Chapter 224: Return of the Jiang Family

Chapter 224

"The Ai family is old and can't take care of many things anymore." The Empress Dowager said disapprovingly, "Otherwise the emperor would have allowed the Ai family to live a good life all these years? As for the palace change..."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, "What are the consequences of the palace change?"

After all, this happened several years ago, Yun Fenghuang recalled it carefully, and then said: "If you want to talk about the previous dynasty, it seems to be the remnants of the regent king..."

She frowned at this point and didn't say any more.

The Empress Dowager said lightly: "Isn't this the end?"

"But why?" Yun Fenghuang asked puzzled, "Since the regent is gone, the people he stayed behind will not be able to make any troubles, so why bother to kill them all?"

Moreover, what the Empress Dowager meant was that the palace change was actually led by the people left by Shenzong behind the scenes, and even the remnants of the Ji family, such as Ji Qin and others, were used without knowing it.

But why are the people left behind by Shenzong so cautious?

Obviously, the people of the regent, when the regent was still alive, did not make any special resistance.

After the regent left, there was no leader among the dragons.

Or is it that people who can be entrusted with important tasks by Shenzong are really extra cautious and used to cutting grass and roots?

"Besides, when something like this happened at that time, your majesty didn't look good, right? If you are a person kept by Shenzong, you should help your majesty with all your heart, but why make your majesty so disgraced?"

The Empress Dowager said softly: "Disgraced? Maybe it was at that time, but after that, who would dare to laugh at the emperor? The palace change involved countless people and things. Since the cleaning, going to the harem is not stable. A lot? Generally speaking, it is good for the emperor, isn't it?"

Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, and did not continue this topic, but asked again: "What is the edict in the hands of King Mao? Since it was arranged by the first emperor of Shenzong, he is still the Gongxiang family. Now His Majesty is in power. , it is said that the late Emperor Shenzong has fulfilled his wish, but why should there be such a will to bring disaster to the court?"

"..." The Empress Dowager was also silent for a while this time, before she said, "That was just an accident. What is King Mao, how could the late Emperor entrust him with anything? It's just that he still has some confidence in the feudal lord, too. One of the people who opposed Jinshang’s reduction of the feudal clan, so he was used as a cover.”

Yun Fenghuang said: "Then, who is the culprit? Who was the person who escaped in Shanyuan Temple, so that you dare not stop their rewards all these years?"

"The culprit..." The Empress Dowager glanced at her, and said with a half-smile, "I always thought you were smart, why did you suddenly slow down now? The palace was flooded during the Longevity Banquet, and the clan's important officials left the palace in a hurry. Many people were assassinated, why are the others fine, but Zhou Wang and his son, who died or were injured? Is it because they are particularly unlucky?"

"This..." Yun Fenghuang's thoughts turned, and he suddenly thought of a person, and couldn't help blurting out, "Concubine Lin?!"

The empress dowager smiled, noncommittal.

Yun Fenghuang thought quickly, and said while thinking: "Concubine Lin is the successor concubine of King Zhou. Although she is deeply loved by King Zhou, she is only the former King of Fuyang's own flesh and blood! The death of the Empress Dowager due to fighting spirit was an accident, but as a concubine mother, Princess Lin has been brooding on her heart for quite some time and cannot let it go. She can't do anything just because of His Majesty..."

In order to avenge her only child, Concubine Lin did not hesitate to find ways to find Yun Fenghuang and Gu Zhen.

But Yun Fenghuang is not stupid. Gu Zhen is just not good at fighting and it doesn't mean he has no brains. Although they all dislike the Empress Dowager Yuan and wish her mother-in-law would die sooner, they don't want to be with Chunjia long ago. Concubine Lin conspired.

Isn't this for fear that the emperor will not be able to catch him?

So they all sternly rejected Princess Lin.

Later, Chun Jiahou bestowed Princess Lin's grandson, who is now the King of Fuyang, and beat him tactfully. Princess Lin may be afraid, or it may be for the sake of her grandson, but it gradually subsided.

So much so that Yun Fenghuang almost forgot about such a person in the past two years.

At this moment, she was reminded by the Empress Dowager, "Princess Lin cooperated with King Mao? The deaths and injuries of Prince Zhou and his son are her certificates for King Mao?"

Many clan members and important officials were assassinated, and Zhou Wang and his son were the most unlucky... At first, everyone thought that their lives might be bad.

But, now that I think about it, it's probably because they have a high-status mole around them.

"It's just that Princess Lin's background is not considered noble. Her status depends entirely on the King of Zhou. If she does this, she won't be afraid of being helpless in the future? She has a grandson!"

The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "Even if he is a direct grandson who didn't grow up in front of him, how can he compare with his own son who was brought up by hand? Besides, think about it from the perspective of Princess Lin, the only biological flesh and blood is gone. , because the enemy is too powerful to take revenge, maybe the husband persuaded himself to calm down, so how can he not be resentful? Moreover, the heirs left by the husband's wife are all living well, maybe there is still ridicule in private, how is she feeling?"

