Chapter 156 Another New Year's Eve Banquet
However, Qingci Palace flatly rejected Yun Fenghuang's request for an interview, saying that the Empress Dowager had occasionally caught a cold in the past two days, and she was afraid that the concubine would suffer from illness, which would affect the emperor and heirs.
After all, the end of the year is approaching, and various palace banquets and audiences are emerging one after another. The empress dowager's sense of existence has become weaker and weaker in the past two years, and it doesn't matter whether she appears or not.
Yun Fenghuang managed to overthrow his successor, Gu Zhen, when he was trying to build up his reputation and fight for the top position for his own heir, but where could something go wrong?
Although he was dissatisfied after hearing the news, he had to endure it.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Doesn't the Empress Dowager's actions just prove that there must be a clue?" The servant persuaded, "Why don't you avoid it? Now that the New Year is approaching, it's fine. After the spring, I can't see you all the time. ?”
This too.
Yun Fenghuang put this matter aside for the time being, but calmly prepared for the New Year's matter.
She was calm here, and even the day before the New Year's Eve banquet, she sent someone to deliver some things to Princess Sui'an's mansion as usual.
Xie Wuzheng looked at the reward as usual, but his mood was complicated: "Do you think the empress is still moved?"
"This is impossible." Ji Qin snorted and laughed, "Is it because you are so ungrateful for being a concubine? It's just that you can't be sure to completely solve us for a while, so everything is as usual, so as not to be caught by outsiders. Just see the clues."
"..." Xie Wuzheng remained silent.
Ji Qin said again: "Don't worry too much. No matter how powerful the imperial concubine is, after all, our plan was more than ten years early, and it is too late for her to wake up now. Even if she is willing to be the mother of the next life, she is willing to be a blood relative like you, and she is willing not to be a mother." The queen mother... is it impossible to give up the lives of herself and the king of Jin? No matter how deep the hatred of the Xie family is, there are no people left. Is it possible that the mother and son of the imperial concubine will risk their lives for them? The imperial concubine is not so foolish, loyal and filial people."
Xie Wuzheng asked with some difficulty: "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What does this have to do with you?" Ji Qin's tone was very kind, but his words were extremely contemptuous, "Just be your puppet, without us, you would never have such a status and power in this life. Now I have given you the original You should enjoy the things you don’t deserve, just enjoy them day by day. For other things, don’t ask if you shouldn’t.”
Xie Wuzheng seemed to be used to such humiliation, and his face remained unchanged, he only said: "The person who delivered the things said that the New Year's Eve is approaching, and I have to go back with Li'er to accompany the two princes. You said that the empress will take this opportunity, Murder Fu Wang?"
Ji Qin looked at him like a fool: "Of course it's impossible. After all, Mr. Fu Wang is not only the flesh and blood of your Xie family, but also the fiancé of Princess Jinxi. The empress managed to get this family for him. Regarding the matter of marriage, if Mr. Fuwang has something good or bad at this moment, even if Princess Yun'an dare not explain anything to the empress, wouldn't the connection between the empress and Princess Yun'an be broken?"
"That's Xiaozong's own daughter and granddaughter, they weigh much more than you."
"Why do you want to do such a thing that compromises your power?"
"But Mr. Li should be left behind. After all, this noble concubine probably won't believe you."
"She won't touch Young Master Fu Wang, at least not for the time being, but she doesn't worry if you will jump over the wall in a hurry to kill Young Master Li."
Xie Wuzheng said softly: "That's it...then why didn't your mother take Li'er away immediately after she suspected me?"
Ji Qin said: "If you just doubt you, what are you afraid of, Madam? If you want to pick it up, you can pick it up. But Madam should have guessed our existence at that time, she is not sure about our current details, so she hastily sent someone to pick up Mr. Li in advance, isn't it? Does it prove that she cares about Mr. Li? If so, she will fall into the bondage!"
"So just stand still."
"Young raccoon live as long as you can, and let it go if you can't."
"After all, face-to-face that day, the empress only asked a few simple questions about her biological mother, without mentioning the reunion of mother and daughter."
