Qing people that he was able to avoid punishment.

If the servants don't help, Jiang will be furious and will have to beat her.

Back then they entered the palace to serve Yunfenghuang under Jiang's arrangement, at first they looked at this empress with the mood of looking at a child, but later they still saw Yunfenghuang's ease of use, and Yunfenghuang's domineering and beating temperament, It was only then that I gradually got to know this little master again, and from the bottom of my heart, I regarded the little master as a "master".

So the servants in front of the queen, probably because of Gu Jue's status, were not bad to her.

But he would not rashly pay attention to this Miss Jue.

After all, their real master is Queen Gu Zhen.

Considering Gu Jue's current status and age, it's not worthy of them to treat him differently.

Even Gu Jue needed their help to speak and persuade the queen.

They showed that they attached great importance to Gu Jue...

Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment, then ordered: "Go and find out, what did Gu Jue do when he went back to Gu's mansion a few days ago? And the times and times when she met the queen before and now."