Therefore, King Zhou's son also died. Although King Zhou was lucky enough to recover his life, he is still unconscious...

And because of what happened to the father and son, many people outside now believe that the emperor deliberately murdered the clan.

At least, whether passers-by believe it or not, those vassal kings who were on the list of cutting vassals all believed it.

King Mao was not the only master who fled to the fiefdom.

Except for the sons of the two emperors, King Qin and King Song, among the vassal kings of the current state, there is probably one of the other vassal kings, and there is no one who is not panic-stricken.

After all, Chunjia, the emperor, was famous for his decisive killing.

"The emperor's grandmother has lived in the palace for many years." Yun Fenghuang felt a little surprised when he saw the eyes of the empress dowager, "You know everything about the world?"

The Empress Dowager said calmly: "The battles in the front and rear palaces, going back and forth are just that, nothing new. You may think that your experiences over the years are thrilling enough, but in fact..."

She tilted her head slightly, showing a sneer, and said contemptuously, "Compared to Aijia and the late emperor, it is far behind."

Yun Fenghuang didn't doubt it, after all Chunjia's most difficult eight years, she hadn't entered the palace yet.

What's more, even when Chunjia was begging for life under Ji's hands, she was still a legitimate son of heaven.

Shenzong climbed up step by step from an unfavored prince. The empress dowager is qualified to despise the current emperor and empress, and has never seen a truly tragic power struggle.

The queen just smiled and said: "Sure enough, we are young, and we still need the emperor's grandmother to teach us a lot."

The Empress Dowager didn't say anything else, she just said: "The Ai family is exhausted, so you can go."

Yun Fenghuang didn't continue to entangle, and Fu Fu resigned.

After leaving the residence of the Empress Dowager, she was thinking about the news she had received during this visit, when she saw Chie rushing towards her, with a happy face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you have found your wife!"

"Oh?" Yun Fenghuang was startled for a while, and didn't realize who the wife she was talking about was for a while.

The Qing people were quite surprised: "Is it really Madam?! Madam is okay?!"

Chie nodded: "It was the people from the Imperial City Division who reported that Madam has been hidden in Gyeonggi for these years... This time because of the matter of King Mao, they were ordered to investigate, but they accidentally found Madam's trace. Madam was killed. Worry, it's being sent to the palace now!"

After all, Yunfenghuang has been favored for many years, and now she is still a queen.

Having survived the turmoil at the beginning of the year and returning to the back position, the status is evident.

Naturally, the Imperial City Secretary did not dare to neglect.

"...Gingji?" Yun Fenghuang pressed his hand on his chest, his expression fluctuating, and then he seemed to be crying and laughing for a moment, "So my mother has been in Gyeonggi all these years?! Do you know who hid her?! Those people are now What's wrong?!"

Chi E spoke quickly: "Returning to your mother's words, the people from the Imperial City Department left in a hurry, saying that His Majesty's orders have not been completed, and they dare not delay, but they did not speak carefully. But the meaning inside and outside the words seems to be different from that of Ji Minggan. There are relationships."

"It really is this bastard!" Yun Fenghuang sneered, "I speculated at the beginning that it had something to do with the Ji family..."

She gathered herself together, "Where is mother? I will go to meet you in person!"

"Your Majesty, don't do it!" Zuo Zuo hurriedly advised, "Since Ma'am is on the way here, and there is not much way to go to the palace from Jingji, why does Your Majesty have to work? Besides, at such a critical time, if Your Majesty leaves the palace rashly, I'm afraid it will be easy for a villain Take advantage of."

Afraid of Yun Fenghuang's insistence, Chi E reminded in a low voice: "There are not many people who know about this matter now, if there is a big trouble, I'm afraid it will not end well... If the empress waits for the wife to come, mother and daughter meet, After discussing the rhetoric, we can announce it to the public?"

Yun Fenghuang was persuaded by them to calm down, and then realized that her mother is not her father after all, and even though the Jiang family is old, because of her mid-mature charm, she still has a charm, and she has been living abroad for many years. In the hands of Wei He, it is not sure how it will be discussed if it is passed on, it is indeed not easy to publicize.

She regained her composure and said, "That's fine, it's just that I have to speak to His Majesty."

Chunjia was very busy at the moment. Hearing that the queen came to thank Jiang, she didn't have time to say more, so she simply said: "You can handle this matter yourself. I have already told Huangcheng Simo not to say anything. .If you need an imperial doctor, just pass it on.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Seeing his busy appearance, Yun Fenghuang didn't dare to bother him any more, said a few words of gratitude, and then left, only asking the small kitchen to send some nourishing soup and medicine, so that he wouldn't be exhausted.

When I left the Xingxintang, I saw that in the next room, the prince was also buried in the papers, and the young man with a little childishness between his brows was very skillful in giving orders, but at a young age, he already had the posture of being in charge, which made the queen's eyes darken. You Shen stood at the door for a moment and then quietly left.

The joy that the biological mother is still alive and that the mother and daughter are about to be reunited has even been diluted a lot.