"This attitude makes it clear that we don't accept any threats. The hostages in our hands, whether they are the only remaining male heir of the fourth family or her own mother, love to be killed or not. Don't expect her to pay any price for it."
When she said this, she sighed softly, "How can you, Xie family, come from a mediocre family, how did you give birth to such a talent? She can see it too clearly, the entire Xuanqing Palace , the greatest value lies in herself. As long as she is here, other people are insignificant. So she made up her mind not to care about other people, but we are not good. Bargaining with the imperial concubine can somewhat soften the imperial concubine's heart. If something goes wrong with these people, they will have to break up. At that time, the imperial concubine will certainly suffer, and we will lose even more!"
Originally, the Jiang family was an extremely important bargaining chip, and Xie Li, as the only remaining male heir of the Xie family's fourth wife, should not be light.
But it is really not a good thing for Yun Fenghuang to be able to start from nothing to this day.
She has never asked Xie Li so far, no matter what she thinks in her heart, she has prepared to treat Xie Li as an abandoned son in her posture.
She did ask Jiang, but that was just to show that she didn't care about the life of this mother.
Now Ji's side became more difficult.
They didn't want to really tear themselves apart with Yun Fenghuang, after all they chose to hibernate and support Xie Wuzheng in order to take advantage of Concubine Min.
If Concubine Min Gui didn't cooperate, what's the point of hiding for the past ten years?
Of course, Ji Qin knew that Yun Fenghuang didn't really care about Jiang Shi and Xie Li at all, and didn't care whether King Jin could inherit the throne, but he didn't want to be too restrained, so he deliberately put on a gesture.
In short, both sides now have their own scruples, and no one dares to show their cards first, and there is still a fight to come.
Thinking of this, Ji Qin couldn't help regretting the way he asked Xie Wuzheng to push Gu Shi out... No, this step should have been right, the wrong thing was that he shouldn't have noticed what Gu Shi was doing in private.
Otherwise, without Gu's reminder, Yun Fenghuang would not have noticed Xie Wuzheng's weakness right now.
That way they can still hide well, and they can continue to act under the banner of the noble concubine, and if something goes wrong, they can get the protection of the noble concubine and deal with the aftermath through Xie Wuzheng.
"In short, the imperial concubine doesn't want to be troublesome for the time being, so you can just pretend that nothing happened." Ji Qin thought for a while, then said slowly, "Don't forget about your son, don't do anything superfluous. Mrs. Xie is now a small person. Withered, although you and I are unforgivable sins in the eyes of the imperial concubine, don't forget that the son is young, and the imperial concubine watched him grow up, so it may not be lifeless."
Will Yun Fenghuang let Xie Fuwang go?
In fact, Ji Qin was not sure either.
This noble concubine has never been a good quarrel, and she has done a lot of things to kill her.
As for the imperial concubine whom the emperor was thinking of, she was a loving mother... probably the emperor himself believed it the most.
After all, it is possible to use pregnancy, or the pregnancy of twins, to plot against the master of the middle palace. Even if she treats her own flesh and blood like this, I believe she will forgive Xie Fu for forgetting her childish innocence?
Ji Qin would not be so naive.
What she said was just to give Xie Wuzheng a glimmer of hope, lest this person do anything in despair.
Now Ji Qin and the imperial concubine are very calm, and if they want to tear each other apart in their hearts, the scene is still very passable. On the contrary, Xie Wuzheng's incompetence makes them even more worried, because there is a tacit understanding in the calculations between smart people.
But for a fool, you can't think of when he will be stupid?
Ji Qin said a few words of comfort to Xie Wuzheng, and then ordered: "Take good care of Mr. Fuwang and Mr. Li, especially Mr. Li. The food and clothing should not be worse than Mr. Fuwang."
Since the two sides haven't broken their faces yet, and there is still room for cooperation, a hostage like Xie Li can't be treated badly.
But Yun Fenghuang in the palace didn't think about Xie Li at all at the moment.
She had figured it out earlier, it was better to count on herself than anyone else.
Xie Li lived as long as she could, and she was destined to live if she couldn't. As an aunt, she tried her best.
House thieves are hard to guard against.
If it really doesn't work, in the future, I will adopt a good child from far away, and continue the incense for the fourth room. Not to mention that the Xie family is just an ordinary family, Xiaozong has no heirs yet!
The heir of Chunjia, apart from other aspects, but as the emperor himself, and in terms of inheriting incense, there is nothing to be picky about.
He killed the powerful foreign relatives and officials, stabilized the throne, regained the honor and majesty that the royal family should have, and strengthened the originally withered close branch of the Gongxiang family from the blood.
Focusing on this point, even if Yun Fenghuang complained in private that he was not partial to him enough, he had to admit that Chunjia was very qualified as the host.
In the blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve banquet came, and because it was abolished later, the sixth palace had the highest status in Yunfenghuang. This year, the Empress Dowager said she was sick and did not attend. After her loving mother Empress Dowager left the palace, even if she came back to the Imperial Capital, she would not sit at the banquet. The emperor took the lead, and this time, it was Yun Fenghuang and the emperor who sat on the throne side by side.
The officials below noticed that many people frowned slightly, thinking that the imperial concubine was overstepping.
If it was in the early years, I am afraid that some courtiers would stand up and impeach him on the spot,
But now, after all, the emperor's prestige is becoming more and more grand, and several admonishers are ready to move, but they are all suppressed by colleagues: "The noble concubine survived a near death, and she is pregnant with twins in her belly. Your majesty didn't say anything, let's talk about it after today. Otherwise, under the watchful eyes of everyone, if there is something wrong with the noble concubine, wouldn't it be us who murdered the emperor's heir?"
Judging from the time and status of Yun Fenghuang's entry into the palace, even under the watchful eyes of everyone, this imperial concubine might not be so stimulated...
The point is, there is no guarantee that she will pretend!
It is natural for a courtier to admonish the emperor, but if it involves the safety of the emperor's heir, it seems a bit ambitious.
Although there are many imperial heirs in the palace now, and the two concubines of the imperial concubine are not bad, any one of the blood of the Tian family is precious, at least on the scene.
"Is it important for your empress to sit on it today?" In fact, not only the officials were dissatisfied, but the concubines were also a little worried.
Jing Jieyu quietly asked Yi Xing'en after drinking for three rounds, "Is it, um, I have no other intentions, just afraid that someone who starts talking too much will think it's inappropriate?"
Yi Xingen has followed Yun Fenghuang since entering the palace, and she is one of the people in the six palaces who knows the concubine best. Hearing this, he first drank the wine toasted by her, thought for a while, and said softly: "It's okay, the empress has her own discretion. Only after the abolishment, King Chongxin's ambition died, and now the empress's prince is the most popular. Considering the age of the princes, after the new year, I am afraid that the previous dynasty will discuss the establishment of a heir. At this moment, the empress will be in the limelight , but can strengthen the confidence of some people.”
Yes, that's why Yun Fenghuang knew that sitting in the seat that only queens could sit in previous years as a noble concubine would inevitably cause controversy, so she wanted to sit on it.
She had to try her best to build momentum while she was still young enough and had enough energy to hold on.
Strive to gain the upper hand in the next national battle.
It must be known that according to the rules of the country, the prince has to go to the fiefdom to become a vassal if he fails to enter the East Palace before he wears his hair. This is in itself to ensure the stability of the crown prince's position.
Although such princes in the past were not abandoned, but in all fairness, it was much better than the situation where all the vassal kings of the previous dynasty gathered in the imperial capital.
Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about the older prince, except for the prince, who has been away for many years, and has no relationship with the emperor or the officials. Once the emperor has an accident, there is no time to come back and do something Guaranteed the prince's first-hand advantage.
If you can't win this way, then either the concubine is too useless, or the emperor is too stupid.
King Qin was fourteen years old at the beginning of the first year, and in another year, he will reach the age of becoming a feudal vassal.
If it weren't for the abolition of the queen, I'm afraid the temple is already discussing the candidate for the crown prince at this moment.
Where did Yun Fenghuang get the patience to pretend to be virtuous and virtuous at this time?
She had to take advantage of the abolition of the empress to go, because her status as the emperor's favorite in the palace was undisputedly the highest, to help everyone in the front and rear palaces make up their minds to support the prince under her knees!